24th International Niedersachsen Rundfarht - 2.5

Germany, April 11-20, 2000

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Stage 1 - April 11: Leer - Melle, 167.8 km

Pollack once again

Gerolsteiner's Rapport Toer winner, Olaf Pollack showed that his leader's jersey that he earned yesterday in the Niedersachsen Rundfarht fitted quite nicely, as he won stage one from Leer to Melle.

The stage was not particularly difficult, as the expected crosswinds did not eventuate, and the peloton were content to roll together until 30 kilometres to go. Bruno Boscardin (Post Swiss) managed a small gap to claim the only mountain prize of the day, but was not allowed any further freedom by the bunch.

Pollack's Gerolsteiner team controlled the race to the finish to lead him out for the win over Thorsten Wilhelms (Nürnberger) and Stefan Radochla (Bunte Berta Leipzig).

Tomorrow's stage two will take the riders from Melle to Verden (142.6 kilometres).

Results

1. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner       4.25.56
2. Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Nürnberger
3. Stefan Radochla (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
4. Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
5. Wilco Zuyderwijk (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
6. Rudi Kemna (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
7. Martin Kryger (Den) Team Fakta
8. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
9. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Bosch-Junkers-Kärnten
10. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne
11. Bernhard Wächter (Ger) German National Track team
12. Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
13. Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Team Fakta
14. Christian Lademann (Ger) German National Track team
15. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
16. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German National Track team
17. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger
18. Slavomir Heger (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
19. Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
20. Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
21. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
22. Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne
23. Grzegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
24. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger
25. Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss team
26. Richard Faltus (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
27. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss team
28. Andre Kalfack (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
29. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne
30. Thorsten Rund (Ger) German National Track team
31. Michael Wanka (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
32. Frank Klein (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
33. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
34. Piotr Zaradny (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
35. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner
36. Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
37. Raimond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne
38. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne
39. Sven Biermann (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
40. Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger
41. Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
42. Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss team
43. Allan Iacuone (Aus) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
44. Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne
45. Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne
46. Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss team
47. Denis Smyslow (Rus) Russian National Team
48. Tiann Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne
49. Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
50. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
51. Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
52. S. Gaute Holtestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner
53. Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
54. Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss team
55. Petr Bencik (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
56. Bart Brentjens (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
57. René Andrle (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
58. Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss team
59. Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
60. Artur Krasinski (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
61. Rene Krocs (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
62. Jörg Förster (Ger) German National Road Team
63. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger
64. Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger
65. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta
66. Jakob Gram Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta
67. Milos Pejcea (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
68. Tomasz Szafranski (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
69. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
70. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger
71. Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
72. Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russian National Team
73. Christian Werner (Ger) German National Road Team
74. Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss team
75. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
76. Eduard Reichert (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
77. Kurt Schwarzmüller (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
78. Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta
79. Sergei Klimow (Rus) Russian National Team
80. Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta
81. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step
82. Benjamin Minow (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
83. Sebastian Lang (Ger) German National Road Team
84. Stefan Müller (Ger) German National Road Team
85. Johan Brouinsma (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
86. Marco Zeckra (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
87. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
88. Bart Bouma (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
89. Robert Slippers (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
90. Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team
91. Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) Russian National Team
92. Michael Meeske (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
93. Vladimir Novotny (Cze) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
94. Christian Bach (Ger) German National Track team
95. Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
96. Marco Appler (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
97. Hannes Hempel (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
98. Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
99. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
100. Phillippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step
101. Slavomir Chrzanowski (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
102. Guido Fulst (Ger) German National Track team
103. Stefan Schumacher (Ger) German National Road Team
104. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
105. Wladyslaw Borissow (Rus) Russian National Team
106. Claus Holm (Den) Team Fakta
107. Robert Kaiser (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
108. Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
109. Jens Lehmann (Ger) German National Track team
110. Andreas Müller (Ger) German National Track team
111. Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta
112. Arnold Eisel (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
113. Florian Zanke (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
114. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
115. Massimo Sorice (Ita) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
116. Valter Bonca (Slo) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
117. Roland Pils (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
118. Almaz Baigoujine (Rus) Russian National Team
119. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss team
120. Oliver Beermann (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection            0.29
121. Marcel Bollmann (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
122. Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                 0.51
123. Sander Hup (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba                        1.03
124. Mathias Wilfurth (Ger) German National Road Team         1.43
125. Alexander Serow (Rus) Russian National Team
126. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                 6.15
127. Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig



		Teams:

1. Team Mapei-Quick-Step                                   13.17.4
2. German National Track Team
3. Team Nürnberger
4. Team Gerolsteiner
5. Team Cologne
6. Van Vliet - Weba
7. Bunte Berte Leipzig
8. Team ZVVZ Wüstenrot
9. Team Fakta
10. Team Post Swiss
11. ARBÖ Bosch Hausgerät
12. Mat Ceresit CCC
13. German National Road Team
14. Team Peugeot Berlin
15. Niedersachsen
16. Russian National Team



		U 23:

1. Bernhard Wächter (Ger) German National Track team       4.25.56
2. Denis Smyslow (Rus) Russian National Team
3. Jörg Förster (Ger) German National Road Team
4. Christian Werner (Ger) German National Road Team
5. Sebastian Lang (Ger) German National Road Team
6. Stefan Müller (Ger) German National Road Team
7. Marco Zeckra (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
8. Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team
9. Christian Bach (Ger) German National Track team
10. Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
11. Robert Kaiser (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
12. Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
13. Andreas Müller (Ger) German National Track team
14. Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                  1.01


General classification after stage 1:

1. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                    4.25.56
2. Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Nürnberger
3. Stefan Radochla (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
4. Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
5. Wilco Zuyderwijk (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
6. Rudi Kemna (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba
7. Martin Kryger (Den) Team Fakta
8. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
9. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Bosch-Junkers-Kärnten
10. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne