34th International Rheinland-Pfalz-Rad-Rundfahrt, Cat 2.5Germany, 13-19 September, 1999 |
1998 Results
Route Map Teams
Past Winners
The Stages:
Preview:Highlights of the Rheinland-Pfalz-Rad-Rundfahrt will be the ITT on the second day at Bad Marienberg, the fourth stage with a 20 percent climb at Erdinger Eller an der Mosel and the fifth stage with its 252 kms from Bitburg to Zweibrücken.Twenty teams will participate, among them Rabobank with GP Eddy Merckx winners Erik Dekker and Marc Wauters who will be the favourites here. Several previous winners will participate. Bert Dietz and Jörs Reuss of Nürnberger won in 1993 and 1995 respectively. Reuss won the Tour of Saxony a couple of weeks ago. Other favourites. German Torsten Schmidt, last year's third Norwegian Steffen Kjaergaard and his compatriot Svein Gaute Hølestøl, second in 1995, all of them from Danish foreign legion Team Chicky World. Sprinters to look out for in this edition. Andreas Kappes, Olaf Pollack, Sascha Henrix, Raphael Schweda, Holger Sievers and Cologne's Dutchman Jan Koerts. During this year's race there will also be a campaign for the earth quake victims of Turkey since the Rheinland Pfalz Red Cross runs two field hospitals in the disaster stricken area. Complete Starting ListAgro-Adler Brandenburg EC Bayer Worringen 1 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 11 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 2 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) 12 Bekim Christensen (Den) 3 Matthias Jandt (Ger) 13 Raphael Otto (Ger) 4 Patrik Köhler (Ger) 14 Michael Skelde (Den) 5 Martin Müller (Ger) 15 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) 16 Mario Vonhof (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord RLP Team Chicky World 21 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 31 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) 22 Erwin Hickl (Ger) 32 Martin Rittsel (Swe) 23 Dirk Märkl (Ger) 33 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) 24 Karl Platt (Ger) 34 Sven G. Hølestøl (Nor) 25 Sebastian Lang (Ger) 35 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) 26 Enrico Höhme (Ger) 36 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Cologne Team Continentale 41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) 51 Artuur Babaitsew (Rus) 42 Rajmond Meijs (Ned) 52 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 43 Jan Koerts (Ned) 53 Nick Gates (Aus) 44 Michael Schlickau (Ger) 54 Ronny Lauke (Ger) 45 Erwin Thijs (Bel) 55 Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) 46 Michael van der Wolf (Ned) 56 Christian Wegmann (Ger) Germany Track Germany Road 61 Guido Fulst (Ger) 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) 62 Christian Lademann (Ger) 72 Matthias Kessler (Ger) 63 Robert Bartko (Ger) 73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) 64 Daniel Becke (Ger) 74 Uwe Hardter (Ger) 65 Torsten Rund (Ger) 75 Christian Werner (Ger) 66 Jens Lehmann (Ger) 76 Holger Loew (Ger) Team Ericsson-Villiger Team Gerolsteiner 81 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) 91 Hans De Meester (Bel) 82 Chris Barnsley (NZ) 92 Sascha Henrix (Ger) 83 Christoph Göhring (Swi) 93 Uwe Peschel (Ger) 84 Christian Sidler (Swi) 94 Anton Chantyr (Rus) 85 René Stadelmann (Swi) 95 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) 86 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 96 Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Team Hohenfelder-Concorde Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 101 Holger Sievers (Ger) 111 Timo Scholz (Ger) 102 Christian Hirsch (Ger) 112 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) 103 Malte Urban (Ger) 113 Danilo Klaar (Ger) 104 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) 114 Jens Lehmann (Ger) 105 Andreas Riedel (Ger) 115 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) 106 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) 116 Torsten Nitschke (Ger) Netherland Team Nürnberger 121 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) 131 Bert Dietz (Ger) 122 Daniel van Elven (Ned) 132 Thomas Liese (Ger) 123 Dennis Hey (Ned) 133 Roland Müller (Swi) 124 Casper van der Meer (Ned) 134 Jörn Reuss (Ger) 125 Wim van der Meulenhof (Ned) 135 Jürgen Werner (Ger) 126 Olivier Penny (Ned) 136 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin Austria 141 Andre Kalfack (Ger) 151 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) 142 Rico Schmidt (Ger) 152 Hannes Hempel (Aut) 143 Sven Steiner (Ger) 153 Christian Hölzl (Aut) 144 Marco Appler (Ger) 154 Arno Kaspret (Aut) 145 Andreas Müller (Ger) 155 Christian Pfannberer (Aut) 146 Florian Zanke (Ger) 156 Jochen Summer (Aut) Rabobank Russia 161 Erik Dekker (Ned) 171 Alexei Markow (Rus) 162 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) 172 Wladislaw Borissow (Rus) 163 Patrik Jonker (Ned) 173 Serguei Klimow (Rus) 164 Marc Lotz (Ned) 174 Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) 165 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 175 Dmitri Smyslow (Rus) 166 Marc Wauters (Bel) 176 Maxim Karpatchew (Rus) Ukraine Team Vlaanderen 2002 181 Ruslan Pidgorny (Ukr) 191 Stijn de Schoenmacker (Bel) 182 Wasyl Yakowlew (Ukr) 192 Kris Gerits (Bel) 183 Yaroslaw Popowych (Ukr) 193 Kurt van Lancker (Bel) 184 Pawlo Tsarapkin (Ukr) 194 Karel Vereecke (Bel) 185 Sergiy Hrechyn (Ukr) 195 Jurgen van Roosbroeck (Bel) 186 Oleksandr Dykyy (Ukr) 196 Andy Viots (Bel) Past Winners1998 Lance Armstrong USA 1997 Dainis Ozols Lettland 1996 Olaf Ludwig Deutschland 1995 Jörn Reu§ Deutschland 1994 Cèdric Vasseur Frankreich 1993 Bert Dietz Deutschland 1992 Gerd Audehm Deutschland 1991 Gerd Audehm Deutschland 1990 Kai Hundertmarck Deutschland |