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55th Tour of Austria/Wiesbauer Tour - 2.3
Austria, June 9-15, 2003
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Stage 4 - June 12: Kitzbühel - St. Jakob im Defereggental, 149 km
Sijmens wins fourth stage; Glomser still strong
Nico Sijmens (Vlaanderen T-Interim) has claimed the victory in the uphill sprint in St. Jakob im Defereggental that marked the end of the fourth stage of the Tour of Austria. The Belgian beat the ever consistent Gerrit Glomser (Saeco), who gained a few more bonus seconds on his rivals for the general classification. Third place went to Ivailo Gabrovski (MBK), who is sitting in second on GC.
The 149 km stage started in Kitzbühel and contained two climbs in the first 42 km. The second climb (Felbertauernpass) was the toughest, rising to 1632m after climbing for 14 km at 8 percent. However Saeco controlled the field for the first part of the race, and no-one dared attack the race leader. Rinaldo Nocentini (Formaggi Pinzolo) was first over the top, solidifying his position as the leader in the mountains classification.
The field remained together until after the second intermediate sprint at 90 km, when Frederic Gabriel (MBK Oktos) attacked. The Frenchman built up a lead of 2'40 with 30 km to go, with Saeco and Formaggi Pinzolo riding tempo the whole time. As the road climbed towards St. Jakob im Defereggental, Gabriel began to lose ground quickly and was caught just before 20 km to go. The race became quite animated after that, with a group of seven including Francisco Lara Ruiz (Team Bianchi), Bernhard Kohl (Rabobank), Andreas Matzbacher (Austrian National) and Christian Pfannberger (Volksbank) getting clear. Lara Ruiz attacked this group and had 15 seconds lead with 4 km to go, but couldn't hold off the peloton's charge in the end. Sijmens won the stage from Glomser and Gabrovski, with 37 riders finishing in the front group.
Tomorrow's stage goes from Lienz to St. Kanzian am Klopeinersee over 200 km, and contains only two Cat. 2 climbs.
Results
1 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 4.02.52 2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 3 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK - Oktos 4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 5 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 6 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 7 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 8 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 10 Christian Pömer (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 11 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 12 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 14 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 15 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco 16 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 17 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 19 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 20 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 22 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team fakta 23 Uros Silar (Slo) Arboe Merida Graz 24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 26 Radoslav Rogina (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 27 Jure Golcer (Slo) Volksbank Ideal 28 Luis Laverde Jimenez (Spa) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 29 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 30 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 31 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Volksbank Ideal 32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank 33 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen T-Interim 34 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 35 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Austrian National Team 36 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian National Team 37 Harald Morscher (Aut) Elk-Haus 38 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 0.13 39 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK - Oktos 0.28 40 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi - Colpack 0.32 41 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 3.56 42 Jaime Bertran Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 43 Rene Kopeinig (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 44 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) MBK - Oktos 45 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 46 Martin Kraler (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 47 Sebastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 48 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 49 Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 50 Petr Herman (Cze) Hervis-Copyright 51 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MBK - Oktos 52 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 53 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 54 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Bianchi 55 Martin Gratzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 56 Peter Pichler (Aut) Austrian National Team 57 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 58 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 59 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 60 Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK - Oktos 61 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) MBK - Oktos 62 Christoph Kerschbaum (Aut) Austrian National Team 63 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK - Oktos 64 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 65 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 66 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta 67 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta 68 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 69 Mario Höller (Aut) Elk-Haus 70 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 71 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Elk-Haus 72 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 73 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Volksbank Ideal 74 Fraser Mcmaster (NZl) Volksbank Ideal 75 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 76 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 77 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 78 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Austrian National Team 79 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 80 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5.47 81 Paul Kasis (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 82 Vladimir Novotny (Cze) Hervis-Copyright 83 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 84 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 85 Guillaume Girout (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 86 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 87 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis 88 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 89 Manfred Leimgruber (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 90 Michael Rheis (Den) Team fakta 91 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 92 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi - Colpack 93 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 94 Rafael Nuritdinov (Ukr) De Nardi - Colpack 95 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 96 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team fakta 97 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi 98 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 10.13 99 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 100 Adam Homolka (Cze) Hervis-Copyright 101 Franz Stocher (Aut) Elk-Haus 102 Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) Elk-Haus 103 Lukas Grundner (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 104 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Ideal 105 Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 106 Jochen Summer (Aut) Volksbank Ideal 107 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 108 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 109 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 110 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 111 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 112 Friedrich Berein (Aut) Elk-Haus 113 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 114 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 115 Markus Wimmer (Aut) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 116 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 117 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim General classification after stage 4 1 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 15.57.54 2 Jure Golcer (Slo) Volksbank Ideal 0.42 3 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK - Oktos 0.46 4 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.08 5 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1.21 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 1.33 7 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco 1.46 8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1.47 9 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 2.02 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.17 11 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen T-Interim 2.23 12 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2.42 13 Radoslav Rogina (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 2.47 15 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 16 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.25 17 Uros Silar (Slo) Arboe Merida Graz 3.29 18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank 3.30 19 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi - Colpack 3.51 20 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 3.52 21 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.02 22 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4.15 23 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 4.19 24 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 4.29 25 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team fakta 4.32 26 Harald Morscher (Aut) Elk-Haus 4.49 27 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Volksbank Ideal 5.00 28 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian National Team 5.10 29 Christian Pömer (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 5.17 30 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 6.03 31 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 6.17 32 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 6.32 33 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.41 34 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 7.52 35 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 8.02 36 Martin Kraler (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 8.04 37 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8.18 38 Luis Laverde Jimenez (Spa) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 8.44 39 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 8.59 40 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK - Oktos 9.10 41 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) MBK - Oktos 9.38 42 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) MBK - Oktos 11.18 43 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 11.28 44 Petr Herman (Cze) Hervis-Copyright 11.31 45 Sebastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 11.42 46 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 12.46 47 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MBK - Oktos 12.52 48 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 13.18 49 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 13.34 50 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK - Oktos 13.51 51 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 13.57 52 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14.05 53 Rene Kopeinig (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 14.08 54 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 14.23 55 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 14.28 56 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 14.30 57 Jaime Bertran Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 14.52 58 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta 14.54 59 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta 15.26 60 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Volksbank Ideal 15.48 61 Martin Gratzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 15.49 62 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 15.57 63 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 16.01 64 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 16.21 65 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 16.25 66 Peter Pichler (Aut) Austrian National Team 16.26 67 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 16.51 68 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi - Colpack 17.23 69 Paul Kasis (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 17.50 70 Fraser Mcmaster (NZl) Volksbank Ideal 18.16 71 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.23 72 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team fakta 18.41 73 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 19.02 74 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Elk-Haus 19.15 75 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis 19.38 76 Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK - Oktos 19.48 77 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 78 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 19.49 79 Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 80 Michael Rheis (Den) Team fakta 20.18 81 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 20.53 82 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 20.55 83 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Bianchi 21.01 84 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Austrian National Team 21.24 85 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Ideal 21.53 86 Christoph Kerschbaum (Aut) Austrian National Team 22.03 87 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 22.31 88 Rafael Nuritdinov (Ukr) De Nardi - Colpack 23.12 89 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23.25 90 Vladimir Novotny (Cze) Hervis-Copyright 91 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 23.32 92 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 25.40 93 Manfred Leimgruber (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 26.09 94 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 26.11 95 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 26.23 96 Guillaume Girout (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 27.05 97 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 27.10 98 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi 27.21 99 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 27.39 100 Markus Wimmer (Aut) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 29.08 101 Mario Höller (Aut) Elk-Haus 29.28 102 Adam Homolka (Cze) Hervis-Copyright 29.29 103 Franz Stocher (Aut) Elk-Haus 29.52 104 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 105 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 30.31 106 Lukas Grundner (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 30.37 107 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 30.38 108 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 30.48 109 Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) Elk-Haus 30.51 110 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 31.21 111 Jochen Summer (Aut) Volksbank Ideal 31.30 112 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arboe Merida Graz 31.56 113 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 32.09 114 Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 33.12 115 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 33.48 116 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 35.45 117 Friedrich Berein (Aut) Elk-Haus 39.14 Points classification 1 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 42 pts 2 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK - Oktos 28 3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 26 4 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 15 5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Bianchi 15 6 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 7 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco 14 8 Jure Golcer (Slo) Volksbank Ideal 12 9 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 12 10 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 12 11 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi - Colpack 12 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Austrian National Team 10 13 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Austrian National Team 8 14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 8 Mountains classification 1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 38 pts 2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 16 3 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Hervis-Copyright 15 4 Jure Golcer (Slo) Volksbank Ideal 10 5 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 6 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK - Oktos 8 7 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 7 8 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 7 9 Adam Homolka (Cze) Hervis-Copyright 6 10 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Austrian National Team 6 11 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 4 12 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Volksbank Ideal 4
