5th Rü-Cup - NE

Essen, Germany, August 27, 2005

Results Past winners

Photography

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Images by Mani Wollner/www.foto-grafik-satz.de

For me? Ivan Basso takes delivery of a box of doughnuts, thinly disguised as an SRM crank.
Let the games begin!
You just keeping turning right! Ivan Basso explains Criteriums 101.
Steffen Wesemann (T-mobile-Team) leading an early group
Riders from Wiesenhof and Akud-Arnolds Sicherheit - they will probably all be one in team next season.
Ivan Basso on the front.
Whoosh!
The deciding group comes together ...
... and looks to be having fun
Bert Grabsch (Team Phonak) leads David Kopp (Team Wiesenhof)
Ivan Basso (CSC) leads Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Bram Schmitz (T-mobile-Team)
Andy Kappes (Team König Pilsener) pumping on the front of the bunch
David Kopp leads Bert Grabsch and Robert Förster
German Champion Gerand Ciolek (Team Akud-Arnolds Sicherheit) leads Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso (CSC) wins
Gerald Ciolek (Akud) gets second
The winning trio - Ivan Basso and Gerald Ciolek with Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner)
The podium - Gerald Ciolek (Akud), Ivan Basso (CSC) and Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner)
And this is for the fans... Gerald Ciolek is a popular German champion.

Results

1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) AKUD - Arnolds Sicherheit
3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Björn Glasner (Ger) Lamonta
5 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile
6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)
7 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
8 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
9 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof
10 Christian Brumen (Ger)
11 Chr Schweitzer (Ger)
12 Marco Düchting (Ger) AKUD - Arnolds Sicherheit
13 Chr Kronenberg (Ger)
14 Thomas Hebestreit (Ger)
15 Andreas Keuser (Ger)
16 Wouter Mol (Ned) Skil Moser
17 Marc Wieshaubt (Ger)
18 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
19 Hendrik Werner (Ger) AKUD - Arnolds Sicherheit
20 Lubor Tesar (Cze) AKUD - Arnolds Sicherheit
21 Markus Ganzer (Ger)
22 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof
23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
24 Mitja Schlüter (Ger)
25 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Skil Moser
26 Jehudi Schoonacker (Ned) Skil Moser
27 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim
28 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile
29 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze)
30 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank
31 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Skil Moser

Courtesy of Guy Dedieu

Past winners

2003 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi