94th Rund um Berlin - 1.5

Germany, September 2, 2000

1999 Results    Past Winners

Traffic stops all but nine

Steffen Radochla
Photo: © Mario Stiehl

The oldest German classic race is the "Rund um Berlin", in its 94th edition this year. It is 188 kilometres, (ranked 1.5) and held around Berlin's central metropolitan area. This year, Steffen Radochla (Bunte Berte-Leipzig) managed to win the classic ahead of Rene Obst and Andreas Beikirch, however many of the riders in the race had to be stopped due to insufficient traffic control. Only nine of the 138 starts actually finished.

After the start in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, the field largely held together as they exited the city on a big lap. The final nine man break formed in the streets of Berlin and had a one minute lead over the peloton who were keen to fight out 10th place. However it was not to be after the police and the barriers preventing traffic from entering the course failed, and the bunch could not continue. All remaining riders were awarded 10th place.

Results - 188 km

1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Bunte Berte-Leipzig         4.14.24 (44.33 km/h)
2 Rene Obst (Ger) Dresden
3 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg
4 Andre Kalfack (Ger)
5 Camiel Soesbergen (Ned) Piels-Gazelle 		0.05
6 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 	0.11
7 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 		0.24
8 Dirk Bullen (Bel) Farm Frites-Eycken
9 Lars Lomholt (Den) 					0.27

Past Winners

This is the old German classic. There was no event between 1898-1901, in 1914, between 1916-1918, and between 1943-1945.

1896 Gustav Gräben (Brandenburg)
1897 Gustav Gräben (Brandenburg)
1898-1901 keine Austragung
1902 Otto Goetzke (BRC Zugvogel)
1903 Otto Goetzke (BRC Zugvogel)
1904 Franz Scholz (Friedenauer RC)
1905 Adolf Böhm (RV Berlin 88)
1906 Otto Goetzke (BRC Zugvogel)
1907 Max Faustmann (Sport Bergedorf)
1908 Adolf Böhm (RV Berlin 88)
1909 a) Gustav Schulze (Fidelitas Trebbin)
1909 b) Jakob Meck (Düsseldrof)
1910 a) Karl Erdmann (Askania Dessau)
1910 b) Carl Saldow (Berlin)
1911 a) Karl Hädicke (Friedenauer RV)
1911 b) Adolf Huschke (Berlin)
1912 a) Fritz Brenne (Triumph Schönefeld)
1912 b) Erich Aberger (Berlin)
1913 a) Paul Kohl (Sperber Wilmers-dorf)
1913 b) Ernst Franz (Böhmen)
1915 a) Otto Timm (Tempo 1908 Berlin)
1915 b) Karl Wittig (Lichterfelde)
1915 c) Gustav Richter (BRC Zugvogel)
1919 a) Fritz Schrefeld (Berlin)
1919 b) Paul Koch (Berlin)
1920 Paul Kohl (BRC Germania 83)
1921 a) Albert Dobbrack (Adler Lichtenberg)
1921 b) Erich Aberger (Berlin)
1922 a) Paul Kroll (BRC Germania 83)
1922 b) Richard Schenkel (Leipzig)
1923 a) Erich Möller (Union Hannover)
1923 b) Erich Aberger (Berlin)
1924 a) Walter Wenzlaff (BRC Borussia 89)
1924 b) Paul Kohl (Berlin)
1925 a) Max Kohl (BRC Borussia 89)
1925 b) Oskar Tietz (Berlin)
1926 Siegfried Schütze (RV Frohes Ziel Berlin)
1927 Bruno Wolke (RC Diamant Chemnitz)
1928 Walter Hoffmann (RV Sport Berlin 88)
1929 Rudolf Risch (RC Diamant Berlin)
1930 Walter Merkan (BRC Germania 83)
1931 Willy Kutschbach (RV Möwe Britz)
1932 Walter Bartholomäus (BRC Defekt 02)
1933 Emil Kijewski (Dortmund)
1934 a) Karl Wierz (Düsseldorf)
1934 b) Kurt Stöpel (Berlin)
1935 a) Berthold Böhm (Bewag Berlin)
1935 b) Bruno Roth (Frankfurt/a.M.)
1936 Fritz Ruland (Köln)
1937 a) Herbert Schmidt (Post SV Berlin)
1937 b) Emil Kijewski (Dort-mund)
1938 Bruner Gerber (BRC Sturmvogel 1900)
1939 Bruno Gerber (BRC Sturmvogel 1900)
1940 Walter Liebl (München)
1941 Harry Saager (BRC Zugvogel 1900)
1942 Harry Saager (BRC Zugvogel 1900)
1946 Karl Wiemer (Berlin)
1947 a) Gerhard Stubbe (RSV Ansbach)
1947 b) Hans Preiskeit (Chemnitz)
1948 a) Werner Gräbner (Berliner Bären)
1948 b) Heinrich Schultenjohann (Dortmund)
1949 a) Max Bartoskiewicz (RVg Luisenstadt)
1949 b) Reinhold Steinhilb (Stuttgart)
1950 Bernhard Trefflich (KWU Weimar)
1951 Gustav-Adolf .Täve. Schur (Aufbau Magdeburg)
1952 Rudi Kirchhoff (Berlin)
1953 Erich Schulz (Post Berlin)
1954 Rudi Kirchhoff (Einheit Berlin Bär)
1955 Konrad Claus (Stahl Riesa)
1956 Rudi Kirchhoff (SC Dynamo Berlin)
1957 Louis Legros (Belgium)
1958 (4) Rudi Kirchhoff (SC Dynamo Berlin)
1959 Klaus Ampler (Motor Rostock)
1960 Klaus Ampler (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1961 Manfred Weißleder (SC Wismut Chemnitz)
1962 Lothar Höhne (ASK Leipzig)
1963 Lothar Höhne (ASK Leipzig)
1964 Klaus Ampler (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1965 (4) Klaus Ampler (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1966 Dieter Grabe (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1967 Günther Liebold (SC Dynamo Berlin)
1968 Lothat Appler (Post Berlin)
1969 (5) Klaus Ampler (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1970 Dieter Grabe (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1971 Michael Milde (TSC Berlin)
1972 Michael Schiffner (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1973 Michael Schiffner (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1974 Wolfgang Lötzsch (SC Wismut Chemnitz)
1975 Eberhard Sanftleben (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1976 André Van de Stehen (Belgium)
1977 Hans-Joachim Hartnick (SC Cottbus)
1978 Detlef Bönisch (SC Dynamo Berlin)
1979 Hans-Joachim Schippel (ASK Frankfurt/a.O.)
1980 Jörg Köhler (SC Wismut Gera)
1981 Bodo Straubel (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1982 Nikolai Kriwoschejew (Russia)
1983 Wolfgang Lötzsch Ascota Chemnitz)
1984 Bodo Straubel (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1985 Frank Karraß (SC Cottbus)
1986 Uwe Raab (SC DHfK Leipzig)
1987 Olaf Ludwig (SC Wismut Gera)
1988 Alexander Lopanow (Russland)
1989 Uwe Stoltze (Diamant Chemnitz)
1990 Olaf Merkel (TSG Gröditz)
1991 Frank Augustin (Frankfurt)
1992 Frank Augustin (Frankfurt)
1993 Jan Schaffrath (Berlibn)
1994 Martin Müller (Ger)
1995 Hagen Bernutz (Ger)
1996 Frank Augustin (Frankfurt)
1997 Erik Zabel (Berlin) Telekom ARD
1998 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom-ARD
1999 Lutz Lehmann (Ger)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin