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66th Skoda Tour de Luxembourg - 2.HC
Luxembourg, May 31-June 4, 2006
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Stage 2 - June 2: Schifflange-Differdange, 183,2 km
Martens takes the stage
By Susan Westemeyer
Paul Martens from Team Skil-Shimano took the sprint in a four-man group to win the second stage of the Tour de Luxembourg Friday. He finished with the same time as Marco Serpellini (Unibet.com) and Christian Vande Velde (CSC).
Serpellini took over the leader's jersey from T-Mobile's Kim Kirchen, who fell to fifth place overall after finishing 44 seconds behind the leading group. Vande Velde is second, 3 seconds down, and Tomasz Brozyna of the Polish team Intel-Action is third, with 5 seconds.
Saturday's stage from Wiltz to Diekirch over 175,1 km features many climbs.
Results
1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 4.26.05 2 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 4 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 0.27 6 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 7 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 8 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 0.44 9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 10 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Frederik Johansson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 13 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 17 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 19 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 21 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 22 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 23 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 27 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 28 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 29 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 30 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 34 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 35 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 36 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 37 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 38 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 39 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 40 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel-Action 41 Camille Bouqet (Fra) Unibet.com 42 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 43 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 44 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 45 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 1.33 46 Constantino Fernandez (Spa) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 47 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48 Frank Dressler (Ger) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 49 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil - Shimano 50 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 51 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon 52 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 53 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 54 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 55 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 3.58 56 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 5.20 58 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 59 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 60 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 63 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 64 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 8.00 66 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 67 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 68 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 9.55 69 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 70 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 71 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) Intel-Action 73 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano 74 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 75 Nico Schinker (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 10.11 76 Nick Clesen (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 77 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 11.04 78 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 79 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 80 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 82 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 83 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 84 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11.24 Points 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 20 pts 2 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 16 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 13 4 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 11 5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 9 6 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 7 7 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 5 8 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 3 9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2 10 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains Climb 1 - km 121.4 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 5 pts 2 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 3 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2 4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 Climb 2 - km 153.0 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 5 pts 2 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 3 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2 4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 Sprints Rush, km 159.2 1 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 2 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC Rush, km 168.6 1 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole Teams 1 Team CSC 13.19.43 2 Intel - Action 3 Unibet.Com 4 Credit Agricole 0.27 5 Bouyges Telecom 0.44 6 Liquigas 7 Rabobank 8 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Skil - Shimano 0.49 10 CCI Differdange 1.16 11 Elk Haus - Simplon 2.22 12 T-Mobile Team 6.09 13 Team Wiesenhof - Akud 7.43 General classification after stage 2 1 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 8.53.01 2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 0.03 3 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 0.05 4 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 0.13 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.17 6 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 0.29 7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 0.31 8 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 0.32 9 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.33 10 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.37 11 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 0.41 12 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 0.42 13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 14 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.45 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 16 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.46 18 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 0.49 19 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 21 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.50 22 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.52 25 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 26 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.53 27 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.54 28 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.55 29 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 30 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 0.56 31 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 0.57 32 Frederik Johansson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 1.07 33 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel-Action 1.14 34 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 1.34 35 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.51 36 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil - Shimano 1.53 37 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.17 38 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 2.21 39 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.24 40 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.25 41 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5.22 42 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5.34 43 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6.07 44 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 6.19 45 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 7.10 46 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.12 47 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 7.24 48 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 7.26 49 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 7.30 50 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.39 51 Camille Bouqet (Fra) Unibet.com 7.58 52 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.10 53 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon 8.23 54 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 8.31 55 Frank Dressler (Ger) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 8.36 56 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8.50 57 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.39 58 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 10.49 59 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.55 60 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 11.19 61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 11.57 62 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 12.06 63 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 12.31 64 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 12.54 65 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 12.58 66 Constantino Fernandez (Spa) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 13.04 67 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.02 68 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 14.55 69 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 16.39 70 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano 16.42 71 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 16.50 72 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 16.52 73 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 16.55 74 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) Intel-Action 16.57 75 Nico Schinker (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 17.19 76 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 17.40 77 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 17.42 78 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 17.54 79 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 18.03 80 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.09 81 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 18.21 82 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 19.25 83 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 22.45 84 Nick Clesen (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 33.39 Points classification 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 36 pts 2 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 23 3 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 20 4 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 20 5 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 18 6 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 16 7 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 13 8 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 9 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 11 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 11 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 11 12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 13 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 9 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 7 15 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 16 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 17 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 5 18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 19 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 3 20 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 3 21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 2 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2 23 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 24 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 25 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 10 pts 2 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 10 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 4 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 6 5 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 6 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 5 7 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 4 8 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2 9 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1 11 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 1 U23 classification 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 8.53.14 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.20 3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.32 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 0.36 6 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.37 8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.38 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.39 10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.42 11 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 0.44 12 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil - Shimano 1.40 13 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.04 14 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 2.08 15 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6.57 16 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.59 17 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 7.13 18 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 7.17 19 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.26 20 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon 8.10 21 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.42 22 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.49 23 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 14.42 24 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 16.37 25 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 16.42 26 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) Intel-Action 16.44 27 Nico Schinker (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 17.06 28 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 17.41 29 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.56 30 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 18.08 31 Nick Clesen (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 33.26 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 26.40.10 2 Unibet.Com 0.16 3 Intel - Action 0.45 4 Rabobank 1.02 5 Liquigas 1.12 6 Skil - Shimano 1.27 7 Credit Agricole 2.17 8 Bouyges Telecom 2.42 9 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2.44 10 Elk Haus - Simplon 9.21 11 T-Mobile Team 12.43 12 CCI Differdange 14.48 13 Team Wiesenhof - Akud 21.27
