9th Tour of Rhodes - 2.3

Greece, February 19-23, 2003

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Stage 4 - February 23: Rhodes – Butterflies – Psinthos – Faliraki - Rhodes, 136 km

Schmitz hangs on for GC

Dutch rider Bram Schmitz (BankGiroLoterij) has won the 9th edition of the Tour of Rhodes, managing to hold onto a slender 2 second lead in the final 136 km stage. Schmitz finished ahead of prologue winner Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), with Thomas Bruun Eriksen (CSC) taking third place, also at 2 seconds. The final stage was won by Schmitz's teammate Rudi Kemna in front of Jan Svorada (Lampre) and Graeme Brown (Panaria).
One rider who had a big chance of winning but missed out was American Fred Rodriguez (Sidermec), who also needed 2 seconds to overtake Schmitz. The American sprinter was hoping to achieve this via time bonuses (5, 3, 1 seconds) in the final sprint, but crashed with 200m to go and therefore remained in 4th place overall.
Results

1 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team       2.59.27  (45.472 km/h)
2 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
4 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta
5 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
6 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack
7 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta
8 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Sidermec
9 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Sidermec
10 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3
12 Joost Poshuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3
13 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Sidermec
14 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT3
15 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
16 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
18 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta
19 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat
20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT3
22 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
23 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
24 Ruud Verbakel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta
26 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
27 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop
28 Christo Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Coast
29 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
30 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Coast
31 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
32 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
33 Vladimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
34 Tomas Konecny (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ
35 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Iteamnova
36 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova
37 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC
38 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
39 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank TT3
40 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner
41 Vasileios Anastopoulos (Gre) Hellenic National Team
42 Georgios Ninos (Gre) Hellenic National Team
43 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner
44 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj
45 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC
46 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
47 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
48 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank TT3
49 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
50 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team fakta
51 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
52 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack
53 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre
54 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat
55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre
56 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack
57 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
58 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
59 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team-Lamonta
60 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre
61 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
62 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
63 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ
64 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova
65 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
66 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
67 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova
68 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat
69 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim
70 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
71 Martin Laciak (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ
72 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
73 Krzysztof Szafranski (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat
74 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC
75 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
76 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
77 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC
78 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Team-Lamonta
79 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova
80 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) Team fakta
81 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
82 Michal Precechtel (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ
83 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
84 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Sidermec                       0.09
85 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
86 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
87 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre                          0.46
88 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre
89 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Sidermec                            0.00
90 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
91 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Sidermec
92 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              4.07
DNF Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat
DNF Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat
DNF Andre Korff (Ger) Coast
DNF Malte Urban (Ger) Coast
DNF Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Coast
DNF James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
DNF Martin Muller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
DNF Lubomir Kejval (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ
DNF Petr Bencik (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ
DNF Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
DNF Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Hellenic National Team
DNF Markos Moraitakis (Gre) Hellenic National Team
DNF Elpidoforos Potouridis (Gre) Hellenic National Team
DNF Dimitri Dimitrakopoulos (Gre) Hellenic National Team
DNF Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
DNF Sebastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
DNF Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova
 
Sprints
 
Paradisi, 19 km
 
1 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo             5 pts
2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          3
3 Ruud Verbakel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                   2
4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Sidermec                            1
 
Rhodes, 72 km
 
1 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta                         5 pts
2 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta                                 3
3 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim             2
4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta                          1
 
Mountains
 
Climb, 32 km
 
1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank TT3                          5 pts
2 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         3
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3                           2
4 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1
 
Teams
 
1 Team fakta                                          8.58.21
2 Sidermec
3 Rabobank TT3
4 Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
5 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
6 Vlaanderen-T Interim
7 De Nardi-Colpack
8 Palmans-Collstrop
9 Gerolsteiner
10 Lampre
11 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
12 Flanders-Iteamnova
13 CCC Atlas-Polsat
14 Team Wiesenhof
15 Team CSC
16 EdSystem-ZVVZ
17 Perutnina Ptuj
 
Final general classification
 
1 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team     14.08.11
2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       0.02
3 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC
4 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Sidermec
5 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team           0.03
6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo          0.06
7 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
8 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre
9 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                    0.07
10 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
11 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack
12 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank TT3                          0.08
13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre
14 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta
15 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo         0.09
16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta
17 Christo Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Coast                    0.11
18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            0.13
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank TT3                      0.15
20 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj
21 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
22 Vladimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
23 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
24 Joost Poshuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3
25 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Coast                              0.16
26 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                     0.17
27 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta
28 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team-Lamonta                       0.19
29 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Sidermec
30 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT3                       0.20
31 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                    0.21
32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
33 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Sidermec                         0.22
34 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
35 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Sidermec
36 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC
37 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                         0.23
38 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova
39 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                      0.24
40 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
42 Tomas Konecny (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ
43 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3                       0.26
44 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre
45 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
46 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team        0.27
47 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     0.30
48 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                   0.31
49 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                0.32
50 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ
51 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Team-Lamonta                      0.33
52 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                    0.34
53 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
54 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat
55 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop                  0.35
56 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim              0.36
57 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                      0.39
58 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack               0.40
59 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                         0.45
60 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre                       1.02
61 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre                          1.06
62 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim              3.50
63 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta                             7.15
64 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack               7.29
65 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat                7.41
66 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                              21.29
67 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf             21.38
68 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team fakta                       21.40
69 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                   21.41
70 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT3                       21.43
71 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago        21.44
72 Ruud Verbakel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim              21.45
73 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Sidermec                        21.47
74 Vasileios Anastopoulos (Gre) Hellenic National Team   21.48
75 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) Team fakta                       21.49
76 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf            21.50
77 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack
78 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Sidermec                      21.53
79 Georgios Ninos (Gre) Hellenic National Team           21.54
80 Martin Laciak (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ                     21.58
81 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Iteamnova            22.01
82 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         22.03
83 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              22.11
84 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC                           23.15
85 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             25.43
86 Michal Precechtel (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ                 28.52
87 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova                   28.56
88 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat              28.59
89 Krzysztof Szafranski (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat           29.00
90 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova                 29.03
91 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova                  29.07
92 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        29.14
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre                             19 pts
2 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank TT3                          6
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                  6
4 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim                  5
5 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta                                 5
6 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         3
7 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Sidermec                            3
8 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                        3
9 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  3
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3                          2
11 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team           2
12 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                 2
13 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC                       1
14 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta                        10 pts
2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                  8
3 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta                                 8
4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo             5
5 Joost Poshuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3                           5
6 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                      5
7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          3
8 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre                              3
9 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) Team fakta                            3
10 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 3
11 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team             2
12 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim                 2
13 Ruud Verbakel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                  2
14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta                         1
15 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Sidermec                           1
16 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            1
 
U23 classification
 
1 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank TT3                       14.08.19
2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             0.07
3 Joost Poshuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT3                        0.12
5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3                        0.18
6 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT3                        21.35
7 Georgios Ninos (Gre) Hellenic National Team            21.46
8 Martin Laciak (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ                      21.50
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team                        42.24.49
2 Lampre                                                  0.10
3 Team fakta                                              0.11
4 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                                0.13
5 Rabobank TT3                                            0.22
6 Team Wiesenhof                                          0.27
7 Sidermec                                                0.31
8 Perutnina Ptuj
9 Gerolsteiner                                            0.34
10 Team CSC                                               0.36
11 De Nardi-Colpack                                       0.39
12 Palmans-Collstrop                                      0.48
13 Vlaanderen-T Interim
14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                               21.50
15 EdSystem-ZVVZ                                         22.27
16 CCC Atlas-Polsat                                      29.46
17 Flanders-Iteamnova                                    50.56