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Tour of Hellas - 2.5
Greece, April, 2-6, 2003
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Stage 2 - April 4: Delfi - Nafpaktos, 128 km
Vassilis Anastopoulos takes lead after second stage win
By Dimitris Konstantopoulos
Sprinter Vassilis Anastopoulos (Volksbank Ideal) has won the second stage of the Tour of Hellas, after a rather easy but windy 128 km stage. He beat Bulgarian Svetoslav Tchanliev and Swiss Philippe Schnyder (Volksbank) in a bunch sprint, and took the overall lead in the process.
In the middle of the stage the winds caused a split in the peloton, creating a gap of 4 minutes which was more than enough to distance race leader Russell Van Hout from the sky blue jersey. Anastopoulos took the stage win and the outright lead, while Serbian Nebojsa Jovanovic, finishing in the the same time as Anastopoulos took the white U23 jersey from Greek Yiannis Tsakouridis.
Tomorrow, the wind seems to be the highlight of the 123km long stage race from Patras to Ancient Olympia city.
Results
1 Vassilis Anastopoulos (Gre) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 2.39.49 2 Svetoslav Tchanliev (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 3 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 4 Mico Brkovic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 5 Jaromir Friede (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 6 Dimitar Dimitrov (Bul) CC Martigues 7 Jaromir Purmensky (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 8 Paul Redenbach (Aus) GS3 Giant Asia Racing Team 9 Samuel Fahrun (Ger) Vc Frankfurt 1833 10 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Brc Kennemerland 11 Tino Haakman (Ned) Brc Kennemerland 12 Glen Chadwick (Aus) GS3 Giant Asia Racing Team 13 Frazer McMaster (NZl) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 14 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 15 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) GS3 Maestro Nella 16 Yiannis Tamouridis (Gre) Hellas National Team 17 Simone Mori (Ita) GS3 Giant Asia Racing Team 18 Konstantinos Symelidis (Gre) Hellas National Team 19 Jean Nuttli (Swi) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 20 Pavel Elsnic (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 21 Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 22 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 1.55 23 Florent Cabirot (Fra) CC Martigues 24 Dennis Hamming (Ned) Marco Polo International Team 25 Stanislav Hejduk (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 4.01 26 Markos Moraitakis (Gre) Hellas National Team 27 Russell Van Hout (Aus) GS3 Maestro Nella 28 Mechmet Mutlu (Tur) Turkey National Team 29 Elpidoforos Potouridis (Gre) Hellas/Emporiki National Selection 1 30 Baptiste Ansaldi (Fra) CC Martigues 31 Georgios Ninos (Gre) Hellas/Emporiki National Selection 3 32 Francis De Jager (Ned) Brc Kennemerland 33 Ronald Schur (Ned) Brc Kennemerland 34 Igor Pajovic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 35 Paul Sneeboer (Ken) Brc Kennemerland 36 Georgi Georgiev (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 37 Hakan Yildirim (Tur) Turkey National Team 38 Dimitris Dimitrakopoulos (Gre) Hellas/Emporiki National Selection 3 39 Christophe Rose (Fra) CC Martigues 40 Murat Matnur (Tur) Turkey National Team Der Zolt (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team Yiannis Tsakouridis (Gre) Hellas/Emporiki National Selection 1 Christophe Sebatier (Fra) CC Martigues Patrick Koehler (Ger) Vc Frankfurt 1833 Henning Jaecs (Ger) Vc Frankfurt 1833 Necmettin Ozbek (Tur) Turkey National Team Radim Korinek (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB Radoslav Konstantinov (Bul) Bulgaria National Team Lubos Kondis (Svk) Ceska Sporitlena MTB Konstantinos Rodopoulos (Gre) Hellas/Emporiki National Selection 2 Angelis Armenatzoglou (Gre) Hellas/Emporiki National Selection 2 Yves Obert (Ger) Vc Frankfurt 1833 Andreas Markakis (Gre) Hellas National Team Bruno Nella (Can) GS3 Maestro Nella Georgios Petalas (Gre) Hellas/Emporiki National Selection 3 Jochen Summer (Aut) GS3 Volsbank Ideal U23 classification 1 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 2 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 3 Mechmet Mutlu (Tur) Turkey National Team Number of Starters 88 Finishers 86 Abandoned 2 General classification after stage 2 1 Vassilis Anastopoulos (Gre) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 6.23.38 2 Jaromir Friede (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 0.04 3 Yiannis Tamouridis (Gre) Hellas National Team 4 Jean Nuttli (Swi) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 0.08 5 Svetoslav Tchanliev (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 0.09 6 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 0.10 7 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) GS3 Maestro Nella 0.11 8 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Brc Kennemerland 0.15 9 Glen Chadwick (Aus) GS3 Giant Asia Racing Team 10 Tino Haakman (Ned) Brc Kennemerland 0.16 11 Jaromir Purmensky (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 12 Paul Redenbach (Aus) GS3 Giant Asia Racing Team 0.17 13 Frazer McMaster (NZl) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 14 Dimitar Dimitrov (Bul) CC Martigues 0.18 15 Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 0.20 16 Simone Mori (Ita) GS3 Giant Asia Racing Team 0.21 17 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 0.33 18 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 2.10 19 Florent Cabirot (Fra) CC Martigues 2.12 20 Russell Van Hout (Aus) GS3 Maestro Nella 4.04 U23 classification 1 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 2 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 3 Ioannis Tsakouridis (Gre) Hellas/Emporiki National Selection 1 Sprints classification 1 Jochen Summer (Aut) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 15 pts 2 Samuel Fahrun (Ger) Vc Frankfurt 1833 11 3 Vassilis Anastopoulos (Gre) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 6 4 Svetoslav Tchanliev (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 3 5 Glen Chadwick (Aus) GS3 Giant Asia Racing Team 3 6 Ronald Schur (Ned) Brc Kennemerland 3 7 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 2 8 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 2 9 Florent Cabirot (Fra) CC Martigues 2 10 Stanislav Hejduk (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 2 11 Maas Co (Ned) Brc Kennemerland 2 12 Jaromir Purmensky (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 1 13 Baptiste Ansaldi (Fra) CC Martigues 1 14 Miko Brkovic (Yug) Yugoslavia National Team 1 15 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Marko Polo International Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Jaromir Purmensky (Cze) Ceska Sporitlena MTB 9 pts 2 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) GS3 Volsbank Ideal 2 3 Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Bulgaria National Team 2 4 Baptiste Ansaldi (Fra) CC Martigues 1
