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Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt - CDM/1.1
Germany, September 10, 2006
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Stage 1 - September 10: Men's race, 156,9 km
Teenager Ciolek outsprints his elders
By Susan Westemeyer
Gerald Ciolek, last year's German national champion, surprised the cycling world again by winning "Rund um den Nürnberger Altstadt." Ciolek, 19, who rides for the Continental Team Wiesenhof-Akud, outsprinted Tilo Schüler (Team Sparkasse) and Harald Morscher (Team Vorarlberg), as the participating ProTour teams all missed the podium.
An escape group of four riders led the race until 17 km before the end. Despite many attempts, no further breaks were successful, and the peloton came en masse to the finish. Ciolek, who turns 20 in nine days, took the sprint.
"To win against a field with so many good sprinters is a real success for me," said Ciolek, who next year will ride for Team T-Mobile.
Photography
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Images by Florian Schaaf/cyclingpictures.de
- David Kopp (Gerolsteiner) looking confident.
- Michael Rich in his last race was overwhelmed by the applause
- Michael Rich (Gerolsteiner).
- Matthiaas Kessler (T-Mobile) in his hometown.
- Patrick Sinkewitz (T-Mobile).
- The peloton on the first lap.
- The peloton awaits the start.
- Dirk Mueller (Team Sparkasse) German national champion.
- The escape group nearly succeeded.
- Michael Rogers (T-Moble) and Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner).
- T-Mobile keeps the pace up.
- Pascal Hungerbühler (Team Vorarlberg) on the chase.
- Team bikes ready for deployment.
- The final sprint - Gerald Ciolek (WIE) is the fastest in the bunch
- The podium Schueler (Sparkasse), Ciolek (Wiesenhof-Akud), Morscher (Vorarlberg)
- Team Wiesenhof-Akud at the presentation.
- Jonas Owczarek gets behind the lens for a short moment.
Results
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3.27.33 2 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 4 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Lamonta 5 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team Lamonta 7 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 9 Roy Curvers (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 10 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 11 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 12 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse 13 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 15 Martin Vestby (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 16 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Lamonta 17 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 18 Roman Kuntschik (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 19 Petr Pucelik (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 20 Philip Patzer (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 21 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 22 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 23 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 24 Hermann Fouche (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 25 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 26 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Team Konica Minolta 27 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 28 Paul Voss (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 29 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 30 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 31 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 32 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 33 Phillip Schulz (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger.de 34 Tim Van Nuffel (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 35 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 36 Frank Dressler (Ger) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 37 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 38 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 39 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 40 Matthias Wiele (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger.de 41 Martin Hebik (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 42 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 43 Björn Gollhardt (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 44 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 45 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 46 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 47 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 48 Jan Barta (Cze) Elk Haus - Simplon 49 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 50 Matthias Hahn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 51 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 53 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 54 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 56 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 57 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 58 Chr Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta 59 Marcel Beima (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 60 Mathias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 61 Malte Urban (Ger) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 62 Luca Solari (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 63 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.10 64 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 65 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta 66 Martin Pecenka (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 67 Johanne Sickmueller (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 68 Dejan Aistrup (Den) Team Konica Minolta 69 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 70 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 71 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 72 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action 0.13 73 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel-Action 74 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Hannes Blank (Ger) Team Lamonta 76 Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 77 Krzysztof Miara (Pol) Intel-Action 78 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 79 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Procomm-Van Hemert 80 Richard Faltus (Ger) Team Sparkasse 81 Benjamin Hill (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 82 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 83 Tron. Kristensen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 0.19 84 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 0.20 85 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 86 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz Von Heiden Team Hannover 0.21 87 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 88 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 89 Fraser Mac Master (NZl) Team Vorarlberg 90 Denis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 91 Marco Kiritschenko (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger.de 92 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 93 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 94 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 95 Julian Rammler (Ger) Team Notebooksbilliger.de 96 Peter Presslauer (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 97 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
