23rd Internationale Thueringen-Rundfahrt

Germany, April 21-26, 1998


Prologue      Stage 1      Stage 2      Stage 3      Stage 4      Stage 5      Stage 6     

Teams

SC DHFK Leipzig (Ger)
Team Deutsche Telekom "Jan Ullrich" (Ger)
Team Gerolsteiner (Ger)
German Track Team (Ger)
Cycling Team Saeco Wetzikon (Swi) 
P&O Giant-Löwik Meubelen (Ned) 
RSC Cottbus (Ger)
Cycling Club Belshina Belarus (BSR)
Team Koestritzer (Ger)
RRV Midden-Limburg (Ned)
SV Team Thueringen (Ger)
RSG Wiesbaden (Ger)
Team Sigma Sport Bellheimer (Ger)
Team Bavarian Lions (Ger)
RV Henninger Sossenheim (Ger)
EC Bayer Worringen (Ger)
German Off-Road (Ger)
Peugeot-Team Berlin (Ger)
RSV Osterweddingen (Ger)

Prologue, Meiningen 2.1 kms:

 1. Renger Ypenburg (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik			2.59
 2. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik			2.59
 3. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Kösteritzer			3.01
 4. Anthony Theus (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik				3.02
 5. Thomas Liese (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				3.02

Stage 1, Meiningen - Hildburghausen, 176.5 kms:

 1. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik	             4.29.13
 2. Ralf Keller (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				1.14
 3. Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner			1.34
 4. Bernhard Stahl (Swi) Team Saeco Wetzikon
 5. Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Koestritzer

GC after Stage 1:

1. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik                    4.29.03
2. Ralf Keller (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				1.18
3. Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner			1.40

Stage 2, Hildburghausen - Arnstadt, 200 kms:

 1. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen	             5.16.57
 2. Enrico Poitsche (Ger) Team Koestritzer			0.02
 3. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				0.41
 4. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Seaco Wetzikon		0.47
 5. Beat Blum (Swi) Team Seaco Wetzikon
 ... 
12. Paul Van Schalen (Ned)					s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

 1. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik9.46'47"
 2. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen			0.47
 3. Enrico Poitsche (Ger) Team Koestritzer			0.53

Stage 3, Arnstadt - Mühlhausen, 172 kms:

 1. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Kösteritze                    4.27.56
 2. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik 
 3. Ralph Berner (Ger) Offroad Germany
 4. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig
 5. Thomas Liese (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig
 6. Enrico Poitsche (Ger) Team Koestritzer
 7. Pawel Kawetski (Belarus)
 8. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Saeco Wetzikon
 9. Bart Boom  (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik
10. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen

GC after Stage 3:

 1. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik                  14.14.31
 2. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen			0.59
 3. Enrico Poitsche (Ger) Team Koestritzer			1.05
 4. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Kösteritze			1.40
 5. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				1.46
 6. Bernhard Stahl (Sui) Team Seaco Wetzikon			1.50

Stage 4, Mühlhausen - Sondershausen, 143.5 kms:

 1. Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Köstritzer	             3.19.21
 2. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen
 3. Willi Koller (Ger) Regensburg
 4. Thomas Liese (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig
 5. Stan Marschinske (Ger) Team- Peugeot Berlin			s.t.
 6. Johannes Thiel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner			0.19
 7. Marco Wittwer (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig
 8. Lars Kreutz (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig
 9. Frank Ackermann (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
10. Bas Goossenes (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik				0.19

GC after Stage 4:

 1. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen                17.34.45
 2. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik			0.20
 3. Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Köstritzer			0.37
 4. Thomas Liese (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				0.57
 5. Enrico Poitsche (Ger) Team Koestritzer			1.25

Stage 5, Sondershausen - Possen, ITT 7.5 kms:

 1. Thomas Liese (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig 			       13.41
 2. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				0.23
 3. Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Köstritzer			0.26
 4. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen			0.33
 5. Ralph Berner (Ger) Offroad Germany				0.46
 6. Sven Kother (Ger) Osterweddingen				0.55
 7. Renger Ypenburg (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik			0.55
 8. Willi Koller (Ger) Regensburg				0.56
 9. Heiko Latocha (Ger) Osterweddingen				1.05
10. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Saeco Wetzikon		1.11

GC after Stage 5:

 1. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen                17.48.59
 2. Thomas Liese (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				0.24
 3. Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Köstritzer			0.30
 4. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik			1.06
 5. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				1.56

Stage 6, Sondershausen - Bad Salzungen, 164.5 kms:

 1. Mike Kluge (Ger/Berlin) Offroad Germany 	             4.12.56
 2. Ralph Berner (Ger) Offroad Germany 				s.t.
 3. Pawel Kawetski (Belarus)					0.33
 4. Bart Boom  (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik				
 5. Heiko Latocha (Ger) RSV Osterweddingen
 6. Marco Seidel (Ger) Germany Track-Team
 7. Christian Lorenz (Ger) RSGWiesbaden				0.43
 8. Bernhard Stahl (Swi) Team Seaco Wetzikon
 9. Willi Koller (Ger) Team Bavarian Lions			0.46
10. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				0.46

Final GC:

 1. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen                22.02.41
 2. Thomas Liese (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig				0.24
 3. Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Köstritzer			0.30
 4. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) P&O Giant-Löwik			1.06
 5. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig 			1.56
 6. Bart Boom  (Ned) P&O Giant Löwik				2.38
 7. Heiko Latocha (Ger) RSV Osterweddingen			2.45
 8. Alexander Aeschbach (Sui) Team Saeco Wetzikon		2.48
 9. Sven Kother (Ger) RSV Osterweddingen			2.48
10. Alexander Kuchynski (BLR) Club Belshina Belarus		3.24

Final Other Classifications:

Points:

 1. Ralph Berner (Ger) Offroad Germany			76 points
 2. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig			49
 3. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Byaer Worringen		36

Mountain:

 1. Ralph Berner (Ger) Offroad Germany			40 points
 2. Stan Marschinske (Ger) Peugeot-Team Berlin		18
 3. Johannes Thiel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 		17
 
Sprint:
 
 1. Jürgen Werner (Ger) SC DHfK Leipziug		14 points
 2. Marco Wittwer (Ger) SC DHfK Leipzig			10
 3. Sandro Schynol (Ger) RSC Cottbus			 9
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