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Tour of Britain - 2.1

Great Britain, August 29-September 3, 2006

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Stage 5 - September 2: Rochester to Canterbury, 152.6km

No House party in Canterbury in go-slow show

By Gerry McManus in Canterbury

Chicchi wins
Photo ©: Larry Hickmott
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Francesco Chicchi (QuickStep-Innergetic) won the final sprint into Canterbury on Saturday, September 2 after racing had finally started with less than 2km to go – much to the disappointment of Britain's Kristian House (Recycling.co.uk). The talented rider, originally a resident in the local town of Ashford in Kent, was expecting to race in front of friends and family on the way to Canterbury but the 27-year-old rider was left flat after they slowly cycled 152km to the finish.

The race left the start line in Rochester on time but due to a misunderstanding in directions the race took the wrong exit from a roundabout as they rode a parade lap through the town. Subsequently the race was stopped for around 25 minutes as the convoy and riders re-assembled. Fortunately the rain hadn't started at this point. After the race was officially started it became apparent that a number of teams were not prepared to race and the CSC team went to the front and rode "piano" between 18 and 22 mph.

The peloton wound its way through the Kent countryside at a fairly leisurely place and the mountains and sprint primes were ostensibly uncontested. It appeared the teams were not happy about the safety of the race and the go-slow was their protest to the race organisers. The rain that came down certainly didn't help persuade the riders to start racing as they donned rain capes.

When racing finally got going it was Ian Stannard (GB) that had the whole field lined out behind him as he hit the front with 500 metres to go. The big teams took control in the final 200m with Chicchi winning the gallop from Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) and Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano) finishing third. Points leader Russell Downing (Recycling.co.uk) came in fifth place and so Cavendish had finally wrestled the green jersey from his shoulders but the T-Mobile stagiaire only has a slender lead of two points going into the final London stage tomorrow.

Of course Martin Pedersen (CSC) retains the yellow jersey and the Dane decided to give the champagne spraying and post race interviews a miss. There was no change on leadership in the sprints or mountains competitions.

Ben Greenwood (Recycling)
Photo ©: Richard O'Brien
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House was livid at not being allowed to race. "No one wanted to race," said House: "I say no one but QuickStep didn't want to race and I guess T-Mobile didn't want to race. Whenever the smaller teams like us and the GB team attacked, they just brought us back and they abuse the hell out of you. I attacked through Dover after I was told over the radio that the race was on. My manager told me that all the other managers had said that they were going to race. I attacked and I got chased down by someone and one of the T-Mobile riders came over and just put me in the kerb just because they didn't want to race.

"Fair enough if they don't want to race but that's no reason why they should dictate it to the lesser riders like myself. I'm not a Pro-Tour rider or even a Continental professional. As far as they are concerned I am an amateur. I think it's outrageous. I can see their point and I know why they are doing it but the way they do it is out of order. We only started to race with 2km to go when the GB team took over from CSC on the front of the race. CSC were riding on the front just doing enough all day.

"Maybe this race could be a joke for them and it's not as big as other races they are doing," House continued: "For guys like me today has been the target of the last eight weeks training. Today was the stage for me but when you attack you get taken out of the race. This morning wasn't so bad really. OK so we had to stop and we were waiting around for about 25 minutes. It wasn't great and there was a mistake on the organisation but that doesn't mean that you have to sacrifice a whole day of racing."

Tomorrow the race goes from Greenwich into London over Tower Bridge and to Hampstead Heath finishing back in the city with 20 laps of a circuit based on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.

Photography

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Images by Gerry McManus/www.gerrymcmanus.co.uk

Images by Larry Hickmott / British Cycling

Images by Richard O'Brien

Results

1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic          4.24.42
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                                
3 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
4 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            
5 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed             
6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                             
7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                             
8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare              
9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        
10 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                
11 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                              
12 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         
13 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain                       0.03
14 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                       0.05
15 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport             
16 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                
17 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                            
18 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             
19 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark                                
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                               
21 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC                                      
22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic                      
23 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC                                   
24 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed           
25 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 
26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic                  
27 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                
28 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain                           0.10
29 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed           0.12
30 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC                          0.14
31 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare           0.17
32 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark                                
33 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                         
34 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain                          
35 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC                                      
36 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares                         
37 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC                                     
38 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                     0.22
39 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano                          
40 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS              0.25
41 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                         
42 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld                                   
43 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                             
44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic               
45 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld                              
46 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld                           
47 Frederik Veuchulen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport         
48 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                         
49 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                 
50 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                 
51 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares                            
52 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic               
53 Alex Coutts (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                
54 Edward Clancy (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 
55 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain                            
56 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark                                
57 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport           
58 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                  
59 Ross Sander (GBr) Great Britain                         0.33
60 Christopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                0.45
61 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                          
62 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                             
63 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak iShares                        
64 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                    
65 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  
66 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain                          
67 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS               
68 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS               
69 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon Lotto                          
70 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon Lotto                            
71 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                         
72 Tom Boonen (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic                   1.05
73 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC                                        
74 Tom Barras (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed             1.24
75 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark                          2.18
DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak iShares                         
DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                               
DNS Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        
 
Sprints
 
Sprint Prime: Tenterden
1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                    5 pts
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic                3
3 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                2
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC                                     1
 
Sprint Prime: Dover
1 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         5 pts
2 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                3
3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                            2
4 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                            1
 
Sprint Prime: Densole
1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                5 pts
2 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             3
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       2
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                               1
 
Mountains
 
KOM Cat 3: Paddock Wood
1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                          4 pts
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC                                      3
3 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                         2
4 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC                                        1
 
KOM Cat 3: Goudhurst
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC                                      4 pts
2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                          3
3 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC                              2
4 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                            1
 
KOM Cat 2: Blackhouse Hill
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC                                      6 pts
2 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                         5
3 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                    4
 
KOM Cat 2: Crete Road
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC                                      6 pts
2 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC                                      5
3 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC                                        4
4 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic               3
5 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC                                   2
6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC                              1
 
Teams
 
1 Skil-Shimano                                         13.14.06
2 Unibet.com                                               0.05
3 QuickStep-Innergetic                                     0.10
4 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                               0.17
5 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                0.22
6 CSC                                                      0.24
7 T-Mobile                                                 0.30
8 Barloworld                                                   
9 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                                   
10 Great Britain                                               
11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                     
12 Denmark                                                 0.47
13 Recycling.co.uk                                         1.04
14 South Australia.com-AIS                                 1.15
15 Phonak iShares                                          1.27
16 Davitamon Lotto                                         1.35
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC                            19.50.43
2 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                         0.51
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic               2.11
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                            2.46
5 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic                   2.47
6 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares                      3.07
7 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport             3.12
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC                                   3.14
9 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed         3.16
10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   3.19
11 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     3.25
12 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare         3.27
13 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                            3.34
14 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             3.35
15 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                
16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                        3.42
17 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC                                 3.45
18 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                     3.48
19 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                         3.55
20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain                       4.13
21 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago       4.20
22 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC                                  4.21
23 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark                            4.39
24 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain                        5.35
25 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld                               8.13
26 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                          16.08
27 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC                                   16.19
28 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS             18.28
29 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     21.31
30 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport        21.43
31 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic          22.06
32 Tom Boonen (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic                  22.46
33 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain                     23.09
34 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon Lotto                     26.18
35 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport      26.30
36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed      26.35
37 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             26.58
38 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                    27.13
39 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto               27.17
40 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain                     27.18
41 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic          30.41
42 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic           31.20
43 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                       31.31
44 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare        31.32
45 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                         31.42
46 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed          31.44
47 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                      31.47
48 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark                           31.49
49 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC                         31.56
50 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark                           31.57
51 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                 
52 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                    31.59
53 Frederik Veuchulen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport    32.07
54 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld                              
55 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                         
56 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                 
57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares                            
58 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld                           
59 Alex Coutts (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                
60 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                  
61 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                     32.17
62 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon Lotto                       32.27
63 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak iShares                        
64 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                         
65 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                             
66 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS          32.44
67 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain                          33.22
68 Tom Barras (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed            33.23
69 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare          33.38
70 Edward Clancy (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            33.40
71 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark                         34.24
72 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS          34.49
73 Ross Sander (GBr) Great Britain                        35.10
74 Christopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk               37.41
75 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano                     38.37
 
Points classification
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                              49 pts
2 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed           47
3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic               44
4 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          35
5 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC                                  27
6 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         27
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic                 26
8 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain                          24
9 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport               22
10 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                            17
11 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark                              16
12 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport         15
13 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                          14
14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                             14
15 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic                    14
16 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                13
17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     12
18 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic             12
19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares                       11
20 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain                        11
21 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC                                    10
22 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed         10
23 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        9
24 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                        9
25 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                           9
26 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport            8
27 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                   8
28 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            8
29 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            7
30 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano                         7
31 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                        6
32 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                           5
33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC                                    4
34 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                               3
35 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC                                     3
36 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                               2
37 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed              2
38 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                          2
39 Ross Sander (GBr) Great Britain                            2
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                   30 pts
2 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC                                  18
3 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport               13
4 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                            8
5 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic                      7
6 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC                                      7
7 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport           7
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                               6
9 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         6
10 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                         6
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic                 3
12 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            3
13 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                        3
14 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic               3
15 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 3
16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic              3
17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      2
18 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                               2
19 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed          2
20 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                           2
21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC                                    2
22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC                                     50 pts
2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                         31
3 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                        31
4 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC                                  25
5 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto                   23
6 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC                                     11
7 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                           10
8 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC                                       10
9 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           8
10 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC                             8
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic                 7
12 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic                     6
13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC                                    6
14 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                               5
15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic              4
16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                           4
17 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic              4
18 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed          3
19 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                            3
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                              2
21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                              2
22 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares                           2
23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares                        1
24 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld                                  1
25 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                        1
26 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain                              1
 
Teams classification
 
1 CSC                                                  59.39.12
2 Unibet.com                                               1.00
3 QuickStep-Innergetic                                    14.49
4 T-Mobile                                                16.07
5 Great Britain                                           19.04
6 Skil-Shimano                                            21.23
7 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                 27.35
8 Barloworld                                              36.27
9 Phonak iShares                                          36.44
10 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                             44.37
11 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                             54.37
12 Recycling.co.uk                                        55.59
13 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                              59.57
14 Denmark                                              1.01.22
15 South Australia.com-AIS                              1.13.03
16 Davitamon Lotto                                      1.14.36

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