24th International Niedersachsen Rundfarht - 2.5

Germany, April 11-20, 2000

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Stage 5 - April 15: Lüneburg - Osterode, 232.2 km

Pollack keeps it for another day

Race leader Olaf Pollack from Gerolsteiner overcame the challenges of the longest stage (232 km) of the race from Lueneburg to Osterode today. In another field sprint, Max van Heeswijk and Fred Rodriguez (both Mapei) took first and second, while Pollack held onto his overall jersey.

An ordinary day in terms of weather conditions - cold and drizzle - saw a subdued bunch ride for nearly six and a half hours. There were no major attacks and the only incidnet of note was the fall of race leader (and eventual stage winner) Olaf Pollack after 150 kilometres. He collided with a teammate, Torsten Schmidt and both came off, however neither was seriously hurt as evidenced by Pollack's storming finish.

Tomorrow's queen stage is of 180 kilometres from Osterode to Duderstadt, containing a total of six major climbs.

Results

1 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step                 6.23.40
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step         	     0.03
3 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss
4 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
5 Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot
6 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss
7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss
9 Hannes Hempel (Aut) ARBÖ Bosch
10 Sven Gaute Holestol (Nor) Gerolsteiner

General classification after stage 5:
       
1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                   22.15.56
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei - Quick Step                    0.32
3 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                    0.34
4 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                 0.36
5 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                        0.38
6 Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                         
7 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team                          
8 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team                  
9 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät                   
10 S. Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner                 
11 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne                          
12 Tiann Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne                       
13 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger                          0.50
14 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger                      0.53
15 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger                     0.57
16 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                          0.59
17 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne                           
18 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     1.01
19 Tomasz Szafranski (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC                  
20 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC                   
21 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                     
22 Christian Werner (Ger) German Road Team                   1.11
23 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei - Quick Step                 1.13
24 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                   1.17
25 Raimond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne                          1.20
26 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger                    1.31
27 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne                      1.31
28 Artur Krasinski (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC                     1.31
29 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team                      1.31
30 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     1.35
31 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                  1.41
32 Christian Lademann (Ger) German Track Team                1.57
33 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                     2.05
34 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger                        2.08
35 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne                           2.19
36 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Dutch National Team                  2.40
37 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team                      3.07
38 Thorsten Rund (Ger) German Track Team                     3.12
39 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                3.30
40 Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russian National Team                  3.34
41 Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Team Fakta                         3.34
42 Richard Faltus (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                       3.34
43 Petr Bencik (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                          3.34
44 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team                 3.40
45 Andre Kalfack (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                   3.44
46 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step                       3.51
47 Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) Russian National Team             3.53
48 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                4.04
49 Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                 4.04
50 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC                       4.04
51 Jörg Förster (Ger) German Road Team                       4.04
52 Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                    4.04
53 Arnold Eisel (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät                   4.04
54 Frank Klein (Ger) Niedersachsen                           4.04
55 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team                    4.25
56 Alexand Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger                 4.43
57 Sergei Klimow (Rus) Russian National Team                 4.43
58 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                    4.49
59 Claus Holm (Den) Team Fakta                               4.50
60 Sebastian Lang (Ger) German Road Team                     4.52
61 Michael Meeske (Ger) Niedersachsen                        4.52
62 Sven Biermann (Ger) Niedersachsen                         4.52
63 Robert Kaiser (Ger) Niedersachsen                         4.56
64 Stefan Müller (Ger) German Road Team                      5.01
65 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC                      5.31
66 Roland Pils (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät                    5.40
67 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Dutch National Team                     5.41
68 Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team                 5.44
69 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step                      6.05
70 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team                    6.10
71 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) German Road Team                  6.12
72 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen                        6.16
73 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta                             6.18
74 Wilco Zuijderwijk (Ned) Dutch National Team               6.23
75 Steffen Radochla (Ger) German Road Team                   6.33
76 Rene Krocs (Ned) Dutch National Team                      6.39
77 Martin Kryger (Den) Team Fakta                            6.42
78 Pet Meinert-Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta                      6.42
79 Christian Bach (Ger) German Track Team                    6.46
80 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                    6.53
81 Milos Pejcea (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                         7.00
82 Wladyslaw Borissow (Rus) Russian National Team            7.10
83 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                     7.21
84 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) German Track Team                  7.21
85 Slavomir Heger (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                       7.30
86 Denis Smyslow (Rus) Russian National Team                 7.39
87 Bart Bouma (Ned) Dutch National Team                      7.39
88 Grzegor Gronkiewicz (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC                 7.51
89 René Andre (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                           8.18
90 Kurt Schwarzmüller (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät             8.18
91 Florian Zanke (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                   8.18
92 Guido Fulst (Ger) German Track Team                       8.27
93 Benjamin Minow (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                  8.36
94 Phillippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei - Quick Step                8.41
95 Valter Bonca (Slo) Team Bosch Hausgerät                   8.43
96 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne                          9.39
97 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                 9.45
98 Marcel Bollmann (Ger) Niedersachsen                       9.51
99 Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                  9.55
100 Mathias Wilfurth (Ger) German Road Team                 10.32
101 Marco Zeckra (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                  10.59
102 Robert Slippers (Ned) Dutch National Team               11.07
103 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step                  11.18
104 Marti Fischerlehner (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät          11.18
105 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step                  11.22
106 Vladimir Novotny (Cze) Team Bosch Hausgerät             11.25
107 Massimo Sorice (Ita) Mat Ceresit-CCC                    11.30
108 Jakob Gram Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta                     12.05
109 Alexander Serow (Rus) Russian National Team             12.39
110 Sander Hup (Ned) Dutch National Team                    13.30
111 Andreas Müller (Ger) German Track Team                  13.55
112 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German Track Team                    13.59
113 Eduard Reichert (Ger) Niedersachsen                     14.40
114 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta                      16.01
115 Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                 17.04

Teams classification:

1 Post Swiss Team                                    	 66.49.40
2 Team Gerolsteiner                                 		
3 ZVVZ Wüstenrot                                     	     0.23
4 Team Cologne                                      	
5 Mapei - Quick Step                            
6 Team Nürnberger                                    	     0.50
7 Mat Ceresit-CCC                                    	     1.39
8 German Track Team                                  	     4.32
9 Team Peugeot Berlin                                	     6.50
10 German Road Team                                  	     6.55
11 Bunte Berte Leipzig                               	     7.04
12 Team Bosch Hausgerät                              	     7.10
13 Russian National Team                             	     8.58
14 Dutch National Team                               	    10.26
15 Team Fakta                                        	    10.27
16 Niedersachsen                                     	    11.54

Sprint classification:

1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                         45 pts
2 Wilco Zuijderwijk (Ned) Dutch National Team                  25
3 Steffen Radochla (Ger) German Road Team                      24
4 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                      22
5 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                   19
6 Christian Lademann (Ger) German Track Team                   18 
7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team                    14
8 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei - Quick Step                      13
9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei - Quick Step                    12
10 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                         12
11 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team                       11
12 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Dutch National Team                       11
13 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step                       9
14 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger                        8
15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                        7
16 Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot                           6
17 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team                            5
18 Grzegor Gronkiewicz (Pol) Mat Ceresit-CCC                    5
19 Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team                    4
20 Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                      4
21 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                      4
22 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team                        4
23 Arnold Eisel (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät                      4
24 Martin Kryger (Den) Team Fakta                               4
25 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team                    3
26 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                       3
27 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger                             3
28 Alexander Serow (Rus) Russian National Team                  3
29 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta                                3
30 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step                          3
31 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät                     2
32 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne                              2
33 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                             2
34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                   2
35 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne                             2
36 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger                           2
37 Robert Kaiser (Ger) Niedersachsen                            2
38 Sven Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner                  1

Mountains classification:

1 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team                        6
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei - Quick Step                      5
3 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Team Bosch Hausgerät                     5
4 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                      4
5 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger                           2
6 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team                            1
7 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                             1
    
U23 Classification:

1  Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin            22.16.32
2  Tiann Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne                         38
3  Christian Werner (Ger) German Road Team                  01.11
4  Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russian National Team                 03.34
5  Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team                03.40
6  Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) Russian National Team            03.53
7  Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig               04.04
8  Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                04.04
9  Jörg Förster (Ger) German Road Team                      04.04
10 Marco Appler (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                   04.04
11 Sergei Klimow (Rus) Russian National Team                04.43
12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) German Road Team                    04.52
13 Robert Kaiser (Ger) Niedersachsen                        04.56
14 Stefan Müller (Ger) German Road Team                     05.01
15 Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team                05.44
16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) German Road Team                 06.12
17 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen                       06.16
18 Steffen Radochla (Ger) German Road Team                  06.33
19 Christian Bach (Ger) German Track Team                   06.46
20 Wladyslaw Borissow (Rus) Russian National Team           07.10
21 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) German Track Team                 07.21
22 Denis Smyslow (Rus) Russian National Team                07.39
23 Bart Bouma (Ned) Dutch National Team                     07.39
24 Florian Zanke (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                  08.18
25 Benjamin Minow (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                 08.36
26 Phillippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei - Quick Step               08.41
27 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                09.45
28 Marcel Bollmann (Ger) Niedersachsen                      09.51
29 Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig                 09.55
30 Mathias Wilfurth (Ger) German Road Team                  10.32
31 Marco Zeckra (Ger) Team Peugeot Berlin                   10.59
32 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei - Quick Step                   11.18
33 Vladimir Novotny (Cze) Team Bosch Hausgerät              11.25
34 Alexander Serow (Rus) Russian National Team              12.39
35 Andreas Müller (Ger) German Track Team                   13.55