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12th Post Danmark Rundt - 2.2
Denmark, August 13-17, 2002
Stage 1 - August 13: Ribe - Sønderborg, 180km
Piil gets a minute
By Tomas Nilsson, Cyclingnews correspondent
Jacob Piil (CSC-Tiscali) has won the first stage of the Post Danmark Rundt (Tour of Denmark) arriving at the finish in Sønderborg more than one minute ahead of the first part of the peloton.
The race was held in heavy crosswinds in the border area to Germany with a short detour into Denmark's southern neighbour at Flensburg. It was the race's youngest rider, Danish National Brian Vandborg that started the action with an attack 13 kilometres from the start in the medieval town of Ribe. After 44 km the gap was 2.45 and CSC-Tiscali took charge and managed not only to chase the young Vandborg down, but also to split the field. Vandborg managed to take the first sprint at Højer after 49 km and by then the casing peloton was down to some 50 riders with a second group a minute behind. Team Coast and EDS-fakta were also quite active at this stage.
The second group was a couple of minutes behind until the brief passage into Germany when they finally gave up and let the gap grow to mere than 16 minutes.
On the way into Sønderborg, at the historical monument Dybbøl Mølle, a windmill placed in a defence line that was under siege in the Danish-German war of 1864, Jacob Piil launched his final attack after some previous attempts by Andrea Tafi (Mapei). Piil arrived in town with a 25 seconds gap that grew gradually on the tricky finishing laps to 1.05 ahead of the little peloton with Steven de Jongh (Rabobank) second over the line.
A crash, caused by a crossing spectator, took down parts of the peloton in the finish with Team Telekom's Danilo Hondo and Gerolsteiner's René Haselbacher as major victims. Both are expected to start on the second stage though.
Results
1 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 3.57.09 (45.5 km/h) 2 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1.06 3 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 6 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 8 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 11 Roberto Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 13 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 15 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Ari Højgaard Jensen (Den) Team Post Danmark 18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 19 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 20 Christoph van Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 21 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 22 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 24 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC Tiscali 25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC Tiscali 26 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 27 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 28 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 29 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 30 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 31 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 32 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 34 Michael Demin (Den) Team Post Danmark 35 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 36 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 37 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 38 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 39 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 40 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 41 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 42 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 45 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 46 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 48 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 49 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 50 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 3.27 51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 25.11 52 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 53 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 54 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 56 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 58 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 59 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 60 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 61 Vincent Cali (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 62 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Morten Pedersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 64 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 67 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) EDS-fakta 68 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 70 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 71 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 72 Yuri Mithlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 74 Lasse Siggaard (Den) Team Post Danmark 75 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 76 Brian Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 77 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 78 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 79 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 82 Jannik Petersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 83 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 84 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 86 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Post Danmark 87 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 88 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 90 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Jørgen Bo Petersen (Den) EDS-fakta 92 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 93 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 94 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 95 Jan Jespersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 96 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 97 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 98 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 99 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Team Post Danmark 100 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 101 Phillpe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 102 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 103 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 104 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 105 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 106 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 107 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 108 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 109 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 110 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 111 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 112 Flemming Bennetsen (Den) Team Post Danmark 32.58 DNF Stig Dam (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step DNS Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco Number of starters: 117 Riders dropping out: 5 Number finishing after the deadline: 1 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 5 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 1 Sprint 2 1 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 pts 2 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 3 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 1 Climbs Climb 1 1 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 pts 2 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 6 3 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 4 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 2 Climb 2 1 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 10 pts 2 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 6 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 4 4 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 Most aggressive rider 1 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 10 pts 2 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 3 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 4 4 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 2 Young rider 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 3.58.15 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 3 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 5 Christoph van Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 6 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Michael Demin (Den) Team Post Danmark 9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 24.05 15 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 16 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 18 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 20 Lasse Siggaard (Den) Team Post Danmark 21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 22 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Post Danmark 26 Jan Jespersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 27 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 28 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Team Post Danmark 29 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 30 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 32 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour Teams 1 CSC-Tiscali 11.53.29 2 Rabobank 1.10 3 Mapei-Quick Step 1.13 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14 5 EDS-Fakta 1.15 6 Team Coast 1.16 7 Bonjour 8 Team Telekom 9 Lotto-Adecco 10 Team Gerolsteiner 11 Landbowkredit-Colnago 25.17 12 Team Post Danmark 25.21 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 14 Glud & Marstrand Horsens 13.31 15 Cofidis General classification after stage 1 1 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 3.56.59 2 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1.10 3 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.12 4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.13 5 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 1.14 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 1.15 8 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 9 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 1.16 10 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 12 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 13 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 14 Roberto Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 16 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 18 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Ari Højgaard Jensen (Den) Team Post Danmark 21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 22 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 23 Christoph van Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 24 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 25 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 27 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC Tiscali 28 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC Tiscali 29 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 30 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 31 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 32 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 34 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 35 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 36 Michael Demin (Den) Team Post Danmark 37 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 38 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 39 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 40 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 42 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 43 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 45 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 46 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 48 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 1.46 49 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 50 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 3.37 51 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 25.18 52 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 25.21 53 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 54 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 55 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 57 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 59 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 60 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 61 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 62 Vincent Cali (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 63 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Morten Pedersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 65 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 68 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) EDS-fakta 69 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 70 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 71 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 72 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 73 Yuri Mithlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 75 Lasse Siggaard (Den) Team Post Danmark 76 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 77 Brian Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 78 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 79 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 82 Jannik Petersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 83 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 84 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 86 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Post Danmark 87 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 88 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 90 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Jørgen Bo Petersen (Den) EDS-fakta 92 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 93 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 94 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 95 Jan Jespersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 96 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 97 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 98 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 99 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Team Post Danmark 100 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 101 Phillpe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 102 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 103 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 104 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 105 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 106 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 107 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 108 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 109 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 110 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 111 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour Points classification 1 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 15 pts 2 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14 3 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 12 4 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 8 6 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 7 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 6 8 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 5 9 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 5 10 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 4 11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 4 12 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 3 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Roberto Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 2 15 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 1 16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Climbs classification 1 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 pts 2 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 12 3 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 10 4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 4 5 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 6 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 2 Most aggressive rider classification 1 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 10 pts 2 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 3 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 4 4 Lennie Kristensen (Den) EDS-fakta 2 Young rider classification 1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.58.13 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 0.02 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 4 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 6 Christoph van Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 7 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Michael Demin (Den) Team Post Danmark 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 12 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 24.04 15 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 24.07 16 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 17 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 19 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 21 Lasse Siggaard (Den) Team Post Danmark 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Post Danmark 26 Jan Jespersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 27 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 28 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Team Post Danmark 29 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 30 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 32 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour Teams classification 1 CSC-Tiscali 11.53.29 2 Rabobank 1.10 3 Mapei-Quick Step 1.13 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14 5 EDS-Fakta 1.15 6 Team Coast 1.16 7 Bonjour 8 Team Telekom 9 Lotto-Adecco 10 Team Gerolsteiner 11 Landbowkredit-Colnago 25.17 12 Team Post Danmark 25.21 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 14 Glud & Marstrand Horsens 13.31 15 Cofidis Courtesy of Danmarks Cykle Union
