24th International Niedersachsen Rundfarht - 2.5

Germany, April 11-20, 2000

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Stage 4 - April 14: Bückeburg - Lüneburg, 178,6 km

Fast stage sees Dutchman win

Dutchman Wilco Zuijderwijk, riding for the Dutch National team, became the first non-German winner in this year's Niedersachsen Rundfarht after he won stage four in a bunch sprint. The 178.6 kilometres stage from Bueckeburg to Lueneburg almost went to Gerolsteiner's Olaf Pollack again, but the Dutchman was able to outsprint him at the end. In thrid place was a member of the German track squad, Sebastian Siedler. The stage was extremely quick, at 46.4 km/h, and roughly 80 riders arrived at the finish to contest the sprint.

The only notable escape was from Russian rider, Alexander Serow (18), who attacked from the start and gained a 6:40 lead after 40 kilometres. However, 50 kilometres later he was brought back by the strong teams of Mapei, Gerolsteiner and Nürnberger.

Olaf Pollack kept his leader's jersey going into tomorrow's long, 232 km stage 5 from Lueneburg to Osterode. The real challange will be on Sunday from Osterode to Duderstadt, containing six tough climbs.

Results

1 Wilco Zuijderwijk (Ned) Dutch National Team             3.50.52
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner  
3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team  
4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) German Road Team  
5 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig  
6 Grzegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC  
7 Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team  
8 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger  
9 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Dutch National Team  
10 Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 
11 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 
12 Wladyslaw Borissow (Rus) Russian National Team 
13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei - Quick Step 
14 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 
15 Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Team Fakta 
16 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC 
17 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne 
18 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) German Track Team 
19 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei - Quick Step 
20 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 
21 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 
22 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 
23 Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russian National Team 
24 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) German Road Team 
25 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 
26 Raimond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 
27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 
28 Frank Klein (Ger) Niedersachsen 
29 Slavomir Heger (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot 
30 Arnold Eisel (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät 
31 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 
32 Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot 
33 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot 
34 Tomasz Szafranski (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC 
35 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 
36 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 
37 Thorsten Rund (Ger) German Track Team 
38 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step 
39 Richard Faltus (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot 
40 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner 
41 Jörg Förster (Ger) German Road Team 
42 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 
43 Rene Krocs (Ned) Dutch National Team 
44 Tiann Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 
45 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Team Bosch Hausgerät 
46 Jakob Gram Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta 
47 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 
48 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 
49 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 
50 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 
51 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 
52 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Dutch National Team 
53 Petr Bencik (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot 
54 Sebastian Lang (Ger) German Road Team 
55 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 
56 Sergei Klimow (Rus) Russian National Team 
57 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 
58 Christian Werner (Ger) German Road Team 
59 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC 
60 Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 
61 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 
62 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC 
63 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 
64 S. Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner 
65 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 
66 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 
67 Artur Krasinski (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC 
68 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 
69 Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) Russian National Team 
70 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 
71 Sven Biermann (Ger) Niedersachsen 
72 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 
73 Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger 
74 Michael Meeske (Ger) Niedersachsen 
75 Kalfack (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 
76 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin               0.18
77 Stefan Müller (Ger) German Road Team                     
78 Milos Pejcea (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                        
79 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen                       
80 Claus Holm (Den) Team Fakta 
81 Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät 
82 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta 
83 Mathias Wilfurth (Ger) German Road Team 
84 Bart Bouma (Ned) Dutch National Team 
85 Phillippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei - Quick Step 
86 Sander Hup (Ned) Dutch National Team 
87 Eduard Reichert (Ger) Niedersachsen 
88 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät 
89 Robert Kaiser (Ger) Niedersachsen                       0.31
90 Martin Kryger (Den) Team Fakta                          0.57
91 Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin 
92 Christian Lademann (Ger) German Track Team 
93 Marcel Bollmann (Ger) Niedersachsen 
94 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 
95 Guido Fulst (Ger) German Track Team 
96 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step 
97 Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta 
98 Denis Smyslow (Rus) Russian National Team 
99 Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 
100 Valter Bonca (Slo) Team Bosch Hausgerät
101 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
102 Kurt Schwarzmüller (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät
103 Roland Pils (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät
104 Massimo Sorice (Ita) Mat Ceresit-CCC
105 Florian Zanke (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
106 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team
107 René Andre (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
108 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step
109 Robert Slippers (Ned) Dutch National Team              1.50
110 Christian Bach (Ger) German Track Team                 1.54
111 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German Track Team               
112 Andreas Müller (Ger) German Track Team               
113 Vladimir Novotny (Cze) Team Bosch Hausgerät
114 Benjamin Minow (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin
115 Slavomir Chrzanowski (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC             3.38
116 Alexander Serow (Rus) Russian National Team
117 Marco Zeckra (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                 3.56
118 Almaz Baigoujine (Rus) Russian National Team

Sprints

1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                         11 pts
2 Wilco Zuijderwijk (Ned) Dutch National Team                  10
3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team                     8
4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) German Road Team                       7
5 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                    6
6 Grzegor Gronkiewicz (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC                     5
7 Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team                     4
8 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger                              3
9 Alexander Serow (Rus) Russian National Team                   3
10 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                      3
11 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Dutch National Team                        2
12 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                             2
13 Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                      1
14 Christian Lademann (Ger) German Track Team                   1
15 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                   1

General classification after stage 4:

1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner        	         15.52.15 
2 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Gerolsteiner              	     0.22
3 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner              	     0.32
4 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger           
5 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger               	     0.34
6 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Peugeot            
7 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger           
8 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger               	     0.36
9 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss                   
10 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step