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GP Tell - 2.2Ncup
Switzerland, August 22-26, 2007
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Prologue - August 22: Luzern , 2.19km
Joergensen takes first victory
By Andreas Oppliger
The second last round of the 2007 UCI Nations Cup for Under 23 riders has commenced with a the peloton contesting a 2.19 kilometre Prologue. The GP Tell is a traditional stage race for young athletes, and of significant importance to national cycling federations. This year riders from over than 20 nations have come to the central part of Switzerland in the hope of gaining more points for their respective federations. The top five federations following the UCI Nations Cup finale at the Tour de l'Avenir are allowed an additional rider for September's World Road Racing Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
How it unfolded
GP Tell's opening stage took place in perfect conditions, with dry roads and agreeable temperatures sitting around the 17 degree set a perfect scene for Danish track specialist Casper Joergensen to celebrate his first road racing win. The rider from Odense was selected for the Danish National Team at the last minute and was extremely happy and surprised by his win.
Joergensen was 10 hundredths of a second faster than Frenchman Tony Gallopin and 0.3 seconds faster than Russia's Dimitry Sokolov. Gallopin's second place was capped off a fantastic effort by the entire French National Team, with all six of its riders placing inside the top 15.
After finishing the event seventh overall last year Cyril Gautier, who placed eighth on the prologue, is touted as the man to beat for overall honours at this year's race.
Tomorrow's Stage 1 starts and finishes in the town of Littau, with the stage's main obstacle a category two climb to Michaelskreuz, some 30 kilometres from the 148.7 kilometre stage's finish line.
Results
1 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Danish National Team 2.55 (45.051 km/h) 2 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team 3 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team 4 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.01 5 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team 6 Martin Kohler (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 7 Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 0.02 8 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team 9 Chris Barton (USA) USA National Team 10 Bjorn Selander (USA) USA National Team 0.03 11 Blel Kadri (Fra) French National Team 12 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team 0.04 13 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team 14 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team 15 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 16 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team 17 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 18 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team 19 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Ista 20 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 0.05 21 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Dutch National Team 22 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 23 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Poland National Team 24 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team 25 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team Ista 0.06 26 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 27 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team 28 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team 29 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 0.07 30 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 31 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Belgian National Team 32 Edgar Pinto (Por) Portugal National Team 33 Martin Schöffmann (Aut) Austrian National Team 34 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team 35 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team 36 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team 37 Jure Zagar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 38 César Fonte (Por) Portugal National Team 39 Alain Lauener (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 40 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 41 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 42 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team 0.08 43 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 44 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Dutch National Team 45 Claudio Filipe Pedr Apolo (Por) Portugal National Team 46 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland National Team 47 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland National Team 48 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 0.09 49 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 50 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Belgian National Team 51 Nino Schurter (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 52 Domenic Klemme (Ger) German National Team 53 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team 54 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 55 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 56 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 57 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.10 58 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 59 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 60 Scott Stewart (USA) USA National Team 61 Benjamin Cujnik (Slo) Slovenian National Team 62 Nico Graf (Ger) German National Team 63 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 64 Mathias Frank (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 65 Tomas Mice (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 66 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 67 Dmytro Nowosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 68 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland National Team 69 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 70 Wout Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 0.11 71 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 72 Sander Armee (Bel) Belgian National Team 73 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 74 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team 0.12 75 Wim Botman (Ned) Dutch National Team 76 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team 77 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 78 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Team Ista 78 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team 80 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Team Ista 81 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 82 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team 83 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 84 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 85 Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 86 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 87 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.13 88 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Poland National Team 88 Peter Salon (USA) USA National Team 90 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 91 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portugal National Team 92 Andrius Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 93 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team 94 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team 94 Ablay Shugaipov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 96 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Team Ista 0.14 97 Bruno Saraiva (Por) Portugal National Team 98 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 99 Yannick Stoltz (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 100 Marko Hlebanja (Slo) Slovenian National Team 0.15 101 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Team Ista 102 Janick Wysler (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 103 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 104 Max Jenkins (USA) USA National Team 105 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team 106 Frank Appelbaum (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 107 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 0.16 108 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 109 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.17 110 Egor Silin (Rus) Russian National Team 111 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Team 112 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Poland National Team 113 David Claerebout (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 114 Carlos Sabido (Por) Portugal National Team 0.18 115 Ivo Lux (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 0.19 116 Zabava V'yacheslav (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.20 117 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.21 118 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.23 General Classification after Prologue 1 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Danish National Team 2.55 2 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team 3 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team 4 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.01 5 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team 6 Martin Kohler (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 7 Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 0.02 8 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team 9 Chris Barton (USA) USA National Team 10 Bjorn Selander (USA) USA National Team 0.03 11 Blel Kadri (Fra) French National Team 12 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team 0.04 13 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team 14 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team 15 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 16 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team 17 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 18 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team 19 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Ista 20 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 0.05 21 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Dutch National Team 22 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 23 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Poland National Team 24 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team 25 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team Ista 0.06 26 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 27 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team 28 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team 29 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 0.07 30 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 31 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Belgian National Team 32 Edgar Pinto (Por) Portugal National Team 33 Martin Schöffmann (Aut) Austrian National Team 34 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team 35 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team 36 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team 37 Jure Zagar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 38 César Fonte (Por) Portugal National Team 39 Alain Lauener (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 40 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 41 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 42 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team 0.08 43 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 44 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Dutch National Team 45 Claudio Filipe Pedr Apolo (Por) Portugal National Team 46 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland National Team 47 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland National Team 48 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 0.09 49 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 50 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Belgian National Team 51 Nino Schurter (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 52 Domenic Klemme (Ger) German National Team 53 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team 54 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 55 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 56 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 57 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.10 58 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 59 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 60 Scott Stewart (USA) USA National Team 61 Benjamin Cujnik (Slo) Slovenian National Team 62 Nico Graf (Ger) German National Team 63 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 64 Mathias Frank (Swi) Switzerland National Team 1 65 Tomas Mice (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 66 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 67 Dmytro Nowosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 68 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland National Team 69 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 70 Wout Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 0.11 71 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 72 Sander Armee (Bel) Belgian National Team 73 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 74 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team 0.12 75 Wim Botman (Ned) Dutch National Team 76 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team 77 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 78 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Team Ista 78 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team 80 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Team Ista 81 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 82 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team 83 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 84 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 85 Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 86 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 87 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.13 88 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Poland National Team 88 Peter Salon (USA) USA National Team 90 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 91 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portugal National Team 92 Andrius Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 93 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team 94 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team 94 Ablay Shugaipov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 96 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Team Ista 0.14 97 Bruno Saraiva (Por) Portugal National Team 98 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 99 Yannick Stoltz (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 100 Marko Hlebanja (Slo) Slovenian National Team 0.15 101 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Team Ista 102 Janick Wysler (Swi) Switzerland National Team 2 103 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 104 Max Jenkins (USA) USA National Team 105 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team 106 Frank Appelbaum (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 107 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 0.16 108 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 109 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.17 110 Egor Silin (Rus) Russian National Team 111 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Team 112 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Poland National Team 113 David Claerebout (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 114 Carlos Sabido (Por) Portugal National Team 0.18 115 Ivo Lux (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 0.19 116 Zabava V'yacheslav (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.20 117 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.21 118 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.23
