24th International Niedersachsen Rundfarht - 2.5
Germany, April 11-20, 2000
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Stage 9 - April 19: Wolfsburg - Bad Pyrmont, 154,3
km
Penultimate stage won
by Belgian
The second last stage of the 24th Niedersaachsen Rundfahrt (Tour of
Lower Saxony) was won today by Mapei's young Belgian rider, Kevin Hulsmans
who managed to foil Gerolsteiners efforts of another bunch sprint. The
stage from Wolfsburg to Bad Pyrmont (154 km) was extremely wet, but
that didn't stop the peloton from travelling at 43 km/h for three and
a half hours.
Gerolsteiner's job was to keep their man, Torsten Schmidt in the yellow
and they did just that, controlling the race until 20 kilometres to
go. At this point, the weather cleared and a group of five riders escaped,
including Christian Heule (Post Swiss), Thomas Liesse (Nürnberger),
Andre Kalfack (Puegeot Berlin) and Pavel Broutt (Russia). The quintet
gained 21 seconds on the bunch by the end - not great enough to threaten
the lead of Schmidt, so they were allowed to fight it out amongst themselves.
The sprint went to 22 year old Hulsmans, followed by Heule and Liese
in third place. Tomorrow's final stage should see Schmidt retain his
jersey, provided he has no major mishaps. It will be from Bad Pyrmont
to Einbeck (133 kilometres), containing two climbs, and if Schmidt wins,
it will be his second success in the event.
Results
1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 3.33.24
2 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss team
3 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger
4 Andre Kalfack (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin 0.08
5 Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russian National Team 0.16
6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 0.21
7 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
8 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger
9 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
10 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne
12 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
13 Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
14 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger
15 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Netherlands National Team
16 Raimond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne
17 Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Team Fakta
18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
19 Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
20 Sven Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner
21 Artur Krasinski (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
22 Vladimir Novotny (Cze) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
23 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss team
24 Hannes Hempel (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
25 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner
26 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss team
27 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
28 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss team
29 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
30 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss team
31 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger
32 Tiann Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne
33 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
34 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
35 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
36 Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
37 Tomasz Szafranski (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
38 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German National Track team
39 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger
40 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne
41 Arnold Eisel (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
42 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German National Track team
43 Wladyslaw Borissow (Rus) Russian National Team
44 Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) Russian National Team
45 Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger
46 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
47 Claus Holm (Den) Team Fakta
48 Valter Bonca (Slo) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
49 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne
50 Christian Werner (Ger) German National Road Team
51 Sergei Klimow (Rus) Russian National Team
52 Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team
53 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss team
54 Jakob Gram Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta
55 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
56 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.51
57 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
58 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss team 1.52
59 René Andrle (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 3.15
60 Michael Meeske (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection 8.02
61 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
62 Kurt Schwarzmüller (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
63 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne
64 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) German National Track team
65 Roland Pils (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte
66 Thorsten Rund (Ger) German National Track team
67 Rene Krocs (Ned) Netherlands National Team
68 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
69 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne
70 Marco Zeckra (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
71 Florian Zanke (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
72 Sebastian Lang (Ger) German National Road Team 10.40
73 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Netherlands National Team 11.43
74 Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig
75 Grzegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
76 Massimo Sorice (Ita) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
77 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
78 Jörg Förster (Ger) German National Road Team
79 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
80 Richard Faltus (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
81 Guido Fulst (Ger) German National Track team
82 Milos Pejcea (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot
83 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
84 Marcel Bollmann (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection
85 Stefan Müller (Ger) German National Road Team
86 Andreas Müller (Ger) German National Track team
87 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta
88 Petr Bencik (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 11.57
89 Slavomir Heger (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 19.18
Sprints:
1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 10 pts
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 10
3 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss team 9
4 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 8
5 Andre Kalfack (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin 7
6 Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russian National Team 6
7 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 4
8 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3
9 René Andrle (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 3
10 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 2
11 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 2
12 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 1
13 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss team 1
14 Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 1
Climbs:
1 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3 pts
2 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 3
3 Hannes Hempel (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte 2
4 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne 2
5 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss team 1
6 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin 1
General classification after stage 9:
1 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 37.43.30
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 0.26
3 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 0.29
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 0.41
5 Sven Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner 0.52
6 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.12
7 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.18
8 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) ZVVZ Wüstenrot 1.21
9 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss team 1.22
10 Tomas Konecny (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 1.24
11 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin
12 Hannes Hempel (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte 1.26
13 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss team
14 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss team
15 Tiann Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne
16 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.36
17 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.41
18 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 1.49
19 Tomasz Szafranski (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC
20 Christian Werner (Ger) German National Road Team 1.59
21 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss team 2.19
22 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
23 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss team 2.22
24 Artur Krasinski (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 2.35
25 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner 2.49
26 Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Team Fakta 3.44
27 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 4.18
28 Andre Kalfack (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin 4.19
29 Kastenhuber, Alexand 4.27
30 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German National Track team 4.28
31 Wladimir Karpiets (Rus) Russian National Team 4.41
32 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 4.53
33 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 5.37
34 Claus Holm (Den) Team Fakta 5.38
35 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 6.09
36 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6.19
37 Alexej Markow (Rus) Russian National Team 6.32
38 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 6.43
39 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Netherlands National Team 7.18
40 Arnold Eisel (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte 8.42
41 Valter Bonca (Slo) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte 9.31
42 Pavel Broutt (Rus) Russian National Team 10.27
43 Sebastian Denke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 11.02
44 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 11.16
45 Sergei Klimow (Rus) Russian National Team 11.41
46 Thorsten Rund (Ger) German National Track team
47 Jakob Gram Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta 12.53
48 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 13.35
49 Wladyslaw Borissow (Rus) Russian National Team 14.27
50 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 14.38
51 Richard Faltus (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 15.43
52 Sebastian Lang (Ger) German National Road Team 15.59
53 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16.46
54 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 16.50
55 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 17.37
56 Guido Fulst (Ger) German National Track team 18.23
57 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss team 19.27
58 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) German National Track team 19.40
59 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss team 19.40
60 Vladimir Novotny (Cze) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte 20.13
61 Florian Zanke (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin 20.56
62 Roland Pils (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte 21.36
63 Petr Bencik (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 22.08
64 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection 22.16
65 Jörg Förster (Ger) German National Road Team 22.24
66 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.23
67 Stefan Müller (Ger) German National Road Team 23.21
68 René Andrle (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 26.11
69 Marcel Bollmann (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection 26.42
70 Rene Krocs (Ned) Netherlands National Team 28.41
71 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 30.24
72 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta 30.33
73 Slavomir Heger (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 31.05
74 Michael Meeske (Ger) Niedersachsen Selection 31.12
75 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German National Track team 32.38
76 Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 35.43
77 Milos Pejcea (Cze) ZVVZ-Wüstenrot 37.01
78 Kurt Schwarzmüller (Aut) ARBÖ-Bosch Hausgeräte 37.29
79 Marco Zeckra (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin 37.38
80 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 38.02
81 Gronkiewicz, Grzegor 38.59
82 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Peugeot Team Berlin 39.46
83 Gunnar Käbisch (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 41.23
84 Andreas Müller (Ger) German National Track team 43.56
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