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Versatel Classic Dortmund - NE
Germany, August 9, 2003
2002 Results Results Past Winners
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- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) shares a joke before the race gets underway.
- Nick Gates (Lotto-Domo) looks to see where his buddy Robbie McEwen is.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) is the sprinter of the moment.
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) and team-mate Matt Wilson try to get in the spirit of things.
- Rolf Aldag's (Telekom) tall, powerful frame serves him well on the flats.
- Madison specialist Andreas Beikirch is also a handy road rider.
- Andreas Beikirch and Rolf Aldag (Telekom) try to escape the peloton.
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) shows his face in front of a home-town crowd.
- Not really a fakta - a Danish rider winning at a post-Tour criterium in Germany would not be looked upon favourably.
- The Fassa Bortolo riders show they're not lacking in form.
- A very fit looking Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) will be looking to make amends in the green jersey competition at next year's Tour.
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) can almost pedal the 53x12 with his eyes closed.
- German fans go crazy at the sight of Jan Ullrich sweeping past.
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) sitting pretty in the peloton.
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) leads the peloton through the streets.
- Marco Velo (Fassa Bortolo) at the head of affairs.
- Christian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) looking comfy in the peloton.
- Starting to hurt - Erik Zabel (Telekom) is starting to feel the pain.
- German champion Erik Zabel (Telekom) drives the front of the peloton.
- Ronny Assez (Flanders-iTeamNova) feels the effects after some hard racing.
- Winner Erik Zabel tells the race organiser his version of events.
- One more silly question and I'll...
- The podium (L to R) - Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi, 2nd), Erik Zabel (Telekom, 1st) and Yuri Mitlushenko (Landbouwkrediet, 3rd).
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) salutes the crowd.
- Big hug - Erik Zabel (Telekom) and Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) give each other a big hug.
- Sprint jersey winner Andreas Beikirch show off his trophy.
- You call that a trophy mate? This is a trophy!
Results, 105.6 km (66 laps x 1.6 km)
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 2.21.37 (44.74 km/h) 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Bianchi 3 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet 0.14 4 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Team Westfalen 0.15 5 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) fakta 0.15 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.54 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 8 Corrado Serina (Ita) Endurasport 9 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 10 Patrick Kraus (Swi) Swiss Track 11 Petr Bencik (Cze) Ed System 12 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) Team Westfalen 13 Jannik Skovlund (Den) Glud & Marstrand 14 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 15 Patrick Fäh (Swi) Swiss Track 16 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Mikomax 17 Tomasz Lisowicz (Pol) Mikomax 18 Rene Jorgensen (Den) fakta 19 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 20 Raffael Schär (Swi) Swiss Track 21 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Comnet 22 Roland Reisser (Swi) Hörmann-Betoncoupe 23 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) fakta 1.00 24 Marco Hartmann (Swi) Hörmann-Betoncoupe 1.02 25 Jan Jespersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand 1.02 26 Malte Urban (Ger) Bianchi 1.07 27 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Team Westfalen 28 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 29 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Westfalen 30 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto 1.09 31 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Lamonta Winner sprint jersey: Andreas Beikirch
Past winners
2002 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
