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

Germany, 13-19 September, 1999

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Stage 5, Bitburg - Zweibrücken (252.1 km)

By Tomas Nillson, cyclingnews.com correspondent

Schweda wins longest ever stage

Raphael Schweda won the fifth stage, 252 kms from Bitburg to Zweibrücken, of the Rheinland Pfalz Rundfahrt, the longest ever in the history of this race. It was something that seemed to fit the young 247-ranked German who was second in the HEW Cyclassics World Cup race some weeks ago. "I kept an eye on Kurt van Lancker but when I saw tjhat he had lost some of his power I really wanted to win," said Schweda. A man for the World's maybe, since Telekom has already shown interest in him as well as Festina.

The quintet that finally fought it out on the streets of Zweibrücken, was the rest of an eight man break at 90 kms. They never got more than four minutes but still managed to make it. On the GC front - nothing new. 

Stage 5

1      Raphael Schweda (Aut) Team Nürnberger      06.23.34
2      Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Team Chicky World       0.00
3      Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                    0.00
4      Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002    0.00
5      Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Le  00.11
6      Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Germany Track         02.19
7      Eduard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner       02.19
8      Michael Van der Wolff (Ned) Team Cologne      02.19
9      Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                    02.19
10     Matthias Kessler (Ger) Germany Road           02.19
11     Josef Lontscharitsch (Aut) Österreich         02.19
12     Michael Skelde (Den) EC Bayer Worringen       02.19
13     Alexei Markov (Rus) Russia                    02.19
14     Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                   02.19
15     Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team Continentale   02.19
16     Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Österreich            02.19
17     Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne          02.19
18     Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne              02.19
19     Vladislav Borissov (Rus) Russia               02.19
20     Mario Zeckra (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin        02.19
21     Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig    02.19
22     Sebastian Lang (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord     02.19
23     Stephan Schreck (Ger) Germany Road            02.19
24     Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger              02.19
25     Svein Holestol (Nor) Team Chicky World        02.19
26     Jürgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Team Vlaanderen   02.19
27     Alexandr Fedenko (Ukr) Ukraine                02.19
28     Andre Kalfack (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin       02.19
29     Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord         02.19
30     Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger              02.19
31     Christoph Göhring (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villig  02.19
32     Olivier Penny (Gbr) MGI Fietsen               02.19
33     Erwin Hickl (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord        02.19
34     Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger            02.19
35     Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner         02.19
36     Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Continentale           02.19
37     Steffen Kjerdgaard (Nor) Team Chicky World    02.19
38     Uwe Hardter (Ger) Germany Road                02.19
39     Nick Gates (Aus) Team Continentale            02.19
40     Hannes Hempel (Aut) Österreich                02.19
41     Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin        02.19
42     Torsten Nitzsche (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leip  02.19
43     Arno Kaspret (Aut) Österreich                 02.19
44     Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) EC Bayer Worringen  02.19
45     Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Continentale       02.19
46     Christian Lademann (Ger) Germany Track        02.19
47     Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany Track              02.19
48     Daniel Becke (Ger) Germany Track              02.19
49     Branko Filip (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner          02.19
50     Christian Werner (Ger) Germany Road           02.19
51     Casper Van der Meer (Ned) MGI Fietsen         02.19
52     Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner     02.19
53     Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Germany Road          02.19
54     Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                      02.19
55     Robert Bartko (Ger) Germany Track             02.19
56     Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger           02.19
57     Erwin Thijs (Bel) Team Cologne                02.19
58     Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank                  02.19
59     Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen               02.19
60     Jochen Summer (Aut) Österreich                02.19
61     Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Chicky World        02.19
62     Bekim Christensen (Den) EC Bayer Worringen    02.19
63     René Stadelmann (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger  02.19
64     Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany Track             02.19
65     Florian Zanke (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin       02.19
66     Roland Müller (Swi) Team Nürnberger           02.19
67     Kris Gerits (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002        02.19
68     Marko Schlittchen (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen    02.41
69     Rico Schmidt (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin        07.35
70     Sven Steiner (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin        13.33
71     Andre Schulze (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig  13.33
72     Chris Barnsley (Nzl) Team Ericsson-Villiger   13.33
73     Jan Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne                 13.33
74     Rafael Otto (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen          13.33
75     Mark Vlijm (Bel) Rabobank                     26.14
76     Peter Rogers (Aus) Team Continentale          26.14
77     Roger Leuenberger (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villig  26.14
78     Alexandr Symonenko (Ukr) Ukraine              26.14
79     Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leip  26.14
80     Christian Wegmann (Ger) Team Continentale     26.14
81     Denis Smyslov (Rus) Russia                    26.14
82     Markus Wilfurth (Ger) Germany Road            26.14
83     Serguei Klimov (Rus) Russia                   26.14
84     Enrico Höhme (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord       26.14
85     Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russia                 26.14
86     Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Russia                 26.14
87     Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen      26.14
88     Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord    26.14

Sprints
1      Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord         5
2      Sebastian Lang (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord          3
3      Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                         2
4      Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger                1

1      Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord         5
2      Jan Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne                      3
3      Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Germany Track              2
4      Michael Skelde (Den) EC Bayer Worringen            1

1      Jan Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne                      5
2      Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                        3
3      Rico Schmidt (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin             2
4      Micha Van der Wolff (Ned) Team Cologne             1

Mountains
1      Hannes Hempel (Aut) Österreich                     5
2      Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Chicky World             3
3      Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team Continentale        2
4      Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                         1

1      Hannes Hempel (Aut) Österreich                     5
2      Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Chicky World             3
3      Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team Continentale        2
4      Arno Kaspret (Aut) Österreich                      1

1      Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                        3
2      Micha Van der Wolff (Ned) Team Cologne             2
3      Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Le       1

1      Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                        3
2      Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Le       2
3      Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Team Chicky World           1

1      Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                        3
2      Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002        2
3      Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Le       1

1      Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                        3
2      Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Le       2
3      Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger              1

1      Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                        3
2      Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Team Chicky World           2
3      Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger              1

1      Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002        3
2      Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Team Chicky World           2
3      Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger              1

GC after stage 5

1      Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                22.57.28
2      Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                    00.06
3      Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Continentale       00.54
4      Jürgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Team Vlaanderen   01.54
5      Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner         03.22
6      Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne          03.45
7      Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger              03.45
8      Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger              03.46
9      Olivier Penny (Gbr) MGI Fietsen               03.58
10     Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team Continentale   04.05
11     Arno Kaspret (Aut) Österreich                 04.11
12     Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Österreich            04.14
13     Christoph Göhring (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villig  04.17
14     Uwe Hardter (Ger) Germany Road                04.34
15     Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Team Chicky World      06.47
16     Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                   08.00
17     Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Chicky World        09.01
18     Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Continentale           10.07
19     Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig    12.23
20     Sebastian Lang (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord     12.38
21     Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Germany Road          12.41
22     Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) EC Bayer Worringen  13.02
23     Daniel Becke (Ger) Germany Track              13.07
24     Bekim Christensen (Den) EC Bayer Worringen    13.19
25     Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger            13.26
26     Christian Werner (Ger) Germany Road           13.37
27     Andre Kalfack (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin       13.46
28     Svein Holestol (Nor) Team Chicky World        13.49
29     Marko Schlittchen (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen    13.53
30     Matthias Kessler (Ger) Germany Road           14.29
31     Michael Skelde (Den) EC Bayer Worringen       14.36
32     Christian Lademann (Ger) Germany Track        16.00
33     Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Le  19.59
34     Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord         20.59
35     Steffen Kjerdgaard (Nor) Team Chicky World    22.33
36     Michael Van der Wolff (Ned) Team Cologne      24.16
37     Alexandr Fedenko (Ukr) Ukraine                28.30
38     René Stadelmann (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villiger  32.21
39     Peter Rogers (Aus) Team Continentale          34.55
40     Markus Wilfurth (Ger) Germany Road            37.43
41     Stephan Schreck (Ger) Germany Road            39.15
42     Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne              40.05
43     Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord    40.15
44     Eduard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner       43.25
45     Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany Track             44.03
46     Vladislav Borissov (Rus) Russia               44.07
47     Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                      44.19
48     Hannes Hempel (Aut) Österreich                44.21
49     Robert Bartko (Ger) Germany Track             44.21
50     Alexei Markov (Rus) Russia                    44.45
51     Roland Müller (Swi) Team Nürnberger           44.53
52     Erwin Hickl (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord        45.15
53     Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger         45.22
54     Nick Gates (Aus) Team Continentale            45.54
55     Mario Zeckra (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin        46.20
56     Branko Filip (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner          47.47
57     Chris Barnsley (Nzl) Team Ericsson-Villiger   48.08
58     Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin        48.37
59     Josef Lontscharitsch (Aut) Österreich         50.48
60     Torsten Nitzsche (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leip  51.01
61     Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger           51.14
62     Rico Schmidt (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin        51.14
63     Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002   51.18
64     Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany Track              51.29
65     Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank                  51.33
66     Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner     51.50
67     Jochen Summer (Aut) Österreich                52.40
68     Florian Zanke (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin       52.51
69     Casper Van der Meer (Ned) MGI Fietsen         52.54
70     Christian Wegmann (Ger) Team Continentale     55.26
71     Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen               00.02
72     Erwin Thijs (Bel) Team Cologne                04.17
73     Kris Gerits (Bel) Team Vlaanderen 2002        05.40
74     Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Germany Track         06.47
75     Jan Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne                 11.45
76     Serguei Klimov (Rus) Russia                   12.50
77     Roger Leuenberger (Swi) Team Ericsson-Villig  15.34
78     Denis Smyslov (Rus) Russia                    16.08
79     Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leip  16.18
80     Andre Schulze (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig  16.22
81     Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Russia                 17.09
82     Mark Vlijm (Bel) Rabobank                     18.43
83     Sven Steiner (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin        22.22
84     Rafael Otto (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen          24.41
85     Lars Teutenberg (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen      28.03
86     Enrico Höhme (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord       34.32
87     Alexandr Symonenko (Ukr) Ukraine              39.12
88     Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russia                 46.51

Mountains
1      Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Chicky World            30
2      Hannes Hempel (Aut) Österreich                    18
3      Stephan Schreck (Ger) Germany Road                16
4      Denis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen                       15
5      Marko Schlittchen (Ger) EC Bayer Worringen        14
6      Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Chicky World           13
7      Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team Continentale       11
8      Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Le       6
9      Peter Rogers (Aus) Team Continentale               6
10     Svein Holestol (Nor) Team Chicky World             6

Sprints
1      Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Team Bellheimer Lord        23
2      Jan Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne                     15
3      Peter Rogers (Aus) Team Continentale              10
4      Svein Holestol (Nor) Team Chicky World            10
5      Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Chicky World             7
6      Andre Schulze (Ger) Team Bunte Berte Leipzig       6
7      Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Russia                      6
8      Christian Wegmann (Ger) Team Continentale          5
9      Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Continentale            5
10     Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                         4