19th International Hessen Rundfahrt - 2.4Germany, October 4-8, 2000Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - October 6: Wetzlar - Korbach, 192.5 kmTombak wins toughest stageThe third stage of the International Hessen Rundfarht was the longest, at 196.5 kilometres between Wetzlar and Korbach. It was on this stage last year that Jens Zemke gained the leader's jersey, never to lose it again. Today it was the turn of Estonian Janek Tombak (Cofidis), who outsprinted Christian Heule (Post Swiss) and Bram de Groot (Rabobank). However, there was no change in the general classification, as Swiss Roger Beuchat (Post Swiss) kept his 56 second advantage over compatriot, René Stadelmann (Phonak). The race was dominated by a 15 man break (which contained Tombak and Zemke among others) and was away for most of the race. At one stage they had over 7'30 lead on the bunch, but the gap was reduced to zero by the finish. Danish rider, Jakob Piil attempted to attack with 30 kilometres to go, but was unsuccessful. At the finish, there were more than 70 riders left to contest the bunch sprint. Tomorrow is a split day, with a 129 kilometre stage from Korbach to Marburg in the morning, followed by a 29 kilometre time trial in the afternoon. The race finishes on Sunday with a 164 kilometre stage from Marburg to Frankfurt am Main. Results1 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 4.54.47 (40.0 km/h) 2 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss 3 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 5 Christian Werner (Ger) German Road Team 6 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 7 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 8 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 9 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team 10 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 11 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 12 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 13 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Austrian National Team 14 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 15 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memorycard 16 Bert Dietz (Ger) Nurnberger 17 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss 18 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 19 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast 22 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 23 Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 24 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austrian National Team 25 Michael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 26 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 28 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 29 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nurnberger 30 Ralph Scherzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 31 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 34 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 35 Jörn Reuß (Ger) Nurnberger 36 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Austrian National Team 37 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 38 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger 39 Jakob Piil (Den) Memorycard 40 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 41 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nurnberger 43 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss 44 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 45 Jan-Nicolas Starosta (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 46 Nicki Soerensen (Den) Fakta 47 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 49 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 50 Arnold Eisel (Aut) Austrian National Team 51 Jonas Hudalla (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 52 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 54 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss 57 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) German Road Team 58 Sergei Yakolev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 59 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 60 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger 61 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 62 Ronny Scholz (Ger) German Road Team 63 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 64 Thorsten Rund (Ger) German Track Team 65 Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis 66 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 67 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 68 Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Fakta 69 Frédéric Ruberti (Fra) Memorycard 70 Franz Stocher (Aut) Austrian National Team 71 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) German Road Team 0.31 72 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 73 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Christoph Von Kleinsorge (Ger) Team Coast 75 Mark Vlijm (Bel) Rabobank Amateur Team 76 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 77 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 0.35 78 Björn Schröder (Ger) German Road Team 79 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 0.59 80 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 1.03 81 Coen Loos (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 1.26 82 Sergei Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 83 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard 84 Bram De Waard (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 1.29 85 Christian Lademann (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 1.32 86 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures 1.47 87 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 2.15 88 Kai Wiesenbach (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 2.53 89 Guido Fulst (Ger) German Track Team 90 Jason Phillips (Aus) Team Coast 91 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 92 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German Track Team 93 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 94 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss 95 Daniel Becke (Ger) German Track Team 96 Denny Jonasson (Den) Fakta 97 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 98 Jakob Grom Nielsen (Den) Fakta 99 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Gerolsteiner 6.29 101 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 102 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Besson Chaussures 12.28 General classification after stage 3: 1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss 13.07.02 2 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.56 3 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 1.01 4 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 1.04 5 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 1.07 6 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 1.09 7 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memorycard 1.11 8 Bert Dietz (Ger) Nurnberger 9 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 11 Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 12 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austrian National Team 13 Michael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 14 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 16 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 17 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 18 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nurnberger 19 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss 20 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Sergei Yakolev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 22 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 23 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 24 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.22 25 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss 1.24 26 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 1.36 27 Christian Werner (Ger) German Road Team 28 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 29 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger 1.37 30 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 1.38 31 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 32 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast 34 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 35 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 36 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nurnberger 37 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger 38 Jan-Nicolas Starosta (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 39 Nicki Soerensen (Den) Fakta 40 Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 41 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 42 Jonas Hudalla (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 43 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss 46 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.08 47 Jakob Piil (Den) Memorycard 2.54 48 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Austrian National Team 2.57 49 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Austrian National Team 50 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Franz Stocher (Aut) Austrian National Team 52 Bram De Waard (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 3.07 53 Christian Lademann (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 4.28 54 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss 4.31 55 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4.42 57 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team 4.48 58 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 59 Jörn Reuß (Ger) Nurnberger 60 Ralph Scherzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 4.51 61 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 6.04 62 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 6.07 63 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Coen Loos (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 7.33 65 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 7.41 66 Arnold Eisel (Aut) Austrian National Team 8.01 67 Frédéric Ruberti (Fra) Memorycard 10.11 68 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 11.17 69 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) German Road Team 13.01 70 Ronny Scholz (Ger) German Road Team 71 Thorsten Rund (Ger) German Track Team 72 Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Fakta 13.22 73 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) German Road Team 13.32 74 Christoph Von Kleinsorge (Ger) Team Coast 75 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 13.36 76 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 14.03 77 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 14.16 78 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 14.20 79 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 14.51 80 Björn Schröder (Ger) German Road Team 14.55 81 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 15.16 82 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 15.19 83 Mark Vlijm (Bel) Rabobank Amateur Team 15.38 84 Denny Jonasson (Den) Fakta 15.54 85 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures 16.07 86 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 16.14 87 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 88 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 89 Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis 90 Sergei Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 16.34 91 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 16.45 92 Jason Phillips (Aus) Team Coast 17.13 93 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 94 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard 17.40 95 Guido Fulst (Ger) German Track Team 19.07 96 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 19.55 97 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German Track Team 19.55 98 Daniel Becke (Ger) German Track Team 99 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.37 100 Kai Wiesenbach (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 22.40 101 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Gerolsteiner 23.31 102 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Besson Chaussures 25.29 103 Jakob Grom Nielsen (Den) Fakta 26.07 Sprint classification: 1 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems Points classification: 1 Bert Dietz (Ger) Nurnberger Mountains classification: 1 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger |