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Münsterland Giro - 1.1
Germany, October 3, 2008
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Greipel spoils Zabel's final German race
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André Greipel of Team Columbia won the Sparkasse Münsterland Giro, spoiling Erik Zabel's farewell to German cycling fans. The 38-year-old Milram rider finished second in his final road race in Germany, ahead of Gerolsteiener's Robert Förster, who was also riding his last race in Germany for the German team which is ending this year.
It was Greipel's 14th win this season, making him the third-most successful rider of the year.
"I saw in the enthusiasm underway today that cycling in Germany is alive and well," said Zabel, who is retiring at the end of this season. "It was a thrilling finale. I steered myself onto Andre Greipel's rear wheel and tried to pull by him in the last meters. Andre has shown often enough in this season that he has a very high end speed. Unfortunately I couldn't catch him on the last meters. I want to thank everyone for the many wonderful years and leave as a friend of cycling."
A five-rider strong group formed early. Lars Wackernagel (Team Sparkasse), Stefan Ganser (Kuota-Senges), Christoph Schwerdt (Mapei Heizomat), Jacob Kodrub (Glud & Marstrand Horsens) and Marcel Beima (Rabobank Continental) had a lead of up to 7:30 minutes, before Milram led the charge to catch them. The peloton then stayed together for the four laps of the closing circuit in Münster, setting up the bunch sprint.
Results - 204.2 km
1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 4.55.40 (41.4 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 6 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 8 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (Den) Team GLS - Pakke Shop 9 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 Christian Poos (Lux) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances 11 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team 3C Gruppe 12 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 13 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 14 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 16 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 17 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 19 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 20 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 21 Kim Marius Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 24 Robert Sydlik (Ger) Team Vlassenroot 25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 26 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Team GLS - Pakke Shop 27 Mads Rydicher (Den) Differdange Apiflo Vacances 28 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29 Marco Brus (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 30 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Jelle Hanseeuw (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 32 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 33 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 34 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 35 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances 36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C Gruppe 38 Alexander Schmitt (Ger) Team Vlassenroot 39 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 40 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 41 Kim Lachmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomath 42 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 43 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Mindaugas Striska (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 45 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 46 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 47 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil-Shimano 49 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 50 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 51 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 52 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 53 Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Continental Team Milram 54 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 55 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 56 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 57 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.09 58 Paul Voss (Ger) Team 3C Gruppe 0.12 59 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C Gruppe 60 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 0.23 61 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 62 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 63 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.25 64 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.26 65 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 66 Micha Glowatzki (Ger) Team Vlassenroot 67 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 68 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 69 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Senges 72 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Kuota - Senges 73 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 74 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 75 Christopher Stevenson (Swe) Team GLS - Pakke Shop 76 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 77 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 78 David Hesselbarth (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomath 79 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) Isaac 80 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 81 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 82 Nicolaj Olesen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 0.34 83 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 84 Felix Schäfermeier (Ger) Team 3C Gruppe 85 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 86 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances 87 Florin Monreal (Ger) Differdange Apiflo Vacances 88 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomath 89 Erik Magnusson (Swe) Differdange Apiflo Vacances 90 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 91 Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 92 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C Gruppe 93 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 94 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 95 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomath 96 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 97 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 98 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 99 Mart Van Blanken (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 100 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 101 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 102 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C Gruppe 103 Hans Koch (Ger) Isaac 0.42 104 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 0.51 105 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 0.53 106 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.57 107 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Milram 108 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 1.05 109 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1.17 110 Kas Larsen Schjönem (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 1.34 111 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 112 Tho Riber Sellebjer (Den) Team GLS - Pakke Shop 113 Hannes Blank (Ger) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances 114 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances 115 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 116 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 117 Lasse Bøchmann (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 118 Michael Christensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 119 Moritz Mainzer (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 120 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1.37 121 Janick Wisler (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 2.22 122 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2.25 123 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 124 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 125 Luc Hagenaars (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 2.34 126 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 127 Jens Grewe (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomath 3.19 128 Henrik Albinus (Ger) Team Vlassenroot 3.35 129 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 130 Tobias Sydlik (Ger) Team Vlassenroot 131 Nico Schneider (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 132 Glenn Bak (Den) Team GLS - Pakke Shop 3.38 133 Christoph Schwerdt (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomath 3.39 134 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 3.40 135 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 136 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 137 Jacob Kodrup (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 138 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 139 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 140 Marco Kiritschenko (Ger) Isaac DNF Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNF Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia DNF Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram DNF Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner DNF Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi DNF Frank Dressler (Ger) Mitsubishi-Jartazi DNF Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi DNF Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano DNF Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano DNF Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Iljo Keisse (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Alexander Egger (Aut) Team Volksbank DNF Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank DNF Philipp Luderscher (Aut) Team Volksbank DNF Fabien Wolf (Swi) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei DNF Marcel Wyss (Swi) Scott - American Beef DNF Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels DNF Ruud Fransen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels DNF Michael Berling (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Wim Botman (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus DNF Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj DNF Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental DNF Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C Gruppe DNF Tobias Dörrer (Ger) Isaac DNF Karsten Rieger (Ger) Isaac DNF Patrick Schubert (Ger) Isaac DNF Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges DNF Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges DNF Florian Völk (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomath DNF Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomath DNF Patrick Bercz (Ger) Team Vlassenroot
Past winners
2007 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 2006 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano
