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56th Peace Race/Course de la Paix - 2.2
Czech Republic, May 9-17, 2003
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Stage 5 - May 13: Jawor - Zielona Gora, 212.8 km
Fifth stage to Eriksen, but Wesemann remains in control
Danish rider Thomas Bruun Eriksen (CSC) has won the sixth stage of the Peace Race, beating five other riders who comprised a breakaway that finished 2'38 ahead of the main field. Eriksen finished ahead of Ralf Grabsch (Wiesenhof) and Volker Ordowski (Gerolsteiner) after spending some 190 kilometres in front of the race. The overall leader remained Steffen Wesemann (Telekom), who finished in the main peloton and managed to gain an additional three bonus seconds on second overall Ondrej Sosenka, after winning the first intermediate sprint.
The fifth stage from Jawor to Zielona Gora was held over 212 kilometres, and most of the riders were looking at an easier day after yesterday's slaughter in the mountains. They were helped by the fact that it was almost dead flat today, and so could save energy by riding in the peloton. That wasn't the case for two riders, who attacked shortly after the first sprint at kilometre 21, won by Steffen Wesemann from Poitschke and Piil. The two were Eriksen and Ordowski, who were later joined by Ralf Grabsch, Alexander Klymenko (Mroz), Frank Schleck (CSC) and Grzegorz Rosolinski (Servisco) at kilometre 60.
At that stage, the gap to the peloton was 4'30, and it grew to 9'25 by kilometre 103. As none of the breakaways were really dangerous for the classification, the peloton let them hang out in front, and the six still had eight minutes with 25 km to go. With two riders in the break, CSC sent Frank Schleck on the offensive with 12 km to go, but he was brought back by the group four kilometres later.
A final attack was tried by Volker Ordowski with three kilometres to go, but he was quickly brought back and the six fought it out for the stage together. The fastest at the finish was Thomas Bruun Eriksen, who gave CSC its first stage win in the race, and Eriksen's second win as a pro.
Results
1 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 5.09.37 2 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 3 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Alexander Klymenko (Ukr) Mroz 5 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 7 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 2.38 8 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 9 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 10 Enrico Degano (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 11 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Mroz 12 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 13 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 14 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 15 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 16 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 17 Dmitri Gainitdinov (Rus) Russian National Team 18 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz 19 Robert Radosz (Pol) Servisco - Koop 20 Wiktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 21 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 22 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 23 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 24 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 25 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Servisco - Koop 26 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 27 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 28 Kasper Sowinski (Pol) Joko Velamos 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 30 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 31 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 32 Przemys Mikolajczyk (Pol) Servisco - Koop 33 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 34 Krystof Ciesilski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 35 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 36 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 37 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 38 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz 39 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 40 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC-Polsat 41 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 42 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 43 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 44 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 45 Dmitri Dementiev (Rus) Russian National Team 46 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 47 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 49 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 50 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 51 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 52 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 53 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 54 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 55 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 56 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 57 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 58 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 59 Alessand Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 60 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 61 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 62 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 63 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 64 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 65 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 66 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 67 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 68 Marc McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 69 William Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 70 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 71 Fabio Testi (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 72 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 73 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 74 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 75 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 76 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 77 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 79 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Joko Velamos 80 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mroz 81 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 82 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders-IteamNova.com 83 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 84 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 85 Francesco Belotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 86 Artur Krzeszowiec (Cze) Joko Velamos 87 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 88 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2.50 89 Lubomir Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 3.52 90 Alessandr Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 4.38 91 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 7.03 92 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 93 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 94 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 95 Christian Lademannn (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ DNF Davide Frantini (Ita) Alessio Sprints Sprint - 20,7 km 1 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 3 pts 2 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 2 3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1 Sprint - 59,9 km 1 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Alexander Klymenko (Ukr) Mroz 2 3 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 1 Sprint - 149,9 km 1 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 2 3 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 15.31.29 2 Servisco - Koop 2.38 3 Mroz 4 Team Wiesenhof 5 Gerolsteiner 6 CCC-Atlas-Polsat 5.16 7 Palmans-Collstrop 8 Saturn Cycling Team 9 Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 10 Team Telekom 11 Russian National Team 12 Lampre 13 eD'system-ZVVZ 14 Flanders-IteamNova.com 15 Joko Velamos 16 Alessio 7.16 General classification after stage 5 1 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 21.32.47 2 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 0.10 3 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 7.11 4 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 7.15 5 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 7.16 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 7.19 7 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 7.20 8 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 9 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 10 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 11 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 12 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 13 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC-Polsat 11.22 14 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 15 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 16 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 17 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 18 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 19 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 12.35 20 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.06 21 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.08 22 Alexander Klymenko (Ukr) Mroz 14.10 23 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 15.32 24 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.36 25 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 16.22 26 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 16.34 27 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 16.50 28 Robert Radosz (Pol) Servisco - Koop 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 30 Wiktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 31 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 32 Dmitri Dementiev (Rus) Russian National Team 33 Alessand Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 34 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 35 Fabio Testi (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 36 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 37 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mroz 38 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 39 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 18.46 41 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 20.36 42 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 23.04 43 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 23.18 44 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 23.20 45 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 23.24 46 Dmitri Gainitdinov (Rus) Russian National Team 47 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 48 Kasper Sowinski (Pol) Joko Velamos 49 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 50 Marc McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 51 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 52 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 23.36 53 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz 23.55 54 Lubomir Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 24.38 55 Alessandr Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 25.12 56 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 25.46 57 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 27.49 58 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 59 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 29.15 60 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 61 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 62 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 31.10 63 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 31.33 64 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 32.49 65 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 34.09 66 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Joko Velamos 34.10 67 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 34.12 68 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 34.14 69 Krystof Ciesilski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 70 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 71 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 72 Francesco Belotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 35.18 73 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Mroz 36.06 74 William Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 36.07 75 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 36.10 76 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 77 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Servisco - Koop 78 Przemys Mikolajczyk (Pol) Servisco - Koop 79 Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders-IteamNova.com 80 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 81 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 37.24 82 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz 40.29 83 Enrico Degano (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 40.36 84 Jamie Drew (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 85 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 86 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 87 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 40.55 88 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-IteamNova.com 41.21 89 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 47.17 90 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 91 Artur Krzeszowiec (Cze) Joko Velamos 92 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 47.35 93 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 49.03 94 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 51.42 95 Christian Lademannn (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ 51.52 Most active rider classification 1 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 33 pts 2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 29 3 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz 14 4 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 12 5 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 11 6 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 10 7 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 8 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 5 9 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 4 10 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 4 11 William Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3 12 Alexander Klymenko (Ukr) Mroz 3 13 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Joko Velamos 3 14 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 2 15 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1 Mountains classification 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz 16 pts 2 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Polsat 8 3 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz 7 4 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 5 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 6 6 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 5 7 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 4 8 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Joko Velamos 4 9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 4 10 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco - Koop 3 11 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 3 12 William Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3 13 Alexander Klymenko (Ukr) Mroz 2 14 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 2 15 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 16 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2 17 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 18 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1 19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 1 20 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1 21 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz 1 Young Rider classification 1 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 21.46.53 2 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2.44 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 4 Wiktor Rapinski (Blr) Saturn Cycling Team 5 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 6 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mroz 7 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 4.40 9 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 6.30 10 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 9.18 11 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 9.30 12 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 15.09 13 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 20.03 14 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 20.08 15 Francesco Belotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 21.12 16 William Frischkorn (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 22.01 17 Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 23.18 18 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 26.30 19 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 26.49 Teams classification 1 CCC-Atlas-Polsat 64.57.25 2 Team Wiesenhof 4.20 3 Team CSC 7.10 4 Team Telekom 9.30 5 Lampre 16.28 6 eD'system-ZVVZ 19.00 7 Mroz 19.18 8 Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 21.56 9 Palmans-Collstrop 27.04 10 Gerolsteiner 27.42 11 Russian National Team 31.26 12 Saturn Cycling Team 38.00 13 Servisco - Koop 1.03.36 14 Alessio 1.08.14 15 Flanders-IteamNova.com 1.09.04 16 Joko Velamos 1.16.22
