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Sachsen-Tour International - 2.1
Germany, July 23-27, 2008
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Stage 1 - July 23: Dresden - Niesky, 188 km
Greipel takes the lead in Sachsen
Andre Greipel won the mass sprint of the opening stage of the Sachsen Tour by three bike lengths to take the leader's jersey. The German beat Ben Swift of the British National Team and Dennis Pohl of Team 3C-Gruppe to take his ninth win of the season. "This is definitely my best year so far." Greipel said. "It's always an extra motivation for me to be racing and winning in Germany, on home soil, too.
"The sprint itself wasn't too difficult, a little uphill and on a wide street in a good warm weather. The only problem was there was a very strong headwind so I had to go from a very long way out. But I still won by three bike lengths."
Much of the race was dominated by a 160 kilometer escape by Tobias Erler (3C-Gruppe), Ingmar Daßler (LKT Team Brandenburg) and Malaya van Ruitenbeek (Team Kuota-Senges). The three got away after the first ranked climb at kilometer 33 and were able to build up a lead of up to 11 minutes.
They were overtaken three kilometers before the finish line and the mass sprint was set up. Greipel started out the season by winning four stages and the overall title in the Tour Down Under and has also won stages in the Giro d'Italia and the Österreich Rundfahrt. Stage two runs a whopping 242 kilometers from Görlitz to Frohburg and is expected to end in another mass sprint.
Results
1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 4.36.37 (39.69 km/h) 2 Ben Swift (GBr) British National Team 3 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 4 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 5 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 6 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 7 Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 9 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 10 Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 12 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 13 Marcel Kalz (Ger) German National Team 14 Tino Meier (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 15 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Sparkasse 17 Kartsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 18 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Kuota - Senges 19 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 20 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 21 Björn Thuran (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 22 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 23 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 24 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) British National Team 25 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 26 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 27 Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 28 Sebastian May (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 29 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 30 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 31 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 32 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 35 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 36 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 38 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 40 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41 Stefan Schäfer (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 42 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 43 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 44 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Maximilian May (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 46 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team 47 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 48 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia 49 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 50 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 51 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 52 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 53 Dean Downing (GBr) British National Team 54 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team 55 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 56 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 57 Christoph Klipp (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 60 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 61 Petr Kubias (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 62 Nils Plötner (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 63 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 64 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 65 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 66 Petr Kaltofen (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 67 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 69 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 70 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 71 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 72 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 73 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 76 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 77 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 78 Martin Reimer (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 79 Dale Appleby (GBr) British National Team 80 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 81 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 82 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 83 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 84 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 85 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 86 Frank Schulz (Ger) German National Team 87 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 88 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon 89 Mathias Belka (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 90 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 91 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Floriann Harbig (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 93 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team 94 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 95 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 96 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 97 Robert Partridge (GBr) British National Team 98 Christopher Newton (GBr) British National Team 99 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 100 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 101 Alexander Egger (Aut) Team Volksbank 102 Jörg Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 103 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 104 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 105 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 106 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 107 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team 0.19 108 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 0.28 109 Kristian House (GBr) British National Team 110 Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 0.38 Sprints Meißen, km 22,9 1 Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 3 pts 2 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 2 3 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Königsbrückm,km 59,3 1 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 3 pts 2 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 2 3 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 1 Niesky, km 166,3 1 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 3 pts 2 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 2 3 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 1 Mountains Meißen, km 24,9 (Cat. 3) 1 Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 3 pts 2 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 2 3 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Sparkasse 1 Weißenberg, km 119,7 1 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 3 pts 2 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 2 3 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 1 General classification after stage 1 1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 4.36.25 2 Ben Swift (GBr) British National Team 0.06 3 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 4 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 0.08 5 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 6 Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 0.09 7 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 0.10 8 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.11 9 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 0.12 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 12 Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 14 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 15 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 16 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 17 Marcel Kalz (Ger) German National Team 18 Tino Meier (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 19 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Sparkasse 21 Kartsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 22 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Kuota - Senges 23 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 24 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 25 Björn Thuran (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 26 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 27 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 28 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) British National Team 29 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 30 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 31 Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 32 Sebastian May (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 33 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 34 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 35 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 36 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 39 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 40 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 42 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44 Stefan Schäfer (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 45 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 46 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 47 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Maximilian May (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 49 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team 50 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 51 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia 52 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 53 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 54 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 55 Dean Downing (GBr) British National Team 56 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team 57 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 59 Christoph Klipp (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 60 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 62 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 63 Petr Kubias (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 64 Nils Plötner (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 65 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 66 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 67 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 68 Petr Kaltofen (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 69 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 70 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 71 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 72 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 73 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 74 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 75 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 76 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 78 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 80 Martin Reimer (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 81 Dale Appleby (GBr) British National Team 82 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 83 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 84 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 85 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 86 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 87 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 88 Frank Schulz (Ger) German National Team 89 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 90 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon 91 Mathias Belka (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 92 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Floriann Harbig (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 94 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team 95 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 96 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 97 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 98 Robert Partridge (GBr) British National Team 99 Christopher Newton (GBr) British National Team 100 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 101 Alexander Egger (Aut) Team Volksbank 102 Jörg Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 103 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 104 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 105 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 106 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 107 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team 0.31 108 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 0.40 109 Kristian House (GBr) British National Team 110 Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 0.50 Combination classification 1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 12 pts 2 Ben Swift (GBr) British National Team 9 3 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 8 4 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 7 5 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 7 6 Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 7 7 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 7 8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 6 9 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 5 10 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 4 11 Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 12 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 3 13 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 14 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 2 15 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 16 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Sparkasse 1 Sprint classification 1 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 6 pts 2 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 4 3 Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 3 4 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 2 5 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 2 6 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains classification 1 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 3 pts 2 Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 3 3 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 2 4 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 2 5 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 1 6 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Sparkasse 1 Young rider classification 1 Ben Swift (GBr) British National Team 4.36.31 2 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 0.02 3 Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 0.03 4 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 0.06 5 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 6 Mathias Belka (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 7 Tino Meier (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 8 Martin Reimer (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 9 Stefan Schäfer (Ger) LKT Team - Brandenburg 10 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Kuota - Senges 11 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 12 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 13 Jörg Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 14 Floriann Harbig (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 15 Kartsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 16 Maximilian May (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 17 Nils Plötner (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 18 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) British National Team 19 Dale Appleby (GBr) British National Team 20 Marcel Kalz (Ger) German National Team 21 Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges
