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6th Le Transalsace - 2.7.1
France, August 15-18, 2002
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Stage 4 - August 18: Badenweiler - Ferrette, 128 km
Australian Team Report
By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 manager
The final stage's neutral start was in the beautiful spa town of Badenweiler but was neutralised until the French border over the Rhein River. Then the course was mainly flat to undulating before climbing into Ferrette and hitting the "Wall" of Ferrette, a 600 metre 20% climb to the finish line followed by another 6 laps including another solid climb as well as the "Wall".
As expected there was plenty of attacks on the final circuit but Rabobank kept things pretty much under control. There was a big pile up including several riders and a motorbike on a narrow part of the circuit which held up over 30 riders including 4 of ours. They lost so much time that they didn't complete the last lap. The stage was won by newly crowned European Under 23 Champion, Michael Albasini from Switzerland with Rory Sutherland riding well to run 16th and move up to 22nd on the final overall classification. The Tour was son convincingly by Pieter Weening from Rabobank.
Results
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.29.35 2 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 0.11 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 0.15 4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.18 5 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 6 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 7 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 8 Domenico Puzzovivo (Ita) Zoccorinese 0.22 9 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 10 David Loosli (Swi) Swiss National Team 11 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 12 Carl Naibo (Fra) French National Team 0.28 13 Steve Morabito (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.30 14 Marc Staelen (Fra) Panorimmo 15 Laurens Ten Dan (Ned) Rabobank 0.32 16 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Australian National Team 0.40 17 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Panorimmo 0.44 18 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.45 19 Morien Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 0.52 20 Thomas Oredsson (Den) Danish National Team 21 Michael Creed (USA) U.S.A. National Team 22 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) French National Team 1.01 23 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.07 24 Davide Gomes (Por) Gondomar 25 Konstantin Kliouev (Rus) St. Petersburg 1.09 26 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.11 27 Matej Mugurli (Slo) Zoccorinese 1.33 28 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 2.17 29 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 2.54 30 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 3.14 31 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Zoccorinese 5.00 32 Patrick McCarty (USA) U.S.A. National Team 5.30 33 Björn Hoeben (Ned) Rabobank 6.42 34 Loamis Tamouridis (Gre) Greek National Team 6.44 35 Alexei Tchebeline (Rus) St. Petersburg 6.49 36 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Panorimmo 6.55 37 Christian Knees (Ger) German National Team 6.59 38 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss National Team 7.00 39 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 7.01 40 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 7.05 41 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Vermarc 7.12 42 Clemen Grosslercher (Aut) Austrian National Team 7.19 43 Lasse Böchmann (Den) Danish National Team 7.22 44 Serguei Polukhine (Rus) Russian National Team 7.25 45 Muradja Khamulratov (Uzb) Zoccorinese 7.29 46 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 7.33 47 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Swiss National Team 7.39 48 Roman Paramonov (Rus) Russian National Team 12.23 49 Rui Carneiro (Por) Gondomar 13.11 50 Filipe Castro (Por) Gondomar 51 Serguei Lazarev (Rus) St. Petersburg 13.19 52 Martin Gartzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 15.15 53 Mathieu Heuboer (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 15.25 54 Marcel Bejma (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 15.38 55 Robert Retschke (Ger) Vermarc 15.46 DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank DNF Francesco Rivera (Ita) Zoccorinese DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) German National Team DNF Simon Heimkreiter (Ger) German National Team DNF Aurélien Mingot (Fra) French National Team DNF Pierre Drancourt (Fra) French National Team DNF Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) French National Team DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Vermarc DNF Leo Kastens (Ger) Vermarc DNF Serguei Firsanov (Rus) St. Petersburg DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) Vendee-U DNF Yohann Gene (Fra) Vendee-U DNF Rony Martias (Fra) Vendee-U DNF Gene Bates (Aus) Australian National Team DNF Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team DNF Adrian Laidler (Aus) Australian National Team DNF Ben Johnson (Aus) Australian National Team DNF Frank Hyrsting (Den) Danish National Team DNF Michäel Larsen (Den) Danish National Team DNF Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko DNF George Nimos (Gre) Greek National Team DNF Emilien Berges (Fra) Panorimmo DNF Romuald Senechal (Fra) Panorimmo DNF Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Julien Mazet (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Mark Fitzgerald (USA) U.S.A. National Team DNF Barby Thomas (USA) U.S.A. National Team DNF Shawn Milne (USA) U.S.A. National Team DNF Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Russian National Team DNF Andrey Ptchelkin (Rus) Russian National Team DNF Ivan Terenin (Rus) Russian National Team Points 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 25 pts 2 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 20 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 16 4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 5 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 12 6 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 9 8 Domenico Puzzovivo (Ita) Zoccorinese 8 9 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 7 10 David Loosli (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 11 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 5 12 Carl Naibo (Fra) French National Team 4 13 Steve Morabito (Swi) Swiss National Team 3 14 Marc Staelen (Fra) Panorimmo 2 15 Laurens Ten Dan (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints Sprint, km 27 1 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 6 pts 2 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Russian National Team 4 3 Emilien Berges (Fra) Panorimmo 2 Sprint, km 61,9 1 Alexei Tchebeline (Rus) St. Petersburg 8 pts 2 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 3 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 4 Sprint km. 89,2 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 10 pts 2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 8 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 Mountains Climb - Cat. 3, km 70.6 1 Alexei Tchebeline (Rus) St. Petersburg 6 pts 2 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 4 3 Matej Mugurli (Slo) Zoccorinese 3 4 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 2 5 Carl Naibo (Fra) French National Team 1 Climb - Cat. 3, km 99.4 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 6 pts 2 Michael Creed (USA) U.S.A. National Team 4 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 5 Laurens Ten Dan (Ned) Rabobank 1 Climb - Cat. 3, km 118.6 1 Michael Creed (USA) U.S.A. National Team 6 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 4 3 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 3 4 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 2 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 1 Teams 1 Switzerland 2 Rabobank 3 France 4 Germany 5 Zoccorinese 6 Austria 7 Panorimmo 8 Denmark 9 St. Petersburg 10 Löwik-Tegeltoko 11 Gondomar 12 Russia Final general classification 1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14.34.25 2 Domenico Puzzovivo (Ita) Zoccorinese 2.48 3 Laurens Ten Dan (Ned) Rabobank 3.09 4 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 3.13 5 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 3.18 6 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.23 7 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 4.00 8 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 4.34 9 David Loosli (Swi) Swiss National Team 4.39 10 Thomas Oredsson (Den) Danish National Team 5.11 11 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 6.37 12 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 6.49 13 Michael Creed (USA) U.S.A. National Team 7.04 14 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) French National Team 8.36 15 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Panorimmo 8.36 16 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 9.06 17 Morien Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 9.18 18 Carl Naibo (Fra) French National Team 9.27 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11.03 20 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 11.34 21 Marc Staelen (Fra) Panorimmo 13.07 22 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Australian National Team 13.35 23 Steve Morabito (Swi) Swiss National Team 13.52 24 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 13.55 25 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 15.49 26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Vermarc 15.52 27 Björn Hoeben (Ned) Rabobank 16.03 28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.29 29 Matej Mugurli (Slo) Zoccorinese 17.13 30 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 17.46 31 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 18.46 32 Christian Knees (Ger) German National Team 19.16 33 Serguei Polukhine (Rus) Russian National Team 20.50 34 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 22.50 35 Davide Gomes (Por) Gondomar 23.27 36 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Panorimmo 23.56 37 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Zoccorinese 23.58 38 Patrick McCarty (USA) U.S.A. National Team 24.29 39 Lasse Böchmann (Den) Danish National Team 25.57 40 Marcel Bejma (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 27.57 41 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 29.39 42 Rui Carneiro (Por) Gondomar 30.17 43 Clemen Grosslercher (Aut) Austrian National Team 30.26 44 Loamis Tamouridis (Gre) Greek National Team 30.29 45 Muradja Khamulratov (Uzb) Zoccorinese 31.24 46 Konstantin Kliouev (Rus) St. Petersburg 34.27 47 Alexei Tchebeline (Rus) St. Petersburg 34.37 48 Mathieu Heuboer (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 38.30 49 Robert Retschke (Ger) Vermarc 39.07 50 Martin Gartzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 39.28 51 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss National Team 40.02 52 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Swiss National Team 40.41 53 Roman Paramonov (Rus) Russian National Team 40.47 54 Filipe Castro (Por) Gondomar 45.37 55 Serguei Lazarev (Rus) St. Petersburg 49.06 Points classification 1 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 44 pts 2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 42 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 40 4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 39 5 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 37 6 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 30 7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Zoccorinese 25 8 Domenico Puzzovivo (Ita) Zoccorinese 24 9 Robert Retschke (Ger) Vermarc 21 10 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 20 11 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 18 12 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 13 Laurens Ten Dan (Ned) Rabobank 15 14 David Loosli (Swi) Swiss National Team 13 15 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 13 16 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) French National Team 12 17 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 12 18 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 11 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 10 20 Thomas Oredsson (Den) Danish National Team 6 21 Michael Creed (USA) U.S.A. National Team 5 22 Carl Naibo (Fra) French National Team 4 23 Steve Morabito (Swi) Swiss National Team 3 24 Konstantin Kliouev (Rus) St. Petersburg 3 25 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 3 26 Marc Staelen (Fra) Panorimmo 2 27 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Panorimmo 2 Mountains classification 1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 42 pts 2 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 38 3 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 38 4 Domenico Puzzovivo (Ita) Zoccorinese 31 5 Laurens Ten Dan (Ned) Rabobank 29 6 Morien Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 19 7 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 16 8 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 14 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 10 10 Michael Creed (USA) U.S.A. National Team 10 11 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 10 12 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 8 13 Alexei Tchebeline (Rus) St. Petersburg 6 14 Björn Hoeben (Ned) Rabobank 6 15 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 4 16 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 3 17 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 18 Matej Mugurli (Slo) Zoccorinese 3 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Zoccorinese 3 20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 21 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 2 22 Mathieu Heuboer (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 2 23 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 1 24 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 1 25 Carl Naibo (Fra) French National Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 pts 2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Zoccorinese 28 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 10 4 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 10 5 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 10 6 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 10 7 Alexei Tchebeline (Rus) St. Petersburg 8 8 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 8 9 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 11 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 6 12 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 13 Mathieu Heuboer (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 4 14 Martin Gartzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 2 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 2 Germany 3 Switzerland 4 Zoccorinese 5 France 6 Austria 7 Russia 8 Löwik-Tegeltoko 9 Panorimmo 10 Denmark 11 Gondomar 12 St. Petersburg
