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41st International Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt - 2.1

Germany, April 26-30, 2006

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Stage 3 - April 28: Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler - Bad Marienberg, 143.6 km

Another stage for Gerolsteiner

By Susan Westemeyer

The second stage winner was Gerolsteiner, the third stage winner was Gerolsteiner. The boys in baby blue seem to take turns winning stages in the Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt. Friday in the third stage it was Heinrich Haussler's turn to win, while teammate and previous day's winner Rene Haselbacher retained the leader's jersey.

Three riders escaped and stayed away for 88 kilometres. Frantisek Rabon (T-Mobile), Juan Jose Oroz (Kaiku) and Jean-Claude Lebeau (Landbouwkrediet) never got more than about a two minute lead, though. The whole Kaiku team was very active the whole stage, testing Gerolsteiner's control with constant attacks.

A chasing group of about 30 caught the escapees shortly before entering Bad Marienberg, where the finish line was. Haussler took the sprint ahead of Pablo Urtasun Perez (Kaiku) and Marco Serpellini (Unibet). Haselbacher finished tenth in the same time as the winner. "Actually I wanted to prepare the sprint for 'Hasi' but the hole was too big and he didn't get by," said Haussler.

The finish was marred by a crash several hundred meters before the finish, which was held up Haselbacher. The most prominent victim was T-Mobile's Thomas Ziegler, who managed to make it across the finish line but was taken to the hospital for x-rays. The team later announced that nothing was broken, but that his left shoulder and hip were covered with bruises and scrapes. Ziegler dropped from second overall to third, and the team hopes that he will be able to ride Saturday.

Results

1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           3.30.42 (40.89 km/h)

2 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Kaiku                                       
3 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com                                     
4 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                       
5 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                    
6 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                                      
7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
8 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
9 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            
10 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                          
12 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
13 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                          
14 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                         
15 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
16 Benny De Schrodder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       
17 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Milram                                
18 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Kaiku                                           
19 Jose Lopez Gil (Spa) Kaiku                                           
20 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
21 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku                                           
22 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                           
23 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
24 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            
25 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             
26 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                                         
27 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku                                      
28 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
29 Gustav Cesar Valoso (Spa) Kaiku                                  0.08
30 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                
31 Finn Heitmann (Ger) German National Team                         0.11
32 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                          
33 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                              0.17
34 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com                                0.19
35 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                       
36 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen               
37 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                       
38 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
39 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                           
40 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                        0.32
41 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Team Milram                               0.36
42 Erik Hoffmann (Ger) Team Lamonta                                 0.40
43 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      
44 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2.04
45 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
46 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
47 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Lamonta                                 10.15
48 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German National Team                              
49 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Milram                                      
50 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
51 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
52 Alexander Maul (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                  
53 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                
54 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Milram                                    
55 Alexander Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                   
56 Andre Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
57 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Milram                                       
58 Mathias Wiele (Ger) German National Team                             
59 Christoph Klipp (Ger) German National Team                           
60 Thorsten Struch (Ger) German National Team                           
61 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                  
62 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                       
63 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                     
64 Philipp Seubert (Ger) German National Team                           
65 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 
66 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
67 Patrick Keller (Ger) Team Milram                                     
68 Alexander Gut (Ger) Team Lamonta                                     
69 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
70 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        
71 Christophe Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                        
72 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             
73 René Schild (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                             
74 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                
75 Christophe Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta                        
76 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team Lamonta                               
77 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Lamonta                                       
78 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                   
79 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                  
80 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team                        
81 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                      
82 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                
83 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                             
84 Bart Van Heule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
85 Tino Meier (Ger) German National Team                                
86 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                         
87 Kurt Van Den Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com                                 
88 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Lamonta                                      
89 Tom Flammang (Lux) Team Sparkasse                                    
90 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                   
91 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Sparkasse                                  
92 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team               
93 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                                  
94 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
95 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Team Vorarlberg                               
96 Ed Clancy (GBr) Team Sparkasse                                       
97 Gregor Gut (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                                     
98 Vasili Anastopoulos (Gre) Team Vorarlberg                            
99 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
100 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team               
101 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        
102 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             
103 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
104 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud                               
105 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com                                       
106 Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      
107 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                               
108 Petter Renäng (Swe) Unibet.com                                      
109 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
110 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team           
111 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges               10.26
112 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      
113 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
 
Mountains
 
Climb 1, km 17,2
1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                3 pts
2 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                                         2
3 Jose Lopez Gil (Spa) Kaiku                                           1
 
Climb 2, km 54,4
1 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                                         3 pts
2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2
3 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           1
 
Climb 3, km 117,9
1 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                                         3 pts
2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2
3 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku                                           1
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1, km 35,1
1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                5 pts
2 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                                  3
3 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                       2
4 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                  1
 
Sprint 2, km 106,9
1 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Kaiku                                           5 pts
2 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     3
3 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  2
4 René Schild (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                             1
 
Sprint 3, km 123,0
1 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Kaiku                                      5 pts
2 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      3
3 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                          2
4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                  10.32.06
2 Kaiku                                                                 
3 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                 
4 Team Wiesenhof Akud                                                   
5 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                               
6 T-Mobile Team                                                     0.17
7 Team Regiostrom-Senges                                            0.30
8 Skil-Shimano                                                     10.15
9 Unibet.com                                                       10.34
10 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                    
11 Team Vorarlberg                                                 10.47
12 Team Milram                                                     10.51
13 Team Lamonta                                                    10.55
14 Team Sparkasse                                                  20.38
15 German National Team                                            20.41
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                           11.25.27
2 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Kaiku                                   0.05
3 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                0.08
4 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                       0.10
5 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                           
6 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        0.14
7 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta                                      
8 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      0.16
9 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                        0.17
10 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku                                       0.22
11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.26
12 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com                                0.32
13 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen    0.33
14 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Kaiku                                           
15 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 0.34
16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.35
17 Benny De Schrodder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       
18 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen     0.36
19 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                   
20 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Milram                                
21 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            
22 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                           
23 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
24 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                      
25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team               
26 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             
27 Jose Lopez Gil (Spa) Kaiku                                           
28 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku                                      
29 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
30 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                            0.44
31 Finn Heitmann (Ger) German National Team                         0.47
32 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                          
33 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                   0.54
34 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com                                0.55
35 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                       
36 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen               
37 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                        1.08
38 Gustav Cesar Valoso (Spa) Kaiku                                  2.29
39 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2.39
40 Erik Hoffmann (Ger) Team Lamonta                                 3.06
41 Andre Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               10.41
42 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Lamonta                                 10.45
43 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                             10.51
44 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                
45 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team               
46 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                      
47 Kurt Van Den Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com                                 
48 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                  11.02
49 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                     
50 René Schild (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                        12.35
51 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                        12.39
52 Alexander Maul (Ger) Team Sparkasse                             12.41
53 Kim Lachmann (Ger) German National Team                              
54 Patrick Keller (Ger) Team Milram                                     
55 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                   
56 Bart Van Heule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
57 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                                    13.20
58 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                             13.43
59 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Team Milram                              14.01
60 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team           14.07
61 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Milram                                 15.07
62 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                15.29
63 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Team Regiostrom-Senges                 17.46
64 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           19.38
65 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                        19.41
66 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team Lamonta                               
67 Christophe Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                        
68 Christoph Klipp (Ger) German National Team                           
69 Tom Flammang (Lux) Team Sparkasse                                    
70 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                  
71 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                       
72 Philipp Seubert (Ger) German National Team                      22.32
73 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                             23.40
74 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                23.41
75 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                23.42
76 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                     
77 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Milram                                    
78 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
79 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team                        
80 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                
81 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                
82 Mathias Wiele (Ger) German National Team                             
83 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
84 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 
85 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                         
86 Tino Meier (Ger) German National Team                                
87 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                   
88 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
89 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
90 Vasili Anastopoulos (Gre) Team Vorarlberg                            
91 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                
92 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com                                        
93 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      
94 Petter Renäng (Swe) Unibet.com                                       
95 Ed Clancy (GBr) Team Sparkasse                                       
96 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Team Vorarlberg                               
97 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 23.53
98 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                    25.29
99 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                         28.01
100 Alexander Gut (Ger) Team Lamonta                               28.03
101 Alexander Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                  
102 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
103 Christophe Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta                       
104 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Sparkasse                                 
105 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Lamonta                                      
106 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
107 Gregor Gut (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                                    
108 Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      
109 Thorsten Struch (Ger) German National Team                          
110 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
111 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       
112 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team      29.50
113 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Lamonta                                30.52
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                                        16 pts
2 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku                                           6
3 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Team Milram                                   5
4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     4
5 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                          3
6 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                3
7 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   3
8 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      3
9 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                           2
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              2
11 René Schild (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                            2
12 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             2
13 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                         1
14 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                          1
15 Jose Lopez Gil (Spa) Kaiku                                          1
16 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      1
17 Gustav Cesar Valoso (Spa) Kaiku                                     1
18 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Lamonta                                     1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 René Schild (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                            13 pts
2 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                                        11
3 Gustav Cesar Valoso (Spa) Kaiku                                      8
4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                          7
5 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Kaiku                                      5
6 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        5
7 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Kaiku                                           5
8 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                5
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       4
10 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Team Milram                                  4
11 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    3
12 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                            3
13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    3
14 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Team Regiostrom-Senges                     3
15 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                                 3
16 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             3
17 Benny De Schrodder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen      2
18 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      2
19 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  2
20 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 2
21 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    2
22 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      1
23 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team               1
24 Tom Flammang (Lux) Team Sparkasse                                   1
25 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Kaiku                                                         34.17.11
2 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                           0.16
3 Team Wiesenhof Akud                                               0.17
4 Gerolsteiner                                                      0.36
5 T-Mobile Team                                                     0.53
6 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                             0.58
7 Team Regiostrom-Senges                                            1.28
8 Skil-Shimano                                                     11.13
9 Unibet.com                                                       11.32
10 Team Lamonta                                                    13.21
11 Team Milram                                                     17.55
12 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                               20.22
13 Team Vorarlberg                                                 20.35
14 Team Sparkasse                                                  23.26
15 German National Team                                            32.19