53rd Course de la Paix/Friedensfahrt/Peace Race - 2.4Czech Republic, May 5-13, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 9 - May 12: Most - Karlove Vary, 169 kmOzols denies Czech victoryThe 54th Peace Race neared its finale today with stage 9, 169 kilometres between Most and Karlove Vary in the Czech Republic. Tomorrow, it will finish in Prague with a likely Polish winner, the first since Lech Piasecki in 1985. Race leader, Piotr Wadecki (Mroz) had no real difficulty preserving his jersey as the stage was won in a two up breakaway by Latvia's Dainis Ozols (MAT Ceresit-CCC). Ozols attacked at the KOM at Linden (km 55) and managed a small gap, which opened on the descent. He was no threat to the overall lead, so the big teasm did not chase and he quickly gained a minute. Wüstenrot's Rene Andrle managed to bridge up to him shortly after, and the two gradually built up their lead over the remaining climbs. A maximum of 3.45 was gained, which was eventually cut down to just under two minutes, but the pair held firm. In the bunch, the only real action was for the mountain's jersey, which Uwe Ampler (Bunte-Berte) had his eyes on. However, Arkadius Wojtas (Mroz) did not give up his polka dot jersey in a hurry, and Ampler was forced to settle for second despite winning a couple. On the finishing circuit in Karlovy Vary, the leaders still had nearly three minutes and this was not reduced greatly. However, Latvian Ozols proved the faster sprinter, denying Andrle a home victory. Bert Dietz, who won stage 6 three days ago, led the next group in at 1:57, and the main field followed shortly after. Tomorrow's final stage between Karlovy Vary and Prague (170 km) will not be too challenging in terms of terrain, and it's likely that it will end in a bunch sprint, giving Mroz's Piotr Wadecki the final leader's jersey. Results1. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 4.18.40 (39.04 kph) 2. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 0.01 3. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.57 4. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 5. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 6. Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 7. Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 2.08 8. Enrico Poitscke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 9. Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 10. Cezary Zamana (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 11. Piotr Przydial (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 12. Luca Bellumini (Ita) MAT Ceresit CCC 13. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 14. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 15. Thomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 16. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 17. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack 18. Ondrej Fadmy (Cze) Czech Republic 19. Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 20. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 21. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 22. Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 23. Peter Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 24. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 25. Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 26. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 27. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 28. Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 29. Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 30. Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 31. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 32. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Germany 33. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 34. Wim van de Meulenhof (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 35. Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Colpack 36. Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 37. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 38. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 2.32 39. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 4.01 40. Christian Werner (Ger) Germany 4.50 41. Kristian Murgeli (Slo) KRKA Telekom 42. Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Republic 5.16 43. Remigius Lupeikis (Lit) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 6.43 44. Piotr Chmielewksi (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 45. Bram Schmitz (Ned) Farm Frites 46. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 47. Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 48. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 8.26 49. Ronny Scholz (Ger) Germany 50. Jan van Velzen (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 8.57 51. Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 52. Michal Kalenda (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 53. Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 23.37 54. Paul van Schalen (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 33.01 55. Wim Omloop (Bel) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 56. Lubos Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 57. Lubor Tesar (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 58. Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 59. Richard Faltus (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 60. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 61. Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Czech Republic 62. Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 63. Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 64. Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 65. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 66. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Germany 67. Mical Prusa (Cze) Czech Republic 68. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 69. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 70. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 71. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 72. Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany 73. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 74. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 75. Simoni Zucchi (Ita) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 76. Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 77. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Alessio 78. Jaczek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 79. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 80. Michael Mourecek (Cze) Czech Republic 81. Jan Valach (Svk) Slovakia 82. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 83. Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 84. Krzystof Zasada (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 85. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 86. Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 87. Rggiero Torraco (Ita) Colpack 88. Fabio Testi (Ita) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 89. Sandi Papez (Slo) KRKA Telekom 90. Moris Sammassimo (Ita) Colpack 91. Gennadi Michailov (Rus) Farm Frites 92. Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 93. Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Farm Frites 94. Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio General Classification after stage nine: 1. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 36.24.49 2. Piotr Przydial (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 1.50 3. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.14 4. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Germany 3.51 5. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4.08 6. Luca Bellumini (Ita) MAT Ceresit CCC 4.14 7. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 4.17 8. Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4.20 9. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack 4.26 10. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.36 11. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 4.51 12. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 4.52 13. Ondrej Fadmy (Cze) Czech Republic 4.54 14. Thomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 4.59 15. Cezary Zamana (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 5.27 16. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 5.36 17. Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 6.14 18. Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 6.41 19. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 6.57 20. Wim van de Meulenhof (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 7.00 21. Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 12.48 22. Ronny Scholz (Ger) Germany 13.13 23. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 14.29 24. Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Colpack 16.38 25. Enrico Poitscke (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 18.45 26. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 22.55 27. Piotr Chmielewksi (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 24.08 28. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 26.14 29. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 26.46 30. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 28.35 31. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 29.05 32. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 29.10 33. Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 30.23 34. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 33.45 35. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 34.03 36. Kristian Murgeli (Slo) KRKA Telekom 36.23 37. Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 37.01 38. Peter Bencik (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 38.21 39. Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 39.09 40. Christian Werner (Ger) Germany 39.15 41. Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 44.17 42. Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 49.59 43. Bram Schmitz (Ned) Farm Frites 54.58 44. Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 56.32 45. Mical Prusa (Cze) Czech Republic 57.33 46. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 58.53 47. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.00.20 48. Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 1.06.44 49. Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1.06.46 50. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 1.14.16 51. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 1.15.19 52. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 1.15.48 53. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 1.21.43 54. Gennadi Michailov (Rus) Farm Frites 1.25.10 55. Remigius Lupeikis (Lit) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 1.25.14 56. Jan van Velzen (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 1.27.41 57. Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Republic 1.29.48 58. Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Farm Frites 1.32.18 59. Timo Scholz (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 1.33.29 60. Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 1.35.06 61. Richard Faltus (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1.37.34 62. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.38.06 63. Lubor Tesar (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 1.38.41 64. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 1.41.30 65. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 1.44.45 66. Jaczek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 1.47.41 67. Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1.49.40 68. Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 1.49.49 69. Jan Valach (Svk) Slovakia 1.50.14 70. Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 1.50.15 71. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1.53.14 72. Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 1.53.34 73. Moris Sammassimo (Ita) Colpack 1.58.28 74. Michal Kalenda (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 1.58.45 75. Lubos Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 2.05.36 76. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 2.09.48 77. Paul van Schalen (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 2.10.07 78. Fabio Testi (Ita) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 2.12.23 79. Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 2.13.09 80. Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 2.14.20 81. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Alessio 2.15.11 82. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 2.18.58 83. Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.20.20 84. Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Czech Republic 2.22.35 85. Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany 2.24.18 86. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Germany 2.27.55 87. Sandi Papez (Slo) KRKA Telekom 2.28.36 88. Wim Omloop (Bel) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 2.30.49 89. Michael Mourecek (Cze) Czech Republic 2.31.09 90. Rggiero Torraco (Ita) Colpack 2.32.01 91. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 2.33.41 92. Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 2.34.20 93. Krzystof Zasada (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 2.37.35 94. Simoni Zucchi (Ita) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 2.38.56 Sprint at 18.0 km 1. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 3 2. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 2 3. Lubor Tesar (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 1 Sprint at 42.4 km 1. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 3 2. Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 2 3. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 1 Sprint at 124.2 km 1. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 3 2. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 2 3. Thomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1 Sprints overall on the stage: 1. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 6 2. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 3 3. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 3 4. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 2 5. Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 2 6. Thomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1 7. Lubor Tesar (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 1 Sprints classification: 1. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 23 2. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Bazylszek 20 3. Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 6 4. Richard Faltus (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 6 5. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 5 6. Moris Sammassimo (Ita) Colpack 5 7. Lubor Tesar (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 5 8. Thomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 4 9. Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 10. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 3 11. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3 12. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3 13. Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3 14. Jaczek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 3 15. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 2 16. Andre Schulze (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 2 17. Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 2 18. Mical Prusa (Cze) Czech Republic 2 19. Ondrej Fadmy (Cze) Czech Republic 2 20. Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 21. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 2 22. Piotr Przydial (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 2 23. Piotr Chmielewksi (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 2 24. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack 2 25. Remigius Lupeikis (Lit) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 2 26. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 1 27. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 1 28. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 1 Mountain primes: Cat 1 at 54.0 km 1. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 7 2. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 5 3. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 3 4. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 2 5. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 Cat 1 at 95.1 km 1. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 7 2. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 5 3. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 3 4. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 2 5. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack 1 Cat 2 at 100.3 km 1. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 3 2. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 2 3. Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 1 Cat 2 at 106.8 km 1. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 3 2. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 2 3. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 1 Mountains overall on this stage 1. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 20 2. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 9 3. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 9 4. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 5 5. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 2 6. Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 1 7. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack 1 8. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 Mountains classification: 1. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 50 2. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 37 3. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack 26 4. Danis Ozols (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 22 5. Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 18 6. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 7. Lubor Tesar (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 10 8. Rene Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 9 9. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 9 10. Cezary Zamana (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 8 11. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 7 12. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 5 13. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 5 14. Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas Lukullus Ambra 4 15. Moris Sammassimo (Ita) Colpack 4 16. Thomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 3 17. Mical Prusa (Cze) Czech Republic 3 18. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 3 19. Richard Faltus (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 3 20. Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 3 21. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 2 22. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 2 23. Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Batavus 2 24. Piotr Przydial (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 2 25. Wim van de Meulenhof (Ned) Bankgirolotterij-Bat. 2 26. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 27. Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1 28. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT Ceresit CCC 1 29. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Germany 1 30. Piotr Chmielewksi (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witamin 1 U 23 classification: 1. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Germany at 3.51 2. Ondrej Fadmy (Cze) Czech Republic 4.54 3. Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 12.48 4. Ronny Scholz (Ger) Germany 13.13 5. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 14.29 6. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 29.10 7. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 34.03 8. Christian Werner (Ger) Germany 39.15 9. Mical Prusa (Cze) Czech Republic 57.33 10. Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Republic 1.29.48 11. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 1.44.45 12. Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 1.49.49 13. Michal Kalenda (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 1.58.45 14. Robert Förster (Ger) Bunte Berte Leipzig 2.18.58 15. Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.20.20 16. Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Czech Republic 2.22.35 17. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Germany 2.27.55 18. Michael Mourecek (Cze) Czech Republic 2.31.09 |