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28th International Bayern Rundfahrt - 2.HC
Germany, May 30-June 3, 2007
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Stage 2 - May 31: Gundelfingen - Eichstätt, 187.8 km
Zabel takes the stage and the lead
By Susan Westemeyer
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Exactly one week after his EPO doping confession, Erik Zabel won the second stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt for his first season win, and took over the leader's jersey. He outsprinted teammate Sebastian Siedler, who finished second, and Stuart O'Grady (CSC), who was third.
"With those two difficult climbs near the end, no one expected a sprint finish today, and we from Milram didn't either," Zabel said. "That's why we purposely stayed out of the chasing, and that was why we were still relatively fresh on the last climb on the last lap." The 36-year-old noted, too, the effects of recent events. "This success is hard to judge. I have been through so much in the last few weeks, that wins and losses aren't that important to me right now."
The race got off to a hectic start before an escape group of five established itself. Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti Selle Italia), Pedro Lopes Goncalves (Benfica Lissabon), Matthias Friedmann (3CGruppe Lamonta), Alvarus Baranauskas (Agritubel) and Giairo Ermeti (Tenax) built up to a maximum five minute lead during their 140 km break. The peloton chased them relentlessly down before catching them on the second lap of the final circuit.
In the last 20 km, many groups formed and failed before a group of about 20, including the big name sprinters, got away to fight it out among themselves for the win. Zabel took the sprint to the cheers of the crowd.
Friday's third stage is 181 rolling kilometers from Eichstätt to Kitzingen, where another sprint finish is expected.
Photography
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- Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile) signing in for stage 2
- Fabian Wegmann and Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile)
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) on the way to the start of stage 2
- Erik Zabel (Milram) in an interview with german television
- Erik Zabel signing autographs for his fans
- The peloton and caravan in the beautiful Bavarian landscape
- A relaxed bunch rides in the bavarian countryside
- Ralf Grabsch (Milram)
- Heading into the trees
- Poppies and peloton
- Fields of grain and bike racers
- The peloton enjoys a beautiful day for bike racing
- The peloton streams through the pastoral fields
- The peloton in Eichstätt
- The peloton climbs up the cobble street
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) on the last lap
- The sprint
- Erik Zabel (Milram) wins the sprint in Eichstätt
- Winner Erik Zabel (Milram) , 2nd Sebastian Siedler (Milram), 3rd Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC)
- Stuart O'Grady and a teammate after the finish
- A happy winner Erik Zabel (Milram)
- Erik Zabel (Milram) sheepishly accepts kisses
- Erik Zabel (Milram) looking a bit wistful
- Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Team Regiostrom Senges) in the blue sprint jersey
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) in the mountain leader jersey
- Blazej Janiaczyk (Intel Action) , best young rider after stage 2
- Erik Zabel (Milram) waves to the crowd
- New leader of the Bayernrundfahrt Erik Zabel (Milram)
- Erik Zabel (Milram) and ridiculously large beer
- The podium of stage 2
Results
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4.31.07 (41.56 km/h) 2 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 6 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 7 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 8 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel - Action 9 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel - Action 10 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 12 Santo Anza (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 13 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 14 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 15 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Volksbank 16 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 18 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 19 Malte Urban (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 23 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 24 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 25 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 26 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 28 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 30 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges 33 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel - Action 34 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 35 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica 36 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica 37 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 38 Jure Golcer (Slo) Tenax Salmilano 39 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 40 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 42 Mattia Turrina (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 43 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica 45 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 46 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 47 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 49 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt 50 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 51 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Regiostrom - Senges 52 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 53 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 54 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 55 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 38.00 56 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 57 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 58 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon 61 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 62 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 63 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 64 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 65 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 66 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 67 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 68 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 70 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 71 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 72 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges 73 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elk Haus - Simplon 74 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 75 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 76 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 1.56.00 77 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 78 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 79 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 80 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 81 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 82 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 83 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 3.11.00 85 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 86 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 87 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 88 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 90 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Tenax Salmilano 91 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 92 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel - Action 93 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 5.31.00 94 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 95 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 96 Luca Sabatino (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 97 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 98 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 99 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus 100 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 101 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 5.49.00 102 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 6.21.00 103 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 104 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 105 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 106 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 9.11.00 107 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 108 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 109 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel - Action 111 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 112 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus 113 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 114 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 9.22.00 116 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 9.24.00 117 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon Sprints km. 62.2 1 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 3 pts 2 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 2 3 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 1 km. 90.9 1 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 3 pts 2 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 2 3 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 1 km. 174.6 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 1 Finish 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 pts 2 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 4 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 3 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 5 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Mountains Cat. 1 - km. 47 1 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 5 pts 2 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 3 3 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 2 4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 1 Cat. 2 - km. 178.4 1 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 3 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 1 Teams 1 Team Milram 13.33.21 2 Team CSC 3 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 4 Intel-Action 5 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 Team Volksbank 7 Tenax-Menikini 8 Benfica 9 Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 10 Team Wiesenhof Felt 11 Team Regiostrom-Senges 12 Elk Haus-Simplon 0.38 13 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 14 Gerolsteiner 15 Astana 16 Agritubel 2.34 17 Heinz von Heiden Focus 3.49 General classification after stage 2 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9.12.48 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 3 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges 0.01 4 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 0.04 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.07 6 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 0.09 7 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 0.10 8 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 9 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel - Action 10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 12 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 13 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Volksbank 14 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica 18 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 19 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 20 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 21 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel - Action 22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 26 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 28 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica 29 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 30 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 31 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 32 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 Santo Anza (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 34 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 36 Malte Urban (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 37 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 38 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica 39 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel - Action 41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 42 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 43 Jure Golcer (Slo) Tenax Salmilano 44 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 45 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 46 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 47 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt 48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 49 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 50 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Mattia Turrina (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 52 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 53 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Regiostrom - Senges 54 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 55 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.44 56 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.46 57 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 58 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 0.48 59 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 60 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 61 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 62 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 63 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 64 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 65 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elk Haus - Simplon 66 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 67 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 68 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 69 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 70 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 71 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 72 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon 73 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges 74 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 75 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 76 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2.01 77 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 2.04 78 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 2.06 79 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 80 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 81 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 82 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 83 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Tenax Salmilano 3.21 85 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 86 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 87 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 89 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 90 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 91 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel - Action 92 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 93 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 5.38 94 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 5.39 95 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 96 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 5.41 97 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus 98 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 99 Luca Sabatino (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 100 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 101 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 5.59 102 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 6.21 103 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 6.26 104 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 6.31 105 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 106 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 9.21 107 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 109 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel - Action 110 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 111 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 112 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus 113 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 9.31 115 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 9.32 116 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 9.34 117 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon Points classification 1 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges 9 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7 4 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 5 5 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 5 6 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 5 7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 4 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 9 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 3 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 13 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 2 14 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 2 15 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 2 16 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 2 17 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 1 18 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1 19 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Tenax Salmilano 1 Mountains classification 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 pts 2 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 6 3 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 5 4 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 3 5 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 3 6 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 2 7 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2 8 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 2 9 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges 1 10 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 1 11 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 1 12 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 1 Team classification 1 Team Milram 27.38.05 2 Team CSC 3 Team Volksbank 4 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 5 Benfica 6 Intel-Action 7 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Team Wiesenhof Felt 9 Tenax-Menikini 10 Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 11 Team Regiostrom-Senges 12 Gerolsteiner 0.38 13 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 14 Elk Haus-Simplon 15 Astana 16 Agritubel 2.34 17 Heinz von Heiden Focus 3.49
