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Hamburg, Germany
HEW-Cyclassics Cup - CDM
Hamburg, Germany, August 6, 2000
Results World Cup Standings Complete Live report
Surprise attack catches Telekom unawares
By Jeff Jones, online editor
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The HEW Cyclassics Cup in Hamburg was meant to be tailor made for sprinters, and in particular Telekom's quintuple Tour de France green jersey winner, Erik Zabel. If it was anything less than a World Cup, then maybe it would have been the case, but this time the favourite did not win. Instead, a bold move by strong men, Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) and Gabriele Missaglia (Lampre) took the large remainder of the field completely by surprise with 7 kilometres to go, and it was enough for Missaglia to take his first ever World Cup win, while Casagrande had to be content with 70 points for second place.
The conditions on the day were cool (15 degrees celsius), but calm. Team Cologne's Sören Petersen, promptly took off after just 10 kilometres for a long day out in front. The peloton was quite content to let the 33 year old Dane go, and go he did, extracting a maximum lead of over 23 minutes.
At kilometre 90, an attack by Mapei's Andrea Tafi saw the big Italian off in pursuit of Petersen. Tafi rode hard, ostensibly for his teammates Freire, Museeuw and Steels, and he succeeded in bringing the gap down quite rapidly as Petersen started to feel the effects. Tafi's maximum lead was just over 3 minutes, but the peloton was not going to allow him the same freedom as the Dane. He was caught after some 70 kilometres of grunting, solo effort and Petersen was once more the only leader.
During the first of the 41 kilometre finishing circuits, Petersen's lead shrank to zero through the efforts of team Telekom and then an attack by Mapei's Paolo Bettini up the 16% Waseberg climb. Bettini held a 20 second advantage for a while, but was caught and a counter move came from teammate Oscar Freire, Marc Wuaters (Rabobank) and Christophe Agnolutto (Ag2r). Freire was riding well in his first big race back, but the trio were unable to escape the fast moving peloton.
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Casagrande's time will come next weekend when he defends his title in the Clasica San Sebastian in Spain, but today was a day for a sprinter. Missaglia has won just four races in his career, but they have generally been big: stages in the Giro, Pais Vasco, Tour de Suisse and the Tour de Langkawi comprised his palmares up till now. They have just been enhanced with a World Cup win in front of thousands of crazy German fans.
As for Zabel, he kept his cool to take second in the bunch sprint behind Fassa Bortolo's Fabio Baldato, ensuring that his lead in the World Cup increases to an almost unchallengable level.
Results
1 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 6.17.22 (39.90 km/h) 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.02 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 8 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 10 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 11 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 12 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 14 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 15 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 16 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 17 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 20 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Française Des Jeux 21 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 23 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 24 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 25 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 26 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 27 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 28 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 29 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nürnberger 31 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 32 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 33 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 34 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 35 Steve Vermaut (Bel) US Postal Service 36 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 37 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 38 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 39 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 42 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard 43 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard 44 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 45 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 0.21 48 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 1.37 49 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 50 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 51 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 52 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 1.39 53 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 54 Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.46 55 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 56 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 1.49 57 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.57 58 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.04 59 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina-Lotus 2.11 60 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 61 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Nürnberger 62 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 63 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 64 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 65 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 66 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Team Coast 67 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 68 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 69 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus 70 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 71 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 72 Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney Racing Team 73 Kirk O'bee (USA) US Postal Service 74 René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 75 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 76 Ciaran Power (Irl) Linda McCartney Racing Team 77 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 78 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 79 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 80 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) Française Des Jeux 81 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 82 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 83 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 84 Frank Corvers (Bel) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 85 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 86 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 87 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 88 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole 89 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 90 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 91 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 92 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 93 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 94 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 95 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 96 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 97 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service 98 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 99 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 100 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 101 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 102 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 103 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 104 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 105 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 106 Frank Hoj (Den) Française Des Jeux 107 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 108 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 109 Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 110 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 111 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 112 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard 113 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard 114 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard 115 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 116 Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 117 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 118 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard 119 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 120 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 121 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 122 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Festina-Lotus 123 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 124 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 125 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti 2.22 126 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 127 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 128 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 129 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 130 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 131 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 132 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 133 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.26 134 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 135 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 136 Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 137 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 138 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 4.57 139 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 140 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 141 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina-Lotus 142 Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 143 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 6.29 144 Michael Gibelmann (Ger) Team Coast 145 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard 146 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 147 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 148 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 7.41 DNF Jason Phillips (Aus) Team Coast DNF Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti DNF Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina-Lotus DNF Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina-Lotus DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon DNF Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon DNF Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon DNF Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones DNF Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Memory Card-Jack & Jones DNF Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites DNF Lars Michaelsen (Den) Française Des Jeux DNF Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux DNF Matteo Algeri (Ita) Lampre-Daikin DNF Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service DNF Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata DNF Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata DNF Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole DNF Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne DNF Sveln Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner DNF Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner DNF Matthew Decanio (USA) Linda McCartney Racing Team DNF David Mckenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team DNF Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Coast DNF Hans-Kurt Brand (Ger) Team Coast DNF Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Coast DNF Hans-Kurt Brand (Ger) Team Coast
World Cup Standings after round 6
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 330 pts 2 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola 138 3 Andrej Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 136 4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 134 5 Peter van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 122 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 120 7 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 116 8 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 111 9 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola 106 10 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 102 11 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 90 12 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 83 13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 79 14 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 77 15 David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 70 15 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 70 17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 64 18 Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 43 18 George Hincapie (Usa) US Postal Service 41 20 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 20 Leon van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 40 22 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli&Valli 37 22 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 37 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 36 24 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 36 24 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 36 24 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36 24 Hendrik van Dijck (Bel) Palmans Ideal 36 29 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 35 Teams: 1 Rabobank 52 pts 2 Mapei-Quick Step 51 3 Fassa Bortolo 39 4 Lampre Daikin 34 4 Deutsche Telekom 29 6 Vini Caldirola 25 7 Farm Frites 22 8 Lotto-Addecco 18 9 US Postal Service 14 10 ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12 10 Française des Jeux 12 12 Team Polti 8 13 Vitalicio Seguros 6 14 Saeco-Valli&Valli 5 14 Liquigas-Pata 5 16 Cofidis 4 17 Banesto 3 18 MemoryCard-Jack&Jones 2 19 Crédit Agricole 1