30th International Bayern Rundfahrt - 2.HC

Germany, May 27-31, 2009

2008 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners

The Stages

Stage 1 - May 27: Kelheim - Mühldorf a. Inn, 196.3km
Stage 2 - May 28: Mühldorf a. Inn - Ruhpolding, 173.6km
Stage 3 - May 29: Bad Aibling - Schrobenhausen, 178.2km
Stage 4 - May 30: Etappe Einzelzeitfahren Friedberg, 26km
Stage 5 - May 31: Friedberg - Gunzenhausen, 166.4km

Preview: Bayern Rundfahrt celebrates 30 years

By Monika Prell in Kelheim

The Bayern Rundfahrt, which for many years existed in the shadow of the Deutschland Tour, has survived the crisis in German cycling to remain a prestigious international race. With five ProTour teams competing plus 11 Pro Continental and Continental teams, it's an event that is capable of attracting quality riders.

In five stages over 740.5km riders will traverse east, south and west Bayern. Wednesday's first stage from Kelheim to Mühldorf am Inn covers 196.3km, with two second category mountain passes and three intermediate sprints ensuring plenty of attacking riding.

Stage two from Mühldorf am Inn to Ruhpolding is 173.6km journey that includes two first category mountains and two intermediate sprints with a climber the likely candidate to take the yellow jersey.

But they will have to pay attention during the third stage; three intermediate sprints and two category two mountains will entice those with ambitions for the general classification to attack during the 178.2 kilometres from Bad Aibling to Schrobenhausen.

Nevertheless, there will be another opportunity for overall contender during the fourth stage individual time trial over 26km. Friedberg will host the test against the clock with a big crowd anticipated due to Saturday being the first day of the Pentecost holidays.

The final stage, a 166.4-kilometre test from Friedberg to Gunzenhausen is a course where a few surprises could be sprung over two mountain passes - first and second category respectively - that could see a little shake up of the various classifications.

Defending champion Christian Knees (Milram) heads a strong peloton that contains the likes of his teammate Gerald Ciolek, Koldo Fernández de Larrea (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Elk-Haus' Steffen Radochla and Cervélo TestTeam's Heinrich Haussler.

Start list

Team Milram                         Team Saxo Bank
 
1 Christian Knees (Ger)             11 Jonathan Bellis (GBr)
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)               12 Lasse Bochmann (Den)
3 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)         13 Frank Hoj (Den)
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger)             14 Domenik Klemme (Ger)
5 Peter Wrolich (Aut)               15 Michael Mørkøv (Den)
6 Peter Velits (Svk)                16 Alex Rasmussen (Den)
7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger)              17 André Steensen (Den)
 
Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse           Euskaltel - Euskadi
 
21 Eric Baumann (Ger)               31 Javier Aramendia (Spa)
22 Grischa Janorschke (Ger)         32 Jorge Azanza (Spa)
23 Dirk Müller (Ger)                33 Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa)
24 René Obst (Ger)                  34 Koldo Fernandez (Spa)
25 Andreas Schillinger (Ger)        35 Markel Irizar (Spa)
26 Erik Mohs (Ger)                  36 Ruben Perez (Spa)
27 Lars Wackernagel (Ger)           37 Aitor Galdos (Spa)
 
ELK Haus                            Skil-Shimano
 
41 Markus Eibegger (Aut)            51 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)
42 Stefan Denifl (Aut)              52 Theo Eltink (Ned)
43 Steffen Radochla (Ger)           53 Simon Geschke (Ger)
44 Martin Schöffmann (Aut)          54 Floris Goesinnen (Ned)
45 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut)         55 Thierry Hupond (Fra)
46 Harald Totschnig (Aut)           56 Cyril Lemoine (Fra)
47 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut)          57 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned)
 
Team Kuota - Indeland               Agritubel
 
61 Stefan Ganser (Ger)              71 Steven Caethoven (Bel)
62 Björn Glasner (Ger)              72 Sylvain Calzati (Fra)
63 Alexander Gottfried (Ger)        74 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa)
64 Alexander Grad (Ger)             75 David Lelay (Fra)
65 Florenz Knauer (Ger)             76 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
66 Dennis Pohl (Ger)                77 Christophe Moreau (Fra)
67 Luke Roberts (Aus)               
 
Contentpolis-Ampo                   Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
 
81 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa)            91 Tom Criel (Bel)
82 Claudio José Casas (Spa)         92 Thomas De Gendt (Bel)
83 Francisco Jose Pacheco (Spa)     93 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel)
84 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr)               94 Maarten Neyens (Bel)
85 Eloy Teruel (Spa)                95 Sven Renders (Bel)
86 Javier Echarri (Spa)             96 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel)
87 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa)        97 Bart Vanheule (Bel)
 
Team Columbia - Highroad            Thüringer Energie Team
 
101 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)          111 Marcel Barth (Ger)
102 Bert Grabsch (Ger)              112 John Degenkolb (Ger)
103 André Greipel (Ger)             113 Patrick Gretsch (Ger)
104 George Hincapie (USA)           114 Florian Harbig (Ger)
105 Tony Martin (Ger)               115 Philipp Klein (Ger)
106 Maxime Monfort (Bel)            116 Maximilian May (Ger)
107 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)            117 Lucas Schädlich (Ger)
 
Garmin - Slipstream                 Vorarlberg - Corratec
 
121 Hans Dekkers (Ned)              131 Daniel Musiol (Ger)
122 Huub Duyn (Ned)                 132 Andreas Dietziker (Swi)
123 William Frischkorn (USA)        133 René Haselbacher (Aut)
124 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned)     134 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi)
125 Kilian Patour (Fra)             135 Sebastian Siedler (Ger)
126 Thomas Peterson (USA)           136 Wim Van Huffel (Bel)
127 Christopher Sutton (Aus)        137 René Weissinger (Ger)
 
Heizomat Mapei                      Cervelo Test Team
 
141 Michael Franzl (Ger)            151 Daniel Fleeman (GBr)
142 Florian Frohn (Ger)             152 Roger Hammond (GBr)
143 Sebastian Hans (Ger)            153 Heinrich Haussler (Ger)
144 David Hesselbarth (Ger)         154 Andreas Klier (Ger)
145 Florian Volk (Ger)              155 Joaquin Novoa (Spa)
146 Felix Rinker (Ger)              156 Martin Reimer (Ger)
147 Jonas Schmeiser (Ger)

Past winners

2008 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
2007 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2006 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel
2005 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2004 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
2003 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2002 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2001 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
2000 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
1999 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
1998 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Chicky World
1997 Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
1996 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Germany
1995 Timo Scholz (Ger) Histor Öschelbronn
1994 Pavel Padrnos (Cze)
1993 Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Bayern
1992 Jacques Jolidon (Swi)
1991 Brian Walton (Can) Motorola
1990 Jörg Paffrath (Ger) Hessen
1989 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Nordrhein-Westfalen
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com