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Tour of Sweden-Postgirot Open - 2.2
Sweden, May 12-16, 2002
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Stage 4 - June 15: Skövde-Huskvarna, 190 km
Up and coming riders dominate Sweden's toughest climb
By Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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23 year old Colombian rider Mauricio Ardila (Marlux) won the biggest victory in his 3 week old career when he won the stage to Klevaliden, without doubt the toughest climb in Sweden.
The day was dominated by a two man break, that lasted for most of the stage. Jonas Olsson (Team Crescent) and the leader in the combativity competition, Fredrik Johansson (Team Mälarenergi) broke away early in the race, and stayed away until the foot of the climb.
A group of six formed, among them Frank Höj (Team Coast), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Fredrik Modin (Team Mälarenergi), Maurizio Ardila (Marlux-Ville de Charleroi) and Kurt Asle Arvesen (EDS-Fakta). The high speed descent saw a couple of crashes, with Dario Andriotto (Index-Alexia) being the worst.
On the last lap of the climb, compared to Mur de Huy by Erik Dekker, Maurizio Ardila and Fredrik Modin broke away from the others, and Ardila could then outsmart Modin in the sprint.
Ardila, who has just signed with Marlux-Ville de Charleroi, was excited to win in his second road race ever. "I have only raced the Classique des Alpes before, so this means a lot to me. I only have some U23 results from Colombia before. This lap suited me fine, and I'm impressed by this race. The organisation is amazing."
On the question whether he recognized any of the riders, he answered that he was familiar with both Dekker and Quaranta as well as Kirsipuu.
Another big surprise was second placed Modin, who said after the race that his ambitions had been top 15 in the total classification. Now when he climbed up to third he could hardly believe it.
"My ambition at first was to place myself top ten on a stage but when I was 5th yesterday, I had to set the goal higher today. Second is very pleasant. The first seconds after I finished, I wasn't happy. You always want to win. Now when this has settled, I can say that I am happy. Very pleased of course. This is what I like best. High mountains and fast descents."
Kurt Asle Arvesen took over the lead in the general classification, 27 seconds ahead of Haselbacher and 33 seconds ahead of Modin. Modin took over the white youth jersey, and his team mate Fredrik Johansson continues to carry the blue combativity jersey.
Results
1 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 4.45.33 2 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 0.08 3 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.14 5 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 0.19 6 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 0.25 7 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.39 8 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.47 9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.50 10 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 1.00 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03 12 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.06 13 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 14 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 15 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 16 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 1.07 17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.08 18 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 19 Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 20 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 21 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 22 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 23 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Swedish National Team 24 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.13 25 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 26 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 27 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 28 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 29 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.23 30 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 31 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.32 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.37 33 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 34 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 1.44 35 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.56 36 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 2.07 37 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 3.41 38 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3.50 39 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 5.10 40 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 41 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 5.16 42 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 5.20 43 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 46 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 47 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 48 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 49 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 50 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 51 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.24 52 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5.27 53 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 5.31 54 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 56 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 57 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 5.41 58 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.46 59 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 6.02 60 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 6.04 61 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 7.03 62 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 63 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10.20 64 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 65 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 66 Chris Matthys (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 67 David Debremaeker (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 68 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 69 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 70 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 71 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 72 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 73 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 74 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 75 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 76 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 77 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 78 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 79 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 80 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 81 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 82 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 83 Jerôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 84 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) EDS-fakta 85 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 86 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 87 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 88 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index Alexia 10.36 89 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 90 Marco Villa (Ita) Index Alexia 10.40 91 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 92 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 10.44 93 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 10.47 94 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 95 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 96 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 97 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) CCC-Polsat 98 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.52 99 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 11.02 100 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 11.20 101 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 12.31 102 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 14.24 103 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali DNF Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast DNF Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali DNF Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia DNF Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) CCC-Polsat DNF Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta DNS Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 DNS Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis Starters: 108 Classified: 5 Points 1 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 25 2 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 20 3 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 16 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 14 5 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 12 6 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 10 7 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 9 8 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 8 9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 6 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 14 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2 15 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 1 General classification after stage 4 1 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 16.46.59 2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.27 3 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 0.33 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.00 5 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.02 6 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.05 7 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 1.14 8 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.26 9 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.30 10 Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 1.33 11 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 1.36 12 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 1.45 13 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 1.52 14 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Swedish National Team 1.57 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 2.03 17 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.05 18 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.06 19 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 2.10 20 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2.13 21 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 22 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 2.16 23 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 2.20 24 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 2.27 25 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.40 26 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 2.50 27 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 3.24 28 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 3.41 29 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 3.42 30 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4.47 31 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 5.15 32 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.53 33 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 6.31 34 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 6.39 35 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 6.57 36 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 7.01 37 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 7.13 38 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 7.35 39 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 8.03 40 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 10.37 41 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 11.06 42 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 43 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.25 44 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 11.45 45 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 12.01 46 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 12.56 47 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 13.29 48 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 13.30 49 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 14.49 50 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.02 51 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 15.12 52 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 15.13 53 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 54 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 15.24 55 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 15.26 56 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 15.36 57 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 15.53 58 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 15.58 59 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 16.00 60 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.10 61 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 16.15 62 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 16.23 63 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 16.46 64 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 17.52 65 Jerôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 19.32 66 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19.35 67 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.38 68 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 19.41 69 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 19.54 70 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) EDS-fakta 19.59 71 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 20.03 72 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 20.07 73 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 20.10 74 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 20.11 75 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20.31 76 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 20.38 77 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 20.39 78 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 20.52 79 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 21.08 80 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) CCC-Polsat 21.25 81 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.32 82 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 22.04 83 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 22.10 84 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 22.11 85 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 22.13 86 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 22.48 87 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 23.08 88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 23.09 89 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 23.16 90 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 23.27 91 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 24.05 92 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 24.10 93 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 24.47 94 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 26.47 95 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 27.24 96 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 27.34 97 David Debremaeker (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 27.50 98 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index Alexia 28.16 99 Chris Matthys (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 29.43 100 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 29.54 101 Marco Villa (Ita) Index Alexia 31.48 102 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 38.28 103 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 47.03 Team classification 1 Team Mälarenergi 14.19.07 2 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.06 3 Rabobank 0.29 4 Team Crescent 0.56 5 Norweigian National team 1.25 6 Swedish National Team 1.30 7 Gerolsteiner 4.45 8 EDS-fakta 5.08 9 Amore & Vita Beretta 5.21 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.32 11 Palmans-Collstrop 6.05 12 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6.08 13 CCC-Polsat 8.11 14 Team Coast 8.17 15 Team CSC Tiscali 10.00 16 Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 13.12 17 Bigmat.Auber 93 14.56 18 Cofidis 18.49 19 Index Alexia 29.35
