35th Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt - 2.4Germany, September 13-17, 2000Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 3b - September 15: Konz - Saarburg ITT, 14.1 kmWauters new leaderStage 3b saw the expected change in the general classification after the 14.1 kilometre time trial from Konz to Saarburg. 1999 overall winner, Marc Wauters (Rabobank) went one better than he did in this stage last year, winning the TT and taking over the overall lead in the process. Wauters averaged nearly 40 km/h over the tough course, beating Gerolsteiner's Tobias Steinhauser by 23 seconds and Nürnberger's Thomas Liese by 40. Wauters now has 38 seconds in hand over former leader, Romans Vainsteins who finished 10th today.
Results1. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 21.11.09 2. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 23.86 3. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 39.97 4. Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 43.91 5. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 45.88 6. Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 46.45 7. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 51.42 8. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 51.98 9. Jürge Van Roosbroek (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 55.61 10. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.00.77 11. Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.02.16 12. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 1.06.07 13. William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 1.08.59 14. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 1.14.05 15. Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.15.62 16. Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 1.16.69 17. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 1.18.99 18. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 1.19.49 19. Björn Schröder (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 1.19.93 20. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 1.21.75 21. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 1.23.42 22. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast 1.32.66 23. Bo Hamburger (Den) Memory Card 1.34.88 24. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.36.58 25. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.37.99 26. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.44.11 27. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 1.50.62 28. Rene Weissinger (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 1.53.25 29. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.54.43 30. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 1.57.54 31. Karl Platt (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 2.03.44 32. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memory Card 2.06.15 33. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2.06.43 34. Christian Werner (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 2.06.76 35. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 2.09.44 36. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 2.10.29 37. Jason Phillips (Aus) Team Coast 2.15.42 38. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.22.92 39. Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 2.23.08 40. Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 2.23.98 41. Torsten Carrier (Ger) Team Coast 2.26.62 42. Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Memory Card 2.26.65 43. René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card 2.28.70 44. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Kia-Villiger 2.29.11 45. Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2.32.94 46. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 2.33.83 47. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.35.31 48. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2.38.46 49. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 2.38.82 50. Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 2.39.67 51. Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank Amateurs 2.42.08 52. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 2.42.82 53. Frank Corvers (Bel) Memory Card 2.43.37 54. David Chassot (Swi) Kia-Villiger 2.43.49 55. Eric Baumann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 2.43.57 56. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.14 57. Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.44.37 58. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 2.45.20 59. Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 2.48.55 60. Coen Boermann (Ned) Rabobank 2.48.88 61. Kristof Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 2.50.25 62. Ronny Scholz (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 2.54.33 63. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 2.55.08 64. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2.57.90 65. Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card 2.58.01 66. Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.59.57 67. Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 2.59.76 68. Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 3.00.92 69. Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Kia-Villiger 3.04.18 70. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3.08.80 71. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 3.10.08 72. Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 3.11.02 73. Philipp Schnyder (Swi) Kia-Villiger 3.11.32 74. Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 3.11.50 75. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 3.15.06 76. Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memory Card 3.15.42 77. Hansjörg Weber (Swi) Kia-Villiger 3.18.63 78. Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 3.19.28 79. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 3.26.63 80. Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.29.08 81. Stefan Ruetimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.30.37 82. Stijn De Schoenmaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3.34.86 83. Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 3.37.56 84. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 3.42.03 85. Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team 3.43.42 86. Anastoupula Vasilis (Gre) Kia-Villiger 3.43.74 87. Michael Diether (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 3.48.72 88. Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 3.49.62 89. Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 3.50.25 90. Julien Vergères (Swi) Post Swiss Team 3.50.88 91. Mario Bolz (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 3.50.88 92. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.52.17 93. Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.52.98 94. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 3.55.78 95. Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 3.56.51 96. Uwe Nepp (Ger) Team Coast 3.57.07 97. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 4.07.46 98. Jan Hollitzer (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 4.08.33 99. Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team 4.09.71 100. Lothar Leder (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 4.11.16 101. Patrik Kofler (Swi) Kia-Villiger 4.11.69 102. Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Team Coast 4.12.94 103. Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 4.27.35 104. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.27.47 105. Nicholas Salmon (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 4.30.12 106. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 4.35.84 107. Timo Brewi (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 4.49.09 108. Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 4.51.15 109. Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 5.06.73 110. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 5.29.62 111. Rafael Otto (Ger) Team Coast 5.59.53 112. Mathias Kahl (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 6.01.61 113. Michael Sandstod (Den) Memory Card 9.53.89 General classification after stage 3: 1. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 11.09.34 2. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.38 3. Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 0.44 4. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.47 5. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 1.09 6. Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.17 7. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 1.20 8. Bo Hamburger (Den) Memory Card 1.29 9. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.38 10. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.40 11. René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card 2.30 12. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2.38 13. Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 2.42 14. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 2.44 15. Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 2.46 16. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.54 17. Jürge Van Roosbroek (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 2.57 18. Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3.04 19. William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 3.10 20. Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 3.18 21. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 3.21 22. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 3.21 23. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 3.25 24. Rene Weissinger (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 3.55 25. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 4.02 26. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 4.05 27. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 4.05 28. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.09 29. Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 4.16 30. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 4.24 31. Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Memory Card 4.28 32. Jason Phillips (Aus) Team Coast 4.30 33. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast 4.33 34. Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 4.41 35. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Kia-Villiger 4.44 36. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 4.44 37. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 4.59 38. Karl Platt (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 5.04 39. Christian Werner (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 5.07 40. Björn Schröder (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 5.10 41. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 5.10 42. Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 5.24 43. Torsten Carrier (Ger) Team Coast 5.27 44. David Chassot (Swi) Kia-Villiger 5.44 45. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 5.46 46. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Post Swiss Team 5.49 47. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 5.49 48. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 5.56 49. Frank Corvers (Bel) Memory Card 5.57 50. Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 6.13 51. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 6.40 52. Mario Bolz (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 7.10 53. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 7.19 54. Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 7.49 55. Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 8.04 56. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Nürnberger 9.55 57. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 10.13 58. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memory Card 10.24 59. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 11.02 60. Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 11.12 61. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 11.26 62. Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memory Card 11.26 63. Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 11.30 64. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 11.34 65. Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 11.35 66. Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 11.35 67. Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team 11.54 68. Anastoupula Vasilis (Gre) Kia-Villiger 11.54 69. Stijn De Schoenmaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 11.58 70. Michael Sandstod (Den) Memory Card 12.08 71. Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 12.14 72. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 12.45 73. Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 12.51 74. Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Kia-Villiger 13.23 75. Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 13.26 76. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 14.09 77. Stefan Ruetimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 14.12 78. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 14.34 79. Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14.35 80. Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 14.39 81. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 14.40 82. Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15.13 83. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 16.06 84. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 16.06 85. Coen Boermann (Ned) Rabobank 16.32 86. Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Team Coast 19.09 87. Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team 19.42 88. Kristof Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 20.37 89. Philipp Schnyder (Swi) Kia-Villiger 20.45 90. Eric Baumann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 21.23 91. Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 21.24 92. Uwe Nepp (Ger) Team Coast 21.31 93. Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 21.53 94. Thomas Kaufmann (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 21.53 95. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 22.36 96. Julien Vergères (Swi) Post Swiss Team 22.44 97. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 25.39 98. Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card 30.59 99. Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank Amateurs 30.59 100. Hansjörg Weber (Swi) Kia-Villiger 31.22 101. Ronny Scholz (Ger) LG Giant Frankfurt 31.24 102. Michael Diether (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 32.12 103. Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 32.13 104. Jan Hollitzer (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 32.25 105. Lothar Leder (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 32.28 106. Patrik Kofler (Swi) Kia-Villiger 32.28 107. Nicholas Salmon (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 32.44 108. Timo Brewi (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 32.53 109. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 33.46 110. Stefan Steinweg (Ger) Bellheimer Lord-Optik Delker 33.55 111. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 34.40 112. Rafael Otto (Ger) Team Coast 35.16 113. Mathias Kahl (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 37.14 |