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Ster Elektrotoer 2008: Gasparotto Wins Queen Stage And Grabs Yellow Jersey

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19.06.2008/ With an impressive performance, Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) won the third stage of the Ster Elektrotoer (Netherlands), from Verviers - La Gileppe over 192 kilometres. Gasparotto beat his fellow escapee Vasily Kiryienka (Tinkoff) in the duo sprint above the short ascent of La Gileppe, and took his second seasonal victory. Cycle Collstrop's Matthe Pronk finished third, preceded the main bunch by a few seconds. Gasparotto is now leading the overall as well, replacing Columbia's Tony Martin at the top of the standing.

© Ster Elektrotoer
Enrico gasparotto took the stage and the yellow jersey. (© Ster Elektrotoer)

Gasparotto felt incredibly good today, and discovered his cards by attacking with 15 kilometres to go, soon joined by Belarussian Kiryenka, Pronk, and Goesinnen, but only Gasparotto and Kiryenka managed to dispute the final sprint, where the Team Barloworld's rider grabbed his victory, clearly faster as Kiryenka. 

Gasparotto escape was helped by the rain in last kilometres. Sports director Alberto Volpi said: "Enrico was outstanding today: after a third place yesterday, today he has taken the stage win and the lead. Of course his escape was helped by the rain falling down in the last kilometre, as he and Kiryienka managed to maintain a 10 second's lead over the rest of the main group. By the way, fortune favours the braves!"

Gasparotto's win of course brought optimism in Claudio Corti 's team, especially with the Tour de France in mind: after Robert Hunter 's win in the CTT Correios, another success can do nothing but boost the athletes' morale up. And, just before the start of La Grande Boucle, Gasparotto will have a chance to be a protagonist of the next Italian National Championship, as surely he would like to be in the exclusive club of two-time winners.

Tomorrow the Ster Elektrotoer will continue with the fourth stage with start and finish in Nuth.  The stage has an altitude profile that surely does not fit sprinters: in fact, the riders will face several climbs, not so long but pretty steep over the 192 kilometres long stage.

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Results Ster Elektrotoer 2008
 
Stage 3
 
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                       4.51.39 (39.561 km/h)
2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems               0.02
3 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                          0.19
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                               0.22
5 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                    
6 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner             
7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
8 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                      
9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                       
10 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                     
11 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                               
12 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                             
13 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
14 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                         
15 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
16 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                            
17 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                           
18 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                
19 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner             
20 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        
21 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   
22 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       
23 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                  
24 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
25 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
26 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                       0.27
27 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                    
28 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                      
29 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale                      
30 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
31 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof              
32 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                
33 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
34 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                  
35 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                   
36 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                  
37 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
38 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                         
39 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                  0.32
40 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        
41 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus                    
42 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
43 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                   
44 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                
45 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC                                  
46 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner         
47 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                 
48 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner       
49 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                         0.45
50 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                            
51 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels               
52 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        
53 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                         
54 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 
55 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                            
56 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner               
57 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                         
58 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   0.52
59 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.02
60 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
61 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               1.10
62 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                            1.13
63 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                     
64 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                  1.26
65 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         
66 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                         
67 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                           
68 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                   
69 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team             1.40
70 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                        2.07
71 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                             
72 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                            
73 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                   2.20
74 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                
75 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                  2.22
76 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                           2.45
77 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof               3.09
78 Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                    
79 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                      
80 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                  
81 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                    
82 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                  
83 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                            
84 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                 
85 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                               3.22
86 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                               3.46
87 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             4.06
88 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        4.31
89 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                        6.26
90 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                              
91 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                    
92 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                    6.32
93 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems              7.15
94 Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                     7.17
95 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     
96 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                  9.34
97 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                    
98 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner          10.36
99 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner            
100 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                         11.24
101 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                      12.14
102 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                   13.14
103 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team           
104 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop                       
105 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
106 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                             
107 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                       
108 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road                          
109 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                
110 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                 
111 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                               
112 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
113 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   
114 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                      
115 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
116 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                             
117 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                
118 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner          
119 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof              
120 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                              
121 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                              15.30
122 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                 
123 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   
124 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                 
125 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                 
126 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC                                
127 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                              
128 Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                  
129 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                            
130 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                        
131 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                 
132 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team            
133 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                      
134 Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                         
135 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                         
DNF Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                  
DNF René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                
DNF Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
DNF Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                 
DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    
DNF Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                 
DNF Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             
DNF Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 
DNF Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                    
DNF Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team            
DNF Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team           
DNS Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto
 
General Classification after stage 3

1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                       9.20.21
2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems               0.17
3 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                   0.32
4 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                    
5 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
6 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         0.40
7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        0.41
8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                  
9 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                             0.44
10 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 0.46
11 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                         0.47
12 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                  0.50
13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                      
14 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                    0.52
15 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                        0.53
16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                0.55
17 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                     0.56
18 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner         0.57
19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                               0.58
20 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                          
21 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                               0.59
22 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                         
23 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                 1.00
24 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.01
25 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner          1.02
26 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                            
27 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                      1.03
28 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof             1.04
29 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
30 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                     1.05
31 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus                 1.07
32 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                   1.08
33 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                          1.10
34 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 1.11
35 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof              1.12
36 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               1.13
37 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 
38 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof           1.14
39 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner         
40 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   1.15
41 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale                   1.16
42 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     1.18
43 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                         
44 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             1.20
45 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
46 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                         1.24
47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                      1.25
48 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner    1.27
49 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC                               1.29
50 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         1.31
51 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                         1.32
52 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                  1.34
53 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                1.40
54 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       1.42
55 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       1.43
56 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                1.49
57 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner            1.55
58 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels            1.58
59 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               2.04
60 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           2.11
61 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                            2.13
62 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                        2.22
63 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             2.33
64 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team             2.41
65 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                  2.50
66 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                         2.52
67 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                             
68 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                  2.57
69 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                         3.06
70 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                           3.07
71 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                  3.30
72 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                        3.31
73 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      3.45
74 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                      
75 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                      3.47
76 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                         3.49
77 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels               3.54
78 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                   4.06
79 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop               4.08
80 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                               4.11
81 Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                 4.12
82 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                 4.27
83 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             4.30
84 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof               4.49
85 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                               4.57
86 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                             5.31
87 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        5.55
88 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team              6.15
89 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                           6.51
90 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                        7.02
91 Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                     7.59
92 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  8.17
93 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems              8.29
94 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                 8.41
95 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                    8.47
96 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                 10.07
97 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                10.20
98 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                          11.26
99 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner        12.04
100 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                   14.11
101 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road                      14.12
102 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                          14.21
103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                      14.37
104 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                         14.38
105 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       14.43
106 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                             14.45
107 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                  14.58
108 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               15.06
109 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team       15.24
110 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems            15.28
111 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop                       
112 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                   15.31
113 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                             15.40
114 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           15.42
115 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                           15.48
116 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                              15.58
117 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC                            16.19
118 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                             16.26
119 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner         17.04
120 Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team              17.09
121 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano               17.32
122 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof            18.06
123 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                     19.08
124 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner      20.07
125 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team        22.09
126 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                        
127 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                         23.03
128 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof          23.04
129 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           23.22
130 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels             25.29
131 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                  25.30
132 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                          25.39
133 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                 
134 Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                         
135 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                        25.51

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