26th Wartenberg Rundfahrt, Cat 1.5

Switzerland, August 1, 1999

1998 Results     Past Winners

Report:

Ernst Brescher reports that only 15 of 46 starters finished as the race was very hard. The parcours was a 9.2 kms with a very difficult uphill section at the end. The riders had to do it 15 times. Ernst said it is a very difficult test of the riders (he did it himself in 1965!).

The race was organized at Pratteln by Serge Lange and the town is only 20 kms from the Basel. It has quite a tradition. close to the City of Basel has quite a tradition. From 1961 to 1970 it was won by the best amateurs both local and foreign. It was resumed again in 1984 and became open to professionals in 1987 onwards.

Pratteln, 138 kms:

      
 1. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola		     3.47.38
 2. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team		0.16
 3. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team		0.58
 4. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) EC/Bayer			1.54
 5. Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola		1.54
 6. Pascal Richard (Swi) Mobilvetta-Northwave		1.54
 7. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina 				4.32
 8. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Die Continentale		6.23
 9. Stefan Richner (Swi) Elite II			7.02
10. Christian Eminger (Aut) Elite II			9.04
11. Massimiliano Rizzari (Ita) Elite II 		9.58
12. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team  		       10.19
13. Milovan Stanic (Swi) Elite II  		       15.12
14. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team  	       15.12
15. Peter Jörg (Swi) Elite II			       18.37

Started: 46
Finished: 15

Past Winners

1961 Marcel Heremans (Bel)
1962 Willy Monty (Bel)
1963 Winfried Bölke (Ger)
1964 Yvonnic Delchambre (Bel)
1965 Jürgen Goletz (Ger)
1966 Ermano Magini (Swi)
1967 Michel Coulon (Bel)
1968 Gianfranco Vianelli (Ita)
1969 Giuseppe De Simone (Ita)
1970 Josef Fuchs (Swi)
..
1984 Laurent Vial (Swi)
1985 Jan Koba (Czech)
1986 Pius Schwarzentruber (Swi)
1987 Thedy Rinderknecht (Swi)
1988 Guido Winterberg (Swi)
1989 Fabian Fuchs (Swi)
1990 Tony Rominger (Swi)     135 kms in 3.57.00
1991 Beat Zberg (Swi)
1992 Beat Zberg (Swi)        
1993 Jörg Müller (Swi)       
1994 Jörg Müller (Swi)
1995 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)    138 kms in 3.40.26
1996 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)    135 kms in 3.33.08
1997 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)    138 kms in 3.36.55
1998 Stefano Faustini (Ita)  135 kms in 3.43.45 (37.005)
Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin and Ernst Bretscher, Switzerland