38th Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt - 2.3

Germany, September 17-21, 2003

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Stage 2 - September 18: Koblenz - Bad Marienberg, 185,9 km

Photography

Images by Tobias Harmuth
The German national team
U23 TT-European Champion Markus Fothen has just signed a pro contract with Team Gerolsteiner
Andreas Klöden
Danilo Hondo, Andreas Klöden and Rolf Aldag
Team Telekom
Rolf Aldag's bike: note the uncurved fork and stays without curve and 150mm stem!
Axel Merckx looking bored
Axel Merckx looking less bored
Axel Merckx's bike with a very long seatpost and Merckx pedals
Udo Bölts and Rene Haselbacher
Rene Haselbacher applauds team-mate Udo Bölts, riding the final race of his career
Fabian Wegmann from Team Gerolsteiner: young but very talented
The Gerolsteiner Shuttle
The race is on
Images by Mani Wollner
The leading group: Björn Schröder/Wiesenhof, Jonas Owczarek/Lamonta and Wolfram Wiese/Comet, at the second GMP
Denis Bertolini (Phonak)
Defending Champion Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) leading a group
Moritz Veit suffering from a fall
The leading group crossing the line for the first time
Michael Boogerd attacks when still 2 laps to go
Daniele Nardello (Telekom)
Defending Champion Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) loses contact
With 300 meters to go, Michael Boogerd tries to attack
The beaten riders of the former lead-out group
Udo Boelts (Gerolsteiner) in the second group during the last race of his career
The peloton just finishing its work
Results

1 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom              4.29.20
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       
3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                            
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                          
5 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                    0.04
6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                 1.47
7 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat                       
8 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                             
9 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
10 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Lamonta                      
11 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                            
12 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                        
13 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom                    
14 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                    1.54
15 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges             5.13
16 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Lamonta                15.15
17 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                 25.20
18 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) CCC-Polsat                       
19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Mixed Team                       
20 Christian Knees (Ger) German National Team             
21 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      
22 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                     
23 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                
24 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Mixed Team                          
25 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems           
26 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems           
27 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      
28 Morten Knudsen (Den) Team CSC                          
29 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges          
30 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team         
31 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team ComNet-Senges                 
32 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Lamonta                       
33 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                           
34 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                       
35 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                      
36 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                    
37 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom                        
38 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat                      
39 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team               
40 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) German National Team           
41 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team Lamonta                      
42 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems              
43 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems          
44 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta                             
45 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta                   
46 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     
47 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Mixed Team                       
48 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                        
49 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom                       
50 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC                         
51 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Polsat                      
52 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                        
53 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                    
54 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team fakta                         
55 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                        
56 Mickael Rheis (Den) Team fakta                         
57 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom                          
58 Roberto Arroyo (Spa) Team CSC                          
59 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                      
60 Jörn Reuß (Ger) Mixed Team                             
61 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom                          
62 Patrick Holsche (Ger) Mixed Team                       
63 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo                        
64 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                               
65 Ronald Otto (Ger) Mixed Team                           
66 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 
67 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems        
68 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                       
69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                       
70 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges                 
71 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                
72 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems            
73 Rene Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
74 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) German National Team            
75 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                          
76 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                           
77 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom                      
78 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) German National Team           
79 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Mixed Team                           
80 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                  
81 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges                  
82 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             
83 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                  
84 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat                        
85 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Team fakta                      
86 Michael Muck (Ger) German National Team                
87 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Mixed Team                  26.58
88 Moritz Veit (Ger) German National Team                 
89 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 
 
Sprints
 
. Sprint km 51.3                                          
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    5 pts
2 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 3
3 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Lamonta                     2
4 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems           1
 
. Sprint km 103,4                                         
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    5 pts
2 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 3
3 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Lamonta                     2
4 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                            1
 
. Sprint km 171,7                                         
1 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom                    5 pts
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      3
3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                           2
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                         1
 
Mountains
 
. G.P.M. Kat. II km 40,0                                  
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    5 pts
2 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 3
3 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Lamonta                     2
4 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems           1
 
. G.P.M. KAT: II km 70,4                                  
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    5 pts
2 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 3
3 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Lamonta                     2
4 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems           1
 
. G.P.M. Kat. III km 166,5                                
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    3 pts
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                           2
3 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                    13.31.41
2 Team Lamonta                                       13.25
3 Team Rabobank                                      23.26
4 Team Telekom                                     
5 Polsat                                             25.13
6 Team Lotto-Domo                                    46.59
7 Team Wiesenhof Leipzig                             48.46
8 Team CSC                                         
9 Comnet Senges                                      52.12
10 German National Team                            1.12.19
11 Winfix Techem                                   
12 Phonak Hearing Systems                          
13 Team fakta                                      
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom              7.54.15
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                   0.05
3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                        0.08
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                      0.13
5 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                    0.17
6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                 1.54
7 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom                 2.00
8 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
9 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                             
10 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Lamonta                      
11 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                        
12 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                            
13 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat                      
14 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                    2.07
15 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges             5.22
16 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Lamonta                25.03
17 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                 25.20
18 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom                   25.27
19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                  25.29
20 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Mixed Team                     25.30
21 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom                  25.32
22 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                25.33
23 Christian Knees (Ger) German National Team             
24 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                      
25 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) CCC-Polsat                       
26 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems          
27 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems              
28 Markus Fothen (Ger) German National Team               
29 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) German National Team           
30 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                
31 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat                      
32 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                        
33 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom                          
34 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Mixed Team                       
35 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems        
36 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                        
37 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                       
38 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team ComNet-Senges                 
39 Roberto Arroyo (Spa) Team CSC                          
40 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                        
41 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta                             
42 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team Lamonta                      
43 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                
44 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems            
45 Jörn Reuß (Ger) Mixed Team                             
46 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                      
47 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                    
48 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                          
49 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team fakta                         
50 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                  
51 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                               
52 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                  
53 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom                      
54 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat                        
55 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Team fakta                      
56 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) German National Team           
57 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                 35.06
58 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom                          
59 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                  35.07
60 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges     35.10
61 Morten Knudsen (Den) Team CSC                          
62 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      
63 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems           
64 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta                   
65 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                           
66 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Polsat                      
67 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems           
68 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC                         
69 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Lamonta                       
70 Ronald Otto (Ger) Mixed Team                           
71 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     
72 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                    
73 Mickael Rheis (Den) Team fakta                         
74 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 
75 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges                 
76 Patrick Holsche (Ger) Mixed Team                       
77 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Mixed Team                           
78 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Mixed Team                       
79 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo                        
80 Rene Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
81 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                           
82 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges                  
83 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) German National Team            
84 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             
85 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges            36.48
86 Moritz Veit (Ger) German National Team                 
87 Michael Muck (Ger) German National Team           43.15
88 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team    43.42
89 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Mixed Team                  45.20
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                   10 pts
2 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom                          7
3 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 6
4 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                      6
5 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom                    5
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      5
7 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Mixed Team                          5
8 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                       5
9 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Lamonta                     4
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     3
11 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom                      3
12 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          2
13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                        1
14 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                           1
15 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                    1
16 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                          1
17 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems          1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                   13 pts
2 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                 6
3 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Mixed Team                          5
4 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Lamonta                     4
5 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems       3
6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      2
7 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                           2
8 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems           2
9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                         1
10 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                      1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                    23.47.00
2 Team Lamonta                                       13.25
3 Team Telekom                                       23.26
4 Team Rabobank                                  
5 Polsat                                             25.13
6 Team Lotto-Domo                                    46.59
7 Team Wiesenhof Leipzig                             48.46
8 Team CSC                                       
9 Comnet Senges                                      52.12
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                          1.12.19
11 German National Team                          
12 Winfix Techem                                  
13 Team fakta