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GP Tell - 2.2U

Switzerland, August 23-27, 2006

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Stage 1 - August 24: Sarnen - Sarnen, 139.3km

Van Emden: Again and again

By Andreas Oppliger

As foreseen by the weather forecast the first stage of this year's GP Tell was held under extremely changeable weather conditions. The day started with rain showers, continued with blue skies and dry roads and finally finished under a heavy thunderstorm. The riders really had to fight against the outside conditions.

The stage was a circuit of 34.7 kms that had to be done four times, including a short and slight cat.3 climb. The first three laps were dominated by a group of seven athletes containing three Swiss riders. They were caught, after having had a lead up to three minutes, by the chasing field just on the second but last crossing of the finish line in Sarnen. The 19-year old Moldavian Alexandr Pliushin and the French rider Jerome Coppel took profit from a short confusion within the peloton and got away.... but not for too long.

Dutchman Jos van Emden, in his yellow jersey of the overall leader, took the pursuit of the leading duo and caught them only a few kilometres later. In the finish van Emden showed his outstanding form. He beat Pliushin after having been in the second position only 200 meters from the finish line. In this moment the "Rabo-rider" took his last chance and sprinted in a very narrow gap between the Moldavian and the borders on the left, to win over Pliushin

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Results

1 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                            3.30.23
2 Alexandre Pliuschin (Mda) Team Mixte Central                         
3 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                       0.03
4 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                             
5 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                           0.32
6 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                         
7 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 
8 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                  
9 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg national team                       
10 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Swiss national team                            
11 Marco-Leonardo Oreggia (Aut) Austrian national team                 
12 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                     
13 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) Swiss national team                           
14 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German national team                             
15 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation          
16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                             
17 Mathias Blumer (Swi) Hadimec                                        
18 Julien Bérard (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation                
19 Steve Bovay (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira               
20 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA national team                            
21 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss national team                               
22 Maurizio Anzalone (Ita) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira         
23 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                            
24 Matthew Crane (USA) USA national team                               
25 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team                        
26 Lars Jun (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                                  
27 Michael Farel (Ger) German national team                            
28 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Slovenian national team                       
29 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian national team                       
30 Fabian Züsli (Swi) Team Mixte Central                               
31 Christian Ebner (Aut) Austrian national team                        
32 Sergey Smirnov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                 
33 Philip Patzer (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                          
34 Laurent Beuret (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira            
35 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec                                          
36 John Devine (USA) USA national team                                 
37 Miha Svab (Slo) Slovenian national team                             
38 Peter Andres (Swi) Hadimec                                          
39 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                       
40 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         
41 Andreas Moser (Swi) Team Mixte Central                              
42 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                              
43 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                  
44 Romain Feillu (Fra) French national team                            
45 Simon Wyss (Swi) Hadimec                                            
46 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                               
47 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) Swedish national team                        
48 Simon Geschke (Ger) German national team                            
49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian national team                          
50 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian national team                          
51 Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec                                        
52 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                             
53 Lucas Persson (Swe) Swedish national team                           
54 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   
55 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Polish national team                            
56 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                              
57 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                         
58 Janick Wisler (Swi) Team Mixte Central                              
59 Keith Jennings (USA) USA national team                              
60 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish national team                            
61 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                             
62 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                              
63 Yann Huguet (Fra) French national team                              
64 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                   
65 Thierry Fondère (Fra) Team Mixte Central                            
66 Pierre Rolland (Fra) French national team                           
67 Jean Charles Sénac (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation           
68 Thomas Frei (Swi) Swiss national team                               
69 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg national team                         
70 Maxime Beney (Swi) Swiss national team                              
71 Jonas Bjelkmark (Swe) Swedish national team                         
72 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish national team                       
73 Mathias Frank (Swi) Team Mixte Central                              
74 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                       
75 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira        
76 Alexander Lebedev (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia              
77 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                      
78 Adam Sznitko (Pol) Polish national team                             
79 Viktor Renäng (Swe) Swedish national team                           
80 Loïc Mühlemann (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira            
81 Tony Martin (Ger) German national team                              
82 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation           2.01
83 Radoslaw Kwiatkowski (Pol) Polish national team                 8.36
84 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian national team                        
85 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                           
86 Alexander Afonin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia          10.22
87 Eric Riggs (USA) USA national team                             12.04
88 Maarten Krommendijk (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                       
89 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA national team                          12.30
90 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira    12.32
91 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian national team                            
92 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                           12.36
93 Alexandre Roger (Fra) French national team                     12.39
94 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                     12.54
95 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German national team                      
96 Sebastian Hans (Ger) German national team                      13.56
97 Josef Kugler (Aut) Austrian national team                      14.40
98 Nick Clesen (Lux) Luxembourg national team                          
99 Roman Mikhailov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                
100 Robert Schmitt (Lux) Luxembourg national team                 17.23
101 Tom White (GBr) Team Konica Minolta                           20.59
102 Herman Fouche (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                            
103 Thomas Rostollan (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation       23.12
104 Petter Persson (Swe) Swedish national team                    27.46
DNF Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg national team                        
DNF Tom Wecker (Lux) Luxembourg national team                          
DNF Sven Hippel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                           
 
Points
 
1 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 25 pts
2 Alexandre Pliuschin (Mda) Team Mixte Central                       20
3 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                         16
4 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                           13
5 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                             11
6 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                       10
7 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                9
8 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                 8
9 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg national team                      7
10 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Swiss national team                           6
11 Marco-Leonardo Oreggia (Aut) Austrian national team                5
12 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                    4
13 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) Swiss national team                          3
14 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German national team                            2
15 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation         1
 
Mountains
 
Z'Mos unterh. Flüeli - Cat. 3, 51 km
 
1 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                       3 pts
2 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                            2
3 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   1
 
Z'Mos unterh. Flüeli - Cat. 3, 85.7 km
 
1 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                            3 pts
2 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                       2
3 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   1
 
Z'Mos unterh. Flüeli - Cat. 3, 120.4 km
 
1 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                  3 pts
2 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                            2
3 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                          1
 
Sprints
 
Sarnen Zentrum, 34.7km
 
1 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                               6 pts
2 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   3
3 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                         1
 
Sarnen Zentrum, 69.4km
 
1 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                               6 pts
2 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                            3
3 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   1
 
Sarnen Zentrum, 104.1km
 
1 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                               6 pts
2 Laurent Beuret (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira            3
3 Peter Andres (Swi) Hadimec                                          1
 
Teams
 
1 Rabobank (RB3)                                               10.32.13
2 Team Mixte Central                                                   
3 French National Team                                             0.03
4 Polish National Team                                                 
5 Swiss Cycling                                                    0.32
6 Thüringer Energie Team                                               
7 Austrian National Team                                               
8 VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admiral                                 
9 USA National Team                                                    
10 Team Löwik Meubelen                                                 
11 German National Team                                                
12 Hadimec                                                             
13 AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation                                    
14 Premier Russia                                                      
15 Slovenian National Team                                             
16 Swedish National Team                                               
17 Team Konica Minolta                                                 
18 Luxembourg National Team                                       14.40
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                            3.32.49
2 Alexandre Pliuschin (Mda) Team Mixte Central                     0.13
3 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                       0.18
4 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                         0.24
5 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                             0.43
6 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) Swiss national team                        0.44
7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                          0.45
8 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team                     0.46
9 Andreas Moser (Swi) Team Mixte Central                           0.47
10 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA national team                            
11 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                         
12 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                              0.48
13 Romain Feillu (Fra) French national team                            
14 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Swiss national team                            
15 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                  0.49
16 Pierre Rolland (Fra) French national team                           
17 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish national team                       
18 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Slovenian national team                       
19 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                           0.50
20 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                 
21 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                              
22 Thomas Frei (Swi) Swiss national team                               
23 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 0.51
24 Simon Wyss (Swi) Hadimec                                            
25 Philip Patzer (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                          
26 John Devine (USA) USA national team                                 
27 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Slovenian national team                       
28 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                        0.52
29 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   
30 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec                                          
31 Christian Ebner (Aut) Austrian national team                        
32 Jonas Bjelkmark (Swe) Swedish national team                         
33 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian national team                      0.53
34 Mateusz Komar (Pol) Polish national team                            
35 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss national team                               
36 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian national team                          
37 Maurizio Anzalone (Ita) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira         
38 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Polish national team                            
39 Mathias Blumer (Swi) Hadimec                                        
40 Maxime Beney (Swi) Swiss national team                          0.54
41 Julien Bérard (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation                
42 Mathias Frank (Swi) Team Mixte Central                              
43 Roman Klimov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                   
44 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                             
45 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                       
46 Steve Bovay (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira               
47 Fabian Züsli (Swi) Team Mixte Central                               
48 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira        
49 Simon Geschke (Ger) German national team                            
50 Marco-Leonardo Oreggia (Aut) Austrian national team             0.55
51 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation          
52 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German national team                             
53 Yann Huguet (Fra) French national team                              
54 Matthew Crane (USA) USA national team                               
55 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) Swedish national team                        
56 Laurent Beuret (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira        0.56
57 Keith Jennings (USA) USA national team                              
58 Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec                                        
59 Sergey Smirnov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                 
60 Alexander Lebedev (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia              
61 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg national team                         
62 Thierry Fondère (Fra) Team Mixte Central                            
63 Loïc Mühlemann (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira        0.57
64 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                        
65 Lars Jun (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                                  
66 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                              
67 Peter Andres (Swi) Hadimec                                          
68 Viktor Renäng (Swe) Swedish national team                       0.58
69 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                             
70 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                              
71 Jean Charles Sénac (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation           
72 Miha Svab (Slo) Slovenian national team                         0.59
73 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian national team                       
74 Janick Wisler (Swi) Team Mixte Central                              
75 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg national team                  1.00
76 Michael Farel (Ger) German national team                            
77 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                              
78 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                     1.01
79 Lucas Persson (Swe) Swedish national team                       1.03
80 Adam Sznitko (Pol) Polish national team                             
81 Tony Martin (Ger) German national team                          1.06
82 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation           2.28
83 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian national team                    8.52
84 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                       8.55
85 Radoslaw Kwiatkowski (Pol) Polish national team                 9.03
86 Alexander Afonin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia          10.51
87 Maarten Krommendijk (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                  12.29
88 Eric Riggs (USA) USA national team                             12.33
89 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian national team                       12.49
90 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira    12.54
91 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA national team                          12.55
92 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                           12.56
93 Alexandre Roger (Fra) French national team                     13.00
94 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German national team                 13.21
95 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                     13.23
96 Sebastian Hans (Ger) German national team                      14.13
97 Nick Clesen (Lux) Luxembourg national team                     15.03
98 Josef Kugler (Aut) Austrian national team                           
99 Roman Mikhailov (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia           15.09
100 Robert Schmitt (Lux) Luxembourg national team                 18.03
101 Herman Fouche (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                       21.19
102 Tom White (GBr) Team Konica Minolta                           21.41
103 Thomas Rostollan (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation       23.48
104 Petter Persson (Swe) Swedish national team                    28.07
 
Points classification
 
1 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 50 pts
2 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                               29
3 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian national team                       22
4 Alexandre Pliuschin (Mda) Team Mixte Central                       20
5 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) Swiss national team                          19
6 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                         16
7 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                           13
8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                            13
9 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team                       11
10 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                            11
11 Andreas Moser (Swi) Team Mixte Central                            10
12 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                      10
13 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Swiss national team                          10
14 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA national team                           9
15 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                        8
16 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Premier St Petersburg / Russia                8
17 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                 7
18 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg national team                     7
19 Romain Feillu (Fra) French national team                           5
20 Marco-Leonardo Oreggia (Aut) Austrian national team                5
21 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                    4
22 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                     3
23 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German national team                            2
24 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian national team                           2
25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) French national team                          1
26 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                            5 pts
2 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Swedish national team                       5
3 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (RB3)                                  3
4 Jérome Coppel (Fra) French national team                            2
5 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   2
6 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Polish national team                          1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss national team                              18 pts
2 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                   4
3 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French national team                            3
4 Laurent Beuret (Swi) VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admira            3
5 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                         1
6 Peter Andres (Swi) Hadimec                                          1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Rabobank (RB3)                                               10.32.13
2 Team Mixte Central                                                   
3 Polish National Team                                             0.03
4 French National Team                                                 
5 Swiss Cycling                                                    0.32
6 Team Löwik Meubelen                                                  
7 USA National Team                                                    
8 Slovenian National Team                                              
9 Premier Russia                                                       
10 Thüringer Energie Team                                              
11 Hadimec                                                             
12 Austrian National Team                                              
13 Swedish National Team                                               
14 VC Mendrisio-PL Valli Casino Admiral                                
15 AG2R Chambéry Cyclisme Formation                                    
16 German National Team                                                
17 Team Konica Minolta                                                 
18 Luxembourg National Team                                       14.40