3-Länder-Tour - 2.1

Germany, September 13-17, 2006

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The Stages

Stage 1 - September 13: Erfurt - Kassel, 190 km
Stage 2 - September 14: Kassel - Battenberg/Allendorf, 170 km
Stage 3 - September 15: ITT in Griesheim, 25 km
Stage 4 - September 16: Griesheim - Wiesbaden, 160 km
Stage 5 - September 17: Mannheim - Frankfurt, 150 km

Pre-World's sharpener

Formerly known as the Hessen-Rundfahrt, the five-day 3-Länder-Tour begins today (Wednesday) in Efurt, Germany. 18 teams in total will be in action including the T-Mobile Team, Gerolsteiner, Milram and CSC ProTour outfits, and for those riding in Salzburg, the race will be used as a final pre-world's sharpener.

The renamed race also has expanded its territory to take in the states of Thüringen and Baden-Württemburg on its 695 kilometre spin over rolling terrain in central Germany. It opens with its longest stage of 190 kilometres through the Thüringer Wald hills, but with the final 50 kilometres raced over flat roads, a bunch sprint is expected in Kassel. A day later, the peloton tackle the race's queen stage, which takes riders over five categorised climbs from Kassel to Battenberg/Allendorf.

However, the general classification is likely to be resolved after Friday's 25 km time trial in and around Griesheim, before the riders tackle the final two relatively flat stages into Wiesbaden and Frankfurt over the weekend.

Start list

Intel-Action                            Team CSC
 
1 Krzysztof Miara (Pol)                 11 Karsten Kroon (Ned)
2 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol)                   12 Christian Müller (Ger)
3 Thomas Brozyna (Pol)                  13 Jacob Storm Piil (Den)
4 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol)                14 Frank Schleck (Lux)
6 Sebastian Skiba (Pol)                 15 Jens Voigt (Ger)
                                        16 Luke Roberts (Aus)
 
T-Mobile Team                           Gerolsteiner
 
21 Mark Cavendish (GBr)                 31 Frank Hoj (Den)
22 Bram Schmitz (Ned)                   32 Sebastian Lang (Ger)
23 André Greipel (Ger)                  33 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
24 Andreas Klöden (Ger)                 34 Georg Totschnig (Aut)
25 Matthias Kessler (Ger)               35 Marcel Strauss (Swi)
26 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger)               36 Thomas Fothen (Ger)
 
Team Milram                             Agritubel
 
41 Dennis Haueisen (Ger)                51 Linas Balciunas (Ltu)
42 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)                   52 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu)
43 Christian Knees (Ger)                53 Denis Robin (Fra)
44 Mirko Celestino (Ita)                55 Lénaic Olivier (Fra)
45 Daniel Musiol (Ger)                  56 José Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa)
46 Björn Schröder (Ger)
 
Team Wiesenhof-Akud                     Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
 
61 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)                  71 Benny De Schrooder (Bel)
62 Tomas Konecny (Cze)                  72 Koen Barbe (Bel)
63 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut)              73 Aron Huysmans (Bel)
64 Lars Wackernagel (Ger)               74 Maarten Wljnants (Bel)
65 Artur Gajek (Ger)                    75 Kenny De Haes (Bel)
66 Gregor Willwohl (Ger)                76 Evert Verbist (Bel)
 
Elk Haus-Simplon                        Rabobank Continental
 
81 Jan Brata (Cze)                      91 Arjen De Baat (Ned)
82 Jochen Summer (Aut)                  92 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned)
83 Stefan Rucker (Aut)                  93 Jos Van Emden (Ned)
84 Harald Totschnig (Aut)               94 Rob Ruijgh (Ned)
85 Michael Pichler (Aut)                95 Martijn Maaskant (Ned)
86 Christian Pfannberger (Aut)          96 Huub Duyn (Ned)
 
SouthAustralia.com-AIS                  Team Lamonta
 
101 Matthew Goss (Aus)                  111 Erik Hoffmann (Nam)
102 Peter Dawson (Aus)                  112 Björn Glasner (Ger)
103 Simon Clarke (Aus)                  113 Björn Papstein (Ger)
104 Jonathan Clarke (Aus)               114 Holger Sievers (Ger)
105 Mathew Lloyd (Aus)                  115 Hannes Blank (Ger)
106 James Meadley (Aus)                 116 Steffen Weigold (Ger)
 
Team Regiostrom-Senges                  Thüringer Energie Team
 
121 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned)             131 Tony Martin (Ger)
122 Laurent Didier (Lux)                132 Patrick Gretsch (Ger)
123 Konstantin Schubert (Ger)           133 Enrico Prix (Ger)
124 Jens Mouris (Ned)                   134 Björn Gollhardt (Ger)
125 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger)             135 Matthias Hahn (Ger)
126 Markus Eichler (Ger)                136 Philip Patzer (Ger)
 
Team Sparkasse                          Team B.D.R.
 
141 Dirk Müller (Ger)                   151 Sebastian Hans (Ger)
142 Tilo Schüler (Ger)                  152 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger)
143 Jonas Owczarek (Ger)                153 Torsten Struch (Ger)
144 Timo Honstein (Ger)                 154 Paul Voss (Ger)
145 Richard Faltus (Cze)                155 Philipp Walsleben (Ger)
146 Stephan Parinussa (Ger)             156 Mathias Belka (Ger)
 
Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover          Knauf Team
 
161 Philipp Mamos (Ger)                 171 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol)
162 Malte Urban (Ger)                   172 Tomasz Kiendys (Pol)
163 Dominik Klemme (Ger)                173 Tomasz Lisowicz (Pol)
164 Dennis Pohl (Ger)                   174 Wojciech Pawlak (Pol)
165 Serge Herz (Ger)                    175 Jarsoslaw Rebiewski (Pol)
166 Jason Phillipps (Aus)               176 Marcin Sapa (Pol)

Past winners

2005 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action
2004 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2003 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone
2002 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteine
2001 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC Tiscali
2000 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger)
1999 Jens Zemke (Ger)
1998 Grischa Niermann (Ger)
1997 (2) Christian Henn (Ger)
1996 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)
1995 (2) Pavel Padrnos (Cze)
1994 Pavel Padrnos (Cze)
1993 Ralf Schmidt (Ger)
1992 Bert Dietz (Ger)
1991 Brian Fowler (NZl)
1990 Christophe Capelle (Fra)
1989 Matthew Stephens (GBr)
1988 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
1987 Jens Heppner (Ger)
1986 Christian Henn (Ger)
1985 Hartmut Bölts (Ger)
1984 (2) Thomas Freienstein (Ger)
1983 Ludek Kubias (Cze)
1982 Thomas Freienstein (Ger)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com