18th Schynberg Rundfahrt, Cat 1.5

Switzerland, June 13, 1999

Past Winners    

Report:

Ernst Bretscher from Switzerland writes that this race - the Schynberg Rundfahrt has been organised since 1982. It has mostly been a race for Elite Amateurs but for the first time this year it was given UCI Cat 1.5 status. In the two last years (1997 and 1998) the race was held on the same circuit and constituted the Swiss Elite Championsship. The race circuit is 15 kms and the riders had to negotiate it 13 times. Just after the start there is a steep hill with involving a 2.7 km climb and 180 m difference from top to bottom. The last 2 kms of the parcours is also a steep climb.

In this year's race, a group of 19 riders went away on the 3rd lap and the main bunch began losing time. As the main teams had at least one rider in front, the peloton was not interested in working and by the end were 20 minutes down. Many of the main bunch stopped with one lap to go.

On the last two laps there were many attacks in the leading bunch with the duo - Zumsteg and Bertolini prominent. Then it was Faustini alone at the front. But with 3 kms to go a group of 6 took the final uphill kilometers together, and Bertolini was the solo winner.

Race Distance - 195 kms:

 1. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave   4.44.12 (41.168 km/h)
 2. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec		 0.06
 3. Amilcare Tronka (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria	 0.21
 4. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave		 0.21
 5. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		 0.21
 6. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger		 0.20
 7. Christoph Göhring (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger	 0.48
 8. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team		 2.14
 9. Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 		 2.14
10. Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Mixte 			 2.54
11. Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 		11.28
12. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 	11.28 
13. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		11.28 
14. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 		11.28 
15. Sepp Christen (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 		18.08
16. Marco Roth (Swi) Schaller-Häusermann-Trek 		18.08
17. Darius Strole (Ltu) Palmans-Ideal 			21.06
18. Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal	 		21.09
19. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 		21.09
20. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 		21.09
21. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team		21.09
22. Guido Wirz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 			21.09
23. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team EC-Bayer 		21.09
24. Beat Blum (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 			21.09
25. Daniel Senn (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 			21.09
26. Urs Steinmann (Ger) RSV Optik Nosch-Ebnet 		21.09
27. Raffael Schär (Swi) Schaller-Häusermann-Trek 	21.09
28. Patrick Stäuble (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 		21.09
29. Erwin Hickl (Ger) RSV Optik Nosch-Ebnet 		21.09
30. Milovan Stanic (Swi) Team Mixte 			21.09
31. Mario Bolz (Ger) Team EC-Bayer 			21.09
32. Pierre Aeschlimann (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 	21.09
33. Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 	21.09
34. Roger Leuenberger (Swi) Schaller-Häusermann-Trek 	21.09
35. Chris Humbet (USA) Saeco-Wetzikon			21.19
36. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 			21.19
37. Yuan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 			21.19
38. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Die Continentale-Olympia 	21.19
39. René Stadelmann (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 	21.19
40. Steve Rusbatch (NZ) Team Mixte 			21.19
41. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 		21.19
42. Jüren Vermeersch (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 		21.37
43. Peter Schnorf (Swi) Team Mixte 			21.37
44. Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 		21.42
45. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		27.18

Started: 90
Finished: 45

Abandoned:

Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Northwave 
Sergej Lelekin (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 
Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 
Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 
Emanuele Lupi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 
Stefano Casagrande (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 
Daniele Galli (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 
Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 
Emiliano Murtas (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 
Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 
Alessandro Varocchi (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 
Scott Mcgrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 
Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 
Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Post Swiss Team 
Christian Heule (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 
Michael Themann (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 
Daniel Von flüe (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 
Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Die Continentale-Olympia 
Hans- Brand (Swi) Kurt Die Continentale-Olympia 
Ronny Lauke (Ger) Die Continentale-Olympia 
Andreas Benz (Ger) Die Continentale-Olympia 
Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Die Continentale-Olympia 
Stefan Treudler (Ger) Die Continentale-Olympia 
Brett Aitken (Aus) Palmans-Ideal 
Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 
Jens Blatter (Swi) Schaller-Häusermann-Trek 
Armin Durrer (Swi) Schaller-Häusermann-Trek 
Marcel Gafner (Swi) Schaller-Häusermann-Trek 
Martin Raaflaub (Swi) Schaller-Häusermann-Trek 
Christian Eminger (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 
Marc Kerker (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 
Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 
Bernhard Stahl (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 
Daniel Strassmann (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 
Reto Matt (Ger) RSV Optik Nosch-Ebnet 
Stefan Meyer (Ger) RSV Optik Nosch-Ebnet 
Steffen Pietzke (Ger) RSV Optik Nosch-Ebnet 
Markus Schott (Ger) RSV Optik Nosch-Ebnet 
Tobias Zähringer (Ger) RSV Optik Nosch-Ebnet 
Bastian Büffel (Ger) Team EC-Bayer 
Boris Godo (Ger) Team EC-Bayer 
Daniel Potthoff (Ger) Team EC-Bayer 
Ralf Wernle (Swi) Team Mixte 
Martin Bolt (Swi) Team Mixte 
Arno Wernle (Swi) Team Mixte 
Markus Schraner (Swi) Team Mixte

Climber's Prize:

 1. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave			9
 2. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 		6
 3. Marco Roth (Swi) Schaller-Häusermann-Trek 			5
 4. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec			4
 5. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 		3
 6. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 			3
 7. Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Mixte 				2
 8. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 		1
 9. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 			1
10. Amilcare Tronka (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 		1
11. Christoph Göhring (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 		1

Sprints:

 1. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 		       10
 2. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 		6
 3. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 			6
 4. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 		3
 5. Amilcare Tronka (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 		1
 6. Christoph Göhring (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger 		1

Teams:

 1. Mobilvetta 						 14.24.25
 2. Swiss Post Team 					 14.26.39
 3. Team Ericsson-Villiger 				 14.31.53

Past Winners

1982	Kurt Ehrensperger (Swi)
1983	Richard Trinkler (Swi)
1984	Beat Schumacher (Swi)
1985	Arno Küttel (Swi)
1986	Fabian Fuchs (Swi)
1987	Daniel Huwyler (Swi)
1988	Acacio Da Silva (Port)
1989	Sandro Vitali (Ita)
1990	Guido Wirz (Swi) - Race was Swiss Junior Championship
1991	Rolf Alda (Ger)
1992	Beat Zberg (Swi)
1993	Roland Meier (Swi) - Race was Swiss Amateur Championship
1994	Scott Sunderland (Aus)
1995	Philipp Buschor (Swi)
1996	Roland Meier (Swi)
1997	Oskar Camenzind (Swi) - Race was Swiss Elite Championship
1998	Niki Aebersold (Swi) - Race was Swiss Elite Championship
1999	Alessandro Bertolini (Ita)
Data from Ernst Bretscher, Switzerland