Rod-shaped connecting element

Rod-shaped connecting element comprising an axially extending fiber-reinforced plastics material part having at least one layer of unidirectional fibers, and at least one axially extending transition element for introducing forces into said plastics material part in the direction of said unidirectional fibers, said plastics material part having a tapered portion, said transition element having a tapered portion with said tapered portions being arranged one overlapping the other, and at least one adhesive layer located between and securing said tapered portions together, wherein the improvement comprises that the overlapped connection of said plastics material part and transition element has a first end and a second end, said plastics material part extends outwardly from said first end of the overlapped connection and said transition element extends outwardly from the second end and the cross sectional areas of said plastics material part extending transversely of the direction between the first and second ends of the overlapped connection at the first end of the overlapped connection and of said transition element extending transversly of the direction between said first and second ends of the overlapped connection at the second end of the overlapped connection are inversely proportional to the modulus of elasticity of said plastics material part and said transition element in the direction of the introduced forces extending in the direction between the first and second ends of said overlapped connection.