2nd Tour of Germany - 2.3Germany, May 26-June 1, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 6 - May 31: Ansbach-Herzogenaurach, 103 kmThe battle of the giantsSplit days are not the easiest during tours, as riders have to go through all their sometimes elaborate preparations twice in one day. In the Tour of Germany today, there was an early start for the first 102 kilometre stage between Ansbach and Herzogenaurach - the latter being the site for this afternoon's 35 kilometre time trial. At 9:15 am, 120 riders rolled out of Ansbach, with the only non-starter being Daniel Atienza Urendeze of Saeco. 18 kilometres later, Phonak's Jochen Summer gave up after the peloton had passed the day's only mountain sprint, the category 3 Rüglaknd at kilometre 11. It was won by Alessio's Serguei Outschakov but he was no threat to the overall lead of Festina's David Plaza in the mountains competition. The latter, with a 9 point lead is untouchable (provided he finishes), as there is one time trial and one flat stage to go. Similarly, Erik Zabel made his claim on the sprint jersey, obviously gearing up for a record fifth green jersey in the Tour. He placed third in both the intermediate sprints today and has finished up with nearly double the points of his nearest rival, Peter Wrolich of Gerolsteiner. Other than that, the peloton were content to cruise along at 41 km/h, with the early work being done by Alessio. With 25 kilometres to go, Cologne's Björn Glasner attempted to attack but he was only successful for a few kilometres. The bunch sprint was looking very probable, and several of the teams massed at the front: Alessio, Coast, Gerolsteiner, and Agro-Adler Brandenburg. Erik Zabel was looking for a third win in the Tour, and he was close to Festina's Marcel Wüst. Once more, the two German sprint specialists would battle it out, with a great deal of approval from the large crowd gathered in Herzogenaurach. They were not to be disappointed, as Wüst finally triumphed over his rival, who finished in fourth place behind Edrio Leoni (Alessio) and Andreas Beikirch (Agro Adler). Marcel wins a big one in his home land! This afternoon, the battle for the overall will be decided, with Jens Heppner's likely competition coming from teammate, Andreas Klöden and Laurent Dufaux (Saeco).
Results1 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 2.28.10 2 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 3 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Soren Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 8 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 10 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 12 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 13 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 14 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 15 Milos Pejcea (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 16 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 17 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 18 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 19 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 20 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 21 Cszelaw Lukascewicz (Can) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 22 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 23 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 24 Udo Bölts (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 25 Jens Heppner (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 26 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 28 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 29 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 30 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 31 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 32 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 33 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 34 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 35 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 36 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 37 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina 38 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 39 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 40 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 41 Matthias Buxhofer (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 43 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Christian Charriére (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 46 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 47 Serguei Outschakov (Rus) Alessio 48 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 49 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 50 Rene Joergensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 51 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 52 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 53 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 54 Jerôme Delbove (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 56 Felix Garcia (Spa) Festina 57 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 58 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 59 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 60 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites 61 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 62 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 63 Christian Siedler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 64 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 65 Igor Pugaci (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 66 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Nürnberger 67 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 69 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 70 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 71 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 72 Mikael Kyneb (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 73 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 74 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina 75 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 76 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 77 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 78 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 79 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 80 Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Farm Frites 81 Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 82 Jos Lucassen (Ger) Team Cologne 83 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 84 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 85 Svein Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner 86 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 87 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 88 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 89 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 90 Jason Philips (Aus) Team Coast 91 Hans Kurt Brandt (Swi) Team Coast 92 Renè Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 94 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 95 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 96 Christian Lademann (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 97 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 98 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 99 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 100 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 101 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 102 Martin Hvastja (Slo) Alessio 103 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 104 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 105 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 106 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 107 Renè Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 108 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 109 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 110 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 111 Pascal Hervè (Fra) Team Polti 112 Mateos Perez (Spa) Team Polti 113 Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti 114 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Coast 0.26 115 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Festina 116 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.30 117 Simone Mori (Ita) Team Coast 0.34 118 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 0.39 119 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 2.03 DNS Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli DNF Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems Points: 1 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 25 pts 2 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 20 3 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 16 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 13 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 6 Soren Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 10 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 9 8 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne 8 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 7 10 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 11 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 5 12 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 4 13 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 3 14 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 15 Milos Pejcea (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1 Sprints: Neuhof, km 24.0 1 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2 Neustadt, km 96.6 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2 Mountains: Rüglaknd, Cat. 3, km 11.1 1 Serguei Outschakov (Rus) Alessio 3 pts 2 Martin Hvastja (Slo) Alessio 2 3 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 1 General classification after stage 6: 1 Jens Heppner (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 27.09.49 2 Udo Bölts (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 0.06 4 Matthias Buxhofer (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 0.10 6 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 0.15 7 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.17 8 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 10 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 12 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 13 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 14 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 0.24 15 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 16 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 17 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 18 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Nürnberger 19 Felix Garcia (Spa) Festina 20 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 21 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 0.57 22 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merck 1.00 23 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.21 24 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 1.40 25 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 2.04 26 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.05 27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 2.40 28 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 9.05 29 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 15.32 30 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 15.35 31 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 15.38 32 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 34 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 35 Soren Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 15.39 36 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 15.45 37 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina 38 Pascal Hervè (Fra) Team Polti 39 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 16.16 40 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 41 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 16.21 42 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 17.01 43 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 17.18 44 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina 18.01 45 Renè Andrle (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 18.26 46 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 18.45 47 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 18.50 48 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 19.51 49 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 22.26 50 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 22.59 51 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 23.17 52 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 53 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 23.24 54 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 24.15 55 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 25.39 56 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 25.40 57 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 58 Rene Joergensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 26.15 59 Mateos Perez (Spa) Team Polti 26.52 60 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 27.15 61 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.51 62 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 28.14 63 Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti 28.17 64 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 28.19 65 Svein Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner 28.26 66 Jerôme Delbove (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.30 67 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 29.46 68 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Festina 30.02 69 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 31.26 70 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 31.43 71 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 31.59 72 Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 32.24 73 Simone Mori (Ita) Team Coast 33.32 74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33.51 75 Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Farm Frites 34.08 76 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 34.09 77 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 35.12 78 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 35.45 79 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 36.41 80 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 37.14 81 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 37.39 82 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 37.49 83 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 37.58 84 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 38.27 85 Christian Siedler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 38.48 86 Christian Charriére (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 39.07 87 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne 39.11 88 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 39.31 89 Jason Philips (Aus) Team Coast 41.03 90 Mikael Kyneb (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 41.15 91 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 41.37 92 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 41.56 93 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 42.19 94 Hans Kurt Brandt (Swi) Team Coast 42.49 95 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 43.46 96 Christian Lademann (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 43.53 97 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 43.59 98 Jos Lucassen (Ger) Team Cologne 46.02 99 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 46.12 100 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 46.35 101 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites 47.06 102 Renè Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.24 103 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 48.10 104 Martin Hvastja (Slo) Alessio 48.34 105 Serguei Outschakov (Rus) Alessio 48.43 106 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 48.59 107 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 49.11 108 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 50.58 109 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 51.21 110 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 52.02 111 Milos Pejcea (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 55.14 112 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 56.48 113 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 57.46 114 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.06.13 115 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Coast 1.06.34 116 Igor Pugaci (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.07.16 117 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1.15.06 118 Cszelaw Lukascewicz (Can) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1.16.21 119 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1.19.24 Points classification: 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 117 pts 2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 63 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 4 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 49 5 Udo Bölts (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 36 6 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 31 7 Jens Heppner (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 30 8 Soren Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 30 9 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 28 10 Matthias Buxhofer (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 11 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 25 12 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 25 13 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 21 14 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 21 15 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20 16 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 20 17 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 19 18 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 18 19 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 18 20 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 17 21 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 16 22 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 16 23 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 15 24 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 13 25 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 13 26 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 13 27 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 12 28 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 11 29 Rene Joergensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 30 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 10 31 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 32 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 9 33 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9 34 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 9 35 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 8 36 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 8 37 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne 8 38 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 7 39 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 7 40 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6 41 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 6 42 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 6 43 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6 44 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 6 45 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 6 46 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 47 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 5 48 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 4 49 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 4 50 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 4 51 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 4 52 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3 53 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 54 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2 55 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 2 56 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 57 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2 58 Christian Siedler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2 59 Christian Lademann (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 2 60 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merck 1 61 Milos Pejcea (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 1 Mountains classification: 1 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 27 pts 2 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 18 3 Pascal Hervè (Fra) Team Polti 15 4 Udo Bölts (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 12 5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 7 6 Felix Garcia (Spa) Festina 5 7 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 8 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 4 9 Martin Hvastja (Slo) Alessio 4 10 Serguei Outschakov (Rus) Alessio 3 11 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 12 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2 13 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 2 14 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 2 15 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 1 16 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 1 17 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1 |