40th International Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt - 2.1

Germany, May 11-15, 2005

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Stage 5 - May 15: Kaiserslautern - Koblenz, 191 km

Photography

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The leading group of 10 riders climbing the tour's last mountain
Simon Gerrans (Ag2r Prevoyance) followed by Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Team Lamonta)
Naturino-Sapore di Mare attacks...
...but Stefan Schumacher (Shimano-Memory Corp) is sitting right in his wheel
Christophe Oriol (Ag2r Prevoyance)
Alain van Katwijk (Shimano-Memory Corp)
Marco Bos (Shimano-Memory Corp)
escaped with 3km to go
And celebrates his biggest victory so far
Björn Schröder (Wiesenhof) takes second, Simon Gerrans third
Last years overall winner Björn Glasner with Christoph von Kleinsorgen
Stefan Schumacher successfully defends his yellow jersey
Stage winner Christoph von Kleinsorgen
The final podium: Greipel (Wiesenhof - sprinter's), Rich (Gerolsteiner - 2nd overall), Schumacher, Wegmann (Gerolsteiner - 3rd overall), Beuchat (Barloworld - mountains)
Results

1 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta            4.38.33
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                        0.05
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Barloworld-Valsir                     
5 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Action                                  
6 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             
7 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare              
8 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                               
9 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                              
10 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             
11 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                        2.23
12 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
14 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
15 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim              
16 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim           
17 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                          
18 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges                    
19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Lamonta                             
20 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta                            
21 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  
22 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges                      
23 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               
24 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
25 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech              
26 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team                     
27 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
28 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
29 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                     
30 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 
31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          
32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         
33 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                         
34 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Action                                 
35 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
36 René Joergensen (Den) Team Barloworld-Valsir                  
37 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim          
38 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                         
39 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                   
40 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano-Memory Corp                   
41 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech                 
42 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                   
43 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        
44 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                
45 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                         
46 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Action                                    
47 Massimilliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare              
48 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Action                                  
49 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                            
50 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
51 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  
52 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Action                                   
53 Ben Day (Aus) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech                     
54 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech          
55 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech                
56 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team                      
57 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim              
58 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance                          
59 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                       
60 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
61 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                 
62 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare              
63 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges                        
64 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Comnet-Senges                        
65 Tom Southam (GBr) Team Barloworld-Valsir                      
66 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                           
67 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                
68 Martin Mares (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                            
69 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                
70 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim          2.43
71 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team Lamonta                             
72 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
73 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          8.00
74 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                  
75 Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                            
76 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                     
77 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Action                                    
78 Xavier Pache (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                       12.34
79 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim               
80 Francesco Plankaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech         
81 Andi Weinhold (Ger) German National Team                      
82 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team                     
83 Frank Lehmann (Ger) German National Team                      
84 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                      12.39
85 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                 
 
Mountains
 
Climb - Cat. 3, km 48,9
 
1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Barloworld-Valsir                    3 pts
2 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Action                                 2
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                           1
Climb - Cat. 2, km 79,7
 
1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Barloworld-Valsir                    5 pts
2 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                              3
3 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                             2
4 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare             1
Climb - Cat. 3, km 125,0
 
1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Barloworld-Valsir                    3 pts
2 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                              2
3 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                             1
Climb - Cat. 2, km 142,7
 
1 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                             5 pts
2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Barloworld-Valsir                    3
3 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                              2
4 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             1
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1, km 93,0
 
1 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                             5 pts
2 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Action                                 3
3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             2
4 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare             1
Sprint 2, km 136,6
 
1 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             5 pts
2 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                              3
3 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta                  2
4 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim            1
Sprint 3, km 164,8
 
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                           5 pts
2 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare             3
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                           2
4 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                             1
 
Final General classification
 
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano-Memory Corp            20.01.47
2 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.37
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          0.49
4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                  1.56
5 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Action                                    
6 Ben Day (Aus) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech                  1.59
7 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim       2.04
8 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                      2.05
9 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                      2.39
10 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Action                                2.46
11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                     2.51
12 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                      2.57
13 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          2.59
14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      3.11
15 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Action                              3.28
16 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech      3.41
17 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                     3.51
18 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Barloworld-Valsir                3.56
19 René Joergensen (Den) Team Barloworld-Valsir              4.27
20 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir            4.36
21 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                5.44
22 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta              8.45
23 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             8.47
24 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                       9.23
25 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         9.38
26 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech         10.11
27 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           10.28
28 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare             10.36
29 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare        10.41
30 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               10.51
31 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          11.09
32 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                        11.20
33 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance                     11.32
34 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                  11.37
35 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                     11.42
36 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                       11.45
37 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges               11.49
38 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim            11.59
39 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim       12.20
40 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Comnet-Senges                   12.25
41 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         12.45
42 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech            13.10
43 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Action                            13.11
44 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare           13.20
45 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             13.41
46 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Action                            13.42
47 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Lamonta                        13.44
48 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech           13.45
49 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team Lamonta                        13.56
50 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta                       14.20
51 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                      14.22
52 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                              
53 Martin Mares (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                       14.33
54 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             15.05
55 Massimilliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare         24.21
56 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges                 24.23
57 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                      24.24
58 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Comnet-Senges                        
59 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team                 25.28
60 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           25.41
61 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                        25.48
62 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    25.55
63 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp              26.42
64 Tom Southam (GBr) Team Barloworld-Valsir                 27.02
65 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       27.20
66 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    28.31
67 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim      29.37
68 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Action                               31.28
69 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare            32.32
70 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare         32.33
71 Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                       32.36
72 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         33.43
73 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp              34.59
74 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                      35.00
75 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team                35.04
76 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team                35.25
77 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                       35.32
78 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         36.06
79 Xavier Pache (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz                       36.12
80 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                   36.30
81 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim          36.41
82 Andi Weinhold (Ger) German National Team                 38.39
83 Frank Lehmann (Ger) German National Team                 41.55
84 Francesco Plankaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech    49.49
85 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                50.59
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Barloworld-Valsir                   32 pts
2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  9
3 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                             8
4 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 7
5 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                              7
6 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                          5
7 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim              5
8 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                            3
9 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2
10 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   2
11 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Action                                2
12 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                    2
13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano-Memory Corp                  1
14 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                          1
15 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            1
16 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare            1
17 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                           27 pts
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            23
3 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Action                                 8
4 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             7
5 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                 7
6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                           7
7 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz                             6
8 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim              5
9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  5
10 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare            4
11 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Action                                   3
12 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        3
13 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                3
14 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                             3
15 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare                3
16 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta                 2
17 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         2
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         2
19 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                          2
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano-Memory Corp                  1
21 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim           1
22 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Action                                1
23 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta                           1
24 Massimilliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare             1
25 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             1