GP Tell - 2.2U

Switzerland, August 23-27, 2006

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Stage 3 - August 26: Pfaffnau - Pfaffnau, 149.0km

Photography

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Images by Andreas Oppliger
Francesco Moser was present to send the peloton on its way together with Pius Ruckstuhl head of the local organization committee
Janick Wisler and Andreas Moser (both Swi) sign before the start
Nico Graf (Germany) is interviewed before the start
Matthias Frank tries to get away from the leading grou in the climb behind teammate Alexandr Pliushin from Moldavia
Nico Graf enjoys his win
Nico Graf wins the sprint of the group in rainy conditions again
Overall leader Eibegger spent an easy day
Team Austria takes control of the pace in the pack Christoph Sokoll ahead
The leading group worked well together left ahead Jerome Coppel FRA right ahead Albert Timmer NED Team Lowik
Results

1 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                         3.39.33
2 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                               
3 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                   
4 Matthew Crane (USA) USA national team                                 
5 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                         
6 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish national team                              
7 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                              
8 Mathias Frank (Swi) Team Mixte Central                                
9 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                     
10 Alexandre Pliuschin (Mda) Team Mixte Central                         
11 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 
12 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                               0.40
13 Romain Feillu (Fra) French national team                             
14 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team                         
15 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                             
16 Miha Svab (Slo) Slovenian national team                              
17 Michael Farel (Ger) German national team                             
18 Simon Wyss (Swi) Hadimec                                             
19 Steve Bovay (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira                
20 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                      
21 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss national team                                
22 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                               
23 Thomas Frei (Swi) Swiss national team                                
24 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                   
25 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                          0.44
26 Pierre Rolland (Fra) French national team                            
27 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) Swedish national team                         
28 Christian Ebner (Aut) Austrian national team                         
29 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                        
30 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg national team                          
31 John Devine (USA) USA national team                                  
32 Yann Huguet (Fra) French national team                               
33 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                           
34 Tony Martin (Ger) German national team                               
35 Jean Charles Sénac (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation        0.49
36 Fabian Züsli (Swi) Team Mixte Central                                
37 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German national team                              
38 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA national team                             
39 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                              
40 Maurizio Anzalone (Ita) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira          
41 Sebastian Hans (Ger) German national team                            
42 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                       
43 Andreas Moser (Swi) Team Mixte Central                               
44 Peter Andres (Swi) Hadimec                                           
45 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                           
46 Mathias Blumer (Swi) Hadimec                                         
47 Janick Wisler (Swi) Team Mixte Central                               
48 Laurent Beuret (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira             
49 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                               
50 Simon Geschke (Ger) German national team                             
51 Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec                                         
52 Lucas Persson (Swe) Swedish national team                            
53 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                          
54 Thierry Fondère (Fra) Team Mixte Central                             
55 Alexander Lebedev (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia           0.57
56 Alexandre Roger (Fra) French national team                       1.01
57 Philip Patzer (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                       1.08
58 Keith Jennings (USA) USA national team                               
59 Sergey Smirnov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia              1.31
60 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation       1.33
61 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian national team                        
62 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian national team                           
63 Loïc Mühlemann (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira         2.46
64 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish national team                    3.11
65 Julien Bérard (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation             4.18
66 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg national team                   4.20
67 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec                                           
68 Lars Jun (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                               4.35
69 Josef Kugler (Aut) Austrian national team                            
70 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                            
71 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian national team                           
72 Marco-Leonardo Oreggia (Aut) Austrian national team              4.40
73 Roman Mikhailov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia             5.07
74 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian national team                     7.00
75 Maarten Krommendijk (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                        
76 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                         
77 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) Swiss national team                            
78 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Swiss national team                             
79 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          
80 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                               
81 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                                
82 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Polish national team                             
83 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian national team                             
84 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Slovenian national team                        
85 Maxime Beney (Swi) Swiss national team                               
86 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira         
87 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                               11.22
88 Thomas Rostollan (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation         13.46
89 Radoslaw Kwiatkowski (Pol) Polish national team                      
90 Tom White (GBr) Team Konica Minolta                                  
91 Adam Sznitko (Pol) Polish national team                              
DNF Silvère Ackermann (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira         
DNF Alexander Afonin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia               
DNF Jonas Bjelkmark (Swe) Swedish national team                         
DNS Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation               
 
 
Points
 
1 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                              25 pts
2 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                             20
3 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                 16
4 Matthew Crane (USA) USA national team                               13
5 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                       11
6 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish national team                            10
7 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                             9
8 Mathias Frank (Swi) Team Mixte Central                               8
9 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                    7
10 Alexandre Pliuschin (Mda) Team Mixte Central                        6
11 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                5
12 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                  4
13 Romain Feillu (Fra) French national team                            3
14 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team                        2
15 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                            1
 
Mountains
 
Netzelen (3th lap) - Cat. 3, 41.7km
 
1 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                             3 pts
2 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                               2
3 Mathias Frank (Swi) Team Mixte Central                               1
 
Netzelen (6th lap) - Cat. 3, 86.4km
 
1 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                               3 pts
2 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 2
3 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                              1
 
Netzelen (9th lap) - Cat. 3, 131.1km
 
1 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                    3 pts
2 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 2
3 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                             1
 
Sprints
 
St Urban Klosterbäckerei, 21.8km                                        
 
1 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                        6 pts
2 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                         3
3 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                              1
 
St Urban Klosterbäckerei, 66.5km                                        
 
1 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish national team                             6 pts
2 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                    3
3 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                        1
 
St Urban Klosterbäckerei, 111.2km                                       
 
1 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                        6 pts
2 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                               3
3 Matthew Crane (USA) USA national team                                1
 
Teams
 
1 Team Mixte Central                                            10.59.28
2 Premier Russia                                                    0.08
3 French National Team                                              0.31
4 Rabobank (RB3)                                                        
5 Team Löwik Meubelen                                               0.44
6 USA National Team                                                     
7 Thüringer Energie Team                                            1.08
8 Slovenian National Team                                           1.24
9 German National Team                                                  
10 Swedish National Team                                            1.28
11 Hadimec                                                          1.29
12 VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admiral                                 
13 Austrian National Team                                           2.08
14 Polish National Team                                             3.06
15 AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation                                 5.51
16 Swiss Cycling                                                    7.31
17 Team Konica Minolta                                              7.40
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team                  11.19.14
2 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                            0.10
3 Miha Svab (Slo) Slovenian national team                           0.28
4 Thomas Frei (Swi) Swiss national team                             1.02
5 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss national team                             1.05
6 Steve Bovay (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira             1.06
7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                          1.11
8 Jean Charles Sénac (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation         1.26
9 Alexandre Pliuschin (Mda) Team Mixte Central                      1.53
10 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                3.05
11 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                         3.45
12 Christian Ebner (Aut) Austrian national team                     3.47
13 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                   3.49
14 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                        
15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) French national team                        4.59
16 Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec                                     5.00
17 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg national team                      5.08
18 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                       6.39
19 John Devine (USA) USA national team                             10.01
20 Andreas Moser (Swi) Team Mixte Central                          10.04
21 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian national team                      10.22
22 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                     10.50
23 Simon Wyss (Swi) Hadimec                                        10.55
24 Laurent Beuret (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira        11.09
25 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia             11.52
26 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                            11.54
27 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                         12.11
28 Fabian Züsli (Swi) Team Mixte Central                           12.49
29 Michael Farel (Ger) German national team                        12.51
30 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                          12.57
31 Peter Andres (Swi) Hadimec                                      15.26
32 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec                                      16.23
33 Yann Huguet (Fra) French national team                          16.30
34 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                              17.05
35 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                         17.13
36 Mathias Frank (Swi) Team Mixte Central                          17.19
37 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) Swiss national team                       17.59
38 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) Swedish national team                    18.04
39 Simon Geschke (Ger) German national team                        18.08
40 Lucas Persson (Swe) Swedish national team                       18.17
41 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                   18.47
42 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                     19.08
43 Romain Feillu (Fra) French national team                        20.04
44 Mathias Blumer (Swi) Hadimec                                    20.18
45 Janick Wisler (Swi) Team Mixte Central                          20.24
46 Alexander Lebedev (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia          20.55
47 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian national team                      21.53
48 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish national team                        23.01
49 Matthew Crane (USA) USA national team                           23.03
50 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                          23.11
51 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                              23.36
52 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 23.39
53 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA national team                        23.44
54 Maurizio Anzalone (Ita) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira     23.50
55 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German national team                         23.52
56 Thierry Fondère (Fra) Team Mixte Central                        23.53
57 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                         23.55
58 Tony Martin (Ger) German national team                          23.58
59 Philip Patzer (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                      24.07
60 Keith Jennings (USA) USA national team                          24.12
61 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                           24.15
62 Maxime Beney (Swi) Swiss national team                          24.19
63 Sergey Smirnov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia             24.35
64 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation      24.36
65 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian national team                   24.40
66 Loïc Mühlemann (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira        25.51
67 Julien Bérard (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation            27.20
68 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg national team                  27.28
69 Marco-Leonardo Oreggia (Aut) Austrian national team             27.43
70 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Swiss national team                        29.56
71 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Polish national team                        30.01
72 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira    30.02
73 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                    30.05
74 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          30.06
75 Alexandre Roger (Fra) French national team                      30.26
76 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian national team                    33.48
77 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish national team                   35.04
78 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                       35.38
79 Josef Kugler (Aut) Austrian national team                       36.03
80 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                               36.29
81 Lars Jun (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                              36.36
82 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                      36.45
83 Adam Sznitko (Pol) Polish national team                         36.57
84 Sebastian Hans (Ger) German national team                       37.10
85 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian national team                        38.25
86 Roman Mikhailov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia            42.24
87 Radoslaw Kwiatkowski (Pol) Polish national team                 44.57
88 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Slovenian national team                   45.32
89 Maarten Krommendijk (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                 1.01.58
90 Thomas Rostollan (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation       1.08.38
91 Tom White (GBr) Team Konica Minolta                           1.17.56
 
Points classification
 
1 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                  54 pts
2 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                              36
3 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                34
4 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team                        33
5 Alexandre Pliuschin (Mda) Team Mixte Central                        32
6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                              25
7 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                 24
8 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                            22
9 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                             20
10 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) Swiss national team                          19
11 Miha Svab (Slo) Slovenian national team                            16
12 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                         16
13 Steve Bovay (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira              13
14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                            13
15 Matthew Crane (USA) USA national team                              13
16 Thomas Frei (Swi) Swiss national team                              11
17 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                      11
18 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss national team                              10
19 Andreas Moser (Swi) Team Mixte Central                             10
20 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish national team                           10
21 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                       10
22 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                           10
23 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Swiss national team                           10
25 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                   9
27 Mathias Frank (Swi) Team Mixte Central                              8
28 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                         8
29 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                      8
30 Romain Feillu (Fra) French national team                            8
31 Jean Charles Sénac (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation           7
32 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                  7
33 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg national team                      7
34 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian national team                        6
35 Marco-Leonardo Oreggia (Aut) Austrian national team                 5
36 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                       4
37 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                     4
38 Christian Ebner (Aut) Austrian national team                        3
39 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German national team                             2
40 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian national team                            2
41 Pierre Rolland (Fra) French national team                           1
42 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         1
43 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation          1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thomas Frei (Swi) Swiss national team                               24 pts
2 Miha Svab (Slo) Slovenian national team                             15
3 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                            14
4 Michael Farel (Ger) German national team                             8
5 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                             6
6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) French national team                            6
7 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                        5
8 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                               5
9 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team                         4
10 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                4
12 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                      4
13 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                   3
14 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                  3
15 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   2
16 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                              2
17 Jean Charles Sénac (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation           2
18 Simon Wyss (Swi) Hadimec                                            2
19 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                          1
20 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                             1
21 Mathias Frank (Swi) Team Mixte Central                              1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                               18 pts
2 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                       13
3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) French national team                            9
4 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                    7
5 Miha Svab (Slo) Slovenian national team                              6
6 Michael Farel (Ger) German national team                             6
7 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish national team                             6
8 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                             3
9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          3
10 Laurent Beuret (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira            3
11 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                              3
12 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German national team                             3
13 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                        3
14 Thomas Frei (Swi) Swiss national team                               1
15 Peter Andres (Swi) Hadimec                                          1
16 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                             1
17 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                         1
18 Mathias Blumer (Swi) Hadimec                                        1
19 Matthew Crane (USA) USA national team                               1
20 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish national team                       1
 
Teams classification
 
1 French National Team                                          33.59.17
2 Swiss Cycling                                                    10.22
3 Austrian National Team                                           12.56
4 Team Mixte Central                                               14.14
5 Hadimec                                                          18.51
6 Slovenian National Team                                          19.41
7 AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation                                 20.49
8 Rabobank (RB3)                                                   23.18
9 Team Konica Minolta                                              24.49
10 Premier Russia                                                  25.33
11 VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admiral                            26.05
12 Swedish National Team                                           30.01
13 Team Löwik Meubelen                                             32.34
14 German National Team                                            44.40
15 Polish National Team                                            46.02
16 USA National Team                                               46.58
17 Thüringer Energie Team                                        1.01.04