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Five rings of Moscow - 2.2
Russia, May 5-9, 2006
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Stage 4 - May 8: Krylatskoye Olympic circuit, 160km
Khatuntsev takes the queen stage
By Sergey Kurdyukov
The time had come for the moment of truth, as the 100+ field was flocking together at the starting line of one of the toughest courses in the world. No end of chilling downhills and leg-wrenching 20 per cent climbs - a wild rhythm few are able to master.
The 20-year-old Trusov, apparently no climber at all, was ready to call the shots. No matter that before the prologue of 5 Rings two other members of Tinkoff Restaurants-S7 Airlines team had been named general classification contenders. A crash for Alexander Serov on the first day of the race meant they were less one rider – he soldiered on, but his knee and back couldn’t stand extra effort that separates a winner from just another rider in the peloton. But the other contender, Pavel Brutt, held on, stood high on GC, and was back to his favourite terrain. Throw in the aforementioned yellow jersey ambitions of Nikolay Trusov, and you get a formula leaving some room for the team’s maneuver.
But the Muscovites from Omnibike-Dynamo were daydreaming about the revenge. Their top hope Alexander Khatuntsev, though clad in Russian national team uniform, enjoyed the support of three different squads sharing the same goal, and had demonstrated his peak form a week earlier winning GP of Moscow on the same course.
Alexander and his teammates started to dictate terms on the course they had covered hundreds of times at racing speeds. The yellow jersey missed the boat when Khatuntsev and K went all out, yet hoping to bring the break back to the peloton sooner of later. Pavel Brutt and his Tinkoff’s teammate, Olympic points race champion Michail Ignatiev caught the wheels of the breakaway, but the numbers were definitely not in their favour. Nikolay Trusov and Ivan Rovny were desperately trying to bridge the gap, but the disheartening nature of Krylatskoye (where a rider more than 1 minute in front gets out of sight and out of mind of his chasers) ruined their efforts.
There were 10 riders in the decisive breakaway that started to fall apart on the final lap. At the bottom of the last climb leading up to the 100m-long false flat to the finish an uphill sprint duel started. Well, Brutt and Ignatiev were utterly inseparable in this race. The Olympic champion is always ready to keep away all the thoughts of his status giving himself up to teamwork. Pavel was a designated leader for the GC, and Mikhail protected him at all costs.
But the cost of his final move proved too high. He pushed his friend forward, madison-style, to the utter amazement of the jury! Although Brutt cross the line second, after Alexander Khatuntsev, he received a 30 seconds penalty (as well as Ignatiev) subsequently relegating him to 10th and out of contention for the GC, as the fifth stage of the race was too flat to change any strategic outcomes.
Not only the new wearer of the yellow jersey was decided in Krylatskoye, but also the king of the mountains, with experienced Belorussian Aliaxandr Kychinsky dressed in green on the podium.
Results
1 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team 4.13.05 2 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 0.05 3 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk 4 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.07 5 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 0.10 6 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Belarusian National Team 0.15 7 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 0.19 8 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 0.24 9 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.28 10 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 12 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 2.47 13 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 2.49 14 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 2.52 15 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 16 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Russian National Team 3.04 17 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 4.18 18 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 4.24 19 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Russian Track Team 4.51 20 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 4.56 21 Evgeny Nikitin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 22 Sergey Sherbakov (Rus) Dinamo 4.58 23 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 5.06 24 Dmitriy Medvedev (Rus) Russia MTB Team 5.15 25 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 26 Ivan Blinov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 5.18 27 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia MTB Team 28 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Russian National Team 29 Anatoliy Pakhtusov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 30 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Schelkovo 31 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 32 Artem Orlov (Rus) Udmurtia 33 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 34 Dmitry Samokhvalov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 5.25 35 Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 5.28 36 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 5.39 37 Kostyantyn Pasternak (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 5.47 38 Andrey Shmigoun (Rus) Dinamo 6.16 39 Vacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 7.08 40 Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk 7.15 41 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Udmurtia 42 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 43 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Udmurtia 44 Anatoliy Yugov (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD 45 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 7.20 46 Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Schelkovo 47 Vladimir Likhachev (Rus) Udmurtia 48 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier 49 Dmitry Puzanov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team 50 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 51 Igor Kovalenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 52 Andrey Bozhko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 53 Roman Mikhailov (Rus) Premier 54 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Udmurtia 55 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 56 Evgeny Perminov (Rus) Sverdlovsk 57 Yusuf Abrekov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 58 Philipp Yakovenko (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 59 Ilya Krestiyaninov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 7.27 60 Egor Kazakov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 61 Sergey Smirnov (Rus) Premier 62 Vladimir Shchekunov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 63 Ievgen Bryshak (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 7.32 64 Anton Afonin (Rus) Schelkovo 65 Ivan Zykov (Rus) Sverdlovsk 7.35 66 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 7.38 67 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 7.40 68 Yuriy Ivoljatov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 69 Anatoli Chaburka (Blr) Belarusian National Team 7.42 70 Anton Samokhvalov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 7.45 71 Sergiy Mynashkyn (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD 72 Alexey Usov (Rus) Russian Track Team 73 Kalvis Eisaks (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 74 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Dinamo 75 Konstantin Ponomarev (Rus) Russian Track Team 76 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 77 Andrey Kluev (Rus) Russian Track Team 78 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 79 Andriy Suralev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 80 Siarhei Novik (Blr) Belarusian Track Team 14.17 81 Egor Lutskovich (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 15.10 82 Alexandr Osmak (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 19.05 83 Alexei Kamarou (Blr) Belarusian Track Team 29.07 84 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 31.22 85 Sergey Sevostianov (Rus) Dinamo 31.27 86 Alexei Tsikhanau (Blr) Belarusian Track Team 37.33 87 Vladimir Tyjelkin (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 88 Roman Kononov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team 38.05 Points 1 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team 20 pts 2 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 16 3 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk 12 4 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Russian National Team 10 5 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 8 6 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Belarusian National Team 6 7 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 4 8 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 2 Sprinters 1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 8 pts 2 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 3 3 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 3 4 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 2 5 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 2 6 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 2 7 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 1 8 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 1 9 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 1 10 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia MTB Team 1 Mountains 1 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 6 pts 2 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 5 3 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 4 4 Anatoliy Pakhtusov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 4 5 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia MTB Team 4 6 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 2 7 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 2 8 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 1 General classification after stage 4 1 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team 14.16.45 2 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk 0.15 3 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 0.20 4 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 0.25 5 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Belarusian National Team 0.37 6 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Russian National Team 7 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 0.44 8 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 0.53 9 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 10 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 1.03 11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 1.19 12 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 3.01 13 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 14 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 3.12 15 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 16 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Russian National Team 3.29 17 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 4.44 18 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 4.59 19 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Russian Track Team 5.13 20 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 5.21 21 Sergey Sherbakov (Rus) Dinamo 22 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 5.27 23 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 5.29 24 Evgeny Nikitin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 5.33 25 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 5.37 26 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Russian National Team 5.40 27 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Schelkovo 5.42 28 Anatoliy Pakhtusov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 5.48 29 Artem Orlov (Rus) Udmurtia 5.49 30 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia MTB Team 5.54 31 Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 6.01 32 Dmitry Samokhvalov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 33 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 6.05 34 Ivan Blinov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 6.07 35 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 6.14 36 Kostyantyn Pasternak (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 6.16 37 Dmitriy Medvedev (Rus) Russia MTB Team 6.19 38 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 6.59 39 Andrey Shmigoun (Rus) Dinamo 7.01 40 Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk 7.30 41 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 7.32 42 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Udmurtia 7.35 43 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 7.36 44 Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Schelkovo 7.37 45 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 7.39 46 Anatoliy Yugov (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD 7.41 47 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Udmurtia 7.44 48 Vacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 7.45 49 Igor Kovalenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 7.46 50 Vladimir Likhachev (Rus) Udmurtia 7.48 51 Dmitry Puzanov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team 7.50 52 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier 7.53 53 Roman Mikhailov (Rus) Premier 7.55 54 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 7.57 55 Andriy Suralev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 7.58 56 Andrey Bozhko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7.59 57 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 8.01 58 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 8.02 59 Kalvis Eisaks (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 8.04 60 Evgeny Perminov (Rus) Sverdlovsk 61 Andrey Kluev (Rus) Russian Track Team 8.05 62 Ilya Krestiyaninov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 8.07 63 Philipp Yakovenko (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 8.08 64 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Dinamo 8.10 65 Vladimir Shchekunov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 66 Yusuf Abrekov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 8.11 67 Egor Kazakov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 68 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb 8.12 69 Sergey Smirnov (Rus) Premier 8.17 70 Alexey Usov (Rus) Russian Track Team 71 Anatoli Chaburka (Blr) Belarusian National Team 8.20 72 Ievgen Bryshak (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 73 Anton Afonin (Rus) Schelkovo 8.21 74 Konstantin Ponomarev (Rus) Russian Track Team 8.22 75 Ivan Zykov (Rus) Sverdlovsk 8.23 76 Sergiy Mynashkyn (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD 8.44 77 Yuriy Ivoljatov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 8.55 78 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Udmurtia 9.46 79 Anton Samokhvalov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel 14.25 80 Siarhei Novik (Blr) Belarusian Track Team 15.08 81 Egor Lutskovich (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 15.37 82 Alexandr Osmak (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 19.53 83 Alexei Kamarou (Blr) Belarusian Track Team 29.56 84 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 31.56 85 Sergey Sevostianov (Rus) Dinamo 35.53 86 Vladimir Tyjelkin (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 38.32 87 Roman Kononov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team 38.56 88 Alexei Tsikhanau (Blr) Belarusian Track Team 44.13 Points classification after stage 4 1 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 80 pts 2 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team 30 3 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 26 4 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 26 5 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk 18 6 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 16 7 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 16 8 Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk 16 9 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Dinamo 16 10 Kalvis Eisaks (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 14 Sprinters classification after stage 4 1 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 14 pts 2 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 8 3 Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk 4 4 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 3 5 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 3 6 Egor Lutskovich (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi 3 7 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 2 8 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 2 9 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 2 10 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 1 11 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga 1 12 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia MTB Team 1 Mountains classification after atage 4 1 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team 6 pts 2 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 5 3 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 4 4 Anatoliy Pakhtusov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 4 5 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia MTB Team 4 6 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 2 7 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 2 8 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team 1
