20th International Hessen Rundfahrt - 2.4Germany, September 5-9, 2001Main Page Results Previous Stage Stage 2 - September 6: Groß-Gerau - Bad Hersfeld, 205.0 kmTorsten Schmidt wins second stage; Ullrich maintains yellowGerolsteiner's Torsten Schmidt has triumphed in the second stage of the Hessen Rundfahrt, a 205 kilometre journey from Groß Gerau to Bad Hersfeld. Schmidt was too strong for his breakaway companions Markus Ganser (Athleticum) and Andreas Beikirch (Agro Adler), who finished second and third. The peloton came in a 5'03, led by Schmidt's teammate Saulius Ruskys, and Jan Ullrich kept hold of his yellow jersey that he won after a solo escape yesterday. Today's stage was also ridden at a high pace, and after just 26 kilometres Andreas Beikirch decided to attack. He managed to build an eight minute by himself before a reaction came from the bunch. Markus Ganser and Torsten Schmidt set off in pursuit after 60 kilometres, and managed to catch Beikirch with 40 kilometres to go. The GC riders in the peloton weren't worried about any of these three riders, as they were all between 17 and 37 minutes down in the classification after yesterday's stage. In the end it was Schmidt who was the strongest of the three, despite having a long break from racing due to an injury. Schmidt was happy with this, but so were Ganser and Beikirch. The former because his division III team rarely races against the top teams, and the latter because he is a Six Day track specialist and managed to win every mountain sprint today. Tomorrow's third stage is 173 kilometres from Bad Hersfeld to Borken in Nordhesssen. Results1 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 4.38.23 (44.18 km/h) 2 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 0.08 3 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 0.30 4 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Team Gerolsteiner 5.03 5 Christian Lademann (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Nürnberger 7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team 8 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 9 Andre Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 10 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Post Swiss Team 11 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 12 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 13 Frank Klein (Ger) Team Cologne 14 Eric Weißpfennig (Ger) German Track Team 15 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 16 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 17 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 18 Trent Wilson (Aus) Team Fakta 19 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 20 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Fakta 21 John Nilsson (Swe) Saint-Quentin Oktos 22 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Hessen 23 Karsten Vogel (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 24 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 25 Marco Wittwer (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 26 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 27 Christian Wasmer (Ger) German Road Team 28 Oliver Bierbaumer (Aut) Austrian National Team 29 René Jörgensen (Den) CSC Tiscali 30 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 31 Carsten Gottschalk (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 32 Mario Bolz (Ger) Hessen 33 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 34 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austrian National Team 35 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 36 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC Tiscali 37 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 38 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team Fakta 39 Markus Koob (Ger) Hessen 40 Stefan Schruff (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 41 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 42 Mathias Braun (Swi) Post Swiss Team 43 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 44 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 45 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 46 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC Tiscali 47 Marc Hohmann (Ger) Hessen 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 49 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Cologne 50 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 51 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 52 Jens Reuker (Ger) German Road Team 53 Patrick Holsche (Ger) German Road Team 54 Tobias Nestle (Ger) German Road Team 55 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 56 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nürnberger 57 Andreas Müller (Ger) German Track Team 58 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 59 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC Tiscali 60 Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 61 Mark Schneider (Ger) German Road Team 62 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) Hessen 63 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 64 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 65 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 66 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 67 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 68 Francisco J. Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC Tiscali 69 Christian Bach (Ger) German Track Team 70 Alan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 71 Ralph Scherzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 72 Tilo Schüler (Ger) German Road Team 73 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 74 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team 75 Thorsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 76 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 77 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 79 Martin Neffgen (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 80 Jason Philipps (Aus) Team Coast 81 Christian Römer (Aut) Austrian National Team 82 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 83 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) German Track Team 84 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 85 Jens Lehmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 86 Jérome Desjardins (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 87 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 88 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 89 Guido Fulst (Ger) German Track Team 90 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Hessen 91 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 92 Jochen Summer (Aut) Austrian National Team 93 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC Tiscali 94 Alexander Vinokurow (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 5.43 95 Nick Gates (Aus) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 6.02 Sprints Niederrodenbach - km 55 1 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 3 pts 2 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 2 3 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 1 Gelnhausen - km 71.5 1 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 3 pts 2 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2 3 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 1 Schluechtern - km 114.5 1 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 3 pts 2 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 2 3 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains Bad Orb - Cat. 3, km 93.5 1 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 3 pts 2 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2 3 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 1 Freiensteinau - Cat. 3 1 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 3 pts 2 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2 3 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 1 Climb - Cat. 3 - km 156.2 1 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 3 pts 2 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2 3 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 1 Teams 1 Team Gerolsteiner 14.05.15 2 Team Athleticim-Principia 0.08 3 Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 0.30 4 Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 5.03 5 Team Cologne 6 Team Nürnberger 7 Team Coast 8 Team Fakta 9 German Track Team 10 Saint-Quentin Oktos 11 Post Swiss Team 12 Hessen 13 CSC Tiscali 14 German Road Team 15 Austrian National Team 16 Team Deutsche Telekom General classification after stage 2 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 8.17.41 2 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 0.38 3 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Fakta 0.40 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC Tiscali 0.43 5 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 0.44 7 Ralph Scherzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 8 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 4.06 9 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nürnberger 10 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 4.07 11 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austrian National Team 12 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Team Gerolsteiner 4.09 13 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Nürnberger 14 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 15 Christian Lademann (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 16 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 17 Trent Wilson (Aus) Team Fakta 18 John Nilsson (Swe) Saint-Quentin Oktos 19 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne 20 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 21 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 22 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Cologne 23 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 24 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 25 Alan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 26 Thorsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 27 Guido Fulst (Ger) German Track Team 28 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 10.55 29 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 16.12 30 Patrick Holsche (Ger) German Road Team 31 Christian Römer (Aut) Austrian National Team 32 Jochen Summer (Aut) Austrian National Team 33 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC Tiscali 19.30 34 Frank Klein (Ger) Team Cologne 21.16 35 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 32.28 36 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 32.48 37 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 37.31 38 Andre Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 37.33 39 Marco Wittwer (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 37.34 40 René Jörgensen (Den) CSC Tiscali 41 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 42 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) German Track Team 43 Eric Weißpfennig (Ger) German Track Team 44 Karsten Vogel (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 45 Oliver Bierbaumer (Aut) Austrian National Team 46 Christian Wasmer (Ger) German Road Team 47 Markus Koob (Ger) Hessen 48 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Hessen 49 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 50 Mathias Braun (Swi) Post Swiss Team 51 Carsten Gottschalk (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 52 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC Tiscali 53 Marc Hohmann (Ger) Hessen 54 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Post Swiss Team 55 Stefan Schruff (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 56 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 57 Francisco J. Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC Tiscali 58 Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 59 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 60 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 61 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 62 Jens Reuker (Ger) German Road Team 63 Mario Bolz (Ger) Hessen 64 Martin Neffgen (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 65 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 66 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 67 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 68 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC Tiscali 69 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 70 Jérome Desjardins (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 71 Mark Schneider (Ger) German Road Team 72 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team Fakta 73 Tobias Nestle (Ger) German Road Team 74 Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Cologne 75 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) German Track Team 76 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 77 Andreas Müller (Ger) German Track Team 78 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Hessen 79 Jens Lehmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 80 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 81 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team 82 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 83 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 84 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 85 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) Hessen 86 Christian Bach (Ger) German Track Team 87 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 88 Tilo Schüler (Ger) German Road Team 89 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 90 Jason Philipps (Aus) Team Coast 91 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 92 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 93 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 94 Alexander Vinokurow (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 38.14 95 Nick Gates (Aus) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 38.33 Sprints classification 1 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 9 pts 2 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 5 3 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 4 4 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 3 5 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nürnberger 3 6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 3 7 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austrian National Team 2 8 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 2 9 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC Tiscali 2 10 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC Tiscali 1 11 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1 12 Andre Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 1 Mountains classification 1 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Fakta 15 pts 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 14 3 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 9 4 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 6 5 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticim-Principia 3 6 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC Tiscali 3 7 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 9 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 3 10 Ralph Scherzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 3 11 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3 Teams classification 1 Team Deutsche Telekom 24.58.00 2 Team Fakta 0.34 3 Team Nürnberger 3.59 4 Team Cologne 7.24 5 Austrian National Team 16.02 6 Saint-Quentin Oktos 40.49 7 Post Swiss Team 8 Team Gerolsteiner 47.49 9 CSC Tiscali 52.47 10 Team Coast 52.52 11 Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 1.09.41 12 German Track Team 1.14.14 13 German Road Team 1.26.17 14 Team Athleticim-Principia 1.42.44 15 Team Wiesenhof Leipzig 1.47.39 16 Hessen 1.47.39 |