24th International Niedersachsen Rundfarht - 2.5

Germany, April 11-20, 2000

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Stage 3 - April 13: Verden - Bückeburg, 159,6 km

Lademann stops the rot

The German track team's Christian Lademann finally brought Olaf Pollack's victory series to an end, by winning stage three of the Niedersachsen Rundfahrt. The stage from Verden to Bueckeburg was conducted over 162 kilometres, ending in a bunch sprint with over 40 riders in the top group. Lademann had the fastest legs, beating Gerolsteiner's Sven Teutenberg and Nürnberger's Rafael Schweda. However, Pollack kept his leader's jersey after finishing in the fornt group.

Danish rider, Jimmy Hansen tried a solo move in the first third of the stage, gaining 2:30 before we was caught by a still fresh peloton. After the town of Hessisch-Oldendorf, the bunch split into several groups on the climb of the Schaumburg Pass, but it came back together on the finishing circuits.

Lademann's win was quite clear, but he had to wait some minutes before the judges decided that he was indeed in the race - they had not counted him on the first lap of the finishing circuit. However, all was well and he was awarded the stage.

Yesterday's crash victim, Torsten Wilhelms (Nürnberger) did not start today, as a result of a broken bone in his hand. The burly sprinter wishes to keep training though, in order to do the peace race starting on May 5.

Tomorrow's stage is from Bueckeburg to Lueneburg, 179 km in length.

Results

1. Christian Lademann (Ger) Germany Track                4.14.06
2. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
3. Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger
4. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
5. Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
6. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
7. Christian Heule (Swi) Team Post Swiss
8. Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
9. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step
10. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne
11. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
12. Tomasz Szafranski (Pol) MAT Ceresit
13. Raimond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne
14. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT Ceresit
15. Christian Poos (Lux) Team Post Swiss
16. Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany Track
17. Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne
18. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne
19. Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
20. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Team Post Swiss
21. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne
22. Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Post Swiss
23. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
24. Bart Brentjens (Ned) Netherlands
25. Artur Krasinski (Pol) MAT Ceresit
26. Hannes Hempel (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
27. Christian Werner (Ger) Germany Road
28. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger
29. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Team Post Swiss
30. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger
31. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
32. Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Post Swiss
33. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
34. Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger
35. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
36. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner
37. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger
38. Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
39. Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
40. Tiann Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne
41. S. Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner
42. Petr Bencik (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
43. Robert Kaiser (Ger) Niedersachsen                       2.33
44. Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Team Fakta
45. Christian Bach (Ger) Germany Track
46. Eduard Reichert (Ger) Niedersachsen
47. Frank Klein (Ger) Niedersachsen
48. Richard Faltus (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
49. Rudie Kemna (Ned) Netherlands
50. Christian Sidler (Swi) Team Post Swiss
51. Michael Meeske (Ger) Niedersachsen
52. Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta
53. Jörg Förster (Ger) Germany Road
54. Sven Biermann (Ger) Niedersachsen
55. Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
56. Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
57. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Germany Road
58. Arnold Eisel (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
59. Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) MAT Ceresit
60. Piotr Zaradny (Pol) MAT Ceresit
61. Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
62. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Germany Track
63. Michael Wanka (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
64. Sergei Klimow (Rus) Russia
65. Roland Pils (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
66. Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Team Post Swiss
67. Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) Russia
68. Alexej Markow (Rus) Russia
69. Almaz Baigoujine (Rus) Russia
70. Andre Kalfack (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
71. Martin Kryger (Den) Team Fakta
72. Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
73. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger
74. Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen
75. Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne
76. Stefan Müller (Ger) Germany Road
77. Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
78. Rene Krocs (Ned) Netherlands
79. Claus Holm (Den) Team Fakta
80. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta
81. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
82. Wilco Zuijderwijk (Ned) Netherlands
83. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
84. Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russia
85. Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
86. Denis Smyslow (Rus) Russia                              5.11
87. Mathias Wilfurth (Ger) Germany Road
88. Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Germany Road
89. Alexander Serow (Rus) Russia
90. Phillippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step
91. Wladyslaw Borissow (Rus) Russia
92. Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
93. Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
94. Steffen Radochla (Ger) Germany Road
95. Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta
96. Bart Bouma (Ned) Netherlands
97. Johan Brouinsma (Ned) Netherlands
98. Grzegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) MAT Ceresit
99. Vladimir Novotny (Cze) Bosch Hausgeräte
100. Slavomir Chrzanowski (Pol) MAT Ceresit
101. Slavomir Heger (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
102. Kurt Schwarzmüller (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
103. Guido Fulst (Ger) Germany Track
104. Florian Zanke (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
105. Benjamin Minow (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
106. Marcel Bollmann (Ger) Niedersachsen
107. Robert Slippers (Ned) Netherlands
108. Marco Zeckra (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
109. René Andre (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
110. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Bosch Hausgeräte
111. Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
112. Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
113. Milos Pejcea (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
114. Valter Bonca (Slo) Bosch Hausgeräte
115. Bernhard Wächter (Ger) Germany Track
116. Andreas Müller (Ger) Germany Track
117. Sander Hup (Ned) Netherlands
118. Massimo Sorice (Ita) MAT Ceresit
119. Allan Iacuone (Aus) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                     9.55
120. Jakob Gram Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta
121. Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta
122. Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany Track
123. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 10.48

General classification after stage 3:

1. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                 12.01.31
2. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                  0.14
3. Christian Lademann (Ger) Germany Track                   0.18
4. Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger                    0.24
5. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger                       0.26
6. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin               0.27
7. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
8. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                      0.28
9. Christian Heule (Swi) Team Post Swiss
10. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne
11. Tomasz Szafranski (Pol) MAT Ceresit
12. Raimond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne
13. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT Ceresit
14. Christian Poos (Lux) Team Post Swiss
15. Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany Track
16. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne
17. Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
18. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne
19. Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Post Swiss
20. Artur Krasinski (Pol) MAT Ceresit
21. Hannes Hempel (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
22. Christian Werner (Ger) Germany Road
23. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger
24. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Team Post Swiss
25. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger
26. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
27. Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Post Swiss
28. Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger
29. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
30. Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
31. Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
32. Tiann Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne
33. S. Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner
34. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step                 1.16
35. Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne
36. Bart Brentjens (Ned) Netherlands
37. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner
38. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                   1.32
39. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Team Post Swiss
40. Petr Bencik (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                        1.52
41. Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig              2.38
42. Wilco Zuijderwijk (Ned) Netherlands                     2.55
43. Rudie Kemna (Ned) Netherlands                           2.57
44. Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta                           2.58
45. Robert Kaiser (Ger) Niedersachsen                       3.01
46. Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Team Fakta
47. Frank Klein (Ger) Niedersachsen
48. Richard Faltus (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
49. Christian Sidler (Swi) Team Post Swiss
50. Jörg Förster (Ger) Germany Road
51. Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
52. Arnold Eisel (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
53. Piotr Zaradny (Pol) MAT Ceresit
54. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Germany Track
55. Michael Wanka (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
56. Sergei Klimow (Rus) Russia
57. Roland Pils (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
58. Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) Russia
59. Almaz Baigoujine (Rus) Russia
60. Andre Kalfack (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
61. Martin Kryger (Den) Team Fakta
62. Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
63. Alexand Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger
64. Stefan Müller (Ger) Germany Road
65. Rene Krocs (Ned) Netherlands
66. Pet Meinert-Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta
67. Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russia
68. Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
69. Claus Holm (Den) Team Fakta                             3.29
70. Christian Bach (Ger) Germany Track                      3.49
71. Michael Meeske (Ger) Niedersachsen
72. Sven Biermann (Ger) Niedersachsen
73. Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
74. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Germany Road
75. Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) MAT Ceresit
76. Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Team Post Swiss
77. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                      4.05
78. Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen                      4.16
79. Alexej Markow (Rus) Russia                              5.11
80. Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
81. Steffen Radochla (Ger) Germany Road                     5.31
82. Denis Smyslow (Rus) Russia                              5.39
83. Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Germany Road
84. Phillippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step
85. Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
86. Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta
87. Bart Bouma (Ned) Netherlands
88. Slavomi Chrzanowski (Pol) MAT Ceresit
89. Kurt Schwarzmüller (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte
90. Florian Zanke (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
91. Benjamin Minow (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
92. Robert Slippers (Ned) Netherlands
93. Marco Zeckra (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
94. René Andre (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
95. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Bosch Hausgeräte
96. Milos Pejcea (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
97. Bernhard Wächter (Ger) Germany Track
98. Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne                        5.45
99. Wladyslaw Borissow (Rus) Russia                         6.27
100. Grzegor Gronkiewicz (Pol) MAT Ceresit
101. Slavomir Heger (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
102. Guido Fulst (Ger) Germany Track
103. Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin              6.43
104. Valter Bonca (Slo) Bosch Hausgeräte
105. Marcel Bollmann (Ger) Niedersachsen                    7.12
106. Alexander Serow (Rus) Russia                           7.22
107. Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig               7.34
108. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   7.41
109. Johan Brouinsma (Ned) Netherlands                      7.49
110. Vladimir Novotny (Cze) Bosch Hausgeräte
111. Massimo Sorice (Ita) MAT Ceresit
112. Mathias Wilfurth (Ger) Germany Road                    8.10
113. Sander Hup (Ned) Netherlands                           8.52
114. Andreas Müller (Ger) Germany Track                    10.19
115. Allan Iacuone (Aus) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                    10.23
116. Jakob Gram Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta
117. Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany Track
118. Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                  10.40
119. Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta                    11.11
120. Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig               16.31
121. Marti Fischerlehner (Aut) Bosch Hausgeräte            16.57
122. Eduard Reichert (Ger) Niedersachsen                   19.11
123. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 21.33