SEARCH ON THIS SITE: Type a word and submit(please do not use capitals) 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster - 29.05.2011 - Bech Report: Impressive Cohnen Stefan Cohnen simply overflew the 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster. While he was part of the decisive break from the start, the Dutch native with German license from the Luxemburgish Team of Differdange moved into the sole lead with 50 kilometres to go, nothing less than that. This fantastic rouleur has never ceased to put distance between himself and his chasers and finally won more than three minutes ahead of teammate Christian Poos, who was already third last year. On a day with very nice weather, although a little bit windy, 59 riders lined up at the start of the Grand-prix OST-Fenster 2011, the 24th edition, Nice weather for the 24th GP OST-Fenster with one question in mind: how to handle the supremacy of the riders from Differdange, who usually dominate Luxemburg's races and were present in Bech with five of their top riders. No doubt that the answer was to choose a rather conservative tactic because the begin of the race was rather calm. It was a complete pack that crossed the finish line after the first lap, but the attacks began shortly after that and the peloton was inevitably and completely stretched out. The first dropped riders were already trying to limit the damage, near the climb of Berbourg, when four riders passed on the attack: Olivier Laterza, Boris Dron and Sascha Weber were followed by Enzo Mezzapesa, but the peloton did not let them ride away for long. Like so many times, it was Christian Poos who caused a real selection. Accustomed to ride in an offensive way, he attacked a little further in the second round, taking with him his collegue Stefan Cohnen, his former teammate Tjarco Cuppens, now a member of the Dutch team Geox-Fuji as well as Benn Wurth (LC Kayl) and Daniel Bintz (LC Tétange). They were strong riders, of course, and the bunch immediately reacted: Five leaders Five more competitors broke away in the third loop to chase the leading men: Ivo Lux and Tom Flammang, the two riders from Bertrange, Belgian Boris Dron from Lotto VC Ardennes, Dutchman Robert Berk of RWC Ahoy and Weber, yet another man of Differdange. The difference was not huge, about twenty seconds at most, and cyclo-cross specialist Sascha Weber tried to bridge up alone in the third lap, but without success. Behind them, more riders went on the attack, more from team Differdange: Morten Knudsen, who won the Grand Prix François Faber down in 2006, was there with teammate Alex Meenhorst, winner of a stage at the Tour d'Alsace last year, as well as Claude Wolter and the indestructible Pascal Triebel. In the peloton, riders from LC Kayl and Schwalbe Trier were mainly leading and tried to limit the damage, but the deficit on the head of the race was already of a minute and a half. At the front of the race, the two groups of five showed a fine poursuit match during two laps, with the gap oscillating between 20 and 30 seconds, but the chasers did not manage to bridge up. Five chasers Instead, the group with Triebel approached increasingly to them while Flammang was dropped, making their mission extremely complex. Ahead of them, the tandem roller Poos Cohnen put the hammer down: both of them are in good shape. Poos has recently won in Bech and showed extremely competitive in the Tour de Rhone-Alpes Isère, while Cohnen had taken the flowers in Dippach, early this season, and finished seventh in Rund um Düren, last month. Bintz and Wurth held on to the two riders as well as they could while Cuppens was trying to find the right tactics, given the omnipotence of Differdange. During the seventh lap, there has been a partial regroupement of the two groups behind them: they were eight now to chase in vain behind the front men with Meenhorst, Knudsen and Weber (Differdange) associated to Triebel (Tétange), Berk ( RWC Ahoy) Dron (Lotto VC Ardennes), Lux (Bertrange) and Wolter (Kayl). But the gap Stefan Cohnen alone in th lead was larger than a minute and a half now, while the first part of the peloton was already more than three minutes back. Most of the followers now thought that the positions would remain the same until nearly the end, where the final lap would decide over the win, but it was not counting with the good legs Stefan Cohnen. The pace was fast already, but the Dutchman still wanted more speed. Taking advantage of a small hill, Cohnen took the lead of the race and quickly had a few seconds advantage on the other four. Poos stood back, of course, Wurth, Bintz and Cuppens led the chase, but Cohnen was unleashed and in less than one lap, he put a whole kilometre between himself and his former breakaway companions. In the tenth round, 20 kilometers after his attack, Cohnen had an impressive two and a half minutes advantage on his four immediate, so to speak, followers and almost four minutes on the next group. Morten Knudsen, Alex Meenhorst, Pascal Triebel and Ivo Lux had indeed led their companions behind, while Boris Dron struggled alone in the middle of the fields to hang up with them and Weber, Berk and Podium: Poos, Cohnen, Wurth Wolter fell back into the peloton, more then five minutes behind the leader. It became increasingly clear that the leading man was going for the victory, as the winner of the last stage of the 2010 Flèche du Sud was pedaling with ease in front of the race and the gap continued to grow. Stefan Cohnen finally won the 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster, after a solo ride of nearly fifty kilometres and three minutes and 23 seconds ahead of his teammate Christian Poos. The third of last year had no trouble in the last lap to get rid of his breakaway companions and take second place. One by one, the riders came to the finish line at the end of the tough and selective race, Ben Wurth also having dropped Cuppens with cramps and and an exhausted Daniel Bintz. The New Zealanders Alex Meenhorst was the strongest among the chasers and he took sixth place at the finish, ahead of a surprising Ivo Lux. Among the most active in the bunch, the former professional Enzo Mezzapesa ranked twelfth and best of the Masters category, just ahead of Jacques Dahm who has won the sprint of the main bunch, more than 7 minutes behind a very impressive winner, Stefan Cohnen. It was Christian Poos, who won for the second consecutive year the Marcel Niederweis remembrance challenge of best Luxemburgish rider. Grand-prix Ostfenster 2011 >>
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24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster - 29.05.2011 - Bech
Report:
Impressive Cohnen
Stefan Cohnen simply overflew the 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster. While he was part of the decisive break from the start, the Dutch native with German license from the Luxemburgish Team of Differdange moved into the sole lead with 50 kilometres to go, nothing less than that. This fantastic rouleur has never ceased to put distance between himself and his chasers and finally won more than three minutes ahead of teammate Christian Poos, who was already third last year.
On a day with very nice weather, although a little bit windy, 59 riders lined up at the start of the Grand-prix OST-Fenster 2011, the 24th edition, Nice weather for the 24th GP OST-Fenster with one question in mind: how to handle the supremacy of the riders from Differdange, who usually dominate Luxemburg's races and were present in Bech with five of their top riders. No doubt that the answer was to choose a rather conservative tactic because the begin of the race was rather calm. It was a complete pack that crossed the finish line after the first lap, but the attacks began shortly after that and the peloton was inevitably and completely stretched out. The first dropped riders were already trying to limit the damage, near the climb of Berbourg, when four riders passed on the attack: Olivier Laterza, Boris Dron and Sascha Weber were followed by Enzo Mezzapesa, but the peloton did not let them ride away for long. Like so many times, it was Christian Poos who caused a real selection. Accustomed to ride in an offensive way, he attacked a little further in the second round, taking with him his collegue Stefan Cohnen, his former teammate Tjarco Cuppens, now a member of the Dutch team Geox-Fuji as well as Benn Wurth (LC Kayl) and Daniel Bintz (LC Tétange). They were strong riders, of course, and the bunch immediately reacted: Five leaders Five more competitors broke away in the third loop to chase the leading men: Ivo Lux and Tom Flammang, the two riders from Bertrange, Belgian Boris Dron from Lotto VC Ardennes, Dutchman Robert Berk of RWC Ahoy and Weber, yet another man of Differdange. The difference was not huge, about twenty seconds at most, and cyclo-cross specialist Sascha Weber tried to bridge up alone in the third lap, but without success. Behind them, more riders went on the attack, more from team Differdange: Morten Knudsen, who won the Grand Prix François Faber down in 2006, was there with teammate Alex Meenhorst, winner of a stage at the Tour d'Alsace last year, as well as Claude Wolter and the indestructible Pascal Triebel. In the peloton, riders from LC Kayl and Schwalbe Trier were mainly leading and tried to limit the damage, but the deficit on the head of the race was already of a minute and a half. At the front of the race, the two groups of five showed a fine poursuit match during two laps, with the gap oscillating between 20 and 30 seconds, but the chasers did not manage to bridge up. Five chasers Instead, the group with Triebel approached increasingly to them while Flammang was dropped, making their mission extremely complex. Ahead of them, the tandem roller Poos Cohnen put the hammer down: both of them are in good shape. Poos has recently won in Bech and showed extremely competitive in the Tour de Rhone-Alpes Isère, while Cohnen had taken the flowers in Dippach, early this season, and finished seventh in Rund um Düren, last month. Bintz and Wurth held on to the two riders as well as they could while Cuppens was trying to find the right tactics, given the omnipotence of Differdange. During the seventh lap, there has been a partial regroupement of the two groups behind them: they were eight now to chase in vain behind the front men with Meenhorst, Knudsen and Weber (Differdange) associated to Triebel (Tétange), Berk ( RWC Ahoy) Dron (Lotto VC Ardennes), Lux (Bertrange) and Wolter (Kayl). But the gap Stefan Cohnen alone in th lead was larger than a minute and a half now, while the first part of the peloton was already more than three minutes back. Most of the followers now thought that the positions would remain the same until nearly the end, where the final lap would decide over the win, but it was not counting with the good legs Stefan Cohnen. The pace was fast already, but the Dutchman still wanted more speed. Taking advantage of a small hill, Cohnen took the lead of the race and quickly had a few seconds advantage on the other four. Poos stood back, of course, Wurth, Bintz and Cuppens led the chase, but Cohnen was unleashed and in less than one lap, he put a whole kilometre between himself and his former breakaway companions. In the tenth round, 20 kilometers after his attack, Cohnen had an impressive two and a half minutes advantage on his four immediate, so to speak, followers and almost four minutes on the next group. Morten Knudsen, Alex Meenhorst, Pascal Triebel and Ivo Lux had indeed led their companions behind, while Boris Dron struggled alone in the middle of the fields to hang up with them and Weber, Berk and Podium: Poos, Cohnen, Wurth Wolter fell back into the peloton, more then five minutes behind the leader. It became increasingly clear that the leading man was going for the victory, as the winner of the last stage of the 2010 Flèche du Sud was pedaling with ease in front of the race and the gap continued to grow. Stefan Cohnen finally won the 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster, after a solo ride of nearly fifty kilometres and three minutes and 23 seconds ahead of his teammate Christian Poos. The third of last year had no trouble in the last lap to get rid of his breakaway companions and take second place. One by one, the riders came to the finish line at the end of the tough and selective race, Ben Wurth also having dropped Cuppens with cramps and and an exhausted Daniel Bintz. The New Zealanders Alex Meenhorst was the strongest among the chasers and he took sixth place at the finish, ahead of a surprising Ivo Lux. Among the most active in the bunch, the former professional Enzo Mezzapesa ranked twelfth and best of the Masters category, just ahead of Jacques Dahm who has won the sprint of the main bunch, more than 7 minutes behind a very impressive winner, Stefan Cohnen. It was Christian Poos, who won for the second consecutive year the Marcel Niederweis remembrance challenge of best Luxemburgish rider. Grand-prix Ostfenster 2011 >>
Nice weather for the 24th GP OST-Fenster
Like so many times, it was Christian Poos who caused a real selection. Accustomed to ride in an offensive way, he attacked a little further in the second round, taking with him his collegue Stefan Cohnen, his former teammate Tjarco Cuppens, now a member of the Dutch team Geox-Fuji as well as Benn Wurth (LC Kayl) and Daniel Bintz (LC Tétange). They were strong riders, of course, and the bunch immediately reacted: Five leaders Five more competitors broke away in the third loop to chase the leading men: Ivo Lux and Tom Flammang, the two riders from Bertrange, Belgian Boris Dron from Lotto VC Ardennes, Dutchman Robert Berk of RWC Ahoy and Weber, yet another man of Differdange. The difference was not huge, about twenty seconds at most, and cyclo-cross specialist Sascha Weber tried to bridge up alone in the third lap, but without success. Behind them, more riders went on the attack, more from team Differdange: Morten Knudsen, who won the Grand Prix François Faber down in 2006, was there with teammate Alex Meenhorst, winner of a stage at the Tour d'Alsace last year, as well as Claude Wolter and the indestructible Pascal Triebel. In the peloton, riders from LC Kayl and Schwalbe Trier were mainly leading and tried to limit the damage, but the deficit on the head of the race was already of a minute and a half. At the front of the race, the two groups of five showed a fine poursuit match during two laps, with the gap oscillating between 20 and 30 seconds, but the chasers did not manage to bridge up. Five chasers Instead, the group with Triebel approached increasingly to them while Flammang was dropped, making their mission extremely complex. Ahead of them, the tandem roller Poos Cohnen put the hammer down: both of them are in good shape. Poos has recently won in Bech and showed extremely competitive in the Tour de Rhone-Alpes Isère, while Cohnen had taken the flowers in Dippach, early this season, and finished seventh in Rund um Düren, last month. Bintz and Wurth held on to the two riders as well as they could while Cuppens was trying to find the right tactics, given the omnipotence of Differdange. During the seventh lap, there has been a partial regroupement of the two groups behind them: they were eight now to chase in vain behind the front men with Meenhorst, Knudsen and Weber (Differdange) associated to Triebel (Tétange), Berk ( RWC Ahoy) Dron (Lotto VC Ardennes), Lux (Bertrange) and Wolter (Kayl). But the gap Stefan Cohnen alone in th lead was larger than a minute and a half now, while the first part of the peloton was already more than three minutes back. Most of the followers now thought that the positions would remain the same until nearly the end, where the final lap would decide over the win, but it was not counting with the good legs Stefan Cohnen. The pace was fast already, but the Dutchman still wanted more speed. Taking advantage of a small hill, Cohnen took the lead of the race and quickly had a few seconds advantage on the other four. Poos stood back, of course, Wurth, Bintz and Cuppens led the chase, but Cohnen was unleashed and in less than one lap, he put a whole kilometre between himself and his former breakaway companions. In the tenth round, 20 kilometers after his attack, Cohnen had an impressive two and a half minutes advantage on his four immediate, so to speak, followers and almost four minutes on the next group. Morten Knudsen, Alex Meenhorst, Pascal Triebel and Ivo Lux had indeed led their companions behind, while Boris Dron struggled alone in the middle of the fields to hang up with them and Weber, Berk and Podium: Poos, Cohnen, Wurth Wolter fell back into the peloton, more then five minutes behind the leader. It became increasingly clear that the leading man was going for the victory, as the winner of the last stage of the 2010 Flèche du Sud was pedaling with ease in front of the race and the gap continued to grow. Stefan Cohnen finally won the 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster, after a solo ride of nearly fifty kilometres and three minutes and 23 seconds ahead of his teammate Christian Poos. The third of last year had no trouble in the last lap to get rid of his breakaway companions and take second place. One by one, the riders came to the finish line at the end of the tough and selective race, Ben Wurth also having dropped Cuppens with cramps and and an exhausted Daniel Bintz. The New Zealanders Alex Meenhorst was the strongest among the chasers and he took sixth place at the finish, ahead of a surprising Ivo Lux. Among the most active in the bunch, the former professional Enzo Mezzapesa ranked twelfth and best of the Masters category, just ahead of Jacques Dahm who has won the sprint of the main bunch, more than 7 minutes behind a very impressive winner, Stefan Cohnen. It was Christian Poos, who won for the second consecutive year the Marcel Niederweis remembrance challenge of best Luxemburgish rider. Grand-prix Ostfenster 2011 >>
Five leaders
At the front of the race, the two groups of five showed a fine poursuit match during two laps, with the gap oscillating between 20 and 30 seconds, but the chasers did not manage to bridge up. Five chasers Instead, the group with Triebel approached increasingly to them while Flammang was dropped, making their mission extremely complex. Ahead of them, the tandem roller Poos Cohnen put the hammer down: both of them are in good shape. Poos has recently won in Bech and showed extremely competitive in the Tour de Rhone-Alpes Isère, while Cohnen had taken the flowers in Dippach, early this season, and finished seventh in Rund um Düren, last month. Bintz and Wurth held on to the two riders as well as they could while Cuppens was trying to find the right tactics, given the omnipotence of Differdange. During the seventh lap, there has been a partial regroupement of the two groups behind them: they were eight now to chase in vain behind the front men with Meenhorst, Knudsen and Weber (Differdange) associated to Triebel (Tétange), Berk ( RWC Ahoy) Dron (Lotto VC Ardennes), Lux (Bertrange) and Wolter (Kayl). But the gap Stefan Cohnen alone in th lead was larger than a minute and a half now, while the first part of the peloton was already more than three minutes back. Most of the followers now thought that the positions would remain the same until nearly the end, where the final lap would decide over the win, but it was not counting with the good legs Stefan Cohnen. The pace was fast already, but the Dutchman still wanted more speed. Taking advantage of a small hill, Cohnen took the lead of the race and quickly had a few seconds advantage on the other four. Poos stood back, of course, Wurth, Bintz and Cuppens led the chase, but Cohnen was unleashed and in less than one lap, he put a whole kilometre between himself and his former breakaway companions. In the tenth round, 20 kilometers after his attack, Cohnen had an impressive two and a half minutes advantage on his four immediate, so to speak, followers and almost four minutes on the next group. Morten Knudsen, Alex Meenhorst, Pascal Triebel and Ivo Lux had indeed led their companions behind, while Boris Dron struggled alone in the middle of the fields to hang up with them and Weber, Berk and Podium: Poos, Cohnen, Wurth Wolter fell back into the peloton, more then five minutes behind the leader. It became increasingly clear that the leading man was going for the victory, as the winner of the last stage of the 2010 Flèche du Sud was pedaling with ease in front of the race and the gap continued to grow. Stefan Cohnen finally won the 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster, after a solo ride of nearly fifty kilometres and three minutes and 23 seconds ahead of his teammate Christian Poos. The third of last year had no trouble in the last lap to get rid of his breakaway companions and take second place. One by one, the riders came to the finish line at the end of the tough and selective race, Ben Wurth also having dropped Cuppens with cramps and and an exhausted Daniel Bintz. The New Zealanders Alex Meenhorst was the strongest among the chasers and he took sixth place at the finish, ahead of a surprising Ivo Lux. Among the most active in the bunch, the former professional Enzo Mezzapesa ranked twelfth and best of the Masters category, just ahead of Jacques Dahm who has won the sprint of the main bunch, more than 7 minutes behind a very impressive winner, Stefan Cohnen. It was Christian Poos, who won for the second consecutive year the Marcel Niederweis remembrance challenge of best Luxemburgish rider. Grand-prix Ostfenster 2011 >>
Five chasers
Stefan Cohnen alone in th lead
Most of the followers now thought that the positions would remain the same until nearly the end, where the final lap would decide over the win, but it was not counting with the good legs Stefan Cohnen. The pace was fast already, but the Dutchman still wanted more speed. Taking advantage of a small hill, Cohnen took the lead of the race and quickly had a few seconds advantage on the other four. Poos stood back, of course, Wurth, Bintz and Cuppens led the chase, but Cohnen was unleashed and in less than one lap, he put a whole kilometre between himself and his former breakaway companions. In the tenth round, 20 kilometers after his attack, Cohnen had an impressive two and a half minutes advantage on his four immediate, so to speak, followers and almost four minutes on the next group. Morten Knudsen, Alex Meenhorst, Pascal Triebel and Ivo Lux had indeed led their companions behind, while Boris Dron struggled alone in the middle of the fields to hang up with them and Weber, Berk and Podium: Poos, Cohnen, Wurth Wolter fell back into the peloton, more then five minutes behind the leader. It became increasingly clear that the leading man was going for the victory, as the winner of the last stage of the 2010 Flèche du Sud was pedaling with ease in front of the race and the gap continued to grow. Stefan Cohnen finally won the 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster, after a solo ride of nearly fifty kilometres and three minutes and 23 seconds ahead of his teammate Christian Poos. The third of last year had no trouble in the last lap to get rid of his breakaway companions and take second place. One by one, the riders came to the finish line at the end of the tough and selective race, Ben Wurth also having dropped Cuppens with cramps and and an exhausted Daniel Bintz. The New Zealanders Alex Meenhorst was the strongest among the chasers and he took sixth place at the finish, ahead of a surprising Ivo Lux. Among the most active in the bunch, the former professional Enzo Mezzapesa ranked twelfth and best of the Masters category, just ahead of Jacques Dahm who has won the sprint of the main bunch, more than 7 minutes behind a very impressive winner, Stefan Cohnen. It was Christian Poos, who won for the second consecutive year the Marcel Niederweis remembrance challenge of best Luxemburgish rider. Grand-prix Ostfenster 2011 >>
Podium: Poos, Cohnen, Wurth
It became increasingly clear that the leading man was going for the victory, as the winner of the last stage of the 2010 Flèche du Sud was pedaling with ease in front of the race and the gap continued to grow. Stefan Cohnen finally won the 24th Grand-prix OST-Fenster, after a solo ride of nearly fifty kilometres and three minutes and 23 seconds ahead of his teammate Christian Poos. The third of last year had no trouble in the last lap to get rid of his breakaway companions and take second place. One by one, the riders came to the finish line at the end of the tough and selective race, Ben Wurth also having dropped Cuppens with cramps and and an exhausted Daniel Bintz. The New Zealanders Alex Meenhorst was the strongest among the chasers and he took sixth place at the finish, ahead of a surprising Ivo Lux. Among the most active in the bunch, the former professional Enzo Mezzapesa ranked twelfth and best of the Masters category, just ahead of Jacques Dahm who has won the sprint of the main bunch, more than 7 minutes behind a very impressive winner, Stefan Cohnen. It was Christian Poos, who won for the second consecutive year the Marcel Niederweis remembrance challenge of best Luxemburgish rider. Grand-prix Ostfenster 2011 >>
Grand-prix Ostfenster 2011 >>
