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Tour of Sweden-Postgirot Open - 2.2
Sweden, May 12-16, 2002
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Stage 3 - June 14. Motala-Skövde, 180 km
Haselbacher's surprise win
By Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Austrian René Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) took a surprise win when he narrowly passed Danish Jakob Piil (CSC-Tiscali), who crashed after throwing his hands in the air close to the line.
The 179 kilometer stage started with a long break by Rik Reinerink (Batavus-Bankgiroloterij) who was later joined by Janek Tombak (Ag2r), Mads Kaggestad (Norweigan Nat team) and Uwe Hardter (Gerolsteiner). They got a gap of six minutes but a calculated effort by EDS-Fakta brought them back just before they entered the finishing laps. A group of good climbers immediately formed, and after a few turns over the steep climb of Billingen a group with five riders had formed. René Haselbacher, Fredrik Modin (Team Mälarenergi), Kurt-Asle Arvesen (EDS-Fakta), Gerben Löwik (Bankgiroloterij) and Jakob Piil built a gap of a minute before the chasing peloton.
The spectators could enjoy speeds over 100 km/h on the descent, and even the flatter parts of the lap were raced at a furious speed. One big crash divided the peloton on the second lap, but there were no major injuries.
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The group of five stayed together until the end, and Piil looked like the certain winner when he sprinted towards the line on the cobbles. Piil threw his hands in the air, and his bike turned slightly to the right where Haselbacher tried to pass. He hit Haselbacher and couldn't avoid crashing. Haselbacher stayed upright, and took both the stage victory as well as the leader's jersey.
Reinerink kept both his blue combativity jersey and his green sprint jersey. Steven De Jongh sat tight in his points jersey, and the white youth jersey went to Team Crescent's Gustav Larsson.
Tomorrow's 190 kilometer stage to Klevaliden is the most feared stage of the race, and René Haselbacher must be held as one of the favorites. Also beware of young Fredrik Modin, a bon grimpeur at 52kg.
Results
1 René Haselbacher (Aut)Gerolsteiner 4.24.50 2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSCTiscali 3 Gerben Löwik (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 4 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor)EDS-fakta 5 Fredrik Modin (Swe) TeamMälarenergi 6 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)EDS-fakta 0.48 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr)Bigmat.Auber 93 8 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) TeamMälarenergi 9 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore &Vita Beretta 10 Bram Schmitz (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 11 Lars Michaelsen (Den) TeamCoast 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger)Gerolsteiner 13 Cezary Zamana (Pol)CCC-Polsat 14 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSCTiscali 15 Mathew Hayman (Aus)Rabobank 16 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore &Vita Beretta 17 Guillaume Auger (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 18 Bram De Groot (Ned)Rabobank 19 Dario Andriotto (Ita) IndexAlexia 20 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore &Vita Beretta 21 Bart Voskamp (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 22 Martin Rittsel (Swe) SwedishNational Team 23 Gustav Larsson (Swe) TeamCrescent 24 Michael Skelde (Den)EDS-fakta 25 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2RPrevoyance 26 Mauricio Ardila (Col)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 27 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) TeamMälarenergi 28 Henrik Sparr (Swe) SwedishNational Team 29 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 30 Tobias Lergård (Swe) TeamCrescent 31 Michael Sandstöd (Den) TeamCSC Tiscali 32 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr)CCC-Polsat 33 Morten Hegreberg (Nor)Norwegian National Team 1.02 34 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 35 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) TeamCoast 1.04 36 Bert Roesems (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 1.05 37 Corrado Serina (Ita) IndexAlexia 38 Sebastian Lang (Ger)Gerolsteiner 39 Roger Hammond (GBr)Palmans-Collstrop 1.29 40 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 1.32 41 Gabriele Balducci (Ita)Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.37 42 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 43 Massimo Apollonio (Ita)Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44 Marco Gili (Ita) TacconiSport-Emmegi 1.47 45 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) TeamMälarenergi 1.59 46 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSCTiscali 5.14 47 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor)Norwegian National Team 48 Diego Ferrari (Ita) TacconiSport-Emmegi 49 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2RPrevoyance 50 Nicola Minali (Ita) TacconiSport-Emmegi 51 Ludovic Auger (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 52 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) TeamCrescent 9.28 53 Mads Kaggestad (Nor)Norwegian National Team 54 Erik Wendel (Swe) TeamCrescent 55 Mattias Carlsson (Swe)Swedish National Team 56 Jonas Olsson (Swe) TeamCrescent 57 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) TacconiSport-Emmegi 58 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) TeamMälarenergi 59 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2RPrevoyance 60 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2RPrevoyance 61 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2RPrevoyance 62 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2RPrevoyance 63 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 64 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu)Gerolsteiner 65 Jan Mattsson (Swe) SwedishNational Team 66 Mario De Clercq (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 67 Christophe Stevens (Bel)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 68 John Nilsson (Swe) SwedishNational Team 69 David Debremaeker (Bel)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 70 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol)CCC-Polsat 71 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) TeamMälarenergi 72 Andy De Smet (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 73 Chris Matthys (Bel)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 74 Peter Wrolich (Aut)Gerolsteiner 75 Jerôme Neuville (Fra)Cofidis 76 Uwe Hardter (Ger)Gerolsteiner 77 Björnar Vestöl (Nor)EDS-fakta 78 Gabriel Rasch (Nor)Norwegian National Team 79 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 80 Rune Jogert (Nor) NorwegianNational Team 81 Lars Breiseth (Nor)Norwegian National Team 82 Rudi Kemna (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 83 Marco Battiston (Ita) IndexAlexia 84 Christophe Capelle (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 85 Malte Urban (Ger) TeamCoast 86 Steffen Radochla (Ger) TeamCoast 87 Petter Renäng (Swe) TeamCrescent 88 Geert Omloop (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 89 Steven De Jong (Ned)Rabobank 90 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore &Vita Beretta 91 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TeamCSC Tiscali 92 Allan Johansen (Den)EDS-fakta 93 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe)EDS-fakta 94 Rik Reinerink (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 95 Bert Hiemstra (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 96 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 97 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 98 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 10.54 99 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSCTiscali 100 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) TeamCoast 101 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz)CCC-Polsat 102 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) IndexAlexia 11.18 103 Marco Villa (Ita) IndexAlexia 104 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol)CCC-Polsat 105 Marc Vanacker (Lux)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 12.04 106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore &Vita Beretta 12.26 107 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)Cofidis 12.59 108 Cyril Saugrain (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 17.01 109 Daniele Galli (Ita) IndexAlexia 110 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis DNF Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi General classification after stage 3 1 René Haselbacher (Aut)Gerolsteiner 12.01.03 2 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor)EDS-fakta 0.19 3 Gerben Löwik (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.41 4 Bert Roesems (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 0.43 5 Bart Voskamp (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.46 6 Guillaume Auger (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 0.47 7 Michael Sandstöd (Den) TeamCSC Tiscali 0.48 8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSCTiscali 0.49 9 Gustav Larsson (Swe) TeamCrescent 0.51 10 Fredrik Modin (Swe) TeamMälarenergi 0.54 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger)Gerolsteiner 0.56 12 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) TeamMälarenergi 1.08 13 Bram De Groot (Ned)Rabobank 1.09 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)EDS-fakta 1.12 15 Martin Rittsel (Swe) SwedishNational Team 16 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2RPrevoyance 1.15 17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger)Gerolsteiner 1.17 18 Tobias Lergård (Swe) TeamCrescent 1.18 19 Michael Skelde (Den)EDS-fakta 1.23 20 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) TeamMälarenergi 21 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 22 Mathew Hayman (Aus)Rabobank 1.26 23 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore &Vita Beretta 1.27 24 Bram Schmitz (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.28 25 Lars Michaelsen (Den) TeamCoast 1.29 26 Dario Andriotto (Ita) IndexAlexia 1.31 27 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) TeamCoast 1.34 28 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore &Vita Beretta 1.37 29 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSCTiscali 1.39 30 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore &Vita Beretta 1.42 31 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.46 32 Cezary Zamana (Pol)CCC-Polsat 1.49 33 Massimo Apollonio (Ita)Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.57 34 Roger Hammond (GBr)Palmans-Collstrop 35 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 36 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) TeamMälarenergi 2.00 37 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 2.27 38 Henrik Sparr (Swe) SwedishNational Team 2.28 39 Jeremy Hunt (GBr)Bigmat.Auber 93 2.32 40 Morten Hegreberg (Nor)Norwegian National Team 2.34 41 Mauricio Ardila (Col)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 2.43 42 Marco Gili (Ita) TacconiSport-Emmegi 3.14 43 Gabriele Balducci (Ita)Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.33 44 Corrado Serina (Ita) IndexAlexia 4.49 45 Ludovic Auger (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 5.58 46 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSCTiscali 6.03 47 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2RPrevoyance 6.13 48 Diego Ferrari (Ita) TacconiSport-Emmegi 6.23 49 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr)CCC-Polsat 8.42 50 Jerôme Neuville (Fra)Cofidis 9.35 51 Jonas Olsson (Swe) TeamCrescent 9.40 52 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2RPrevoyance 9.41 53 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe)EDS-fakta 9.44 54 Steven De Jong (Ned)Rabobank 9.52 55 Petter Renäng (Swe) TeamCrescent 56 Uwe Hardter (Ger)Gerolsteiner 9.54 57 Rik Reinerink (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 9.58 58 Björnar Vestöl (Nor)EDS-fakta 10.02 59 Malte Urban (Ger) TeamCoast 10.06 60 Allan Johansen (Den)EDS-fakta 10.09 61 Lars Breiseth (Nor)Norwegian National Team 10.10 62 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor)Norwegian National Team 10.13 63 Mattias Carlsson (Swe)Swedish National Team 10.14 64 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) TeamCrescent 10.17 65 Peter Wrolich (Aut)Gerolsteiner 10.18 66 Geert Omloop (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 67 Mads Kaggestad (Nor)Norwegian National Team 10.21 68 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2RPrevoyance 10.25 69 Mario De Clercq (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 10.27 70 Christophe Stevens (Bel)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 10.39 71 Rudi Kemna (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 10.40 72 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TeamCSC Tiscali 10.41 73 Rune Jogert (Nor) NorwegianNational Team 10.42 74 Steffen Radochla (Ger) TeamCoast 10.44 75 Gabriel Rasch (Nor)Norwegian National Team 10.52 76 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 10.55 77 Jan Mattsson (Swe) SwedishNational Team 78 John Nilsson (Swe) SwedishNational Team 10.56 79 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 10.57 80 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz)CCC-Polsat 11.01 81 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2RPrevoyance 11.03 82 Erik Wendel (Swe) TeamCrescent 11.11 83 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol)CCC-Polsat 11.59 84 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) TeamMälarenergi 12.00 85 Nicola Minali (Ita) TacconiSport-Emmegi 12.07 86 Andy De Smet (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 12.14 87 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu)Gerolsteiner 12.16 88 Bert Hiemstra (Ned)Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 12.31 89 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSCTiscali 12.46 90 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2RPrevoyance 12.51 91 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore &Vita Beretta 13.12 92 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) TacconiSport-Emmegi 13.30 93 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) IndexAlexia 13.41 94 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14.12 95 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) TeamMälarenergi 14.13 96 Christophe Capelle (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 14.23 97 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore &Vita Beretta 16.28 98 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 16.45 99 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel)Palmans-Collstrop 17.13 100 David Debremaeker (Bel)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 17.53 101 Marco Battiston (Ita) IndexAlexia 18.03 102 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)Cofidis 18.23 103 Cyril Saugrain (Fra)Bigmat.Auber 93 18.38 104 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) TeamCoast 18.40 105 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 18.57 106 Chris Matthys (Bel)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 19.46 107 Marco Villa (Ita) IndexAlexia 21.31 108 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol)CCC-Polsat 26.00 109 Marc Vanacker (Lux)Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 28.31 110 Daniele Galli (Ita) IndexAlexia 33.02 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 36.05.33 2 Team Mälarenergi 0.06 3 EDS-fakta 0.16 4 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.34 5 CSC - Tiscali 0.53 6 Rabobank 1.33 7 Amore & Vita 2.15 8 Team Coast 2.34 9 Jan Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5.34 10 Big Mat - Auber 93 5.51 11 Team Crescent 9.20 12 CCC - Polsat 9.57 13 Palmans - Collstrop 10.16 14 Swedish National Team 11.18 15 AG2r Prévoyance 14.20 16 Index - Alexia 15.13 17 Norweigian National Team 15.43 18 Cofidis 18.42 19 Marlux - Ville de Charleroi 20.52
