Martin defends German time trial title

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Gretsch, Schumacher round out podium behind reigning world champion

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Reigning time trial world champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) en route to victory in the German TT championship(Image credit: Mario Stiehl)

Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) successfully defended his German national time trial title, covering the 50km course in a time of 1:00:58. That was a minute and a half faster than the second-placed finisher, Patrick Gretsch (Argos-Shimano), who came in at 1:02.31. Third place went to Stefan Schumacher (Christina Watches), with a time of 1:02:51.

“I won by one and a half mintues. That shows me that my formis right going into the Tour, since the  time trial competition in Germany is very good,” Martin said. “It was a totally normal time trial, uncomplicated, and the course suited me.”

Former World and German time trial champion, and Martin's Omega Pharma-QuickStep teammate, Bert Grabsch finished ninth, over five minutes down.

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As defending champion Martin started the race last and it soon became obvious that the title would be his. He caught his two-minute man, Lars Teutenberg, at the halfway point, and also setting a new best time of 30:52. Both he and Teutenberg eventually caught and passed Grabsch, Martin's four-minute man, in the second half of the race.

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Full Results
1Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)1:00:58
2Patrick Gretsch (Team Argos-Shimano)0:01:33
3Stefan Schumacher (Christina Watches-Onfone)0:01:53
4Lars Teutenberg (FC Lexxi Speedbike)0:02:48
5Dominik Nerz (BMC Racing Team)0:03:18
6Nikias Arndt (Team Argos-Shimano)0:03:23
7Sven Forberger (Team NSP-Ghost)0:03:28
8Friedrich Meingast (RC Herpersdorf 1919)0:04:41
9Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)0:04:43
10Jan-Niklas Droste (Team Heizomat)0:05:22
11Giulio Focardi (Radsport Pur e.V.)Row 10 - Cell 2
12Martin Reimer (MTN-Qhubeka)0:05:25
13Stefan Gaebel (RSV Speiche)0:06:17
14Kai Hliza (RSC Bad Dürkheim)0:06:30
15Nils Plötner (Team Stölting)0:07:22
16Nico Hesslich (RSC Cottbus)0:07:42
17Stefan Fussstetter (RSV Irschenberg)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Sergej Fuchs (Team NSP-Ghost)0:07:59
19Enrico Heinowsky (Berliner TSC)0:09:42
20Sascha Starker (SSG Bensheim)0:10:11
21Richard Stockhausen (BIKE AID)0:10:20
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