53rd International UNIQA Classic - 2.1

Austria, May 2-5, 2005

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Stage 3 - May 5: Gresten - Linz, 157km

De Groot wins GC in incredibly tight finish

Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas-Bianchi)
Photo ©: Marketa Navratilova/Cor Vos

Dutchman Bram De Groot (Rabobank) has claimed the overall victory in the 53rd UNIQA Classic after the final stage ended in Linz today. De Groot placed fourth in the stage that was won by Kjell Carlström (Liquigas-Bianchi), but the 14 second gap they had to the yellow jersey in the main peloton was enough to give De Groot the win over Murillo Fischer. But the pair finished on the same time, so it was necessary to go back to the fractions of seconds recorded in the prologue, and De Groot finished up with just three tenths of a second advantage.

"I completely discounted that," said a surprised De Groot after learning that he'd won. "We were very strong in the last stage and really earned the victory. But Fischer was not too disappointed either, despite the close finish: "I won two stages here in Austria; what more could I want?"

Bram de Groot (Rabobank)
Photo ©: Marketa Navratilova/Cor Vos

Finnish champion Kjell Carlström won the five man sprint ahead of Dainius Kairelis (Amore e Vita) and Maurizio Carta (Miche). "My team worked super today, we controlled the peloton for the whole day. Today's stage win means a lot to me. Austria is a good place for me."

Photography

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Images by Marketa Navratilova/Cor Vos/www.corvospro.com

Bram de Groot (Rabobank) in action during stage 3
Fischer (yellow) gets some help during the stage
The Naturino boys work hard to save Fischer's lead
Strung out in the Austrian countryside
Ahh…
Liquigas and Domina working hard
M.C. Escher eat your heart out
Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas-Bianchi) wins the final stage
Murillo Fischer (Naturino) in the peloton
Jorg Ludewig (Domina) was unassailable in the mountains jersey
Bram de Groot (Rabobank) won the UNIQA classic by less than a second
Watch the beard! Says best Austrian, Gerhard Trampusch
Rabobank was the winning team, and scored enough Austrian sausage to last them at least a week

Results

1 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                 3.48.44
2 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska            
3 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                    
4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                  
5 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                             0.04
6 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal          0.14
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      
8 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                    
9 Paul Kasis (Aut) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz                        
10 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                             
11 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                              
12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                 
13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       
14 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska         
15 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                      
16 Aleksand Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska        
17 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                           
18 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit              
19 Walter Bonca (Slo) Sava                                      
20 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec-Graz-Cyl                           
21 Uros Silar (Slo) Sava                                        
22 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                               
23 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                            
24 Klaus Steinkeller (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl             
25 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal             
26 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche                                
27 Ondreij Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil             
28 Adam Hansen (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                           
29 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                               
30 Robert Nagy (Svk) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz                      
31 Hrovje Miholjevic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                       
32 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil                 
33 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal         
34 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal            
35 Martin Mares (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                           
36 Massimilian Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare            
37 Christoph Koch (Ger) Team Lamonta                            
38 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz                0.22
39 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare           0.46
40 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                            
41 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska      1.37
42 Michael Knopf (Aut) Sava                                     
43 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta                           
44 Udo Müller (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit                     
45 Timo Scholz (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit                    
46 Petr Herman (Cze) Team Apo Sport Linz                        
47 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare            
48 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                         
49 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                             
50 Thomas Liese (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit                   
51 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Lamonta                               
52 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                       
53 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                      
54 Christian Pömer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz                    
55 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz                 
56 Boris Premuzic (Slo) Sava                                    
57 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl             
58 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          
59 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                          
60 Rok Jerse (Slo) Sava                                         
61 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                           
62 Gilles Conquet (Fra) Agritubel                               
63 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                        
64 Enrico Griggoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         
65 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                     
66 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                            
67 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
68 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon                         7.59
69 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) Corratec-Graz-Cyl                 10.54
70 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska              
71 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                              
72 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                    11.21
73 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                        
74 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                         
75 Alexander Gut (Ger) Team Lamonta                             
76 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
77 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava                               
78 David Pavilcek (Cze) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz                   
79 Vasili Anastopoulos (Gre) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal         
80 Gregor Gut (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal                  
81 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil           
82 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil            
83 Marti Fischerlehner (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl           
84 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl               
85 Mariano De Fino (Uru) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                
86 Christian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      
87 Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                           
DNF Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
DNF Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Miche                               
DNF Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche                                   
DNF Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska           
DNF Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Lamonta                            
DNF Friedrich Berein (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz                  
DNF Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz                 
DNF Samuel Farhun (Ger) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl                
DNF Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Corratec-Graz-Cyl                   
 
Points
 
1 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                      15 pts
2 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska          12
3 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                  10
4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                 8
5 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                7
6 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal             6
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                     5
8 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                   4
9 Paul Kasis (Aut) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz                       3
10 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                            2
 
Mountains
 
Climb 1, Cat. 1, km 41,0
 
1 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal           12 pts
2 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                            8
3 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche                                6
4 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                        4
5 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                             2
 
Climb 2, Cat. 3, km 48,5
 
1 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche                                4 pts
2 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal            2
3 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                              1
 
Climb 3, Cat. 3, km 136,5
 
1 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska           4 pts
2 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                   2
3 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                1
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1, km 21,5
 
1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       4 pts
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                     2
3 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                 1
  
Sprint 2, km 72,5
 
1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       4 pts
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                     2
3 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                 1
  
Sprint 3, km.98,5
 
1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                 4 pts
2 Enrico Griggoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         2
3 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                         1
 
Final general classification
 
1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                          13.02.35
2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                  
3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                  0.03
4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                    0.12
5 Ondreij Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil          0.13
6 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                   0.24
7 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
8 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                    
9 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                           0.25
10 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                               0.32
11 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                       0.33
12 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche                            0.34
13 Adam Hansen (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                       0.38
14 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal     0.40
15 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal         0.41
16 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                           0.42
17 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit              
18 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                            0.43
19 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal        0.45
20 Walter Bonca (Slo) Sava                                  0.51
21 Massimilian Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare        0.52
22 Uros Silar (Slo) Sava                                    0.53
23 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                            
24 Aleksand Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska    0.54
25 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal         0.56
26 Robert Nagy (Svk) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz                  0.59
27 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska           
28 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                           1.03
29 Paul Kasis (Aut) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz                   1.17
30 Martin Mares (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                       1.24
31 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec-Graz-Cyl                       1.28
32 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska     1.29
33 Thomas Liese (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit               1.45
34 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                     2.08
35 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare        2.17
36 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      2.20
37 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                      2.26
38 Hrovje Miholjevic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                   4.35
39 Klaus Steinkeller (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl         4.59
40 Gilles Conquet (Fra) Agritubel                           5.47
41 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         5.50
42 Christoph Koch (Ger) Team Lamonta                        6.08
43 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil             6.16
44 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                        6.30
45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                       7.00
46 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                   7.16
47 Timo Scholz (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit                7.22
48 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                      7.25
49 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                  7.29
50 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta                       7.30
51 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                 7.32
52 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         7.40
53 Rok Jerse (Slo) Sava                                     7.43
54 Boris Premuzic (Slo) Sava                                    
55 Petr Herman (Cze) Team Apo Sport Linz                    8.06
56 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl         8.14
57 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil      11.51
58 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz                    
59 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon                        13.48
60 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                   14.15
61 Enrico Griggoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                    14.32
62 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          15.33
63 Mariano De Fino (Uru) Naturino-Sapore di Mare           15.37
64 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                    17.02
65 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                   17.22
66 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                   17.36
67 Michael Knopf (Aut) Sava                                18.01
68 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                       18.29
69 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava                          23.57
70 Marti Fischerlehner (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl      24.21
71 Christian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                 27.31
72 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                    27.41
73 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl          28.04
74 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz            28.46
75 Christian Pömer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz               29.03
76 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Lamonta                          29.36
77 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska     30.06
78 David Pavilcek (Cze) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz              34.48
79 Udo Müller (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit                37.52
80 Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                      38.29
81 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                         38.41
82 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil       38.50
83 Vasili Anastopoulos (Gre) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal    39.17
84 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) Corratec-Graz-Cyl                 48.58
85 Alexander Gut (Ger) Team Lamonta                        49.07
86 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska         49.24
87 Gregor Gut (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal           1.05.02
 
Points classification
 
1 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                30 pts
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                    29
3 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                16
4 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                      15
5 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                  12
6 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska          12
7 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Apo Sport Linz                12
8 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                     10
9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       9
10 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                             9
11 Ondreij Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil            8
12 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                  8
13 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska         8
14 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           7
15 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                               7
16 Massimilian Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare           7
17 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal            6
18 Thomas Liese (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit                  6
19 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                        6
20 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                            5
21 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                            4
22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                          4
23 Paul Kasis (Aut) Sky Plastic-Kruschitz                      3
24 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska        3
25 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta                          3
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                           24 pts
2 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal           18
3 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche                               15
4 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                       14
5 Adam Hansen (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                          12
6 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                           12
7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                 8
8 Aleksand Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska        8
9 Hrovje Miholjevic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                       7
10 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                        6
11 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska          4
12 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                            4
13 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava                              3
14 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                  2
15 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal            2
16 Paul Crake (Aus) Corratec-Graz-Cyl                          2
17 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl              2
18 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                             1
19 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                               1
20 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      1
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil          1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                12 pts
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       8
3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                        8
4 Hans-Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava                               6
5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                     5
6 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche                                4
7 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                             4
8 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                            4
9 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                         4
10 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      2
11 Enrico Griggoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        2
12 Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl              2
13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                1
14 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                        1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Rabobank                                              39.08.53
2 Miche                                                     0.30
3 Volksbank Leingruber Ideal                                0.58
4 Naturino-Sapore di Mare                                   1.00
5 Amore & Vita-Beretta-Polska                               1.32
6 Liquigas-Bianchi                                          1.45
7 Ed' System-Zvvz                                           2.38
8 Agritubel                                                 6.25
9 Sava                                                      8.01
10 Akud Arnolds Sicherheit                                  8.41
11 Perutnina Ptuj                                           9.37
12 Domina Vacanze                                          12.41
13 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil                              17.08
14 Team Lamonta                                            20.08
15 Elk Haus-Simplon                                        20.32
16 Team Apo Sport Linz                                     24.49
17 Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl                                29.31
18 Sky Plastic-Kruschitz                                   35.33