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22nd International Hessen Rundfahrt - 2.3

Germany, September 3-7, 2003

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Stage 1 - September 3: Frankfurt - Griesheim, 177 km

Vasseur wins in French coup

French riders featured heavily in the first day's action in the Hessen Rundfahrt, which saw Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis) take the stage victory and the overall lead in front of Maryan Hary (Brioches) and Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo). The three finished 26 seconds ahead of another pair of Frenchmen (Frédéric Gabriel and Sylvain Chavanel), with five more riders at 46 seconds. Apart from another group of nine, the main bunch finished an incredible 28'31 behind the leaders, and are all effectively out of contention for the overall.

The first stage from Frankfurt to Griesheim was run over 178 kilometres with 126 riders taking the start. After 50 kilometres of racing, a group of 18 riders escaped on the Cat. 3 climb of Hassenroth and was never seen again. The gap quickly grew to 2'30 then blew out to 14 minutes, and kept increasing to the finish when it was nearly half an hour. The stage was not overly difficult with four Cat. 3 climbs, however with most of the teams being well represented in the break there was no incentive to chase. Despite the slow pace, nine riders couldn't finish the stage, including four from the so-called U.S. National Team.

The race was decided when Vasseur, Hary, and Merckx got away with around 15 kilometres to go, successfully holding off the next groups to finish 26 seconds clear. Vasseur won the sprint ahead of Hary and Merckx, and these three riders now have the best chances for the overall victory, especially as they all had teammates in the 18 man break.

Results

1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone    4.08.15
2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    
4 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin              0.26
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   
6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC                             0.46
7 Björn Glasner (Ger) Mixed Team 2                                
8 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone         
9 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              
10 Sergej Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom                             
11 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi                            2.57
12 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin               
13 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone             
14 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              
15 Holger Sievers (Ger) Mixed Team 2                              
16 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone             
17 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               
18 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            
19 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom                               
20 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Mixed Team 1                     9.22
21 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    28.31
22 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                     
23 Axel Hauschke (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
24 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                    
25 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                              
26 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                          
27 Dennis Kraft (Ger) WINfix-techem                               
28 Daniel Olszewski (Ger) WINfix-techem                           
29 Marco Appler (Ger) Mixed Team 1                                
30 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) WINfix-techem                            
31 Christhope Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          
32 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                            
33 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                      
34 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Mixed Team 1                            
35 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                              
36 Manuel Leder (Ger) WINfix-techem                               
37 Vitaly Merts (Kaz) Mixed Team 1                                
38 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Mixed Team 2                               
39 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) CCC-Polsat                               
40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone            
41 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                      
42 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                             
43 Ronald Otto (Ger) WINfix-techem                                
44 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
45 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom                                
46 Jan Pokrandt (Ger) Mixed Team 1                                
47 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                        
48 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Polsat                              
49 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
50 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
51 Steve Mlujeak (USA) US National Team                           
52 Peter Penzell (USA) US National Team                           
53 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone           
54 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi                                
55 Jean Zen (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
56 Daniel Meinke (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
57 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                
58 Cyril Gossmann (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                   
59 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                  
60 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                
61 Matthew Lorenz (USA) US National Team                          
62 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom                            
63 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                  
64 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Bianchi                   
65 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Bianchi                             
66 Patrick Holsche (Ger) WINfix-techem                            
67 Björn Papstein (Ger) Mixed Team 2                              
68 Sebastian Denke (Ger) Mixed Team 1                             
69 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  
70 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom                                  
71 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                          
72 Tristan Hoffmann (Ned) Team CSC                                
73 Yohann Gene (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       
74 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Mixed Team 1                                
75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
76 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                      
77 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) WINfix-techem                            
78 Antony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     
79 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom                              
80 David Pell (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges                            
81 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  
82 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone            
83 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
84 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                 
85 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                            
86 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi                             
87 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
88 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) CCC-Polsat                                 
89 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
90 Vincent Templier (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                 
91 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC-Polsat                             
92 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Mixed Team 1                                 
93 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
94 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team ComNet-Senges                         
95 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                              
96 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     
97 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom                            
98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                
99 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Palmans-Collstrop                             
100 Philippe Kochler (Fra) Palmans-Collstrop                      
101 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC                                   
102 Andre Schulze (Ger) Mixed Team 2                              
103 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
104 Karsten Vogel (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                        
105 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                     
106 Jörn Reuss (Ger) WINfix-techem                                
107 Mathias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom                            
108 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
109 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Bianchi                           
110 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Bianchi                                
111 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi                         
112 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Mixed Team 2                             
113 Garrett Wonders (USA) US National Team                        
114 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                   
115 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC                                   
116 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
117 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                 
 
Sprints
 
Sprint, km 70                                                     
1 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            6 pts
2 Björn Glasner (Ger) Mixed Team 2                               4
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC                                1
 
Sprint, km 163,7                                                  
1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone          6 pts
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   4
3 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       2
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone    4.08.02
2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    0.06
3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                0.07
4 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin              0.39
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   
6 Björn Glasner (Ger) Mixed Team 2                            0.57
7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC                             0.58
8 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone     0.59
9 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              
10 Sergej Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom                             
11 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                        3.07
12 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi                            3.10
13 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin               
14 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone             
15 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              
16 Holger Sievers (Ger) Mixed Team 2                              
17 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone             
18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               
19 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom                               
20 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Mixed Team 1                     9.35
21 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    28.44
22 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                     
23 Axel Hauschke (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
24 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                    
25 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                              
26 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                          
27 Dennis Kraft (Ger) WINfix-techem                               
28 Daniel Olszewski (Ger) WINfix-techem                           
29 Marco Appler (Ger) Mixed Team 1                                
30 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) WINfix-techem                            
31 Christhope Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          
32 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                            
33 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                      
34 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Mixed Team 1                            
35 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                              
36 Manuel Leder (Ger) WINfix-techem                               
37 Vitaly Merts (Kaz) Mixed Team 1                                
38 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Mixed Team 2                               
39 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) CCC-Polsat                               
40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone            
41 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                      
42 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                             
43 Ronald Otto (Ger) WINfix-techem                                
44 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
45 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom                                
46 Jan Pokrandt (Ger) Mixed Team 1                                
47 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                        
48 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Polsat                              
49 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
50 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
51 Steve Mlujeak (USA) US National Team                           
52 Peter Penzell (USA) US National Team                           
53 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone           
54 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi                                
55 Jean Zen (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
56 Daniel Meinke (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
57 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                
58 Cyril Gossmann (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                   
59 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                  
60 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                
61 Matthew Lorenz (USA) US National Team                          
62 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom                            
63 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                  
64 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Bianchi                   
65 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Bianchi                             
66 Patrick Holsche (Ger) WINfix-techem                            
67 Björn Papstein (Ger) Mixed Team 2                              
68 Sebastian Denke (Ger) Mixed Team 1                             
69 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  
70 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom                                  
71 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                          
72 Tristan Hoffmann (Ned) Team CSC                                
73 Yohann Gene (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       
74 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Mixed Team 1                                
75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
76 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop                      
77 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) WINfix-techem                            
78 Antony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     
79 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom                              
80 David Pell (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges                            
81 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  
82 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone            
83 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
84 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                 
85 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                            
86 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi                             
87 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
88 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) CCC-Polsat                                 
89 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                         
90 Vincent Templier (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                 
91 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC-Polsat                             
92 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Mixed Team 1                                 
93 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
94 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team ComNet-Senges                         
95 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                              
96 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     
97 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom                            
98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin                
99 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Palmans-Collstrop                             
100 Philippe Kochler (Fra) Palmans-Collstrop                      
101 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC                                   
102 Andre Schulze (Ger) Mixed Team 2                              
103 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
104 Karsten Vogel (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges                        
105 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                     
106 Jörn Reuss (Ger) WINfix-techem                                
107 Mathias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom                            
108 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
109 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Bianchi                           
110 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Bianchi                                
111 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi                         
112 Armin Kröniger (Ger) Mixed Team 2                             
113 Garrett Wonders (USA) US National Team                        
114 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                   
115 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC                                   
116 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
117 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                 
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone          6 pts
2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            6
3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   4
4 Björn Glasner (Ger) Mixed Team 2                               4
5 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       2
6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC                                1