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Ringerike GP - 2.5
Norway, May 1-5, 2002
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Stage 5 - May 5: Hønefoss - Hønefoss, 170.2 km
Mads Kaggestad comes of age at home
By Jean-Francois Quenet
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Team Krone made an unexpected impact on the final stage of the Ringerike Grand Prix by claiming first and second place overall with Mads Kaggestad and Gabriel Rasch. At the very end, they reversed a situation that didn't look too good before. Until the last stage, Swede Gustav Larsson of the Crescent team was the most impressive rider, especially after his 150 kilometres solo ride on day one under a pouring rain. He's for sure a guy to watch for the future.
But the Norwegians took their revenge by riding intelligently in the last stage. In the very hilly section of the final circuit, Gabriel Rasch went away and Mads Kaggestad counter-attacked after Fredrik Modin who was second on GC. Five men stayed away: Kaggestad, Rasch, Morten Hegreberg of Sandnes, Saturday's winner Andrew Randell from Canada and Henrik Sparr from the National Swedish team, who claimed the stage victory.
As Team Krone is built on the foundations of the Ringerike Sykkel Klubb who organises the only UCI race in Norway, the celebrations were huge on the very crowded finishing line for Kaggestad, who is also a local boy and the son of Johan, a very well respected multisport coach and tv-commentator.
"This is the best win in my career so far," Mads said. "I've dreamed to win this race since I was a little boy. Every year I came and cheered for the big riders and now I'm the big one and I could see the small guys watching me."
Aged 24, he's a neo-pro with Team Krone after riding for ACBB in France last year. He recently came 3rd in the Circuit des Ardennes in France.
"This win is a big push up for our team," directeur sportif Oyvind Lillehagen declared. Team Krone will ride at a higher level in the next week with the GP Villers-Cotterets (1.3 on May 20) and the Vuelta a Navarra in Spain coming up. Watch out for the young Vikings, they are ready to invade the whole of Europe.
Photography
Photos by Ole Martin Solberg/Sporten Ringerikes Blad and Gunnar Mjaugedal/www.kjellman.no.
- Team Krone's Mads Kaggestad - in action during stage 5.
- Mads Kaggestad (Team Krone) - raises his arms across the finish line in stage 5 of the Ringerike Grand Prix
- Thomas Nesset Sundal (Sandnes SK) - a man for the future
- Lars Breisith (Team Krone) winning the green jersey
- Rune Hoydahl (Giant) - MTB star riding well on the road.
- Gustav Larsson (Team Crescent) struggling up the Ripperbakken climb during the final stage of the Ringerike Grand Prix.
- Henrik Sparr (Sweden) rides during the fifth stage
- Gabriel Rasch (Team Krone), 2nd on GC and super domestique for Mads Kaggestad
- Mads Kaggestad (Team Krone) going for the GC
- Mads Kaggestad riding strongly during stage 5
- Henrik Sparr (Sweden) wins the fifth stage
- Mads Kaggestad realises that he's won the overall GC.
- Mads Kaggestad kisses his childhood dream
- The final podium: Lars Breisith (Team Krone, Points), Mads Kaggestad (Team Krone, Overall) and Samuel Torres (Nantes 44, Climbs)
Results
1 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Sweden 4.14.36 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sandnes SK 3 Andrew Randell (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 4 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone 5 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 6 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 1.21 7 Geert van Crombruggen (Bel) RCS Bioagrico 8 Rune Høydahl (Nor) Norway - MTB 9 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Nantes 44 10 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 11 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 12 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 13 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Nantes 44 14 Per Martin Lund (Nor) Buskerud CK 2.06 15 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sandnes SK 16 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone 17 Roy Sønsterud (Nor) Buskerud CK 18 Maarten Nijland (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 19 Jarle Fredriksen (Nor) Bærum OCK 20 Lars Werenberg (Den) Kvickly Odder 21 Mikko Vastaranta (Fin) Finland 22 Frode Michaelsen (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 23 Johan Svensson (Swe) Sweden 24 Are Andresen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 25 Tero Hämeenaho (Fin) Finland 26 Bruno Nella (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 27 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 28 Troels Halfeld Nielsen (Den) Team Jylland 29 Thomas Nesset Sundal (Nor) Sandnes SK 30 Allan Oras (Est) Estonia 31 Giuliano (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 3.05 32 Marius Nyhammer (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 3.36 33 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 34 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 35 Robert Österling (Swe) Sweden 36 Bill Nickson (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 37 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Sandnes SK 4.18 38 Myhre Christopher (Nor) Team Krone 39 Brian Hillebrandt Larsen (Den) Team Jylland 40 Terje Holm (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 4.40 41 Espen Jogert (Nor) Sandnes SK 42 Martin Vestby (Nor) RCS Bioagrico 43 Stig Sverre Holmsen (Nor) Fana IL 4.51 44 Greg Saw (Aus) Kongsberg If - Mix 5.30 45 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 15.24 46 Rafael Ballester (Spa) Team Mälarenergi 47 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 48 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 49 Björn Ivar Ekberg (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 50 Olli Hyytiäinen (Fin) Finland 16.24 51 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) Finland 52 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) Buskerud CK 53 Marc Alexander Mackay (NZl) RCS Bioagrico 54 Fredrik Lindberg (Swe) Kvickly Odder 55 Luit Blom (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 17.24 56 Fredrik Stormo (Nor) Norway - MTB 57 Helge Haugstad (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 58 Nils Einar Grutle (Nor) Fana IL 59 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana IL 60 Andre Aduson (Est) Estonia 61 Stian Andre Risberg (Nor) Buskerud CK 62 Henning Weaas (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 63 Peter Glibstrup (Den) Kvickly Odder 64 Alges Maasikmets (Est) Estonia 65 Kent Håkon Olsen (Nor) Stavanger SK 66 Øyvind Dybing (Nor) Fana IL 67 Christian Einung Dahl (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 68 Börre Fjeld Halvorsen (Nor) Bærum OCK 69 Samuel Torres (Fra) Nantes 44 70 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 71 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 72 Espen Wagener (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 73 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 74 Jeffrey Hollemans (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 75 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 76 Kurt Haugen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 77 Chris Spence (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 18.24 78 Jani Vesa (Fin) Finland 79 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Team Crescent 19.24 80 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Kvickly Odder 81 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Nantes 44 82 Kevin Miller (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 83 Kert Väinsalk (Est) Estonia 84 Jarno Jalomäki (Fin) Finland 85 Neil Smith (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com Final general classification 1 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 20.36.41 2 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone 0.30 3 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 0.48 4 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sandnes SK 1.04 5 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 1.07 6 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 1.09 7 Rune Høydahl (Nor) Norway - MTB 1.20 8 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Nantes 44 1.43 9 Per Martin Lund (Nor) Buskerud CK 2.36 10 Lars Werenberg (Den) Kvickly Odder 3.03 11 Andrew Randell (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 3.23 12 Frode Michaelsen (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 3.35 13 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sandnes SK 4.03 14 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 4.17 15 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 4.21 16 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Sandnes SK 5.06 17 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 5.24 18 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Sweden 6.18 19 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Nantes 44 6.39 20 Jarle Fredriksen (Nor) Bærum OCK 7.12 21 Thomas Nesset Sundal (Nor) Sandnes SK 8.03 22 Bruno Nella (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 8.11 23 Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 8.47 24 Johan Svensson (Swe) Sweden 9.41 25 Allan Oras (Est) Estonia 11.10 26 Terje Holm (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 12.01 27 Are Andresen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 15.04 28 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone 16.20 29 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 16.29 30 Stig Sverre Holmsen (Nor) Fana IL 18.08 31 Bill Nickson (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 18.17 32 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 19.21 33 Marius Nyhammer (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 20.04 34 Myhre Christopher (Nor) Team Krone 20.07 35 Martin Vestby (Nor) RCS Bioagrico 20.29 36 Tero Hämeenaho (Fin) Finland 22.32 37 Jarno Jalomäki (Fin) Finland 24.43 38 Giuliano (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 25.22 39 Geert van Crombruggen (Bel) RCS Bioagrico 26.02 40 Mikko Vastaranta (Fin) Finland 26.28 41 Roy Sønsterud (Nor) Buskerud CK 26.32 42 Maarten Nijland (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 28.27 43 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 30.51 44 Rafael Ballester (Spa) Team Mälarenergi 31.13 45 Espen Jogert (Nor) Sandnes SK 31.41 46 Greg Saw (Aus) Kongsberg If - Mix 35.02 47 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Nantes 44 35.02 48 Brian Hillebrandt Larsen (Den) Team Jylland 35.07 49 Jani Vesa (Fin) Finland 37.00 50 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana IL 39.50 51 Robert Österling (Swe) Sweden 39.57 52 Samuel Torres (Fra) Nantes 44 40.33 53 Troels Halfeld Nielsen (Den) Team Jylland 40.37 54 Börre Fjeld Halvorsen (Nor) Bærum OCK 40.46 55 Andre Aduson (Est) Estonia 41.46 56 Fredrik Stormo (Nor) Norway - MTB 42.08 57 Alges Maasikmets (Est) Estonia 43.21 58 Øyvind Dybing (Nor) Fana IL 44.55 59 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 45.32 60 Fredrik Lindberg (Swe) Kvickly Odder 46.33 61 Kert Väinsalk (Est) Estonia 50.25 62 Neil Smith (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 50.51 63 Björn Ivar Ekberg (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 52.04 64 Kent Håkon Olsen (Nor) Stavanger SK 52.55 65 Christian Einung Dahl (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 52.58 66 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 53.32 67 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) Finland 53.52 68 Olli Hyytiäinen (Fin) Finland 55.28 69 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Team Crescent 55.32 70 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 57.32 71 Marc Alexander Mackay (NZl) RCS Bioagrico 59.42 72 Peter Glibstrup (Den) Kvickly Odder 1.01.49 73 Luit Blom (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 1.02.09 74 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) Buskerud CK 1.04.51 75 Nils Einar Grutle (Nor) Fana IL 1.08.54 76 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 1.15.52 77 Helge Haugstad (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 1.19.25 78 Kurt Haugen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 1.21.07 79 Henning Weaas (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 1.21.18 80 Chris Spence (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 1.22.57 81 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Kvickly Odder 1.25.38 82 Kevin Miller (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 1.29.45 83 Espen Wagener (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 1.45.46 84 Jeffrey Hollemans (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 1.51.57 85 Stian Andre Risberg (Nor) Buskerud CK 1.55.25
