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Tour of Sweden-Postgirot Open - 2.2
Sweden, May 12-16, 2002
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Stage 1b - June 12: Uppsala-Eskilstuna, 138 km
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Dutch rider Steve De Jongh (Rabobank) won the first road stage of the 21st edition of Postgirot Open, just ahead of Estonian champion Janek Tombak (Ag2r) and Jeremy Hunt (Big Mat Auber 93). This morning's winner Bert Roesems (Palmans-Collstrop) finished in the peloton and kept his lead.
The day started out with a 12.2 kilometre time trial, ridden on empty streets, because of Sweden's World Cup match with Argentina. None of the pre-race favourites could stand the pressure, and the day's best performance belonged to Bert Roesems (Palmans-Collstrop). The Belgian rider was 13 seconds ahead of Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), and 20 seconds ahead of third placed Bart Voskamp (Bankgiroloterij).
Later in the afternoon, the 138 kilometre stage to Eskilstuna started under cloudy skies, with rain lashing the peloton before too long. Palmans-Collstrop controlled the race from the start and allowed no breakaways. With sprinters like Planckaert, Kirsipuu, De Jongh and Quaranta, few teams were interested in anything else than a big bunch sprint.
The weather caused some accidents, and the race ended almost before it had begun for Amore & Vita’s James Perry. Several more riders crashed in the heavy rain during the stage, and at one place the riders hit the street after being distracted by a company selling garden furniture, but none had to abandon because of the garden gnomes.
The stage ended with three street laps in Eskilstuna, partly paved. Due to the rain, the riders could not offer the speed festival that most spectators had been looking for. The peloton stayed together during the laps but when they entered the final sharp turn, Steven De Jongh took advantage of his good placing and came flying on to the final straight like a little arrow. Several riders chased, but De Jongh reached the line before Tombak and Hunt reached him.
Bert Roesems keeps his lead since this morning, and will start tomorrow's stage to Motala in the yellow jersey. Ivan Quaranta took both hot spot sprints of the day and was awarded the sprinter's jersey.
Results
1 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 3.27.54 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 5 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 6 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 7 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 8 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 9 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 11 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 15 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 16 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 17 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 18 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 19 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 20 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 21 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 22 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 23 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 24 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 25 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 27 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 28 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 29 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 30 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 31 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 32 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 34 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 35 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 36 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 38 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 39 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 40 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 43 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 44 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 46 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 47 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 48 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 49 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 50 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 51 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 52 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 53 Jerôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 54 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 55 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 56 Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 57 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 58 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 59 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) CCC-Polsat 60 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 61 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 62 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 63 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 65 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 66 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 67 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Swedish National Team 68 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 69 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 70 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 71 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 72 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 73 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 74 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 75 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 76 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 77 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 78 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 79 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 80 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 81 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 82 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 83 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 84 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 85 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 86 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 87 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 88 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 89 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 90 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 91 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 92 David Debremaeker (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 93 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 94 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 95 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 96 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) EDS-fakta 97 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 98 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 99 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 0.31 100 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index Alexia 101 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.36 102 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 1.44 103 Chris Matthys (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 104 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.10 105 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2.15 106 Marco Villa (Ita) Index Alexia 107 Anders Juhlin (Swe) Swedish National Team 2.20 108 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 109 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 4.25 110 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4.36 111 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) CCC-Polsat 6.14 112 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 7.50 113 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi DNF James Perry (RSA) Amore & Vita Beretta Starters. 114 Abandoned. 1 Points 1 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 20 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 16 4 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 14 5 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 12 6 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 10 7 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 9 8 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 7 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 6 11 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5 12 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 4 13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 14 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2 15 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1 General classification after stage 1b 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 3.42.18 2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.13 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.20 4 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 0.21 5 Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 0.22 6 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 0.23 7 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 0.25 8 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) CCC-Polsat 0.29 9 Jerôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 10 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 0.30 11 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 0.31 12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.32 13 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 0.34 14 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.35 15 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 0.40 16 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 0.41 17 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 0.42 18 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 19 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 20 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 0.46 21 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Swedish National Team 22 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 23 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.47 24 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 25 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.49 26 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 0.50 27 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.51 28 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 0.52 29 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 30 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.53 31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 0.54 33 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.55 34 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 0.56 35 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) EDS-fakta 36 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 0.57 37 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 38 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 0.58 39 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.00 40 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 41 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 1.01 42 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.02 43 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 1.03 44 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 45 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.04 46 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 47 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 1.05 48 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.06 49 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 50 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.07 51 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.08 52 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 53 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 54 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.09 55 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 1.11 56 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 57 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 58 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.12 59 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 60 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 1.13 61 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.14 62 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 1.16 63 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 64 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 65 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 1.17 66 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 67 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.19 68 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.21 69 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 70 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 1.23 71 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 1.28 72 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.31 73 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 1.33 74 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 75 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.34 76 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 1.35 77 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 1.38 78 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.41 79 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.42 80 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 1.43 81 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.46 82 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 1.49 83 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 84 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 85 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 1.50 86 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.54 87 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.59 88 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 2.03 89 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 2.05 90 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.10 91 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 2.14 92 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.16 93 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 2.17 94 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.18 95 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 96 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 97 David Debremaeker (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 2.22 98 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index Alexia 2.32 99 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 2.45 100 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2.53 101 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 2.54 102 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 3.08 103 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3.25 104 Marco Villa (Ita) Index Alexia 4.10 105 Chris Matthys (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 4.15 106 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4.24 107 Anders Juhlin (Swe) Swedish National Team 4.43 108 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 7.15 109 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 7.22 110 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 8.16 111 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) CCC-Polsat 8.39 112 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 9.58 113 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 10.24 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 11.08.31 2 Palmans-Collstrop 0.07 3 Team Crescent 0.09 4 Team Mälarenergi 0.23 5 EDS-fakta 0.33 6 Cofidis 0.37 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.43 8 CCC-Polsat 0.46 9 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.51 10 Bigmat.Auber 93 0.54 11 Team Coast 0.58 12 Rabobank 1.02 13 Team CSC Tiscali 1.10 14 Amore & Vita Beretta 1.44 15 Norweigian National Team 1.52 16 Swedish National Team 2.07 17 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.26 18 Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 3.01 19 Index Alexia 3.57 Courtesy of www.pgopen.temp.wineasy.se
