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56th Wiesbauer Tour/Tour of Austria - 2.2
Austria, June 7-13, 2004
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Stage 7 - June 13: Wien, Ringstraße , 124 km
Dierckxsens and Steels give Landbouwkrediet 1-2
Evans wins Tour of Austria for the second time
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The final stage of the Wiesbauer Tour in Vienna ended in a bunch sprint with Landbouwkrediet's veteran Ludo Dierckxsens taking the win in front of his more fancied teammate Tom Steels and third placed Jochen Summer (Elk Haus). Steels, who had already won two stages, made a "present" of the final stage to his hard working teammate. "I thank the team and above all Tom Steels, who gave me the victory here in Vienna," said Dierckxsens. "We have worked hard for him twice and he wanted to give us something back."
Australian Cadel Evans (T-Mobile) finished 34th in the stage and claimed the overall victory in the tour for the second time in his career. Evans first won in 2001 with Saeco, and now seems to be back on the right track after a crash-ridden 2003 season. I've fulfilled a dream with the second victory in this beautiful country," said Evans. "I love Austria and its mountains. My team did a perfect job. The success was a real bonus to recommend me for the Tour."
How it unfolded
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The final stage in Vienna was expected to suit Tom Steels and his team down to a T, as it consisted of 20 laps of a flat, fast 6.2 km circuit. The pace was very high from the start but the field remained together for the first five laps, allowing David Kopp (Lamonta) to win the first intermediate sprint and further strengthen his lead in that competition.
Shortly afterwards, a trio with Patrick Riedesser (Hervis), Wolfgang Murer (Elk house) and Jukka Vastaranta (Rabobank) escaped, and was able to build a 1'30 lead on the peloton. A solo chase by Jean Nuttli (Volksbank) was unsuccessful, and the three leaders stayed away until the second sprint at halfway, won by Riedesser from Murer and Vastaranta.
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The situation was the same at the third sprint with five laps to go, with Riedesser, Murer and Vastaranta crossing in that order, with the field just over 30 seconds behind. Finally with three laps to go, the trio was caught and the Landbouwkrediet riders wound things up for an expected Tom Steels win. A crash in the last corner didn't disrupt things in front, but instead of Steels crossing the line, arms raised, it was his teammate Ludo Dierckxsens who took the victory with a delighted Steels in second place.
Evans finished safely in the field, as did all the other GC riders and the overall classification saw Evans win with a 19 second advantage over Michele Scarponi (Domina Vacanze) and Maurizio Vandelli (Radclub-Resch). Evans' teammate Tomas Konecny took the mountains jersey, while Steels claimed the points and Kopp the sprints classifications. The best team was T-Mobile, with nearly 6 minutes advantage over Domina Vacanze.
Photography
Images by Cor Vos
- The field rolls out for the start of stage 7 in Vienna
- Spectators watch the riders fly past
- Ah Vienna: Red roses in full bloom
- Cadel Evans (T-Mobile) in action during the final stage
- Jukka Vastaranta (Rabobank) was one of the breakaway trio
- Ludo Dierckxsens (Landbouwkrediet) wins ahead of Tom Steels and Jochen Summer
- Ludo Dierckxsens (Landbouwkrediet) on the podium
- Sprints winner David Kopp (Lamonta)
- Overall winner Cadel Evans (T-Mobile)
- The final podium (L to R): Michele Scarponi (2nd), Cadel Evans (1st) and Maurizio Vandelli (3rd)
- T-Mobile (winning team) with the jersey winners on the podium
Results
1 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.39.42 (46.6 km/h) 2 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 4 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 5 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6 Petr Herman (Cze) Team Hervis Apo Sport 7 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 8 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 9 Peter Pichler (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 10 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 11 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank TT3 12 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) Corratec Austria-Arboe 13 David Kupka (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 14 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 15 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 16 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 17 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 18 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 19 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 20 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 21 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 22 Thomas Mair (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 23 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 24 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 25 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec Austria-Arboe 26 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 27 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian National Team 28 Jure Golcer (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 29 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank TT3 30 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 31 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 32 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 33 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 34 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 35 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37 Danilo Amdrenacci (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 38 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 40 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austrian National Team 41 Johan Van Summerein (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 42 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 43 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 44 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 45 Jan Valach (Svk) Ed' System-ZVVZ 46 Michael Pichler (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 47 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 48 Paul Kasis (Aut) Austrian National Team 49 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 50 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 51 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3 52 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Rabobank TT3 53 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 54 Christian Pömer (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 55 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 56 Johann Jauk (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 57 Francesco Failli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 59 Andrew Bradley (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 60 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank TT3 61 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank TT3 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 63 Harald Berger (Aut) Austrian National Team 64 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 65 Petr Bencik (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 66 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 67 Christoph Kerschbaum (Aut) Austrian National Team 68 Roland Wafler (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 69 Hubert Hammerl (Aut) Corratec Austria-Arboe 70 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank TT3 71 Hannes Pallhuber (Ita) Corratec Austria-Arboe 72 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Lamonta 73 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 74 Adam Hansen (Aus) Corratec Austria-Arboe 75 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 76 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 77 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 79 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 80 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 81 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 82 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Lamonta 83 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Austrian National Team 84 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.12 86 David Kopp (Ger) Team Lamonta 87 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 90 Marco Cedroni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 0.40 91 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 0.42 92 Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Austrian National Team 0.47 93 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.55 94 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 95 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 96 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.58 97 Giuliano Sulpizi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.07 98 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team Lamonta 1.09 99 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 100 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 101 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.27 102 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Lamonta 1.30 103 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 104 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 1.33 105 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 2.32 106 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 107 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 108 Rene Kopeinig (Aut) Corratec Austria-Arboe 109 Adam Homolka (Cze) Team Hervis Apo Sport 8.10 110 Rudolf Ametsreiter (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 8.20 Final general classification 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 26.27.36 2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.19 3 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 0.28 4 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 1.07 5 Jure Golcer (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.28 6 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec Austria-Arboe 7 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.36 8 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.52 9 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.54 10 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 3.01 11 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 3.09 12 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austrian National Team 3.13 13 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 3.36 14 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 3.38 15 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank TT3 3.49 16 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4.10 17 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.36 18 Johan Van Summerein (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 4.37 19 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.27 20 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6.41 21 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 7.26 22 Francesco Failli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.36 23 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.53 24 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 10.32 25 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.41 26 Petr Bencik (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 10.53 27 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Lamonta 10.54 28 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 15.03 29 Jan Valach (Svk) Ed' System-ZVVZ 15.29 30 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16.04 31 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 16.37 32 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 16.58 33 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 17.21 34 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17.34 35 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 17.39 36 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 18.22 37 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank TT3 19.12 38 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 19.36 39 Hannes Pallhuber (Ita) Corratec Austria-Arboe 20.59 40 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 21.04 41 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Austrian National Team 21.40 42 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 21.57 43 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3 22.29 44 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Rabobank TT3 22.49 45 Christian Pömer (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 23.17 46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 23.19 47 Adam Hansen (Aus) Corratec Austria-Arboe 24.10 48 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 24.25 49 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 25.11 50 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Lamonta 25.50 51 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26.04 52 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 27.17 53 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 27.38 54 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank TT3 27.53 55 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 28.06 56 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 28.11 57 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29.02 58 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank TT3 29.05 59 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team Lamonta 30.45 60 Danilo Amdrenacci (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 30.50 61 Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Austrian National Team 31.04 62 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) Corratec Austria-Arboe 31.15 63 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian National Team 31.19 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 31.47 65 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 31.57 66 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 32.43 67 Petr Herman (Cze) Team Hervis Apo Sport 32.59 68 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 33.07 69 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 70 Harald Berger (Aut) Austrian National Team 33.36 71 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.50 72 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.56 73 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 33.59 74 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank TT3 34.10 75 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 35.04 76 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35.13 77 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 35.47 78 Thomas Mair (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 36.29 79 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 36.31 80 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 37.12 81 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 37.47 82 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 38.14 83 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 38.54 84 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 38.59 85 Peter Pichler (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 86 Paul Kasis (Aut) Austrian National Team 87 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Lamonta 39.04 88 Marco Cedroni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 39.05 89 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 39.28 90 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 39.42 91 Rene Kopeinig (Aut) Corratec Austria-Arboe 39.46 92 Andrew Bradley (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 40.20 93 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 40.54 94 David Kopp (Ger) Team Lamonta 41.29 95 Giuliano Sulpizi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 41.43 96 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 42.48 97 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43.19 98 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 43.48 99 Johann Jauk (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 43.49 100 David Kupka (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 43.51 101 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 44.01 102 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 44.02 103 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 44.58 104 Rudolf Ametsreiter (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 48.38 105 Adam Homolka (Cze) Team Hervis Apo Sport 48.58 106 Christoph Kerschbaum (Aut) Austrian National Team 49.06 107 Michael Pichler (Aut) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 50.59 108 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 109 Hubert Hammerl (Aut) Corratec Austria-Arboe 51.07 110 Roland Wafler (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 54.33 Points classification 1 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50 pts 2 David Kopp (Ger) Team Lamonta 35 3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 4 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 23 6 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 21 7 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 20 8 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 20 9 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 16 10 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 11 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 15 12 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 13 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 15 14 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec Austria-Arboe 15 15 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 13 16 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 12 17 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 12 18 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 11 Sprints classification 1 David Kopp (Ger) Team Lamonta 17 pts 2 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 13 3 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 12 4 Petr Herman (Cze) Team Hervis Apo Sport 11 5 Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Austrian National Team 8 6 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Hervis Apo Sport 8 7 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 8 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Lamonta 7 9 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 6 10 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 5 11 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 12 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 5 Mountains classification 1 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 30 pts 2 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 3 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 21 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 16 5 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec Austria-Arboe 16 6 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 14 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 8 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 8 9 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 8 10 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Austrian National Team 8 11 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 7 12 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7 13 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7 14 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 79.25.50 2 Domina Vacanze 5.53 3 Saeco 19.39 4 Perutnina Ptuj 26.51 5 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27.13 6 Vlaanderen-T Interim 28.14 7 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 36.43 8 Rabobank TT3 37.05 9 Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 37.16 10 Corratec Austria-Arboe 43.35 11 Austrian National Team 45.20 12 Team Lamonta 50.56 13 Lotto-Domo 53.33 14 Team Hervis Apo Sport 56.25 15 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 57.28 16 Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 58.33 17 Ed' System-ZVVZ 58.42 18 Relax-Bodysol 1.00.16 19 Radclub-Resch & Frisch Eybl Wels 1.00.52 Courtesy of wiesbauer-tour.at
