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Five rings of Moscow - 2.2

Russia, May 5-9, 2006

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Stage 1 - May 5: Kremlin ring, 100km

It’s a double!

By Sergey Kurdyukov

For all his far-sightedness, Oleg Tinkov hadn’t ever imagined his team would be so dominant. The circuit around the Kremlin, at the very heart of Russian capital, is well-known internationally. Not solely because of lots of tourist attractions, but also for the Master’s Criterium held there in 1995 soon after the Tour de France. Miguel Indurain won in the wake of his, as it turned out, last Tour crown.

Since then this lap has a reputation as being a tough course, where for the most part race races are won in an unpredictable bunch sprint. Set in an unparalleled architectural surrounding, this stage followed the familiar scenario: the main field stayed together, moving at a very high speed, especially between the river and Kremlin walls. It was not as if there were no attacks, just the reverse, but the Tinkoff Restaurants squad strung out the peloton all the time, catching all the breakaways which didn’t live for long. Once more 38-year-old Oleg Tinkov was aggressive in only his second road race appearance after 20 years of absence from cycling. This time he wore the St-Petersburg Lokomotiv development squad jersey.

When the chasers caught track points race bronze medal winner Vasili Kiryienka after his impressive solo, the already high speed increased even further. Moscow teams built a train in order to lead out their best sprinters. On the last lap, after a descent done at the maximum speed of 76 km/h into a right-hander there was a major pileup that destroyed the order. Following his winner’s instinct, Nikolay Trusov outsprinted former Russian pro champion, Oleg Grishkin, famous for his incredible turn of speed. 10 bonus seconds allowed Nikolay to consolidate his lead. There was unfortunately a fly in the Tinkoff team ointment, however –Alexander Serov, one of the most winning riders this year, the squad’s main hope in the general classification, got caught in that mass crash, suffering concussions and deep abrasions.

Results

1 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants               2.28.44
2 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Dinamo                                    
3 Andrey Kluev (Rus) Russian Track Team                         
4 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                   
5 Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                             
6 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                    
7 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian Track Team                         
8 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                               
9 Aleksey Smirnov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team                
10 Dmitriy Medvedev (Rus) Russia MTB Team                       
11 Anatoliy Pakhtusov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team             
12 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Udmurtia                              
13 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Schelkovo                               
14 Andriy Suralev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                 
15 Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Schelkovo                        
16 Sergiy Mynashkyn (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD                           
17 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                       
18 Vladimir Likhachev (Rus) Udmurtia                            
19 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                        
20 Igor Kovalenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                 
21 Egor Lutskovich (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                       
22 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                 
23 Kostyantyn Pasternak (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team           
24 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                         
25 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team          
26 Vacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                
27 Dmitry Samokhvalov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel                
28 Ilya Gorodnichev (Rus) Schelkovo                             
29 Sergey Sherbakov (Rus) Dinamo                                
30 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team             
31 Anatoliy Yugov (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD                             
32 Artem Orlov (Rus) Udmurtia                                   
33 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                   
34 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                         
35 Artis Roze (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                           
36 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                            
37 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team             
38 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow               
39 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                         
40 Volodymyr Rybin (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                        0.07
41 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                  
42 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Russian National Team                     
43 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Russian National Team                  
44 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                      
45 Roman Mikhailov (Rus) Premier                                
46 Dmitry Puzanov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team              
47 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier                                   
48 Roman Zavarzin (Rus) Diamond Regional                        
49 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Belarusian National Team               
50 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Russian National Team                
51 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                      
52 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                        
53 Maxim Mussaipov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               
54 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team                          
55 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) Russia MTB Team                        
56 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Belarusian National Team              
57 Sergey Sevostianov (Rus) Dinamo                              
58 Kalvis Eisaks (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                        
59 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Russian National Team                     
60 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                   
61 Alexey Usov (Rus) Russian Track Team                         
62 Alexander Lebedev (Rus) Udmurtia                             
63 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Russian Track Team                        
64 Evgeny Perminov (Rus) Sverdlovsk                         0.14
65 Yuriy Ivoljatov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team               
66 Vadim Kozlov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                  
67 Evgeny Nikitin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                        
68 Sergey Smirnov (Rus) Premier                                 
69 Vladimir Tyjelkin (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team             
70 Ivan Blinov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel                       
71 Yuriy Agarkov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                              
72 Alexander Slivkin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                     
73 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia MTB Team                      
74 Grigoriy Chestnov (Rus) Sverdlovsk                           
75 Dzmitry Aulasenka (Blr) Belarusian Track Team                
76 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Premier                             
77 Siarhei Novik (Blr) Belarusian Track Team                    
78 Ivan Zykov (Rus) Sverdlovsk                                  
79 Danil Komkov (Rus) Premier                                   
80 Ilya Krestiyaninov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                       
81 Kanstantin Shkredau (Blr) Belarusian Track Team              
82 Andriy Landuyrev (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD                           
83 Alexandr Osmak (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                
84 Alexei Kamarou (Blr) Belarusian Track Team                   
85 Yusuf Abrekov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team                 
86 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Premier                              
87 Maksym Polyshchuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                          
88 Anton Afonin (Rus) Schelkovo                                 
89 Ievgen Bryshak (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                 
90 Vladimir Shchekunov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                      
91 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team             
92 Alexander Tegay (Rus) Sverdlovsk                             
93 Oleg Tinkov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                              
94 Andrei Nikitin (Rus) Diamond Regional                        
95 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Udmurtia                                 
96 Andrey Bozhko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                 
97 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                         
98 Arthur Tarasau (Blr) Belarusian Track Team                   
99 Oleg Sashenkov (Rus) Diamond Regional                        
100 Roman Kononov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team              
101 Egor Kazakov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                            
102 Anatoli Chaburka (Blr) Belarusian National Team             
103 Alexandr Silaichev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team           
104 Philipp Yakovenko (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team            
105 Alexander Kabalov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team          
106 Sergei Semenov (Rus) Diamond Regional                       
107 Andrey Shmigoun (Rus) Dinamo                                
108 Stanislav Belov (Rus) Schelkovo                             
109 Ruslan Mihaylov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team              
110 Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                      
111 Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr) Belarusian National Team          
112 Konstantin Ponomarev (Rus) Russian Track Team               
113 Yury Yurchanka (Blr) Belarusian National Team               
114 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel          0.34
115 Alexander Adelev (Rus) Sverdlovsk                       0.41
116 Victor Panaev (Rus) Schelkovo                           0.46
117 Vadim Gerasimov (Rus) Sverdlovsk                        1.01
118 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Udmurtia                          1.07
119 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team               
120 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel              1.15
121 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                   
122 Alexei Tsikhanau (Blr) Belarusian Track Team            6.07
123 Anton Samokhvalov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel                
124 Alexander Prishpetniy (Rus) Regional Team Agidel        6.14
125 Sergiy Bas (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                6.41
126 Konstantin Filatov (Rus) Diamond Regional              19.15
127 Konstantin Shamrai (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team         
 
Points
 
1 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                    20 pts
2 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Dinamo                                  16
3 Andrey Kluev (Rus) Russian Track Team                       12
4 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                 10
5 Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                            8
6 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                   6
7 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian Track Team                        4
8 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                              2
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants               2.31.59
2 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                      0.10
3 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team          0.11
4 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow            0.13
5 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                          
6 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                        
7 Andriy Suralev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team              0.14
8 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                           0.15
9 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian Track Team                         
10 Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                        0.16
11 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                  
12 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                 
13 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow               0.18
14 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                        0.20
15 Kalvis Eisaks (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                        
16 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) Russia MTB Team                        
17 Andrey Kluev (Rus) Russian Track Team                    0.21
18 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                        
19 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Udmurtia                              
20 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                    0.22
21 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Russian National Team                
22 Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Schelkovo                        
23 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                   
24 Aliaksandr Kychinski (Blr) Belarusian National Team          
25 Sergiy Mynashkyn (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD                       0.23
26 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Russian Track Team                        
27 Artis Roze (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                           
28 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Belarusian National Team              
29 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                  0.24
30 Sergey Sherbakov (Rus) Dinamo                                
31 Volodymyr Rybin (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                            
32 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Schelkovo                           0.25
33 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow              0.26
34 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Belarusian National Team               
35 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Russian National Team                     
36 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Dinamo                                   
37 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                   
38 Maksym Polyshchuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                      0.27
39 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Russian National Team                     
40 Igor Kovalenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                 
41 Anatoliy Yugov (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD                             
42 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                      
43 Egor Lutskovich (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                   0.28
44 Ilya Gorodnichev (Rus) Schelkovo                             
45 Stanislav Belov (Rus) Schelkovo                          0.29
46 Vladimir Likhachev (Rus) Udmurtia                            
47 Kostyantyn Pasternak (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team       0.30
48 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Russia MTB Team                          
49 Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr) Belarusian National Team       0.31
50 Anatoliy Pakhtusov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team             
51 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Russian National Team                  
52 Dmitry Puzanov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team              
53 Artem Orlov (Rus) Udmurtia                               0.32
54 Alexander Lebedev (Rus) Udmurtia                             
55 Alexey Usov (Rus) Russian Track Team                     0.33
56 Dmitriy Medvedev (Rus) Russia MTB Team                       
57 Aleksey Smirnov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team               
58 Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                   0.34
59 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier                                   
60 Alexander Slivkin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                 0.35
61 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                         
62 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                         
63 Roman Mikhailov (Rus) Premier                            0.36
64 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team             
65 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia MTB Team                  0.37
66 Dmitry Samokhvalov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel                
67 Dzmitry Aulasenka (Blr) Belarusian Track Team                
68 Vacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow            0.38
69 Evgeny Nikitin (Rus) Olympic Nadezhdi                        
70 Danil Komkov (Rus) Premier                                   
71 Konstantin Ponomarev (Rus) Russian Track Team                
72 Roman Zavarzin (Rus) Diamond Regional                        
73 Maxim Mussaipov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team           0.39
74 Anatoli Chaburka (Blr) Belarusian National Team              
75 Sergey Sevostianov (Rus) Dinamo                          0.40
76 Andrey Bozhko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                 
77 Andriy Landuyrev (Ukr) Donetsk-ISD                           
78 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team             
79 Vadim Kozlov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team              0.41
80 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Premier                              
81 Ilya Krestiyaninov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                       
82 Alexander Tegay (Rus) Sverdlovsk                         0.42
83 Yury Yurchanka (Blr) Belarusian National Team            0.43
84 Alexandr Silaichev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team            
85 Vladimir Shchekunov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                  0.44
86 Evgeny Perminov (Rus) Sverdlovsk                         0.45
87 Egor Kazakov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                             
88 Andrey Shmigoun (Rus) Dinamo                             0.46
89 Oleg Sashenkov (Rus) Diamond Regional                    0.47
90 Yuriy Agarkov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                              
91 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Premier                         0.48
92 Philipp Yakovenko (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team         0.49
93 Alexandr Osmak (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                
94 Ivan Zykov (Rus) Sverdlovsk                                  
95 Ievgen Bryshak (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                 
96 Ivan Blinov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel                   0.50
97 Arthur Tarasau (Blr) Belarusian Track Team                   
98 Alexei Kamarou (Blr) Belarusian Track Team                   
99 Anton Afonin (Rus) Schelkovo                                 
100 Oleg Tinkov (Rus) Lokomotiv SPb                             
101 Sergey Smirnov (Rus) Premier                            0.51
102 Sergei Semenov (Rus) Diamond Regional                       
103 Ruslan Mihaylov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team              
104 Siarhei Novik (Blr) Belarusian Track Team               0.52
105 Yusuf Abrekov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team                
106 Roman Kononov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team              
107 Andrei Nikitin (Rus) Diamond Regional                       
108 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Udmurtia                                
109 Alexander Kabalov (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team      0.53
110 Yuriy Ivoljatov (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team          0.54
111 Kanstantin Shkredau (Blr) Belarusian Track Team             
112 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel          1.00
113 Vladimir Tyjelkin (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team            
114 Grigoriy Chestnov (Rus) Sverdlovsk                      1.03
115 Alexander Adelev (Rus) Sverdlovsk                       1.16
116 Victor Panaev (Rus) Schelkovo                           1.21
117 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants               1.26
118 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Udmurtia                          1.30
119 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team           1.36
120 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel              1.44
121 Vadim Gerasimov (Rus) Sverdlovsk                        1.51
122 Anton Samokhvalov (Rus) Regional Team Agidel            6.41
123 Alexei Tsikhanau (Blr) Belarusian Track Team                
124 Alexander Prishpetniy (Rus) Regional Team Agidel        6.47
125 Sergiy Bas (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                7.15
126 Konstantin Shamrai (Rus) Krasnodarsky Regional Team    19.49
127 Konstantin Filatov (Rus) Diamond Regional              20.07
 
Points classification after stage 1
 
1 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                    40 pts
2 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                        16
3 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Dinamo                                  16
4 Andrey Kluev (Rus) Russian Track Team                       12
5 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                   12
6 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team            10
7 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                 10
8 Dmytro Kryvtsov (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                            8
9 Maksym Polyshchuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                          8
10 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow              6
11 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow                  6
12 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian Track Team                       4
13 Kalvis Eisaks (Lat) Rietumu Bank Riga                       4
14 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants                        2
15 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD-Donetsk                             2