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16th Ster Elektrotoer - 2.3
Netherlands, September 11-15, 2002
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Stage 5 - September 14: Valkenburg - Verviers, 181 km
Boogerd offensive fails in Battle of the Ardennes
By Bert Saarloos, Dagblad de Limburger
It was D-Day today in the Ster Elektrotoer. In the Ardennes, with six mountain sprints and several uncategorized climbs, it had to be decided who would win the tour. The main competitors: Bart Voskamp (BankGiroLoterij) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank). The outcome: Boogerd attacked continuously, Voskamp defended successfully. The stage win went surprisingly to Gerolsteiner test rider Sven Krauss. With just a flat stage to go, final victory for Voskamp seems certain.
Rabobank applied the Kelme tactics today: sending troops forward to build a bridgehead for the elite troupes. Immediately after the start Ronald Mutsaars (Rabobank) escaped, together with Stive Vermaut (Palmans-Colstrop). A bit later Rafael Nuritdinov (Colpack), Krzysztof Krzywy (Mroz), Oliver Penney (Van Hemert) and Uwe Hardter (Gerolsteiner), joined the two leaders. The peloton stayed calm, as the all of the riders in the breakaway were at least sixteen minutes behind in the general classification. Before the race hit the Ardennes the group already had built up a lead of five minutes. At the 60 kilometre point the gap was 6'40".
On the Côte du Rosier (91 km) Rabobank team director Adri van Houwelingen sent his next pawns forward: Bobbie Traksel and Marcel Duijn, but unsuccessfully. Duijn tried it again, this time with Magnus Bäckstedt (EDS-Fakta), the CSC-Tiscali duo Francisco Cerezo and Manuel Calvente, and Richard Slabbekoorn (Dutch National Team). The chasing quintet rapidly closed in on the six leaders.
At the 120-kilometre mark the margin had shrunk to 1'20". But BankGiroLoterij stayed alert, not allowing the chasing group more than half a minute, since it contained two dangerous riders. Cerezo was only 1'14" behind Voskamp in GC and Duijn 2'38". On the Mont Theux (124 km) the bunch rejoined the chasing group. On the climb Nuritdinov and Krzywy fell back, leaving four leaders up front.
Then the next Rabobank rider was sent forward. Cyclocrosser Sven Nys bridged the gap to the leaders and left them behind on the steep Côte de Sarpay (145 km). In the peloton Boogerd attacked. Voskamp cracked, but did not break. After the climb forty riders - with all favourites - came together, swallowing Nys very soon afterwards.
Just before the local circuit in Verviers-Chaineux (2x 6.6 km) the Rabo's tried it again, this time with Thorwald Veneberg and again Sven Nys. They got away with Michelle Colleoni (Colpack), Martin Rittsel (CSC-Tiscali), Claudio Astolfi (Acqua & Sapone), Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Angelo van Melis (Dutch National Team) and Cees Jeurissen (Van Hemert). This group got the blessing from the BankGiroLoterij team. Leader Voskamp and teammate Bram Schmitz (second on GC) only had eyes for Boogerd.
On the final rolling slope Boogerd again could not make a difference, leaving all the work of his teammates for nothing. Surprisingly the queen's stage was taken in a sprint of three by a debutant, 19 year old German Sven Krauss. The youngster from Stuttgart is a test rider for the Gerolsteiner team, not even really a stagiaire.
"He is great talent, but I won't give him a contract", Gerolsteiner team director Rolf Gölz said. "He is too young. It is better for him to race with the amateurs for a couple of years."
In the top of the GC nothing really changed. The margins are still narrow, as Boogerd is only three seconds behind Voskamp. With the bonifications in the final stage things might still change. "But I don't expect it", Bart Voskamp said. "We should be able to control the stage."
Results
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.36.58 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 4 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 0.09 5 Cees Jeurissen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 6 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Tiscali 7 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 8 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Dutch National Team 9 David George (RSA) CCC-Polsat 0.25 10 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 11 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 12 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Morten Sonne (Den) EDS-fakta 15 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 16 Luca Barattero (Ita) Index-Alexia 17 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 18 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 20 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 21 Jurgen De Jong (Ned) Axa-VvZ 22 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 24 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 26 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 27 Mateos Perez, Rafa 28 Calvente Corpas, M 29 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 30 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 31 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) EDS-fakta 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 33 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 34 Damiano Giannini (Ita) Index-Alexia 35 Ramirez Abeja, Jav 36 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 37 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mróz 38 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa-VvZ 0.49 39 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.58 40 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Axa-VvZ 1.58 41 Tony Bracke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 42 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.23 43 Oliver Penney (Swi) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 44 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 45 Coen H. Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 46 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 47 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 48 Julien Smink (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 49 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 50 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 51 Rasmussen, Jacob M 52 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) EDS-fakta 53 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) Axa-VvZ 13.31 54 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Dutch National Team 55 Edward Dunning (Ned) Axa-VvZ 56 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 57 Germ V.D. Burg (Ned) Bert Story Piels 58 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 59 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 60 Slabbekoorn, Richa 61 Frank Kwanten (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 62 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 63 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 64 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 65 Ruud Aerts (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 66 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 67 Fabiano Ferrari (Ita) Index-Alexia 68 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mróz 69 Sebastiano Scotti (Ita) Index-Alexia 70 Meza Flores, Migue 71 Wyrzykowski, Zbign 72 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 73 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 74 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 75 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) Team Colpack Astro 22.37 76 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Team Colpack-Astro 77 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 24.03 78 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 79 Erwin Meijer (Ned) Dutch National Team 27.03 80 Mathijs Deelen (Ned) Dutch National Team 81 Patrick Betz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Max Becker (Lux) Palmans-Collstrop 83 Rick Flens (Ned) Dutch National Team 84 Kor Steenbergen (Ned) Bert Story Piels 85 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Axa-VvZ 86 Martijn Stougje (Ned) Dutch National Team 87 Bart Oegema (Ned) Bert Story-Piels General classification after stage 5 1 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 16.28.23 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.02 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.03 4 David George (RSA) CCC-Polsat 0.20 5 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.33 6 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 7 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 0.37 8 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 0.42 9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.45 10 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) Team Colpack-Astro 0.47 11 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 1.14 12 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 2.27 13 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2.59 14 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.00 15 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 3.25 16 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa-VvZ 3.54 17 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Axa-VvZ 4.46 18 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 6.36 19 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 8.57 20 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 13.47 21 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 13.51 22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 14.30 23 Jurgen De Jong (Ned) Axa-VvZ 15.09 24 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mróz 15.55 25 Cees Jeurissen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 16.18 26 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) EDS-fakta 16.41 27 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 16.47 28 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.51 29 Luca Barattero (Ita) Index-Alexia 16.59 30 Morten Sonne (Den) EDS-fakta 17.04 31 Calvente Corpas, Manu 17.22 32 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 17.24 33 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 17.50 34 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Tiscali 18.20 35 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.33 36 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 20.21 37 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Dutch National Team 38 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 20.28 39 Oliver Penney (Swi) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 20.35 40 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) EDS-fakta 20.51 41 Damiano Giannini (Ita) Index-Alexia 21.05 42 Julien Smink (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 43 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) EDS-fakta 21.11 44 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 21.54 45 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.32 46 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 24.37 47 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 26.09 48 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.37 49 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 27.51 50 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 28.34 51 Tony Bracke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 28.49 52 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 29.23 53 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 54 Germ V.D. Burg (Ned) Bert Story Piels 29.48 55 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 29.52 56 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 29.57 57 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 30.02 58 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 30.10 59 Sebastiano Scotti (Ita) Index-Alexia 30.33 60 Zbigniew Wyrzykowski (Pol) Mróz 30.47 61 Meza Flores, Miguel A 31.01 62 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 31.22 63 Fabiano Ferrari (Ita) Index-Alexia 34.38 64 Richard Slabbekoorn (Ned) Dutch National Team 35.23 65 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mróz 35.46 66 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Dutch National Team 36.18 67 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 36.20 68 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) Axa-VvZ 36.31 69 Edward Dunning (Ned) Axa-VvZ 37.17 70 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 38.34 71 Coen H. Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 38.56 72 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) Team Colpack Astro 40.59 73 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Team Colpack-Astro 41.36 74 Frank Kwanten (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 45.02 75 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 45.39 76 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 52.37 77 Ruud Aerts (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 53.08 78 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 53.18 79 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Axa-VvZ 57.04 80 Kor Steenbergen (Ned) Bert Story Piels 1.06.42 81 Patrick Betz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.07.02 82 Max Becker (Lux) Palmans-Collstrop 1.07.11 83 Erwin Meijer (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.08.07 84 Rick Flens (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.08.52 85 Martijn Stougje (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.13.28 86 Bart Oegema (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 1.13.33 87 Mathijs Deelen (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.14.43 Points classification 1 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 30 pts 2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 23 3 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 19 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 17 5 David George (RSA) CCC-Polsat 16 6 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 7 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 15 8 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 13 9 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 12 10 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) Team Colpack Astro 12 11 Julien Smink (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 12 12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 12 13 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 14 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 8 15 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 16 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Axa-VvZ 8 17 Cees Jeurissen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 6 18 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 6 19 Miguel Angel Meza Flores (Mex) Team Colpack Astro 6 20 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 6 21 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 22 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Tiscali 5 23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 5 24 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 5 25 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 5 26 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Axa-VvZ 5 27 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 5 28 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 4 29 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 4 30 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 31 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 3 32 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 3 33 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 2 34 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 35 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1 Sprints classification 1 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 7 pts 2 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 6 3 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 4 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 3 5 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 3 6 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 3 7 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2 8 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 2 9 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Dutch National Team 2 10 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 11 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Team Colpack-Astro 1 12 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 1 13 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 14 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Axa-VvZ 1 Climbs classification 1 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 11 pts 2 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 11 3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 7 4 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 6 5 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) Team Colpack Astro 4 7 Richard Slabbekoorn (Ned) Dutch National Team 4 8 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 3 9 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 3 10 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 11 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 12 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mróz 2 13 David George (RSA) CCC-Polsat 2 14 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 15 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 16 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 2 17 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 18 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1 19 Oliver Penney (Swi) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 1 20 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mróz 1 21 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Axa-VvZ 1 22 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 49.25.52 2 Rabobank 1.40 3 Team Colpack - Astro 4.55 4 Gerolsteiner 18.38 5 Team CSC TISCALI 19.37 6 AXA-VVZ Cycling Team 23.06 7 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina T 28.15 8 Palmans - Colstrop 34.28 9 Van Hemert Groep 43.23 10 EDS - Fakta 46.06 11 Index Alexia 1.06.50 12 MROZ - Supradyn 1.16.03 13 Nat. selectie Nederland 1.25.11 14 Bert Story - Piels 1.41.14
