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2006 Results Results Past winners
By Susan Westemeyer
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Greg Van Avermaet of Predictor-Lotto pulled off a surprise win in Erfurt, Germany today, taking the 10-man sprint to become the first Belgian victor in the Rund um die Hainleite's 100-year history. Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) and Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano), finished second and third respectively.
Van Avermaet started his sprint with 200 metres to go. "I was sure then that I would win," the 22 year-old said. The young Belgian also expressed confidence in his fellow riders, in light of cycling's current doping cloud, saying, "I am sure, that especially the young riders who were on the podium today have nothing to do with doping."
The race was dominated by a five-man escape group of Marcel Kittel (Thüringer Energie Team), Niki Terpstra (Milram), Kevin Neirynck (Landbouwkrediet), Yoshimase Hirose (Skil-Shimano) and Mariusz Witecki(Volksbank), who held up to a seven minute lead over the peloton, which finally caught them with 20 km to go. Shortly thereafter, a 10-man group formed and stayed away to the finish.
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.20.01 (42.02 km/h) 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 5 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 7 Chris-Anke Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 8 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 9 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 10 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.07 11 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 0.52 12 Paul Voss (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 0.58 13 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 15 Edvaldboasso Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 16 Andy Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 Maarten Denbakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.03 18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 1.11 20 Larspette Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 21 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 22 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 25 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 26 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.17 27 Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Procomm-Van Hemert 28 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.19 30 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor-Lotto 2.21 31 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 2.49 32 Christ Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 33 Peter Jakobs (Bel) Unibet.com 34 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 35 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 36 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Regiostrom-Senges 37 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 38 Sierkjan Dehaan (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 39 Tony Martin (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 40 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 41 Oliver Giesecke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 2.52 42 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 45 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 46 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 47 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 48 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 49 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 50 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 51 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Akud 52 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel-Action 53 Karsten Volkamnn (Ger) ISAAC 54 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 55 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Akud 56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 58 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 59 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 60 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 61 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 62 Andrej Omulec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 63 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 66 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 67 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 69 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 71 Maximilian May (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 6.54 72 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7.33 73 Stef Dewilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 75 Christoph Klipp (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger.de 76 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 77 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 78 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 79 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 80 Sveinerik Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 81 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 9.27 82 Henri Werner (Ger) ISAAC 83 Fabian Pohl (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger.de 84 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 85 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC Starters: 148 Classified: 85
2006 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 186.1 kms in 4.22.47 2005 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 187 kms in 4.13.24 2004 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 2003 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 2002 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 2001 Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco 2000 Nicki Sörensen (Den) 1999 Holger Sievers (Ger) 1998 Thomas Liese (Ger) 1997 Dirk Müller (Ger) 1996 (3) Mario Kummer (Ger) 1995 Roland Nestler (Ger) 1994 T.Schenderlein (Ger) 1993 Hagen Bernutz (Ger) 1989 S. Rein (Ger) 1987 UweAmpler (Ger) 1986 (2) Mario Kummer (Ger) 1983 Uwe Raab (Ger) 1982 (b)Bernd Drogan (Ger) 1982 (a) Olaf Ludwig (Ger) 1981 Mario Kummer (Ger) 1980 Thomas Barth (Ger) 1970 D. Grabe (Ger) 1969 W. Braune (Ger) 1967 B. Patzig (Ger) 1966 Klaus Ampler (Ger) 1965 D. Marks (Ger) 1964 G. Kellermann (Ger) 1963 K. Taufmann(Ger) 1962 L. Butzke (Ger) 1961 (2) E. Hagen (Ger) 1960 (a) (3) Gustav-Adolf Schur (Ger) 1960 (b)E. Hagen (Ger) 1959 V. Eeckhandt (Bel) 1958 M. Weißleder(Ger) 1957 (b) W. Seidel (Ger) 1957(a) (2) Gustav-Adolf Schur (Ger) 1956 G. Oldenburg (Ger) 1955(a) R. Kirchoff (Ger) 1955 (b) S. Wustrow (Ger) 1954 Gustav-Adolf Schur (Ger) 1953 E. Ziegler (Ger) 1952L. Meister (Ger) 1951 (b) F. Funke (Ger) 1951 (a) W. Fritzsche (Ger) 1950(b) B. Wille (Ger) 1950 (a) H. Gaede (Ger) 1949 P. Scherner (Ger) 1944 K. Claessen (Ger) 1943 H. Bresching (Ger) 1942 Harry Saager (Ger) 1941 B. Schulze (Ger) 1940 F. Scheller(Ger) 1939 (b) W. Schiffner (Ger) 1939 (a) H. Siegel (Ger) 1938 (b) W. Richter(Ger) 1938 (a) G. Umbenhauer (Ger) 1937 (b) W. Oberquelle (Ger) 1937 (a) W. Nickel (Ger) 1936 (b) P. Machleidt (Ger) 1936(a) F. Ruland (Ger) 1935 (b) E. Westhaus (Ger) 1935 (a) E. Scheller (Ger) 1934 (a) F. Anger (Ger) 1934 (b) H.Schumann (Ger) 1933 (b) F. Mertens (Bel) 1933 (a) G.Stach (Ger) 1932 (b) K. Kerber (Ger) 1932 (a) R. Risch (Ger) 1931 (a) O. Michael (Ger) 1931 (b) S.Kley (Ger) 1930 O. Beyer (Ger) 1929 (b)H. Putkammer (Ger) 1929 (a) H. Stache (Ger) 1928 (c) W. Haucke (Ger) 1928(b) R. Hahn (Ger) 1928 (a) (3) P. Kohl (Ger) 1927 (b) R. Schuster (Ger) 1927(a) G. Zind (Ger) 1926 (b) O. Gugau (Ger) 1926 (a) P. Belloni (Ita) 1925(b) R. Beyer (Ger) 1925 (a) (2) P. Kohl (Ger) 1924 O. Nitze (Ger) 1923 (2) M. Werner (Ger) 1922 (b) A. Roßner (Ger) 1922 (a) P. Kohl (Ger) 1921 (b) M. Werner (Ger) 1921 (a) Adolf Huschke (Ger) 1920 K. Ohme (Ger) 1914 (b) P. Fehlau (Ger) 1914 (a) (2) E. Aberger (Ger) 1913 (b) H. Koch (Ger) 1913 (a) E. Aberger (Ger) 1912 (b) A. Frömming (Ger) 1912 (a) F. Suter (Swi) 1911 (b) K.Trettenborn (Ger) 1911 (a) K. Zander (Ger) 1910 G. Schgulze (Ger) 1909 (2) H. Schröckel (Ger) 1908 H. Schröckel (Ger) 1907 W. Ochs (Ger) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com