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Ringerike GP - 2.5
Norway, April 30-May 4, 2003
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Stage 3 - May 3: Hønefoss - Ringkollen, 146.6 km
Norwegian import Jonathan Dayus repeats his triumph
By Jean-François Quénet in Hønefoss
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Englishman Jonathan Dayus from the Norwegian Team Ringerike has repeated his triumph from last year at the top of Ringkollen, the "l'Alpe d'Huez" of Norway. He outsprinted Frenchman Eric Leblacher (Crédit Agricole) and Valery Kobzarenko from the Ukraine. He also took the lead with only one and two seconds advantage respectively on the two men able to hold his wheel on the steep 8 km climb.
"I was fresh at the end because I didn't have any work to do before the climb. We rode really well as a team, always with someone in the front," Dayus explained.
This "someone" was his Australian mate Simon Gerrans, who was a part of a five man breakaway with Yannick Rebouilleau (Nantes 44), Morten Christiansen (Bærum), Joachim Bøhler (Ringerike SK) and Martin Hebik (Sparta Praha). They rode ahead of the bunch for 120 kilometres, never had more than three minutes lead, and Gerrans was still able to continue on his own for a little while before the peloton, led by Crédit Agricole, bridged the gap.
When they hit Ringkollen, another Australian, team pursuit world champion Luke Roberts attacked and Mads Kaggestad, who is the defending champion in this race, followed him. "He killed me, the Norwegian neo-pro said. But he also killed himself."
Kaggestad was quite happy with the way his teammates rode. He likes the aggressive style of Leblacher who is the king of the mountains in this race and only one second down on Dayus in GC, whereas Yohan Charpenteau is ranked 4th, only three seconds behind.
It looks like there will be a battle between Crédit Agricole and Team Ringerike in the last two stages. They both started with only five riders, as the pro team from Norway had to forget about Christopher Myhre, who was hit by a truck and is recovering in an hospital but he's OK with nothing broken. "Unfortunately we lost our captain Gabriel Rasch in a crash today", Dayus added.
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"I'm strong enough to win the overall, but it will be hard with so few teammates," he told the TV commentator who called him "Mister Dayus". He was delighted of course, but not very much of a showman. Has he adopted the cold style of the Nordic people who welcomed him in their team this year? "Here it's not my home but it's my hill," he declared.
In the May issue of Cycle Sport magazine, 'the voice of cycling' Phil Liggett wrote: "Britain has a new professional in Jonathan Dayus from Worcester, a talented rider who has virtually bypassed the British system by living and racing in Nantes throughout his amateur days. [...] although he is already 28, feel he has a lot to offer his sport in the immediate years ahead. [...] watch out for a Brit called Dayus who can climb and time trial."
Racing for Nantes 44, he won in Ringkollen one year ago. That's where he got to be mentioned by the Norwegian team called Team Krone at the time. They signed him with one goal: to win Ringkollen again and if possible the overall classification of the Ringerike Grand Prix as well. He didn't feel any pressure but he's on his way to make it, even though he's aware of the competition with Crédit Agricole, Team Bianchi, which hasn't given up its high ambitions, and Kobzarenko. The latter also rode for the Nantes 44 organisation five years ago, before Dayus did. He's now a teammate of Mario Cipollini at Domina Vacanze.
"But there was a hole in my calendar so I came here as a mixed team with Maestro Nella, Kob explained. "I wanted to win today but I had a problem with my chain."
There are more hills to come and the Ringerike Grand Prix is far from being over. A huge crowd is expected on Sunday in Hønefoss to support the Englishman that everyone in Norway appreciates.
Photography
Images by Gunnar Mjaugedal/catchlight.no
- The peloton cruise by a large farm during stage 3 of the Ringerik Grand Prix
- Four riders working hard to establish a break
- Mads Kaggestad and the Credit Agricole team during stage 3
- Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole) exhausted after a tough day
- Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole) didn't have a brilliant day, and finished 13th
- Martin Hebik (Sparta Praha) takes his turn at the front
- Morten Christiansen (Bærum) was one of the five men in the main break
- Simon Gerrans (Team Ringerike) leads the five man breakaway during stage 3
- Simon Gerrans (Team Ringerike) worked hard to hold off the peloton, but didn't quite make it
- Yohan Charpenteau (Credit Agricole) works hard in a break during stage 3
- Jonathan Dayus (Team Ringerike) wins the third stage of the Ringerike Grand Prix
- A happy Jonathan Dayus after the stage
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Jonathan Dayus is highly regarded by famous TV commentator Phil Liggett
- First pro win for Jonathan Dayus at the top of "his" climb, Ringkollen
- Jonathan Dayus and Eric Leblacher both from France, are the two hot favourites for the Ringerike Grand Prix this year
- The top three at the top of Ringkollen were Valery Kobzarenko, Jonathan Dayus and Eric Leblacher
- Former yellow jersey Jonas Holmkvist wanted to finish in top 10 in Ringkollen, he did and kept his lead in the points competition
- Jonas Holmkvist, Jonathan Dayus and Eric Leblacher will wear the three leaders jerseys in stage 4
- Team Ringerike directeur sportif Oyvind Lillehagen was a busy man harassed by the Norwegian media after Jonathan Dayus's prestigious win in Ringkollen
- Jonathan Dayus likes the hilly and sunny Norway! Even more when he's in yellow...
Results
1 Jonathan Dayus (Nor) Team Ringerike 2 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 Valery Kobzarenko (GBr) Team Maestro Nella 4 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Bianchi 0.06 5 Yohan Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Klaas De Gruyter (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 0.19 7 Luke Roberts (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 8 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Bianchi 9 Glen Zelderloo (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 10 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Bianchi 0.33 11 Oliver Penney (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico 12 Evgheni Gutalov (Mda) National Team Moldavia 13 Mads Kaggestad (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Morten Hegreberg (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 15 Geir Lien (Nor) Nes 16 Tarmo Raudsepp (Fra) Nantes 44 0.41 17 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Bianchi 0.55 18 Phil Thuaux (Aus) Team Down Under 1.02 19 Bart Bastiaens (Aus) Team Down Under 1.09 20 Richard Faltus (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 21 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) National Team Greec 22 Hans-Jörgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 1.16 23 Jussi Veikanen (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 24 Udo Müller (Ger) Rg Nordland 25 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike 26 Are Andresen (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin 27 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Down Under 1.25 28 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 1.40 29 Ben Raby (USA) Rcs Bioagrico 30 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) National Team Norway 1.45 31 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) National Team Norway 32 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel 33 Andreas Johansson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/ Sollerö 34 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Bærum Ock 35 Alexandru Sabalin (Mda) National Team Moldavia 36 Vasileios Anastopoulos (Gre) National Team Greec 37 Jos Harms (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 38 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 39 Sven De Werdt (Aus) Team Down Under 1.57 40 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Bianchi 2.30 41 Mathias Carlsson (Nor) Team Ringerike 3.06 42 Börre Fjeld Halvorsen (Nor) Bærum Ock 43 Kalle Sandell (Swe) Motala 44 James Norfolk (GBr) Wales 45 Gregory Saw (Nor) Ringerike Sk 46 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 47 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 48 Fredrik Løfsgaard (Nor) Bærum Ock 3.20 49 Martin Ford (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 3.25 50 Kent Håkon (Nor) Olsen Ck Bjørgvin 51 Jan Fredrik (Nor) Mohn Fana I L Sykkel 3.33 52 Alges Maasikmets (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi 3.46 53 Alexandru Pugaci (Mda) National Team Moldavia 54 Stijn Penne (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 55 David Migne (Fra) Nantes 44 3.57 56 Ion Pripa (Mda) National Team Moldavia 57 Roland Mittendorf (Ger) Bbc/team Profline 4.07 58 Dimitri Creciun (Mda) National Team Moldavia 4.13 59 Markos Moraitakis (Gre) National Team Greec 60 Elpidoforos Potouridis (Gre) National Team Greec 61 Simon Gerrans (Nor) Team Ringerike 4.18 62 Danny Schewe (Ger) Rg Nordland 63 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) National Team Finland 64 Håvard Kristiansen (Nor) Ringerike Sk 4.23 65 Robin Van Der Pluim (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 66 Germ Van Der Burg (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 67 Per Martin Lund (Nor) National Team Norway 4.38 68 Jostein Hole (Nor) Bærum Ock 69 Christofer Stevenson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/ Sollerö 70 Jukka Heinikainen (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 71 Tjarco Cuppens (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 5.08 72 Andreas Keuser (Ger) Bbc/team Profline 73 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 74 Kor Steenbergen (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 5.19 75 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Nantes 44 76 Martin Hebik (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 77 Stefan Repshus (Nor) Nes 6.30 78 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Bærum Ock 79 Espen Jogert (Nor) National Team Norway 80 Per-Erik Johansson (Swe) Motala 81 Christian Einung Dahl (Nor) Fredrikstad Sk 6.47 82 Martin Vestby BELG Rcs Bioagrico 6.53 83 Anders Gerhardsson (Swe) Motala 8.34 84 Andrew Roche (GBr) Team Maestro Nella 85 Martin Axelsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck 86 Robert Österling (Swe) Motala 87 Corey Sweet (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.12 88 Sabino Cannone (GBr) Team Maestro Nella 89 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/ Sollerö 90 Idar Baekken (Nor) Oslo/ Akershus- 91 Bill Nickson (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 92 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 93 Timothy Bayley (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 94 Mirko Poldma (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi 95 Martin Pecenka (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 96 Peter Pucelik (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 97 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Ringerike Sk 98 Marc Mackay (NZl) Rcs Bioagrico 99 Geert Van Crombruggen (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico 100 Ioannis Tsakouridis (Gre) National Team Greec 101 Arve Lyngstad ACK Asker CK 9.39 102 Adam Broyad (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 9.53 103 Pavel Vesely (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 104 Deniz Tuzcu (Ger) Bbc/team Profline 105 Marvin Van Der Pluim (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 106 Roger Karlsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck 107 Nils Einar (Nor) Grutle Fana I L Sykkel 108 Robert Johansson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/ Sollerö 109 Adrian Bird (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 110 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck 111 Jan-Magnus Mansner (Fin) National Team Finland 10.31 112 Daniel Strauch (Ger) Rg Nordland 10.40 113 Geroge Rose (GBr) Wales 114 Nico Indekeu (Aus) Team Down Under 10.49 115 Mikko Siltanen (Fin) National Team Finland 116 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 117 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 118 Patrick Koeman (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 119 Raido Kodanipork (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi 120 Sebastian Freese (Ger) Rg Nordland 121 Jarle Wermskog (Nor) Frikransen 10.57 122 Anders Lennartsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck 11.39 123 Tommi Martikainen (Fin) National Team Finland 12.09 124 Mikale Segersäll (Swe) Team Bianchi 13.51 125 Oskari Kargu (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi 13.57 126 Frank Pedersen (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin 14.25 127 Stian Nørve (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin 128 Dimitri Bondari (Mda) National Team Moldavia 15.06 129 Anders Iversby (Nor) Hvideberg Fredrikstad Sk 15.17 130 Timothy Wood (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 131 Yannick Rebouilleau (Fra) Nantes 44 17.11 132 David Pell (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 17.16 133 Bjørn Ivar (Nor) Ekberg Nes 17.45 134 Eirik Helgesen (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel 18.37 135 Patrick Blannin (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico 20.22 136 Herve Arcade (Fra) Nantes 44 24.11 137 Matthew Melville (Nor) Frikransen 28.16 138 Trygve Eriksen (Nor) Oslo/ Akershus- 32.44 139 Anston Hulth (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/ Sollerö 43.32 140 Tom Vastmans (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 141 Peter Lemke (Ger) Rg Nordland 45.57 142 Ryan Bevis (GBr) Wales 143 Oliver Stock (Ger) Rg Nordland 1.01.04 General classification after stage 3 1 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team Ringerike 11.42.04 2 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.01 3 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Maestro Nella 0.02 4 Yohan Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.09 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Comnet- Senges 0.22 6 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Bianchi 7 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Bianchi 0.32 8 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Deschacht- Granville 0.36 9 Oliver Penney (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico 10 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 11 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Bianchi 0.58 12 Richard Faltus (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 1.09 13 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike 1.17 14 Udo Müller (Ger) Rg Nordland 1.19 15 Alexandru Sabalin (Mda) National Team Moldavia 1.48 16 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Bianchi 2.33 17 Glen Zelderloo (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 3.35 18 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Bianchi 3.47 19 Klaas De Gruyter (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 4.00 20 Evgheni Gutalov (Mda) National Team Moldavia 4.14 21 Geir Lien (Nor) Nes 22 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Nantes 44 4.22 23 Phil Thuaux (Aus) Team Down Under 4.43 24 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) National Team Greec 4.50 25 Are Andresen (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin 4.57 26 Hans-Jörgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 27 Jussi Veikanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 28 Jos Harms (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 5.01 29 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) National Team Norway 30 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Down Under 5.06 31 Ben Raby (USA) Rcs Bioagrico 5.21 32 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 33 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 5.26 34 Vasileios Anastopoulos (Gre) National Team Greec 35 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Bærum Ock 36 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) National Team Norway 37 Sven De Werdt (Bel) Team Down Under 5.38 38 Gregory Saw (Aus) Ringerike Sk 6.47 39 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 40 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 James Norfolk (GBr) Wales 42 Mathias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike 43 Börre Fjeld Halvorsen (Nor) Bærum Ock 44 Jan Fredrik Mohn (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel 7.14 45 Bart Bastiaens (Bel) Team Down Under 7.21 46 Alexandru Pugaci (Mda) National Team Moldavia 7.27 47 Stijn Penne (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 48 Alges Maasikmets (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi 49 David Migne (Fra) Nantes 44 7.38 50 Roland Mittendorf (Ger) Bbc/team Profline 7.48 51 Dimitri Creciun (Mda) National Team Moldavia 7.54 52 Markos Moraitakis (Gre) National Team Greec 53 Danny Schewe (Ger) Rg Nordland 7.59 54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike 55 Germ Van Der Burg (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 8.04 56 Christofer Stevenson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/Soller 8.19 57 Per Martin Lund (Nor) National Team Norway 58 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team Comnet- Senges 8.49 59 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges 60 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Nantes 44 9.00 61 Martin Hebik (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 62 Kor Steenbergen (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 63 Jostein Hole (Nor) Bærum Ock 9.10 64 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Bærum Ock 10.11 65 Espen Jogert (Nor) National Team Norway 66 Martin Vestby (Nor) Rcs Bioagrico 10.34 67 Anders Gerhardsson (Swe) Motala 12.15 68 Geert Van (Bel) Crombruggen Rcs Bioagrico 12.27 69 Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Maestro Nella 12.35 70 Robert Österling (Swe) Motala 71 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Ringerike Sk 12.53 72 Bill Nickson (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 73 Peter Pucelik (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 74 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales 75 Corey Sweet (Aus) Credit Agricole 76 Kalle Sandell (Swe) Motala 12.56 77 Fredrik Løfsgaard (Nor) Bærum Ock 13.10 78 Kent Håkon (Nor) Olsen Ck Bjørgvin 13.15 79 Marvin Van Der Pluim (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 13.32 80 Roger Karlsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck 13.34 81 Elpidoforos Potouridis (Gre) National Team Greec 14.03 82 Marc Mackay (NZl) Rcs Bioagrico 14.05 83 Robin Van Der Pluim (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 14.13 84 Raido Kodanipork (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi 14.30 85 Daniel Strauch (Ger) Rg Nordland 14.41 86 Andreas Keuser (Ger) Bbc/team Profline 14.58 87 Anders Lennartsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck 15.20 88 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under 15.49 89 Andreas Johansson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/Sollerö 15.52 90 Per-Erik Johansson (Swe) Motala 16.20 91 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel 17.26 92 Mikale Segersäll (Swe) Team Bianchi 17.32 93 Stian Nørve (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin 18.06 94 Ioannis Tsakouridis (Gre) National Team Greec 19.02 95 Sabino Cannone (Ita) Team Maestro Nella 96 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck 19.43 97 Mikko Siltanen (Fin) National Team Finland 20.39 98 Yannick Rebouilleau (Fra) Nantes 44 20.52 99 Idar Baekken (Nor) Oslo/ Akershus- 21.37 100 Håvard Kristiansen (Nor) Ringerike Sk 22.45 101 Patrick Koeman (Ned) Bert Story- Piels 24.56 102 Martin Ford (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 25.15 103 Pavel Vesely (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 25.34 104 Deniz Tuzcu (Ger) Bbc/team Profline 26.07 105 Nils Einar (Nor) Grutle Fana I L Sykkel 106 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) National Team Finland 26.08 107 Christian Einung Dahl (Nor) Fredrikstad Sk 27.03 108 Ion Pripa (Mda) National Team Moldavia 27.08 109 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 27.18 110 Stefan Repshus (Nor) Nes 29.41 111 Martin Pecenka (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha 31.02 112 Nico Indekeu (Bel) Team Down Under 31.05 113 Robert Johansson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/Sollerö 31.43 114 Martin Axelsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck 31.45 115 Bjørn Ivar (Nor) Ekberg Nes 31.52 116 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 34.00 117 Tommi Martikainen (Fin) National Team Finland 34.45 118 Dimitri Bondari (Mda) National Team Moldavia 36.56 119 Oskari Kargu (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi 37.08 120 Arve Lyngstad (Nor) Asker CK 37.53 121 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/Sollerö 38.32 122 Sebastian Freese (Ger) Rg Nordland 39.03 123 Adrain Bird (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 39.13 124 Jan-Magnus Mansner (Fin) National Team Finland 39.51 125 David Pell (Aus) Team Comnet- Senges 39.56 126 Timothy Wood (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 43.31 127 Anders Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Fredrikstad Sk 128 Frank Pedersen (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin 43.45 129 Mirko Poldma (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi 44.56 130 Adam Broyad (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 45.37 131 Jarle Wermskog (Nor) Frikransen 46.41 132 Geroge Rose (GBr) Wales 47.34 133 Patrick Blannin (Aus) Rcs Bioagrico 49.42 134 Herve Arcade (Fra) Nantes 44 53.31 135 Timothy Bayley (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford 55.19 136 Eirik Helgesen (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel 59.36 137 Anston Hulth (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/Sollerö 1.01.54 138 Ryan Bevis (GBr) Wales 1.06.13 139 Trygve Eriksen (Nor) Oslo/ Akershus- 1.08.28 140 Matthew Melville (GBr) Frikransen 1.09.46 141 Tom Vastmans (Bel) Deschacht- Granville 1.12.21 142 Oliver Stock (Ger) Rg Nordland 1.52.25 143 Peter Lemke (Ger) Rg Nordland 1.53.15 Courtesy of Syklingens Verden
