Ringerike GP - 2.5

Norway, April 30-May 4, 2003

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Stage 4 - May 4: Hønefoss - Hønefoss, 168.2 km

Apocalypse and snow can't stop the Swedes

By Jean-François Quénet in Hønefoss

Jonas Holmkvist wins the stage
Photo: © Gunnar Mjaugedal

It was 0°, raining and snowing around Hønefoss for the fourth stage of the Ringerike Grand Prix. Conditions that didn't stop Jonas Holmkvist from winning again and taking the lead back from Jonathan Dayus.

His Team Bianchi Scandinavia rode fantastically with European time trial champion (U23) Jonas Olsson going in a five man breakaway with Espen Jogert and Per Martin Lund (Norwegian National team), Morten Christiansen (Bærum) and Martin Vestby (Bioagrico). He was the best ranked rider from the front group and was virtually the leader of the race, which made Team Ringerike chase for a long time.

You could see riders freezing and shaking the whole way. Some yelled for warm tea, many pulled out because they couldn't sit on their bikes any more. It was tempting to go back to the hotel as the race passed many times close to Hønefoss, and even once over the finishing line before reaching the climb of Knesangt, which is over 20% steep.

Kaggestad goes on the climb
Photo: © Gunnar Mjaugedal

On that climb with 15 km to go, a group went away from the bunch with Holmkvist and Mads Kaggestad. They bridged the gap and Holmkvist won his second stage in the Ringerike Grand Prix. "I just couldn't go with them on the hill," previous leader Dayus said. "I'm very thin at the moment and I couldn't handle the cold."

But the race is not over. Kaggestad is still able to repeat his success from last year. The first ten riders can dream about winning because the Rippebakken climb to be done six times at the end of a long final stage is horrible. And the weather forecast for tomorrow is the same as today.

Photography

Images by Gunnar Mjaugedal/catchlight.no

Tobias Lergård (Team Bianchi) hungry for racing
Lars Breiseth (team Ringerike) before the start
Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole) getting his legs rubbed by Mr Aase
Martin Vestby always happy
Martin Vestby in front all day
Martin Vestby was happy to race well on home soil
Lars Breiseth and Mads Kaggestad enjoying the weather
Lars Breiseth loves the weather in Norway
Jonas Olsson could be a future star from Sweden
Jonas Olsson was super strong from start to finish today
Espen Jogert in red At least we saw some Norwegians!
The peloton was not that eager to race hard today
Morten Christiansen's hero is Jacky Durand
Mads Kaggestad was racing smart today, saving energy
Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole) leading the peloton
Mads Kaggestad on the go up Knestang a very steep climb
Simon Gerrans leading the peloton, but had to quit due to the cold
Jonathan Dayus in yellow fighting hard for his jersey
Norwegian Morten Hegreberg (Deschacht-Granville) says he is looking forward to tomorrow's stage
Jonas Holmkvist (Bianchi) and Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole) struggle through the arctic conditions in stage 4 of the Ringerike Grand Prix
Jonas Holmkvist (Team Bianchi) climbs and sprints like his team director Tommy Prim used to
Jonas Holmkvist (Team Bianchi) rode well to recapture the yellow jersey

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Jonas Holmkvist (Team Bianchi) before the start of stage 4

Results

1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Bianchi
2 Martin Vestby (Nor) Rcs Bioagrico
3 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole
4 Geir Lien (Nor) Nes SK                               0.07
5 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Bianchi
6 Phil Thuaux (Aus) Team Down Under                    1.36
7 Udo Müller (Ger) Rg Nordland                         1.44
8 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi
9 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Bianchi
10 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Deschacht- Granville
11 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole
12 Glen Zelderloo (Bel) Deschacht- Granville
13 Hans-Jörgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges
14 Ben Raby (USA) Rcs Bioagrico
15 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel
16 Richard Faltus (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha
17 Oliver Penney (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico
18 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Comnet- Senges              1.49
19 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Bianchi
20 Klaas De Gruyter (Bel) Deschacht- Granville
21 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team Ringerike
22 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Maestro Nella
23 Evgheni Gutalov (Mda) National Team Moldavia
24 Sven De Werdt (Bel) Team Down Under
25 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) National Team Norway      2.36
26 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Bærum Ock
27 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) National Team Norway
28 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team Comnet- Senges
29 Jos Harms (Ned) Bert Story- Piels
30 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Down Under
31 Anders Gerhardsson (Swe) Motala
32 Andreas Johansson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/ So
33 Stijn Penne (Bel) Deschacht- Granville
34 Christofer Stevenson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/
35 Trond Schweder (Nor) Kristian Bærum Ock
36 Kalle Sandell (Swe) Motala
37 Are Andresen (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin
38 Alexandru Sabalin (Mda) National Team Moldavia
39 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi
40 Per-Erik Johansson (Swe) Motala
41 Yohan Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole
42 Robert Österling (Swe) Motala                       2.51
43 Alexandru Pugaci (Mda) National Team Moldavia       6.05
44 Kent Olsen (Nor) Håkon Ck Bjørgvin
45 Danny Schewe (Ger) Rg Nordland
46 Timothy Wood (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford
47 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/ So
48 Marvin Van Der Pluim (Ned) Bert Story- Piels        6.18
49 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Bianchi
50 Matthew Melville (GBr) Frikransen                   8.52
51 Roland Mittendorf (Ger) Bbc/team Profline
52 Stefan Repshus (Nor) Nes SK                         9.08
53 Nico Indekeu (Bel) Team Down Under
54 Patrick Koeman (Ned) Bert Story- Piels
55 Robin Van Der Pluim (Ned) Bert Story- Piels
56 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Nantes 44
57 Jarle Wermskog (Nor) Frikransen
58 Nils Grutle (Nor) Einar Fana I L Sykkel
59 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Team Bianchi
60 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike
61 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi
62 Jussi Veikanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi
63 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under
64 Geert Van Crombruggen (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico
65 Sabino Cannone (Ita) Team Maestro Nella
66 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges
67 David Pell (Aus) Team Comnet- Senges
68 James Norfolk (GBr) Wales                           9.27
69 Stian Nørve (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin                      11.45
70 Arve Lyngstad (Nor) Asker
71 Christian Dahl (Nor) Einung Fredrikstad Sk
72 Mathias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike
73 Gregory Saw (Aus) Ringerike Sk
74 Dimitri Creciun (Mda) National Team Moldavia
75 Martin Pecenka (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha               11.58
76 Mikko Siltanen (Fin) National Team Finland         15.35
77 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) National Team Finland
78 Timothy Bayley (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford       16.37
79 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike                 17.06
80 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales
81 Dimitri Bondari (Mda) National Team Moldavia       18.48
82 Sebastian Freese (Ger) Rg Nordland
83 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Ringerike Sk                  20.09
84 Markos Moraitakis (Gre) National Team Greec
85 Oskari Kargu (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi
86 Kor Steenbergen (Ned) Bert Story- Piels
87 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck
88 Daniel Strauch (Ger) Rg Nordland                   23.17
89 Geroge Rose (GBr) Wales
90 Adam Broyad (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford
91 Espen Jogert (Nor) National Team Norway            25.55
92 Roger Karlsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck                   29.36
93 Per Lund (Nor) Martin National Team Norway
94 Eirik Helgesen (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel
DNF Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole
DNF Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole
DNF Andrew Roche (Irl) Team Maestro Nella
DNF Herve Arcade (Fra) Nantes 44
DNF Christophe Diguet (Fra) Nantes 44
DNF David Migne (Fra) Nantes 44
DNF Robin Sharmen (GBr) Nantes 44
DNF Bart Bastiaens (Bel) Team Down Under
DNF Martin Ford (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford
DNF Adrian Bird (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford
DNF Bill Nickson (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford
DNF Vasileios Anastopoulos (Gre) Hellas
DNF Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Hellas
DNF Ioannis Tsakouridis (Gre) Hellas
DNF Elpidoforos Potouridis (Gre) Hellas
DNF Mirko Poldma (Est) Ratturite Klubi
DNF Alges Maasikmets (Est) Ratturite Klubi
DNF Raido Kodanipork (Est) Ratturite Klubi
DNF Robert Hurd (GBr) Bioagrico
DNF Kurt Van Goldenhoven (Bel) Bioagrico
DNF Peter Lemke (Ger) Nordland
DNF Andreas Keuser (Ger) Bbc/Team Profiline
DNF Deniz Tuzcu (Ger) Bbc/Team Profiline
DNF Frank Dressler (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges
DNF Rikard Sjöberg (Swe) Cyclecomponents.Com/Soller
DNF Anston Hulth (Swe) Cyclecomponents.Com/Sollerö
DNF Aron Huysmans (Bel) Deschacht-Granville
DNF Tom Van Bececaere (Bel) Deschacht-Granville
DNF Germ Van der Burg (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
DNF Radek Becka (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha
DNF Peter Pucelik (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha
DNF Martin Hebik (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha
DNF Ryan Bevis (GBr) Wales
DNF Tommi Martikainen (Fin) Finland
DNF Jan-Magnus Mansner (Fin) Finland
DNF Ion Pripa (Mda) Moldavia
DNF Martin Axelsson (Swe) Degeberg CK
DNF Anders Lennartsson (Swe) Degeberg CK
DNF Håvard Kristiansen (Nor) Ringerike SK
DNF Börre Fjeld Halvorsen (Nor) Bærum Ock
DNF Fredrik Løfsgaard (Nor) Bærum Ock
DNF Baekken Idar (Nor) Oslo/Akershus - Mix
DNF Trygve Eriksen (Nor) Oslo/Akershus - Mix
DNF Jan Fredrik Mohn (Nor) Fana Il Sykkel
DNF Anders Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Fredrikstad SK -
DNF Frank Pedersen (Nor) CK Bjørgvin

General classification after stage 4

1 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Bianchi
2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                 0.06
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                 1.16
4 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team Ringerike                  1.20
5 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Maestro Nella           1.22
6 Luke Roberts (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges               1.42
7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Bianchi
8 Morten Hegreberg (Bel) Deschacht- Granville          1.51
9 Oliver Penney (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico
10 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Bianchi                     2.11
11 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Bianchi                   2.13
12 Richard Faltus (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha                2.24
13 Udo Müller (Ger) Rg Nordland                        2.34
14 Yohan Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole             2.36
15 Geir Lien (Nor) Nes SK                              3.52
16 Alexandru Sabalin (Mda) National Team Moldavia      3.55
17 Glen Zelderloo (Bel) Deschacht- Granville           5.10
18 Klaas De Gruyter (Bel) Deschacht- Granville         5.20
19 Evgheni Gutalov (Mda) National Team Moldavia        5.34
20 Phil Thuaux (Aus) Team Down Under                   5.50
21 Hans-Jörgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges      6.12
22 Ben Raby (USA) Rcs Bioagrico                        6.36
23 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi               6.41
24 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel
25 Sven De Werdt (Aus) Team Down Under                 6.58
26 Are Andresen (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin                      7.04
27 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) National Team Norway       7.08
28 Jos Harms (Ned) Bert Story- Piels
29 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Down Under              7.13
30 Jan Mattsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi                 7.28
31 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) National Team Norway      7.33
32 Trond Schweder (Nor) Kristian Bærum Ock
33 Stijn Penne (Bel) Deschacht- Granville              9.34
34 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Bianchi                    9.36
35 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike                  9.56
36 Martin Vestby (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico                  10.03
37 Christofer Stevenson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/   10.26
38 Tjarco Cuppens (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges           10.56
39 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Bærum Ock                12.18
40 Tarmo Raudsepp (Fra) Nantes 44                     13.01
41 Alexandru Pugaci (Mda) National Team Moldavia      13.03
42 Danny Schewe (Ger) Rg Nordland                     13.35
43 Jussi Veikanen (Swe) Team Mälarenergi              13.36
44 Anders Gerhardsson (Swe) Motala                    14.22
45 Robert Österling (Swe) Motala                      14.37
46 Kalle Sandell (Swe) Motala                         15.03
47 James Norfolk (GBr) Wales                          15.45
48 Roland Mittendorf (Ger) Bbc/team Profline          16.11
49 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges            17.28
50 Andreas Johansson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/Sol   17.59
51 Gregory Saw (Nor) Ringerike Sk                     18.03
52 Mathias Carlsson (Nor) Team Ringerike
53 Per-Erik Johansson (Swe) Motala                    18.27
54 Kent Olsen (Nor) Håkon Ck Bjørgvin                 18.51
55 Dimitri Creciun (Mda) National Team Moldavia       19.10
56 Marvin Van Der Pluim (Ned) Bert Story- Piels       19.21
57 Geert Van Crombruggen (Bel) Rcs Bioagrico          21.06
58 Robin Van Der Pluim (Ned) Bert Story- Piels        22.52
59 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Team Down Under               24.28
60 Simon Gerrans (Nor) Team Ringerike                 24.36
61 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Team Bianchi                26.11
62 Markos Moraitakis (Gre) National Team Greece       27.34
63 Sabino Cannone (GBr) Team Maestro Nella            27.41
64 Kor Steenbergen (Ned) Bert Story- Piels            28.40
65 Stian Nørve (Nor) Ck Bjørgvin                      29.22
66 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Wales                          29.30
67 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Ringerike Sk                  32.33
68 Patrick Koeman (Ned) Bert Story- Piels             33.35
69 Nils Grutle (Nor) Einar Fana I L Sykkel            34.46
70 Mikko Siltanen (Fin) National Team Finland         35.45
71 Jukka Heinikainen (Swe) Team Mälarenergi           35.57
72 Daniel Strauch (Ger) Rg Nordland                   37.09
73 Per Lund (Nor) Martin National Team Norway         37.26
74 Christian Dahl (Nor) Einung Fredrikstad Sk         38.19
75 Stefan Repshus (Nor) Nes SK                        38.20
76 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck                    39.23
77 Nico Indekeu (Aus) Team Down Under                 39.44
78 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) National Team Finland         41.14
79 Martin Pecenka (Cze) Ac Sparta Praha               42.31
80 Roger Karlsson (Swe) Degeberg Ck                   42.41
81 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Cyclecomponents. Com/Sol   44.08
82 Espen Jogert (Nor) National Team Norway            44.09
83 David Pell (Ger) Team Comnet- Senges               48.35
84 Timothy Wood (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford         49.07
85 Arve Lyngstad (Nor) CK Asker                       49.09
86 Dimitri Bondari (Mda) National Team Moldavia       55.15
87 Jarle Wermskog (Nor) Frikransen                    55.40
88 Oskari Kargu (Est) Mâe Ratturite Klubi             56.48
89 Sebastian Freese (Ger) Rg Nordland                 57.22
90 Adam Broyad (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford        1.08.25
91 Geroge Rose (GBr) Wales                          1.10.22
92 Timothy Bayley (GBr) Arctic Shorter Rochford     1.11.27
93 Matthew Melville (Nor) Frikransen                1.18.09
94 Eirik Helgesen (Nor) Fana I L Sykkel             1.28.43

Courtesy of Syklingens Verden