36th Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt - 2.4

Germany, September 19-23, 2001

2000 Results    Stage list    Preview    Start list    Past Winners

The Stages

• Stage 1 - September 19: Bad Marienberg - Kirn, 185.5 km
• Stage 2 - September 20: Kaiserslautern - Pirmasens, 146.9 km
• Stage 3 - September 21: Pirmasens - Saarburg, 190.8 km
• Stage 4 - September 22: Bitburg - Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, 167.2 km
• Stage 5 - September 23: Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler - Bad Marienberg, 171.6 km

Preview

Jan Ullrich will continue his preparation for the World Championships in Lisbon with the five day International Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt in Germany. Ullrich said that he wants to win the World Championships, and is looking for a big win to add to his eight victories this season. The parcours in Rheinland is perfectly suited to Ullrich's abilities, and several stages will be useful as dry runs (more likely wet) for the World's.

His teammate Udo Bölts commented that "I think that he will ride for the victory in Rheinland-Pfalz. Jan is in excellent form. I believe that the weather, predicted to be raining and cold, will not stop him. He is in such good condition that he will ride through it."

The race does not contain a time trial, and each stage is very hilly. Besides Ullrich, who will be supported by Bölts, Vinokourov, Klöden, Wesemann, Kessler, Grabsch and Hiekmann, others to watch for include Rabobank's Erik Dekker, Marc Wauters (winner last year), Scott Sunderland (Fakta), and riders from German teams Nürnberger and Gerolsteiner.

Start List

Rabobank                           CSC Tiscali
 
1 Marc Wauters (Bel)               12 Koen Beeckman (Bel)
2 Michael Boogerd (Ned)            13 Bjarke Nielsen (Den)
3 Erik Dekker (Ned)                14 Danny Jonasson (Den)
4 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)         15 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den)
5 Grischa Niermann (Ger)           16 Thomas Brun Eriksen (Den)
6 Mathew Hayman (Aus)              18 Rolf Sorensen (Den)
7 Steven De Jongh (Ned)
8 Bram De Groot (Ned)
 
Kia-Suisse                         Lotto-Adecco
 
23 Christian Weber (Swi)           31 Mario Aerts (Bel)
24 Pierluigi Ginocchi (Ita)        32 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel)
25 Philippe Schnyder (Swi)         33 Stive Vermaut (Bel)
26 Alesandro Pozzi (Ita)           34 Falco Van Gulik (Ned)
27 Bertrand Bourguet (Swi)         35 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel)
28 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi)       36 Frederic Arorisen (Bel)
                                   37 Wim Van Huffel (Bel)
                                   38 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel)
 
Mapei-Quick Step                   Team Coast
 
41 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita)         51 Daniel Becke (Ger)
42 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita)         52 Anton Chantyr (Rus)
43 Allan Davis (Aus)               53 Michael Giebelmann (Ger)
45 Antonio Rizzi (Ita)             54 Thorsten Rund (Ger)
46 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger)         55 Sascha Henrix (Ger)
47 David Tani (Ita)                56 Malte Urban (Ger)
48 Pavel Zerzan (Cze)              57 Stefan Adamsson (Swe)
                                   58 Klaus Mutschler (Ger)
 
Team Deutsche Telekom              Team Fakta
 
61 Jan Ullrich (Ger)               71 Scott Sunderland (Aus)
62 Udo Bölts (Ger)                 72 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den)
63 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)              73 Morten Sonne (Den)
64 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger)          74 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor)
65 Matthias Kessler (Ger)          75 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)
66 Andreas Klöden (Ger)            76 Allan Johansen (Den)
67 Steffen Wesemann (Ger)          78 Trent Wlson (Aus)
68 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)
 
Gerolsteiner                       Phonak Hearing Systems
 
81 Ronny Scholz (Ger)              91 Roger Beuchat (Swi)
82 Olaf Pollack (Ger)              92 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi)
83 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu)            93 Nicolas Dumont (Fra)
84 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)           94 Christian Charriere (Swi)
85 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger)        95 Bert Grabsch (Ger)
86 Georg Totschnig (Ger)           96 Alexandre Moos (Swi)
87 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger)         97 René Stadelmann (Swi)
88 Peter Wrolich (Aut)             98 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi)
 
Post Swiss Team                    Team Cologne
 
101 Mathias Braun (Swi)            112 Björn Glasner (Ger)
102 Martin Cotar (Cro)             113 Martin Müller (Ger)
103 Reto Bergmann (Swi)            114 Frank Klein (Ger)
104 Christian Heule (Swi)          115 Jos Lucassen (Ned)
105 Roland Müller (Swi)            116 Michael Schlickau (Ger)
106 Christian Poos (Lux)           117 Ryan Cox (RSA)
107 Gregory Rast (Swi)             118 Paul Van Schalen (Ned)
108 Steve Zampieri (Swi)
 
Team Nürnberger                    German National Team
 
121 Artour Babaitsev (Rus)         131 Fabian Wegmann (Ger)
122 Robert Förster (Ger)           132 Thomas Kaufmann (Ger)
123 Harald Morscher (Aut)          133 Stefan Schumacher (Ger)
124 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)       134 Sebastian Lang (Ger)
125 Jürgen Werner (Ger)            135 Markus Fothen (Ger)
126 Christian Werner (Ger)         136 Björn Schröder (Ger)
127 Arkadius Wojtas (Pol)          137 Matthias Jelitto (Ger)
128 Jens Zemke (Ger)               138 Eric Baumann (Ger)
 
Rheinland-Pfalz Selection
 
141 Karl Platt (Ger)
142 Tobias Stumpf (Ger)
143 Jan Hollitzer (Ger)
144 Martin Schmid (Ger)
145 Thomas Vollmer (Ger)
146 Timo Brewi (Ger)
147 Timo Reichert (Ger)
148 Jan Deutschmann (Ger)

Past Winners

2000 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
1999 Marc Wauters (Bel)
1998 Lance Armstrong (USA)
1997 Dainis Ozols (Lat)
1996 Olaf Ludwig (Ger)
1995 Jörn Reuss (Ger)
1994 Cèdric Vasseur (Fra)
1993 Bert Dietz (Ger)
1992 Gerd Audehm (Ger)
1991 Gerd Audehm (Ger)
1990 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger)