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89th Rund um Köln - 1.2
Germany, April 12, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
Zabel gets a win
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Erik Zabel has broken a semi-drought of victories this year by winning the 89th edition of the German classic Rund um Köln. The T-Mobile rider won a 19 man bunch sprint, beating former teammate Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) and American Kirk O'Bee (Navigators). It was Zabel's second win this season, after several near misses. "Today helped me forget the result of San Remo a little bit," said Zabel.
Organisers estimated that several hundred thousand spectators lined the road on Easter Monday to watch the race, with Jan Ullrich (back in T-Mobile colours) the star attraction again. Ullrich won this race last year in fine style, but he missed the break this year and ended up in 64th place at 5'41. "In 2003 I was an outsider and I was only able to win because the others didn't recognise me in my Coast jersey," joked Ullrich.
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The race saw an eight man group attack on lap 1, containing Jens Heppner (Wiesenhof) and Marcus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) among others. Zabel bridged up with 11 others at the end of the lap and that was the race. Zabel was able to account for Hondo and O'Bee in the sprint, this time not saluting until after he had crossed the line. The main peloton finished over five minutes behind the leaders.
T-Mobile had Mario Aerts and Christian Werner in the front group, but things didn't go all their way when Paolo Savoldelli crashed with three other riders into a traffic island after approximately 30 km and was forced out of the race. He was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with heavy facial wounds and a broken left forearm, according to his T-Mobile team. There is also suspicion of a broken elbow.
Photography
Images by Elmar Krings
- A huge crowd turned out - the Rund um Koln is always popular
- A bird's eye view of the riverside finish
- Here comes the peloton
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) rides near the front
- Riders jockey for position
- The podium - Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner), Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Kirk Obee (Navigators)
- Erik Zabel talks to the press after his win
- A win for Zabel and good results for Hondo and Obee
Results - 201.2 km
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.46.13 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Kirk Obee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 0.01 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Lamonta 6 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 8 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Comnet-Senges 10 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Comnet-Senges 11 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutinina Ptij 12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 13 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 14 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 0.02 15 Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 16 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta 17 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06 18 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.07 19 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 0.10 20 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.43 21 David Kopp (Ger) Team Lamonta 5.06 22 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges 24 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 5.13 25 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 5.35 26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit 27 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team RSH 28 Krzyszstof Krzywy (Pol) Action 29 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 30 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team 31 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 32 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 33 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 5.36 34 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 5.38 35 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 36 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 5.39 37 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 38 André Greipel (Ger) German National Team 39 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit 40 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 41 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 42 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Sebastien Mattozza (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 44 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges 45 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 46 Alex Gualandi (Ita) Flanders-Afincom 47 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen-Tegeltoko 48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 49 Igor Kranjec (Slo) Perutinina Ptij 5.40 50 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen-Tegeltoko 51 Marcel Beima (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen-Tegeltoko 52 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges 53 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems 54 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 55 Jan Pockrandt (Ger) Team RSH 56 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 57 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 58 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 5.41 59 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 60 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen-Tegeltoko 61 Stijn Vanstraelen (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 62 Jason Phillips (Aus) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 63 Stefan Adamson (Swe) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 64 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.42 66 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 67 Bernard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank 68 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutinina Ptij 69 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 70 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) German National Team 71 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 72 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 73 Miran Kelner (Slo) Perutinina Ptij 74 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Lamonta 5.43 75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 76 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team Lamonta 77 Hans-Jürge Juretzek (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges 78 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 79 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 5.44 80 Harald Morscher (Aut) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 81 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Volksbank Ideal Leingruber 82 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 83 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Comnet-Senges 5.45 84 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 85 Lef Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 86 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 87 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 88 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.47 89 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 90 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Lamonta 91 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 5.48 93 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team 5.49 94 Sergey Lagutin OUZ Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 95 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 96 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 97 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 98 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 99 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Team Lamonta 5.50 100 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 101 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 102 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 103 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 104 Karl Platt (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 5.51 105 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 106 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 107 Christi Pfannberger (Aut) Ed' System-ZVVZ 108 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 109 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 5.52 110 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 111 Julien Smink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 112 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 113 Michael Muck (Ger) German National Team 6.14 114 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7.47 115 Max Becker (Lux) Team RSH 15.32 116 Robert Sczepurek (Ger) Team RSH 15.33 117 Patrick Holsche (Ger) Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit 15.38 118 Artur Gajek (Ger) Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit 15.40 Sprints 1 André Greipel (Ger) German National Team 5 pts 2 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 3 3 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 4 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) German National Team 2 6 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 7 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen-Tegeltoko 1 8 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 1 Mountains 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Comnet-Senges 3 pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Comnet-Senges 1
Past winners
Professional event (Cat. 1.2) 2003 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Coast Professional event (Cat. 1.3) 2002 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2001 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom 2000 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1999 Jens Heppner (Ger) 1998 Not Held 1997 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1996 Erik Zabel (Ger) 1995 Erik Dekker (Ned) 1994 Udo Bölts (Ger) 1993 Wim Van Eynde (Bel) 1992 Louis De Koning (Ned) 1991 Jerry Coman (Bel) 1990 Noél Segers (Bel) Amateur event 1989 Domenik Krieger (Ger) 1988 Lutz Losch (Ger) 1987 Werner Wüller (Ger) 1986 Remig Stumpf (Ger) 1985 Han Vaanhold (Ned) 1984 Stani Mikolajczuk (Ger) 1983 Wolf-Dieter Wohlfshohl (Ger) 1982 J. Echter-mann (Ger) 1981 Michael Mohr (Ger) 1980 Achim Stadler (Ger) 1979 (3) Wilfried Trott (Ger) 1978 Arie Hassink (Ned) 1977 Scheunemann (Ned) 1976 (2) Wilfried Trott (Ger) 1975 Jan Smyrak (Ger) 1974 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1973 H. Jungbluth (Ger) 1972 Wilfried Trott (Ger) 1971 R. Gilson (Lux) 1970 Streckies (Ger) 1969 Jürgen Tschan (Ger) Professional event 1968 Burkhard Ebert (Ger) 1967 Noél Foré (Bel) 1966 Piet Glemser (Ger) 1965 (2) Horst Oldenburg (Ger) 1964 Horst Oldenburg (Ger) Amateur event 1963 Wilfried Bölke (Ger) 1962 S. Koch (Ger) 1961 Smits (Bel) 1960 Mathias Löder (Ger) 1959 H. Hofmann (Ger) 1958 W.-J. Edler (Ger) 1957 W. Grabo (Ger) 1956 Edi Ziegler (Ger) 1955 (2) Hans Preiskeit (Ger) 1954 W. Irr-gang (Ger) - Amateur 1953 Günther Otto (Ger) 1952 Popp (Ger) - Amateur 1951 H. Schwarzer (Ger) 1950 a) Holzmann - b) Scherpenborg (Ger) - Amateur 1949 Schultenjohann (Ger) 1948 (2) H. Schwarzer (Ger) - Amateur 1947 Holthöfer (Ger) - Amateur 1946 Nowa-kowski (Ger) - Amateur 1944-1945: Not Held 1943 Kittsteiner (Ger) - Amateur 1942 H. Schwarzer (Ger) - Amateur 1941 Hans Preiskeit (Ger) - Amateur 1940 J. Kropp (Ger) - Amateur 1939 Willi Meurer (Ger) - Amateur 1938 Franz Bronold (Ger) - Amateur 1937 (29 Emil Kijewski (Ger) 1936 (2) Erich Bautz (Ger) 1935 Emil Kijewski (Ger) 1934 Kurt Stöpel (Ger) 1933 a) Erich Bautz - J. Neumeyer (Ger) - Amateur 1932 a) J. Kraus (Lux) - b) H. Weiß - Amateur 1931 H. Rü-diger (Ger) 1930 Otto Kratz (Ger) - Amateur 1929 a) Franz Schmitz - b) W. Frielingsdorf (Ger) - Amateur 1928 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1927 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 1926 Heinriich Suter (Swi) 1925 (2) Paul Kohl (Ger) 1924 Paul Kohl (Ger) 1923 Fritz Fischer (Ger) 1922 Paul Koch (Ger) 1921 (2) Adolf Huschke (Ger) 1920 Adam Sachs (Ger) - Amateur 1915-1919: Not Held 1914 (2) Ernst Franz (Ger) 1913 Ernst Franz (Ger) 1912 J. Steingass (Ger) 1911 Adolf Huschke (Ger) 1910 Jean Rosellen & Karl Wittig (Ger) 1909 Otto Wincziers (Ger) 1908 Fritz Tacke (Ger) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
