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56th Peace Race/Course de la Paix - 2.2
Czech Republic, May 9-17, 2003
Stage 1 - May 9: Olomouc (Czech Republic) - Olomouc, 111.3 km
Hondo takes stage 1
German champion Danilo Hondo has won the first stage of the Peace Race in Olomouc, beating Enrico Poitschke (Wiesenhof) and Gert Vanderaerden (Palmans-Collstrop) in a bunch sprint. Hondo was the quickest over the cobbled finishing straight, explaining that he positioned himself in front just before the last corner, and was able to power away to victory.
The 111 km race started shortly before 2pm without Team Coast, which had been suspended from racing in all events by the UCI the previous day. That left a field of 120 riders from 16 teams, and the race got away to a brisk start. After 23 kilometres, 12 men managed to get clear, including Jan Schaffrath (Telekom), Erik Baumann and Roberto Lochowski (both Wiesenhof) and Kazimierz Stafiej (Mroz), who ended up taking both the sprints and the mountains jersey.
The dozen worked well together to build up a lead of 2'20, but were caught with 10 kilometres to go by a determined Telekom chase, and there was no preventing a mass sprint. Hondo won the stage with a powerful burst, and said that he will try and defend the leader's jersey for as long as possible.
Tomorrow the riders face a 155 km stage from Unicov to Opava, containing a number of small climbs.
Results
1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 2.38.25 (42.15 km/h) 2 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 3 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 4 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 5 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz 6 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 7 Enrico Degano (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 8 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 11 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 15 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 16 Robert Radosz (Pol) Servisco - Koop 17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 19 Davide Frantini (Ita) Alessio 20 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 21 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 22 Alexander Klymenko (Ukr) Mroz 23 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 24 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 25 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC-Polsat 26 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 27 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mroz 28 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 29 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Mroz 30 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 31 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 33 Fabio Testi (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 34 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 35 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 36 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 37 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 38 Radek Blahut (Cze) Joko Velamos 39 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 41 Lubomir Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 42 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-IteamNova.com 43 Dmitri Gainitdinov (Rus) Russian National Team 44 Alessand Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 45 Alessandr Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 46 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 47 Wiktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 48 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 49 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Joko Velamos 50 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 51 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 52 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 53 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 54 Krystof Ciesilski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 55 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz 56 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 57 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 59 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 60 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 61 Dmitri Dementiev (Rus) Russian National Team 62 William Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 63 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 64 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 65 Jan Kruzic (Svk) Joko Velamos 66 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 67 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 68 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 69 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 70 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 71 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 72 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 73 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 74 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 75 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 76 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 77 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 78 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 79 Kasper Sowinski (Pol) Joko Velamos 80 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 81 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 82 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 83 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 84 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 85 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 86 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 87 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 89 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Servisco - Koop 90 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 91 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 93 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders-IteamNova.com 94 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 95 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russian National Team 96 Przemys Mikolajczyk (Pol) Servisco - Koop 97 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 98 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 99 Marc McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 100 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 101 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 102 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 103 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 104 Francesco Belotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.04 105 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.13 106 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 2.34 107 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6.41 108 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 109 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 110 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 111 Christian Lademannn (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ 112 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 113 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 114 Petr Klasa (Cze) Joko Velamos 115 Artur Krzeszowiec (Cze) Joko Velamos 116 Slawomi Chrzanowski (Pol) Joko Velamos 117 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders-IteamNova.com 118 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russian National Team 119 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) Russian National Team DNF Vojtech Muchka (Svk) Joko Velamos DNS Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner Mountains Climb - Cat. 2, km 69.7 1 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 3 pts 2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 2 3 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Climb - Cat. 2, km 95.1 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 3 pts 2 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 1 Sprints Sprint, km 14.1 1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 3 pts 2 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2 3 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz 1 Sprint, km 23.0 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 3 pts 2 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2 3 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 Sprint, km 39,3 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 3 pts 2 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2 3 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 2.38.12 2 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 0.07 3 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 4 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 0.09 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 0.11 6 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 7 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 8 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 9 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz 0.12 10 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.13 11 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 12 Enrico Degano (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 13 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 14 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 16 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 18 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 20 Robert Radosz (Pol) Servisco - Koop 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 23 Davide Frantini (Ita) Alessio 24 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 25 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 26 Alexander Klymenko (Ukr) Mroz 27 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 28 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 29 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC-Polsat 30 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 31 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mroz 32 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 33 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Mroz 34 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 35 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 36 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 37 Fabio Testi (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 38 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 39 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 40 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 41 Radek Blahut (Cze) Joko Velamos 42 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 43 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 44 Lubomir Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 45 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-IteamNova.com 46 Dmitri Gainitdinov (Rus) Russian National Team 47 Alessand Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 48 Alessandr Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 49 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 50 Wiktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 51 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 52 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Joko Velamos 53 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 54 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 55 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 56 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 57 Krystof Ciesilski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 58 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz 59 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 60 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 62 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 63 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 64 Dmitri Dementiev (Rus) Russian National Team 65 William Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 66 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 67 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 68 Jan Kruzic (Svk) Joko Velamos 69 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 70 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 71 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 72 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 73 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 74 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 75 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 76 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 77 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 78 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 79 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 80 Kasper Sowinski (Pol) Joko Velamos 81 David McKenzie (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 82 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 83 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 84 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 85 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 86 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 87 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 89 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Servisco - Koop 90 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 91 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 93 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders-IteamNova.com 94 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 95 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russian National Team 96 Przemys Mikolajczyk (Pol) Servisco - Koop 97 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 98 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 99 Marc McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 100 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 101 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 102 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 103 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 104 Francesco Belotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.17 105 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.26 106 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 2.47 107 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6.54 108 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 109 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 110 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 111 Christian Lademannn (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ 112 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 113 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 114 Petr Klasa (Cze) Joko Velamos 115 Artur Krzeszowiec (Cze) Joko Velamos 116 Slawomi Chrzanowski (Pol) Joko Velamos 117 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders-IteamNova.com 118 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russian National Team 119 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) Russian National Team Mountains classification 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 5 pts 2 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 4 3 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Most aggressive classification 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 6 pts 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 3 3 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2 4 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 2 6 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2 7 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz 1 Young rider classification 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 2.38.23 2 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.02 3 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 7 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 8 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 9 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mroz 11 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 12 Wiktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 13 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 14 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 15 William Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 17 Jan Kruzic (Svk) Joko Velamos 18 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 20 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russian National Team 21 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 22 Francesco Belotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.06 23 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6.43 24 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russian National Team 25 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) Russian National Team
