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9th Tour of Rhodes - 2.3
Greece, February 19-23, 2003
Prologue - February 19: Rhodes, 3.4 km
Lang wins Rhodes prologue
German Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) has time trialed his way into the lead of the 9th Tour of Rhodes, winning the 3.4 km prologue time trial today. The 23 year old time trial specialist clocked 4'07.50 seconds for the distance, an average speed of 49.55 km/h. Four seconds behind him were a handful of riders, with Bart Voskamp (Bankgiroloterij) in second followed by pursuit specialist Brett Lancaster (Panaria).
The race was run in good conditions, after the storm that delayed several teams in Athens a few days ago passed over. Lang's victory is his third as a pro, after winning two stages of the Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt last year in his debut with Gerolsteiner. At the World Championships in Lisbon in 2001, Lang finished second behind Danny Pate in the U23 time trial.
Results
1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.07.50 (49.555 km/h) 2 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.04 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 4 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 5 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 0.05 6 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 7 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 8 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Hellenic National Team 9 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank TT3 0.06 10 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 12 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.07 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta 14 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.08 15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Sidermec 16 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 17 Christo Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Coast 0.09 18 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 0.10 19 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 20 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 21 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 0.11 22 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 23 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.12 24 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team fakta 25 Malte Urban (Ger) Coast 0.13 26 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank TT3 27 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 28 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29 Vladimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta 31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 32 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 33 Joost Poshuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3 34 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 35 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 36 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Coast 0.14 37 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 38 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.15 39 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 40 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT3 41 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Sidermec 0.16 42 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team-Lamonta 0.17 44 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Sidermec 45 Ruud Verbakel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 46 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 47 Sebastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 0.18 48 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT3 50 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Sidermec 0.19 51 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 52 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 53 Michal Precechtel (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 54 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Sidermec 0.20 55 Vasileios Anastopoulos (Gre) Hellenic National Tea 56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Sidermec 58 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 59 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 0.21 60 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova 61 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) Team fakta 62 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 0.22 63 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 64 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 65 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 66 Elpidoforos Potouridis (Gre) Hellenic National Tea 67 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack 68 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 69 Tomas Konecny (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 70 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 0.23 71 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 72 Dimitri Dimitrakopoulos (Gre) Hellenic National Te 73 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.24 74 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3 75 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 76 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 77 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 78 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 0.25 79 Georgios Ninos (Gre) Hellenic National Team 0.26 80 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 81 Krzysztof Szafranski (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 0.27 82 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 0.28 83 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 0.29 85 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 86 Andre Korff (Ger) Coast 87 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Coast 0.30 88 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC 89 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 90 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 91 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 92 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 93 Martin Laciak (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 94 Sebastian Drenker (Ger) Team-Lamonta 95 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Team-Lamonta 0.31 96 Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 97 Sven Biermann (Ger) Team-Lamonta 98 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.32 99 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 100 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 101 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Iteamnova 0.33 102 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 103 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiord 104 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 0.34 105 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 106 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 107 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 108 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.35 109 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 110 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.37 111 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 112 Petr Bencik (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 0.38 113 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 114 Wolfgang Oschwald (Ger) Team-Lamonta 0.39 115 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.41 116 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 117 Markos Moraitakis (Gre) Hellenic National Team 118 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 0.42 119 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 0.43 120 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 121 Bjorn Papstein (Ger) Team-Lamonta 0.45 Teams 1 Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 12.36 2 Lampre 0.05 3 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.08 4 Team fakta 0.12 5 Rabobank TT3 0.17 6 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.19 7 Coast 0.21 8 Team Wiesenhof 0.22 9 Perutnina Ptuj 0.26 10 Sidermec 11 Gerolsteiner 0.29 12 Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 0.30 13 Hellenic National Team 0.32 14 De Nardi-Colpack 0.34 15 Team CSC 0.37 16 Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.43 17 Palmans-Collstrop 18 EdSystem-ZVVZ 0.56 19 Flanders-Iteamnova 0.59 20 Team-Lamonta 1.03 21 CCC Atlas-Polsat 1.10 General classification after prologue 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.07 2 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.04 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 4 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 5 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 0.05 6 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 7 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 8 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Hellenic National Team 9 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank TT3 0.06 10 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 12 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.07 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta 14 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.08 15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Sidermec 16 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 17 Christo Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Coast 0.09 18 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 0.10 19 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 20 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 21 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 0.11 22 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 23 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.12 24 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team fakta 25 Malte Urban (Ger) Coast 0.13 26 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank TT3 27 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 28 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29 Vladimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta 31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 32 Valter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 33 Joost Poshuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3 34 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 35 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 36 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Coast 0.14 37 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 38 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.15 39 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 40 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT3 41 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Sidermec 0.16 42 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team-Lamonta 0.17 44 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Sidermec 45 Ruud Verbakel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 46 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 47 Sebastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 0.18 48 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT3 50 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Sidermec 0.19 51 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 52 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 53 Michal Precechtel (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 54 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Sidermec 0.20 55 Vasileios Anastopoulos (Gre) Hellenic National Tea 56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Sidermec 58 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 59 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 0.21 60 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova 61 Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) Team fakta 62 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 0.22 63 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 64 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 65 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 66 Elpidoforos Potouridis (Gre) Hellenic National Tea 67 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack 68 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 69 Tomas Konecny (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 70 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 0.23 71 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 72 Dimitri Dimitrakopoulos (Gre) Hellenic National Te 73 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.24 74 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3 75 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 76 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 77 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 78 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 0.25 79 Georgios Ninos (Gre) Hellenic National Team 0.26 80 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 81 Krzysztof Szafranski (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 0.27 82 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 0.28 83 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 0.29 85 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 86 Andre Korff (Ger) Coast 87 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Coast 0.30 88 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC 89 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 90 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 91 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 92 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 93 Martin Laciak (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 94 Sebastian Drenker (Ger) Team-Lamonta 95 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Team-Lamonta 0.31 96 Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 97 Sven Biermann (Ger) Team-Lamonta 98 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.32 99 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 100 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 101 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Iteamnova 0.33 102 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 103 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiord 104 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 0.34 105 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 106 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 107 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 108 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.35 109 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 110 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.37 111 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 112 Petr Bencik (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 0.38 113 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 114 Wolfgang Oschwald (Ger) Team-Lamonta 0.39 115 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.41 116 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 117 Markos Moraitakis (Gre) Hellenic National Team 118 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC Atlas-Polsat 0.42 119 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 0.43 120 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 121 Bjorn Papstein (Ger) Team-Lamonta 0.45 U23 classification 1 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank TT3 2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.07 3 Joost Poshuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3 4 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT3 0.09 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT3 0.12 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3 0.18 7 Georgios Ninos (Gre) Hellenic National Team 0.20 8 Martin Laciak (Cze) EdSystem-ZVVZ 0.24 Teams classification 1 Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 12.36 2 Lampre 0.05 3 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.08 4 Team fakta 0.12 5 Rabobank TT3 0.17 6 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.19 7 Coast 0.21 8 Team Wiesenhof 0.22 9 Perutnina Ptuj 0.26 10 Sidermec 11 Gerolsteiner 0.29 12 Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 0.30 13 Hellenic National Team 0.32 14 De Nardi-Colpack 0.34 15 Team CSC 0.37 16 Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.43 17 Palmans-Collstrop 18 EdSystem-ZVVZ 0.56 19 Flanders-Iteamnova 0.59 20 Team-Lamonta 1.03 21 CCC Atlas-Polsat 1.10
