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Tour of Slovenia - 2.5
Slovenia, May 6-11, 2003
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Stage 4 - May 9: Vrhnika - Kranj, 176 km
Heule takes the lead
Swiss Christian Huele (Team Macandina) won the fourth stage of the 10th Tour de Slovenie, a very tough 176 kilometres between Vrhnika and Kranj. Heule won with a 3'21 advantage over Zimbabwean Timothy Jones (Amore e Vita) with Jure Golcer (Volksbank) taking third. His time gap over the rest means that Heule also gained the leader's jersey, but only by 8 seconds over second placed Stef Clement (Van Hemert Groep).
The stage contained four climbs: Eiser Rovte (20 km), and Jamnik (114 km, 6 km at 6.5%), Stari vrh (143 km, 6 km at 8.3%) and the finish at Šmarjetna Gora (2 km at 15 %). Huele attacked after 13 km, together with Dutch rider Jeroen Boelen, and the pair reached a maximum lead of seven minutes. Five minutes at the bottom of the last climb was enough for Heule to take the win in front of Jones and Golcer.
"It was very hard," said Heule. "To win the stage and wear yellow is enough for my objectives."
Both Jones and Golcer would have been placed higher on GC had they not suffered bad luck in stage 1. Jones lost 2 minutes after doing a lot of work in a break, while Golcer crashed with 7 km to go and lost 1'11.
Tomorrow's fifth stage from Grosuplje to Vršic is over 168 km, and will be the king stage of the tour. It includes the 1611m Vršic pass near Kranjska gora, a 10 km climb averaging 12 %. The favourites for the stage are Jure Golcer and Tim Jones, as well as Mitja Mahoric (Perutnina, 3rd overall) and Austrian Andreas Matzbacher (4th overall).
Courtesy of Metod Mocnik & www.bicikel.com
Results
1 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina 4.32.36 (38.74 km/h) 2 Timothy Jones (Zim) Amore & Vita 3.21 3 Jure Golcer (Slo) Volksbank 3.26 4 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team 3.49 5 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6 Boris Premuzic (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 4.02 7 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling 4.06 8 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 4.09 9 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Austrian national team 10 Yves Portmann (Swi) Team Macandina 11 Vincent Van Rijn (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 12 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick.step Davitamon 13 Matic strgar (Slo) Radenska Rog 4.15 14 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Macandina 4.19 15 Jurgen Pauritsch (Aut) Austrian national team 4.24 16 Stef Clement (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 4.27 17 Jorg strauss (Swi) Team Macandina 18 Tomaz Nose (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 19 Martin Riska (Svk) Slovakian national team 4.39 20 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick.step Davitamon 4.46 21 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 4.53 22 Harald Morscher (Aut) ELK Haus 23 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) ELK Haus 5.06 24 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5.11 25 Pascal Hungerbuchler (Swi) Volksbank 6.18 26 Ivan Sever (Cro) Radenska Rog 6.32 27 Miha sVab (Slo) Sava Kranj 6.43 28 Andrej Omulec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 7.16 29 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Sava Kranj 7.31 30 Jani Brajkovic (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 31 Rok Jerse (Slo) Sava Kranj 7.44 32 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Amore & Vita 7.52 33 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Miche 34 Anatoliy Varvaruk (Ukr) Kamen Pazin 8.19 35 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 8.27 36 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 8.39 37 Andreas Knapp (Aut) Austrian national team 8.43 38 Robert Glovniak (Svk) Slovakian national team 8.52 39 Martin cerepan (Svk) Slovakian national team 40 Gregor Kodric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 41 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 9.08 42 Igor Kranjec (Slo) Kamen Pazin 43 Patrick Kofler (Aut) Volksbank 44 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Volksbank 45 Egelmeers Roel (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 46 Jamie Burrow (Gbr) Amore & Vita 47 Christoph Kerschbaum (Aut) Austrian national team 9.24 48 Christian Bach (Ger) German national team 10.00 49 Ralph Scherzer (Aut) ELK Haus 50 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 11.01 51 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Slovakian national team 13.30 52 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 53 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German national team 54 Peter Pitchler (Aut) Austrian national team 55 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita 56 Ben Thaens (Bel) Quick.step Davitamon 13.52 57 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Amore & Vita 15.10 58 Leon Makarovic (Slo) Radenska Rog 16.23 59 Alberati Paolo (Ita) Miche 16.35 60 Curvers Roy (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 16.42 61 Guido Fulst (Ger) German national team 16.50 62 Marko Baloh (Slo) TBP Lenart 17.04 63 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Radenska Rog 17.07 64 Miroslav Keliar (Svk) Slovakian national team 17.30 65 Marco Bompadre (Ita) Nippon Hodo 17.55 66 Dejan Vracic (Slo) TBP Lenart 17.58 67 Luca Bonpadre (Kaz) Nippon Hodo 68 Andreas Muller (Ger) German national team 18.27 69 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German national team 70 Jochen Summer (Aut) Volksbank 18.43 71 Jaka Cevc (Slo) STA 18.48 72 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 19.10 73 Mario Holler (Aut) ELK Haus 74 Luca Belluomini (Ita) Nippon Hodo 19.13 75 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Quick.step Davitamon 19.21 76 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Volksbank 19.26 77 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Amore & Vita 19.53 78 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Kamen Pazin 19.58 79 Andrea Del Biaggio (Swi) Team Macandina 20.15 80 Orehek edo (Slo) Sava Kranj 81 Guiseppe Ribolzi (Ita) Nippon Hodo 20.27 82 Francesco Cipolletta (Ita) Nippon Hodo 83 Alan Dumic (Cro) Kamen Pazin 20.50 84 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj 20.54 85 Tadej Prevejsek (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 21.01 86 Gregor Zajc (Slo) Kamen Pazin 21.03 87 Roger Lucia Ibarra (Spa) Miche 29.06 88 Franci Klun (Slo) Radenska Rog 89 Bostjan Krevs (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 29.14 90 Matej Zorko (Slo) TBP Lenart 29.26 DNF Demis Inamo (Slo) TBP Lenart DNF Andrej Marovt-Melesic (Slo) STA DNF Miguel Soro Garcia (Spa) Miche DNF Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Quick.step Davitamon DNF Kriegs Robert (Ger) German national team General classification after stage 4 1 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina 17.33.29 2 Stef Clement (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 0.08 3 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.26 4 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team 0.27 5 Boris Premuzic (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 0.40 6 Yves Portmann (Swi) Team Macandina 0.47 7 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Austrian national team 8 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick.step Davitamon 9 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 10 Matic strgar (Slo) Radenska Rog 0.49 11 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Macandina 0.57 12 Jurgen Pauritsch (Aut) Austrian national team 1.02 13 Jorg strauss (Swi) Team Macandina 1.04 14 Tomaz Nose (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 1.05 15 Jure Golcer (Slo) Volksbank 1.11 16 Martin Riska (Svk) Slovakian national team 1.17 17 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 1.29 18 Harald Morscher (Aut) ELK Haus 1.31 19 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) ELK Haus 1.44 20 Timothy Jones (Zim) Amore & Vita 1.45 21 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1.46 22 Vincent Van Rijn (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 2.39 23 Pascal Hungerbuchler (Swi) Volksbank 2.53 24 Ivan Sever (Cro) Radenska Rog 3.10 25 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Sava Kranj 4.09 26 Jani Brajkovic (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 27 Rok Jerse (Slo) Sava Kranj 4.22 28 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Miche 4.30 29 Igor Kranjec (Slo) Kamen Pazin 4.36 30 Miha sVab (Slo) Sava Kranj 5.13 31 Andreas Knapp (Aut) Austrian national team 5.21 32 Martin cerepan (Svk) Slovakian national team 5.30 33 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5.36 34 Andrej Omulec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 5.45 35 Jamie Burrow (Gbr) Amore & Vita 5.46 36 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Amore & Vita 6.19 37 Anatoliy Varvaruk (Ukr) Kamen Pazin 6.49 38 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 6.57 39 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 7.09 40 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 7.29 41 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Volksbank 7.38 42 Egelmeers Roel (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 43 Patrick Kofler (Aut) Volksbank 9.23 44 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling 9.29 45 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German national team 10.08 46 Ben Thaens (Bel) Quick.step Davitamon 10.30 47 Ralph Scherzer (Aut) ELK Haus 10.31 48 Leon Makarovic (Slo) Radenska Rog 11.48 49 Peter Pitchler (Aut) Austrian national team 12.00 50 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 12.28 51 Alberati Paolo (Ita) Miche 13.06 52 Christian Bach (Ger) German national team 13.24 53 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick.step Davitamon 13.57 54 Gregor Kodric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 14.44 55 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 15.48 56 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita 16.10 57 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Slovakian national team 16.54 58 Curvers Roy (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 17.13 59 Guiseppe Ribolzi (Ita) Nippon Hodo 17.25 60 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German national team 21.51 61 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Amore & Vita 21.55 62 Mario Holler (Aut) ELK Haus 22.34 63 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Amore & Vita 22.53 64 Christoph Kerschbaum (Aut) Austrian national team 23.24 65 Robert Glovniak (Svk) Slovakian national team 24.54 66 Orehek edo (Slo) Sava Kranj 25.24 67 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Radenska Rog 26.18 68 Marko Baloh (Slo) TBP Lenart 26.26 69 Gregor Zajc (Slo) Kamen Pazin 26.28 70 Jochen Summer (Aut) Volksbank 28.14 71 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Volksbank 28.37 72 Guido Fulst (Ger) German national team 30.55 73 Marco Bompadre (Ita) Nippon Hodo 32.00 74 Luca Bonpadre (Kaz) Nippon Hodo 32.03 75 Miroslav Keliar (Svk) Slovakian national team 32.16 76 Andreas Muller (Ger) German national team 32.29 77 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Quick.step Davitamon 33.26 78 Andrea Del Biaggio (Swi) Team Macandina 34.20 79 Francesco Cipolletta (Ita) Nippon Hodo 34.32 80 Alan Dumic (Cro) Kamen Pazin 36.48 81 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Kamen Pazin 41.11 82 Roger Lucia Ibarra (Spa) Miche 41.32 83 Luca Belluomini (Ita) Nippon Hodo 41.47 84 Tadej Prevejsek (Slo) Krka Novo mesto 42.08 85 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj 47.27 86 Bostjan Krevs (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj U23 50.41 87 Jaka Cevc (Slo) STA 51.37 88 Dejan Vracic (Slo) TBP Lenart 52.23 89 Franci Klun (Slo) Radenska Rog 59.22 90 Matej Zorko (Slo) TBP Lenart 1.14.56 Courtesy of Metod Mocnik
