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Switzerland, August 22-26, 2007
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Stage 3 - August 25: Zell - Zell, 148.2km
Fankhauser follows Eibegger to victory
By Andreas Oppliger
Tyrolian rider Clemens Fankhauser, normally of Team Elk, but riding for the Austrian National squad, won stage three of the Swiss Nations Cup event. With this win he followed in the steps of his compatriot, last year's overall winner Markus Eibegger.
Saturday was another brilliant day as far as weather conditions were concerned. The Swiss riders, who came from the only nation to field two squads, suffered defeat on yesterday's stage. With Matthias Frank launching an attack on the first climb, he showed that the "locals" were ready to take revenge for their performance of the day before. Gathering two additional Swiss riders and 10 riders from abroad, Frank served as the main force behind the group. However, his presence wasn't enough to keep the break away; they were caught by the main bunch, led by the Russian team of leader Anton Reshetnikov, 40 kms later.
Immediately after the break was caught, Martin Kohler, another local and the future AG2R-pro Alexandr Pliuschin got away. For awhile, everything looked like the Moldavian had a shot to repeat his previous day's stage win. Kohler and Pliuschin worked in harmoniously and increased their advantage to more than two minutes.
The heat near the end and the difficult laps around Zell became too difficult for the duo, and with 10km to go, Kohler lost contact to his Eastern European companion. On the final descent, Pliuschin was caught by a group of four athletes and later dropped back to the first bunch.
After 147km, Fankhauser won the sprint among the four new leaders. He attacked with 300m to go. Only the super strong Reshetnikov was able to respond to his attack, but he lost the sprint by only a few centimetres. Danish mountain bike ace Jakob Fuglang and Chris Froome, riding with a Kenyan licence, were at the end of their forces and took third and fourth place for the stage.
Fankhauser was very very happy about this win, "It's my third win of this season, but by far my most important victory on the interantional level." Russian leader Reshetniko was again forced to be satisfied with a place of honour, but he found consolation in keeping the overall lead and winning some seconds on Latvian rider Gatis Smukulis (riding for Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille outside Nation's Cup)
Photography
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Images by Daniel Erismann
- Riders wait for the start of the stage.
- Fankhauser happy with his win..
- Fankhauser out sprints GC leader Anton Reshetnikov with Chris Froome in third.
- Mathias Frank sets the pace in the lead group.
- Pliuschin droped Kohler on the final climb.
- Reshetnikov concentrating before the start.
- Stefano Pirazzi (Italy) has attacked every day.
- The break of 13 on one of the many climbs.
Results
1 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team 3.29.04 (42.474 km/h) 2 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 4 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 0.02 5 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 0.13 6 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 8 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 10 Carlos Sabido (Por) Portuguese National Team 11 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team 12 Dmytro Nowosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 13 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian National Team 14 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team 15 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 16 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 17 César Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team 18 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 19 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Italian National Team 20 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team 21 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian National Team 22 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team 23 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team 24 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 25 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team 26 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 27 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 28 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team 29 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team 30 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team 31 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 32 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team 33 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team 34 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 35 Biel Kadri (Fra) French National Team 36 Andris Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 37 Sander Armee (Bel) Belgian National Team 38 Janick Wysler (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 39 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team 40 Reto Holenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.08 41 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 42 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team 43 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team 44 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team 45 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 46 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team 47 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 48 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team 49 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 50 Marko Hlebanja (Slo) Slovenian National Team 51 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team 52 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 53 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team 54 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team 55 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 56 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 57 Nico Graf (Ger) German National Team 58 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Belgian National Team 1.22 59 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team 1.53 60 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 2.44 61 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 62 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 3.25 63 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team 64 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 65 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Team 4.26 66 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 67 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 6.08 68 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 69 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Italian National Team 70 Wouter Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 71 Edgar Pinto (Por) Portuguese National Team 6.58 72 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team 73 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 7.23 74 Domenik Klemme (Ger) German National Team 10.56 75 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team 13.37 76 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team 77 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team 78 Alexey Esin (Rus) Russian National Team 79 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team 80 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian National Team 81 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 19.15 82 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team 83 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 84 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team 85 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Dutch National Team 86 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 20.32 87 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 20.35 88 Frank Appelbaum (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 89 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team 90 Alain Lauener (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 91 Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 92 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 93 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team 94 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Danish National Team 95 Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) US National Team 96 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 97 Dmitro Kryvtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 98 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 99 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Belgian National Team 100 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team 101 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team 102 Jure Zagar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 103 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 104 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team 105 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team 21.02 106 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team 30.49 DNF Bjorn Selander (USA) US National Team DNF Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team DNF Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team DNF Bruno Saraiva (Por) Portuguese National Team DNF Claudio Filipe Pedr Apolo (Por) Portuguese National Team DNF Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Swiss National Team Two General Classification after Stage 3 1 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 10.28.04 2 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 0.26 3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 1.48 4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team 1.52 5 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team 1.53 6 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.44 7 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 2.46 8 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 2.49 9 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Italian National Team 10 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team 3.24 11 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team 3.36 12 Biel Kadri (Fra) French National Team 3.42 13 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 3.47 14 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.48 15 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.49 16 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian National Team 3.51 17 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 4.26 18 César Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team 4.33 19 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 4.34 20 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 4.45 21 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team 5.00 22 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team 5.39 23 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team 5.41 24 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team 5.44 25 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 5.49 26 Reto Holenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team 27 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team 5.51 28 Janick Wysler (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 5.54 29 Carlos Sabido (Por) Portuguese National Team 5.57 30 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team 6.03 31 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 6.12 32 Andris Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6.15 33 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team 6.43 34 Nico Graf (Ger) German National Team 6.44 35 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 7.09 36 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 7.33 37 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 8.03 38 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 8.05 39 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 8.11 40 Sander Armee (Bel) Belgian National Team 8.55 41 Dmytro Nowosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 8.57 42 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 9.12 43 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team 10.03 44 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian National Team 10.04 45 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.18 46 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team 10.05 47 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team 11.05 48 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team 49 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 11.02 50 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team 51 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 11.27 52 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Italian National Team 12.12 53 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 12.14 54 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 12.25 55 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team 12.29 56 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 13.16 57 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team 13.17 58 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 13.18 59 Marko Hlebanja (Slo) Slovenian National Team 13.02 60 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team 13.53 61 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 14.48 62 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Team 63 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team 15.07 64 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 15.46 65 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 16.01 66 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 16.02 67 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team 16.19 68 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team 17.16 69 Alexey Esin (Rus) Russian National Team 17.02 70 Edgar Pinto (Por) Portuguese National Team 17.34 71 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 17.35 72 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 18.42 73 Wouter Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 18.54 74 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team 21.05 75 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian National Team 21.22 76 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 22.38 77 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 23.17 78 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team 25.06 79 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team 26.09 80 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team 27.58 81 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team 28.05 82 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team 29.14 83 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 29.53 84 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 30.26 85 Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 30.54 86 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 31.02 87 Domenik Klemme (Ger) German National Team 31.25 88 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Belgian National Team 32.39 89 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team 32.44 90 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Dutch National Team 33.29 91 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team 35.09 92 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team 35.52 93 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 36.47 94 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 36.51 95 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Danish National Team 37.12 96 Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) US National Team 37.22 97 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team 37.56 98 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 39.02 99 Jure Zagar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 41.02 100 Alain Lauener (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 41.42 101 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team 46.24 102 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 46.39 103 Frank Appelbaum (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 48.18 104 Dmitro Kryvtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 48.39 105 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team 49.53 106 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 52.34
