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53rd International UNIQA Classic - 2.1
Austria, May 2-5, 2005
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Stage 2 - May 4: Traismauer - Gresten, 168km
Fischer takes the lead with second stage win
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Brazilian Murillo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) has taken the leader's jersey in the UNIQA Classic after winning his second stage in a row, from Traismauer to Gresten. Fischer beat Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Andreas Dietziker (Ed' System-Zvvz) in a bunch sprint at the end of the 168 km stage.
A delighted Fischer said that he was very happy with the victory in Austria: "Last year I was fourth in the overall classification and this year I drove to Austria to win my first race as a professional. I am very glad that this became a reality. In my youth, I did many sports, like basketball and soccer. But then I decided to become a cyclist. Before my career, I always had two dreams: I wanted to become a professional and I wanted to win a race. Both dreams have come true."
Fischer admitted that top cyclists don't come out of Brazil very often. "I know, Brazil is more famous for its soccer players. But Brazil has always produced famous cyclists. A few participated the Tour de France and had great success. I want to be one of them and would be glad of participating in the Tour de France one time too."
How it unfolded
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The stage got under way with an attack by 10 riders, including Jörg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze), Rene Weissinger (Volksbank Ideal), Fritz Berein (Apo Sport) and Stefan Rucker (Elk Haus). The group worked hard to establish a three minute lead by the first climb at km 80, with Aqua & Sapone riding tempo behind for race leader Sosenka.
Shortly after the climb, a chase was started by Dutch rider Bram de Groot Rabobank), who was joined by another five riders on the next climb. These riders caught the remnants of the early break and a new lead group formed with Matej Mugerli (Liquigas), Pasquale Muto (Miche), Aleksandr Kuschynski (Amore & Vita), Adam Hansen (Elk Haus-Simplon) and Fraser MacMaster (Volksbank). But Sosenka wasn't far behind, as the race leader was chasing in a group at 30 seconds.
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On the descent after the last climb at km 130, the chasing group closed the gap to the leaders and a group of 60 riders came together. The final attack came with 18 km to go, when a five man group rode away for a while, but it came back well in time for the finish, where Fischer sprinted to victory and the overall lead.
Tomorrow's final stage is from Gresten to Linz over 157 kilometres.
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- Murillo Fischer (Naturino, L) and race leader Ondrej Sosenka (Acqua e Sapone) ride in the rain during stage 2
- Ondrej Sosenka (Acqua e Sapone) had to do some chasing work
- Australian Adam Hansen (Simplon Elk Haus) drives a breakaway
- Oh boy, this is fun says Gerhard Trampusch
- The descent from Wastl am Wald. Sigh.
- The descent from Gschaid. Another sigh.
- Murillo Fischer (Naturino) wins his second stage in a row
- Murillo Fischer (Naturino) now in the leader's jersey
- Gerhard Trampusch is the best Austrian rider after stage 2
Results
1 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 4.17.18 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5 Massimilian Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 8 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 9 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 10 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche 11 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 12 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 13 Uros Silar (Slo) Sava 14 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 15 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 16 Paul Kasis (Aut) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 18 Walter Bonca (Slo) Sava 0.05 19 Aleksand Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 20 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 21 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 22 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 23 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 24 Ondreij Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 25 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec-Graz-Cyl 26 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 27 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 28 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 29 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 30 Thomas Liese (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 31 Adam Hansen (Aus) Elk Haus-Simplon 32 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 33 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 34 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 36 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 37 Robert Nagy (Svk) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz 38 Martin Mares (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 39 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 40 Klaus Steinkeller (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 3.36 41 Hrovje Miholjevic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 42 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 43 Mariano De Fino (Uru) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 44 Gilles Conquet (Fra) Agritubel 45 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta 5.18 46 Petr Herman (Cze) Team Apo Sport Linz 47 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 48 Boris Premuzic (Slo) Sava 49 Michael Knopf (Aut) Sava 50 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 51 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 52 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5.19 53 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 54 Christian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 56 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 57 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 58 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 60 Rok Jerse (Slo) Sava 61 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon 62 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 63 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Miche 64 Timo Scholz (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 65 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 66 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Lamonta 67 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 68 Christoph Koch (Ger) Team Lamonta 69 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5.25 70 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.26 71 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 5.27 72 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 5.32 73 Marti Fischerlehner (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 12.11 74 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 75 David Pavilcek (Cze) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz 76 Udo Müller (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 77 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava 78 Enrico Griggoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.14 79 Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 15.55 80 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 81 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 15.57 82 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 15.59 83 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 26.53 84 Gregor Gut (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 85 Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Corratec-Graz-Cyl 86 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 87 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Lamonta 88 Alexander Gut (Ger) Team Lamonta 89 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) Corratec-Graz-Cyl 90 Samuel Farhun (Ger) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 91 Friedrich Berein (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 92 Christian Pömer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 93 Vasili Anastopoulos (Gre) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 94 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 95 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 96 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 97 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel DNF Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare DNF Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil DNF Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Miche DNF Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel DNF Michael Neuweg (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl DNF Florian Moser (Aut) Corratec-Graz-Cyl DNS Andreas Legler (Aut) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz Points 1 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 15 pts 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 3 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 10 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 5 Massimilian Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 7 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 7 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 5 8 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 4 9 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 3 10 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche 2 Mountains Climb 1 - Cat. 2, km 64,5 1 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 6 pts 2 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 4 3 Hrovje Miholjevic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 3 4 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 5 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Climb 2 - Cat. 1, km 99,0 1 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 12 pts 2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 3 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 6 4 Hrovje Miholjevic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 4 5 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 2 Climb 3 - Cat. 1, km 130.5 1 Adam Hansen (Aus) Elk Haus-Simplon 12 pts 2 Aleksand Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 8 3 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 4 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 4 5 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 2 Sprints Sprint 1, km 19,5 1 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 4 pts 2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Sprint 2, km 44,0 1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 2 3 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Sprint 3, km 58,5 1 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 4 pts 2 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 2 3 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 9.13.38 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.06 3 Ondreij Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 0.12 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.17 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 Thomas Liese (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 0.21 7 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 0.23 8 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 0.24 9 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 0.31 10 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.32 11 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 0.33 12 Adam Hansen (Aus) Elk Haus-Simplon 0.37 13 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 0.39 14 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 0.40 15 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche 0.41 16 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 17 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 0.43 19 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 0.44 20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 21 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.47 22 Walter Bonca (Slo) Sava 0.50 23 Massimilian Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.51 24 Uros Silar (Slo) Sava 0.52 25 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 26 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 27 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.53 28 Aleksand Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 29 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 0.55 30 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.56 31 Robert Nagy (Svk) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz 0.58 32 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 1.02 33 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 34 Paul Kasis (Aut) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz 1.16 35 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 1.18 36 Martin Mares (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 1.23 37 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec-Graz-Cyl 1.27 38 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 1.28 39 Gilles Conquet (Fra) Agritubel 4.23 40 Mariano De Fino (Uru) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 4.29 41 Hrovje Miholjevic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 4.34 42 Klaus Steinkeller (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 4.58 43 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 5.36 44 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5.49 45 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.52 46 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 5.55 47 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 5.57 48 Timo Scholz (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 5.58 49 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 5.59 50 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6.01 51 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Miche 52 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon 6.02 53 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 6.05 54 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.06 55 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta 56 Christoph Koch (Ger) Team Lamonta 6.07 57 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 6.08 58 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Lamonta 6.14 59 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 60 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 6.15 61 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6.16 62 Rok Jerse (Slo) Sava 6.19 63 Boris Premuzic (Slo) Sava 64 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.28 65 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 6.29 66 Petr Herman (Cze) Team Apo Sport Linz 6.42 67 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 6.50 68 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 11.42 69 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava 12.49 70 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 12.51 71 Enrico Griggoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.10 72 Marti Fischerlehner (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 13.13 73 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 15.00 74 Christian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.23 75 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 16.33 76 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 77 Michael Knopf (Aut) Sava 16.37 78 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 16.56 79 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 17.05 80 David Pavilcek (Cze) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz 23.40 81 Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 27.21 82 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 27.22 83 Christian Pömer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 27.39 84 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 27.42 85 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 28.00 86 Vasili Anastopoulos (Gre) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 28.09 87 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Lamonta 28.12 88 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 28.42 89 Udo Müller (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 36.28 90 Alexander Gut (Ger) Team Lamonta 37.59 91 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) Corratec-Graz-Cyl 38.17 92 Samuel Farhun (Ger) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 38.29 93 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 38.43 94 Friedrich Berein (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 52.54 95 Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Corratec-Graz-Cyl 53.47 96 Gregor Gut (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 53.54 Points classification 1 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 30 pts 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 3 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz 12 4 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 10 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 6 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 9 7 Ondreij Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 8 8 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 8 9 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 10 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 11 Massimilian Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 7 12 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 6 13 Thomas Liese (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 6 14 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4 16 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 4 17 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta 3 18 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 3 19 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 20 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche 2 Mountains classification 1 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 16 pts 2 Adam Hansen (Aus) Elk Haus-Simplon 12 3 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 12 4 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 10 5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 6 Aleksand Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 8 7 Hrovje Miholjevic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 7 8 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 9 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 5 10 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 4 11 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava 3 12 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 2 13 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec-Graz-Cyl 2 14 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 15 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 2 16 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 2 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1 18 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Sprints classification 1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 8 pts 2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 3 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava 6 4 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 4 5 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 4 6 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 4 7 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 4 8 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 9 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 2 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 27.42.13 2 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.14 3 Liquigas-Bianchi 0.22 4 Miche 0.30 5 Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 0.44 6 Ed' System-Zvvz 1.01 7 Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska 1.32 8 Agritubel 4.58 9 Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 5.41 10 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 5.47 11 Sava 6.24 12 Perutnina Ptuj 9.23 13 Domina Vacanze 10.32 14 Elk Haus-Simplon 11.10 15 Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 16.47 16 Team Lamonta 17.08 17 Team Apo Sport Linz 21.41 18 Sky Plastic-Kruschitz 24.12
