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1996
Results
Report
German cyclist Udo Bolts, from
Team Telekom, was the winner of the Swiss race of Gran
Premio of Gippigen, when he easily beat ina long
sprint, Moldavian Andrei Tchmil. In this way Bolts
achieves the first win of the season, with a time of
4:37:07 for the 196 kms., a second faster than Tchmil,
who marked the peloton's time. The 30 year old German,
showed his experience, when with a little less than a
kilometer to go he surprised with an attack other
riders like Tchmil, Konyshev, Dia Grande and
Viatcheslav Ekimov, which came in in that order behind
Bolts
Race Distance: 196 km:
1. Udo Boelts (Ger) Telekom 4.37.07
2. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 0.01
3. Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Roslotto
4. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei
5. Vjatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal
6. Giuseppe Petito (Ita) Saeco
7. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom
8. Beat Zberg (Sch) Mercatone
9. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
10. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Scrigno
11. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom
12. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal
13. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina
14. Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Vlaanderen
15. Franz Hotz (Sch) Post Swiss
16. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Festina
17. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Batik
18. Armin Meier (Sch) Batik
19. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei
20. Massimo Donati (Ita)
21. Piotr Ugrumov (Rus) Roslotto all s.t.
133 starters, 50 finishers
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