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

Germany, 13-19 September, 1999

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Stage 4, Bad Marienberg - Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 193 km

By Tomas Nillson, cyclingnews.com correspondent

A new Sörensen emerges, while Rogers takes second

Is there a new Sörensen ready to take over after Rolf? Young Nicki S won the fourth stage in a solo break, in the "queen stage" at that, of the Rheinland Pfalz Rundfahrt in the Eifel mountains.

Seven mountain premies were at stake and the peloton took it easy from the start. After 50 kms of riding the field was a quarter of an hour behind schedule. For eight riders the tempo, or lack of it, was too boring and off they went at the foot of the north loop of the famous Nürburgring car race track.

Four of them were left behind in the climb but the remaining quartet, Nicki Sörensen, Australian Peter Rogers, German national Stephan Schreck, and Marco Schlitten of EC Bayer worked well together and built up a four minute-plus gap to the peloton when race leader Marc Wauters' team Rabobank assured that the breaking group was held at a convenient distance. The tough climbs eventually took their toll, Schlitten was the first to be left behind and in the final climb Sörensen went off alone. At the finish he was 1.11 ahead of Rogers and Schreck, who will ride for Telekom next year.

Sörensen not only won the stage, he also took the orange mountain jersey from team mate Torsten Schmidt. In the GC he rose to 18th, with Rabobank's Wauters still in control.

Sörensen does his first pro year after finishing 10th in the British Prutour last year. This year he got the same result in the Tour of Sweden and only two days before this race he finished 8th in GP Fourmiers (Cat 1.1). Since Chicky World is folding up after this season the 24 year old Sörensen has signed for German Gerolsteiner. 

Stage 4

1    Nicki    Sörensen       (Den)  Team Chicky World       05.20.20
2    Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale          01.13
3    Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road               01.13
4    Eduard    Gritsoun      (Rus)  Team Gerolsteiner          05.36
5    Thomas    Liese         (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            05.36
6    Svein     Holestol      (Nor)  Team Chicky World          05.36
7    Michael   Skelde        (Den)  EC Bayer Worringen         05.36
8    Arno      Kaspret       (Aut)  Austria                    05.36
9    Daniel    Becke         (Ger)  Germany Track              05.36
10   Michael   Van der Wolff (Ned)  Team Cologne               05.36
11   Hannes    Hempel        (Aut)  Austria                    05.36
12   Alexei    Markov        (Rus)  Russia                     05.36
13   Stefan    Kupfernagel   (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   05.36
14   Jürgen    Van Roosbroec (Bel)  Team Vlaanderen 2002       05.36
15   Vladimir  Karpets       (Rus)  Russia                     05.36
16   Michael   Schlickau     (Ger)  Team Cologne               05.36
17   Erik      Dekker        (Ned)  Rabobank                   05.36
18   Matthias  Buxhofer      (Aut)  Austria                    05.36
19   Torsten   Schmidt       (Ger)  Team Chicky World          05.36
20   Denis     Hey           (Ned)  MGI Fietsen                05.36
21   Markus    Wilfurth      (Ger)  Germany Road               05.36
22   Serguei   Klimov        (Rus)  Russia                     05.36
23   Marc      Wauters       (Bel)  Rabobank                   05.36
24   Jens      Zemke         (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            05.36
25   Vladislav Borissov      (Rus)  Russia                     05.36
26   Sebastian Lang          (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       05.36
27   Mario     Zeckra        (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        05.36
28   Andre     Kalfack       (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        05.36
29   Timo      Scholz        (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   05.36
30   Christoph Göhring       (Swi)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     05.36
31   Steffen   Kjerdgaard    (Nor)  Team Chicky World          05.36
32   Jörn      Reuss         (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            05.36
33   Casper    Van der Meer  (Ned)  MGI Fietsen                05.36
34   Olivier   Penny         (Gbr)  MGI Fietsen                05.36
35   Alexander Aeschbach     (Swi)  EC Bayer Worringen         05.36
36   Anton     Chantyr       (Rus)  Team Gerolsteiner          05.36
37   Ronny     Lauke         (Ger)  Team Continentale          05.36
38   Torsten   Hieckmann     (Ger)  Germany Road               05.36
39   Christian Werner        (Ger)  Germany Road               05.36
40   Artur     Babaitsev     (Rus)  Team Continentale          05.36
41   Heinrich  Trumheller    (Ger)  Team Continentale          05.36
42   Uwe       Hardter       (Ger)  Germany Road               05.36
43   Robert    Bartko        (Ger)  Germany Track              05.36
44   Matthias  Kessler       (Ger)  Germany Road               05.36
45   Erwin     Hickl         (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       05.36
46   Kurt      Van Lancker   (Bel)  Team Vlaanderen 2002       05.36
47   Ole-Sigur Simensen      (Nor)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg     05.36
48   Marc      Lotz          (Ned)  Rabobank                   05.36
49   Roland    Müller        (Swi)  Team Nürnberger            05.36
50   Nick      Gates         (Aus)  Team Continentale          05.36
51   Stefan    Steinweg      (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       05.36
52   Roger     Leuenberger   (Swi)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     05.36
53   Raphael   Schweda       (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            05.36
54   Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen         05.36
55   Andreas   Kappes        (Ger)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg     05.36
56   Dennis    Rasmussen     (Den)  Team Chicky World          05.36
57   Bekim     Christensen   (Den)  EC Bayer Worringen         05.36
58   Bert      Hiemstra      (Ned)  Rabobank                   05.36
59   Branko    Filip         (Slo)  Team Gerolsteiner          05.36
60   Stephan   Gottschling   (Ger)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg     05.36
61   Thorsten  Rund          (Ger)  Germany Track              05.36
62   Rico      Schmidt       (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        06.05
63   Karl      Platt         (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       12.16
64   Olaf      Pollack       (Ger)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg     12.16
65   Jens      Lehmann       (Ger)  Germany Track              12.16
66   Torsten   Nitzsche      (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   12.16
67   Andreas   Sauerborn     (Ger)  Team Gerolsteiner          12.16
68   Marco     Appler        (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        12.16
69   Christian Lademann      (Ger)  Germany Track              12.16
70   Alexandr  Fedenko       (Ukr)  Ukraine                    12.16
71   Jochen    Summer        (Aut)  Austria                    12.16
72   Enrico    Poitschke     (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   12.16
73   Jürgen    Werner        (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            12.16
74   Josef     Lontscharitsc (Aut)  Austria                    12.16
75   Denis     Smyslov       (Rus)  Russia                     12.16
76   Jeroen    Boelen        (Ned)  MGI Fietsen                12.16
77   Lukas     Zumsteg       (Swi)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     12.16
78   Nico      Vuurens       (Ned)  MGI Fietsen                12.16
79   Florian   Zanke         (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        12.16
80   Chris     Barnsley      (Nzl)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     12.16
81   René      Stadelmann    (Swi)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     12.16
82   Sascha    Henrix        (Ger)  Team Gerolsteiner          12.16
83   Christian Wegmann       (Ger)  Team Continentale          12.16
84   Martin    Rittsel       (Swe)  Team Chicky World          12.16
85   Mark      Vlijm         (Bel)  Rabobank                   18.20
86   Rafael    Otto          (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen         25.37
87   Lars      Teutenberg    (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen         25.37
88   Sven      Steiner       (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        25.37
89   Dirk      Märkl         (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       25.37
90   Enrico    Höhme         (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       25.37
91   Alexandr  Symonenko     (Ukr)  Ukraine                    25.37
92   Sebastian Siedler       (Ger)  Germany Track              25.37
93   Daniel    Van Elven     (Ned)  MGI Fietsen                25.37
94   Maxim     Karpatchev    (Rus)  Russia                     25.37
95   Kris      Gerits        (Bel)  Team Vlaanderen 2002       25.37
96   Raymond   Meijs         (Ned)  Team Cologne               25.37
97   Andre     Schulze       (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   25.37
98   Erwin     Thijs         (Bel)  Team Cologne               25.37
99   Jan       Koerts        (Ned)  Team Cologne               25.37


Sprints
1    Hannes    Hempel        (Aut)  Austria                     5
2    Andre     Schulze       (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig    3
3    Branko    Filip         (Slo)  Team Gerolsteiner           2
4    Stefan    Steinweg      (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord        1

1    Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale           5
2    Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen          3
3    Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           2
4    Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road                1

1    Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           5
2    Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road                3
3    Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale           2
4    Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen          1

Mountains
1     Hannes    Hempel        (Aut)  Austria                     5
2     Torsten   Schmidt       (Ger)  Team Chicky World           3
3     Heinrich  Trumheller    (Ger)  Team Continentale           2
4     Marc      Wauters       (Bel)  Rabobank                    1

1     Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen          3
2     Jürgen    Werner        (Ger)  Team Nürnberger             2
3     Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           1

1     Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           7
2     Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen          5
3     Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road                3
4     Andreas   Sauerborn     (Ger)  Team Gerolsteiner           2
5     Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale           1

1     Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road                7
2     Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           5
3     Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen          3
4     Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale           2
5     Andreas   Sauerborn     (Ger)  Team Gerolsteiner           1

1     Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           5
2     Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen          3
3     Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road                2
4     Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale           1

1     Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           3
2     Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road                2
3     Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale           1

1     Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           3
2     Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road                2
3     Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale           1


GC Stage 4

1     Marc      Wauters       (Bel)  Rabobank                16.31.35
2     Erik      Dekker        (Ned)  Rabobank                   00.07
3     Artur     Babaitsev     (Rus)  Team Continentale          00.54
4     Jürgen    Van Roosbroec (Bel)  Team Vlaanderen 2002       01.54
5     Torsten   Schmidt       (Ger)  Team Chicky World          02.56
6     Anton     Chantyr       (Rus)  Team Gerolsteiner          03.22
7     Michael   Schlickau     (Ger)  Team Cologne               03.45
8     Jens      Zemke         (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            03.45
9     Jörn      Reuss         (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            03.46
10    Olivier   Penny         (Gbr)  MGI Fietsen                03.58
11    Heinrich  Trumheller    (Ger)  Team Continentale          04.05
12    Arno      Kaspret       (Aut)  Austria                    04.11
13    Matthias  Buxhofer      (Aut)  Austria                    04.14
14    Christoph Göhring       (Swi)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     04.17
15    Ole-Sigur Simensen      (Nor)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg     04.32
16    Uwe       Hardter       (Ger)  Germany Road               04.34
17    Andreas   Kappes        (Ger)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg     08.50
18    Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World          09.01
19    Dennis    Rasmussen     (Den)  Team Chicky World          09.12
20    Ronny     Lauke         (Ger)  Team Continentale          10.07
21    Denis     Hey           (Ned)  MGI Fietsen                10.25
22    Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale          11.00
23    Timo      Scholz        (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   12.23
24    Sebastian Lang          (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       12.40
25    Torsten   Hieckmann     (Ger)  Germany Road               12.41
26    Alexander Aeschbach     (Swi)  EC Bayer Worringen         13.02
27    Daniel    Becke         (Ger)  Germany Track              13.07
28    Bekim     Christensen   (Den)  EC Bayer Worringen         13.19
29    Thomas    Liese         (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            13.26
30    Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen         13.31
31    Christian Werner        (Ger)  Germany Road               13.37
32    Andre     Kalfack       (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        13.46
33    Markus    Wilfurth      (Ger)  Germany Road               13.48
34    Svein     Holestol      (Nor)  Team Chicky World          13.49
35    Matthias  Kessler       (Ger)  Germany Road               14.29
36    Michael   Skelde        (Den)  EC Bayer Worringen         14.36
37    Christian Lademann      (Ger)  Germany Track              16.00
38    Stefan    Steinweg      (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       16.26
39    Sascha    Henrix        (Ger)  Team Gerolsteiner          20.07
40    Karl      Platt         (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       20.59
41    Stefan    Kupfernagel   (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   22.07
42    Steffen   Kjerdgaard    (Nor)  Team Chicky World          22.33
43    Michael   Van der Wolff (Ned)  Team Cologne               24.16
44    Martin    Rittsel       (Swe)  Team Chicky World          25.44
45    Lukas     Zumsteg       (Swi)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     27.51
46    Alexandr  Fedenko       (Ukr)  Ukraine                    28.30
47    Christian Wegmann       (Ger)  Team Continentale          31.31
48    René      Stadelmann    (Swi)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     32.21
49    Chris     Barnsley      (Nzl)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     36.54
50    Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road               39.15
51    Raymond   Meijs         (Ned)  Team Cologne               40.05
52    Eduard    Gritsoun      (Rus)  Team Gerolsteiner          43.25
53    Thorsten  Rund          (Ger)  Germany Track              44.03
54    Vladislav Borissov      (Rus)  Russia                     44.07
55    Marc      Lotz          (Ned)  Rabobank                   44.19
56    Hannes    Hempel        (Aut)  Austria                    44.21
57    Robert    Bartko        (Ger)  Germany Track              44.21
58    Alexei    Markov        (Rus)  Russia                     44.45
59    Roland    Müller        (Swi)  Team Nürnberger            44.53
60    Erwin     Hickl         (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       45.15
61    Stephan   Gottschling   (Ger)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg     45.24
62    Nick      Gates         (Aus)  Team Continentale          45.54
63    Rico      Schmidt       (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        45.59
64    Mario     Zeckra        (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        46.20
65    Branko    Filip         (Slo)  Team Gerolsteiner          47.47
66    Raphael   Schweda       (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            47.51
67    Marco     Appler        (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        48.37
68    Serguei   Klimov        (Rus)  Russia                     48.55
69    Josef     Lontscharitsc (Aut)  Austria                    50.48
70    Torsten   Nitzsche      (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   51.01
71    Jürgen    Werner        (Ger)  Team Nürnberger            51.14
72    Jens      Lehmann       (Ger)  Germany Track              51.29
73    Bert      Hiemstra      (Ned)  Rabobank                   51.33
74    Roger     Leuenberger   (Swi)  Team Ericsson-Villiger     51.39
75    Andreas   Sauerborn     (Ger)  Team Gerolsteiner          51.50
76    Denis     Smyslov       (Rus)  Russia                     52.13
77    Enrico    Poitschke     (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig   52.23
78    Nico      Vuurens       (Ned)  MGI Fietsen                52.28
79    Jochen    Summer        (Aut)  Austria                    52.40
80    Florian   Zanke         (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin        52.51
81    Casper    Van der Meer  (Ned)  MGI Fietsen                52.54
82    Vladimir  Karpets       (Rus)  Russia                     53.14
83    Kurt      Van Lancker   (Bel)  Team Vlaanderen 2002       53.37
84    Mark      Vlijm         (Bel)  Rabobank                   54.48
85    Jeroen    Boelen        (Ned)  MGI Fietsen              1.00.02
86    Jan       Koerts        (Ned)  Team Cologne             1.00.36
87    Lars      Teutenberg    (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen       1.04.08
88    Erwin     Thijs         (Bel)  Team Cologne             1.04.17
89    Andre     Schulze       (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig 1.05.08
90    Kris      Gerits        (Bel)  Team Vlaanderen 2002     1.05.40
91    Olaf      Pollack       (Ger)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg   1.06.29
92    Sebastian Siedler       (Ger)  Germany Track            1.06.48
93    Enrico    Höhme         (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord     1.10.37
94    Sven      Steiner       (Ger)  Team Peugeot Berlin      1.11.08
95    Rafael    Otto          (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen       1.13.27
96    Daniel    Van Elven     (Ned)  MGI Fietsen              1.14.47
97    Alexandr  Symonenko     (Ukr)  Ukraine                  1.15.17
98    Dirk      Märkl         (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord     1.21.59
99    Maxim     Karpatchev    (Rus)  Russia                   1.22.56


GC Mountains
1     Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World          24
2     Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road               16
3     Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen         14
4     Torsten   Schmidt       (Ger)  Team Chicky World          13
5     Hannes    Hempel        (Aut)  Austria                     8
6     Heinrich  Trumheller    (Ger)  Team Continentale           7
7     Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale           6
8     Svein     Holestol      (Nor)  Team Chicky World           6
9     Michael   Schlickau     (Ger)  Team Cologne                5
10    Andreas   Sauerborn     (Ger)  Team Gerolsteiner           3


GC Sprint
1     Stefan    Steinweg      (Ger)  Team Bellheimer Lord       13
2     Peter     Rogers        (Aus)  Team Continentale          10
3     Svein     Holestol      (Nor)  Team Chicky World          10
4     Nicki     Sörensen      (Den)  Team Chicky World           7
5     Jan       Koerts        (Ned)  Team Cologne                7
6     Andre     Schulze       (Ger)  Team Bunte Berte Leipzig    6
7     Vladimir  Karpets       (Rus)  Russia                      6
8     Olaf      Pollack       (Ger)  Agro-Adler Brandenburg      6
9     Hannes    Hempel        (Aut)  Austria                     5
10    Christian Wegmann       (Ger)  Team Continentale           5
11    Artur     Babaitsev     (Rus)  Team Ericsson-Villiger      5
12    Stephan   Schreck       (Ger)  Germany Road                4
13    Marko     Schlittchen   (Ger)  EC Bayer Worringen          4
14    Torsten   Schmidt       (Ger)  Team Ericsson-Villiger      3
15    Timo      Scholz        (Ger)  Team Ericsson-Villiger      3