Swedish Championships - CN

Huskvarna/Värnamo, Sweden, June 16-19, 2005

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Stage 4 - June 19: Värnamo Road Races - Women Junior and Men Elite, 50/180 km

Ljungblad earns the yellow and blue

By Gabriella Ekström

Amore & Vita rider Jonas Ljungblad can call himself Swedish Champion after having outsprinted his four breakaway companions in Värnamo. Ljungblad has had a good season until this date, winning Tour de Vendée in May.

The race for the yellow and blue jersey was contested over twenty laps of nine kilometres, with one 350 metre climb in it. It was the sort of climb that feels easy enough on training, but that gets to you as you pass over it time after time. The race was fast from the start, and a lot of riders were eager to get in a break, especially since some of Sweden's best professional riders were absent from the race. They were busy with their racing schedules in Europe, and couldn't come to the Swedish Championships that is ridden one week before the official championship weekend in Europe.

Lots of attacks went away in the first eight laps, and the most active teams were Team Mälarenergi, CykelCity and Borås CK. No break managed to get a decent gap until John Nilsson (Auber 93), Johan Lindgren (CykelCity) and Mattias Carlsson (Borås CK) got away after 75 kilometres. They got a gap of forty seconds to the peloton that was being controlled by Team Mälarenergi and Åstorps CK. Unfortunately for the break, Mattias Carlsson suffered a mechanical problem and the remaining two riders were brought back shortly afterwards.

After that, with seven laps to go, Lukas Persson (Team Mälarenergi) was allowed some freedom with Johan Lindgren who made a second attempt to get away. They got fifty seconds, but the pro's started riding on the following lap. A thirteen man break was created, and on the fifteenth lap, five riders broke away from them. They were John Nilsson, Jonas Ljungblad, Stefan Adamsson (Barloworld), Fredrik Johansson (Konica Minolta) and Christoffer Stevenson (Team Mälarenergi.) After that, it was clear that the best riders were already in the front, and no one was able to bridge up to them.

The five riders in the group managed to co-operate very well together, and they didn't start to attack each other until they had passed the climb for the last time, and only six kilometres remained. Ljungblad, Adamsson and Stevensson all thought they'd benefit from a sprint, and were content with the development. The last six kilometres were filled with attacks, but no one was allowed the slightest gap, until Ljungblad and Adamsson started to look at each other with three k's to go. The other three rode clear, and Ljungblad proved that he was most keen on the sprint when he finally closed the gap.

The last part of the course was a tricky one, with a ninety degree right turn three hundred metres before the line, followed by another ninety degree right turn, two hundred metres before the line. Stevensson was the first rider to enter the cluster, and he was followed by Ljungblad and Adamsson. Ljungblad managed to come around Stevensson in the final metres, and won by half a wheel. "The sprint was so short, so I thought I better start the sprint straight away," Ljungblad said after the line. "It's just too bad that all Swedish pro's aren't here, because I would have loved beating them all."

Results

Women Junior, 50 km

1 Emilia Fahlin (Örebrocyklisterna)                     1.13.03 (41,1 km/h)
2 Emma Karlsson (Fredrikshofs IF CK)
3 Alexandra Engen (Jönköpings CK)                          0.01
4 Marie Lindberg (CK Filip)                                0.02
5 Mikaela Hjelm (Fredrikshofs IF CK)
6 Malin Lundström (Västerås CK)                            0.05
7 Jonna Svensson Ohlin (IK Vinco)                          1.19
8 Jennie Olsson (Svanesunds GOIF)
9 Linnea Henriksson (Södertälje CK)
10 Marie Hermansson (CK Wänershof)                         1.20
11 Jenny Forsberg (Västerås CK)                           12.06
12 Elin Wilson (Borås CA)
13 Sara Assarsson (Eslövs CK)                             15.13
DNF Claudia Garcia (Fredrikshofs IF CK)
DNS Madeleine Araya (CK Falken)
DNS Ellinor Sjöstad (CK Wänershof)
DNS Ulrika Hansson (Fredrikshofs IF CK)
DNS Anna Sällström (Uddevalla CK)

Elite Men, 180 km

1 Jonas Ljungblad (Skoghalls CK-Hammarö/Amore & Vita)   4.04.21 (44,2 km/h)
2 Christofer Stevenson (Team Mälarenergi)
3 Stefan Adamsson (Örebrocyklisterna/Barloworld-Valsir)
4 John Nilsson (Sollerö IF/Auber 93)
5 Fredrik Johansson (Västerås CK/Team Konica Minolta)
6 Johan Flodin (Team MA Borås)                             2.05
7 Robert Österling (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)
8 Martin Johansson (Mölndals CK)                           2.13
9 Håkan Nilsson (Team MA Borås)
10 Jan Mattsson (Upsala CK)
11 Johan Lindgren (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)
12 Marcus Svensson (Team Trek Åstorps CK)
13 Joakim Åleheim (Team MA Borås)
14 Tommy Mlekus (Västerås CK)
15 Lucas Persson (Team Mälarenergi)
16 Marcus Juneholt (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)
17 Anders Johansson (Alingsås CK)
18 Anders Gerhardsson (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)            6.39
19 Fredrik Lindberg (Team MA Borås)
20 Michael Johansson (CK Hymer)                            8.33
21 Martin Erlandsson (Skara CK)
22 David Marklund (CK Valhall)
23 Alexander Gustafsson (Team Trek Åstorps CK)
24 Martin Axelsson (CK ECI Champion)
25 Henrik Åbom (Skara CK)
26 Mattias Carlzon (Team MA Borås)
27 Peter Gustavsson (Värnamo CK)
28 Anders Dellien (CK Ringen)                              8.37
29 Johan Levin (CK Wänershof)
30 Jakob Isaksson (Jönköpings CK)
31 Mattias Lundqvist (Mölndals CK)                         8.39
32 Mikael Olausson (CK ECI Champion)                       8.40
33 Calle Friberg (Spårvägen CF)
34 Benny Elofsson (Team MA Borås)
35 Jens Westergren (Upsala CK)
36 Martin Nyman (Team Mälarenergi)
37 Kalle Sandell (CK Ceres)
38 Petter Renäng (Värnamo CK/Comnet Senges)
39 Lars Robertsson (Värnamo CK)
40 Michael Stevenson (Team Mälarenergi)                    8.46
41 Johan Svensson (Falkenbergs CK)
42 Jonas Pettersson (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)
43 Patrik Löfving (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)                9.47
44 Thomas Nyberg (Upsala CK)                              11.11
DNF Daniel Rytz (CK Valhall)
DNF Jonas Holmkvist (Värnamo CK/Amore & Vita)
DNF Jimmy Bodin (Värnamo CK)
DNF Fredrik Ahlström (Värnamo CK)
DNF Mattias Jansson (Alingsås CK)
DNF Kristoffer Lidvall (Alingsås CK)
DNF Anton Bergstrand (Alingsås CK)
DNF Viktor Folkesson (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)
DNF Viktor Renäng (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)
DNF Johan Landström (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)
DNF Henric Wilert (CK Cykelcity.se/Quicker)
DNF Andreas Lundqvist (CK Hymer)
DNF Marcus Rothqvist (CK Hymer)
DNF Anders Wiklund (CK Hymer)
DNF Colin Ray (CK Norrtälje)
DNF Jesper Andersson (CK Norrtälje)
DNF David Scott (CK Norrtälje)
DNF Gustav Elmvik (CK Wänershof)
DNF Christer Hermansson (CK Wänershof)
DNF Carl-Magnus Eriksson (CK Wänershof)
DNF Fredrik Larsson (CK Wänershof)
DNF Christer Myerscough (CSK Ludvika)
DNF Christian Björkman (CK Cyclesport.se)
DNF Johan Slånmark (CK Cyclesport.se)
DNF Krister Persson (Falkenbergs CK)
DNF Tobias Tolf (Falkenbergs CK)
DNF Emil Lindgren (IK Hakarpspojkarna)
DNF Ramiz Karnal (Klubben Cyklisten)
DNF Mattias Haal (Motala AIF CK)
DNF Martin Cameron (Motala AIF CK)
DNF Björn Sjöberg (Motala AIF CK)
DNF Mathias Forslund (Motala AIF CK)
DNF Mikael Hägg (Motala AIF CK)
DNF Gustav Stafström (Motala AIF CK)
DNF Stefan Grahn (Nässjö CK)
DNF Robin Hennig (Ramnäs CK)
DNF Andreas Herlitz (Ringmurens CK)
DNF Peter Resar (Sollerö IF)
DNF Per Gustafsson (Sollerö IF)
DNF Rickard Olsson (Svanesunds GOIF)
DNF Johannes Karlsson (Svanesunds GOIF)
DNF Mattias Carlsson (Team MA Borås)
DNF Stefan Palm (Team MA Borås)
DNF Andreas Johanson (Team Mälarenergi)
DNF Fredrik Johansson (Team Mälarenergi)
DNF Michael Nolin (Upsala CK)
DNF Magnus Anundsson (Västerås CK)
DNF Johan Norin (CK Valhall)
DNF Andreas Papp (Karlstads CA)
DNF Freddie Nihlén (Eslövs CK)
DNF Marcus Nihlén (Eslövs CK)
DNF Johan Nyman (Team Trek Åstorps CK)
DNF Anton Hulth (Team Trek Åstorps CK)
DNF Mattias Westling (Team Trek Åstorps CK)
DNF Marcus Larsen (Team Trek Åstorps CK)
DNF Marcus Petersson (Team Trek Åstorps CK)
DNF Peter Sidenbäck (CK Wimer)
DNF Per Kumlin (Spårvägen CF)
DNF Fredrik Josefsson (Spårvägen CF)
DNF Hjalmar Bengtsson (Spårvägen CF)
DNF Mattias Thyr (Jönköpings CK)
DNF Markus Johansson (Ulricehamns CK)
DNF Marcus Warhed (Team Trek Åstorps CK)
DNF Anders Juhlin (CK ECI Champion)
DNF Peter Lindqvist (CK ECI Champion)
DNF Anders Grönqvist (CK ECI Champion)
DNF Erik Eriksson (CK ECI Champion)
DNF Patrik Morén (CK ECI Champion)
DNF Joel Carlsson (Västerviks CK)
DNF Mattias Reck (CK Master)
DNF Peter Eriksson (Söderhamns CA)
DNF Klas Kullman (Söderhamns CA)
DNF Ivar Fridén (CK Ceres)
DNF Niklas Jonsson (CK Ceres)
DNF Björn Jonsson (Fredrikshofs IF CK)
DNF Nils Penton (Fredrikshofs IF CK)
DNF Johan Eriksson (CK Uni)
DNS Peter Blomqvist (Alingsås CK)
DNS Bengt Jonsson (CK Norrtälje)
DNS Morgan Larsson (CK Wänershof)
DNS Dennis Nystrand (CK Cyclesport.se)
DNS Gustav Karlsson (Kristianstad CK)
DNS Andreas Granberg (Motala AIF CK)
DNS Erik Andersson (Motala AIF CK)
DNS Gustav Larsson (Skoghalls CK - Hammarö)
DNS Andreas Svensson (Skoghalls CK - Hammarö)
DNS Markus Lintala (Svanesunds GOIF)
DNS Fredrik Modin (Team Mälarenergi)
DNS Fredrik Ericsson (Upsala CK)
DNS Peter Lundblad (Västerås CK)
DNS Per Strömblad (CK Valhall)
DNS Gustav Jeansson (KFUM.s Cykelklubb)
DNS Fredrik Kessiakoff (Spårvägen CF)
DNS Mikael Salomonsson (Spårvägen CF)
DNS Magnus Darvell (Falu CK)
DNS Henrik Öijer (Falu CK)
DNS Oskar Ekstam (Falu CK)
DNS Erik Jannesson (Borlänge CK)
DNS Philip Tavell (Spårvägen CF)