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GP Tell - 2.2Ncup
Switzerland, August 22-26, 2007
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Stage 4 - August 25: Chur - Arosa, 137.9km
All's well that ends well for Tell's successors
By Andreas Oppliger
The final stage of the GP Tell was the queen's stage and the only arrival on
a mountain this year. Swiss mountain champion Mathias Frank showed an impressive
performance and won the stage solo into Arosa, taking revenge for all what the
local riders that had suffered the days before.
The riders showed on this sunny Sunday that they wanted to bring the Tell's
race to an end as quickly as possible. In the first hour of race they managed
to complete 51 kilometers on a flat circuit around Chur.
After the 55 km-mark the course got hillier. Once again it was Mathias Frank
and Elias Schmaehi who were the drivers of a strong group that passed first
at Flims-Waldhaus, a cat. 2 climb. Frank secured the win of the mountain-jersey
by crossing the summit of Flims first. The strong Russian team of Tony Reshetnikov
managed to control the bunch reeling in all the attacks along the way, only
leaving Polish rider Maciej Paterski out front, as they knew the final 30km
climb would see him reeled in.
At the very foot of the final climb, Paterski was caught by the lead group.
The first 5km of the final was steep, during this section the lead group stayed
together, as soon as the group reached the flatter middle section of the climb,
Mathias Frank knowing the climb well after he and his team rode it in training
earlier in the week, attacked.
Quickly he extended his lead to two minutes on the group containing Russian
overall leader Reshetnikov, who saw Frank as no threat as he was more than five
minutes down on GC.
Frank's lead was eaten away at by Kenyan Christopher Froome but he held on
to win at the 1700meter summit by 1.39, the first Swiss victory of the tour.
"Though I felt very tired yesterday, this morning I had a perfect feeling on
the bike and I was convinced, that I could reach a perfect result," Frank
told the media some minutes after his win. After earlier this season when he
won the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, the stage win in Arosa was certainly his most precious
victory.
The big surprise in the Swiss Team was the performance of Nino Schurter, talking
a super 8th place overall. "The GP Tell was my first stage-race ever. I am very
happy about my result. Now I have to take another focus and sit on another type
of bike... as soon as I can. In two weeks I will be on the start on the MTB
world champs to defend my title in the cross country competition in Scotland."
Schurter's biggest threat may come from third placed overall Jakob Fugslang
from Denmark.
Anton Reshetnikov from Russia won in a convincing manner the overall classification
of the GP Tell albeit without a stage win, following his former club-colleague
Vladimir Gusev footsteps, who won the GP Tell in 2003.
Photography
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Images by
Daniel Erismann
Results
1 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.41.57
2 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 1.39
3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 2.05
4 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 2.08
5 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team
6 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
7 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Italian National Team
8 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team
9 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team
10 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 2.29
11 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team 2.35
12 Wouter Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team
13 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian National Team 2.40
14 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 2.46
15 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 2.51
16 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team
17 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team 3.06
18 Reto Holenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team
19 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 3.24
20 Alexey Esin (Rus) Russian National Team
21 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 3.27
22 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team
23 César Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team
24 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 3.49
25 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team
26 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team
27 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team
28 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team
29 Janick Wysler (Swi) Swiss National Team Two
30 Marko Hlebanja (Slo) Slovenian National Team
31 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 4.06
32 Biel Kadri (Fra) French National Team 4.47
33 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 4.50
34 Carlos Sabido (Por) Portuguese National Team 5.27
35 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 7.22
36 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.56
37 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team 8.00
38 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team 9.12
39 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team
40 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team 9.21
41 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 9.28
42 Dmytro Nowosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
43 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team 9.52
44 Nico Graf (Ger) German National Team 9.58
45 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team 10.41
46 Sander Armee (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.56
47 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team 11.32
48 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team
49 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian National Team
50 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team
51 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team 11.46
52 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 12.15
53 Frank Appelbaum (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 12.20
54 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Team
55 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Italian National Team
56 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 12.26
57 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 12.49
58 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
59 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 13.00
60 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 13.29
61 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Belgian National Team 13.32
62 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team 13.54
63 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 15.26
64 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Swiss National Team Two
65 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team 15.38
66 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team
67 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team 16.18
68 Edgar Pinto (Por) Portuguese National Team
69 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team 16.34
70 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 16.58
71 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 18.04
72 Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) US National Team 20.10
73 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team
74 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team 22.06
75 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
76 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) Swiss National Team Two
77 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team
78 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team 23.26
79 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team
80 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team
81 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 25.06
82 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 26.04
83 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team
84 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team
85 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team 26.44
86 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Dutch National Team 27.39
87 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team 29.20
88 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 29.55
89 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team 30.45
90 Dmitro Kryvtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 31.44
91 Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 32.48
92 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Danish National Team 36.32
93 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team 36.54
94 Andris Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
95 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team
96 Domenik Klemme (Ger) German National Team
97 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 37.06
DNF Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team
DNF Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team
DNF Jure Zagar (Slo) Slovenian National Team
DNF Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team
DNF Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team
DNF Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian National Team
DNF Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team
DNF Alain Lauener (Swi) Swiss National Team Two
Points
1 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 25 pts
2 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 20
3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 16
4 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 13
5 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 11
6 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 10
7 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Italian National Team 9
8 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team 8
9 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team 7
10 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 6
11 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team 5
12 Wouter Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 4
13 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian National Team 3
14 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 2
15 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 1
Sprints
Chur Grabenstrasse - 45.8km
1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 6 pts
2 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 3
3 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team 1
Chur Grabenstrasse - 109.4km
1 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 6 pts
2 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team 3
3 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team 1
Mountains
Flims Waldhaus Cat 2- 66.8km
1 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 pts
2 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team 4
3 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 3
4 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 2
5 Biel Kadri (Fra) French National Team 1
Arosa Ortsbeginn Cat 1 - 136.7km
1 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 12 pts
2 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 8
3 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6
4 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 4
5 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team 2
Teams
1 Swiss National Team One 11.11.05
2 French National Team 2.20
3 Kazakh National Team 4.07
2 Italian National Team 4.24
4 Russian National Team 9.30
5 Austrian National Team 11.33
3 Mixed Team 11.46
6 Swiss National Team Two 17.28
7 Belgian National Team 17.31
4 Polish National Team 17.52
8 Portuguese National Team 19.58
9 German National Team 22.39
5 Slovenian National Team 22.45
10 Dutch National Team 24.14
11 Danish National Team 25.41
6 Ukrainian National Team 25.57
12 USA National Team 28.53
13 Latvian National Team 33.52
7 Luxembourg National Team 55.32
14 Lithuanian National Team 1.01.42
Final General classification
1 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 14.12.44
2 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 1.09
3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 1.41
4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team 1.52
5 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Italian National Team 2.49
6 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 3.24
7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 3.47
8 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.48
9 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.54
10 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 4.05
11 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 4.10
12 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team 4.22
13 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian National Team 4.23
14 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team 4.25
15 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 4.47
16 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team 4.55
17 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team 5.30
18 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 5.49
19 César Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team 5.52
20 Biel Kadri (Fra) French National Team 6.21
21 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team 6.24
22 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team 6.30
23 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team 6.41
24 Reto Holenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team 6.47
25 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team 7.32
26 Janick Wysler (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 7.35
27 Carlos Sabido (Por) Portuguese National Team 9.16
28 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 10.09
29 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 11.54
30 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 12.23
31 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team 12.35
32 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team 13.28
33 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 13.44
34 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 13.58
35 Nico Graf (Ger) German National Team 14.34
36 Marko Hlebanja (Slo) Slovenian National Team 15.01
37 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team 15.03
38 Dmytro Nowosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 16.17
39 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team 16.19
40 Sander Armee (Bel) Belgian National Team 17.43
41 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team 18.18
42 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team 18.24
43 Alexey Esin (Rus) Russian National Team 18.36
44 Wouter Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 19.21
45 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team 19.27
46 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian National Team 19.28
47 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 20.36
48 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team 21.02
49 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Belgian National Team 21.42
50 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Italian National Team 22.24
51 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 22.55
52 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team 23.31
53 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team 24.20
54 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 24.37
55 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 24.58
56 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Team 25.00
57 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 27.23
58 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 28.27
59 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team 29.17
60 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 29.19
61 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team 29.49
62 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 31.29
63 Edgar Pinto (Por) Portuguese National Team 31.44
64 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 31.59
65 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 32.00
66 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 32.12
67 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 32.38
68 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 32.56
69 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team 33.15
70 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 33.16
71 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team 35.41
72 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 37.46
73 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team 37.55
74 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 39.00
75 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team 39.27
76 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 40.34
77 Andris Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 41.01
78 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 43.33
79 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 46.58
80 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team 47.16
81 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 47.28
82 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team 49.02
83 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 51.18
84 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 52.50
85 Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) US National Team 55.24
86 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team 57.10
87 Frank Appelbaum (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 58.30
88 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Dutch National Team 59.00
89 Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 1.01.34
90 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team 1.02.44
91 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team 1.05.08
92 Domenik Klemme (Ger) German National Team 1.06.11
93 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.07.42
94 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team 1.09.55
95 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Danish National Team 1.11.36
96 Dmitro Kryvtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.18.15
97 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.21.37
Points
1 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 53 pts
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 42
3 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team 41
4 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 33
5 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team 27
6 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team 25
7 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 25
8 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 25
9 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Danish National Team 25
10 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 25
11 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 22
12 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team 20
13 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 20
14 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 17
15 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team 17
Sprints
1 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 28 pts
2 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 15
3 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 12
4 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 9
5 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 9
6 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 6
7 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 6
8 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 6
9 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team 4
10 Alain Lauener (Swi) Swiss National Team Two 3
11 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team
12 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 pts
13 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team 3
14 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team 3
15 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team 1
Mountains
1 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team 27 pts
2 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team 10
3 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 8
4 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 8
5 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team 8
6 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team 7
7 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team 6
8 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6
9 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team 5
10 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team 4
11 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 3
12 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 3
13 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 3
14 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 2
15 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team 2
Teams overall
1 French National Team 42.37.59
2 Swiss National Team One 2.23
3 Kazakh National Team 4.41
4 Italian National Team 5.33
5 Mixed Team 16.01
6 Austrian National Team 16.35
7 Belgian National Team 23.52
8 Polish National Team 25.18
9 Swiss National Team Two 26.46
10 Danish National Team 27.48
11 Portuguese National Team 31.13
12 Russian National Team 33.57
13 German National Team 39.38
14 Slovenian National Team 47.23
15 Latvian National Team 51.25
16 USA National Team 58.17
17 Dutch National Team 1.10.11
18 Ukrainian National Team 1.12.33
19 Lithuanian National Team 1.43.44
20 Luxembourg National Team 2.43.50
Best newcomer
1 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 14.13.53
2 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Italian National Team 1.40
3 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 2.15
4 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 2.56
5 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team 3.16
6 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team 3.46
7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team 5.15
8 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team 6.23
9 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 10.45
10 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 11.14
11 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team 12.49
12 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team 13.54
13 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team 17.09
14 Alexey Esin (Rus) Russian National Team 17.27
15 Wouter Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 18.12
16 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team 18.18
17 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian National Team 18.19
18 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 19.27
19 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 23.28
20 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 26.14
21 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 27.18
22 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team 28.40
23 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 30.20
24 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 30.50
25 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 31.29
26 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 31.47
27 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team 34.32
28 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 36.37
29 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team 38.18
30 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 39.25
31 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 45.49
32 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team 46.07
33 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 50.09
34 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 51.41
35 Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) US National Team 54.15
36 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team 56.01
37 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team 1.08.46
38 Dmitro Kryvtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.17.06
39 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.20.28
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