Sparkassen Giro 2009: Sparkassen Giro-Men Results

Mark Cavendish earned his twentieth victory of the season on Sunday with a win in the Sparkasse Giro in Bochum, Germany. The 24-year-old Brit outsprinted former teammate Gerald Ciolek (Team Milram) to take the 180-kilometre one-day race.

"It's an impressive result for Mark," said team manager Rolf Aldag. "He had a tough Tour de France and he's been winning all season, but the victories just keep coming. And this was not an easy race at all. It was held on a tough little circuit, with two short but hard climbs and then a fast descent to the finish, and on top of that it was raining most of the day.

Despite having only five riders on the start line, Columbia-HTC covered all the attacks and kept the race under control for Cavendish. "It's really impressive when you consider we've just come out of a really successful Tour and all of the riders who took part for us in this race had taken part in the Tour," said Aldag. "Some guys just lose their way a little if they've done well there, but not Mark and not our team. So even if it's not a huge surprise when Cav wins a sprint, this victory shows he's still focused and concentrating on winning."

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Results
1	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC	4:16:30
2	Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Andreas Stauff (Ger) FC Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Mainz	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Nico Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Pieter Van Speybroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Maximilian May (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Oleksandr Martynenko (Ukr) ISD-Sport-Donetsk	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Christer Rake (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Frank Daniel Wagner (Ger) Seven Stones	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Jan Bakelants (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	David Hesselbarth (Ger) Heizomat Mapei	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:00:05
23	Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Jaco Venter (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram	0:00:08
28	Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram	0:00:11
29	Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest	0:00:14
31	Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram	0:00:24
32	Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas	0:00:30
35	Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC	0:00:49
36	Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team	0:01:04
37	Ronan Mc Laughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Hans Bloks (Ned) Cycling Team Jo Piels	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Indeland	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Nils Plötner (Ger) Heizomat Mapei	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram	0:01:10
51	Michael Stevenson (Swe) Team Sparebanken Vest	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cinelli - Down Under	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram	0:01:13
54	Felix Rinker (Ger) Heizomat Mapei	0:02:08
55	Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse	0:04:06
56	Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei	0:04:46
57	Cornelius Van Ooijen (Ned) Cycling Team Jo Piels	0:04:54
58	Anatoliy Pakthusov (Ukr) ISD-Sport-Donetsk	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Normunds Lasis (Lat) Cycling Club Bourgas	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Jahn Fredrik Grue (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Janick Wisler (Swi) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Geir Inge Berg (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Jiri Sibl (Cze) CK Windoor's Pribram	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Maxime Beney (Swi) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	James Spragg (GBr) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Erki Pütsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Patrick Bercz (Ger) Seven Stones	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Alexander Schmitt (Ger) Seven Stones	0:07:41
71	Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Vitaliy Popkov (Ukr) ISD-Sport-Donetsk	0:08:39
73	Florian Harbig (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Florian Volk (Ger) Heizomat Mapei	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Cinelli - Down Under	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Mart Ojavee (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Allar Karu (Est) Meridiana - Kalev Chocolate Team	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Heizomat Mapei	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) ISD-Sport-Donetsk	0:10:03
81	Rik Kavsek (Ned) Cycling Team Jo Piels	0:13:27
82	Han Feng (Chn) Skil-Shimano	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Filip Svestka (Cze) CK Windoor's Pribram	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Florian Frohn (Ger) Heizomat Mapei	Row 84 - Cell 2
86	René Obst (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Grischa Janorschke (Ger) FC Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Mainz	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Denys Karnulin (Ukr) ISD-Sport-Donetsk	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Erik Mohs (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team	Row 90 - Cell 2