Vodacom Rapport Toer - Cat. 2.4South Africa, February 11-19, 2000Prologue - February 11: Sea Point, 1.6 kmGerman wins prologue The opening stage of the Vodacom Rapport Toer in South Africa was a 1.6 km prologue along the sea front in Cape Town. The winner of the stage was a German (not that German though) - Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner), who completed the distance in 2 minutes 18 seconds, closely followed by South African's James Perry (IBM) and Malcolm Lange (HSBC). Baden Cooke, of Australia was in fourth place, sharing the same time as Perry, with Alberto Elli (Telekom) taking 5th. Results1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.18 2 James Perry (SAf) IBM 2.20 3 Malcolm Lange (SAf) HSBC 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 5 Alberto Elli (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 6 Frank Höj (Den) La Française des Jeux 2.21 7 Tobias Steinhuser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Simon Kessler (SAf) Minolta 2.22 9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Cologne 10 Robert Hunter (SAf) Pro-Mix General classification: 1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.18 2 James Perry (SAf) IBM 2.20 3 Malcolm Lange (SAf) HSBC 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 5 Alberto Elli (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 6 Frank Höj (Den) La Française des Jeux 2.21 7 Tobias Steinhuser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Simon Kessler (SAf) Minolta 2.22 9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Cologne 10 Robert Hunter (SAf) Pro-Mix |