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Münsterland Giro - 1.2
Germany, October 3, 2006
Martens wins Münsterland Giro
Report by Susan Westemeyer
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Paul Martens of Skil-Shimano won the first Münsterland Giro Tuesday, two seconds ahead of the peloton. He finished ahead of Sjef De Wilde(Landbouwkrediet) and Wiesenhof's Marcel Sieberg. The race was marked by a four-man escape group of Martens, Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) and Sebastian Siedler (Milram). They got away shortly after the start of the race and built up a lead of nearly eight and a half minutes. The lead shrank due to pressure from the rest of the peloton, but the deciding factor was when the four leaders were misdirected on the course, only 18 km before the finish. Eventually the other three riders were caught by the onrushing peloton but Martens was able to hold on to enough of a lead to take the win.
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- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner)
- Wegmann gives it full gas.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile), Sebastian Siedler (Milram) and Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) contemplate chasing.
- The T-Mobile train.
- Martens was excited to win.
- Martens had plenty of time to celebrate.
- The chasing peloton wasn't far behind - but they were too late to catch Martens.
- Wegmann, disappointed.
- The podium - Sjef De Wilde, Paul Martens,and Marcel Sieberg
Results - 202.99 km
1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4.41.00 (43.34 km/h) 2 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.02 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 4 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Andre Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 Roman Kuntschik (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 11 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 12 Roy Curvers (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 13 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta 14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 15 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Marcel Beima (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 18 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 19 Kim Marius Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 20 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Frank Dressler (Ger) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 22 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 23 Martin Hebik (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 24 Hannes Blank (Ger) Team Lamonta 25 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Martin Vestby (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 27 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 28 Tomas Hruby (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 29 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 30 Chr Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta 31 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 34 Matthias Wiele (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger:de 35 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 36 Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 37 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 38 Jos Harms (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 39 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 40 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 41 Phillip Schulz (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger:de 42 Christ Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 43 Nico Keinath (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Hans Bloks (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 45 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46 Christoph Dagartz (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger:de 47 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 48 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 49 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 51 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 52 Marco Kiritschenko (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger:de 53 Christ Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 54 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 55 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 56 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 57 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 58 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.08 59 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.14 60 Gregor Gut (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 0.16 61 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 62 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 63 Daan Rijntjes (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 64 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 65 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 66 Michael Skelde (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 67 Preben Vanhecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.40 68 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 0.42 70 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 71 Andreas Stauff (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 0.46 72 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.52 73 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 0.56 75 Hendrik Werner (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 0.57 76 Martin Pecenka (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 77 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 1.00 78 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.03 79 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.10 80 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Continental 81 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 82 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 83 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank Continental 84 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Regiostrom-Senges 85 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Continental 86 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 87 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 88 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 89 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Lamonta 90 Fraser Mac Master (NZl) Team Vorarlberg 91 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 92 Marc Reef (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 93 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 94 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 95 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 96 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.25 97 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2.37
