52nd Course de la Paix, Cat 2.4
Znojmo-Polkowice-Magdeburg

Czech Republic, May 7-15, 1999

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Stage 8, Freital - Hof (Ger), 238 kms:

German Steffen Wesemann (Telekom) retained his leader's jersey in the 52nd Course de la Paix after Stage 8, a 238 kms journey between Freital and Hof, in what was East Germany. The stage was won by Poland's Piotr Przydzial. An escape formed with 15 kms to go and 3 riders - Przydzial, Radoslav Romanik (Pol), and Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) - went clear. The 3 built a solid lead of more than a minute and the stage came down to a 3-up sprint which Przydzial won.

Stage 8 showed how popular this race is in this part of the cycling world. There were hundreds of specatators along the route providing encouragement to the riders. 

  1. Piotr Przydzial (Pol) Mroz                                 6.48.29  (34.96 km/h)
  2. Radoslav Romanik (Pol) Sprandi-Mat-Jelcz
  3. Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                  0.02
  4. Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger                           1.02
  5. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                           1.02
  6. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg                   1.02
  7. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne                               1.02
  8. Milan Kadlec (Cze) Czech National Team                        1.02
  9. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg                       1.02
 10. Zbignieuw Piatek (Pol) Mroz                                   1.02
 11. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                         1.02
 12. Michael Barry (Can) Saturn                                    1.02
 13. Jimmy Madsen (Den) Acceptcard                                 1.02
 14. Jakob Storm Pill (Den) Acceptcard                             1.02
 15. Tomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                            1.02
 16. Morton Sonne (Den) Acceptcard                                 1.02
 17. Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne                              1.02
 18. Ondlej Fadrny (Cze) Czech National Team                       1.02
 19. Martin Müller (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg                    1.02
 20. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) Unit Expert                             1.02
 21. Raimundas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz                                   1.02
 22. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                  1.02
 23. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Saturn                                  1.02
 24. Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                     1.02
 25. Thomasz Brozyna (Pol) Mroz                                    1.02
 26. Anton Cantyr (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                          1.02
 27. Lubor Tesar (Cze) Unit Expert                                 1.02
 28. René Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                              1.02
 29. Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte                                 1.02
 30. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                1.02
 31. Barton Bowen (USA) Saturn                                     1.02
 32. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger                            1.02
 33. Jan Hruska (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                               1.02
 34. Stephan Schreck (Ger) German National Team                    1.02
 35. Mathias Kessler (Ger) German National Team                    1.02
 36. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                      1.02
 37. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard                                 1.02
 38. Milos Pejcha (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                             1.02
 39. Ondlej Sosenka (Cze) Czech National Team                      1.02
 40. Petr Bencik (Cze) Unit Expert                                 1.02
 41. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                              1.02
 42. Martin Rys (Cze) Czech National Team                          1.17
 43. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg              1.38
 44. Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                    1.38
 45. Krzystof Jezowski (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                   6.52
 46. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger                              6.52
 47. Michal Prusa (Cze) Czech National Team                        6.52
 48. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz                                       6.52
 49. Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Batavus                                  6.52
 50. Michel Cerneus (Ned) Batavus                                  6.52
 51. Edwin Dunning (Ned) Axa Cycling Team                          6.52
 52. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte                              6.52
 53. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                    6.52
 54. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz                                      6.52
 55. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne                          6.52
 56. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                    6.52
 57. Mike Weissmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger                          6.52
 58. Artur Krasinski (Pol) Sprandi-Mat-Jelcz                       6.52
 59. Jan Faltynek (Cze) Czech National Team                        6.52
 60. Wojciech Pawlak (Pol) Sprandi-Mat-Jelcz                       6.52
 61. Danielo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                     6.52
 62. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne                               6.52
 63. Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Agro-Adler Brandenburg              6.52
 64. Uwe Hardter (Ger) German National Team                        6.52
 65. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger                   6.52
 66. Tayeb Braikia (Den) Acceptcard                                6.52
 67. Thorsten Nitsche (Ger) German National Team                   6.52
 68. Thomas B. Swindlehurst (USA) Saturn                           6.52
 69. Mat Anand (Can) Saturn                                        6.52
 70. Dariusz Kapidura (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                   21.38
 71. Lutz Lehmann (Ger) Bunte Berte                               21.38
 72. Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Unit Expert                             21.38
 73. Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte                           21.38
 74. Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte                               21.38
 75. Martin Riska (Svk) Slovakia                                  21.38
 76. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg                    21.38
 77. Seth Pelusi (Usa) Saturn                                     21.38
 78. Davi Dubbeldem (Ned) Team Cologne                            21.38
 79. Krzysztof Zasada (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                   21.38
 80. Renger Ypenburg (Ned) Batavus                                21.38
 81. Serguei Morozov (Mda) Lada                                   21.38
 82. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                 21.38
 83. Eric Hildebrandt (Ger) German National Team                  32.41
 84. Huub Bres (Ned) Axa Cycling Team                             32.53
 85. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Batavus                               32.53
 86. Jan Sipeky (Svk) Slovakia                                    32.53
 87. Steffen Radochla (Ger) German National Team                  32.53
 88. Dzimitry Sidarenka (Bel) Batavus                             32.53

GC after Stage 8 

  1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              33.11.46
  2. Raimundas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz                                   0.07
  3. Thomasz Brozyna (Pol) Mroz                                    1.17
  4. Jan Hruska (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                               1.38
  5. René Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                              1.50
  6. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne                               2.37
  7. Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                     2.39
  8. Tomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                            3.05
  9. Jakob Storm Pill (Den) Acceptcard                             3.07
 10. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                3.15
 11. Stephan Schreck (Ger) German National Team                    3.15
 12. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg                       3.31
 13. Zbignieuw Piatek (Pol) Mroz                                   3.59
 14. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                           4.00
 15. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard                                 4.00
 16. Ondlej Sosenka (Cze) Czech National Team                      4.00
 17. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger                            4.01
 18. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) Unit Expert                             4.16
 19. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Saturn                                  4.27
 20. Milan Kadlec (Cze) Czech National Team                        4.51
 21. Morton Sonne (Den) Acceptcard                                 4.56
 22. Lubor Tesar (Cze) Unit Expert                                 5.28
 23. Anton Cantyr (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                          5.40
 24. Barton Bowen (USA) Saturn                                     5.42
 25. Michael Barry (Can) Saturn                                    5.43
 26. Piotr Przydzial (Pol) Mroz                                    6.04
 27. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg                   6.12
 28. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                      6.19
 29. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                         6.39
 30. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                              6.43
 31. Mathias Kessler (Ger) German National Team                    7.17
 32. Radoslav Romanik (Pol) Sprandi-Mat-Jelcz                      7.31
 33. Petr Bencik (Cze) Unit Expert                                 7.35
 34. Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte                                 8.42
 35. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg              9.35
 36. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz                                     10.32
 37. Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger                          11.26
 38. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger                             11.51
 39. Martin Müller (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg                   12.55
 40. Milos Pejcha (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                            13.01
 41. Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   13.01
 42. Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Agro-Adler Brandenburg             13.23
 43. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne                         14.44
 44. Ondlej Fadrny (Cze) Czech National Team                      15.19
 45. Michel Cerneus (Ned) Batavus                                 15.26
 46. Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne                             17.32
 47. Danielo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                    17.47
 48. Mat Anand (Can) Saturn                                       20.53
 49. Mike Weissmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger                         21.32
 50. Artur Krasinski (Pol) Sprandi-Mat-Jelcz                      22.07
 51. Michal Prusa (Cze) Czech National Team                       23.12
 52. Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Batavus                                 24.41
 53. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne                              27.11
 54. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   27.38
 55. Jimmy Madsen (Den) Acceptcard                                28.08
 56. Wojciech Pawlak (Pol) Sprandi-Mat-Jelcz                      28.11
 57. Uwe Hardter (Ger) German National Team                       30.51
 58. Edwin Dunning (Ned) Axa Cycling Team                         32.28
 59. Tayeb Braikia (Den) Acceptcard                               33.09
 60. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   34.12
 61. Thomas B. Swindlehurst (USA) Saturn                          34.52
 62. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz                                      35.08
 63. Jan Faltynek (Cze) Czech National Team                       37.35
 64. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger                  37.44
 65. Thorsten Nitsche (Ger) German National Team                  38.34
 66. Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                 38.37
 67. Martin Rys (Cze) Czech National Team                         39.18
 68. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg                    40.16
 69. Davi Dubbeldem (Ned) Team Cologne                            42.03
 70. Lutz Lehmann (Ger) Bunte Berte                               44.35
 71. Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte                           45.08
 72. Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte                               46.42
 73. Krzysztof Zasada (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                   48.07
 74. Dariusz Kapidura (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                   50.09
 75. Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Unit Expert                             50.23
 76. Seth Pelusi (Usa) Saturn                                     50.33
 77. Martin Riska (Svk) Slovakia                                  52.07
 78. Krzystof Jezowski (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar                  57.57
 79. Dzimitry Sidarenka (Bel) Batavus                           1.00.14
 80. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte                           1.01.28
 81. Eric Hildebrandt (Ger) German National Team                1.01.51
 82. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Siemens Romar               1.13.21
 83. Steffen Radochla (Ger) German National Team                1.23.59
 84. Jan Sipeky (Svk) Slovakia                                  1.25.06
 85. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Batavus                             1.33.32
 86. Renger Ypenburg (Ned) Batavus                              1.37.16
 87. Serguei Morozov (Mda) Lada                                 1.42.37
 88. Huub Bres (Ned) Axa Cycling Team                           1.52.05