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56th Peace Race/Course de la Paix - 2.2
Czech Republic, May 9-17, 2003
2002 Results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - May 9: Olomouc (Czech Republic) - Olomouc, 111.3 km
- Stage 2 - May 10: Unicov - Opava, 155.4 km
- Stage 3 - May 11: Knov - Polanica Zdroj, 189.3 km
- Stage 4 - May 12: Klodzko (Poland) - Walbrzych, 179.4 km
- Stage 5 - May 13: Jawor - Zielona Gora, 212.8 km
- Stage 6 - May 14: Krosno Odrzanskie - Frankfurt n O., 146.6 km
- Stage 7 - May 15: Lübben (Germany) - Naumburg, 213.6 km
- Stage 8 - May 16: Freyburg/U - Klingenthal, 187.0 km
- Stage 9 - May 17: Bad Elster - Erfurt, 160.5 km
From the Czech Republic to Germany
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The 56th edition of the Peace Race (UCI 2.2) begins Friday, May 9. The race is rich in history, emerging in eastern Europe as one of the greatest amateur events in the wake of World War II. The race diminished in scale over time, suffering the most after the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of heavy government subsidies for the event in the early 1990s. However, in an upswing in UCI recognition in recent years and the participation of some of the biggest European professional teams has repositioned the Peace Race as a major event on the international calendar.
The race begins in Olomouc in the Czech Republic and includes three stages in each of the three countries which host the event: Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany. There are no individual time trials, common in stage racing, however the shortest day of racing is stage 1, at 111 kilometres. Two stages top the 200km mark, and nine straight days of racing should provide a worthy test to the riders.
Sixteen teams were scheduled to race the 2003 edition, however the suspension of Team Coast on the eve of the race means a substitute is unlikely, bringing the total down to fifteen. The American Saturn team is making a big European appearance at the Peace Race, alongside top teams such as CSC, Telekom, Lampre, and Gerolsteiner.
The initial winner of last year's Peace Race, Piotr Przydzial (CCC-Polsat), tested "non-negative" for EPO after a control taken following the fourth stage that finished in Chemnitz on May 13. As a result, following the analysis of his B sample, Przydzial was stripped of his victory, which went to his teammate Ondrej Sosenka.
Start list
CCC-Polsat Team Telekom
1 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) 11 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
2 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) 12 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger)
3 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) 13 Bobby Julich (USA)
4 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) 14 David Kopp (Ger)
5 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) 15 Stephan Schreck (Ger)
6 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) 16 Jan Schaffrath (Ger)
7 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) 17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger)
8 Marek Galinski (Pol) 18 Steffen Wesemann (Ger)
Team CSC Lampre
21 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) 41 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)
22 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) 42 Alessand Cortinovis (Ita)
23 Lennie Kristensen (Den) 44 Marco Pinotti (Ita)
24 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 45 Daniele Righi (Ita)
25 Jakob Piil (Den) 46 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol)
26 Manuel Calvente (Spa) 47 Milan Kadlec (Cze)
28 Franck Schleck (Lux) 48 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra)
Gerolsteiner Palmans-Collstrop
51 René Haselbacher (Aut) 61 Thierry De Groote (Bel)
52 Uwe Peschel (Ger) 62 Kristof Trouve (Bel)
54 Volker Ordowski (Ger) 63 Karl Pauwels (Bel)
55 Michael Rich (Ger) 64 Frederik Penne (Bel)
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) 65 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel)
57 Steffen Weigold (Ger) 66 Davy Commeyne (Bel)
58 Peter Wrolich (Aut) 67 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel)
68 Steve De Wolf (Bel)
Alessio Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
71 Alessandr Bertolini (Ita) 81 Joseba Albizu (Spa)
72 Andrea Brognara (Ita) 82 Enrico Degano (Ita)
73 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) 83 Massimo Cigana (Ita)
74 Davide Casarotto (Ita) 85 Eddy Serri (Ita)
75 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 86 Fabio Testi (Ita)
76 Davide Frantini (Ita) 87 Andrea Moletta (Ita)
77 Alberto Vinale (Ita) 88 Francesco Belotti (Ita)
Mroz eD'system-ZVVZ
91 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) 101 Tomas Konecny (Cze)
92 Cezary Zamana (Pol) 102 Lubomir Tesar (Cze)
93 Alexander Klymenko (Ukr) 103 Christian Lademannn (Ger)
94 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) 104 Petr Bencik (Cze)
95 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) 105 Lubomir Kejval (Cze)
96 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) 106 Frantisek Trkal (Cze)
97 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) 107 Michal Precechtel (Cze)
98 Adam Wadecki (Pol) 108 Jindrich Vana (Cze)
Team Wiesenhof Saturn Cycling Team
111 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) 121 Marc McCormack (USA)
112 Jens Heppner (Ger) 122 Tom Danielson (USA)
113 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) 123 William Frischkorn (USA)
114 Eric Baumann (Ger) 124 Wiktor Rapinski (Blr)
115 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) 125 Nathan O'Neill (Aus)
116 Martin Müller (Ger) 126 Tim Johnson (USA)
117 Björn Schröder (Ger) 127 Charles Dionne (Can)
118 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) 128 Phil Zajicek (USA)
Servisco - Koop Joko Velamos
131 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) 141 Radek Blahut (Cze)
132 Krystof Ciesilski (Pol) 142 Tomas Buchacek (Cze)
134 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) 143 Jan Kruzic (Svk)
135 Przemys Mikolajczyk (Pol) 144 Voitech Muchka (Svk)
136 Robert Radosz (Pol) 145 Slawomi Chrzanowski (Pol)
137 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) 146 Artur Krzeszowiec (Cze)
138 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) 147 Kasper Sowinski (Pol)
148 Petr Klasa (Cze)
Russian National Team Flanders-IteamNova.com
151 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) 161 Jamie Drew (Aus)
152 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) 162 Scott Guyton (NZl)
153 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) 163 Alan Iacuone (Aus)
154 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) 164 Thierry Masschelein (Bel)
155 Dmitri Gainitdinov (Rus) 165 David McKenzie (Aus)
156 Dmitri Dementiev (Rus) 166 Dominique Perras (Can)
157 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) 168 Trent Wilson (Aus)
158 Artem Mavlianov (Rus)
Past winners
2002 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 2001 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 2000 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) 1999 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1998 Uwe Ampler (Ger) 1997 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1996 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1995 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 1994 Jens Voigt (Ger) 1993 Bilek (Cze) 1992 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 1991 Rjaksinski (Rus) 1990 Jan Svorada (Cze) 1989 Uwe Ampler (E.Ger) 1988 Uwe Ampler (E.Ger) 1987 Uwe Ampler (E.Ger) 1986 Olaf Ludwig (E.Ger) 1985 Lech Piasecki (Pol) 1984 Suchorutchenkov (Rus) 1983 Falk Boden (E.Ger) 1982 Olaf Ludwig (E.Ger) 1981 Zagretdinow (Rus) 1980 Barinow (Rus) 1979 Suchorutchenkov (Rus) 1978 Awerin (Rus) 1977 Pikkuus (Rus) 1976 H.-J. Hartnick (E.Ger) 1975 Szurkowski (Pol) 1974 Szozda (Pol) 1973 Szurkowski (Pol) 1972 Moravec (Cze) 1971 Szurkowski (Pol) 1970 Szurkowski (Pol) 1969 Danguilaume (Fra) 1968 Peschel (E.Ger) 1967 Maes (Bel) 1966 Guyot (Fra) 1965 Lebedjew (Rus) 1964 Smolik (Cze) 1963 Klaus Ampler (E.Ger) 1962 Saidchushin (Rus) 1961 Melichow (Rus) 1960 Hagen (E.Ger) 1959 Gustaf-Adolf Schur (E.Ger) 1958 Damen (Ned) 1957 Christow (Bul) 1956 Krolak (Pol) 1955 Gustaf-Adolf Schur (E.Ger) 1954 Dalgaard (Den) 1953 Pedersen (Den) 1952 Steel (GB) 1951 Olsen (Den) 1950 Emborg (Den) 1949 Vesely (Cze) 1948 Zoric (Yug) 1948 Prosinek (Yug) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
