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Ster Elektrotoer - 2.1
Netherlands, June 19-23, 2007
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Stage 2 - June 21: Aken - Valkenburg, 194 km
Martens does the double
Paul Martens of Skil-Shimano won the second stage of the Ster Elektrotoer and also took over the leader's jersey. He outsprinted the three riders who had been in his escape group, Maarten Wynants (Quickstep), Rabobank's Sebastian Langeveld and Bram Schmitz of Team Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten. Langeveld moved up to second in the GC.
The stage, which started in Aachen, Germany, was called 'the little Amstel', as it took many of the same roads and ended on the Cauberg, near Valkenburg, the Netherlands.
Friday's stage will be 'the little LBL', as it runs 192 km through Belgium, from Verviers to La Gileppe.
Photography
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Images by Elmar Krings
- Riders struggling up the Cauberg
- Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff) goes uphill
- Peloton comes up the Cauberg
- Team Tinkoff coming to the finish
- Robert Förster (Gerlsteiner) not really a sprint finish
- Front group sprinting after the struggle up the Cauberg
- Martens (center) is about to pass Wynants (front)
- Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) takes the flowers
- Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) enjoys the ceremony
- Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) now in yellow
- Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) on the podium
- Joost Van Leijen (Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten) leads the mountain classification
- Wiesenhof riders dreaming about chicken for dinner
- Martens gets the big price
- Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) got third
Results
1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4.49.11 (40.251 km/h) 2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 0.03 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.05 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.11 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.19 10 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.39 11 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.40 12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.48 13 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 16 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 17 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 18 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Nicki Sřrensen (Den) Team CSC 20 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 21 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3.51 22 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 23 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 24 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 25 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.59 26 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 4.02 27 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 29 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 30 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 31 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 33 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 34 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 35 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 37 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 38 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 39 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 4.12 40 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 41 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 42 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 43 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 44 Marc Lotz (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 45 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 46 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 47 Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Time - Van Hemert 48 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 49 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 50 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com 51 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 52 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 53 Marcel Beima (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 54 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 56 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 57 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 58 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 59 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 60 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 61 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 62 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 63 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 64 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 65 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 66 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 67 Davide Viganň (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 68 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 69 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 4.41 70 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 71 Jos Pronk (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 72 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 4.50 74 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 4.57 76 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 77 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 78 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 80 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5.15 81 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 11.13 82 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 83 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 84 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 85 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 86 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 87 Peter Schulting (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 88 Mart Van Blanken (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 89 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 90 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 91 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 92 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 93 Jenning Huizinga (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 94 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 95 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 96 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 97 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 98 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 99 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 100 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 101 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 102 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12.17 103 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 16.16 104 Marco Brus (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 105 Lars Jun (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 106 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 107 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 108 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 109 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 110 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 111 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 112 Kasper Klostergĺrd (Den) Team CSC 113 Gijs Brouwer (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 114 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 115 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 116 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 117 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 118 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 119 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 120 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 121 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 122 Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 123 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 124 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 125 André Schulze (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 16.31 DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNF Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt DNF René Hooghiemster (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen DNF Marc Hester (Den) Team Löwik Meubelen DNF Robin Van Der Lijn (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten DNF Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner General classification after stage two 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8.49.17 2 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.02 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.04 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 0.07 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.11 6 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.12 7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.21 8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 0.35 9 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.37 10 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.58 11 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.54 12 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.42 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.49 14 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 3.55 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 3.56 16 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3.57 17 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 4.01 18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19 Nicki Sřrensen (Den) Team CSC 4.02 20 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.05 21 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 22 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 4.07 23 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 25 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 4.10 26 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 4.11 27 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.13 28 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.14 30 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 4.15 31 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 4.18 32 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4.19 33 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4.20 34 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 35 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 4.21 36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 4.22 37 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 38 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.23 39 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.24 40 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 41 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 42 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com 43 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 4.25 44 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.26 45 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 4.28 46 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4.30 47 Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Time - Van Hemert 4.31 48 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 4.33 49 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 4.34 50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 4.35 51 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 4.36 52 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.37 53 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 4.39 54 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 55 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4.41 56 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.42 57 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 58 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 4.43 59 Davide Viganň (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 4.47 60 Marcel Beima (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 4.48 61 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 4.50 62 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4.51 63 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 4.55 64 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 65 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.59 66 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.01 67 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 5.02 68 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.06 69 Marc Lotz (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 5.10 70 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 5.11 71 Jos Pronk (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 72 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 5.18 73 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 5.19 75 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.24 76 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 5.27 77 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5.46 78 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 5.55 79 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5.57 80 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6.30 81 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.21 82 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 11.23 83 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 11.25 84 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 11.37 85 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 11.47 86 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11.52 87 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 11.53 88 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11.56 89 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 90 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12.00 91 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 12.06 92 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 93 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 12.12 94 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 12.47 95 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12.48 96 Peter Schulting (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 12.56 97 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13.10 98 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 13.22 99 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13.28 100 Mart Van Blanken (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 13.39 101 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 15.55 102 Jenning Huizinga (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 16.28 103 Kasper Klostergĺrd (Den) Team CSC 16.30 104 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 16.31 105 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 16.39 106 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 16.40 107 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 16.51 108 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 16.52 109 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 16.53 110 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 16.54 111 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 16.58 112 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 113 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 17.00 114 Lars Jun (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 17.05 115 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 17.07 116 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 17.39 117 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 18.40 118 Gijs Brouwer (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 18.41 119 Marco Brus (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 18.55 120 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 19.17 121 Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 19.59 122 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20.14 123 André Schulze (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 21.27 124 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 26.46 125 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 27.12 Points classification 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 15 pts 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 15 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 14 5 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 6 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 11 9 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 10 10 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 11 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 10 12 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 10 13 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 8 14 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 8 15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 6 16 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5 17 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 5 18 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 4 19 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 21 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 3 22 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 2 23 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 2 24 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 1 25 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 26 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Sprint classification 1 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 pts 2 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 4 3 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 4 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 3 5 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2 6 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 2 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1 8 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 1 9 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 1 10 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 15 pts 2 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 10 3 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 4 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3 5 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 3 6 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2 7 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2 8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 9 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 10 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time - Van Hemert 1 11 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 1 Team classification 1 Team CSC 26.32.01 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.05 3 T-Mobile Team 1.53 4 Rabobank 4.09 5 Skil - Shimano 4.22 6 Team Wiesenhof Felt 4.58 7 Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 5.20 8 Gerolsteiner 6.10 9 Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.55 10 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8.42 11 Barloworld 8.47 12 Predictor-Lotto 8.48 13 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 8.52 14 Unibet.com 9.13 15 Time - Van Hemert 9.40 16 Team Löwik Meubelen 16.19 17 Cycling Team Jo Piels 17.41
