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Ringerike GP - 2.5
Norway, May 1-5, 2002
Stage 1 - May 1: Hønefoss - Hønefoss, 157.7 km
Larsson wins in epic 140 km break
By Tomas Nilsson, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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The Ringerike Grand Prix uses basically the same parcours every year. The first stage looks easiest on paper but has been decisive on two earlier occasions. This year an early breakaway held on all the way to the finish, and the young Swede Gustav Larsson (Team Crescent) now leads the race by 18 seconds to Norwegian Morten Hegreberg and 20 to the main field after a 140 km long solo break. He attacked after 15 km and had at most a nine minute gap.
The home riders from Team Krone and Ringerike finally raised the tempo but with 19 km to go the gap was still three minutes. And Larsson, silver medallist at last year's Swedish TT Championships, had enough left in his lead to hold off the peloton.
"This was tough, I was really exhausted towards the end and feared that I would get caught," said a happy 22 year old Larsson after the race.
Whether he has enough power left to handle the following stages remains to be seen.
Photography
Photos taken by Gunnar Mjaugedal/www.kjellman.no.
- Team Krone - leads the peloton during a wet first stage
- Mountain Biker Rune Høydahl - looked on form today
- The winner of stage 1 - Gustav Larson (Crescent) was the hero of the stage: 140 km solo escape and the leader's jersey.
Results
1 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 4.09.53 2 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Sandnes SK 0.18 3 Geert van Crombruggen (Bel) RCS Bioagrico 0.19 4 Tore Einar Bekken (Nor) Buskerud CK 0.20 5 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 6 Tero Hämeenaho (Fin) Finland 7 Jostein Hole (Nor) Norway - MTB 8 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Crescent 9 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Sandnes SK 10 Petter Jørgensen (Nor) Norway - MTB 11 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone 12 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Sweden 13 Terje Holm (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 14 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Sandnes SK 15 Martin Vestby (Nor) RCS Bioagrico 16 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 17 Fredrik Lindberg (Swe) Kvickly Odder 18 Rune Høydahl (Nor) Norway - MTB 19 Øyvind Dybing (Nor) Fana IL 20 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 21 Neil Smith (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 22 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 23 Jarno Jalomäki (Fin) Finland 24 Kristian Ellertsen (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 25 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 26 Jani Vesa (Fin) Finland 27 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Nantes 44 28 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 29 Lars Werenberg (Den) Kvickly Odder 30 Frode Michaelsen (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 31 Angel Alfaro Volero (Spa) Team Mälarenergi 32 Andre Aduson (Est) Estonia 33 Lars Petter Stormo (Nor) Norway - MTB 34 Per Martin Lund (Nor) Buskerud CK 35 Thomas Just (Den) Team Jylland 36 Robert Österling (Swe) Sweden 37 Trond Kristian Schweder (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 38 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Team Crescent 39 Fredrik Stormo (Nor) Norway - MTB 40 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 41 Martin Ford (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 42 Christian Einung Dahl (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 43 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone 44 Jarle Fredriksen (Nor) Bærum OCK 45 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 46 Brian Hillebrandt Larsen (Den) Team Jylland 47 Marius Nyhammer (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 48 Luit Blom (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 49 Mikko Vastaranta (Fin) Finland 50 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 1.20 51 Roy Sønsterud (Nor) Buskerud CK 52 Jens Peter Nielsen (Den) Team Jylland 1.59 53 Espen Jogert (Nor) Sandnes SK 54 Andrew Randell (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 55 Michael Laursen (Den) Kvickly Odder 2.04 56 Peter Glibstrup (Den) Kvickly Odder 57 Allan Oras (Est) Estonia 58 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) Nantes 44 3.57 59 Stian Remme (Nor) Fana IL 4.10 60 Maarten Nijland (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 61 Corne Castein (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 4.52 62 Bruno Nella (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 63 Myhre Christopher (Nor) Team Krone 5.04 64 Kert Väinsalk (Est) Estonia 65 Kenneth Randin (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 66 Alges Maasikmets (Est) Estonia 67 Stian Nørve (Nor) Stavanger SK 68 Stig Lunde (Nor) Stavanger SK 69 Börre Fjeld Halvorsen (Nor) Bærum OCK 5.25 70 Johan Nyman (Swe) Sweden 5.53 71 Johan Svensson (Swe) Sweden 72 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Sandnes SK 73 Jonas Rydberg (Swe) Kvickly Odder 74 Bill Nickson (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 75 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Sweden 76 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Nantes 44 77 Rafael Ballester (Spa) Team Mälarenergi 78 Håkon Austad (Nor) Team Krone 79 Kjetil Dyngeland (Nor) Stavanger SK 80 Björn Ivar Ekberg (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 9.29 81 Jørn Espen Bolstad (Nor) Norway - MTB 82 Heiko Sepp (Est) Estonia 83 Ola Thomas Berntsen (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 11.16 84 Truls Haugseth (Nor) Hasle-Lören - Mix 85 Ben Raby (USA) RCS Bioagrico 86 Fredrik Lofsgaard (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 87 Jens Sethzmann (Swe) Bærum OCK 88 Terje Tho (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 89 Johan Flodin (Swe) Sweden 90 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Nantes 44 91 Kevin Miller (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 92 Are Andresen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 93 Giuliano (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 94 Herve Arcade (Fra) Nantes 44 95 Kent Håkon Olsen (Nor) Stavanger SK 96 Greg Saw (Aus) Kongsberg If - Mix 97 Xander Moerman (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 98 Olli Hyytiäinen (Fin) Finland 99 Troels Halfeld Nielsen (Den) Team Jylland 100 Marc Alexander Mackay (NZl) RCS Bioagrico 101 Samuel Torres (Fra) Nantes 44 102 Stig Sverre Holmsen (Nor) Fana IL 103 Jeffrey Capper (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 104 Thomas Anderson (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 105 Josh Hall (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee 106 Andreas Molandsveen (Nor) Buskerud CK 107 Janno Aksin (Est) Estonia 108 Stian Andre Risberg (Nor) Buskerud CK 15.46 109 Håkan Nilsson (Swe) Kvickly Odder 110 Helge Haugstad (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 111 Idar B. Kvamme (Nor) Stavanger SK 112 Nils Einar Grutle (Nor) Fana IL 113 Mark Burton (GBr) RCS Bioagrico 114 Karsten Ellerup Nielsen (Den) Team Jylland 16.46 115 Arve Lyngstad (Nor) Bærum OCK 19.51 116 Tuomas Turunen (Fin) Finland 117 Espen Wagener (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 21.15 118 Henning Weaas (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 119 Kurt Haugen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 120 Aslak M Johansen (Nor) Eidsvoll SK 121 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam 122 Chris Spence (GBr) Team Wheelspincycles.Com 123 Bjørn Saksberg (Nor) Bærum OCK 124 Lars Ellingsen (Nor) Grenland SK - Mix 25.08 125 Mikkel Myrvold (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix 126 Paul Verkuylen (Aus) Buskerud CK DNF Jannik Petersen (Den) Team Jylland DNF Jeffrey Hollemans (Ned) Rietveld-WTC Wielerteam DNF Thomas Nesset Sundal (Nor) Sandnes SK DNF Raymond Gjæringen (Nor) Fana IL DNF Baekken Idar (Nor) Bærum OCK DNF Pål Bakke (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix DNF Marius Jørgensen (Nor) Kongsberg If - Mix DNF Dominique Rollin (Can) Sympatico - Jet Fuel Coffee DNS Eirik H. Helgesen (Nor) Fana IL
