35th Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt - 2.4

Germany, September 13-17, 2000

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Stage 1 - September 13: Koblenz - Bad Marienberg, 156.0 km

Vainsteins first in a dozen

Romans Vainsteins (Vini Caldirola) grabbed the first yellow jersey of the Rheinland Pfalz Rundfarht by winning the sprint from twelve riders that had broken away from the peloton with 15 kilometres to go. Vainsteins, who is lying third in the World Cup at moment powered away to win by four seconds in the final 200 metres, beating Memorycard's Bo Hamburger and Rabobank's Markus Zberg.

The main field was two minutes behind, including some of the top Telekom riders who are using this race as final preparation for Sydney. Tomorrow's stage is 214 kilometres from Bad Marienberg to Kirn.

Results

1 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec     3.42.43 (41.0 km/h)
2 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memory Card                         0.04
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
4 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger
5 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team
6 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
7 René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card
8 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
9 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger
10 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD     0.08
11 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD
12 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne
13 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg           2.04
14 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
15 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
16 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne
17 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg
18 Uwe Nepp (Ger) Team Coast
19 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
20 Stefan Ruetimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
21 Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne
22 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
23 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
24 Frank Corvers (Bel) Memory Card
25 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
26 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
27 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memory Card
28 Karl Platt (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker
29 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team
30 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Nürnberger
31 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD
32 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD
33 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team
34 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast
35 Mario Bolz (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg
36 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD
37 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt
38 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne
39 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast
40 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memory Card
41 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
42 Christian Werner (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt
43 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne
44 Björn Schröder (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt
45 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt
46 David Chassot (Swi) Kia-Villiger
47 Anastoupula Vasilis (Gre) Kia-Villiger
48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker
49 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger
50 Jason Phillips (Aus) Team Coast
51 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD
52 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD
53 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Memory Card
54 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger
55 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger
56 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
57 Rene Weissinger (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt
58 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team
59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
60 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg
61 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne
62 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
63 Philipp Buschor (Swi) Post Swiss Team
64 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne
65 Jürge Van Roosbroek (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
66 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger
67 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
68 Torsten Carrier (Ger) Team Coast
69 Stijn De Schoenmaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
70 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
71 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
72 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
73 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
74 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
75 Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank
76 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
77 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
78 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
79 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team
80 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
81 Christian Weber (Swi) Kia-Villiger
82 Philipp Schnyder (Swi) Kia-Villiger
83 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memory Card
84 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
85 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Kia-Villiger
86 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne
87 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Kia-Villiger                3.49
88 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
89 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                   6.49
90 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Team Coast                       8.51
91 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
92 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec        12.34
93 Michael Diether (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker
94 Eric Baumann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt
95 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
96 Hansjörg Weber (Swi) Kia-Villiger
97 Julien Vergères (Swi) Post Swiss Team
98 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team
99 Nicholas Salmon (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker
100 Mathias Kahl (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg
101 Rafael Otto (Ger) Team Coast
102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt
103 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
104 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast
105 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank Amateurs
106 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
107 Timo Brewi (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker
108 Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
109 Lothar Lederer (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker
110 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg
111 Coen Boermann (Ned) Rabobank
112 Patrik Kofler (Swi) Kia-Villiger
113 Jan Hollitzer (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker
114 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt
115 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg
116 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
117 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card
118 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker

Sprints:

Points at km 22,2

1 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec             5 pts
2 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker        3
3 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                   2
4 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg               1

Sprint at km 67.8

1 Nicholas Salmon (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker        5 pts
2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt                     3
3 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec             2
4 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card                          1

Sprint at km 146.8

1 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD         5 pts
2 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                               3
3 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memory Card                            2
4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team                       1

Mountains:

Category 3 climb at km 11,1

1 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                 3 pts
2 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                          2
3 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        1

Climb at km 121,1

1 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                          3 pts
2 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        2
3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                           1

Climb at km 144.2

1 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD         3 pts
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                        2
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                               1

Sprints classification:

1 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec             7 pts
2 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD         5
3 Nicholas Salmon (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker        5
4 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                               3
5 Ronny Scholz (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt                     3
6 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker        3
7 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memory Card                            2
8 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                   2
9 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team                       1
10 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card                         1
11 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg              1

Mountains classification:

1 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                          5 pts
2 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD         3
3 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        3
4 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                 3
5 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                        2
6 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                               1
7 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                           1