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GP Tell - 2.2Ncup

Switzerland, August 22-26, 2007

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Stage 1 - August 23: Littau - Littau, 148.7km

Boaro takes Italian victory

By Andreas Oppliger

Today's Stage 1 was characterized by a very nervous progress amongst the Nations Cup peloton. In the first half an hour at least half a dozen riders or groups of riders attempted to break away, but none were succeeded. Finally Stefano Pirazzi, one of the Italian team's best riders, enjoyed some luck and managed to take an advantage of nearly five minutes over a short distance.

Pirazzi's quick getaway caused alarm bells to ring throughout the peloton, with riders keen on taking the title in Arosa knowing action was required to prevent the Italian from taking a runaway victory. As quick as Pirazzi escaped the pack, the peloton brought him back to reality.

The riders then arrived at the category two climb, around 35 kilometres away from the finish line in Littau, where the peloton shattered into three groups. Swiss winner of the Thüringen Rundfahrt, Matthias Frank, managed to take the mountains points and will wear the mountain's jersey on Stage 2 as a result.

Only four kilometres from the finish Italy's Manuele Boaro and France's Jérôme Coppel put a small gap between them and the field. The pair managed to hold on to a few seconds of that advantage all the way to Littau, with Boaro put his front wheel only a few centimetres in front of Coppel to take victory.

Boaro's stage victory also secured the Italian the general classification lead.

Results

1 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team                         3.39.23 (40.668 km/h)
2 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team                                 
3 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team                            0.05
4 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team                               
5 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian National Team                                 
6 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team                                 
7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team                                 
8 Andris Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                           
9 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian National Team                            
10 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                                 
11 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                                
12 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team                           
13 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team                             
14 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team                               
15 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 
16 Reto Holenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team                               
17 Nico Graf (Ger) German National Team                                    
18 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                            
19 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team                         
20 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team                                
21 Carlos Sabido (Por) Portuguese National Team                            
22 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team                                  
23 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team                                 
24 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team                                     
25 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team                               
26 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 
27 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 
28 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                            
29 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team                           
30 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team                                 
31 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Italian National Team                             
32 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team                              
33 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team                                 
34 Biel Kadri (Fra) French National Team                                   
35 César Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team                              
36 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team                              
37 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 
38 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team                                
39 Janick Wysler (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                             
40 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team                                        
41 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team                           
42 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team                            
43 Alexey Esin (Rus) Russian National Team                                 
44 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team                                  
45 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Italian National Team                             
46 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                     0.26
47 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team                            1.43
48 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team                          4.23
49 Dmytro Nowosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                            
50 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team                                     
51 Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                             
52 Sander Armee (Bel) Belgian National Team                                
53 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team                                      
54 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                              
55 Edgar Pinto (Por) Portuguese National Team                              
56 Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                          
57 Marko Hlebanja (Slo) Slovenian National Team                            
58 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                          
59 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team                                
60 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team                                          
61 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team                          
62 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team                                        
63 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team                              
64 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian National Team                              
65 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team                          
66 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team                                              
67 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Belgian National Team                              
68 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team                            
69 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                             
70 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team                               
71 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team                                
72 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Team                                      
73 Wouter Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team                                  
74 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team                             
75 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team                                
76 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team                             
77 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team                           
78 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team                             
79 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team                                  
80 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Belgian National Team                              
81 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team                                 
82 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                  8.19
83 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team                    8.25
84 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                       
85 Jure Zagar (Slo) Slovenian National Team                                
86 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                           
87 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team                             
88 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                              
89 Claudio Filipe Pedr Apolo (Por) Portuguese National Team                
90 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                           
91 Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) US National Team                                
92 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team                         
93 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Danish National Team                           
94 Bruno Saraiva (Por) Portuguese National Team                            
95 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team                              
96 Bjorn Selander (USA) US National Team                                   
97 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team                            
98 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Dutch National Team                           
99 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Dutch National Team                               
100 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team                        
101 Wim Botmann (Ned) Dutch National Team                                  
102 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team                             
103 Domenik Klemme (Ger) German National Team                              
104 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team                         
105 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team                               13.54
106 Alain Lauener (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                            
107 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team                                  
108 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                             
109 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                        
110 Tomas Mice (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                         19.31
111 Dmitro Kryvtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                          
112 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                     
113 Frank Appelbaum (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                    19.54
114 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team                                      
115 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team                               
DNF Yannick Stoltz (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                          
DNF David Claerebout (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                        
DNF Ivo Lux (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                                 
 
Sprints
 
Blatten, Rest. Krone - 14.3 km
1 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team                           6 pts
2 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team                             3
3 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team                                1
 
Root - 42.4 km
1 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team                             6 pts
2 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team                           3 pts
3 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 1

Gersau - 87.2 km
1 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team                             6 pts
2 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team                          3
3 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                         1
 
Points
 
1 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team                              25 pts
2 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team                               20
3 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team                              16
4 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team                             13
5 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian National Team                               11
6 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team                               10
7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team                                9
8 Andris Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                          8
9 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian National Team                           7
10 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                                6
11 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                               5
12 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team                          4
13 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team                            3
14 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team                              2
15 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team                                1
 
Mountains
 
Goldau, Bernerhöchi - 66.1 km (Cat. 3)
1 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team                             3 pts
2 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 2
3 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team                                       1
 
Michaelskreuz - 112.6 km (Cat. 2)
1 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 1
2 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 1
3 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team                           3
4 Reto Holenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team                               2
5 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team                               1
 
Teams
 
1 France                                                           10.58.02
2 Italy                                                                    
3 Austria                                                              0.05
4 Switzerland 1                                                            
5 Denmark                                                                  
6 Switzerland 2                                                            
7 Russia                                                                   
8 Kazakstan                                                            0.26
9 Poland                                                               4.23
10 Belgium                                                                 
11 Portugal                                                                
12 Mixed                                                                   
13 Germany                                                             6.01
14 Latvia                                                              8.41
15 Lithuania                                                          12.37
16 Netherlands                                                        12.43
17 Slovenia                                                           12.59
18 Ukraine                                                            17.01
19 US National Team                                                        
20 Luxembourg                                                         38.01
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team                         3.42.12
2 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team                             0.04
3 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team                             0.11
4 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team                              0.12
5 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team                                  
6 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team                            0.13
7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team                                 
8 Biel Kadri (Fra) French National Team                                0.14
9 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team                               0.15
10 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team                                 
11 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Austrian National Team                       0.16
12 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian National Team                            0.17
13 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Danish National Team                               
14 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team                          0.18
15 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team                                  
16 César Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team                              
17 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team                                 
18 Reto Holenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team                               
19 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Austrian National Team                     0.19
20 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                                 
21 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team                                
22 Christopher Froome (Ken) Mixed Team                                 0.20
23 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team                           
24 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 
25 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team                              
26 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team                           
27 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team                            
28 Nico Graf (Ger) German National Team                                0.21
29 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 
30 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 
31 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team                                
32 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                            
33 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                            0.23
34 Robel Tedros (Aut) Austrian National Team                               
35 Alberto Contoli (Ita) Italian National Team                             
36 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian National Team                           
37 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team                              
38 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                            
39 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Russian National Team                         0.24
40 Andris Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                          
41 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team                                        
42 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Italian National Team                         0.26
43 Janick Wysler (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                             
44 Alexey Esin (Rus) Russian National Team                             0.28
45 Carlos Sabido (Por) Portuguese National Team                        0.29
46 Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                     0.46
47 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team                            2.00
48 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team                          4.30
49 Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                      4.31
50 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team                         4.33
51 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team                             
52 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team                      4.34
53 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team                           
54 Franz Grassmann (Aut) Austrian National Team                        4.35
55 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Belgian National Team                          4.36
56 Edgar Pinto (Por) Portuguese National Team                              
57 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Austrian National Team                              
58 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team                                              
59 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team                          4.37
60 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Belgian National Team                          4.38
61 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team                                  
62 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                      4.39
63 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Mixed Team                                     
64 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team                                
65 Dmytro Nowosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                            
66 Wouter Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team                              4.40
67 Sander Armee (Bel) Belgian National Team                                
68 Nik Burjek (Slo) Slovenian National Team                                
69 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team                           4.41
70 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team                          
71 Bajc Andi (Slo) Slovenian National Team                                 
72 Carlo Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                             
73 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team                                  4.42
74 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team                                
75 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                              
76 Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Mixed Team                                          
77 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team                         4.43
78 Marko Hlebanja (Slo) Slovenian National Team                        4.44
79 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Team                                      
80 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team                                        
81 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                         4.45
82 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Danish National Team                       8.31
83 Bjorn Selander (USA) US National Team                               8.34
84 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team                          8.35
85 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                      
86 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team                          
87 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Dutch National Team                       8.36
88 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                   8.38
89 Arturs Malenders (Lat) Latvian National Team                            
90 Jure Zagar (Slo) Slovenian National Team                                
91 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Dutch National Team                           8.39
92 Claudio Filipe Pedr Apolo (Por) Portuguese National Team                
93 Domenik Klemme (Ger) German National Team                           8.40
94 Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) US National Team                            8.41
95 Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian National Team                          8.43
96 Wim Botmann (Ned) Dutch National Team                                   
97 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team                     8.44
98 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team                        
99 Bruno Saraiva (Por) Portuguese National Team                        8.45
100 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                         8.47
101 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                      8.48
102 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team                            
103 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                      8.51
104 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team                    8.54
105 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team                             14.00
106 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team                               14.02
107 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                        14.05
108 Alain Lauener (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                       14.07
109 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                   14.15
110 Tomas Mice (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                         19.47
111 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                19.49
112 Dmitro Kryvtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                     19.58
113 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team                          20.10
114 Frank Appelbaum (Lux) Luxembourg National Team                    20.15
115 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team                                 20.17
 
Points classification
 
1 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team                              25 pts
2 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Danish National Team                          25
3 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team                               23
4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team                               20
5 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team                               17
6 Michael Morkov (Den) Danish National Team                              16
7 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Dutch National Team                                  16
8 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Belgian National Team                             13
9 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team                             13
10 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Team                               11
11 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian National Team                              11
12 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team                               11
13 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team                              10
14 Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Swiss National Team Two                         9
15 Andris Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                         8
 
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team                            12 pts
2 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team                           9
3 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team                             3
4 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) German National Team                          3
5 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team                                1
6 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 1
7 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Mathias Frank (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 6 pts
2 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Swiss National Team                                 6
3 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team                             3
4 Anton Reshetnikov (Rus) Russian National Team                           3
5 Reto Holenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team                               2
6 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team                                       1
7 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Italian National Team                               1
 
Team classification
 
1 France                                                           10.58.02
2 Italy                                                                    
3 Denmark                                                              0.05
4 Austria                                                                  
5 Switzerland 1                                                            
6 Switzerland 2                                                            
7 Russia                                                                   
8 Kazakstan                                                            0.26
9 Belgium                                                              4.23
10 Poland                                                                  
11 Portugal                                                                
12 Mixed                                                                   
13 Germany                                                             6.01
14 Latvia                                                              8.41
15 Lithuania                                                          12.37
16 Netherlands                                                        12.43
17 Slovenia                                                           12.59
18 US National Team                                                   17.01
19 Ukraine                                                                 
20 Luxembourg                                                         38.01