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Tour of Hungary - 2.6
Hungary, July 26-August 1, 2004
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Stage 1 - July 27: Balatonföldvár - Balatonfüred, 178 km
The enthusiastic Viking takes yellow
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The first stage of the Tour of Hungary was won by Slovakian rider Martin Prazdnovsky, while the overall leader's yellow jersey has been taken over by Morten Christiansen from Norway, who was the one who helped out the organisers in placing the straw bales (to slow down the field through a steep slope) before the first day.
Many riders made breakaway attempts during the day, but only four of them were successful (Slovakian Hecl, Norwegian Christiansen, Ukrainian Yakovlev and Dyudya). The two Ukrainian representatives from the Olympic track team managed to drive the break in the wind. The peloton did not try to chase as the Podbrezová and Cykelcity teams were involved in the action. The strongest Hungarian team, FTC, did not try its hardest to the yellow jersey (worn by Tamás Lengyel), and they concentrated only on controlling the break rather than bringing it back.
The four leaders kept their advantage until almost the end of the stage, but the peloton sped up in Balatonfüred, and caught the break in the final meters of the 178 kilometre stage. The winner of the stage was Martin Prazdnovsky (Slovakia) ahead of Christiansen (Norway) and Zoltán Remák (last year’s overall winner). The fastest Hungarian was Tamás Lengyel again (5th place).
Christiansen - not your average rider
Morten Christiansen, who finished second in the prologue and first stage, grabbed the yellow jersey. He is an unusual bike racer: he volunteered to help the organisers set up the route for the prologue. One of the managers of the Swedish Cykelcity team, Hungarian Dezso Veszprémi, told journalists that the Norwegian is very much liked by his team mates, and besides is a very successful cyclist.
Photography
Images by Tour of Hungary
- Waiting for the start of stage 1. First, we have to get that train out of the way...
- Martin Prazdnovsky (CK ZP Sport Podbrezova) on the podium after winning the first stage
- Morten Christiansen (CykelCity.se) took the race lead after stage 1
Results
1 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 4.10.15 2 Morten Christiansen (Nor) CykelCity.se 0.03 3 Zoltán Remák (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 4 Marian Hecl (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 5 Tamás Lengyel (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 6 Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 7 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 0.05 8 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 0.23 9 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 0.38 10 László Garamszegi (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 11 Nathan Russel (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 12 Jean-Pierre Guillin (Fra) CSM Puteaux 13 Cor Van Lueeuwen (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 14 Zoltán Bebtó (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 15 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 16 Jakub Svoboda (Cze) Favorit 17 Dániel Zsombok (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 18 Heike Van Der Woerd (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 19 Gábor Arany (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 20 Gergely Ivanics (Hun) Pécsi KSE 21 Balázs Rónaszéki (Hun) Postás SE 22 Cristoph Kerschbaum (Aut) Austrian National Team 23 Vitaliy Popkov (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 24 Anatolij Varvaruk (Ukr) Puris-Camen Pazin 25 Kacper Sowinski (Cze) Favorit 26 Christian Bach (Ger) Team Profiline 27 Georg Hausbacher (Aut) Austrian National Team 28 Josef Kugler (Aut) Austrian National Team 29 Bálint Szeghalmi (Hun) Baranya Region Team 30 Aurél Víg (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 31 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 32 Radek Blahut (Cze) Favorit 33 Erwin Goenga (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 34 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team 35 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 36 Christian Helm (Ger) Team RSH 37 Anders Gerhardsson (Swe) CykelCity.se 38 Robert Österling (Swe) CykelCity.se 39 Jens Wilk (Ger) Team RSH 40 Csaba Szekeres (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 41 Evert Veldkamp (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 42 Viktor Temesi (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 43 András Szabó (Hun) Pécsi KSE 44 Gábor Kiskó (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 45 Volodymyr Rybin (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 46 Zoltán Csomor (Hun) Pécsi KSE 47 Cristian Lener (Aut) Austrian National Team 48 Radovan Husar (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 49 Martin Keliar (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 0.46 50 Lyubomyr Polatayko (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 0.48 51 Daniel Strauch (Ger) Team RSH 52 Udo Müller (Ger) Team RSH 53 Roman Kononenko (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 54 Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 55 Christian Serisier (Fra) CSM Puteaux 56 András Berkesi (Hun) Pécsi KSE 57 Andreas Graf (Aut) Austrian National Team 58 Leon Burger (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 59 Ákos Haiszer (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 60 Csaba Steig (Hun) Baranya Region Team 61 Thomas Buchacek (Cze) Favorit 62 Jan Jobánek (Cze) Favorit 63 Florian Smits (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 64 Ard Aling (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 0.54 65 Seppe Hoogzaad (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 0.56 66 Attila Szóka (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 0.57 67 Zoltán Vanik (Hun) Pécsi KSE 68 Gregor Zajc (Slo) Puris-Camen Pazin 0.58 69 Matthew Rice (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 70 Richard Demming (Ger) Team RSH 1.08 71 Bence Szuromi (Hun) Pécsi KSE 1.26 72 Jonatán Rück (Hun) Baranya Region Team 1.27 73 Jan Mattson (Swe) CykelCity.se 1.28 74 Philip Schulz (Ger) Team Profiline 1.29 75 Alexandre Roger (Fra) CSM Puteaux 76 Thomas Hebestreit (Ger) Team Profiline 2.19 77 Roland Siegbert (Ger) Team Profiline 4.03 78 Balázs Szórádi (Hun) Postás SE 4.04 79 Tamás Büttner (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 80 Gábor Lengyel (Hun) Baranya Region Team 81 Róbert Nagy (Svk) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 7.35 82 Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Team Profiline 83 Pim Van Den Berg (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 9.06 84 Barnabás Vízer (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 13.11 85 Markus Junnerholt (Swe) CykelCity.se 86 Csaba Merő (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 14.03 87 Johan Procee (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 88 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Puris-Camen Pazin 89 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Puris-Camen Pazin 90 Attila Árvai (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 91 Lukas Heinrich (Cze) Favorit 92 Áron Kovalóczy (Hun) Postás SE 17.41 93 Gyula Nagy (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 94 Viktor Specziár (Hun) Postás SE 95 Alexandre Terrasson (Fra) CSM Puteaux 21.18 96 Tamás Baumgartner (Hun) Postás SE 97 Hervé Rivoalen (Fra) CSM Puteaux 98 David Demanuele (Cro) Puris-Camen Pazin 99 Gerben De Vries (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 25.32 DNF András Farkas (Hun) Postás SE DNF Leight Palmer (Aus) Cyclingnews.com DNF Andreas Schulz (Ger) Team Profiline DNF Arnaud Rivoalen (Fra) CSM Puteaux DNF Johan Landström (Swe) CykelCity.se DNF Attila Gál (Hun) Baranya Region Team Points 1 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 10 pts 2 Morten Christiansen (Nor) CykelCity.se 6 3 Zoltán Remák (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 4 4 Marian Hecl (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 3 5 Tamás Lengyel (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 2 6 Radek Blahut (Cze) Favorit 1 Sprints Tab - COOP áruház, 21,9 km 1 Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 3 pts 2 Udo Müller (Ger) Team RSH 2 3 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 1 Polgárdi - Dózsa Gy. út 8., 94,9 km 1 Cor Van Lueeuwen (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 3 pts 2 Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 1 Berhida - 23. kilométerkő, 116,9 km 1 Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 3 pts 2 Morten Christiansen (Nor) CykelCity.se 2 3 Marian Hecl (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 1 Mountains Tótvázsony - Cat. 3, 159,9 km 1 Marian Hecl (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 3 pts 2 Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 2 3 Morten Christiansen (Nor) CykelCity.se 1 Teams 1 CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 12.30.51 2 Ukrainan Track Team 0.40 3 P-Nívó Betonexpressz - Ftc 1 1.13 4 CykelCity.se 5 Cyclingnews.com 1.33 6 Noordelijke Groeningen 1.48 7 Favorit 8 Austrian National Team 9 Békéscsaba U23 Mix 10 Pécsi Kse 11 Amsterdam Combination 1.58 12 Team RSH 13 Tamási - Pottospec Team 2.47 14 Csm Puteaux 2.49 15 Team Profiline 4.20 16 P-Nívó Betonexpressz - Ftc 2 5.14 17 Puris-Camen Pazin 15.33 18 Postás Se 22.17 General classification after stage 1 1 Morten Christiansen (Nor) CykelCity.se 4.14.41 2 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 0.01 3 Zoltán Remák (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 0.06 4 Tamás Lengyel (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 5 Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 0.15 6 Marian Hecl (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 0.16 7 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 0.26 8 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 0.32 9 Nathan Russel (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 0.47 10 Aurél Víg (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 0.52 11 Kacper Sowinski (Cze) Favorit 0.53 12 Radek Blahut (Cze) Favorit 13 Anders Gerhardsson (Swe) CykelCity.se 14 Evert Veldkamp (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 15 László Garamszegi (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 0.54 16 Zoltán Bebtó (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 17 Christian Bach (Ger) Team Profiline 18 Volodymyr Rybin (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 19 Jakub Svoboda (Cze) Favorit 0.55 20 Csaba Szekeres (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 21 Martin Keliar (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 0.56 22 Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 23 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 0.57 24 Radovan Husar (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 25 Cor Van Lueeuwen (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 0.58 26 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 27 Vitaliy Popkov (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 28 Balázs Rónaszéki (Hun) Postás SE 0.59 29 Gábor Kiskó (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 30 Zoltán Csomor (Hun) Pécsi KSE 31 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 1.00 32 Anatolij Varvaruk (Ukr) Puris-Camen Pazin 33 Bálint Szeghalmi (Hun) Baranya Region Team 1.01 34 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team 35 Jens Wilk (Ger) Team RSH 36 Gergely Ivanics (Hun) Pécsi KSE 1.02 37 Cristoph Kerschbaum (Aut) Austrian National Team 38 Roman Kononenko (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 39 Udo Müller (Ger) Team RSH 40 Jean-Pierre Guillin (Fra) CSM Puteaux 1.03 41 Robert Österling (Swe) CykelCity.se 1.04 42 Cristian Lener (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.05 43 Thomas Buchacek (Cze) Favorit 44 Jan Jobánek (Cze) Favorit 1.06 45 Dániel Zsombok (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 1.07 46 Gábor Arany (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 47 Erwin Goenga (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 1.09 48 Lyubomyr Polatayko (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 49 Daniel Strauch (Ger) Team RSH 50 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 1.10 51 Zoltán Vanik (Hun) Pécsi KSE 1.11 52 Leon Burger (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 53 András Szabó (Hun) Pécsi KSE 1.12 54 András Berkesi (Hun) Pécsi KSE 1.13 55 Attila Szóka (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 1.15 56 Heike Van Der Woerd (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 57 Matthew Rice (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 1.16 58 Georg Hausbacher (Aut) Austrian National Team 59 Andreas Graf (Aut) Austrian National Team 60 Christian Serisier (Fra) CSM Puteaux 1.17 61 Ákos Haiszer (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 62 Csaba Steig (Hun) Baranya Region Team 1.18 63 Florian Smits (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 1.19 64 Viktor Temesi (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 1.20 65 Gregor Zajc (Slo) Puris-Camen Pazin 1.21 66 Seppe Hoogzaad (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 67 Christian Helm (Ger) Team RSH 1.23 68 Josef Kugler (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.28 69 Ard Aling (Ned) Amsterdam Combination 1.29 70 Alexandre Roger (Fra) CSM Puteaux 1.47 71 Jan Mattson (Swe) CykelCity.se 1.49 72 Richard Demming (Ger) Team RSH 1.50 73 Bence Szuromi (Hun) Pécsi KSE 1.55 74 Philip Schulz (Ger) Team Profiline 2.04 75 Jonatán Rück (Hun) Baranya Region Team 2.05 76 Thomas Hebestreit (Ger) Team Profiline 2.51 77 Roland Siegbert (Ger) Team Profiline 4.33 78 Balázs Szórádi (Hun) Postás SE 4.38 79 Tamás Büttner (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 4.43 80 Gábor Lengyel (Hun) Baranya Region Team 4.56 81 Róbert Nagy (Svk) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 7.50 82 Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Team Profiline 8.09 83 Pim Van Den Berg (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 9.31 84 Markus Junnerholt (Swe) CykelCity.se 13.31 85 Barnabás Vízer (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 13.42 86 Attila Árvai (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 14.25 87 Lukas Heinrich (Cze) Favorit 14.34 88 Johan Procee (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 14.36 89 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Puris-Camen Pazin 14.37 90 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Puris-Camen Pazin 14.43 91 Csaba Merő (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 2 14.51 92 Viktor Specziár (Hun) Postás SE 18.02 93 Áron Kovalóczy (Hun) Postás SE 18.16 94 Gyula Nagy (Hun) Békéscsaba U23 Mix 18.19 95 Alexandre Terrasson (Fra) CSM Puteaux 21.41 96 David Demanuele (Cro) Puris-Camen Pazin 21.49 97 Tamás Baumgartner (Hun) Postás SE 21.50 98 Hervé Rivoalen (Fra) CSM Puteaux 21.52 99 Gerben De Vries (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 26.10 Points classification 1 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 11 pts 2 Morten Christiansen (Nor) CykelCity.se 8 3 Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 5 4 Zoltán Remák (Svk) CK ZP SportPodbrezova 4 5 Marian Hecl (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 4 6 Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 4 7 Cor Van Lueeuwen (Ned) Noordelijke Groeningen 3 8 Tamás Lengyel (Hun) P-Nívó Betonexpressz - FTC 1 2 9 Udo Müller (Ger) Team RSH 2 10 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Cyclingnews.com 1 Mountains classification 1 Marian Hecl (Svk) CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 3 pts 2 Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr) Ukrainen Track Team 2 3 Morten Christiansen (Nor) CykelCity.se 1 Teams classification 1 CK ZP Sport Podbrezova 12.44.38 2 Ukrainan Track Team 0.56 3 P-Nívó Betonexpressz - Ftc 1 1.16 4 CykelCity.se 1.24 5 Cyclingnews.com 1.35 6 Favorit 2.06 7 Pécsi Kse 2.18 8 Noordelijke Groeningen 2.19 9 Team RSH 2.29 10 Austrian National Team 2.33 11 Békéscsaba U23 Mix 2.35 12 Amsterdam Combination 2.48 13 Csm Puteaux 3.26 14 Tamási - Pottospec Team 3.43 15 Team Profiline 5.09 16 P-Nívó Betonexpressz - Ftc 2 5.52 17 Puris-Camen Pazin 16.20 18 Postás Se 23.02
