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66th Skoda Tour de Luxembourg - 2.HC
Luxembourg, May 31-June 4, 2006
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Stage 1 - June 1: Luxembourg-Mondorf , 168,6 km
Johansen takes the rainy stage
By Susan Westemeyer
CSC's Allan Johansen won the first stage of the Tour of Luxembourg, and Luxembourger Kim Kirchen placed second, defending his leader's jersey. The stage, which was held in constant rain, was marked by many escape attempts. At the end, a group of eight sprinted for the finish, with a group of about 30 finishing 8 seconds later. Johansen took the sprint, with Kirchen (T-Mobile) finishing second and Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues) third. A group of seven riders did not finish within the time limit and was removed from the race.
In the overall classification, Kirchen stayed in first place, 14 seconds ahead of Rabobank's Juan Antonio Flecha in second and 15 seconds ahead of Johansen in third.
Friday's stage runs 183.2 km from Schifflange to Differdange, and another sprint finish is expected.
Results
1 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 4.22.40 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 7 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 0.08 9 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 14 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 16 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 17 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 21 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 22 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 24 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 25 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 26 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 27 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil - Shimano 28 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 29 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 30 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 32 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 34 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 35 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 37 Frederik Johansson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 38 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel-Action 39 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 40 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.31 41 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.43 42 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 44 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 45 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 48 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.59 49 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 5.55 50 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.47 51 Nico Schinker (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 52 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Frank Dressler (Ger) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 54 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 55 Hannes Grundlinger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 56 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 57 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 59 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 60 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon 61 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 62 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano 63 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 64 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) Intel-Action 65 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 66 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 67 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 68 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 69 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 70 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 71 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 72 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 73 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 74 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 75 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 76 Camille Bouqet (Fra) Unibet.com 77 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 78 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 80 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7.02 81 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 11.15 82 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 84 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 85 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 86 Constantino Fernandez (Spa) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 87 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 88 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 11.17 89 Nick Clesen (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 23.02 Points 1 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 20 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 16 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 4 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 11 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 7 7 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 8 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 9 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 2 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Climb 1 - km 45 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 3 3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1 Climb 2 - km 85.1 1 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 4 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 1 Climb 3 - km 102 1 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 2 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Sprints Rush 1 - km 61 1 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 2 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com Rush 2 - km 147.9 1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank Teams 1 Team CSC 13.08.08 2 Liquigas 3 Rabobank 0.08 4 Skil - Shimano 0.16 5 Unibet.Com 6 Intel - Action 7 Bouyges Telecom 1.43 8 Credit Agricole 1.51 9 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 10 T-Mobile Team 6.47 11 Elk Haus - Simplon 6.55 12 CCI Differdange 12.42 13 Team Wiesenhof - Akud 13.34 General classification after stage 1 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 4.26.29 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 0.14 3 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 0.15 4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.20 6 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 0.24 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 0.25 8 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 9 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 0.28 10 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.29 14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 15 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 0.31 16 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 0.32 17 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 18 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 20 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.33 21 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 22 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.34 24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.35 25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 26 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 27 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.36 28 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.37 29 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.38 30 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 31 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 0.39 32 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 0.40 33 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.41 34 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 0.42 35 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.47 36 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 0.50 37 Frederik Johansson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 38 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel-Action 0.57 39 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.14 40 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.54 41 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.00 42 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 2.04 43 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.06 44 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.07 45 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.08 46 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2.17 47 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.19 48 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.34 49 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 6.25 50 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 7.00 51 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 7.03 52 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 7.04 53 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 7.05 55 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 7.07 56 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 7.09 57 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 7.11 58 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 7.13 59 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 60 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano 7.14 61 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon 7.17 62 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 63 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 7.18 64 Hannes Grundlinger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 7.19 65 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.22 66 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 67 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 68 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.24 69 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 70 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 71 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 7.25 72 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 7.26 73 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 7.27 74 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) Intel-Action 7.29 75 Frank Dressler (Ger) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 7.30 76 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.32 77 Nico Schinker (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 7.35 78 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 7.38 79 Camille Bouqet (Fra) Unibet.com 7.41 80 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7.44 81 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.35 82 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 11.48 83 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 11.52 84 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 85 Constantino Fernandez (Spa) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 11.58 86 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.01 87 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 12.03 88 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 12.08 89 Nick Clesen (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 23.55 Points classification 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 36 pts 2 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 20 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 18 4 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 16 5 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 6 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 13 7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 11 8 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 9 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 9 10 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 7 11 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 12 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 13 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 3 15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 2 16 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 2 17 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 18 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 4 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 5 5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1 7 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 1 U23 classification 1 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.26.45 2 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.12 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 0.16 5 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.17 7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.18 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.19 9 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.22 10 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 0.24 11 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.31 12 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 0.34 13 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.44 14 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.48 15 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2.01 16 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.03 17 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.18 18 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 6.44 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6.53 20 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 6.57 21 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon 7.01 22 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 23 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.06 24 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 25 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 26 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.08 27 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 28 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 7.11 29 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) Intel-Action 7.13 30 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.16 31 Nico Schinker (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 7.19 32 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.19 33 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.45 34 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 11.47 35 Nick Clesen (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 23.39 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 13.20.29 2 Unibet.Com 0.16 3 Rabobank 0.18 4 Liquigas 0.29 5 Skil - Shimano 0.39 6 Intel - Action 0.45 7 Credit Agricole 1.50 8 Bouyges Telecom 1.59 9 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2.00 10 T-Mobile Team 6.34 11 Elk Haus - Simplon 6.59 12 Cc Differdange 13.32 13 Team Wiesenhof - Akud 13.44
