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4th Tour of Germany - 2.2
Germany, June 3-9, 2002
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Stage 7 - June 9: Biberach an der Riß - Stuttgart, 172.2 km
Zabel cleans up again
Gonzalez de Galdeano wraps up Tour of Germany GC
By Jeff Jones
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Telekom may not have won the overall of the Tour of Germany this year, but they did more than just make up the numbers as their top sprinter Erik Zabel won four stages, including the finale in Stuttgart. Zabel managed to negotiate a very wet and tricky finish to stay in contact with the leading group, coming off his lead out man Gian Matteo Fagnini to fight out the sprint with Saeco's Gerrit Glomser (3rd) and Credit Agricole's Stuart O'Grady (2nd).
Race leader Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) finished 12 seconds back in 15th place, but as his nearest rival Aitor Garmendia (Team Coast) was 19th, there was no danger that he would lose his lead. Gonzalez can now look forward to the Tour de France with some good results under his belt, and he and his other ONCE teammates will be ready to challenge Lance Armstrong.
The final stage was marked by a couple of escapes - Fabio Baldato (Fassa Bortolo) and Frederic Finot (Jean Delatour) attacked at km 52 and built up a 5'00 lead which was whittled back to zero at km 120. Sebastien Joly (Bonjour) had some freedom with 45 km to go, but could only reach a lead of 32 seconds before he was caught by Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour) and Oscar Pozzi (Fassa Bortolo) with 25 km to go. Joly and Pozzi couldn't follow Brochard on the Birkenkop, leaving the Frenchman alone to try and hold off the peloton on the last lap.
Eventually Niki Aerbersold (Team Coast) came across to Brochard with one lap to go, and the pair continued to hold a 15 second lead on the peloton, which was driven by Rolf Aldag (Telekom). Aldag's pace the final time up the Birkenkop succeeded in bringing back the leading pair, leaving a very strung out peloton over the top of the climb and on the twisty descent back into Stuttgart.
Both O'Grady and Zabel were in the front group, which started to splinter on the dangerous corners near the base of the descent. However, Zabel had Aldag and Fagnini there to lead him out, and they did a good job to get him to the line. The plans were disrupted by Austrian Glomser, who hit out early and had Zabel in a bit of difficulty. But Zabel was too strong and came past Glomser with O'Grady on his wheel to take the stage and round off a very successful tour for him.
Results
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4.05.56 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 5 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 7 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 8 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 11 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 0.05 12 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 0.08 13 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 14 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 0.12 15 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 17 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 18 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Coast 20 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 21 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 23 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Telekom 24 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 25 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 27 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 28 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 29 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 0.17 30 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 33 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Coast 34 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 35 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 36 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Team Cologne 37 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 38 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25 39 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.32 40 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 41 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Ryan Cox (Rsa) Team Cologne 43 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 0.38 44 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Team Coast 45 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.05 46 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Cologne 47 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 50 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 51 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 52 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 53 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.08 54 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 55 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.14 57 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.43 58 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.11 59 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 60 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2.19 61 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 62 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 63 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 64 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 65 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.32 66 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.52 67 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 3.28 68 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.47 69 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 70 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 71 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 72 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 73 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 74 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 6.02 75 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 6.14 76 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 77 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.16 DNF Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank DNF Fabian De Waele (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast DNF Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 DNF Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 DNF Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski DNF Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski DNF Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski DNF Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio DNF Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio DNF Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio DNF Dario Pieri (Ita) Alessio DNF Alexandr Shefer (Kaz) Alessio DNF Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour DNF Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour DNF Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport DNF Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport DNF Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport DNF Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Massimo Donati (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi DNF Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi DNF Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour DNF Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Cologne DNF Christian Heule (Swi) Team Cologne DNF Jörg Strauss (Swi) Team Cologne DNF Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Sasa Sviben (Slo) Team Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Marco Appler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Marco Wittwer (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Points 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 25 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 20 3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 16 4 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 13 5 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 11 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 9 8 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8 9 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7 10 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 6 11 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 5 12 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4 13 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 14 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 15 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Sprints Nürtingen - km 87.1 1 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 4 3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 2 Stuttgart 1st lap - km 126.6 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6 pts 2 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Cologne 2 Mountains Hülben - Cat 3, km 71.7 1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 pts 2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Birkenkopf - Cat 3, km 153.9 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 2 3 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Team Nürnberger Versicherung 15.07.01 1 Alessio 3 Credit Agricole 4 Jean Delatour 0.04 5 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6 Team Cologne 7 Bonjour 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.57 9 ONCE-Eroski 11.22 10 Team Telekom 11 Mapei-Quick Step 11.26 12 Domo-Farm Frites 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Team Coast 15 Saeco-Longoni Sport 16 Bigmat.Auber 93 17 Rabobank 18 Fassa Bortolo 19 Team Wiesenhof Final general classification 1 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28.55.36 2 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Coast 0.17 3 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.37 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 0.41 5 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 0.42 6 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 1.00 7 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.25 8 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Coast 1.33 9 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35 10 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.08 11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 12 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.25 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.27 14 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 2.52 15 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.12 16 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 3.16 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 3.17 18 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Team Cologne 3.25 19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3.26 20 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 3.28 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 3.41 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.48 23 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Telekom 3.52 24 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 4.10 25 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 4.28 26 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 4.46 27 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4.59 28 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5.00 29 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour 5.44 30 Ryan Cox (Rsa) Team Cologne 6.14 31 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6.59 32 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8.31 33 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 10.27 34 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 11.40 35 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.25 36 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Team Coast 15.00 37 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 15.40 38 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 16.14 39 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 17.01 40 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.18 41 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 17.38 42 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 17.47 43 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 17.50 44 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 17.54 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 18.12 46 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19.26 47 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 19.54 48 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 20.44 49 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 21.08 50 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.24 51 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Cologne 21.40 52 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 22.06 53 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 23.26 54 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 24.31 55 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 25.49 56 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 26.19 57 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 27.25 58 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.54 59 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30.02 60 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 30.47 61 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 30.57 62 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 30.59 63 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.00 64 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 31.01 65 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 31.05 66 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 32.10 67 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 32.17 68 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 32.37 69 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.39 70 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 33.19 71 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 33.54 72 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 34.15 73 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 34.52 74 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 35.04 75 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 36.30 76 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 37.36 77 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 37.49 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 124 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 80 3 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 39 4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 35 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 35 6 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 33 7 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Coast 32 8 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 9 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 27 10 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 24 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 21 12 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 13 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 20 14 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 18 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 18 16 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 17 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 18 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 16 19 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 16 20 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 16 21 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 15 22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 15 23 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 15 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 14 25 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 14 26 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 13 27 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Cologne 12 28 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 11 29 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Telekom 10 30 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 9 32 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7 33 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 34 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 35 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 6 36 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 6 37 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 6 38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6 39 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6 40 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 41 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 5 42 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Coast 4 43 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 4 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 45 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 2 46 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 47 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 1 48 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 1 Mountains classification 1 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 25 pts 2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 3 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 18 4 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung 15 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 10 6 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 8 7 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 8 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Cologne 7 9 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Coast 6 10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4 11 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 12 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 13 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Team Coast 3 14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 2 15 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 16 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 18 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2 19 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 21 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Telekom 2 22 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 23 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 1 24 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 1 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 74.30.14 2 ONCE-Eroski 0.37 3 Team Coast 0.47 4 Domo-Farm Frites 6.38 5 Team Nürnberger Versicherung 8.39 6 Team Telekom 9.25 7 Team Cologne 13.39 8 Alessio 14.26 9 Mapei-Quick Step 18.13 10 Credit Agricole 21.56 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 27.32 12 Jean Delatour 28.39 13 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 29.28 14 Bonjour 30.56 15 Fassa Bortolo 36.28 16 Rabobank 41.35 17 Saeco-Longoni Sport 52.26 18 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.00.34 19 Team Wiesenhof 1.05.14
