News for November 2
First Edition
* BOLAND BANK CYCLE TOUR: 29th Oct to 4th Nov, 8 stages, 909km
A SNAPSHOT
Total Distance : 909 km
Number of Stages : 8
Individual Time Trial : 2
Hotspots : 7
Mountain Primes : 6
Longest Stage : Stage 4 = 196 km
Shortest Stage : Prologue = 3.4 km
Number of towns and villages involved : 26
Approximate Cycling Duration : 26 hours
Mountain Passes : Bothmaskloof Pass, Tiekiedraai Pass, Sir Lowry's
Pass, Houwhoek Pass, Franschoek Pass, Theronsberg Pass, Mitchell's
Pass
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ROUTE
Stage 1 : Sunday, 29th October 1995 - 10:00am
3.4 km Prologue : Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Stage 2 : Monday, 30th October
123 km Road Stage : Paarl, Wellington, R44, Hermon, Riebeeck
Kasteel, Malmesbury, R45, Wellington, Paarl
Stage 3 : Tuesday, 31st October
193 km Road Stage : Moorreesburg, R311, R45, Hopefield, Vredenburg,
Saldanha, R79, R315, Darling, Malmesbury
Stage 4 : Wednesday, 1st November
196 km Road Stage : Worcester, Mitchell's Pass, Ceres, Theronsberg
Pass, De Doorns, Worcester
Stage 5 : Thursday, 2nd November
131 km Road Stage : Strand, Sir Lowry's Pass, Botriver, Kleinmond,
Gordon's Bay, Strand
Stage 6 : Friday, 3rd November (am)
76 km Road Stage : Bellville, Melkbos, Blouberg, Tiekiedraai,
Bellville
Stage 7 : Friday, 3rd November (pm) - 5.30pm
12.2 km Time Trial : Bellville Stadium / Tygervalley Shopping
Centre
Final Stage 8 : Saturday, 4th November - 9.30am
172 km Road Stage : Stellenbosch, Paarl, R303, Franschoek,
Franschoek Pass, R45, Theewaterskloof Dam, Grabouw, Somerset West,
Stellenbosch
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TEAMS
ONCE GRUPO DEPORTIVO
Johan Bruyneel (BEL)
Melchor Mauri (ESP)
Hermingo Diaz Zabala (ESP)
Kiko/Arancia Garcia (ESP)
Luis M Diaz de Otazu (ESP)
TVM / POLIS DIRECT
Jesper Skibby (DEN)
Hendrik Redant (BEL)
Hendrik van Dyck (BEL)
Michel Cornelisse (NED)
Niels van der Steen (NED)
TEAM TELEKOM
Olaf Ludwig (GER)
Mario Kummer (GER)
Brian Holm (DEN)
Gerd Audehm (GER)
Michael Lafis (SWE)
Jurgen Werner (GER)
COLLSTROP-LYSTEX-DIAMANT
Eric van Lancker (BEL)
Peter Verbeken (BEL)
Michel van Haecke (BEL)
Wim Omloop (BEL)
Niko Eeckhout (BEL)
LANKEN TEAM
Christian Selin (FIN)
Magnus Backstedt (SWE)
Niclas Ekstrom (SWE)
Juho Suikkari (FIN)
Janne Maki (FIN)
CAPE RENDEZVOUS TEAM
Stefan Gogall (GER)
Allen Grubl
Rafael Henne (GER
JP Furus (GER)
Wayne Burgess (SA)
TANDEM TEAM
Pierre Bourquenoud (SWI)
Hans-Kurt Brand (SWI)
Ben Girard (SWI
Andre Massard (SWI
Thomas Pfister (SWI)
Siegfried Hoebel
HAMELN-KONTOK-7
Roger Tanner (GER)
Thomas Bockmann (GER)
Jurgen Rodenbeck (GER)
Ralf Koldewitz (GER)
Heiko Latocha (GER)
OLD MUTUAL SA NATIONAL TEAM (SA)
Willie Engelbrecht
Douglas Ryder
Malcolm Lange
Jac-Louis van Wyk
Allan Wolhuter
VILLAGE CYCLES WP TEAM
Blayne Wikner
Pierre-Henri Olivier
Rudolph Wentzel
David George
Duan Vock
NIGERIA
Sunday Musa
Ibrahim Musa
Joseph Audu
Friday Noruw
Osaze Owen
BMW MTEL
Andre Bekker
Justin Weaving
Rodney Green
Renato Albrecht
Nicholas White
TEAM COLLET
Andre Jacobs
Johan Gouws
Damien Booth
Patrick Laverty
Sean van Zyl
COROMA DOORS
Stephen Viljoen
Mario Nell
Mirco Ellis
Mervyn Dinkelmann
Jacques Fullard
DEO GLORIA TEAM
Jan van der Merwe
Freddie Pienaar
R Rheeder
M Bester
Brent Copeland
PPPK QUEENS
Borislav Tzenov
Ross Grant
George Smit
Christian Beyers
Peter Marais
TELEGAMES
Boyd Roberts
Hendrik Butler
Michael Jones
Gary Merkel
Mannie Heymans
TEAM MURWAY
Faizel Hendricks
Stefanus Furlan
Peter Wheeler
Paul Cruden
Richard Roselt
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RESULTS - PROLOGUE
Stage 1 : Sunday, 29th October 1995 - 10:00am
3.4 km Prologue : Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
1. Ralf Koldewitz (GER - HAMELN-KONTOK-7) 5min 22 secs
2. Blayne Wikner (SA - WP/Village Cycles) @ 0.34 seconds
3. Magnus Backstedt (SWE - LANKEN TEAM) @ 1.64 seconds
4. Malcolm Lange (SA - Old Mutual National Team) @ 3.5 seconds
5. Jac Louis Van Wyk (SA - Old Mutual National Team) @ 6.55 secs
6. Willie Engelbrecht (SA - Old Mutual National Team) @ 7.88 secs
7. PH Olivier (SA - WP/Village Cycles) @ 9.14 secs
8. Melchor Mauri (ESP - ONCE GRUPO DEPORTIVO) @ 10.56 seconds
9. Niko Eeckhoud (BEL - COLLSTROP-LYSTEX-DIAMANT) @ 11.83 secs
10. David George (SA - WP/Village Cycles) @ 11.62 secs
Team Event
1. Old Mutual South Africa - 16min:21secs
2. Village Cycles/WP Team @ 5 secs
3. Lanken Team @ 15 secs
4. Hameln-Kontok-7 @ 20 secs
5. ONCE Grupo Deportivo @ 27 secs
6. Team Telekom @ 34 secs
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THE PRESS:
KOLDEWITZ TAKES TOUR PROLOGUE
Cape Times - 30/10/95
The infamous "Cape Doctor" played a role as Germany's Ralf
Koldewitz won the opening prologue stage of the Boland Bank cycle
tour in Cape Town yesterday. The strong south-easterly wind picked
up half way through the morning session to deny many of the
favourites a chance of wearing the leader's yellow jersey on the
second "proper" stage of the Tour today.
Instead it was Koldewitz who took advantage of his early off-time
to post a time of 5 minutes 22 second, ahead of South African
Blayne Wikner of Village Cycles. Wickner-also one of the early
riders-finished just 0.34 seconds behind Koldewitz with Sweden's
Magnus Backstedt third, 1.34 seconds behind. Many of the favourites
started their prologue late as the strong wind began to blow on the
out-and-back course along the Cape Town waterfront, resulting in
the surprise win. "It was a surprise," the 26-year-old Koldewitz, a
former national track rider, admitted through an interpreter. "When
I rode the wind wasn't really a factor." "We're both the top
prologue guys in the team and we spoke to our manager about how to
win the stage," Wickner said. "That's when we decided to put me in
early and David (George) later." It proved a wise decision as
George - who recently broke the SA record in the pursuit event at
the World Championships in Columbia earlier this year - could only
manage tenth place 11 seconds behind Koldewitz.
The tactics meant, however, that the team finished second in the
team event behind the SA national outfit led by Malcolm Lange.
Lange finished fourth yesterday, three seconds behind with teammate
Jac-Louis van Wyk fifth and Willie Engelbrecht sixth. Pre-race
favourite Melchor Mauri, who finished sixth in this year's Tour de
France, finished eighth - ten seconds behind.
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TOP RIDER BLOWN OUT IN TOUR START
[Willie Engelbrecht - bill henderson]
The Argus - 30/10/95, by Bryan Grieve
The Old Mutual South African team packed three riders into the top
six to take the lead after the first individual time trial stage of
the R 100 000 Boland Bank International Tour on the Atlantic
seaboard yesterday.
In a field of 85 riders, SA's Malcolm Lange was fourth in 5 min 25
sec over the wind-buffeted 3.4 km course, Jac-Loui van Wyk fifth
(5:28) and out-of-sorts Willie Engelbrecht sixth in the same time
as Van Wyk.
This gave South Africa a five-second team lead over Village Cycles
Western Province, who saw Blayne Wikner (5:22) finish second to
German Ralf Koldewotz, and one second ahead of third placed Swede
Magnus Backstedt.
Koldewitz was 0.34 seconds faster than Wikner, who was third in the
prologue last year. Wikner's nearest team-mates yesterday were 7th
placed Pierre-Henri Olivier (5:31) and David George, who was 10th
in 5:33.
Koldewitz will be a surprise wearer of the yellow jersey today
after taking full advantage of the weather.
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STAGE 2
Stage 2 : Monday, 30th October
123 Km Paarl, Wellington, R44, Hermon, Riebeeck Kasteel,
Malmesbury, R45, Wellington, Paarl
Result (Final)
1. Ralf Koldewitz (GER - HAMELN-KONTOK-7) 3:08:36
2. Thomas Bockman (GER -HAMELN-KONTOK-7) same time
3. Jurgen Werner (GER -TEAM TELEKOM)
4. Jacques Fullard (SA -COROMA DOORS)
5. Niclas Ekstrom (SWE-Lanken Team)
6. Hendrik Redant (BEL-TVM / POLIS DIRECT)
7. Malcolm Lange (SA-Old Mutual Team)
8. Pierre Bourquenoud (SWI-Tandem Team)
9. Magnus Backstedt (SWE-Lanken Team)
10.Arancia Garcia (ESP-ONCE GRUPO DEPORTIVO)
Communique 1
2. 3.16 Riders No 9, 19, 40, 85 Disqualified (Holding on)
3. 3.22 Team BMW (Manager). Non reg supply of refreshments. Fine SF50
4. 3.17.2.2 Rider 73. Tailgating. Fine SF30. 20 seconds penalty
5. 3.4 Rider 76. No frame number. Fine SF30
I'll try to find out the riders with relevance to point #2 above
Overall - after stage 2
Ralf Koldewitz (GER-HAMELN - KONTOK-7) 3:13:48
Blayne Wikner (SA-Village WP Team) @ 10 secs
Magnus Backstedt (SWE-Lanken Team) @ 11 secs
Malcolm Lange (SA - Old Mutual) @ 13 secs
Thomas Bockman (GER -HAMELN-KONTOK-7) @ 19 secs
Jurgen Werner (GER-TEAM TELEKOM) @ 20 secs
Melchor Mauri (ESP-ONCE GRUPO DEPORTIVO) @ 20 secs
Hendrik Redant (BEL-TVM / POLIS DIRECT) @ 23 secs
Jac-Louis van Wyk (SA-Old Mutual) @ 24 secs
Niclas Ekstrom (SWE-Lanken Team) @ 25 secs
KOM
1. Luis M Diaz de Otazu (ESP-ONCE GRUPO DEPORTIVO) 8 points
2. Douglas Ryder (SA-Old Mutual) 6 points
3. Johan Bruyneel (BEL-ONCE GRUPO DEPORTIVO) 5 points
4. Brian Holm (DEN-TEAM TELEKOM) 4 points
5. Hendrik van Dyck (BEL-TVM / POLIS DIRECT) 3 points
Team Event
1. Village Cycles/WP Team - 9:42:22
2. Old Mutual South Africa @ 0:03
3. Lanken Team @ 0:10
4. ONCE Grupo Deportivo @ 14 secs
5. Hameln Kontok-7 @ 15 secs
6. Team Telekom @ 29 secs
7. Team Tandem @ 36 secs
8. TVM/Polis Direct @ 46 secs
9. Collstrop Lystex-Dia @ 54 secs
10. Coroma Doors @ 56 secs
KFM Stereo Points
1. Ralf Koldewitz (GER-HAMELN-KONTOK-7) 5 points
2. Thomas Bockmann (GER-HAMELN-KONTOK-7) 3 points
2. Luis M Diaz de Otazu (ESP - ONCE GRUPO DEPORTIVO) 3 points
4. Jurgen Werner (GER-Team Telekom) 2 points
4. Siegfried Hoebel (SWI?-Tandem Team) 2 points
6. Mervyn Dinkelman SA-Coroma Doors) 1 point
6. Jacques Fullard (SA-Coroma Doors) 1 point
Hotspots
1. Luis M Diaz de Otazu (ESP-ONCE GRUPO DEPORTIVO) 3 points
2. Siegfried Hoebel (SWI?-Tandem Team) 2 points
3. Mervyn Dinkelman (SA-COROMA DOORS) 1 point
The bunch rolled out of Paarl yesterday in good weather. No sooner
were they out the town then Mervyn Dinkelman attacked. Luis de
Otazu and Siegfried Hoebel covered this attack. TVM and Kontok-7
who weren't represented kept the following pace high. Willie
Engelbrecht retires complaining of a chest problem. He had been
sick with flu the week before the tour.
The break now has a gap of 1:35 and Otazu easily takes the
Hotspot/Prime sprint at 63.8km.
The only climb of the day, Bothmaskloof, is reached and Otazu piles
on the pressure and the first to go is Dinkelman and shortly after
Hoebel. Otazu is up ahead climbing the hill in his big chainring.
The conditions, 33 degrees centigrade suit the Spaniard. At the top
of the climb (82 km) he has a lead of 1:20.
The bunch have swept up the two stragglers from the break. Melchor
Mauri decides domestique work is allright and goes back to fetch
water for the team from the team car.
Otazu is soon caught in the strong headwind. With 18 km to go Eric
van Lancker (BEL) of the Collstrop team launches a good attack.
This is soon brought back by the South African national team. With
5 kms to go every team is having a go at getting away. Blayne
Wikner launches a strong attack which provides a springboard for
Johan Bruyneel. TVM again pull this back and start forming at the
front. With 1km to go TVM are leading out for Michel Cornelisse
(NED). Malcolm Lange (SA) tries to come through but can't get
around the arrowhead.
Cornelisse goes early, too early it seems, still in the lead, here
comes Koldewitz. Koldewitz comes through and takes it by a half a
bike length.
INSIDE INFO
The second place rider Cornelisse has apparently been DQ, as he was
hanging on to a truck in the convoy. There has been an appeal.
Other riders involved are 1 German, 1 SA, 1 Bel and 1 TVM rider.
Apparently on the headwind section they hung on. There was no way
after being dropped on the climb, that they would have got back to
the bunch.