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20th Ster Elektrotoer - 2.1
Netherlands, June 14-17, 2006
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Stage 1 - June 14: Schijndel - Nuth, 122,2 km
Vierhouten takes all on opening stage
36 year-old Dutch veteran Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano) has claimed the opening stage of the 20th Ster Elektrotoer. Part of an early breakaway of 12 riders who escaped just 20 kilometres into the 122,2 km stage, Vierhouten escaped with Australian Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) in the final kilometre, before taking the win in Nuth.
The win marked Vierhouten's first victory this season for his Skil-Shimano team, and goes into this afternoon's 11 kilometre individual time trial in Schimmert wearing the leader's jersey. Vierhouten is also the leader of the points and mountain classifications.
Results
1 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.32.06 (48.205 km/h) 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 0.02 4 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 5 Roy Curvers (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 7 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.20 12 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 13 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 15 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 16 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 18 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 19 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 21 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 22 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 23 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 24 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 26 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 27 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 28 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 29 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 30 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 33 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 34 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 35 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 38 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 41 Marcel Beima (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 42 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 44 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 45 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 46 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 47 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 48 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 49 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 50 Hans Bloks (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 51 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 52 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 54 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 55 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 56 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 58 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 59 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 60 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 61 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 62 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 63 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 64 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 66 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 67 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 68 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 69 Jos Pronk (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 70 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 72 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 73 Juha-Matti Ala Luusua (Fin) ProComm-Van Hemert 74 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 75 Yvo Kusters (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 76 Arne Hassink (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 77 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 78 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 79 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 80 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 82 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 83 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 84 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 85 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 86 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 87 Marvin Van Der Pluym (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 88 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 89 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 90 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 91 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 92 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 93 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 94 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.46 95 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.48 96 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.52 97 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 98 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.56 99 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 101 Steven Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 102 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 1.03 103 Sieger Haakma (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 104 Nico Van Dijk (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 105 Marc Reef (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 106 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 1.29 107 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.20 108 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 109 Dennis Smit (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 1.58 110 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 0.20 111 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 2.38 112 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.41 113 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 3.13 114 Franck Terwel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 115 Robin Van Der Lijn (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 116 Koen Zanders (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 117 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Jos Harms (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 119 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 4.24 121 Jurgen Lindhout (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 122 Peter Schulting (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 123 Erwin Goenga (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 5.21 General classification after stage 1 1 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.32.00 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 0.05 4 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 0.06 5 Roy Curvers (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 0.08 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 7 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.26 12 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 13 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 15 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 16 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 18 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 19 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 21 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 22 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 23 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 24 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 26 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 27 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 28 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 29 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 30 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 33 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 34 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 35 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 38 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 41 Marcel Beima (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 42 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 44 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 45 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 46 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 47 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 48 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 49 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 50 Hans Bloks (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 51 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 52 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 54 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 55 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 56 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 58 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 59 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 60 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 61 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 62 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 63 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 64 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 66 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 67 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 68 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 69 Jos Pronk (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 70 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 72 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 73 Juha-Matti Ala Luusua (Fin) ProComm-Van Hemert 74 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 75 Yvo Kusters (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 76 Arne Hassink (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 77 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 78 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 79 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 80 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 82 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 83 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 84 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 85 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 86 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 87 Marvin Van Der Pluym (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 88 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 89 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 90 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 91 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 92 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 93 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 94 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 95 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 96 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 97 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.52 98 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.54 99 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.58 100 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 101 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.02 102 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 104 Steven Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 105 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 1.09 106 Sieger Haakma (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 107 Nico Van Dijk (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 108 Marc Reef (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 109 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 1.35 110 Dennis Smit (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 2.04 111 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 2.44 112 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.46 113 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 3.19 114 Franck Terwel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 115 Robin Van Der Lijn (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 116 Koen Zanders (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 117 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Jos Harms (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 119 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 4.30 121 Jurgen Lindhout (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 122 Peter Schulting (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 123 Erwin Goenga (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 5.27 Points classification 1 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12 3 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 10 4 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 8 5 Roy Curvers (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 6 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 7 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 4 8 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 9 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Climbs classification 1 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1 Sprints classification 1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 7.36.40 2 Team Milram 0.02 3 Skil - Shimano 0.18 4 Quickstep - Innergetic 0.20 5 Unibet.com 6 Team CSC 7 ProComm - Van Hemert 8 Davitamon - Lotto 9 Chocolade Jacques-Topspo 0.38 10 Lowik Meubelen 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 Ubbink - Syntec 14 Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 15 Tenax - Salmilano 16 Cycling Team Jo Piels 1.53
