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
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