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Nacht von Hannover - NE
Germany, August 1, 2003
2002 Results Results Past Winners
Ullrich in Hannover
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Team Bianchi's Jan Ullriuch has won the Nacht von Hannover in front of 50,000 fans, most of whom were there to see him in one of his rare post-Tour criterium appearances. Ullrich, who has won this race three times previously, beat Rabobank's Grischa Niermann in a sprint.
Photography
Images by AFP
- Jan Ullrich is confronted by a horde of fans in Hannover, where he took part in a criterium
- Jan Ullrich signs an autograph for a fan shortly before competing in the Nacht von Hannover criterium
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) in action during the Nacht von Hannover, where he finished first
Images by Christine Grein/www.capture-the-peloton.com
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze-Elitron) blows a kiss to his tifosi.
- Eric Baumann (Team Wiesenhof) finished in the top 10.
- Cipo's main lead-out man, Giovanni Lombardi (Domina Vacanze-Elitron).
- Jörg Ludewig (Team Saeco) sporting a very large headband.
- Another of the Cipo henchmen, Mario_Scirea (Domina Vacanze-Elitron).
- Ya, sleep is good, ya - Torsten Hiekmann (Team Telekom) will hopefully wake up before the race begins.
Images by Christine Krüger/www.cyclingimages.com
- Jan Ullrich and Mario Cipollini with some very deadly-looking cocktails.
- Not too much Jan, you know what happens when those cream puffs get the better of you...
- Not sure who this lady is, but she's very welcome in Hannover.
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze-Elitron) strategically places himself next to her.
- Hey, it's not my fault women throw themselves at me!
- Miami Vice - Mario just gets away with that shirt. Don't try this at home.
- Tour de France fever is still sky-high in Germany.
- The Domina Vacanze boys have a laugh at the pre-race entertainment.
- To Russia with love - now is this a race or a fancy dress party?
- The Saeco rider's looking a little worse for wear.
- David Beckham's hairstyle has made it to the pro cycling peloton.
- A laidback atmosphere at the Post-Tour crits always mean plenty of laughs.
- Big Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) tweaks his helmet before the race gets underway.
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) looks like he's got a touch of stage fright.
- Hey, how did I get in here?
- Hey, how did she get in here?
- Mario finally gets serious. Sort of.
- So who's gonna win today? Mario Cipollini and Erik Zabel talk business.
- Not me - I'm a nobody in this crowd.
- Or me - nobody knows me, either.
Results
Race 7 - Gilde-Gold-Pokal - 62 km 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 1.19.46 2 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.01 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 5 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Bianchi 6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.02 7 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta 8 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 9 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 10 Roman Jördens (Ger) Team Lamonta 11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.03 12 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 0.04 13 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 14 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 0.05 15 Jörn Reuß (Ger) WINfix-techem 16 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Bianchi 17 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.06 18 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 19 Andre Schulze (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.07 21 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 22 Steffen Lockan (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear 0.08 23 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 24 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-IteamNova.com 25 Sebastian Denke (Ger) Merlin Logistik 26 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Lamonta 27 Hans-Jürge Juretzek (Ger) Comnet-Senges 0.09 28 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Merlin Logistik 29 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 30 Jason Phillips (Aus) Vermarc Sportswear 31 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Merlin Logistik 0.10 32 Mario Vonhoff (Ger) Sparta Praha 33 Daniel Olszewski (Ger) WINfix-techem 34 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) WINfix-techem 0.11 35 David Pell (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges 2.41 Race 1 - U17 Men, 15 min. + 5 laps 1 Malte Martens (RRG Bremen) 16.54 2 Henrik Albinus (RC Endspurt Herford/) 0.01 3 Steffen Leitlof (RC Blau-Gelb Langenhagen/) 0.02 4 Ole Bohn (RSC Vegesack/) 5 Sören Herthum (FC Königlutter) 6 Konstantin Herbst (Hannoverscher RSC/) 0.03 7 Dimitri Makovsky (Hannoverscher RSC) 8 Jonas Buchmeier (Viktoria Lauenau) 0.10 9 Stefan Althoff (Hannoverscher RSC) 10 Timo Konitzko (RSC Hildesheim) Race 2 - "S-CUP" 1 Tobias Ben-Brahim 2 Mike William 3 Lars Lange 4 Konstantin Wilckens 5 Oliver Hillebrand 6 Aytun Karaman 7 Max Leifert 8 Danna Schröder 9 Luis Fontana 10 Lars Kamp Race 3 - Elimination race "VW-Nutzfahrzeuge-Cup" 1 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 2 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 5 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta 6 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-IteamNova.com 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 9 Mario Vonhoff (Ger) Sparta Praha 10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 Daniel Olszewski (Ger) WINfix-techem 12 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Merlin Logistik 13 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 14 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi Race 4 - "Coca-Cola" - Super-Sprinter-Cup, 15 laps 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 19 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 17 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 4 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 8 Race 5 - Lap record, "Trophäe der neuen Hannoverschen Volksbank" 1 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Bianchi 0.41 (54.43 km/h) 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.00 3 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 0.02 4 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) WINfix-techem 5 David Pell (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges 0.02 6 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 7 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 0.04 8 Jason Phillips (Aus) Vermarc Sportswear 0.04 9 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.05 10 Roman Jördens (Ger) Team Lamonta 0.06 Race 6 - Elite Women "Stunde der Nürnberger" - 40 min. + 5 laps 1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Nürnberger Versicherung) 39.49 2 Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger Versicherung) 0.00 3 Madeleine Sandig (Team Euregio Egrensis) 0.01 4 Petra Rossner (Nürnberger Versicherung) 0.15 5 Tanja Hennes (Attendorn) 1.50 6 Claudia Stumpf (Nationalteam BDR) 1.46 7 Cornelia Cyrus (Nürnberger Versicherung) 1.54 8 Katharina Blum (RC Charlottenburg Berlin) 1.45 9 Claudia Hecht (Nationalteam BDR) 1.47 10 Birgit Hollmann (BRC Zugvogel Berlin) 1.50 11 ? ? 12 Stephanie Gronow (RC Charlottenburg Berlin) 1.50 13 Liane Bahler (Nürnberger Versicherung) 1.57 14 Tina Liebig (Nationalteam BDR) 2.57 15 Nicole Kampeter (RC Endspurt Herford) 1.42
Past winners
2002 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2001 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 2000 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 1999 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 1998 Jan Ullrich (Ger) 1997 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
