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31st Internationale Niedersachsen Rundfahrt - 2.1
Germany, April 25-29, 2007
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Stage 5 - April 29: Osterode - Göttingen, 181.8 km
Haussler takes the stage, Petacchi the overall title
By Susan Westemeyer
Alessandro Petacchi repeated his overall win in the Niedersachsen Rundfahrt, but wasn't able to repeat the five-straight stage wins he took last year, instead settling for three stage wins at the 2007 edition. While the Italian cruised home in 20th on the final stage, it was German Heinrich Haussler who sprinted to the final stage victory. The Gerolsteiner rider outpaced second place Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile) and Aaron Kemps (Astana).
With that second place finish, third stage winner Ciolek was able to propel himself onto the final podium, moving up from fourth to third place. Second place overall went to Rabobank's Graeme Browne with Haussler taking fourth.
How it unfolded
A 13-man escape group featuring three Gerolsteiner riders and two T-Mobile men stayed away much of the day, at times having a gap of over three minutes. As the race moved into the final lap in Göttingen, Petacchi himself led the peloton to chase down the remaining five in the escape group. "That was hard work today," Petacchi said. "In the end, I was simply kaputt."
Haussler, who finished third on Saturday's stage, took advantage of his teammates' presence in the breakaway group. With so many Gerolsteiner riders in that group, the other teams were forced to lead the chase. It looked as if Gerolsteiner's Sven Krauss might stay away for the win, but he was caught only 800 meters before the finish. "Then we immediately changed plans and went for it with Heinrich," said directeur sportif Christian Wegmann. "That was a strong finale for us."
Results
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.15.41 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 5 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 8 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus 10 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 11 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 12 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team 13 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 14 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 16 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 18 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 19 Lado Fumic (Ger) German National Team 20 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 21 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 22 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 23 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 24 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 25 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 26 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 27 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 28 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 32 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 33 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 34 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 35 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 36 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 37 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 38 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 39 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 0.07 40 Dimitry Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 42 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 43 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 44 Evgenyi Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 45 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 46 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 47 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0.10 49 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.11 50 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.21 51 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 0.28 52 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.13 53 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.29 54 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 14.31 55 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 56 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 57 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 58 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team 59 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 60 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 61 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus 62 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 63 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 64 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 65 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 66 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 16.35 67 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team 18.26 68 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 69 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team 21.20 70 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 71 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 72 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 26.53 73 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 29.02 Mountains CatIII km 19.7 1 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 pts 2 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 4 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1 CatIII km 30.8 1 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 4 3 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 4 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 CatIII km 134.7 1 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 3 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 CatIII km 155.0 1 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 3 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprints Sprint km. 61.4 1 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 5 pts 2 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3 3 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 4 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 1 Sprint km. 120.7 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 4 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1 Final General classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 20.23.22 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.14 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.16 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.18 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 0.21 7 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 8 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.22 9 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.25 10 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.26 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 0.27 13 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.28 17 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 0.29 19 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 20 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.30 21 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 22 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 23 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 24 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus 25 Lado Fumic (Ger) German National Team 26 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 27 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 29 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 30 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 31 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 34 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 35 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 36 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 0.36 37 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.37 38 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 40 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 41 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 42 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0.40 43 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.41 44 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team 0.47 45 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.51 46 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 0.52 47 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 0.58 48 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 1.03 49 Dimitry Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.27 50 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.38 51 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 3.58 52 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.05 53 Evgenyi Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 8.50 54 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 15.01 55 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 56 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team 57 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 58 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 59 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 60 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 61 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus 62 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 15.45 63 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 18.56 64 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team 65 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 20.11 66 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 21.29 67 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 21.50 68 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 69 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team 70 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 24.14 71 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 25.38 72 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team 27.23 73 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 37.50 Points classification 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 pts 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 14 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 13 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 12 5 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 11 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 7 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 8 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 8 10 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus 7 11 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus 6 12 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 5 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 14 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team 4 15 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 4 16 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 17 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 19 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2 20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1 21 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 1 Mountains classification 1 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 20 pts 2 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16 3 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 12 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 12 5 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 6 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6 7 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 8 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 4 9 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3 10 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 11 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 12 Evgenyi Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 2 13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 14 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 15 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 61.11.03 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Skil-Shimano 4 Astana 5 Team 3C-Gruppe-Lamon 6 Team Sparkasse 7 Ceramica Panaria-Nav 0.07 8 Rabobank 9 Wiesenhof-Felt 10 Milram 0.10 11 Heinz von Heiden Foc 14.31 12 Thüringer Energie Te 13 Navigators Insurance 14 Regiostrom-Senges 15 Nationalteam Bahn/MT
