Internationale Regio-Tour, Cat 2.3

Stage 1 - Europapark Rust (Ger) - Guebwiller (Fra), 162 kms
Stage 2 - Basel (Swi) - Müllheim (Ger), 163 kms
Stage 3a - Kehl (Ger) - Emmendingen (Ger), 122 kms
Stage 3b - Emmendingen (Ger), ITT 14 kms
Stage 4 - Lörrach - Wehr, 166 kms
Stage 5 - Circuit Vogtsburg-Kaiserstuhl, 16 km laps for 162 kms.

Brief:

The Internationale Regio-Tour involves three countrie: Germany, Switzerland, and France. It is a category 2.3 event and is expected to attract some top riders. The Festina riders who were expelled from the Tour de France are expected to ride.

Teams

Agro Adler Brandenburg (Ger)
Amore e Vita (Ita) with Glenn Magnusson
BDR-Team (Under 23) (Ger)
Brescialat (Ita) with Mariano Piccoli
Crédit Agricole (Fra) ex-GAN
Festina Lotus (And) with Marcel Wüst, André Korff, Virenque (?)
La Francaise des Jeux (Fra)
Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne (Fra)
Regio-Mix (Ger, Fra and Swi) 
Riso Scotti (Ita)
Ros Mary (Ita) with Claudio Chiappucci
Saeco-Cannondale (Ita)
Team Mróz (Pol)
Team Polti (Ita)
Telekom-ARD (Ger) Dirk Baldinger
Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx (Bel)

Past Winners

1985	Uli Rottler (Ger) Schüller-Derby Berlin
1986	Flavio Vanzella (Ita) Amateur
1987	Mario Cipollini (Ita) Amateur
1988	Wjatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Amateur
1989	Falk Boden (GDR) Amateur
1990	Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Amateur
1991	Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Nordrhein-Westfalen
1992	Dainis Ozols (Lat) Amateur
1993	Pascal Hervé (Fra) Amateur

1994:

 1. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Castorama	    23.58.58
 2. Johnson (Nor) Amateur			3.33
 3. Christophe Mengin (Fra) Amateur		4.33

1995

 1. Roberto Pistore (Ita) Team Polti	    20.12.32
 2. Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita) Team Polti	1.36
 3. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Schauff			2.16

1996:

 1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom		    22.02.00
 2. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom			2.09
 3. Pjotr Ugrumow (Rus) Roslotto		3.20

1997:

 1. Vjatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Roslotto    18.00.00
 2. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank		0.13
 3. Roland Meier (Swi) Post Swiss Team		0.18

Green Jersey:

1989	Konstantin Bankinn (Rus) Amateur
1990	Alexander Shefer (Kaz) Amateur
1991	Roger Schaer (Swi) Team Basel
1992	Thomas Fleischer (Ger) Team NRW
1993	Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Amateur
1994	Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Castorama
1995	Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita) Team Polti
1996	Youri Sourkov (Rus) Roslotto
1997	Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom

Points Jersey:

1989	Olaf Ludwig (GDR) Amateur
1990	Alexandrer Shefer (Kaz) Amateur
1991	Erik Dekker (Ned) Amateur
1992	Rainer Beckersen (Ger) Amateur
1993	Andrej Kivilev (Kaz) Amateur
1994	Henrik Jacobsen (Den) Amateur
1995	Robbie McEwen (Aus) Amateur
1996	Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom
1997	Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom

Best Team:

1989	Team GDR - Amateur
1990	Team Russia - Amateur
1991	Team France - Amateur
1992	Team Germany - Amateur
1993	Team Kasachstan - Amateur
1994	Castorama
1995	Germany I
1996	Telekom
1997	Rabobank
 
Combi Jersey:

1991	Andre Wernli (Swi) Amateur
1992	Thomas Fleischer (Ger) Amateur
1993	Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Amateur
1994	Arvis Piziks (Lat) Amateur
1995	Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita) Team Polti
1996	Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Scrigno-Blue Storm
1997	Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom

Best young Rider:

1995	Mirco Celestino (Ita) National Italian Team
1996	Mirco Celestino (Ita) Team Polti
1997	Laurent Lefévre (Fra) Festina