19th International Hessen Rundfahrt - 2.4Germany, October 4-8, 2000Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 5 - October 8: Marburg - Frankfurt am Main, 159.0 kmSteinhauser holds on
American Chann McRae may have found himself at the receiving end of some Mapei infighting, as he was left with little support to try and take the overall victory in the Hessen Rundfarht away from Tobias Steinhauser (Gerolsteiner). The tough final stage held great potential for Mapei and other teams to attack Steinhauser, however Mapei were without Axel Merckx, Wilfried Peeters and Max van Heeswijk after the three Domo recruits quit the previous day. That is to take nothing away from Steinhauser's win, after he moved into the lead by finishing second in yesterday's time trial. With four tough climbs in today's 159 kilometre stage from Marburg to Frankfurt am Main, Steinhauser had to keep an eye on McRae, Thomas Liese (Nurnberger), Grischa Niermann (Rabobank), Michael Steen Nielsen (MemoryCard), René Stadelmann (Phonak) and Marcel Strauss (Post Swiss) who were all within striking distance. The main protagonists of the day were Harald Morscher (Nurnberger), Lukas Zumsteg (Phonak) and Mart Louwers (Rabobank) who attacked after 40 kilometres. They gained an eight minute lead and were never caught, eventually finishing 1'30 clear of the leading peloton. Morscher won the stage and with it the combination points jersey, with Zumsteg second and Louwers third. However, Steinhauser and his team kept the main peloton under control, and safely finished in the company of his nearest rivals to take his second stage race win of the year, after the Vodacom Rapport Toer in South Africa in February. "In summer I had many health problems, so that I wasn't racing as well as I could, because I kept having to find my form again and again," he said. "Therefore this victory makes a happy end to my season." It's not quite over for Steinhauser, as he will represent Germany in Plouay along with Neirmann and Bert Dietz.
Results1 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger 3.50.15 (41.43 km/h) 2 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 0.29 4 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 1.27 5 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.31 6 Bert Dietz (Ger) Nurnberger 7 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 8 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 9 Michael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 10 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss 11 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 12 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nurnberger 13 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 14 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 15 Nicki Soerensen (Den) Fakta 16 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 17 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Austrian National Team 18 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 20 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger 21 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 22 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Austrian National Team 23 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nurnberger 24 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 25 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 26 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 27 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss 28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 29 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss 30 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 31 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 32 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memorycard 33 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 35 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 37 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast 39 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 40 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 41 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 43 Jonas Hudalla (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 44 Jan-Nicolas Starosta (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 45 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 1.44 46 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss 47 Jörn Reuß (Ger) Nurnberger 48 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 49 Thorsten Rund (Ger) German Track Team 1.51 50 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Fakta 52 Kai Wiesenbach (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 53 Christoph Von Kleinsorge (Ger) Team Coast 54 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 55 Christian Werner (Ger) German Road Team 56 Frédéric Ruberti (Fra) Memorycard 57 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 58 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 59 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 60 Arnold Eisel (Aut) Austrian National Team 61 Franz Stocher (Aut) Austrian National Team 62 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German Track Team 63 Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 64 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) German Road Team 2.10 66 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 2.15 67 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Bram De Waard (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 69 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 70 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures 2.39 71 Denny Jonasson (Den) Fakta 72 Jakob Grom Nielsen (Den) Fakta 3.42 73 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss 7.43 74 Coen Loos (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 8.20 75 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 77 Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis 8.57 78 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 79 Mark Vlijm (Bel) Rabobank Amateur Team 9.25 Final general classification: 1 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.26.20 (41.76 km/h) 2 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 0.11 3 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nurnberger 0.19 4 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 0.25 5 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memorycard 0.48 6 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.55 7 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss 1.15 8 Nicki Soerensen (Den) Fakta 1.44 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.45 10 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 1.59 11 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast 2.08 12 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nurnberger 2.12 13 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 2.34 14 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 2.41 15 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 2.48 16 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.01 17 Bram De Waard (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 5.19 18 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.26 19 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 7.27 20 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss 9.18 21 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Austrian National Team 9.29 22 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 9.31 23 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 14.39 24 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 15.59 25 Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis 24.36 26 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 28.41 27 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss 29.06 28 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger 29.44 29 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss 29.54 30 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 29.59 31 Michael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 30.02 32 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.33 33 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.43 34 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 30.44 35 Bert Dietz (Ger) Nurnberger 30.52 36 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 30.54 37 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger 31.01 38 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 31.02 39 Jan-Nicolas Starosta (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 31.16 40 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 31.23 41 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 31.25 42 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.36 43 Jonas Hudalla (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 32.13 44 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 32.14 45 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 32.23 46 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.38 47 Christian Werner (Ger) German Road Team 48 Sören Petersen (Den) Team Cologne 32.50 49 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.09 50 Hannes Hempel (Aut) Austrian National Team 33.30 51 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 34.00 52 Franz Stocher (Aut) Austrian National Team 34.08 53 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss 34.12 54 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 35.20 55 Jörn Reuß (Ger) Nurnberger 35.25 56 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 39.07 57 Frédéric Ruberti (Fra) Memorycard 39.35 58 Arnold Eisel (Aut) Austrian National Team 40.35 59 Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Fakta 43.01 60 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 43.14 61 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 43.23 62 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 44.09 63 Bernhard Wächter (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 44.28 64 Coen Loos (Ned) Rabobank Amateur Team 44.30 65 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) German Road Team 44.46 66 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 44.49 67 Christoph Von Kleinsorge (Ger) Team Coast 45.13 68 Thorsten Rund (Ger) German Track Team 45.28 69 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 45.52 70 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler-Brandenburg 46.00 71 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 47.35 72 Jens Lehmann (Ger) German Track Team 48.28 73 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures 48.38 74 Denny Jonasson (Den) Fakta 49.49 75 Kai Wiesenbach (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 54.32 76 Mark Vlijm (Bel) Rabobank Amateur Team 56.42 77 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) Sparkassen Versicherung LVH 58.37 78 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.54 79 Jakob Grom Nielsen (Den) Fakta 1.02.44 Sprint classification: 1 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Points classification: 1 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger Mountains classification: 1 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger |
