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Ringerike GP - 2.5
Norway, June 9-13, 2004
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Stage 4 - June 12: Hønefoss - Hønefoss, 168.2 km
Kimmo Kananen threatens super-Dane Mads Christensen
By Jean-Francois Quenet in Hønefoss
The Ringerike GP will keep its suspense running till the very end since the second last stage didn't change much in the overall classification. Stage winner Kimmo Kananen of Team Bianchi Scandinavia takes over from Morten Hegreberg as the runner-up. He also looks like the biggest threat to Mads Christensen, the Danish prodigy who holds the lead since he won stage 1 in an impressive solo effort.
"I believe I'm able to keep the yellow jersey till the end", he commented. He had to face several attacks from Team Bianchi Scandinavia and U Nantes-Atlantique with Kananen and Petter Renäng, Simon Gerrans and Jonathan Dayus respectively. Norwegian champion Gabriel Rasch from the local squad of Ringerike also took off with 5km to go but Christensen, who was isolated at some stage, always managed to bring the moves back. If he wins on Sunday, it will be a well deserved one.
The final circuit in Hønefoss includes the steep hill of Ripperbakken to be climbed five times. Last year the stage win went to Australian Luke Roberts. It inspires his compatriot Simon Gerrans who came 2nd to Kananen today. The Victorian is still chasing a pro contract and is doing very well in the French amateur ranks this year. An exploit in the 2.5 only Norwegian UCI sanctioned race would give him even more credit.
Results
1 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Bianchi Nordic 4.05.24 2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) U Nantes Atlantique 3 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Ringerike SK 4 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 5 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 6 Fredrik Eriksson (Swe) Upsala CK 7 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Swedish National Team 8 Are Andresen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 9 Gunnar Eidsheim (Nor) Bergen CK 10 Mads Christensen (Den) Team PH 11 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) U Nantes Atlantique 0.04 12 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 13 Matti Breschel (Den) Team PH 0.09 14 Marius Nyhammer (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 15 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Vestfold SK - Mix 16 Anders Gerhardsson (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 17 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 18 Robert Österling (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 19 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Jartazzi-Granville 20 Klaas De Gruyter (Bel) Jartazzi-Granville 21 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team PH 0.20 22 Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 1.07 23 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) IF Frøy - Mix 24 Danny Van Der Massen (Bel) Lochness Team 25 Jarle Fredriksen (Nor) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 26 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 27 Frederik Penne (Bel) Jartazzi-Granville 28 Jukka-Pekka Santala (Fin) Finnish National Team 29 Dennis Persson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 30 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) U Nantes Atlantique 31 Stig Sømme (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 32 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 33 Kent Håkon Olsen (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 34 Reiner Honig (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 35 Andreas Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 36 Håvard A. Sefland (Nor) IF Frøy - Mix 37 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 38 Lars Høg (Den) Danish National Team 39 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Baerum OCK 40 Niek Voskamp (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 41 Vladimir Kyzivat (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 42 Coen Loos (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 43 Geir Bisgård (Nor) Vennesla OCK-Mix 44 Frederik Willmann (Nor) Vestfold SK - Mix 45 Andreas Sand (Nor) Baerum OCK 46 Daniel Vobora (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 47 Lucas Persson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 48 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) KF Nor- Mix 49 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Ringerike SK 50 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 51 Gregory Saw (Aus) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 52 Stijn Penne (Bel) Jartazzi-Granville 1.27 53 Lubos Trnka (Cze) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 1.44 54 Andrei Laptsenkov (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 2.03 55 Kenneth Solheim (Nor) Vennesla OCK-Mix 56 Mika Nieminen (Fin) Finnish National Team 57 Ole Kristian Ringnes (Nor) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 58 Antti Tapio Träskelin (Fin) Finnish National Team 59 Espen Amundsen (Nor) IF Frøy - Mix 60 Mirko Poldma (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 61 Ørjan Walstad (Nor) Eidsvoll SK - Mix 62 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 63 Josef Soukup (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 64 Michael Tronborg Kristensen (Den) Danish National Team 65 Patrik Löfving (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 66 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 67 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Swedish National Team 68 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 69 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team PH 70 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazzi-Granville 2.23 71 Jan Egil Strandberg (Nor) Vennesla OCK-Mix 3.03 72 Jens Westergren (Swe) Upsala CK 73 Kjetil Ingvaldsen (Nor) Bergen CK 74 Daniel Eriksson (Swe) Swedish National Team 75 Jarle Wermskog (Nor) Baerum OCK 76 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 77 Anders Hosøy (Nor) Bergen CK 78 Jon Einar Bergsland (Nor) Frikransen Mix 79 Vidar Steinsbø (Nor) Bergen CK 80 Andreas Papp (Swe) Upsala CK 81 Timothee Lefrancois (Fra) U Nantes Atlantique 82 Niko Merilainen (Fin) Finnish National Team 83 Morten Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 84 Christophe Diguet (Fra) U Nantes Atlantique 85 Martin Mortensen (Den) Danish National Team 86 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 5.38 87 Peter Schoonjans (Bel) Lochness Team 88 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 89 Jan Haan de Sierk (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 90 Henric Wilert (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 7.26 91 Håvard Kristiansen (Nor) Ringerike SK 8.41 92 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) Ringerike SK 93 Petter Jørgensen (Nor) Vestfold SK - Mix 94 Rickard Sjöberg (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 95 Eirik Helgesen (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 96 Martin Vestby (Nor) Team Bianchi Nordic 97 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Ringerike SK 98 Kevin D'Haese (Bel) Lochness Team 11.04 99 Marcus Johansson (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 100 Stig Roar Engen (Nor) Bergen CK 12.27 101 Joachim Jordan (Nor) Bergen CK 102 Mikko Siltanen (Fin) Finnish National Team 103 Helge Haugstad (Nor) KF Nor- Mix 14.32 104 Einar Strand (Nor) KF Nor- Mix 20.46 105 Nicki Hjort Olsen (Den) Team PH 106 Michael Nolin (Swe) Upsala CK 20.55 107 Nils Einar Grutle (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 24.44 108 Oskari Kargu (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 26.55 109 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 110 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team PH General classification after stage 4 1 Mads Christensen (Den) Team PH 15.55.46 2 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Bianchi Nordic 0.31 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) U Nantes Atlantique 0.34 4 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Ringerike SK 0.35 5 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 0.36 6 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) U Nantes Atlantique 7 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Jartazzi-Granville 0.39 8 Fredrik Eriksson (Swe) Upsala CK 1.33 9 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Swedish National Team 10 Are Andresen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 11 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 12 Anders Gerhardsson (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 1.38 13 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 1.42 14 Klaas De Gruyter (Bel) Jartazzi-Granville 15 Marius Nyhammer (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 16 Andreas Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 1.43 17 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 18 Lars Høg (Den) Danish National Team 19 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team PH 1.46 20 Matti Breschel (Den) Team PH 1.48 21 Jarle Fredriksen (Nor) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 2.40 22 Reiner Honig (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 23 Håvard A. Sefland (Nor) IF Frøy - Mix 24 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Baerum OCK 25 Niek Voskamp (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 26 Coen Loos (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 27 Frederik Willmann (Nor) Vestfold SK - Mix 28 Andreas Sand (Nor) Baerum OCK 29 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Ringerike SK 30 Gregory Saw (Aus) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 31 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) U Nantes Atlantique 32 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) IF Frøy - Mix 2.57 33 Stian Remme (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 3.18 34 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 3.30 35 Michael Tronborg Kristensen (Den) Danish National Team 3.32 36 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 37 Kenneth Solheim (Nor) Vennesla OCK-Mix 3.36 38 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest 39 Niko Merilainen (Fin) Finnish National Team 4.36 40 Jens Westergren (Swe) Upsala CK 41 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 5.10 42 Robert Österling (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 5.28 43 Stig Sømme (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 7.16 44 Dennis Persson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 7.44 45 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 7.54 46 Gunnar Eidsheim (Nor) Bergen CK 47 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Vestfold SK - Mix 8.36 48 Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 9.01 49 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 50 Frederik Penne (Bel) Jartazzi-Granville 51 Jukka-Pekka Santala (Fin) Finnish National Team 52 Vladimir Kyzivat (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 53 Stijn Penne (Bel) Jartazzi-Granville 9.21 54 Patrik Löfving (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 9.26 55 Daniel Vobora (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 9.34 56 Lubos Trnka (Cze) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 9.38 57 Lucas Persson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 9.47 58 Andrei Laptsenkov (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 9.57 59 Ørjan Walstad (Nor) Eidsvoll SK - Mix 60 Josef Soukup (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 61 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Swedish National Team 62 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) KF Nor- Mix 10.09 63 Danny Van Der Massen (Bel) Lochness Team 10.16 64 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 10.57 65 Morten Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 66 Christophe Diguet (Fra) U Nantes Atlantique 67 Kent Håkon Olsen (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 11.35 68 Antti Tapio Träskelin (Fin) Finnish National Team 11.58 69 Espen Amundsen (Nor) IF Frøy - Mix 70 Martin Vestby (Nor) Team Bianchi Nordic 12.04 71 Anders Hosøy (Nor) Bergen CK 12.05 72 Jarle Wermskog (Nor) Baerum OCK 73 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazzi-Granville 12.18 74 Andreas Papp (Swe) Upsala CK 12.58 75 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Ringerike SK 13.01 76 Martin Mortensen (Den) Danish National Team 13.44 77 Vidar Steinsbø (Nor) Bergen CK 14.06 78 Andri Lebedev (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 15.44 79 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) Ringerike SK 18.27 80 Jan Haan de Sierk (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 19.43 81 Mika Nieminen (Fin) Finnish National Team 19.53 82 Mirko Poldma (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 83 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team PH 84 Daniel Eriksson (Swe) Swedish National Team 21.39 85 Timothee Lefrancois (Fra) U Nantes Atlantique 22.25 86 Petter Jørgensen (Nor) Vestfold SK - Mix 27.19 87 Jan Egil Strandberg (Nor) Vennesla OCK-Mix 27.48 88 Rickard Sjöberg (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 29.31 89 Kevin D'Haese (Bel) Lochness Team 29.50 90 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team PH 30.01 91 Eirik Helgesen (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 30.14 92 Mikko Siltanen (Fin) Finnish National Team 30.17 93 Kjetil Ingvaldsen (Nor) Bergen CK 30.33 94 Stig Roar Engen (Nor) Bergen CK 30.50 95 Jon Einar Bergsland (Nor) Frikransen Mix 31.35 96 Håvard Kristiansen (Nor) Ringerike SK 33.34 97 Geir Bisgård (Nor) Vennesla OCK-Mix 35.03 98 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Club Budvar Tabor 35.25 99 Einar Strand (Nor) KF Nor- Mix 35.47 100 Nicki Hjort Olsen (Den) Team PH 36.20 101 Joachim Jordan (Nor) Bergen CK 37.10 102 Henric Wilert (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 43.15 103 Ole Kristian Ringnes (Nor) Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite 44.26 104 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 45.00 105 Peter Schoonjans (Bel) Lochness Team 45.32 106 Helge Haugstad (Nor) KF Nor- Mix 50.31 107 Oskari Kargu (Est) Kalev Chokolate Team - Merida 55.27 108 Marcus Johansson (Swe) Cykelcity.Se 56.09 109 Michael Nolin (Swe) Upsala CK 1.24.25 110 Nils Einar Grutle (Nor) Fana IL - Mix 1.31.32
