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Tour of Sweden-Postgirot Open - 2.2
Sweden, May 12-16, 2002
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Stage 2 - June 13: Eskilstuna-Motala, 175 km
De Jongh takes his second stage win in two days
By Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Despite horrible weather conditions, Rabobank's Steven de Jongh surprised us with a second stage win in two days. The Dutch sprinter beat home British pair of Rob Hayles (Cofidis) and Jeremy Hunt (BigMat). There were no changes to the overall with Bert Roesems (Collstrop-Palmans) retaining his lead.
Unlike yesterday's stage, this stage exploded from the start. The riders averaged 56 km/h during the first ten kilometres and 51 km/h during the two first hours. There were several attacks, with the most serious attempt coming from Rik Reinerink of Bankgiroloterij-Batavus. He stayed away for over 80 kilometres, but was caught by the peloton shortly before entering the finishing laps.
The peloton was controlled, mainly by race leaders Palmans-Collstrop and Marlux-Ville de Charleroi. They split up on the slippery cobblestones on the finishing laps in Motala, and one of the bravest attacks was made by Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) who was hoping for a solo win. He was caught with less than three hundred meters to go.
Race winner De Jongh explained how his race ended during the press conference. "Kirsipuu had a little gap, but we sent two guys up the road to bridge it. Just as they brought him back, I was passed by Rob Hayles, who was flying. I got on his wheel and was in second position when we came out from the final turn."
De Jongh narrowly fought down Hayles and British champion Jeremy Hunt who finished third. The yellow jersey stays on Roesems' shoulders after he finished in the bunch at the same time as the winner. Rienerink takes over the green sprinter's jersey after winning two of the three intermediate sprints of the day. He was also awarded the blue combativity jersey for his efforts during the day.
Results
1 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 3.53.33 2 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 5 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 9 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 10 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 14 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 15 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 16 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 17 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 19 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 20 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 22 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 23 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 24 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 25 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 26 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 27 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 28 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 29 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 30 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 31 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 32 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 34 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 36 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 37 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 39 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 40 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 41 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 42 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 43 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 44 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 45 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 46 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 47 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 49 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 50 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) CCC-Polsat 51 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 52 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 53 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 54 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 56 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 57 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 58 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 59 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 60 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Swedish National Team 61 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 62 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 63 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 64 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 65 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 66 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 67 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 68 Jerôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 69 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 70 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 71 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 72 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 73 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 74 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 75 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 76 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 77 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 78 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 79 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 80 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 81 Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 82 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 83 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 84 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 85 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 86 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 87 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) EDS-fakta 88 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 89 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 90 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 91 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 92 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 93 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.02 94 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.29 95 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 1.42 96 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 1.48 97 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.13 98 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 99 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 100 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 101 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 102 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 6.25 103 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index Alexia 104 Marco Villa (Ita) Index Alexia 105 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) CCC-Polsat 106 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 107 David Debremaeker (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 108 Chris Matthys (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 109 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 110 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 111 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop DNS Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat DNS Anders Juhlin (Swe) Swedish National Team Started: 111 Classified: 111 Points 1 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 20 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 16 4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 14 5 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12 6 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 10 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 8 9 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 7 10 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 6 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 4 13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 3 14 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2 15 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 11.40.39 2 Team Coast 3-Jan Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 6 CCC-Polsat 7 Cofidis 8 EDS-fakta 9 Team Mälarenergi 10 Bigmat.Auber 93 11 Norweigian National Team 12 Team Crescent 13 Amore & Vita Beretta 14 Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Team CSC Tiscali 17 Palmans-Collstrop 18 Swedish National Team 19 Index Alexia 1.48 General classification after stage 2 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 7.35.51 2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.13 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.20 4 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 0.21 5 Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 0.22 6 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 0.23 7 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 0.25 8 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 9 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) CCC-Polsat 0.29 10 Jerôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 11 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.32 12 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 0.34 13 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.35 14 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 0.38 15 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 0.41 16 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 0.42 17 Frank Höj (Den) Team Coast 18 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 19 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.45 20 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) EDS-fakta 0.46 21 Steven De Jong (Ned) Rabobank 22 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Swedish National Team 23 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 24 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 0.47 25 Stephane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.49 26 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 0.50 27 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.51 28 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 0.52 30 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 31 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) EDS-fakta 0.56 32 Nicklas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 0.57 33 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 34 Michael Skelde (Den) EDS-fakta 0.58 35 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.00 36 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 37 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 38 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 1.01 39 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.02 40 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 1.03 41 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 42 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.04 43 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 1.05 44 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.06 45 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.07 46 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 1.08 47 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 48 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.09 49 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta 1.11 50 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 51 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 52 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.12 53 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 54 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC Tiscali 1.13 55 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 1.16 56 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 57 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 58 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 1.17 59 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 60 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.19 61 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.21 62 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 63 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 1.23 64 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.31 65 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 1.33 66 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.34 67 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 1.35 68 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.36 69 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 1.38 70 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.46 71 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 1.49 72 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 73 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 74 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 1.50 75 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.54 76 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.57 77 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.59 78 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 2.02 79 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 2.05 80 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.06 81 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC Tiscali 2.14 82 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 2.17 83 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.18 84 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 85 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 2.45 86 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2.53 87 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 2.54 88 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 3.08 89 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 3.10 90 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3.25 91 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.45 92 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 4.06 93 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4.24 94 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.06 95 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 5.07 96 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 5.17 97 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 5.21 98 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 5.46 99 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 7.15 100 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 7.22 101 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 7.39 102 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 8.07 103 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 8.08 104 Sergeui Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 8.16 105 David Debremaeker (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 8.47 106 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index Alexia 8.57 107 Marco Villa (Ita) Index Alexia 10.35 108 Chris Matthys (Bel) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 10.40 109 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) CCC-Polsat 15.04 110 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 16.23 111 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux-Ville de Charleroi 16.49 Courtesy of www.pgopen.temp.wineasy.se
