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45th Presidential Cycling Tour - 2.1
Turkey, April 12-19, 2009
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Stage 3 - April 14: Kusadasi - Bodrum, 166.1km
Schulze strikes in Bodrum
By Jean-François Quénet in Bodrum, Turkey
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André Schulze (PSK Whirlpool) was happy to see that nobody managed to anticipate the bunch sprint in Bodrum, unlike the day before when David Garcia Dapena's attack in the closing kilometres prevented him from winning in Kusadasi. Schulze won the field sprint in yesterday's stage, but finished three seconds behind Garcia Dapena for second place. Stage three of the Presidential Tour of Turkey gave him the opportunity to get his first win of the year and the 20th of his career that began in 2001.
"I knew this finale as I rode here last year already," Schulze said. "I was in perfect position for the last three kilometres and I wasn't affected by the crash at the roundabout because it happened behind me. With 200 metres to go I moved up and then took the lead with 100 metres left. I'm as happy today as I was frustrated yesterday."
This time around, Italy's Giuseppe Palumbo was the frustrated one. "I lost two companions in the crash, including Alessandro Donati who would have been my lead-out man," said the Acqua e Sapone rider. "I did my sprint by myself but I made the mistake of starting too early with 300 metres to go. I'm disappointed because I thought I could make it. At least I can be satisfied that my body is responding well again. I was in a lot of pain after crashing in Istanbul on Sunday."
South Africa's Darryl Impey finished in third place after getting a great help from his compatriot Robert Hunter. "This is my first podium of the year," said the rider from Gauteng. "I suppose it's a step in the right direction but it was a bit chaotic at the end. I would have loved to win."
Schulze reckoned the Tour of Turkey isn't as hard as it was last year because of the headwind faced by the riders since they started rolling south alongside the Aegean Sea. However, he knows there are hills to come. "I'll have to fight hard to survive in the coming stages," Schulze said. "I'd like to win the last stage in Alanya where I finished second last year. But I don't think I'll be able to win the green jersey."
Mauro Finetto (CSF Group-Navigare) remained in the leader's yellow jersey.
In Marmaris, the contenders of the 45th Presidential Tour of Turkey will discover an idyllic town on the Mediterranean. This is where Garcia Dapena built his overall win last year. The Spaniard is ready to go on the offensive gain after winning stage two.
How it unfolded
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Soon after the start in Kusadasi four riders attacked the peloton, Vladimir Isaychev (Xacobeo Galicia), Oscar Garcia (Contentpolis-Ampo), Alessandro Fantini (Acqua e Sapone) and Zvonimir Pokupec (Loborika), but the latter was quickly dropped. The trio's lead extended to 10:00 at kilometre 50 and it's largest lead of 12:00 at kilometre 75.
The break posed no threat to Mauro Finetto's lead as the highest ranked rider off the front was Isaychev in 110th position on general classification, 28:02 behind the yellow jersey.
The only hot spot sprint of the day at kilometre 38.5 was won by Fantini ahead of Garcia and Isaychev. The riders finished in the same order at the Turkish Beauty sprint at kilometre 73.1.
With 60 kilometres to go, ISD, Team Milram and Barloworld gathered at the front of the peloton and the gap to the breakaway began to diminish quickly. After only 10 kilometres of effort the break's lead dropped to 6:45 over the peloton.
On the second category climb at kilometre 117.5 - the first one of the 45th Presidential Tour of Turkey - Garcia was dropped from the break. Isaychev and Fantini continued to work together and with 20 kilometres they still had a 3:20 advantage. Their break came to an end, however, 11 kilometres from the finish in Bodrum.
Once the break was caught, Markus Fothen (Team Milram) attacked but his effort was neutralized by the peloton. Emmanuele Bindi (Lampre) attacked on the downhill with two kilometres to go but he was caught by the sprinters in the final kilometre. André Schulze (PSK Whirlpool) took the lead with 100 metres to go and crossed the line in first position.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- The Tour of Turkey looks like a holiday trip.
- The CSF Group - Navigare team is well focused on the defense of Mauro Finetto's yellow jersey.
- South Africans Robert Hunter and Darryl Impey prepared for their sprinting tactics with the idea of cruising.
- Danilo Hondo is happy to be back in action with PSK Whirlpool-Author.
- The German National Team discovered how much Turkey pays tribute to their leader Mustafa Kamal Atatürk.
- Stage winner André Schulze gears up for the jersey ceremony.
- The stage's podium finishers (l-r): Giuseppe Palumbo, André Schulze and Darryl Impey.
- Race leader Mauro Finetto had to salute all the dignitaries in Bodrum.
Images by Presidential Cycling Tour
- André Schulze (PSK Whirlpool - Author) wins the third stage, his first victory of 2009.
- Podium: (l-r) Giuseppe Palumbo, André Schulze and Darryl Impey.
- A Turkish rider leads the peloton out of a tunnel.
- Start of the third stage in Kusadasi.
Results
1 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 4.24.05 (37.738 km/h) 2 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 4 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 7 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 8 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 9 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 10 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 11 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 12 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 14 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 15 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 17 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 18 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 19 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 20 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 21 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team 22 Carlos Castaño Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 24 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 25 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 27 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 28 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 29 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 30 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 31 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 32 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 33 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 34 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 35 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team 36 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team 37 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 38 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 39 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 40 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 41 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 42 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team 44 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 45 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Loborika 46 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 47 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 48 Evgeny Petar Panayotov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 49 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 50 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 51 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 52 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 53 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 54 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team 55 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 56 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 57 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 58 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 59 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team 60 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 61 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 62 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 63 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 64 Maurice Calles (Ger) German National Team 65 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 66 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 67 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 68 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 69 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 70 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 71 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 72 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 73 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 74 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas 75 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 76 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 77 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus 78 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika 79 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team 80 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 81 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 82 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 83 Johann Rabie (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 84 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 85 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 86 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 87 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 88 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD 89 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 90 Mats Boeve (Ned) Rabobank Continental 91 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 92 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 93 Bailetti Paolo (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 94 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 95 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 96 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 97 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 98 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 99 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team 100 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 101 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 102 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 103 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 104 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 105 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 106 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 107 Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 108 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika 109 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 110 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 111 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 112 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 113 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 114 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 115 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 116 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 117 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 118 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 119 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 120 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika 121 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 122 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto 123 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 124 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 125 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 126 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 127 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 128 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 129 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 130 Angelov Hristomir (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 131 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 132 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 133 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 134 Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team 2.16 135 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 136 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Loborika 137 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2.20 138 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 139 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team 2.28 140 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus 141 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 142 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.46 143 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 2.47 144 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 145 Harry Kraft (Ger) German National Team 4.16 146 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.18 147 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.14 148 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 8.20 149 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 8.29 150 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 11.20 DNS Behcet Usta (Tur) Turkish National Team General classification after stage 3 1 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 11.23.23 2 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 0.06 3 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.08 4 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 0.12 6 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 11 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 12 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 0.13 14 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.17 15 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 16 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 17 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 18 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 19 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 20 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 21 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 0.20 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.21 23 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 24 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 0.24 25 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 0.28 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 27 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 29 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 30 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.35 31 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.42 32 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.48 33 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 0.50 34 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.07 35 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.11 36 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 3.42 37 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 4.01 38 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 39 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 4.29 40 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Loborika 5.14 41 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team 5.18 42 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 6.02 43 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 6.18 44 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6.24 45 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 6.48 46 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika 7.53 47 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus 8.04 48 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.27 49 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 10.11 50 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 11.16 51 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team 19.58 52 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika 20.00 53 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 20.26 54 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 21.26 55 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 23.28 56 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 27.26 57 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 27.42 58 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 59 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 60 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 61 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 62 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team 63 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 64 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 65 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 66 Carlos Castaño Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 67 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 68 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 69 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 70 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD 71 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 72 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 73 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 74 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 75 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 76 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 77 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 78 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 79 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 80 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 81 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 82 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 83 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 84 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team 85 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 86 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 87 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 88 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 89 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 90 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 91 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 92 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 93 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas 94 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 95 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 96 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 97 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 98 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 99 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 100 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 101 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 102 Bailetti Paolo (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 103 Johann Rabie (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 104 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 105 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 106 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 28.02 107 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 28.10 108 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team 28.13 109 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto 110 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 28.19 111 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team 28.21 112 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus 28.33 113 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 28.42 114 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team 115 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 116 Evgeny Petar Panayotov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 117 Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 118 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team 119 Angelov Hristomir (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 120 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 121 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 28.52 122 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 29.03 123 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 29.05 124 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 29.08 125 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 126 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 127 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 29.28 128 Maurice Calles (Ger) German National Team 29.29 129 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team 29.31 130 Mats Boeve (Ned) Rabobank Continental 131 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 132 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 29.34 133 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika 134 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 135 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 30.02 136 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 30.42 137 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 138 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 30.55 139 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 140 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 141 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 32.17 142 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Loborika 33.11 143 Harry Kraft (Ger) German National Team 33.47 144 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 34.14 145 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 35.48 146 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 36.11 147 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 36.39 148 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 39.02 149 Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team 41.47 150 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 44.22
