Post Danmark Rundt (Tour of Denmark) - 2.2Denmark, August 1-5, 20001999 Results Preview Start list Past Winners Stage list
PreviewBy Tomas Nilsson, cyclingnews.com correspondent With seven teams coming from Tour de France and eight first division teams the Tour of Denmark starting Tuesday has some fine riders to show the Danish crowds. The race will this year be held on smaller roads than usual and there will be not so much "riding along" this year. For the first time the race also covers the southern islands Lolland and Falster. Liquigas has the most solid team with it's two top riders Sergei Gonchar and Davide Rebellin both taking the start. Since the ITT stage usually decides the Danish race they are likely to try and keep the field together until then. The two top teams Mapei and Telekom have different line ups. For the Italians Gianni Faresin is the top name while the rest of the riders are in the "promising" category, among them Britain's Charles Wegelius. Telekom on the other hand has World Cup leader Erik Zabel on the team but he might save himself a bit since the German World Cup race is the day after the last Danish stage. With him are, among others, Andreas Klöden, who is a good time trialist, Danilo Hondo, Jan Schaffrath and Gian-Matteo Fagnini Rabobank has Rolf Sörensen as captain with Marc Wauters and Beat Zberg on the squad. In Ag2R Jaan Kirsipuu might want some revenge for a disappointing Tour. Also in the mass sprints, the Farm Frites riders McEwen, Magnusson and Koerts might be expected to try for a stage win. Peter van Petegem and Servais Knaven are also on the team. The Danish pride Memorycard will rely on Bo Hamburger and Swedish Martin Rittsel, who suffered during the Tour but is reported to be back in the form that gave him the victory in the Dunkerque Four Days, another flat stage race. Linda McCartney will put several of their Giro riders on the road: Max Sciandri, Pascal Richard, Dave McKenzie, Tayeb Braikia, Björnar Vestöl, Matt Di Canio, Ciaran Power and Matt Stephens. Finally, Cofidis' Frank Vandenbroucke will not start in the Tour of Denmark. According to his father, he has lost too much weight. His manager Paul de Geyter said "VDB is not in condition to ride. He has too little reserves. But it's going better, day by day." VDB will need at least 4 weeks to get to any level for cycling.
Starting listRabobank Ag2R Prevoyance
1 Rolf Sørensen (Den) 11 Jann Kirsipuu (Est)
2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) 12 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) 13 Lauri Aus (Est)
4 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 14 Laurent Estadieu (Fra)
5 Sven Nijs (Bel) 15 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu)
6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 16 Gilles Maignan (Fra)
7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 17 Innar Mandoja (Est)
8 Beat Zberg (Swi) 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
Farm Frites Mapei-Quick Step
21 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 31 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)
22 Martin Van Steen (Ned) 32 Nicola Chesini (Ita)
23 Wim Van Sevenant (Bel) 33 Crescenzo D´Amore (Ita)
25 Andreas Klier (Ger) 34 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita)
26 Jans Koerts (Ned) 35 Luca Paolini (Ita)
27 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) 36 Filippo Pozzato (Ita)
28 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) 37 Gianni Faresin (Ita)
38 Charles Wegelius (GBr)
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41 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) 51 Erik Zabel (Ger)
42 Francis Moreau (Fra) 52 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
43 David Lefevre (Fra) 53 Rolf Aldag (Ger)
44 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) 54 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita)
45 Tom Flamang (Lux) 55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)
46 Damien Pommereau (Fra) 56 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
47 Robert Sassone (Fra) 57 Jan Schaffrath (Ger)
48 Janek Tombak (Est) 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger)
Memorycard-Jack & Jones Liquigas-Pata
61 Bo Hamburger (Den) 71 Davide Rebellin (Ita)
62 Martin Rittsel (Swe) 72 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr)
63 Michael Blaudzun (Den) 73 Daniele Contrini (Ita)
64 Michael Sandstød (Den) 74 Christian Moreni (Ita)
65 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) 75 Denis Zanette (Ita)
66 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) 76 Ellis Rastelli (Ita)
67 Allan Johansen (Den) 77 Cristian Salvato (Ita)
78 Marco Zanotti (Ita)
Linda McCartney Racing Team Team Fakta
81 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) 91 Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den)
82 Pascal Richard (Swi) 92 Nicki Sørensen (Den)
83 Tayeb Braikia (Den) 93 Lennie Kristensen (Den)
84 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) 94 Morten Sonne (Den)
85 Matthew Stephens (GBr) 95 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)
86 Matt Decanio (USA) 96 Danny Jonasson (Den)
87 Ciaran Power (Irl) 97 Claus Holm (Den)
88 David McKenzie (Aus) 98 Martin Kryger (Den)
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101 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) 111 Erwin Thijs (Bel)
102 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) 112 Geoffrey De Meyere (Bel)
103 Svein Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) 113 Wesley Theunis (Bel)
104 Peter Wrolich (Aut) 114 Wesley Huvaere (Bel)
105 Michael Rich (Ger) 115 Karel Vereecke (Bel)
106 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) 116 Tom Vannoppen (Bel)
107 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) 117 Kristof Trouve (Bel)
108 Olaf Pollack (Ger) 118 Kris Gerits (Bel)
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121 Slawomir Chrzanowski (Pol) 131 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi)
122 Sabino Fausto Cannone (Ita) 132 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut)
123 Artur Krasinski (Pol) 133 Jerome Delbove (Fra)
124 Dainis Ozols (Lat) 134 David Derepas (Fra)
125 Krzysztof Szafranski (Pol) 135 Dominique Perras (Can)
126 Marcin Gebka (Pol) 136 Jochen Summer (Aut)
127 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) 137 Alexandre Usov (Blr)
128 Piotr Prydzial (Pol) 138 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi)
Cycling Horsens/Axa mixed Post Danmark Team
141 Michael Skelde (Den) 151 Lars Michaelsen (Den)
142 Stig Dam (Den) 152 Frank Høj (Den)
143 Jacob Nielsen (Den) 153 Carl Christian Pedersen (Den)
144 Brian Larsen (Den) 154 Jimmi Madsen (Den)
145 Morten Christiansen (Den) 155 Lars Høg Thomsen (Den)
146 Michael Larsen (Den) 156 Dennis Rasmussen (Den)
147 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) 157 Henrik Simper (Den)
148 Edwin Dunning (Ned) 158 Jimmy Hansen (Den)
Past Winners1985: 1. Moreno Argentin (Ita) 2. Kim Andersen (Den) 3. Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 4. Guido Bontempi (Ita) 5. Francesco Rossignoli (Ita) 1986: 1. Jesper Worre (Den) 2. Jørgen V. Pedersen (Den) 3. Jelle Nijdam (Ned) 4. Jørgen Marcussen (Den) 5. Alan Piper (Den) 6. Bert Oosterbosch (Ned) 7. Marco van der Hulst (Ned) 8. Rolf Sørensen (Den) 9. Jesper Skibby (Den) 10. Herman Frison (Ned) 1987: 1. Kim Andersen (Den) 2. Rolf Sørensen (Den) 3. Søren Lilholt (Den) 4. Frans Maasen (Ned) 5. Dag-Otto Lauritsen (Nor) 6. Gert Jacobs (Den) 7. Eric Vanderaerden (Bel) 8. Jørgen Marcussen (Den) 9. Brian Holm (Den) 10. Bert Oosterbosch (Ned) 1988: 1. Guido Bontempi (Ita) 2. Rolf Sørensen (Den) No race between 1989-1994 1995: 1. Bjarne Riis (Den) 2. Bo Hamburger (Den) 3. Kaspars Ozsers (Lit) 4. Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) 5. Frank Høj (Den) 6. Jelle Nijdam (Ned) 7. Peter Meinert (Den) 8. Axel Merckx (Bel) 9. Jimmi Madsen (Den) 10. Michael Rosborg (Den) 1996: 1. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) 2. Rolf Sørensen (Den) 3. Bjarne Riis (Den) 4. Kaspars Ozsers (Lit) 5. Michael Sandstød (Den) 6. Jesper Skibby (Den) 7. Brian Holm (Den) 8. Bo Hamburger (Den) 9. Christian Henn (Ger) 10. Marc Streel (Bel) 1997: 1. Servais Knaven (Ned) 2. Peter Meinert (Den) 3. Jesper Skibby (Den) 4. Bjarne Riis (Den) 5. Adriano Baffi (Ita) 6. Brian Holm (Den) 7. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) 8. Leon Van Bon (Bel) 9. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) 10. Volker Ordowski (Ger) 1998: 1. Marc Streel (Bel) 2. Rolf Sørensen (Den) 3. Peter Meinert (Den) 4. George Hincapie (USA) 5. Bo Hamburger (Den) 6. Chann McRae (USA) 7. Jakob Piil (Den) 8. Paolo Bettini (Ita) 9. Mikael Kyneb (Den) 10. Martin Hvastija (Slo) 1999 1. Tyler Hamilton (USA) 2. Rolf Sørensen (Den) 3. Martin Hvastija (Slo) 4. Frank Høj (Den) 5. Jakob Storm Piil (Den) 6. Martin Rittsel (Swe) 7. George Hincapie (USA) 8. Nicola Loda (Ita) 9. Jesper Skibby (Den) 10. Jan Boven (Ned) Past winners from Lars Mikkelsen, Denmark |