6th Grand-Prix Ostfenster - 20.03.1994 - Berbourg

Report from the race

km 0 127 riders are lining up for a bigger lap of 77 km, and then 4 smaller ones around Berbourg.

km 12 The peloton rides alongside the Moselle and despite several attacks, no one makes a difference.

km 40 Still the same scenery: several attacks but the peloton reacts each time. The long climb up to Oetrange isn't tough enough to split the field.

km 55 Peloton still compact.

km 71 A little bit before the entrance on the local circuit, two riders manage to break away at last. Steven Van Aken and Dominique Vettenbourg of CC Valcaprimontois have 30 seconds of advance.

km 84 Steines, Lemmens, Guldbaek, Klein and Feremans join the leading duo, so that they are now 7 in front, among them Luxemburgish rider Luc Steines who rides for the Belgian team Jette Sportief.

km 86 Frank Klein from PSV Köln is dropped from the front group.

km 87 Steven Van Aken attacks and takes the lead alone. Three more riders bridge up to the chasers: Marichal, Spyer and Petersen.

km 95 Van Aken is caught again, so that there are now 9 riders leading: Steven Van Aken, Dominique Vettenbourg, Stig Guldbaek and Thierry Marichal from CC Valcaprimontois, Luc Steines and Jörgen Bo Petersen from Jette Sportief, Valery Lemmens of the Dutch team Impac Groep, Patrick Spyer of Het Zuiden and Jochen Feremans of Mechelen. 25 seconds behind them, there is another group of 8 riders

km 99 The names of the riders in the chasing group: Kentz Westergaard and Jan Van der Haegen of Jette Sportief, Kurt De Kuyper and Erik Van Ekelen of Mechelen, Johan Buelens from Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Marco Engels of the Impac Groep as well as Michael Schlickau and Frank Klein from PSV Köln.

km 102 Regroupement at the front: they are now 17 with just a minute of advance on the main field.

km 105 In the leading group, CC Valcaprimontois and Jette Sportief are each represented by 4 men.

km 109 4 riders manage to break away: Petersen, Westergaard (Jette Sportief), Thierry Marichal (Valcaprimontois) and Schlickau (Cologne)

km 111 The four leaders have 29 seconds of advance on their former break compagnons and 1'10" on the main field.

km 115 Jörgen Bo Petersen attacks in the last lap and soon gets 30" of advance. Schlickau is not able to follow Marichal and Westergaard, who isn't participating in the chase. Thierry Marichal has to do the work alone in the poursuit.

Finish Jörgen Bo Petersen wins the 6th Grand-prix Ostfenster with 49 seconds on Thierry Marichal who wins the sprint for second place against Kentz Westergaard.