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Hamburg, Germany
HEW-Cyclassics Cup - CDM
Hamburg, Germany, August 6, 2000
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The World Cup gets back on the road after the Spring Classics with the HEW-Cyclassics Cup in Hamburg, Germany. Cycling in Germany is enormously popular, and this race became part of the World Cup three years ago, in place of the Rund um den Henninger Turm. Although not considered a particularly selective course, the HEW-Cyclassics will nevertheless be watched by hundreds of thousands of German fans.
The two previous winners of this race (as a World Cup) are Leon Van Bon (Rabobank) and Mirko Celestino (Polti), the latter of whom surprised the rest last year to "steal" the race. While the young Italian has not had a good season this year, he'll be back on the start line on Sunday, as will Van Bon. The big one to watch though will be Telekom's Erik Zabel, currently leading the World Cup by a massive 165 points after victories in two of the early season events. Zabel recently won a stage and a record fifth green jersey in the Tour de France, and is now racing on home turf.
After having scaled numerous 2,000 m plus peaks in the Tour, Zabel will find Sunday's maximum altitude of 90 m more suited to his style, and should have no trouble staying with the favourites. If it comes down to a bunch sprint, then he is sure to score more points whether he wins or not. The closing laps contain a steep 16% climb which Telekom will have to be wary of to prevent a surprise breakaway.
The rest of the course is largely flat, following a figure 8 loop for the first 170 kilometres. The Köhlbrand Hochbrücke is the main challenge - more from the wind than the ascent as the peloton passes over the Elbe river. Then the riders enter onto two finishing circuits of 41.4 kilometres, finishing in Mönckebergstrase after 251 kilometres in total.
Other riders to look out for include the in-form Erik Dekker and his Rabobank teammate Markus Zberg. The Dutch riders should certainly be at ease on this parcours. Saeco will not see the return of Mario Cipollini to major competition after his re-entry in the GP Camaiore this week. In that race he pedalled 100 km before calling it quits, and it's doubtful that could have played a big role on Sunday. Their hopes will probably lie with Biagio Conte, a stage winner in the Giro.
Last year's second place getter, Raphael Schweda (Nürnberger) has had a solid but not outstanding season in 2000. He suffered from a bad cold prior to the Tour of Germany and hasn't been 100% since. He has managed to secure a contract with Telekom though for next year and will be looking at doing something in this race.
Mapei and Vini Caldirola will resume their duel after their top riders, Michele Bartoli and Francesco Casagrande placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the GP Camaiore. Mapei have brought a strong team with Museeuw, Bettini, Freire, Scinto, Steels, Tafi and Van Heeswijk to try and win the race.
One rider who would like to beat Zabel is a certain Marcel Wüst (Festina), who is also 33 on Sunday. Wüst will be specially honoured for the occasion, but does not hold out great hopes for the race. He believes that a 10 or so strong group will make it to the finish in the lead, with all the main teams represented. Possibly a bunch sprint, or a solo victory - Wüst will have to have everything fall into place for him to win in Hamburg.
Complete Starting List
As of August 4
Team Polti Team Deutsche Telekom
1 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) 11 Rolf Aldag (Ger)
2 Enrico Cassani (Ita) 12 Alberto Elli (Ita)
3 Michele Colleoni (Ita) 13 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita)
4 Pascal Herve (Fra) 14 Jens Heppner (Ger)
5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) 15 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
6 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
7 Richard Virenque (Fra) 17 Jan Schaffrath (Ger)
8 Bart Voskamp (Ned) 18 Erik Zabel (Ger)
Mirko Celestino (Ita)
Mirco Crepaldi (Ita)
Festina Mapei - Quick Step
21 Florent Brard (Fra) 31 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
22 Andy Flickinger (Fra) 32 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
23 Sascha Henrix (Ger) 33 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
24 Rolf Huser (Swi) 34 Johan Museeuw (Bel
25 Laurent Madouas (Fra) 35 Luca Scinto (Ita)
26 Christophe Moreau (Fra) 36 Tom Steels (Bel)
27 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 37 Andrea Tafi (Ita)
28 Marcel Wüst (Ger) 38 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned)
Ag2r Prevoyance Memorycard Jack & Jones
41 Jann Kirsipuu (Est) 51 Tristan Hoffmann (Ned
42 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) 52 Arvis Piziks (Lat)
43 Lauri Aus (Est) 53 Jakob Storm-Piil (Den
44 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) 54 Frank Corvers (Bel)
45 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) 55 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den)
46 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) 56 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)
47 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) 57 Bjarke Nielsen (Den)
48 Innar Mandoja (Est) 58 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den)
Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den)
Rene Jorgensen (Den
Lotto - Adecco Farm Frites
61 Mario Aerts (Bel) 71 Geert Van Bondt (Bel)
62 Fabian De Waele (Bel) 72 Andreas Klier (Ger)
63 Thierry Marichal (Bel) 73 Servais Knaven (Ned)
64 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 74 Jans Koerts (Ned)
65 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) 75 Glenn Magnusson (Swe)
66 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) 76 Robbie McEwen (Aus
67 Geert Verheyen (Bel) 77 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)
68 Peter Wuyts (Bel) 78 Wim Van Sevenant (Bel
Christophe Detilloux (Bel)
Koen Beeckman (Bel)
La Francaise Des Jeux Rabobank
81 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) 91 Erik Dekker (Ned)
82 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) 92 Steven De Jongh (Ned)
83 Frank Hoj (Den) 93 Leon Van Bon (Ned)
84 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) 94 Rolf Sorensen (Den)
85 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) 95 Markus Zberg (Swi)
86 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 96 Marc Wauters (Bel)
87 Lars Michaelsen (Den) 97 Aart Vierhouten (Ned)
88 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 98 Jan Boven (Ned)
Matthé Pronk (Ned)
Coen Boerman (Ned)
Saeco - Valli & Valli Cofidis
101 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 111 Steve De Wolf (Bel)
102 Dario Pieri (Ita) 112 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
103 Biagio Conte (Ita) 113 Claude Lamour (Fra)
104 Alessio Galletti (Ita) 114 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
105 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) 115 Nico Mattan (Bel)
106 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 116 Chris Peers (Bel)
107 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) 117 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
108 Christian Wegmann (Ger) 118 Laurent Desbiens (Fra)
Christophe Brandt (Bel)
Valentino China (Ita)
Lampre - Daikin US Postal Service
121 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 131 Jamie Burrow (GBr)
122 Sergio Barbero (Ita) 132 Dylan Casey (USA)
123 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 133 Julian Dean (NZl)
124 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel 134 Benoît Joachim (Lux)
125 Robert Hunter (RSA) 135 Marty Jemison (USA)
126 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) 136 Levy Leipheimer (USA)
127 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) 137 Kirk O'Bee (USA
128 Matteo Algeri (Ita) 138 Steve Vermaut (Bel)
Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Frankie Andreu (USA)
Marco Cannone (Ita) George Hincapie (USA)
Vini Caldirola - Sidermec Liquigas - Pata
141 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 151 Daniele Contrini (Ita)
142 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) 152 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita)
143 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 153 Cristian Moreni (Ita)
144 Marco Milesi (Ita) 154 Ellis Rastelli (Ita)
145 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 155 Davide Rebellin (Ita)
146 Matthew White (Aus) 156 Cristian Salvato (Ita)
147 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) 157 Denis Zanette (Ita)
148 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) 158 Marco Zanotti (Ita)
Credit Agricole Team Cologne
161 Jens Voigt (Ger) 171 Raymond Meijs (Ned)
162 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) 172 Sören Petersen (Den)
163 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 173 Bert Grabsch (Ger)
164 Bobby Julich (USA) 174 Björn Glasner (Ger)
165 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 175 Jos Lucassen (Ned)
166 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) 176 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned)
167 Anthony Langella (Fra) 177 Michael Schlickau (Ger)
168 Anthony Morin (Fra) 178 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA)
Marcel Gono (Aus)
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra)
Team Gerolsteiner Team Nürnberger
181 René Haselbacher (Aut) 191 Artour Babaitsev (Rus)
182 Svein Gaut-Hölestöl (Nor 192 Bert Dietz (Ger)
183 Olaf Pollack (Ger) 193 Thomas Liese (Ger)
184 Michael Rich (Ger) 194 Harald Morscher (Aut
185 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) 195 Jörn Reuss (Ger)
186 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) 196 Raphael Schweda (Ger)
187 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) 197 Jürgen Werner (Ger)
188 Peter Wrolich (Aut) 198 Jens Zemke (Ger)
Fassa Bortolo Linda McCartney Team
201 Fabio Baldato (Ita) 211 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr)
202 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) 212 Pascal Richard (Swi)
203 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 213 Tayeb Braikia (Den)
204 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) 214 Benjamin Brooks (Aus)
205 Nicola Loda (Ita) 215 Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita)
206 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) 216 David Mc Kenzie (Aus
207 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 217 Ciaran Power (Irl)
208 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) 218 Matthew Stephens (GBr)
Marco Fincato (Ita)
Roberto Petito (Ita)
Team Coast
221 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)
222 Jan Bratkowski (Ger)
223 Anton Chantyr (Rus)
224 Bekim Christensen (Den)
225 Michael Gibelmann (Ger
226 Claus Mutschler (Ger
227 Jason Phillips (Aus)
228 Malte Urban (Ger)
Hans-Kurt Brandt (Ger)
Past Winners
1996: 1. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti 160 kms in 3.33.18 (45.00 km/h) 2. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 3. Steffen Rein (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1997: 1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 160 kms in 4.10.04 (38.38 km/h) 2. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 3. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 1998: 1. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 253 kms in 6.09.31 (41.14 km/h) 2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics 3. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1999: 1. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti 253 kms in 6.20.39 (39.88 km/h) 2. Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nurnberger 3. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola