6th GP Triberg Schwarzwald - 1.1

Germany, June 7, 2008

2007 Results Results Past winners

Frank takes first pro win

By Susan Westemeyer

Neo-professional Mathias Frank of Team Gerolsteiner won the 8th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald for his first amongst the top ranks. The 21 year-old broke away to beat Marco Pinotti (High Road), winner of the Giro d'Italia's final stage, and his Gerolsteiner team-mate, Stefan Schumacher.

"It was a very difficult race," the youngster said. "The basis for the win was the outstanding teamwork." According to Schumacher, "We wanted to attack with our strong team from the start, and that worked out."

The 137.7 km race featured six circuits. A 10-man group got away in the second lap, a group which included five Gerolsteiner riders. At the start of the final lap, Frank made his move and got away to finish 1'14" ahead of a small group led by Pinotti and Schumacher.

Results - 137.7km

1 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    3.35.24 (38.357 km/h)
2 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                     1.14
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli      
5 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                            
6 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                       
7 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                             
8 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                       2.35
9 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
10 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      6.37
11 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                         7.58
12 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        8.17
13 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                        9.51
14 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                      
15 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                        
16 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges                      10.09
17 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                          11.37
18 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes                                       11.42
19 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                          11.47
20 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse                                      11.51
21 Timo Honstein (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                     15.02
22 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli      
HD Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                   
HD Mathias Jelitto (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges                                 
HD Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         
HD Martin Lang (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                            
HD Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cinelli - OPD                                          
HD Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli      
HD Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                      
HD Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                              
HD Alexander Egger (Aut) Team Volksbank                                      
HD Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                                       
HD Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                              
HD Steven Robb (Aus) Team Kuota - Senges                                     
HD Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
DNF Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                                       
DNF Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      
DNF Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                     
DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                                      
DNF Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                          
DNF Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes                                           
DNF Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes                                         
DNF Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes                                            
DNF Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes                                     
DNF Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                     
DNF Allan Davis (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                     
DNF Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                              
DNF Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                
DNF Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                 
DNF Petr Kaltofen (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                               
DNF Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                              
DNF Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                                 
DNF Michal Skvarka (Svk) PSK Whirlpool - Author                              
DNF Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                              
DNF Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                      
DNF André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                         
DNF Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
DNF Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli      
DNF Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli      
DNF Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
DNF Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Sparkasse                                       
DNF Jonas Owczarez (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                      
DNF Moritz Mainzer (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges                                 
DNF Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Kuota - Senges                                 
DNF Nico Graf (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                             
DNF Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                       
DNF Marcel Wyss (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                           
DNF Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                  
DNF Lukas Rohner (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                          
DNF Guiseppe Ribolzi (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                      
DNF Matthias Friedmann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                        
DNF René Obst (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                 
DNS Frank Dressler (Ger) Mitsubishi-Jartazi

Past Winners

2007 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                              3.44.36
2006 Jure Golcer (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
2005 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 
2004 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2003 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom    
2002 Jørgen Bo Petersen (Den) EDS-fakta