37th Rund um den Henninger Turm/GP Frankfurt, Cat 1.2

Germany, May 1, 1998


Brief

Italian Fabio Baldato won the GP Frankfurt but the event was highlighted by the return to some sort of racing condition by 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich.

Baldato, 29 years, won a closely contested sprint (half a tyre) from the Danish National Champion Nicolay Bo Larsen. Another Italian, Stefano Garzelli, took third place in a group of 8 riders who were 7 seconds ahead of the first peloton.

Ullrich, who is noticably thinner was cheered throughout the 37e edition of this race by by more than one million fans and said he was satisfied with his performance (49th). He said: "My form is not yet good enough to say I am happy. But I am now well on the way to be ready for the Tour." The tour is now only 72 days away.

His teammate from Telekom seemed set to perform well after being in a long breakaway of four riders (with Den Bakker, Huser and Garzelli). An earlier break by the French rider Laurent Madouas was not successful. The quartet entered on the final circuit (3 laps of 5 km) with 28 seconds on the chasing group. But it was caught in a strong counter-attack in the last kilometer by Boogerd, Conte, Baldato, Bo Larsen.

"It helped me a little bit when Den Bakker attacked in the last kilometer, because the others waited until I made the effort. Then Bo Larsen gave me the sit." said the Vénétien from the Riso Scotti team. Baldato is now back in form and hopes to build on his two Tour de France stage victories (Lannion in 1995, Paris Champs-Elysées in 1996).

Ziel, 206 kms:

  1. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti                         5.00.14
  2. Nicolaij Bo Larsen (Den) TVM TVM-Farm Frites 
  3. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 
  4. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 
  5. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 
  6. Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Post Swiss 
  7. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 
  8. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 					s.t.			
  9. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                   		0.07
 10. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 
 11. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Team Post Swiss 
 12. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites 
 13. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Gerolsteiner 
 14. Andreas Klier (Ger) Nürnberger 
 15. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina 
 16. Wjatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 
 17. Alain Turicchina (Ita) Asics 
 18. Patrick Vetsch (Swi) Team Post Swiss 
 19. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 
 20. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg
 21. Martin Van Steen (Ned) Nürnberger
 22. Rosano Prassi(Ita) Polti
 23. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne
 24. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto
 25. Marco Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 26. Andrea Noe (Ita) Asics
 27. Nicola Minali(Ita) Riso Scotti
 28. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) La Francaise des Jeux
 29. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
 30. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Team Post Swiss
 31. Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Polti
 32. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service
 33. Kurt Vandewouwer (Bel) Lotto
 34. Christophe Mengin(Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
 35. Dimitri Konischev(Rus) Mercatone Uno
 36. David Tani (Ita) Asics
 37. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 38. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti
 39. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina
 40. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites
 41. Massimo Codol(Ita) Mapei
 42. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
 43. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Team Post Swiss
 44. Patrice Halgand(Fra) Festina
 45. Daniel Schnieder (Swi) Team Post Swiss
 46. Rolf Sörensen(Den) Rabobank
 47. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom
 48. Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Brescialat
 49. Jan Ullrich(Ger) Telekom
 50. Didier Rous(Fra) Festina
 51. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 52. Steve Dewolf (Bel) Lotto
 53. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Asics
 54. Evgeni Berzin(Rus) La Francaise des Jeux
 55. Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne
 56. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom					0.07
 57. Bjarne Riis(Ger) Telekom 					0.31
 58. Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites				0.50
 59. Stig Guldbäk (Den) Acceptcard				1.20
 60. Andrea Brognara(Ita) Riso Scotti 				1.31
 61. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) Riso Scotti 			1.31
 62. Jens Zemke (Ger) Nürnberger				2.02
 63. Christian Charriere(Swi) Riso Scotti 			3.30
 64. Martin Hvastija(Slo) Cantina Tollo 			3.30
 65. Alexander Moos (Swi) Saeco 				3.30
 66. Jesper Skibby(Den) Home Jack and Jones 			3.30
 67. Andrea Dolci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 				3.30
 68. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Home Jack and Jones 			3.30

Finished 68

Complete Starting List

Asics - CGA				Agro-Adler Brandenburg

Manager: Davide Bolfava			Manager: Dirk Meier

1. BETTINI Paolo (Ita)			11.  GOTTSCHLING Stephan (Ger)
2. BIANCHI Carlo Marino (Ita)		12.  GRABSCH Bert (Ger)
3. COPPOLILLO Michele (Ita)		13.  HONDO Danilo (Ger)
4. NOE Andrea (Ita)			14.  JANDT Matthias (Ger)
5. ??					15.  ORDOWSKI Volker (Ger)
6. ??					16.  POLLACK Olaf (Ger)
7. TANI David (Ita)			17.  BLOCHWITZ Steffen (Ger)
8. TURICCHIA Alain (Ita)		18.  SIMENSEN Ole Sigurd (Nor)

Acceptcard Pro Cycling			Brescialat

Manager: Fritz Mogensen			Manager: Fabio Bordonali

21. BRAIKIA Tayeb (Den)			31. BANFI Mauro (Ita)
22. GULDBÄK Stig (Den)			32. CAMIN Claudio (Ita)
23. MADSEN Jimmi (Den)			33. CONTRINI Daniele (Ita)
24. PETERSEN Sören (Den)		34. FIGURA Antonio (Ita)
25. PIIL Jakob (Den)			35. IVANOV Rusian (Mda) - DNS
26. SONNE Morten (Den)			36. MILESI Marco (Ita)
27. VEGGERBY Jens (Den)			37. RAIMONDI Giancarlo (Ita)
28. VESTÖL Björnar (Nor)		38. RASTELLI Ellis (Ita)


Cantina Tollo				Die Continentale Olympia

Manager: Franco Gini			Manager: Markus Schleicher

41. BARONTI Alessandro (Ita)		51. JASON Phillips (Aus)
42. DOLCI Andrea (Ita)			52. LAUKE Ronny (Ger)
43. COLAGE Stefano (Ita)		53. SAUERBORN Andrea (Ger)
44. DI RENZO Marco (Ita)		54. NIERMANN Grischa (Ger)
45. HVASTIJA Martin (Slo)		55. SCHMIDT Rico (Ger)
46. PIERDOMENICO Germano (Ita)		56. ??
47. BELLINI Marco (Ita)			57. WALZER Andreas (Ger)
48. VALOTI Paolo (Ita)			58. WEGMANN Christian (Ger)

Festina - Lotus				La Française des Jeux

Manager: Bruno Roussel			Manager: Marc Madiot

61. ??					71. BERZIN Evgeni (Rus)
62. BROCHARD Laurent (Fra)		72. GIANETTI Mauro (Swi)
63. HALGAND Patrice (Fra)		73. LEDANOIS Yvon (Fra)
64. HERVE Pascal (Fra)			74. MENGIN Christophe (Fra)
65. KORFF Andre (Ger)			75. MORIN Anthony (Fra)
66. LAURENT Thierry (Fra)		76. PERON Andrea (Ita)
67. ??					77. SCIANDRI Maximilian (GB)
68. ROUS Didier (Fra)			78. HEULOT Stephane (Fra)

Lotto - Mobistar			Mapei - Bricobi

Manager: Jean Luc Vandenbroucke		Manager: Patrick Lefevere

81. DETILLAUX Christophe (Bel)		91. CODOL Massimo (Ita)
82. DEWOLF Steve (Bel)			92. LEYSEN Bart (Ita)
83. MADOVAS Laurent (Fra)		93. MATTAN Nico (Bel)
84. FEYS Wim (Bel)			94. ??
85. PEERS Chris (Bel)			95. PEETERS Wilfried (Bel)
86. VAN HYFTE Paul (Bel)		96. PIANEGONDA Gianluca (Ita)
87. VANDEWOUWER Kurt (Bel)		97. VANDENBROUCKE Frank (Bel)
					98. ZANINI Stefano (Ita)

Mercatone Uno - Bianchi			Post Swiss Team

Manager: Guiseppe Martinelli		Manager: Jaques Michaud

101. ARTHUNGHI Marco (Ita)		111. AEBERSOLD Niki (Swi)
102. FINCATO Marco (Ita)		112. BOURQUENOUD Pierre (Swi)
103. FONTANELLI Fabiano (Ita)		113. HOTZ Franz (Swi)
104. GARZELLI Stefano (Ita)		114. HUSER Rolf (Swi)
105. KONYSHEV Dimitri(Rus)		115. VETSCH Patrick (Swi)
106. NAPOLIATANO Massimiliano (Ita)	116. RENGGLI Marcel (Swi)
107. VELO Marco (Ita)			117. SCHNIEDER Daniel (Swi)
108. ??					118. ZBERG Marcus (Swi)


Rabobank				Riso Scotti - MG

Manager: Jan Raas			Manager: Emanuele Bombini

121. BOOGERD Michael (Ned)		131. BALDATO Fabio (Ita)
122. DEN BAKKER Maarten (Ned)		132. BRIGNOLI Ermano (Ita)
123. SÖRENSEN Rolf (Den)		133. BROGNARA Andrea (Ita)
124. LUTTENBERGER Peter (Aut)		134. CENGHIALTA Bruno (Ita)
125. MOERENHOUT Koos (Ned)		135. CHARRIERE Christian (Swi)
126. ZBERG Beat (Ned)			136. MINALI Nicola (Ita)
127. VAN HEESWIJK Max (Ned)		137. FERRARI Riccardo (Ita)
128. WAUTERS Marc (Bel)			138. ??



Saeco Macchine Da Caffe			Scrigno - Gaerne

Manager: Claudio Corti			Manager: Bruno Reverberi

141. BUSCHOR Philipp (Swi)		151. BALDUCCI Gabriele (Ita)
142. CALCATERRA Guiseppe (Ita)		152. CASAGRANDE Filippo (Ita)
143. DONATI Massimo (Ita)		153. CASAROTTO Davide (Ita)
144. MOOS Alexander (Swi)		154. CONTE Biagio (Ita)
145. MAZZOLENI Eddy (Ita)		155. PETACCI Alessandro (Ita)
146. MORSCHA HaraldAUT			156. PIERI Dario (Ita)
147. PETITO Roberto (Ita)		157. ROSSATO Mirco (Ita)
148. RICH Michael(Ger)			158. ZANETTI Aldo (Ita)

SC EC / Bayer Worringen			T.V.M. - Farm Frites

Manager: Stefan Gogoll			Manager: Cees Priem

161. KÖHLER Frank(Ger)			171. IVANOV Sergej (Rus)
162. LUDEWIG Jörg(Ger)			172. ANDERSON Michael (Swe)
163. RICHTER Jan (Ger)			173. LAFIS Michel (Swe)
164. HENNES Rafael (Ger)		174. LARSEN Nicolaj Bo (Den)
165. TANNER Roger(Ger)			175. MICHAELSEN Lars (Den)
166. BÖCKMANN Thomas (Ger)		176. MOLLER Claus(Den)
167. WACKERNAGEL Lars(Ger)		177. ROUX Laurent (Fra)
168. WERNER Ralf (Ger)			178. VOSKAMP Bart (Ned)

Team Deutsche Telekom			Team Gerolsteiner

Manager: Walter Godefroot		Manager: Dieter Koslar

181. ALDAG Rolf(Ger)			191. PARINUSSA Stefan(Ger)
182. BÖLTS Udo (Ger)			192. GLASSNER Björn(Ger)
183. HENN Christian(Ger)		193. GRABSCH Ralf(Ger)
184. HEPPNER Jens(Ger)			194. KLEIN Frank (Ger)
185. HUNDERTMARK Kai (Ger)		195. KAPPES Andreas(Ger)
186. RIIS Bjarne (Den)			196. MEIJS Raymond (Ned)
187. ULLRICH Jan (Ger)			197. SCHLICKAU Michael (Ger)
188. ZABEL Erik(Ger)			198. OSCHWALD Wolfgang (Ger)


Team Home - Jack and Jones		Team Nürnberger

Manager: Alex Pedersen			Manager: Udo Sprengler

201. ANDERSEN Christian (Den)		211. AUDEHM Gerd (Ger)
202. KYNEB Mickael Holst (Den)		212. KASTENHUBER Alexander (Ger)
203. JOERGENSEN Rene (Den)		213. KLIER Andreas (Ger)
204. NELISSEN Danny (Ned)		214. VAN STEEN Martin (Ned)
205. PIZIKS ArvisLAT			215. STOFFEL Roman (Ger)
206. ROSBORG Michael (Den)		216. VESTY Brendan NZL
207. SILVOS JurisLAT			217. WEISSMANN Mike(Ger)
208. SKIBBY Jesper (Den)		218. ZEMKE Jens(Ger)

Team Polti				US Postal Service

Manager: Vittario Algeri		Manager: Johnny Weltz

221. BRASI Rossano (Ita)		231. BARANOWSKI Dariusz (Pol)
222. CASSANI Enrico (Ita)		232. DERAME Pascal (Fra)
223. ATIENZA Daniel (Ita)		233. EKIMOV Wjatscheslav (Rus)
224. CELESTINO Mirko (Ita)		234. HAMILTON TylerUSA
225. SACCHI Fabio (Ita)			235. LLANERAS Juan (Spa)
226. JAKSCHE Jörg(Ger)			236. ROBIN Jean-Cyril (Fra)
227. MERCKX Axel (Bel)			237. TEUTENBERG Sven (Ger)
228. ZINETTI Mauro (Ita)

Past Winners

1962

 1. Armand Desmet (Belgium)
 2. Zilverberg (Netherlands)
 3. van Looy (Belgium)
 
 1963

 1. Hans Junkermann (Germany)
 2. Willi Altig (Germany)
 3. Jean Stablinski (France)

 1964

 1. Clement Roman (Belgium)
 2. Mahé (France)
 3. Molengers (Belgium)
 
 1965

 1. Jean Stablinski (France)
 2. Verbeeck (Belgium)
 3. van Coningsloo (Belgium)
 
 1966

 1. Barry Hoban (England)
 2. Godefrood (Belgium)
 3. W. Planckaert (Belgium)
 
 1967

 1. D. von Rijckeghem (Belgium)
 2. W. Planckaert (Belgium)
 3. van Coningsloo (Belgium)
 
 1968

 1. Eddy Beugels (Netherlands)
 2. van Sweevelt (Belgium)
 3. van Springel (Belgium)
 
 1969

 1. Georges Pintens (Belgium)
 2. Dancelli (Italy)
 3. van Springel (Belgium)
 
 1970

 1. Rudi Altig (Germany)
 2. Joop Zopetemelk (Netherlands)
 3. Crepaldi (Italy)
 
 1971

 1. Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
 2. de Schoenmaker (Belgium)
 3. Aimar (France)
 
 1972

 1. Gilbert Bellone (France)
 2. Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
 3. van Tygmen (Belgium)
 
 1973

 1. Georges Pintens (Belgium)
 2. Tschan (Germany)
 3. Maertens (Belgium)
 
 1974

 1. Walter Godefrood (Belgium)
 2. Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
 3. Verbeeck (Belgium)
 
 1975

 1. Roi Schuiten (Netherlands)
 2. Verbeeck (Belgium)
 3. Godefrood (Belgium)
 
 1976

 1. Freddy Maertens (Belgium)
 2. Verbeek (Belgium)
 3. De Vlaeminick (Belgium)
 
 1977

 1. Gerrei Knetemann (Netherlands)
 2. Didi Thurau (Germany)
 3. Frans Veerbeck (Belgium)
 
 1978

 1. Gregor Braun (Germany)
 2. Pevenage (Belgium)
 3. Kuiper (Netherlands)
 
 1979

 1. Daniel Willems (Belgium)
 2. Lubberding (Netherlands)
 3. Gregor Braun (Germany)
 
 1980

 1. Giabattista Baronchelli (Italy)
 2. Moser (Italy)
 3. de Wolf (Belgium)
 
 1981

 1. Jos Jakobs (Belgium)
 2. Didi Thurau (Germany)
 3. Willems (Belgium)
 
 1982

 1. Ludo Peters (Belgium)
 2. Wilman (Norway)
 3. Kelli (Ireland)
 
 1983

 1. Ludo Peters (Belgium)
 2. van Vliet (Netherlands)
 3. Colijn (Belgium)
 
 1984

 1. Phil Anderson (Australia)
 2. Vanderaerden (Belgium)
 3. Kelli (Ireland)
 
 1985

 1. Phil Anderson (Australia)
 2. Lammerts (Netherlands)
 3. Rolf Gölz (Germany)
 
 1986

 1. Jean-Marie Wampers (Belgium)
 2. Bauer (Canada)
 3. Wilson (Australia)
 
 1987

 1. Dag-Otto Lauritzen (Norway)
 2. Stevenhaagen (Netherlands)
 3. Lubberding (Netherlands)
 
 1988

 1. Michel Dernies (Belgium)
 2. Sörensen (Denmark)
 3. Montovani (Italy)
 
 1989

 1. Jean-Marie Wampers (Belgium)
 2. Gayan (France)
 3. Chiappucci (Italy)
 
 1990

 1. Thomas Wegmüller (Switzerland)
 2. Wijnants (Belgium)
 3. Winnen (Netherlands)
 
 1991

 1. Johan Bruyneel (Belgium)
 2. Johan Musseuw (Belgium)
 3. Earley (Ireland)
 
 1992

 1. Van den Abbeele (Belgium)
 2. Chiappucci (Italy)
 3. Maassen (Netherlands)
 
 1993

 1. Rolf Sörensen (Denmark)
 2. M Sciandri (Italy)
 3. E. Bouwmans (Belgium)
 
 1994

 1. Olaf Ludwig (Germany)
 2. Andreas Kappes (Germany)
 3. E. Magnien (France)
 
 1995

 1. F. Frattini (Italy)
 2. Jens Heppner (Germany)
 3. M. Podenzana (Italy)
 
 1996

 1. Beat Zberg (Switzerland)
 2. Jens Heppner (Germany)
 3. Rolf Sörensen (Denmark)
 
 1997

 1. Michele Bartoli (Italy)
 2. Bjarne Riis (Denmark)
 3. Mauro Gianetti 
Past winners from my friend Mario Stiehl in Berlin