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3-Länder-Tour der Sparkassen Versicherung - 2.1
Germany, September 19-23, 2007
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Stage 1 - September 19: Gera - Gotha, 187.3km
Ciolek celebrates with a win
By Susan Westemeyer
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T-Mobile's Gerald Ciolek celebrated his 21st birthday in a big way today: winning the first stage of the 3-Länder Tour and taking the leader's jersey. The young gun sprinter edged out fellow Germans Marcel Sieberg and Sebastian Siedler, both of Team Milram. Sieberg came up fast at the end, and it took an examination of the finish-line photo to determine the winner.
"It's wonderful that it worked out today," the birthday boy said on the team's website, t-mobile-team.com. "When a race ends in a sprint, as a fast man I have to take advantage of it." It was his eighth win of the season.
The stage was dominated by a long breakaway by two French riders; Samuel Plouhinec (Agritubel) and Clement Lhottellerie (Skil-Shimano) broke away after only nine kilometres. The pair built a lead of up to eight minutes on the rolling parcours, before being hauled in only a few kilometres before the finish line.
Gerolsteiner had a scare today when domestique Volker Ordowski crashed and landed head first, shattering his helmet. "He seems to be fine," said directeur sportif Christian Henn. "But we will have to carefully examine him again."
Thursday's stage runs 140 km, or five times around a 28 km course around Lollar, including two Cat. 3 climbs per lap. Assuming the birthday celebrations don't get too out of hand, Ciolek will look to stay in the lead tomorrow, saying "I will do all I can, to defend my yellow jersey in the second stage. The profile is difficult, but the stage win today gave me extra motivation."
Photography
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Images by Florian Schaaf/www.cyclingpictures.de
- The queue to sign on for Stage 1 which began in Gera, eastern Germany.
- Gerolsteiner were without 2006 tour winner Sebastian Lang.
- A smiling Michael Boogerd and his Rabobank team.
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) at the start.
- Team CSC strike a pose for the cameras.
- Team CSC hardman Jens Voigt doesn't need leg warmers.
- A healthy crowd turned out on Wednesday morning for the start in Gera.
- Chewin' the fat on the start line.
- Time to party: the bunch rolls out for stage one.
- The peloton ambles through the east German countryside.
- Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile) signals his intentions early on in the stage.
- The peloton rolls along through the German state of Thuringia.
- Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile, L) drag races Milram pairing Sebastian Siedler and Marcel Sieberg to the line.
- Stage winner Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile) fulfills his post-race obligations.
- Happy 21 brother... Ciolek celebrated his 21st birthday in style today.
- A happy stage winner.
- Ciolek also holds the points and best young rider jerseys.
- The birthday boy gives a wave to the crowd.
Results
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.54.35 (39.92 km/h)
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram
4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
5 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
6 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse
7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
9 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
10 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges
11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
14 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
15 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano
16 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
18 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano
19 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
20 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
21 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
22 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse
23 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
24 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
25 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
26 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano
27 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
29 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges
30 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
32 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.06
34 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 0.10
35 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.18
36 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.00
38 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
39 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges
40 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
41 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel
42 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel
43 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus
44 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2.31
45 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
46 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
47 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
48 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
49 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
50 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges
51 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
52 Patric Röstel (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
53 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
54 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
55 Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
56 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
57 Thierry Dupont (Fra) Skil - Shimano
58 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
59 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
60 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse
61 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt
62 Oliver Giesecke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
63 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
64 Johnny Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
65 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon
66 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt
67 Richard Geng (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 4.48
68 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
69 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse
70 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus
71 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team
72 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse
73 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Agritubel
74 José Albert Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Agritubel
75 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt
76 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
77 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse
78 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
79 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC
80 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner
81 Frank Scherzinger (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
82 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
83 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
84 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
85 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
86 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 9.25
87 Lachlan Norris (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
88 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus
89 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus
90 Sebastian Hans (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
91 Jens Grewe (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
92 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
93 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 21.30
DNF Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Regiostrom - Senges
Points
Sprint 1
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 6 pts
2 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 4
3 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2
Sprint 2
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 6 pts
2 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 4
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2
Finish
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 16
3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 13
4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11
5 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9
6 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7
7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5
8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3
9 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2
10 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 1
General classification after stage 1
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.54.25
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 0.04
3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 0.06
4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0.09
5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.10
6 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
7 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
10 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
11 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges
12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
13 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
15 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
16 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano
17 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
18 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
19 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano
20 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
21 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
22 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse
23 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
24 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
25 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
26 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano
27 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
29 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges
30 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
32 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.16
34 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel
35 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.22
36 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand 0.28
37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.09
38 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.10
39 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges
40 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
41 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel
42 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel
43 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus
44 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2.41
45 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
46 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
47 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
48 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
49 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
50 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges
51 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
52 Patric Röstel (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
53 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
54 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
55 Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
56 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
57 Thierry Dupont (Fra) Skil - Shimano
58 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
59 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
60 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse
61 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt
62 Oliver Giesecke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
63 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
64 Johnny Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
65 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon
66 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt
67 Richard Geng (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 4.58
68 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
69 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse
70 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus
71 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team
72 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse
73 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Agritubel
74 José Albert Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Agritubel
75 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt
76 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
77 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse
78 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
79 Frank Scherzinger (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
80 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
81 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
82 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
83 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 5.08
84 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.18
85 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
86 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 9.35
87 Lachlan Norris (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
88 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus
89 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus
90 Sebastian Hans (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
91 Jens Grewe (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
92 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
93 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 21.40
Points classification
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 16
3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 13
4 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 12
5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11
6 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9
7 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 8
8 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5
10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3
11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2
12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2
13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2
14 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 1
Young rider classification
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.54.25
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 0.04
3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.10
4 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
6 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
8 Nico Graf (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano
11 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano
12 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges
13 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.22
14 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand 0.28
15 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.10
16 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus
17 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2.41
18 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
19 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
20 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
21 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
22 Patric Röstel (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
23 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
24 Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
25 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
26 Thierry Dupont (Fra) Skil - Shimano
27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
28 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse
29 Oliver Giesecke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
30 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
31 Johnny Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
32 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt
33 Richard Geng (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 4.58
34 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse
35 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus
36 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team
37 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt
38 Frank Scherzinger (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
39 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
40 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta
41 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
42 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.18
43 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
44 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 9.35
45 Lachlan Norris (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS
46 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus
47 Sebastian Hans (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
48 Jens Grewe (Ger) Team Akud-Rose Versand
Team classification
1 Team Milram 14.43.45
2 Team CSC
3 Rabobank
4 Team Wiesenhof Felt
5 Skil-Shimano
6 Team Regio Strom-Senges
7 T-Mobile Team 1.00
8 Agritubel 2.10
9 Team Sparkasse 2.31
10 Southaustralia.com-AIS
11 Gerolsteiner
12 Team 3 C Gruppe-Lamonta 3.31
13 Thüringer Energie Team 5.02
14 ELK Haus-Simplon
15 Akud Rose 5.20
16 Heinz von Heiden Team Hannover 10.36
