Peace Race/Course de la Paix, Cat 2.5

Czech Republic, May 8-18 1997

1996 Results

Prologue
Stage 1
Stage 2 
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10 and Final GC

Prologue, Circuit in Potsdam:

  1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
  2. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Agro Adler
  3. Marcin Gebka (Pol)

Report

German cyclist Steffen Wesemann (Telekom) won the Prologue at the Peace Race, which was disputed over a two kilometer urban circuit with more than 60,000 expectators watching. Wesemann, has already won this competition on two previous occasions and last year he achieved seven stage victories, he will wear the leader's jersey tomorrow for the first stage which will be disputed between Potsdam and Magdeburgh. The twenty six year old German teammate of Bjarne Riis, beat his compatriot Olaf Pollack and Polish Marcin Gebka in the sprint. There are nineteen teams participating at this edition of the Peace Race, ten professional teams and the rest amateur. The riders will complete stages over German, Chzek and Polish roads.

Stage 1, Potsdam-Magdeburg, 148 km:

  1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz          3.53.23
  2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
  3. Andre Korff (Ger)
  4. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Agro Adler
  5. Frantisek Trkal (Cze)               all s.t.

Overall (after bonuses):

  1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz          3.53.07
  2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom        0.07
  3. Andre Korff (Ger)                     0.12
  4. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Agro Adler         0.16
  5. Frantisek Trkal (Cze)                 0.16

Report

The Polish rider, Jacek Mickiewicz, from Team Mroz, beat in the sprint on the first stage of the Peace Race, German Steffen Wesemann and took away the overall leadership. Wesemann, who won the Prologue yesterday, was surprised in a sprint by Mickiewicz and now occupies the second overall position, seven seconds from the leader.

Stage 2, Wernigerode-Freyburg, 168 km:

  1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom             4.09.45
  2. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz
  3. Frantisek Trkal (Cze)
  4. Pavel Chamidulin (Rus) Lada Samara
  5. Marcin Gebka (Pol)
  6. Lutz Lehmann (Ger)
  7. Wassili Zaika (Ukr) Vosschemie Tvnissteiner
  8. Andre Korff (Ger)
  9. Jens Voigt (Ger) Giant
 10. Mario Kummer (Ger) Telekom                all s.t.

Overall:

  1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz                8.02.40
  2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom              + 0.09
  3. Frantisek Trkal (Cze)                       + 0.23
  4. Andre Korff (Ger)                           + 0.24
  5. Alexander Charapow (Pol) Mroz               + 0.25
  6. Jan Valach (Slv)                            + 0.26
  7. Marcin Gebka (Pol)                          + 0.28
  8. Vassili Zaika (Ukr) Vosschemie Tvnissteiner
  9. Pavel Chamidulin (Rus) Lada Samara
 10. Robert Radosz (Pol)                        all s.t.

Stage 3, Freyburg - Dresden, 200 km:

 1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 	    4.41.32
 2. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz
 3. Tomas Konecny (Tch) Giant
 4. Jonathan Page (USA) Saturn
 5. Timo Scholz (Ger) German national team II
 6. Pavel Sosik (Pol)
 7. Milos Keival (Tch) Giant
 8. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) German national team I
 9. Jens Voigt (Ger) Giant
10. Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz 		all s.t.

Overall:

  1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz   	    12.44.00
  2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom  		0.11
  3. Frantisek Trkal (Cze)  			0.35
  4. Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz 		0.36
  5. Mario Kummer (Ger) Telekom 		0.37
  6. Jan Valach (Slv) 				0.36
  7. Robert Radosz (Pol) 			0.40
  8. Chann McRae (USA) Saturn
  9. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
 10. Milan Dvorscik (Slv) 			all s.t.

Stage 4, Bautzen - Nowa Ruda, 227 km:

 1. Marcin Gebka (Pol) 			   5.16.17
 2. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz 
 3. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
 4. Davide di Bert (Ita)
 5. Dmitri Ciudacoc (Mol)
 6. Pawel Chamidulin (Rus)
 7. Wassili Zaika (Ukr)
 8. Frantisek Trkal (Tch)
 9. Sergej Gristschenko (Rus)
10. Seth Pelusi (USA) 			     all s.t.

Overall:

 1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz             18.00.05
 2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 		0.19
 3. Frantisek Trkal (Tch) 			0.47
 4. Raimondas Rumsas (Lat) 			0.48
 5. Mario Kummer (Ger) Telekom 			0.49
 6. Robert Radosz (Pol) 			0.50
 7. Jan Valach (Slv) 				s.t.
 8. Chann McRae (USA)				0.52
 9. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
10. Milan Dvorscik (Slv)
11. Timo Scholz (Ger) 			       all s.t.

Report

Two Polish riders - Amateur Marcin Gebka and Pro Jacek Mickiewicz (Mroz) prevented a third stage win of Steffen Wesemann of Team Telekom. On stage 4 of the 50th Peace Tour, leading from Bautzen (Germany) to Nowa Ruda (Poland), the tactics of the Polish riders were perfect. 23 year old Gebka took advantage of the rivalry of the top riders Wesemann and Mickiewicz. "I waited for a long time", he said afterwards, "each one of them concentrated on the other one, and that was my chance."

Thousands of Polish fans watched the Peace Race and supported their riders. "Today, all riders from Poland worked together to defend the yellow jersey of Mickiewicz, no matter whether they were Amateurs or Professionals", Hans-Joachim Hartnick, Coach of the German national team, stated afterwards.

Stage 5, Paczkow-Rybnik, 161 km:

  1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz             3.54.01
  2. Andre Korff (Ger)
  3. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
  4. Marcin Gebka (Pol)
  5. Frantisek Trkal (Cze)
  6. Jens Voigt (Ger) ZVVZ Giant-AIS
  7. Vassili Zaika (Ukr) Vosschemie
  8. Pavel Chamidulin (Rus) Lada
  9. Chann McRae (Usa) Saturn
 10. Petr Herman (Cze)                    all s.t.

Overall:

  1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz          21.53.50
  2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom         + 0.31
  3. Raimundas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz            + 1.00
  4. Frantisek Trkal (Cze)                  + 1.03 
  5. Mario Kummer (Ger) Telekom             + 1.05
  6. Robert Radosz (Pol)                    + 1.06
  7. Jan Valach (Slv)                       + 1.06
  8. Chann McRae (Usa) Saturn               + 1.08
  9. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom           + 1.08
 10. Milan Dvorscik (Slv)                   + 1.08

Stage 6, Ustron- Zywiec, 177 km

 1. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom 		     4.23.23
 2. Jens Voigt (Ger) Giant-AIS
 3. Chann McRae (USA) Saturn
 4. Luca Maggioni (Ita) Amore & Vita
 5. Iuri Recanati (Ita) Cantina Tollo 	               all s.t.
 6. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 			0.35
 7. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) 				0.37
 8. Stefano Dante (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 9. Frantisek Trkal (Tch)
10. Jaroslav Bilek (Tch) 			       all s.t.

GC after Stage 6

 1. Henn 						    26.18.08
 2. McRae 							0.07
 3. Wesemann (Ger) 						0.11
 4. Voigt 							0.13
 5. Babaitsev 							0.22

Stage 7, Prudnik - Ovcarna, 135 km:

  1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
  2. Nikolai Kudriavtsjev (Rus) Lada     + 0 28
  3. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
  4. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
  5. Jens Voigt (Ger) ZVVZ Giant-AIS
  6. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Lada

Overall:

  1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
  2. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom        + 0.22 
  3. Jens Voigt (Ger) ZVVZ Giant-AIS     + 0.41
  4. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom       + 1.29
  5. McCrae (USA)			 + 3.58

Stage 8, Opava-Pustevny, 184 km:

  1. Nikolai Kudriavtsjev (Rus) Lada    5.05.00
  2. Jens Voigt (Ger) ZVVZ Giant-AIS     + 0.05
  3. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom      + 0.07
  4. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Lada
  5. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
  6. Chann McRae (USA)                 all s.t.

Overall:

  1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom    35.24.50
  2. Jens Voigt (Ger) ZVVZ Giant-AIS     + 0.37
  3. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom        + 0.43
  4. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Lada         + 0.55
  5. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom       + 1.33
  6. Chann McRae (Usa)                   + 2.02
  7. Nikolai Kudriavtsjev (Rus) Lada     + 5.26
  8. Miroslav Kejval (Cze) ZVVZ Giant    + 5.27
  9. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 5.41
 10. Brian Walton (Can) Saturn           + 6.06

Stage 9, Valaske Mezirici-Brno, 166 km:

  1. Steffen Blochwitz (Ger) Agro Adler 3.54.23
  2. Scott Fortner (USA) Saturn
  3. Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz
  4. Pavel Khamidouline (Rus) Lada     all s.t.
  5. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz         + 6.17
  6. Vassilij Zaika (Rus)                  s.t.

Overall:

  1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom    39.25.30
  2. Jens Voigt (Ger) ZVVZ Giant-AIS     + 0.37
  3. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom        + 0.43
  4. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Lada         + 0.55
  5. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom       + 1.33
  6. Chann McRae (USA)                   + 2.02
  7. Nikolai Kudriavtsjev (Rus) Lada     + 5.26
  8. Miroslav Kejval (Cze) ZVVZ Giant-AIS+ 5.27
  9. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  + 5.41
 10. Brian Walton (Can) Saturn           + 6.06

Stage 10, ITT in Brno, 50 km:

  1. Thomas Liese (Ger)                      1.04.38
  2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom     	0.14
  3. Bert Grabsch (Ger)                 	0.44
  4. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom       	1.28
  5. Chann McRae (USA) Saturn           	1.57
  6. Jens Voigt (Ger) ZVVZ Giant-AIS    	1.58

Final overall:

  
  1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom  	    40.28.55
  2. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom        	1.57
  3. Jens Voigt (Ger) ZVVZ Giant-AIS    	2.21
  4. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Lada         	2.42
  5. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom       	3.33
  6. Chann McRae (USA) Saturn            	3.45
  7. Thomas Liese (Ger)                  	5.27
  8. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) ZVVZ Giant-AIS  	7.49
  9. Brian Walton (Usa) Saturn           	8.01
 10. Nikolai Kudriavtsjev (Rus) Lada     	9.29
 11. Timo Scholz (Ger)                   	9.57
 12. Raimundas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz               12.01