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Ringerike GP - 2.5
Norway, May 1-5, 2002
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Stage 4 - May 4: Hønefoss - Hønefoss, 168.2 km
Canadian sprinter ruins the British dreamer
By Jean-Francois Quenet
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Nantes 44's Englishman Jonathan Dayus was very close to doubling up his stage win in the Ringerike Grand Prix. After claiming stage 3 in a uphill finish, he profited from his new confidence to attack on a very steep hill (20%) with 25 kilometres to go. As he is a pretty good time triallist as well, he kept going without waiting for any counter-attacker. He had a maximum lead of 30 seconds but his ride particularly impressed former professional Dag-Erik Pedersen, who is now a famous TV commentator in Norway after winning stages in the Tour of Italy in 1984 and 1986.
Dayus was very unfortunate to be caught with less than 200 meters to go, he still managed to come 4th though.
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All of the overall contenders made the 36 men main group who played the stage win the final sprint. Andrew Randell from Canada claimed the win and explained: "Because of the style of racing in the criteriums in America, I'm quite used to cornering and sprinting in these conditions."
The finale in Hønefoss requires a lot of technique, and that's where the GC will be decided tomorrow. There's a steep hill to be repeated 11 times, so nobody would be surprised to see Nantes 44's climber Jon Dayus going away again, and a few people like Swede Fredrik Modin who has exceptional climbing abilities will for sure attack the yellow jersey.
"I'm still far from the win because so many things can happen in the last stage but I'm very confident", Gustav Larsson said. This tall time triallist is definitely a rider to watch for the future.
Photography
Photos taken by Gunnar Mjaugedal/www.kjellman.no.
- Estonian Allan Oras - leads stage 4's early breakaway.
- Hard racing - during stage 4 of the Ringerike Grand Prix
- Fredrik Stormo (Norway) - leads the peloton.
- Race leader Gustav Larsson (Team Crescent) - rode well enough to keep hold of his jersey in stage 4
- Norwegian champion Erlend Engeslvold - on the 20% climb.
- Gustav Larsson (Team Crescent) - leads Rune Høydahl (Norway) on the climb.
- Tobias Legård (Team Crescent) - does the job for Gustav Larsson.
- Jonathan Dayus (Nantes 44) - goes on the attack with 25 km to go
- Andrew Randell (Sympatico-Jet Fuel Coffee) - leading out the sprint for stage 4
Results
1 Andrew Randell (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 4.17.35 2 Jostein Hole (Nor) Norway - MTB 3 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 4 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Nantes 44 5 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sandnes SK 6 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 7 Maarten Nijland (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 8 Per Martin Lund (Nor) Buskerud CK 9 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Sweden 10 Johan Svensson (Swe) Sweden 11 Robert Österling (Swe) Sweden 12 Alges Maasikmets (Est) Estonia 13 Ben Raby (USA) RCS Bioagrico 14 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 15 Jarno Jalomäki (Fin) Finland 16 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sandnes SK 17 Rune Høydahl (Nor) Norway - MTB 18 Stig Sverre Holmsen (Nor) Fana IL 19 Frode Michaelsen (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 20 Jørn Espen Bolstad (Nor) Norway - MTB 21 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Nantes 44 22 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 23 Thomas Nesset Sundal (Nor) Sandnes SK 24 Are Andresen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 25 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 26 Roy Sønsterud (Nor) Buskerud CK 27 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 28 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Sandnes SK 29 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 30 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone 31 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 32 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 33 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 34 Myhre Christopher (Nor) Team Krone 35 Bruno Nella (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 36 Lars Werenberg (Den) Kvickly Odder 37 Giuliano (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 0.16 38 Geert van Crombruggen (Bel) RCS Bioagrico 3.09 39 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 40 Terje Holm (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 41 Jani Vesa (Fin) Finland 42 Olli Hyytiäinen (Fin) Finland 43 Martin Ford (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 44 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) Finland 45 Marius Nyhammer (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 46 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 47 Troels Halfeld Nielsen (Den) Team Jylland 48 Brian Hillebrandt Larsen (Den) Team Jylland 49 Mikko Vastaranta (Fin) Finland 50 Greg Saw (Aus) Kongsberg If - Mix 51 Chris Spence (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 52 Tero Hämeenaho (Fin) Finland 53 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone 54 Börre Fjeld Halvorsen (Nor) Bærum OCK 55 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana IL 56 Allan Oras (Est) Estonia 57 Andre Aduson (Est) Estonia 58 Jarle Fredriksen (Nor) Bærum OCK 59 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Nantes 44 60 Kert Väinsalk (Est) Estonia 61 Espen Jogert (Nor) Sandnes SK 62 Samuel Torres (Fra) Nantes 44 63 Bill Nickson (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 64 Nils Einar Grutle (Nor) Fana IL 65 Rafael Ballester (Spa) Team Mälarenergi 3.26 66 Thomas Anderson (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 3.38 67 Fredrik Stormo (Nor) Norway - MTB 5.32 68 Björn Ivar Ekberg (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 6.18 69 Kent Håkon Olsen (Nor) Stavanger SK 70 Øyvind Dybing (Nor) Fana IL 71 Peter Glibstrup (Den) Kvickly Odder 6.51 72 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) Buskerud CK 73 Henning Weaas (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 74 Luit Blom (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 75 Herve Arcade (Fra) Nantes 44 76 Stian Nørve (Nor) Stavanger SK 77 Fredrik Lindberg (Swe) Kvickly Odder 8.56 78 Neil Smith (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 79 Jonas Rydberg (Swe) Kvickly Odder 80 Espen Wagener (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 81 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Kvickly Odder 82 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 11.09 83 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Team Crescent 84 Mark Burton (GBr) RCS Bioagrico 85 Martin Vestby (Nor) RCS Bioagrico 86 Kurt Haugen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 87 Terje Tho (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 88 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 89 Kevin Miller (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 90 Helge Haugstad (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 91 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 92 Marc Alexander Mackay (NZl) RCS Bioagrico 93 Christian Einung Dahl (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 15.14 94 Stian Andre Risberg (Nor) Buskerud CK 25.25 95 Jeffrey Hollemans (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam DNF Håkon Austad (Nor) Team Krone DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi DNF Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) Nantes 44 DNF Karsten Ellerup Nielsen (Den) Team Jylland DNF Jeffrey Capper (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com DNF Janno Aksin (Est) Estonia DNF Heiko Sepp (Est) Estonia DNF Corne Castein (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam DNF Michael Laursen (Den) Kvickly Odder DNF Nils Einar Grutle (Nor) Fana IL DNF Lars Ellingsen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix DNF Arve Lyngstad (Nor) Bærum OCK DNF Lars Petter Stormo (Nor) Norway - MTB DNF Idar B. Kvamme (Nor) Stavanger SK DNF Aslak M Johansen (Nor) Eidsvoll SK General classification after stage 4 1 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 28.33.11 2 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 0.19 3 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 0.21 4 Rune Høydahl (Nor) Norway - MTB 0.32 5 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 0.33 6 Per Martin Lund (Nor) Buskerud CK 1.03 7 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone 8 Jostein Hole (Nor) Norway - MTB 1.19 9 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Sandnes SK 1.21 10 Lars Werenberg (Den) Kvickly Odder 1.30 11 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 1.38 12 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sandnes SK 1.39 13 Frode Michaelsen (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 2.02 14 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 2.30 15 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sandnes SK 2.30 16 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 2.48 17 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 3.29 18 Andrew Randell (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 3.57 19 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 5.30 20 Jarle Fredriksen (Nor) Bærum OCK 5.39 21 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 5.44 22 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Nantes 44 5.51 23 Jarno Jalomäki (Fin) Finland 5.52 24 Martin Ford (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 6.26 25 Thomas Nesset Sundal (Nor) Sandnes SK 6.30 26 Bruno Nella (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 6.38 27 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Sweden 6.54 28 Terje Holm (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 7.54 29 Johan Svensson (Swe) Sweden 8.08 30 Allan Oras (Est) Estonia 9.37 31 Jørn Espen Bolstad (Nor) Norway - MTB 11.34 32 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 12.12 33 Stian Nørve (Nor) Stavanger SK 12.56 34 Rafael Ballester (Spa) Team Mälarenergi 12.56 35 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Nantes 44 13.02 36 Are Andresen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 13.31 37 Stig Sverre Holmsen (Nor) Fana IL 13.50 38 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone 14.47 39 Bill Nickson (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 15.14 40 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 16.00 41 Martin Vestby (Nor) RCS Bioagrico 16.22 42 Marius Nyhammer (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 17.01 43 Håkon Austad (Nor) Team Krone 17.11 44 Jani Vesa (Fin) Finland 19.09 45 Myhre Christopher (Nor) Team Krone 19.48 46 Tero Hämeenaho (Fin) Finland 20.59 47 Giuliano (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 22.50 48 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana IL 22.59 49 Samuel Torres (Fra) Nantes 44 23.42 50 Börre Fjeld Halvorsen (Nor) Bærum OCK 23.55 51 Mikko Vastaranta (Fin) Finland 24.55 52 Andre Aduson (Est) Estonia 24.55 53 Roy Sønsterud (Nor) Buskerud CK 24.59 54 Geert van Crombruggen (Bel) RCS Bioagrico 25.14 55 Fredrik Stormo (Nor) Norway - MTB 25.17 56 Alges Maasikmets (Est) Estonia 26.30 57 Maarten Nijland (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 26.54 58 Thomas Anderson (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 27.30 59 Espen Jogert (Nor) Sandnes SK 27.34 60 Ben Raby (USA) RCS Bioagrico 27.36 61 Øyvind Dybing (Nor) Fana IL 28.04 62 Greg Saw (Aus) Kongsberg If - Mix 30.05 63 Fredrik Lindberg (Swe) Kvickly Odder 30.42 64 Brian Hillebrandt Larsen (Den) Team Jylland 31.22 65 Kert Väinsalk (Est) Estonia 31.34 66 Neil Smith (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 32.00 67 Kent Håkon Olsen (Nor) Stavanger SK 36.04 68 Christian Einung Dahl (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 36.07 69 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 36.41 70 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Team Crescent 36.41 71 Robert Österling (Swe) Sweden 36.54 72 Björn Ivar Ekberg (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 37.13 73 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) Finland 38.01 74 Troels Halfeld Nielsen (Den) Team Jylland 39.04 75 Olli Hyytiäinen (Fin) Finland 39.37 76 Herve Arcade (Fra) Nantes 44 41.46 77 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 42.41 78 Marc Alexander Mackay (NZl) RCS Bioagrico 43.51 79 Peter Glibstrup (Den) Kvickly Odder 44.58 80 Luit Blom (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 45.18 81 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) Nantes 44 48.34 82 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) Buskerud CK 49.00 83 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 59.01 84 Jonas Rydberg (Swe) Kvickly Odder 1.00.43 85 Helge Haugstad (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 1.02.34 86 Mark Burton (GBr) RCS Bioagrico 1.03.38 87 Terje Tho (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 1.03.41 88 Kurt Haugen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 1.04.16 89 Henning Weaas (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 1.04.27 90 Chris Spence (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 1.05.06 91 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Kvickly Odder 1.06.47 92 Kevin Miller (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 1.10.54 93 Espen Wagener (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 1.28.55 94 Jeffrey Hollemans (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 1.35.06 95 Stian Andre Risberg (Nor) Buskerud CK 1.38.34
