Greipel triumphs in German road race championships
Ciolek, Degenkolb on podium
Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) won the mass sprint in Wangen to take his first German national road race title.
The sprinter beat Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung) and John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) in the pouring rain.
“I have tried so often but never won it. Going to the Tour de France with the national champion's jersey makes me very happy,” said Greipel with a sincere smile.
Despite the sprint finish, the race was aggressively fought out. Attack followed attack during the race, with various groups getting up to a three and a half minute gap, but most were caught again.
Theo Reinhardt (rad-net ROSE Team), Marcel Meisen (Team BKCP-Power Plus), Thomas Koep (Team Stölting), Andreas Schillinger (NetApp-Endura) and Mike-Aaron Egger (Bergstraße-Jenatec) took a 1:47 advantage into the last of six laps of the 37.5km course.
By then the rain had started, and Egger was the first to fall out of the group. But this group too was caught, and a new large group formed, with almost all the big names in it. Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) was the only favourite not to have made the cut.
The rain grew harder and the attacks continued, but the fast men and their helpers kept things together, with Greipel eventually proving to be the best on the day. The group had kept their tempo so high that the next riders crossed the line six minutes later.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 5:17:03 |
2 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Christina Watches | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Raffael Freienstein (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Johannes Weber (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Sharp | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:04 |
16 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:09 |
17 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 0:00:12 |
18 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:00:13 |
19 | Thomas Koep (Ger) Team Stölting | 0:01:13 |
20 | Theo Reinhardt (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Rabobank Development Team | 0:01:50 |
22 | Alexander Krieger (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Rabobank Development Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Florian Bissinger (Ger) Team Voralberg | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Florenz Knauer (Ger) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jan Dieteren (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Martin Reimer (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Alexander Grad (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Simon Nuber (Ger) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | 0:01:55 |
35 | Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Sven Forberger (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Julian Kern (Ger) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | 0:02:11 |
45 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus | 0:04:45 |
46 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:05:33 |
47 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Rainer Rettner (Ger) | 0:06:31 |
50 | Sebastian Deckert (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Alexander Nordhoff (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Synergy Baku Cycling Project | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Michael Schweizer (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Michael (Jr) Schweizer (Ger) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Marcel Weber (Ger) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Yannick Mayer (Ger) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Christoph Springer (Ger) Team Voralberg | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Alexander Schmitt (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Dirk Finders (Ger) To Win-Josan Cycling Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Grischa Janorschke (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Manuel Straub (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Kenneth Coomans (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Marius Jessenberger (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Jan Oelerich (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Fabio Nappa (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Tim Gebauer (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Christian Mager (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Benjamin Sydlik (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Jan-Niklas Droste (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Franz Schiewer (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Florian Scheit (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Daniel Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek Continental | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:09:12 |
81 | Max Walsleben (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | 0:09:38 |
82 | Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Arnold Fiek (Ger) | 0:11:10 |
86 | Stefan Gaebel (Ger) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Ole Quast (Ger) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Benjamim Edmüller (Ger) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Felix Dehmel (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Andreas Fließgarten (Ger) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Steffen Radochla (Ger) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Johannes Heider (Ger) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Christopher Hatz (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | 0:11:24 |
94 | Fabian Danner (Ger) | 0:16:50 |
95 | Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Stölting | 0:17:08 |
96 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | 0:17:37 |
98 | Tobias Dohlus (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Felix Donath (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Erik Bothe (Ger) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | André Schulze (Ger) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabian Schnaidt (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ralf Matzka (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benedikt Kendler (Ger) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sascha Weber (Ger) Team Differdange | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mike Egger (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Jun. Hümbert (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arne Kenzler (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim Schlichenmaier (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tobias Knaup (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthias Plarre (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lucas Liß (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Mathis (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Muche (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nils Schomber (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kersten Thiele (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Domenic Weinstein (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dario Rapps (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jan Wälzlein (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Forke (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timo Thömel (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | André Benoit (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julian Hellmann (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andreas Miessen (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Florian Monreal (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ron Pfeifer (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arne Egner (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nils Plötner (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nils Politt (Ger) Team Stölting | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Moritz Schaffner (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Deprie (Ger) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Lechner (Ger) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Nuber (Ger) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Philipp Zwingenberger (Ger) | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Weicht (Ger) | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nico Denz (Ger) | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lars Teutenberg (Ger) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Friedrich Meingast (Ger) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Gannopolskiy (Ger) | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roberto Da Costa Meira (Ger) | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eric Baumann (Ger) | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nico Hesslich (Ger) | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Kohlhofer (Ger) | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bernd Brennauer (Ger) | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benedict Philipp (Ger) | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hermann Keller (Ger) | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Raoul Klaus (Ger) | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rick Ampler (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Holger Burkhardt (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Körber (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabian Genuit (Ger) | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Max Erhardt (Ger) | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Richard Klein (Ger) | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
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