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6th Le Transalsace - 2.7.1
France, August 15-18, 2002
Stage 1 - August 15: Uffholtz - Truchtersheim, 163km
Australian Team Report
By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 manager
Today the Australian National Team, consisting of Gene Bates, Rory Sutherland, Adrian Laidler, Simon Gerrans, David McPartland and Ben Johnson, started the Transalsace Tour in France. This race is important both as preparation and selection for the team to ride the World Championships in October.
The 1st stage from Uffholtz to Truchtersheim was a fairly flat with a few small climbs in the closing stages and a breeze blowing mostly into the face of the riders. The race split over the final kilometers with Maryan Harry from Vendee U holding on to a 4 second lead from a bunch 50 with Gene Bates taking 9th place. I drew car number 3.
Results
1 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 3.39.19 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 0.04 3 Robert Retschke (Ger) Vermarc 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 Yohann Gene (Fra) Vendee-U 6 Rony Martias (Fra) Vendee-U 7 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 8 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 9 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 11 Bruno Sa (Por) Gondomar 12 David Mc Partland (Aus) Australian National Team 13 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 14 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 15 Konstantin Kliouev (Rus) St. Petersburg 16 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 17 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 19 Romuald Senechal (Fra) Panorimmo 20 Filipe Castro (Por) Gondomar 21 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 22 Björn Hoeben (Ned) Rabobank 23 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) U.S.A. National Team 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Vermarc 25 Pedro Barnabe (Por) Gondomar 26 Christian Knees (Ger) German National Team 27 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 28 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Vermarc 29 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 30 Thomas Oredsson (Den) Danish National Team 31 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 32 Aurélien Mingot (Fra) French National Team 33 Laurens Ten Dan (Ned) Rabobank 34 Ivan Terenin (Rus) Russian National Team 35 Domenico Puzzovivo (Ita) Zoccorinese 36 David Loosli (Swi) Swiss National Team 37 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 38 Clemen Grosslercher (Aut) Austrian National Team 39 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 40 Serguei Polukhine (Rus) Russian National Team 41 Matej Mugurli (Slo) Zoccorinese 42 Morien Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 43 George Nimos (Gre) Greek National Team 44 Michael Creed (USA) U.S.A. National Team 45 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Australian National Team 47 Marcel Bejma (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 48 Carl Naibo (Fra) French National Team 49 Mathieu Heuboer (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 50 Rui Carneiro (Por) Gondomar 51 Davide Gomes (Por) Gondomar 0.22 52 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) German National Team 0.28 53 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 0.52 54 Stanislav Belof (Rus) St. Petersburg 1.08 55 Muradja Khamulratov (Uzb) Zoccorinese 1.11 56 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 57 Alexei Tchebeline (Rus) St. Petersburg 58 Serguei Firsanov (Rus) St. Petersburg 59 Ben Johnson (Aus) Australian National Team 60 Andrey Ptchelkin (Rus) Russian National Team 61 Michäel Larsen (Den) Danish National Team 62 Steve Morabito (Swi) Swiss National Team 63 Thomas Japp (Den) Danish National Team 64 Martin Gartzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 65 Loamis Tamouridis (Gre) Greek National Team 66 Lasse Böchmann (Den) Danish National Team 67 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss National Team 68 Emilien Berges (Fra) Panorimmo 69 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Julien Mazet (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Panorimmo 72 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) French National Team 73 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Australian National Team 74 Christophe Kern (Fra) Vendee-U 75 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Vendee-U 76 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) French National Team 77 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Panorimmo 78 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 79 Barby Thomas (USA) U.S.A. National Team 80 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Swiss National Team 81 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) French National Team 82 Serguei Lazarev (Rus) St. Petersburg 2.35 83 Patrick McCarty (USA) U.S.A. National Team 3.00 84 Shawn Milne (USA) U.S.A. National Team 3.04 85 Roman Paramonov (Rus) Russian National Team 86 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 87 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Zoccorinese 88 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 89 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Russian National Team 90 George Petalas (Gre) Greek National Team 3.30 91 Florent Roussy (Fra) Panorimmo 4.00 92 Marc Staelen (Fra) Panorimmo 4.06 93 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Vendee-U 4.28 94 Leo Kastens (Ger) Vermarc 4.31 95 Simon Heimkreiter (Ger) German National Team 96 Francesco Rivera (Ita) Zoccorinese 4.56 97 Mickael Malle (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Minas Malotos (Gre) Greek National Team 99 Loamis Tsakourikis (Gre) Greek National Team 100 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.23 101 Frank Hyrsting (Den) Danish National Team 9.08 102 Andrey Nefedov (Rus) St. Petersburg 11.47 TC Artjom Botschkarew (Ger) Vermarc TC Thomas Burkhard (Ger) Vermarc TC Kostas Rodapoulos (Gre) Greek National Team TC Marco Cardoso (Por) Gondomar DNF Will Frischkorn (USA) U.S.A. National Team Points 1 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 25 pts 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 20 3 Robert Retschke (Ger) Vermarc 16 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 5 Yohann Gene (Fra) Vendee-U 12 6 Rony Martias (Fra) Vendee-U 10 7 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 9 8 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 8 9 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 7 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 11 Bruno Sa (Por) Gondomar 5 12 David Mc Partland (Aus) Australian National Team 4 13 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 3 14 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 2 15 Konstantin Kliouev (Rus) St. Petersburg 1 Sprints Sprint, km 31.0 1 Stanislav Belof (Rus) St. Petersburg 6 pts 2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Zoccorinese 4 3 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 2 Sprint, km 105.1 1 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 8 pts 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 3 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 Sprint, km 144.5 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Vendee-U 10 pts 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 3 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 6 Mountains Climb - Cat. 3, km 126.3 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Vendee-U 6 pts 2 Frank Hyrsting (Den) Danish National Team 4 3 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) French National Team 3 4 Ben Johnson (Aus) Australian National Team 2 5 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 1 Climb - Cat. 3, km 151.6 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Vendee-U 6 pts 2 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 4 3 Morien Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 3 4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 3.39.09 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 0.05 3 Robert Retschke (Ger) Vermarc 0.10 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 0.13 6 Yohann Gene (Fra) Vendee-U 0.14 7 Rony Martias (Fra) Vendee-U 8 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 9 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 10 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 11 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 12 Bruno Sa (Por) Gondomar 13 David Mc Partland (Aus) Australian National Team 14 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 15 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 16 Konstantin Kliouev (Rus) St. Petersburg 17 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 20 Romuald Senechal (Fra) Panorimmo 21 Filipe Castro (Por) Gondomar 22 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 23 Björn Hoeben (Ned) Rabobank 24 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) U.S.A. National Team 25 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Vermarc 26 Pedro Barnabe (Por) Gondomar 27 Christian Knees (Ger) German National Team 28 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 29 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Vermarc 30 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 31 Thomas Oredsson (Den) Danish National Team 32 Aurélien Mingot (Fra) French National Team 33 Laurens Ten Dan (Ned) Rabobank 34 Ivan Terenin (Rus) Russian National Team 35 Domenico Puzzovivo (Ita) Zoccorinese 36 David Loosli (Swi) Swiss National Team 37 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 38 Clemen Grosslercher (Aut) Austrian National Team 39 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 40 Serguei Polukhine (Rus) Russian National Team 41 Matej Mugurli (Slo) Zoccorinese 42 Morien Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 43 George Nimos (Gre) Greek National Team 44 Michael Creed (USA) U.S.A. National Team 45 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Australian National Team 47 Marcel Bejma (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 48 Carl Naibo (Fra) French National Team 49 Mathieu Heuboer (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 50 Rui Carneiro (Por) Gondomar 51 Davide Gomes (Por) Gondomar 0.32 52 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) German National Team 0.38 53 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.02 54 Stanislav Belof (Rus) St. Petersburg 1.15 55 Christophe Kern (Fra) Vendee-U 1.18 56 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 1.20 57 Muradja Khamulratov (Uzb) Zoccorinese 1.21 58 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 59 Alexei Tchebeline (Rus) St. Petersburg 60 Serguei Firsanov (Rus) St. Petersburg 61 Ben Johnson (Aus) Australian National Team 62 Andrey Ptchelkin (Rus) Russian National Team 63 Michäel Larsen (Den) Danish National Team 64 Steve Morabito (Swi) Swiss National Team 65 Thomas Japp (Den) Danish National Team 66 Martin Gartzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 67 Loamis Tamouridis (Gre) Greek National Team 68 Lasse Böchmann (Den) Danish National Team 69 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss National Team 70 Emilien Berges (Fra) Panorimmo 71 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole 72 Julien Mazet (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Panorimmo 74 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) French National Team 75 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Australian National Team 76 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Vendee-U 77 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) French National Team 78 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Panorimmo 79 Barby Thomas (USA) U.S.A. National Team 80 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Swiss National Team 81 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) French National Team 82 Serguei Lazarev (Rus) St. Petersburg 2.45 83 Patrick McCarty (USA) U.S.A. National Team 3.10 84 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Zoccorinese 3.12 85 Shawn Milne (USA) U.S.A. National Team 3.14 86 Roman Paramonov (Rus) Russian National Team 87 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 88 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 89 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Russian National Team 90 George Petalas (Gre) Greek National Team 3.40 91 Florent Roussy (Fra) Panorimmo 4.10 92 Marc Staelen (Fra) Panorimmo 4.16 93 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Vendee-U 4.38 94 Leo Kastens (Ger) Vermarc 4.41 95 Simon Heimkreiter (Ger) German National Team 96 Francesco Rivera (Ita) Zoccorinese 5.06 97 Mickael Malle (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Minas Malotos (Gre) Greek National Team 99 Loamis Tsakourikis (Gre) Greek National Team 100 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.32 101 Frank Hyrsting (Den) Danish National Team 9.18 102 Andrey Nefedov (Rus) St. Petersburg 11.57 Points classification 1 Maryan Hary (Fra) Vendee-U 25 pts 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) German National Team 20 3 Robert Retschke (Ger) Vermarc 16 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 5 Yohann Gene (Fra) Vendee-U 12 6 Rony Martias (Fra) Vendee-U 10 7 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) German National Team 9 8 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russian National Team 8 9 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 7 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 11 Bruno Sa (Por) Gondomar 5 12 David Mc Partland (Aus) Australian National Team 4 13 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 3 14 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Zoccorinese 2 15 Konstantin Kliouev (Rus) St. Petersburg 1 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Vendee-U 12 pts 2 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 5 3 Frank Hyrsting (Den) Danish National Team 4 4 Morien Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 3 5 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) French National Team 3 6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 7 Ben Johnson (Aus) Australian National Team 2 8 Michael Albasini (Swi) Swiss National Team 1 Courtesy of Nicolas Zundel/www.transalsace.com
