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Tour of Sweden-Postgirot Open - 2.2
Sweden, May 12-16, 2002
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Stage 5 - June 16: Jönköping-Göteborg, 186 km
Quaranta wins stage, Arvesen the race
By Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Ivan Quaranta (Index-Alexia) was the fastest rider in the dramatic sprint finish on Nya Allén, while the winner of the general classification was Norwegian rider Kurt Asle Arvesen (EDS-Fakta).
The race was aggressive from the start and Arvesen's team EDS-Fakta had a tough job controlling the stage. The bunch split up at the first intermediate sprint when Rabobank started to ride hard to put Bram De Groot up for the first intermediate sprint. The race kept its high speed and Belgian rider Hendrik Van Dyck (Palmans-Collstrop) and Italian rider Diego Ferrari (Tacconi Sport) attacked with 150 kilometres to go and at most they had a gap of seven minutes.
The stage ended with five laps on a three kilometre course and the sprinters' teams took over the control of the race with 50 kilometres to go and neutralised all breakaways. They got the bunch sprint they wanted, and Ivan Quaranta was the fastest rider. He won the stage ahead of Steven De Jongh (Rabobank) and Rudi Kemna (Bankgiroloterij-Batavus)
There were no changes in the general classification, which meant that the Postgirot Open saw its third Norwegian overall winner. "This is the biggest race I have ever won. I want to thank all my teammates, whom I have great belief in. They have helped me a lot," said the 1997 U23 World Champion Arvesen.
Arvesen won the race 27 seconds ahead of Austrian rider René Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) and 33 seconds ahead of Sweden’s new sensation, 22 year old Fredrik Modin (Team Mälarenergi). Fredrik Modin also won the U23 competition.
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"I am satisfied and surprised over this result. My team started the race in a good way, and after that we just kept on. Today we put three guys up at the front and hoped we would be able to keep it together. I hope my results here means I will get a chance to ride with a division I or II team next year," said Modin after the finish. Another modest wish from the 52 kilo rider was that the white youth jersey should come in size XS.
Modin's sport director Patrick Serra was also very pleased with the efforts of the team. "This is one of the best things we have ever done as a team. We have had good results with a lot of riders, but this is the highest ranked race we are allowed to race, and the whole team has really given the fullest of themselves. Modin was third in the general classification, which I still cannot belive, and he also won the youth competition, and Fredrik Johansson won the combativity competition, and we also won the team classification," said Patrick Serra.
Steven De Jongh (Rabobank) was never threatened in the fight for the red points jersey, and Rik Reinerink (Bankgiroloterij-Batavus) could go home with the green sprinters jersey after five hectic days.
Results
1 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 4.42.38 2 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 3 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 4 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 6 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 8 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 9 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 10 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 11 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 12 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 13 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 14 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 15 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 16 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 17 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 18 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 19 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 20 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 21 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 22 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 23 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 24 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 25 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 26 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 27 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 28 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 29 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 30 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 31 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 32 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 33 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 34 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 35 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 36 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 37 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 38 Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 39 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 40 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 41 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 42 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Swedish National Team 43 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 44 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 45 Chris Matthys (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 46 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 47 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 48 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 49 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 50 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 51 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 52 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 53 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 54 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 55 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 58 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 59 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 60 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 61 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 62 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 63 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 64 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 65 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 66 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 67 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 68 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 69 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 70 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 71 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 72 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 73 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 74 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) EDS-fakta 75 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 76 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0.17 77 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 81 Jerôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 0.20 82 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 83 David Debremaeker (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 84 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 85 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 86 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 0.26 87 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 88 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index Alexia 0.41 89 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 0.45 90 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.55 91 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.05 92 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 2.34 93 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 5.04 94 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 95 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 8.12 DNF Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali DNF Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia DNF Marco Villa (Ita) Index Alexia DNF Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi DNF Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent DNS Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast DNS Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) CCC-Polsat DNS Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi Starters: 100 Classified: 95 Points 1 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 25 pts 2 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 20 3 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 16 4 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 14 5 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 6 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 10 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 9 8 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 8 9 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 7 10 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 6 11 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 5 12 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 4 13 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3 14 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2 15 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1 Final general classification 1 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 21.29.37 2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.27 3 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 0.33 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.57 5 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.00 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 6.10 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 7.08 38 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 7.34 39 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 8.03 40 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 11.06 41 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 42 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.42 43 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 11.45 44 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 12.18 45 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 12.56 46 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 13.30 47 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 13.55 48 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 14.43 49 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 15.12 50 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.19 51 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 15.24 52 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 15.36 53 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 15.46 54 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 15.53 55 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 15.58 56 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 16.00 57 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.10 58 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 16.15 59 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 60 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 16.23 61 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 16.46 62 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 17.52 63 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.38 64 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 19.41 65 Jerôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 19.52 66 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 19.54 67 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) EDS-fakta 19.59 68 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20.01 69 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 20.07 70 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 20.10 71 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 72 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 20.38 73 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 20.52 74 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 20.58 75 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 21.08 76 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.32 77 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 21.36 78 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 22.04 79 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 22.11 80 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 22.13 81 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 22.44 82 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 23.08 83 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 23.09 84 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 23.25 85 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 23.55 86 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 24.11 87 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 24.47 88 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 26.44 89 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 27.14 90 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 27.44 91 David Debremaeker (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 28.10 92 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index Alexia 28.57 93 Chris Matthys (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 29.43 94 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 29.54 95 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 32.33 Team classification 1 Team Mälarenergi 64.32.40 2 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.34 3 Rabobank 1.56 4 Gerolsteiner 4.39 5 EDS-fakta 5.18 6 Amore & Vita Beretta 7.30 7 Team Crescent 10.10 8 Team Coast 10.45 9 Team CSC Tiscali 10.47 10 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 11.36 11 Swedish National Team 12.42 12 Palmans-Collstrop 16.15 13 Norweigian National Team 17.02 14 CCC-Polsat 18.28 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 19.46 16 Bigmat.Auber 93 20.41 17 Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 33.58 18 Cofidis 37.25 19 Index Alexia 46.08
