Results and Reports for May 6-7

Germany

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Tour de Cologne

5th Tour de Cologne - NE

Köln, Germany, May 5-7, 2000

The programme:

May 5: Rund in Hürth-Gleuel

May 6: Rund um das Rathaus

May 7: GP des Flughafens Köln/Bonn und GP Dingers Garten Center

Rund in Hürth-Gleuel

Dutch Rudy Kemna (Batavus) won the first part of Tour de Cologne Friday by lapping the field in Hürth-Gleuel. The 55 riders were scattered along the 1100 metres circuit quite early in the race thanks to attacks from Kemna, Bekim Christensen (Coast) and Telekom's Jens Heppner, in this event riding for the local Police Sports Club.

The latter had a long solo break and when it ended with 25 laps to go Kemna and Christensen broke away and lapped the others. Only 18 riders remained in the end and the thousands in the crowd saw an exciting finish where Kemna was the stronger.

Courtesy of Radsport