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31st Internationale Niedersachsen Rundfahrt - 2.1
Germany, April 25-29, 2007
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Stage 3 - April 27: Melle - Rheda-Wiedenbrück (NRW), 160.9 km
Ciolek breaks Peta's streak
By Susan Westemeyer
20-year-old Gerald Ciolek of T-Mobile won the sprint in the third stage of the Niedersachsen Rundfahrt, putting a stop to Alessandro Petacchi's winning streak. Petacchi's Milram teammate Erik Zabel finished second in the race, with Graeme Brown of Rabobank third.
After not performing up to expectations in the first two stages, the T-Mobile team got its act together today. "10 kilometers before the finish, we had built up a solid train and were able to be successful against the strong Milram team," said Directeur Sportif Jan Schaffrath on the team's website, t-moble-team.com
It was Ciolek's first win for T-Mobile. "Gerald just needed some time to find his place in the field. Today everything worked out," said Schaffrath. The youngster moved from 40th in overall to fourth, behind Petacchi, Zabel, and Brown.
After having won all five stages last year and the first two stages this year, Petacchi wanted to thank Zabel, who had prepared the previous sprints, by returning the favor. "It was very important for me to work for Erik on this stage. After my second win yesterday, I spoke with him and said that I would prepare a sprint for him," the Italian said on team-milram.com. "This race is in Germany and after this crash in Flanders, things haven't gone so well. I wanted him to win the stage. " However, Ciolek shot around the 36-year-old Zabel to take the win.
Once again, an escape group dominated the early part of the race, breaking away after the first mountain ranking. They had a lead of up to nearly three minutes before being absorbed back into the peloton at the beginning of the closing lap in Wiedenbrück.
Results
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.29.35 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 7 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 8 Roman Jördens (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 9 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 10 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 11 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 12 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 13 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 14 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 15 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 16 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 20 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus 21 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 22 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 23 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 24 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse 25 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 26 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 27 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 29 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 32 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 33 Jochen Käß (Ger) German National Team 34 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 35 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 36 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 37 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 39 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 40 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 41 Manuel Fumic (Ger) German National Team 42 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 43 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 44 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 45 Lado Fumic (Ger) German National Team 46 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 47 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Regiostrom-Senges 48 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 49 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 50 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 51 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 53 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 54 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 55 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 56 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 57 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 58 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 59 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 60 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 62 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 63 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 64 Matthias Hahn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 65 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 66 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 67 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 68 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 69 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 70 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 71 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 72 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 73 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 74 Dimitry Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 75 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus 76 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 77 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 78 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 79 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 80 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 81 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 82 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team 83 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 84 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 85 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 86 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 87 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 89 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 90 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 91 Evgenyi Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 92 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 93 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 94 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 95 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 96 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 97 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 98 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 99 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 100 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team 101 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 102 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 103 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.22 104 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 0.26 105 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.29 106 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 0.30 107 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 0.45 108 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team 109 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 1.12 110 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.45 111 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Guido Fulst (Ger) German National Team 2.40 113 Richard Geng (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 3.18 114 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 115 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.22 116 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.29 Points 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 15 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 14 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 13 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 12 5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 6 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 10 7 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 8 Roman Jördens (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 8 9 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8 10 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 11 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 7 12 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 6 13 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 5 14 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 5 15 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 4 16 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3 17 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2 18 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 19 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1 Sprints Sprint (km. 57.0) 1 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5 pts 2 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 3 3 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 2 4 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprint (km. 146.3) 1 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 5 pts 2 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 3 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2 4 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains GPM 1 - Cat. 3 (km. 20.9) 1 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 4 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 3 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 GPM 2 - Cat. 3 (km. 91.2) 1 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 4 pts 2 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 3 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Team 1 Milram 10.28.45 2 Ceramica Panaria-Nav 3 Heinz von Heiden Foc 4 T-Mobile Team 5 Rabobank 6 Skil-Shimano 7 Regiostrom-Senges 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Nationalteam Bahn/MT 10 Team 3C-Gruppe-Lamon 11 Thüringer Energie Te 12 Wiesenhof-Felt 13 Navigators Insurance 14 Astana 15 Team Sparkasse General Classification after stage 3 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 11.21.03 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.08 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.10 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 5 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.12 6 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 0.14 7 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 0.16 8 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 10 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 0.17 11 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 13 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 14 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.18 15 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 16 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.19 17 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.20 18 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 21 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 22 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 23 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 25 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse 26 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 27 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 28 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 29 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 30 Lado Fumic (Ger) German National Team 31 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 32 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 33 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 34 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 35 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus 36 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 37 Jochen Käß (Ger) German National Team 38 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 39 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 40 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 41 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 42 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 44 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team 45 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 46 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 47 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 49 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 50 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 51 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 52 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 53 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 54 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 55 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 57 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 58 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 59 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 60 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 61 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 62 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 65 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 66 Manuel Fumic (Ger) German National Team 67 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 68 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 69 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 70 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team 71 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Regiostrom-Senges 72 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 73 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 74 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 76 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 77 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 78 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 79 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 80 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 81 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus 82 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 83 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team 84 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 85 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 86 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 87 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 88 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 89 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 90 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team 0.37 91 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 0.42 92 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.49 93 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 0.53 94 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 95 Evgenyi Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 96 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 0.58 97 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 98 Roman Jördens (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 1.02 99 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.04 100 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.05 101 Dimitry Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.10 102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.13 103 Matthias Hahn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 1.18 104 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 105 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 106 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.40 107 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.55 108 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 2.10 109 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.03 110 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.15 111 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 3.19 112 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.42 113 Guido Fulst (Ger) German National Team 3.58 114 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.28 115 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 5.30 116 Richard Geng (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 6.10 Points Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 42 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 37 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 35 4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 27 6 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 22 7 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 21 8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 15 10 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 14 11 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 13 12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 12 13 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 11 15 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 10 16 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 10 17 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 9 18 Roman Jördens (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 8 19 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 7 20 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 21 Matthias Hahn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 5 22 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 23 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 5 24 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 5 25 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 5 26 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4 27 Lado Fumic (Ger) German National Team 4 28 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 29 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3 30 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 3 31 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 32 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 3 33 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 34 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 35 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2 36 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 37 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 2 38 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 39 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1 40 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1 41 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Mountains Classification 1 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 12 pts 2 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 4 3 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 4 4 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 5 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3 6 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 8 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 9 Manuel Fumic (Ger) German National Team 1 10 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Team Classification 1 Milram 34.04.00 2 Ceramica Panaria-Nav 3 Rabobank 4 Skil-Shimano 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Astana 7 Heinz von Heiden Foc 8 Thüringer Energie Te 9 Gerolsteiner 10 Team 3C-Gruppe-Lamon 11 Navigators Insurance 12 Regiostrom-Senges 13 Wiesenhof-Felt 14 Nationalteam Bahn/MT 15 Team Sparkasse
