54th Peace Race/Course de la Paix - 2.3Czech Republic, May 11-19, 20012000 results Stage list Preview Start list Past winners Stages
PreviewBy Daniel Marszalek This year's 54th edition of the Peace Race has been upgraded again by the UCI, and it is now a 2.3 category stage race. It will be held between May 11-19, and will for the first time start in Poland's second biggest city - Lodz. The race will consist of 10 stages, with two half stages on the penultimate day and it will be 1610.7 kilometres long. First two stages are relatively flat, with the mountains starting on third day. The hardest stages are expected to be stage 4 to Olomuniec with five mountain sprints (GPM's), including the 1280 m climb of Mravenecnik - the highest point of the race; and stage 7 to Zwickau, over 200 km long with no less than seven GPM's. After these "attractions" there is still a 25.8 km time trial to decide the race outcome (Stage 8a). Whether they will be the decisive moments of the race, no one can guarantee, since the 53rd edition was won (by Piotr Wadecki and Piotr Przydzial) on relatively easy and short morning half-stages, just before the ITT. After that, pre-race favourite Steffen Wesemann from Telekom, although at peak form, could do nothing more than jump to third position overall. After the race's upgrading to 2.3 category, the provisional starting list includes 22 teams, with 6 teams from Division I (Domo-Farm Frites with Piotr Wadecki and Tomas Konecny, Telekom with possibly four time winner Wesemann, Mapei, Team Coast, CSC-World Online and Festina), 14 teams from Division II and III and two U-23 national teams from Germany and the Czech Republic. These young riders also can't be underestimated , after 20 year old Torsten Heickmann, who is now with the "mighty" Telekom team, was 4th overall last year). The main sponsor of the Peace Race is German dairy company, Milram, which also sponsored it last year. The overall winner will get DM 13,000 prize money, while the total prize pool is DM 180,320. Starting listDomo - Farm Frites Team Deutsche Telekom 1 Piotr Wadecki 7 Robert Bartko 2 Leif Hoste 8 Ralf Grabsch 3 Steven Kleynen 9 Torsten Hiekmann 4 Tomas Konecny 10 Andrej Mizourov 5 Bram Tankink 11 Stephan Schreck 6 David Orvalho 12 Gerhard Trampusch Mapei - Quick Step Coast 13 Laszlo Bodrogi 19 Stefan Adamsson 14 Davio David Coni 20 Daniel Becke 15 Crescenzo D'amore 21 Bekim Christensen 16 Luca Paolini 22 Eduard Gritsoun 17 Charles Wegelius 23 Aitor Garmendia 18 David Tani 24 Malte Urban CSC-Wordonline Festina 25 Michael Blaudzun 31 Andre Korff 26 Francisco Cerezo 32 Francisco Lara 27 Danny Jonasson 33 Steffen Radochla 28 Rene Joergensen 34 Nicolas Reynaud 29 Mc Jacob Rasmussen 35 Ibm Sastre 30 Jakob Pijl 36 Sven Teutenberg Mroz Supradyn Bankgiroloterij - Batavus 37 Bogdan Bondariew 43 Corey Sweet 38 Zbigniew Piatek 44 Peter Vries 39 Grzegorz Wajs 45 Bram Schmitz 40 Eugen Wacker 46 Remco Ven Vid 41 Pawel Niedzwecki 47 Tom Desmet 42 Piotr Chmielewski 48 Bart Voskamp Team Cologne Team NŸrnberger 49 Raymond Meijs 55 Artur Babaitsew 50 Martin MŸller 56 Robert Förster 51 Björn Glasner 57 Thomas Liese 52 Berry Hoedemakers 58 Holger Sievers 53 Paul Van Schalen 59 JŸrgen Werner 54 Jos Lucassen 60 Arkadius Wojtas WŸstenrot - ZVVZ Collstrop - Palmans 61 Petr Bencik 67 Dany Baeyens 62 Jaroslav Bilek 68 Tony Bracke 63 Josh Collingwood 69 Christophe Detillousx 64 Michal Kalenda 70 Marc Streel 65 Ondrej Slobodnik 71 Erwin Thijs 66 Lubor Tesar 72 Donatas Virbickas Gerolsteiner Agro Adler Mark Brandenbg. 73 Hannes Hempel 79 Andreas Beikirch 74 Thomas MŸhlbacher 80 Richard Faltus 75 Uwe Peschel 81 Nick Gates 76 Olaf Pollack 82 Thomas Heidrich 77 Ronny Scholz 83 Andreas Kappes 78 Marcel Strauss 84 Jonas Owczarek PSK Remerx Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 85 Radek Dite 91 Marco Appler 86 Petr Herman 92 Enrico Nikolai 87 Lubos Kejval 93 Enrico Poitschke 88 Miloslav Kejval 94 Timo Scholz 89 Martin Riska 95 Andre Schulze 90 Frantisek Trkal 96 Marco Wittwer CCC Mat Atlas Lukullus 97 Piotr Przydzial 103 Jacek Mickiewicz 98 Ondrej Sosenka 104 Wojciech Pawlak 99 Marcin Gebka 105 Robert Radosz 100 Cezary Zamana 106 Igor Bontschukow 101 Grzegorz Rosolinski 107 Martin Sada 102 Felice Puttini 108 Jarek Ryszewski Servisco Team Fakta 109 Krzysztof Ciesielski 115 Scott Sunderland 110 Marek Kaminski 116 Allan Johansen 111 Andrzej Jagielowicz 117 Kurt-Asle Arvesen 112 Arkadiusz Korycki 118 Roberto Lochowski 113 Czeslaw Lukasziewicz 119 Morten Sonne 114 Daniel Czajkowski 120 Björnar Vestöl Germany U23 Czech Republic U23 121 Fabian Wegmann 127 Radek Becka 122 Björn Schröder 128 David Kupka 123 Thilo SchŸler 129 Petr Sestak 124 Tobias Nestle 130 Kamil Vrana 125 Jens Reuker 131 Jiri Patras 126 Christian Wasmer 132 Jaroslav Kocurek Past Winners2000 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) 1999 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1998 Uwe Ampler (Ger) 1997 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1996 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1995 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 1994 Jens Voigt (Ger) 1993 Bilek (Cze) 1992 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1991 Rjaksinski (Rus) 1990 Jan Svorada (Cze) 1989 Uwe Ampler (E.Ger) 1988 Uwe Ampler (E.Ger) 1987 Uwe Ampler (E.Ger) 1986 Olaf Ludwig (E.Ger) 1985 Lech Piasecki (Pol) 1984 Suchorutchenkov (Rus) 1983 Falk Boden (E.Ger) 1982 Olaf Ludwig (E.Ger) 1981 Zagretdinow (Rus) 1980 Barinow (Rus) 1979 Suchorutchenkov (Rus) 1978 Awerin (Rus) 1977 Pikkuus (Rus) 1976 H.-J. Hartnick (E.Ger) 1975 Szurkowski (Pol) 1974 Szozda (Pol) 1973 Szurkowski (Pol) 1972 Moravec (Cze) 1971 Szurkowski (Pol) 1970 Szurkowski (Pol) 1969 Danguilaume (Fra) 1968 Peschel (E.Ger) 1967 Maes (Bel) 1966 Guyot (Fra) 1965 Lebedjew (Rus) 1964 Smolik (Cze) 1963 Klaus Ampler (E.Ger) 1962 Saidchushin (Rus) 1961 Melichow (Rus) 1960 Hagen (E.Ger) 1959 Gustaf-Adolf Schur (E.Ger) 1958 Damen (Ned) 1957 Christow (Bul) 1956 Krolak (Pol) 1955 Gustaf-Adolf Schur (E.Ger) 1954 Dalgaard (Den) 1953 Pedersen (Den) 1952 Steel (GB) 1951 Olsen (Den) 1950 Emborg (Den) 1949 Vesely (Cze) 1948 Zoric (Yug) 1948 Prosinek (Yug) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |