34th International Rheinland-Pfalz-Rad-Rundfahrt, Cat 2.5

Main Page Stage 2/1, Koblenz - Bad Marienberg (96.5 km) By Tomas Nillson, cyclingnews.com correspondent The Belgian Marc Wauters of Rabobank defended his yellow jersey on the second day of the Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz-Rad-Rundfahrt in Germany. The morning's 96.5 kms road race from Koblenz to Bad Marienberg saw 24 year old Australian Peter Rogers win by splitting a group of seven riders. He was fifteen seconds ahead of Sweden's Martin Rittsel and his German team mate Ronny Lauke. Stage 2a 1 Peter Rogers (Aus) Team Continentale 02.09.50 2 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Chicky World 00.15 3 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Continentale 4 Jan Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne 00.17 5 Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 00.33 6 Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen 7 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 02.40 8 Bekim Christensen (Den) EC Bayer Worringen 04.32 9 Andre Schulze (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 04.34 10 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Germany Road 11 Alexei Markov (Rus) Russia 12 Vladislav Borissov (Rus) Russia 13 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 15 Alexandr Fedenko (Ukr) Ukraine 16 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Austria 17 Michael Skelde (Den) EC Bayer Worringen 18 Markus Wilfurth (Ger) Germany Road 19 Dirk Märkl (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord 20 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 21 Daniel Becke (Ger) Germany Track 22 Eduard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner 23 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Russia 24 Michael Van der Wolff (Ned) Team Cologne 25 Josef Lontscharitsch (Aut) Austria 26 Arno Kaspret (Aut) Austria 27 Mario Zeckra (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 28 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 29 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 30 Roger Leuenberger (Swi) Team Ericsson-Williger 31 Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord 32 Marko Schlittchen (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen 33 Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team Continentale 34 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Russia 35 Sven Steiner (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 36 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 37 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Chicky World 38 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Russia 39 Jürgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002 40 Chris Barnsley (Nzl) Team Ericsson-Williger 41 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 42 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 43 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord 44 Holger Loew (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 45 Christian Wegmann (Ger) Team Continentale 46 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Germany Road 47 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 48 Christoph Göhring (Swi) Team Ericsson-Williger 49 Erwin Hickl (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord 50 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Team Chicky World 51 Christian Werner (Ger) Germany Road 52 Bart Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 53 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 54 Raymond Meijs (Bel) Team Cologne 55 Torsten Nitzsche (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 56 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 57 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord 58 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Germany Road 59 Steffen Kjaerdgard (Nor) Team Chicky World 60 Olivier Penny (Gbr) MGI Fietsen 61 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner 62 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 63 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 64 Rico Schmidt (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 65 Rafael Otto (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen 66 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 67 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 68 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 69 Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Continentale 70 Andre Kalfack (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 71 Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany Track 72 Robert Bartko (Ger) Germany Track 73 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany Track 74 Roland Müller (Swi) Team Nürnberger 75 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Team Ericsson-Williger 76 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002 77 Nick Gates (Aus) Team Continentale 78 Sergej Grechin (Ukr) Ukraine 79 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 80 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 81 Alexandr Symonenko (Ukr) Ukraine 82 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Germany Road 83 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002 84 Christian Lademann (Ger) Germany Track 85 Casper Van der Meer (Ned) MGI Fietsen 86 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Chicky World 87 Svein Holestol (Nor) Team Chicky World 88 Stijn De Schoenmacker (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002 89 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Team Cologne 90 Enrico Höhme (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord 91 Sergej Chernyasky (Ukr) Ukraine 92 Florian Zanke (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 93 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Germany Track 94 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) MGI Fietsen 95 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) EC Bayer Worringen 96 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen 97 Jochen Summer (Aut) Austria 98 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank 99 René Stadelmann (Swi) Team Ericsson-Williger 100 Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr) Ukraine 101 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russia 102 Nico Vuurens (Ned) MGI Fietsen 103 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 104 Kris Gerits (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002 105 Martin Müller (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 106 Ruslan Pidgorny (Ukr) Ukraine 107 Branko Filip (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner 06.11 108 Patrick Jonker (Ned) Rabobank 06.49 109 Mark Vlijm (Bel) Rabobank 110 Karel Verecke (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002 08.44 Sprint 1 Jan Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne 2 Peter Rogers (Aus) Team Continentale 3 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 4 Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin GC after stage 2/1 1. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 6.41.34 2. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.22 3. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.27 4. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Chicky World 0.40 5. Juerg van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 0.53