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GP Linz - Passau - Budweis - 2.7.1
Austria, August 29-31, 2003
Stage 1 - August 29: Budweis - Bad Leonfelden 141.9 km
By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 Team Manager
The 2003 edition of the International Under 23 GP Linz-Passau-Budweis (GP Linz) began on Friday, August 29 in northern Austria. The AIS Mapei Aqua Australian team here consists of Gene Bates, Aaron Kemps, David Betts, Peter Dawson and Jonathan Cantwell. Canberra's Rory Sutherland is riding here with his Rabobank team.
The start of the race was marred by the tragic death of a police motorcycle rider who was escorting the race convoy to the start in Budweis. All the teams decided that the first stage would be neutralised until it reached the point of the accident where the riders would stop for a minute silence before racing as a mark of respect for the policeman.
This left just over 50km to race and this was raced at a furious pace. (average speed includes the 90 odd km neutral) Gene Bates placed 3rd in an intermediate sprint and gained a one second bonus on GC. A small group of four riders went clear with 20km remaining and the bunch could not run them down before the line. Italian National team rider, Vicenzo Nibali took the win from his breakaway companions, with Aaron Kemps beating the bunch in to take sixth.
Results
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team 3.55.12 2 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank GS III 3 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO 4 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team 0.03 5 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III 0.16 6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian national team 0.18 7 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Italian national team 8 Sebastian Paddags (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer 9 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team 10 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech national team 11 Josef Soukup (Cze) Südböhmen 12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III 13 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank GS III 14 Laurent Didier (Lux) Luxemburg national team 15 Rok Jerse (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO 16 Daniel Knyss (Ger) Team Optik Delker 17 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Optik Delker 18 Norbert Abrok (Hun) Hungarian national team 19 Johannes Kaiser (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer 20 Falk Hepprich (Ger) Team Optik Delker 21 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank GS III 22 Falk Dworatzek (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer 23 Marian Hecl (Svk) Slovakian national team 24 Marcel Beima (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko 25 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Australian national team 26 Daniele Colli (Ita) Italian national team 27 Jörg Diener (Ger) Team Optik Delker 28 Benedek Vörös (Hun) Hungarian national team 29 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko 30 Petr Lechner (Cze) Czech national team 31 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Austrian national team 32 Christoph Pleier (Ger) Mapei Bayern 33 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team 34 Andreas Welsch (Ger) Mapei Bayern 35 David Torsantucci (Ita) Italian national team 36 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO 37 Martin Gratzer (Aut) Austrian national team 38 Michael Bückers (Ger) Mapei Bayern 39 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Italian national team 40 Martin Boubal (Cze) Südböhmen 41 Joe Kirch (Lux) Luxemburg national team 42 Miha Svab (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO 43 William Frischkorn (USA) USA national team 44 Marc De Maar (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko 45 Hans Bloks (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko 46 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko 47 Pavel Martinek (Cze) Mähren 48 Andrew Bradley (Aut) Austrian national team 49 Gilles Hendel (Lux) Luxemburg national team 50 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team 51 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III 52 Ladislav Fabisovsky (Cze) Czech national team 53 Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Südböhmen 54 Lukas Manousek (Cze) Czech national team 55 Jonathan Erdelyi (USA) USA national team 56 Stanislav Kremen (Svk) Slovakian national team 57 Leon Makarovic (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO 58 Jonathan McCarty (USA) USA national team 59 Patrick Gressnich (Lux) Luxemburg national team 60 Marco Nürminger (Ger) Mapei Bayern 0.35 61 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Czech national team 62 Dario Benenati (Ita) Italian national team 63 Marco Düchting (Ger) Team Optik Delker 64 Christian Rzen (Aut) Oberösterreich 65 Dusan Klucka (Svk) Slovakian national team 66 Jan Vodehnal (Cze) Mähren 67 Kamil Kubik (Cze) Mähren 68 Mario Lexmüller (Aut) Oberösterreich 69 Michael Schobesberger (Aut) Oberösterreich 70 Jan Barta (Cze) Czech national team 71 Ladislav Sidlo (Svk) Slovakian national team 72 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Slovakian national team 0.41 73 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian national team 74 Thomas Fothen (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer 75 Christian Schleicher (Ger) Team Optik Delker 76 Stanislav Bambula (Cze) Südböhmen 77 Rudolf Gerstl (Aut) Oberösterreich 78 Ronny Kremer (Lux) Luxemburg national team 79 Michael Neuweg (Aut) Oberösterreich 80 Gergely Zsombok (Hun) Hungarian national team 81 Shawn Milne (USA) USA national team 82 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Südböhmen 0.45 83 David Betts (Aus) Australian national team 0.51 84 Andrej Lalinsky (Svk) Slovakian national team 85 Edo Orehek (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO 1.04 86 Balazs Ronaszeki (Hun) Hungarian national team 0.18 87 Stuart Gillespie (USA) USA national team 88 Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Mähren 1.46 89 Hannes Blank (Ger) Mapei Bayern 0.18 90 Harald Berger (Aut) Oberösterreich 91 Thomas Höss (Ger) Mapei Bayern 5.33 92 David Kasek (Cze) Südböhmen 7.05 93 Krisztian Csontos (Hun) Hungarian national team 11.59 Points 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team 20 pts 2 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank GS III 15 3 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO 11 4 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team 8 5 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III 6 6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian national team 4 7 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Italian national team 2 8 Sebastian Paddags (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer 1 Mountains 1 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team 6 pts 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team 4 3 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team 3 4 William Frischkorn (USA) USA national team 2 5 Pavel Martinek (Cze) Mähren 1 Sprints 1 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team 4 pts 2 Thomas Höss (Ger) Mapei Bayern 2 3 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team 1 Combination points 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team 24 pts 2 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank GS III 15 3 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO 11 4 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team 11 5 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team 10 6 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III 6 7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian national team 4 8 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Italian national team 2 9 William Frischkorn (USA) USA national team 2 10 Thomas Höss (Ger) Mapei Bayern 2 11 Sebastian Paddags (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer 1 12 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team 1 13 Pavel Martinek (Cze) Mähren 1 Teams 1 Rabobank GS III 11.46.10 2 Italian national team 0.02 3 Sava Kranj SLO 4 Austrian national team 0.05 5 TEAG Team Köstritzer 0.20 6 Team Optik Delker 7 Australian national team 8 Czech national team 9 Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko 10 Südböhmen 11 Luxemburg national team 12 Mapei Bayern 13 USA national team 14 Slovakian national team 0.37 15 Hungary national team 0.43 16 Mähren 0.54 17 Oberösterreich 1.11
