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8th Paths of King Nikola - 2.5
Yugoslavia, April 10-14, 2002
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Stage 5 - April 14: Budva-Petrovac-Virpazar-Podgorica-Cetinje-Budva, 130 km
Iacuone post first win for iteamNova.com
Australian Allan Iacuone has posted the first win for fledgling iteamNova.com with victory in the final stage of the Paths of King Nikola in Yugoslavia.
Iacuone, 28, won a three-up sprint for the line at the end of the 130km stage from Budva to Budva on the final stage of the five day tour. The Victorian was the 1994 Australian road champion and in 1999 won the overall crown in the Australian Tour of Tasmania. He retired from racing at the end of 2000 but returned to cycling this season when iteamNova.com was formed.
Iacuone attacked with two other riders, Ukrainian Anatoly Varvarjouk and Croatian Massimo De Marin, shortly after a 15 kilometre climb which came in the first 20 kilometres of the stage. "I was getting frustrated yesterday with the negative racing and decided today I would really attack the race,” Iacuone said. The trio pushed hard to establish a winning gap.
"The stage was up and down all day and I felt stronger and stronger with each climb,” Iacuone said. "There was a long descent to the finish and we were still holding off the peloton,” he said. " I decided it was all or nothing and jumped with about 300m to go.”
His tactic paid off and Iacuone crossed the line three bike lengths clear of Varvarjouk with De Marin third. Italian Ivan De Nobile claimed overall honours. It was a heartening finish to the race for Iacuone who had seen three of his team mates forced to pull out during the 197 kilometre third stage of the race.
Results
1 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Iteamnova.Com 3.31.24 2 Anatoly Varvaruk (Ukr) Kamen Crem Cafe 3 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 4 Svetoslav Chanliev (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 0.42 5 Ivan Stevic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 6 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 7 Gregor Zajc (Slo) Kamen Crem Cafe 8 Miroslav Keliar (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 9 Martin Riska (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 10 Matej Stare (Slo) Sava Kranj 11 Roman Bronis (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 12 Martin Praznovsky (Svk) Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 13 Richard Rettegi (Aut) Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 14 Gergely Zsombok (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 15 Ivan Denobile (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 16 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Sava Kranj 17 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 18 Mert Mutlu (Tur) Brisaspor 19 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Brisaspor 20 Samuel Faruhn (Ger) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 21 Martin Cotar (Cro) Sava Kranj 22 Georgi Koev (Bul) Miche Penna 0.45 23 Robert Nagy (Svk) Mapei Kanizsa 0.55 24 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 25 Goran Santini (Cro) Kamen Crem Cafe 26 Ghader Misbani (Iri) Brisaspor 27 Serguey Babenko (Rus) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 0.59 28 Fausto Cavnone (Ita) Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 29 Marko Zepic (Slo) Sava Kranj 1.10 30 Alistair May (GBr) Scotland Team 1.18 31 Uros Silar (Slo) Sava Kranj 32 Sergy Stanishevsky (Ucr) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 3.06 33 Pawel Sendal (Pol) Miche Penna 3.22 34 Giuliano Sulpizi (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 4.18 35 Joe Giuliano (Can) Sympatico Jet Fuel Coffe 36 Gabor Kisko (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 7.03 37 Georgi Georgiev (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 7.22 38 Johannes Stiendl (Aut) Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 8.08 39 Jordy Vinke (Ned) B.R.C. Kennemerland 40 Aaron Olson (USA) Iteamnova.Com 8.30 41 Jan Gazi (Svk) Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 42 Janno Aksin (Est) Estonie National Team 43 Rah R.Van Henglen (Ned) Marco Polo Team 8.37 44 Csaba Steig (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 8.47 45 Ronald Schur (Ned) B.R.C. Kennemerland 22.44 46 Krzysztof Rzepecki (Pol) Miche Penna 47 Lupas Emil-Pavel (Rom) Romania National Team 48 Predrag Prokic (Yug) Serbia Team 49 Musaj Besnik (Alb) Albania National Team 50 Danila Dan-Viorel (Rom) Romania National Team 51 Michael Schalk (Aut) Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 52 Dimitros Dimitrakopoulos (Gre) Greece National Team 53 Robin Koot (Ned) B.R.C. Kennemerland 54 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland Team 55 Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 56 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 57 Margus Salumec (Est) Miche Penna 58 Pelopidas Margaronis (Gre) Greece National Team 59 Nevzat Kiral (Tur) Brisaspor 23.15 60 Zak Fonovic (Cro) Kamen Crem Cafe 24.05 61 Rutgu R.W.Kock (Ned) Marco Polo Team 29.51 62 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Other Entity Points 1 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Iteamnova.Com 25 2 Anatoly Varvaruk (Ukr) Kamen Crem Cafe 20 3 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 16 4 Svetoslav Chanliev (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 14 5 Ivan Stevic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 12 6 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 10 7 Gregor Zajc (Slo) Kamen Crem Cafe 9 8 Miroslav Keliar (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 8 9 Matej Stare (Slo) Sava Kranj 6 10 Martin Riska (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 7 11 Martin Praznovsky (Svk) Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 4 12 Roman Bronis (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 5 13 Richard Rettegi (Aut) Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 3 14 Gergely Zsombok (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 2 15 Ivan Denobile (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 1 BC Pastr.Gora II 1 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Nova Gorica Hit Casino 5 2 Ivan Stevic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Te 3 3 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Iteamnova.Com 2 4 Ghader Misbani (Iri) Brisaspor 1 BC Ulici II 1 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Nova Gorica Hit Casino 5 2 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Iteamnova.Com 3 3 Anatoly Varvaruk (Ukr) Kamen Crem Cafe 2 4 Ivan Stevic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 1 Teams 1 Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 10.35.36 2 Kamen Crem Cafe 0.13 3 Slovaqie National Team 0.42 4 Sava Kranj 0.42 5 Brisaspor 0.55 6 Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 4.18 7 Mapei Kanizsa 7.16 8 Bulgarie National Team 7.35 9 Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 8.47 10 Miche Penna 25.27 11 Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 30.10 12 B.R.C. Kennemerland 52.12 General classification after stage 5 1 Ivan Denobile (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 18.18.14 2 Miroslav Keliar (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 1.05 3 Martin Cotar (Cro) Sava Kranj 1.34 4 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Sava Kranj 1.44 5 Martin Riska (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 1.52 6 Anatoly Varvaruk (Ukr) Kamen Crem Cafe 1.56 7 Ivan Stevic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 1.58 8 Georgi Koev (Bul) Miche Penna 2.07 9 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Iteamnova.Com 2.12 10 Robert Nagy (Svk) Mapei Kanizsa 2.13 11 Martin Praznovsky (Svk) Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 2.14 12 Samuel Faruhn (Ger) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 2.17 13 Matej Stare (Slo) Sava Kranj 2.19 14 Marko Zepic (Slo) Sava Kranj 3.24 15 Roman Bronis (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 3.28 16 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 3.33 17 Uros Silar (Slo) Sava Kranj 3.35 18 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 3.38 19 Svetoslav Chanliev (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 4.12 20 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 4.17 21 Serguey Babenko (Rus) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 6.49 22 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Brisaspor 10.46 23 Mert Mutlu (Tur) Brisaspor 10.50 24 Ghader Misbani (Iri) Brisaspor 10.52 25 Alistair May (GBr) Scotland Team 11.07 26 Gabor Kisko (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 11.44 27 Pawel Sendal (Pol) Miche Penna 12.41 28 Goran Santini (Cro) Kamen Crem Cafe 13.28 29 Gergely Zsombok (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 14.00 30 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 14.59 31 Janno Aksin (Est) Estonie National Team 18.11 32 Richard Rettegi (Aut) Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 20.20 33 Sergy Stanishevsky (Ucr) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 22.19 34 Gregor Zajc (Slo) Kamen Crem Cafe 22.37 35 Rah R.Van Henglen (Ned) Marco Polo Team 25.51 36 Joe Giuliano (Can) Sympatico Jet Fuel Coffe 28.57 37 Giuliano Sulpizi (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 29.30 38 Musaj Besnik (Alb) Albania National Team 30.38 39 Jordy Vinke (Ned) B.R.C. Kennemerland 31.29 40 Csaba Steig (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 31.54 41 Jan Gazi (Svk) Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 39.14 42 Aaron Olson (USA) Iteamnova.Com 40.24 43 Margus Salumec (Est) Miche Penna 43.58 44 Ronald Schur (Ned) B.R.C. Kennemerland 47.41 45 Fausto Cavnone (Ita) Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 48.58 46 Lupas Emil-Pavel (Rom) Romania National Team 49.01 47 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland Team 53.43 48 Dimitros Dimitrakopoulos (Gre) Greece National Team 55.07 49 Zak Fonovic (Cro) Kamen Crem Cafe 55.34 50 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Other Entity 56.04 51 Johannes Stiendl (Aut) Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 56.20 52 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 56.41 53 Krzysztof Rzepecki (Pol) Miche Penna 58.14 54 Michael Schalk (Aut) Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 58.26 55 Predrag Prokic (Yug) Serbia Team 1.03.22 56 Nevzat Kiral (Tur) Brisaspor 1.07.29 57 Pelopidas Margaronis (Gre) Greece National Team 1.09.24 58 Georgi Georgiev (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 1.09.45 59 Robin Koot (Ned) B.R.C. Kennemerland 1.10.10 60 Danila Dan-Viorel (Rom) Romania National Team 1.14.59 61 Rutgu R.W.Kock (Ned) Marco Polo Team 1.16.23 62 Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 1.19.49 Points classification after stage 4 1 Ivan Denobile (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 77 2 Miroslav Keliar (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 62 3 Svetoslav Chanliev (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 59 4 Martin Riska (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 57 5 Anatoly Varvaruk (Ukr) Kamen Crem Cafe 50 6 Ivan Stevic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 43 7 Robert Nagy (Svk) Mapei Kanizsa 42 8 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 37 9 Roman Bronis (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 36 10 Matej Stare (Slo) Sava Kranj 36 11 Georgi Koev (Bul) Miche Penna 34 12 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Sava Kranj 34 13 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Iteamnova.Com 33 14 Gregor Zajc (Slo) Kamen Crem Cafe 29 15 Csaba Steig (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 25 16 Samuel Faruhn (Ger) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 23 17 Martin Cotar (Cro) Sava Kranj 20 18 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Brisaspor 17 19 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 16 20 Martin Praznovsky (Svk) Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 15 21 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 13 22 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 10 23 Gabor Kisko (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 9 24 Ronald Schur (Ned) B.R.C. Kennemerland 9 25 Janno Aksin (Est) Estonie National Team 8 26 Margus Salumec (Est) Miche Penna 5 27 Marko Zepic (Slo) Sava Kranj 4 28 Mert Mutlu (Tur) Brisaspor 3 29 Richard Rettegi (Aut) Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 3 30 Gergely Zsombok (Hun) Mapei Kanizsa 2 Mountains Classification after stage 5 1 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Nova Gorica Hit Casino 23 2 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Sava Kranj 16 3 Robert Nagy (Svk) Mapei Kanizsa 13 4 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Iteamnova.Com 11 5 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 9 6 Ivan Stevic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Te 8 7 Marko Zepic (Slo) Sava Kranj 6 8 Samuel Faruhn (Ger) Nova Gorica Hit Casino 5 9 Lupas Emil-Pavel (Rom) Romania National Team 3 10 Anatoly Varvaruk (Ukr) Kamen Crem Cafe 2 11 Martin Riska (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 2 12 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Nova Gorica Hit Casino 2 13 Sergy Stanishevsky (Ucr) Nova Gorica Hit Casino 2 14 Ivan Denobile (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 1 15 Miroslav Keliar (Svk) Slovaqie National Team 1 16 Uros Silar (Slo) Sava Kranj 1 17 Ghader Misbani (Iri) Brisaspor 1 18 Goran Santini (Cro) Kamen Crem Cafe 1 19 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Bulgarie National Team 1 Teams classification after stage 5 1 Sava Kranj 55.00.23 2 Nova Gorica Hit Casinos 0.31 3 Slovaqie National Team 1.16 4 Mapei Kanizsa 20.32 5 Brisaspor 26.47 6 Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 27.30 7 Kamen Crem Cafe 31.31 8 Miche Penna 51.43 9 Bulgarie National Team 51.56 10 Denardi Pasta Montegrapa 1.07.44 11 Radclub Korneuburg P.S.K 2.08.16 12 B.R.C. Kennemerland 2.22.51 Results courtesy of Branko Hajdukovic
