As expected, Gustav Larsson took a comfortable victory.
1
Gustav Larsson
AGRITUBEL
49'59
2
Magnus Bäckstedt
CYCLING24 - HONDA
+ 39
3
Viktor Renäng
TEAM KONICA MINOLTA
+ 43
4
Johan Lindgren
UNE ORBITEL
+ 44
5
Petter Renäng
RADENSKA POWERBAR
+ 55
6
Thomas Lövkvist
SATURN
+ 1'08
7
Lucas Persson
UNIBET.COM ESPOIRS
+ 1'24
8
Fredrik Johansson
DESIGNA KØKKEN
+ 1'43
9
Christopher Stevenson
TEAM SWIAG TEKA
+ 1'49
10
Jonas Bjelkmark
DESIGNA KØKKEN
+ 1'50
11
Robert Österling
TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST
+ 1'56
12
Niklas Axelsson
BARLOWORLD
+ 2'02
13
Viktor Folkesson
MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY
+ 2'08
14
Kalle Sandell
MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY
+ 2'25
15
John Nilsson
AUBER 93
+ 2'31
16
Jonas Landström
LÍDER PRESTO
+ 2'36
17
Max Öste-Macdonald
TEAM NOTEBOOKSBILLIGER.DE
+ 2'41
18
Sebastian Balck
LIBERTY SEGUROS
+ 2'45
19
Stefan Adamsson
TOYOTA UNITED PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 2'58
20
Marcus Ljungqvist
Sweden
+ 3'22
21
Jan Gunnars
Sweden
+ 3'25
22
Mattias Westling
VIRGIN MEDIA PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 3'27
23
Jonas Holmkvist
NCH TEAM CUBE
+ 3'29
24
Michael Stevenson
TEAM SWIAG TEKA
+ 3'45
25
Jonas Ljungblad
Sweden
+ 3'50
26
Per-Ola Edenholm
TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST
+ 3'59
RR
The race will be on the Scandinavian Open Road Race circuit.
Sandell, Stevensson and Persson were in the day's breakaway.
Their lead went up but inevitably came down again. With 40km to go, they have a 2 minute lead and the peleton behind has split.
Lovkvist, Ljungblad, Ljungqvist and Osterling.
Thomas Lovkvist is the strongest of the 4, but will need to watch out for the two Swedish National team teammates of Ljungblad and Ljungqvist.
Osterling didnt last long but the other 3 set a strong pace, and within 10km, they had passed the breakaway. Lovkvist now set a tough tempo on one of the short hills to get rid of Ljungqvist.
A few kilometres later, Ljungblad suffered the same fate.
Thomas Lovkvist is unstoppable today, and takes victory.
Johan Lindgren takes 2nd, passing Ljungblad near the line. Ljungblad hangs on for 3rd, just ahead of Larsson. I dont know why Fredrik Johansson didnt sprint, because if he had, he would have taken 2nd for sure.
