40th International Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt - 2.1

Germany, May 11-15, 2005

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The Stages

Stage 1 - May 11: Koblenz - Bad Marienberg, 158 km
Stage 2 - May 12: Trier - Mainz, 197 km
Stage 3 - May 13: Mainz - Worms, 164km
Stage 4a - May 14: Speyer - Landau, 85,7 km
Stage 4b - May 14: Landau ITT, 25km
Stage 5 - May 15: Kaiserslautern - Koblenz, 191 km

Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt kicks off on Wednesday

With just one ProTour team present - Gerolsteiner - the 40th edition of the Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt will kick off on Wednesday, May 11 in Koblenz, Germany. The five day race will travel 800 km in six stages around the Rhein and the Mosel, finishing back in Koblenz on Sunday. The 25 km time trial in Landau on May 14 will be an important stage for the GC riders, while the longest stage will be the second between Trier and Mainz, over 197 km.

Gerolsteiner will have the pressure on them as favourites, as this race is also on its home territory. But with Fabian Wegmann, Sebastian Lang, Heinrich Haussler, Michael Rich and Uwe Peschel as part of the line-up, Gerolsteiner has the firepower to realise its chances. There will be another 14 teams, with Ag2r, Barloworld-Valsir, Landbouwkrediet, Lamonta, Chocolade Jacques and Wiesenhof also favourites.

Start list

Team Lamonta                       Ag2r Prevoyance
 
1 Björn Glasner (Ger)              11 Simon Gerrans (Aus)
2 Christoph Koch (Ger)             12 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa)
3 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger)         13 Philip Deignan (Irl)
4 Steffen Weigold (Ger)            14 Laurent Mangel (Fra)
5 Björn Papstein (Ger)             15 Christophe Oriol (Fra)
6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)             16 Nicolas Portal (Fra)
7 Holger Sievers (Ger)             17 Erki Pütsep (Est)
8 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger)  18 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
 
Akud Arnolds Sicherheit            Team Barloworld-Valsir
 
21 Artur Gajek (Ger)               31 Stefan Adamsson (Swe)
22 Gregor Willwohl (Ger)           32 Roger Beuchat (Swi)
23 Thomas Liese (Ger)              33 Ryan Cox (RSA)
24 Udo Müller (Ger)                34 Rodney Green (RSA)
25 Timo Scholz (Ger)               35 René Joergensen (Den)
26 Lubor Tesar (Cze)               36 Stefano Cavallari (Ita)
27 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut)         37 Tom Southam (GBr)
28 Hendrik Werner (Ger)            38 Enrico Degano (Ita)
 
Chocolade Jacques-T Interim        Team Comnet-Senges
 
41 Aron Huysmans (Bel)             51 Frank Dressler (Ger)
42 Steven Kleynen (Bel)            52 Markus Eichler (Ger)
43 Kevin Van Impe (Bel)            53 Markus Ganser (Ger)
44 Pieter Mertens (Bel)            54 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger)
45 Jef Peeters (Bel)               55 Petter Renäng (Swe)
46 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel)        56 Konstantin Schubert (Ger)
47 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel)         57 Corey Sweet (Aus)
48 Frederik Willems (Bel)          58 Robert Retschke (Ger)
 
Ed' System-Zvvz                    Gerolsteiner
 
61 Andreas Dietziker (Swi)         71 René Haselbacher (Aut)
62 Josef Soukup (Cze)              72 Heinrich Haussler (Ger)
63 Martin Mares (Cze)              73 Sebastian Lang (Ger)
64 Florian Stalder (Swi)           74 Uwe Peschel (Ger)
65 Xavier Pache (Swi)              75 Michael Rich (Ger)
66 Jindrich Vana (Cze)             76 Matthias Russ (Ger)
67 Kamil Vrana (Cze)               77 Fabian Wegmann (Ger)
                                   78 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)
 
Intel-Action                       Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
 
81 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol)           91 Thierry De Groote (Bel)
82 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol)            92 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb)
83 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol)         93 Sven Renders (Bel)
84 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol)          94 Maxime Montfort (Bel)
85 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol)         95 Nico Sijmens (Bel)
86 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol)          96 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel)
87 Piotr Wadecki (Pol)             97 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
88 Cezary Zamana (Pol)             98 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
 
Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech        Naturino-Sapore di Mare
 
101 Francesco Plankaert (Bel)      111 Valerio Agnoli (Ita)
102 Christophe Roodhooft (Bel)     112 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita)
103 Ben Day (Aus)                  113 Gabriele Colombo (Ita)
104 Davy Commeyne (Bel)            114 Mario De Sarraga (Spa)
105 Peter Wuyts (Bel)              115 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita)
106 Matthé Pronk (Ned)             116 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita)
107 Kristof Trouve (Bel)           117 Filippo Simeoni (Ita)
108 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel)       118 Massimilliano Mori (Ita)
 
Shimano-Memory Corp                Team Wiesenhof
 
121 Marco Bos (Ned)                131 Jens Heppner (Ger)
122 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn)             132 Christian Knees (Ger)
123 Julien Smink (Ned)             133 Daniel Musiol (Ger)
124 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn)       134 Rene Obst (Ger)
125 Stefan Schumacher (Ger)        135 Andre Greipel (Ger)
126 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)          136 Steffen Radochla (Ger)
127 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned)        137 Björn Schröder (Ger)
128 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned)        138 Lars Wackernagel (Ger)
 
German National Team
 
141 Frank Lehmann (Ger)
142 Benjamin Rüdiger (Ger)
143 Andi Weinhold (Ger)
144 René Tann (Ger)
145 Henning Bommel (Ger)
146 Robert Bengsch (Ger)
147 Leif Lampater (Ger)
148 Guido Fulst (Ger)

Past winners

2004 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta     
2003 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom  
2002 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2001 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
2000 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
1999 Marc Wauters (Bel)
1998 Lance Armstrong (USA)
1997 Dainis Ozols (Lat)
1996 Olaf Ludwig (Ger)
1995 Jörn Reuss (Ger)
1994 Cèdric Vasseur (Fra)
1993 Bert Dietz (Ger)
1992 Gerd Audehm (Ger)
1991 Gerd Audehm (Ger)
1990 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com