49th Peace Race - Cat 2.5

Prologue, Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6
Stage 7, Stage 8, Stage 9, Stage 10, Stage 11

Prologue, Individual Time Trial in Brunn, 8 km:

 1. Thomas Liese (Ger-amateur)           9.44
 2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom     + 0.05
 3. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom    + 0.07
 4. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna    + 0.10
 5. Dainis Ozols (Let-amateur)         + 0.14

Stage 1 Brunn - Zlin (Czech Rep.) 146 km:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom      3.41.05
 2. Kaspars Ozers (Let)
 3. Milan Dvorscik (Slv)
 4. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA
 5. Jan Valach (Slv)
 6. Heinz Marchel (Aut)
 7. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Tico
 8. Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz
 9. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol)
10. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna     all s.t.

Gesamtwertung:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom      3.49.26
 2. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 0.12
 3. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom     + 0.19
 4. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna     + 0.22
 5. Dainis Ozols (Let)                  + 0.26
 6. Jurgen Werner (Ger)                 + 0.36
 7. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Tico            + 0.37
 8. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 0.42
 9. Milan Dvorscik (Slv)                + 0.50
10. Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz         + 0.51

Stage 2, Zlin - Trencin 145 km:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom      3.47.06
 2. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)
 3. Peter Wrolich (Aut)
 4. Harald Morscher (Aut)
 5. Hannes Hempel (Aut)
 6. Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz
 7. Valeri Rascolov (Rus) Lada-CSKA     all s.t.

Leader:

 1. Wesemann

Swedish win on hilly stage

The Telekom-riders continues to dominate the Peace Race. On stage 3, with a mountain-top finish on Lysa Hora (Frydlant), it was the Swedish rider Michael Andersson who broke away from the leading group in the last kilometres. Steffen Wesemann is still overall leader while Andersson moved up to second place.

Stage 3 Trencin - Frydlant (Czech Rep.) 178 km:

 1. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom    5.00.19
 2. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 0.11
 3. Jorn Reuss (Ger)                      s.t.
 4. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna     + 0.18
 5. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol)
 6. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Tico
 7. Stephan Gottschling (Ger)
 8. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
 9. Tomas Konecny (Cze) Husqvarna
10. Jan Hruska (Cze) Husqvarna
11. Thomas Liese (Ger)                 all s.t.

Overall:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom    12.36.44
 2. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom     + 0.16
 3. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 0.37
 4. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna     + 0.46
 5. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 0.50
 6. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Tico            + 1.02
 7. Jorn Reuss (Ger)                    + 1.11
 8. Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz         + 1.16
 9. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol)              + 1.18
10. Jurgen Werner (Ger) Telekom         + 1.22

Stage 4, Individual Time Trial in Frydlandt (Czech Rep.) 23,3 km

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom       29.20 (47,66 km/h)
 2. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 0.38
 3. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom     + 1.00
 4. Dainis Ozols (Let)                  + 1.11
 5. Jens Voigt (Ger)                    + 1.27
 6. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Tico            + 1.34

Overall:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom    13:06:04
 3. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 1.15
 3. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom     + 1.16
 4. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Tico            + 2.36
 5. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna     + 2.40
 6. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 2.42
 7. Jurgen Werner (Ger) Telekom         + 2.58
 8. Jan Hruska (Cze) Husqvarna          + 3.09
 9. Jens Voigt (Ger)                    + 3.24
10. Jorn Reuss (Ger)                    + 3.32

The afternoon stage on Sunday May 12 will take the race into Poland for the
first time in four years: Stage 5, Frydlandt - Zywiec (128 km).

Stage 5, Frydlandt (Czech Rep.) - Zywiec (Poland) 128 km:

 1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz          3.11.38
 2. Slawomir Chrzanowski (Pol)              s.t.
 3. Heinz Marchel (Aut)                   + 4.09
 5. Kaspars Ozers (Let)
 6. Patrick Moster (Ger)
 7. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)
 8. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Tico
 9. Josef Christen (Sch)
10. Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) PEK           all s.t.

Overall:

 1. Steffen Wesemann  (Ger) Telekom   16.21.51
 2. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 1.15
 3. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom     + 1.16
 4. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Tico            + 2.36
 5. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna     + 2.40
 6. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 2.42
 7. Jurgen Werner (Ger) Telekom         + 2.58
 8. Jan Hruska (Cze) Husqvarna          + 3.09

Stage 6, Zywiec (Poland) - Ostrau (Czech Rep.) 160 km:

 1. Steffen Wesemann  (Ger) Telekom    4.13.06
 2. Kaspars Ozers (Let)
 3. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA
 4. Gerd Audehm (Ger) Telekom
 5. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna
 6. Patrick Moster (Ger)
 7. Dainis Ozols (Let)
 8. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom
 9. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
10. Jens Voigt (Ger)                    all s.t.

Overall:

No change in positions.

Stage 7, Ostrava - Chocen 201 km:

 1. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna     5.34.00
 2. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA
 3. Tomas Konecky (Cze) Husqvarna
 4. Bencik (Cze)
 5. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)            all s.t.

Overall:

 1. Steffen Wesemann  (Ger) Telekom   26.08.47
 2. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom     + 1.24
 3. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 1.25
 4. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 2.37
 5. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna     + 2.40.

Stage 8

 1. Dainis Ozols (Let)                 5.40.58
 2. Stephan Gottschling (Ger)           + 0.45
 3. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 0.55
 4. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom       s.t.

Stage 9, Liberec - Cottbus 158 km:

 1. Steffen Wesemann  (Ger) Telekom (stage win #5)
 2. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)
 3. Steffen Blochwitz (Ger)     all s.t.

Overall leader:

 1. Wesemann

Stage 10, Cottbus - Dessau 204 km:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom     5.04.54
 2. Kaspars Ozers (Let)
 3. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna
 4. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)
 5. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA
 6. Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz
 7. Peter Wrolich (Aut)
 8. Juris Silovs (Let)
 9. Jorn Reuss (Ger)
10. Michael Schlickum (Ger)            all s.t.

Overall:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom    41.02.34
 2. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom     + 1.33
 3. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 2.37
 4. Dainis Ozols (Let)                  + 3.46
 5. Stephan Gottschling (Ger)           + 3.53
 6. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 4.23
 7. Tomas Konecky (Cze) Husqvarna       + 4.52
 8. Jens Voigt (Ger)                    + 4.55
 9. Jorn Reuss (Ger)                    + 5.15
10. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol)              + 5.25

Last stage (11) to Leipzig, Saturday 18 May.

Overall win and seven stages for Wesemann

With seven stage wins (equals Olaf Ludwig's record from 1986), overall lead from stage one, Steffen Wesemann and his Telekom team totally dominated the 1996 Peace Race. Wesemann was also overall winner in 1992 as amateur. Telekom was also the only first division pro team in the race. 25-year old Wesemann now hopes for a place in Telekom's Tour de France-team where there are three places open. Riis, Heppner, Bolts, Zabel, Aldag and Meinert are already selected.

Stage 11, Dessau - Leipzig 163 km:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom     4.07.09
 2. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Husqvarna
 3. Jorn Reuss (Ger)
 4. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
 5. Thomas Liese (Ger)
 6. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA
 7. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)
 8. Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
 9. Petr Konecny (Cze) Tico
10. Patrik Moster (Ger)                 all s.t.

Final overall:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom    45.09.34
 2. Michael Andersson (Swe) Telekom     + 1.43
 3. Sergej Ivanov (Rus) Lada-CSKA       + 2.47
 4. Dainis Ozols (Let)                  + 3.56
 5. Stephan Gottschling (Ger)           + 4.03
 6. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 4.33
 7. Tomas Konecky (Cze) Husqvarna       + 4.58
 8. Jens Voigt (Ger)                    + 5.03
 9. Jorn Reuss (Ger)                    + 5.21
10. Jan Hruska (Cze) Husqvarna          + 5.47