84th Rund um Köln, Cat. 1.3

1998 Results     Past Winners     Köln - Bonn, 199.1 kms: 34-year old German Jens Heppne (Deutsche Telekom) won the Rund um Köln (Grand Prix of Cologne) by a few seconds from Dutchman Raymond Meijs (Team Cologne) and teammate Kai Hundertmarck (Telekom). 25-year old Jan Ullrich and Erik Zabel finished back in the peloton at 3.46. For Heppner, the victory was the product of a long breakaway with Meijs and Hundertmarck - 100 kms in total. The Rund um Köln is an important race for the Telekom team in their preparation for the Tour de France. For Ullrich and Zabel, the next races will be the Tour of Bavaria (May 20-24) and the new Tour of Germany (May 28-June 3). 1. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 4.31.23 2. Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 0.11 3. Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 0.15 4. Rico Schmidt (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin 3.08 5. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 3.46 6. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina-Lotus 3.46 7. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 3.46 8. Christian Wegmann (Ger) Die Continentale 3.46 9. Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 3.46 10. Christian Lademann (Ger) 3.46 11. Marco Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 3.46 12. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 3.46 13. Martin Van Sten (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 3.46 14. Ronny Lauke (Ger) Die Continentale 3.46 15. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Die Continentale 3.46 Past Winners This race began in 1908. There was no race between 1915-19 and 1944-45. It was an amateur event in 1920, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1938-47, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956-63, and 1968-89. 1908 Fritz Tacke (Ger) 1909 Otto Wincziers (Ger) 1910 Jean Rosellen (Ger) and Karl Wittig (Ger) 1911 Adolf Huschke (Ger) 1912 Jean Steingass (Ger) 1913 Ernst Franz (Ger) 1914 Ernst Franz (Ger) 1920 Adam Sachs (Ger) 1921 Adolf Huschke (Ger) 1922 Paul Koch (Ger) 1923 Fritz Fischer (Ger) 1924 Paul Kohl (Ger) 1925 Paul Kohl (Ger) 1926 Heinriich Suter (Swi) 1927 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 1928 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1929 (a) Franz Schmitz (Ger), (b) W. Frielingsdorf (Ger) 1930 Otto Kratz (Ger) 1931 H. Rüdiger (Ger) 1932 (a) J. Kraus (Lux), (b) H. Weiss (Ger) 1933 (a) Erich Bautz (Ger) (b) J. Neumeyer (Ger) 1934 Kurt Stöpel (Ger) 1935 Emil Kijewski (Ger) 1936 Erich Bautz (Ger) 1937 Emil Kijewski (Ger) 1938 Franz Bronold (Ger) 1939 Willi Meurer (Ger) 1940 J. Kropp (Ger) 1941 Hans Preiskeit (Ger) 1942 Heiner Schwarzer (Ger) 1943 Karl Kittsteiner (Ger) 1946 Nowakowski (Ger) 1947 Holthöfer (Ger) 1948 Heiner Schwarzer (Ger) 1949 Johann Schulten (Ger) 1950 (a) Holzmann, (b) Scherpenborg 1951 Heiner Schwarzer (Ger) 1952 Popp (Ger) 1953 Günther Otto (Ger) 1954 W. Irrgang (Ger) 1955 Hans Preiskeit (Ger) 1956 Edi Ziegler (Ger) 1957 W. Grabo (Ger) 1958 W.-J. Edler (Ger) 1959 H. Hofmann (Ger) 1960 Mathias Löder (Ger) 1961 Smits (Bel) 1962 S. Koch (Ger) 1963 Wilfried Bölke (Ger) 1964 Horst Oldenburg (Ger) 1965 Horst Oldenburg (Ger) 1966 Piet Glemser (Ger) 1967 Noél Foré (Bel) 1968 Burkhard Ebert (Ger) 1969 Jürgen Tschan (Ger) 1970 Streckies (Ger) 1971 Roger Gilson (Lux) 1972 Wilfried Trott (Ger) 1973 H. Jungbluth (Ger) 1974 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1975 Jan Smyrak (Ger) 1976 Wilfried Trott (Ger) 1977 Scheunemann (Ned) 1978 Arie Hassink (Ned) 1979 Wilfried Trott (Ger) 1980 Achim Stadler (Ger) 1981 Michael Mohr (Ger) 1982 J. Echtermann (Ger) 1983 Wolf-Dieter Wohlfshohl (Ger) 1984 Stani Mikolajczuk (Ger) 1985 Han Vaanhold (Ned) 1986 Remig Stumpf (Ger) 1987 Werner Wüller (Ger) 1988 Lutz Losch (Ger) 1989 Domenik Krieger (Ger) 1990 Noél Segers (Bel) 1991 Jerry Coman (Bel) 1992 Louis De Koning (Ned) 1993 Wim Van Eynde (Bel) 1994 Udo Bölts (Ger) 1995 Erik Dekker (Ned) 1996 Erik Zabel (Ger) 1997 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1998 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom Mario Stiehl, Berlin helps prepare the historical lists