Mennen outsprints Huber in Trans Zollernalb stage 1
Süss wins women's stage
Robert Mennen won the Trans Zollernalb opener between Bad Imnau and Balingen on Friday while Urs Huber (Team Bulls) rides in yellow as race leader after winning bonus seconds. Esther Süss, as expected, was the fastest women.
Men
A big leading group stayed together until five kilometers of 59km total to go. Two intermediate sprints at Vöhringen and Bickelsberg did not blow up the group, although Huber tried to gain an advantage of some seconds.
At the first sprint, he missed a corner, so Markus Bauer took the three seconds for the win ahead of Robert Mennen (two seconds) and Jochen Käss (one second). In the second sprint, Huber did better and won in front of Bauer and Leisling.
After an attack by Torsten Marx was neutralized by Tim Böhme, Böhme gave his teammate Huber the chance to escape with two kilometers to go. 2011 race winner Mennen bridged the gap, while Kristian Hynek could not follow and at the same time blocked Bauer.
Mennen then outsprinted Huber for the stage win, but the Swiss rider was awarded with the yellow leader's jersey due to the bonus seconds.
"I was lucky that I knew the corner to the finish straight," said Mennen. "The stage was very calm."
Huber agreed. "Everything stayed together. I took advantage of my teammates Tim and Stefan. We worked well together. There are two more stages to go, it's gonna be exciting."
Bauer finished third, three seconds down. Together with his five bonus seconds, Bauer in the overall is equal with Mennen, one second behind Huber.
Women
Esther Süss was riding in group of men at a pace which no other women could keep. "Normally I don't like fast races like this one, but today I had a lot of fun. Nothing is decided. One flat and everything is gone," said the rider who was third at cross country Worlds a few weeks ago.
She took 2:27 minutes out of Silke Schmidt and 6:52 from Elisabeth Brandau, both of whom were suffering a bit due to infections.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 1:54:32 |
2 | Urs Huber (Swi) Team Bulls | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Markus Bauer (Ger) Lexware-Rothaus-Team | 0:00:03 |
4 | Tim Böhme (Ger) Team Bulls | 0:00:06 |
5 | Kristian Hynek (Cze) Elletroveneta Corratec | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Mathias Leisling (Ger) Black Tusk Racing By Tomotion | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Torsten Marx (Ger) Black Tusk Racing By Tomotion | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Hannes Genze (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:00:09 |
9 | Matthias Pfrommer (Ger) Team Haico Racing | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Markus Westhäuser (Ger) Team Voba RSV 06 Nattheim | 0:00:26 |
11 | Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Markus Kaufmann (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:00:27 |
13 | Aaron Beck (Ger) Gonso-Simplon-Racing-Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Christian Kreuchler (Ger) Team Texpa-Simplon | 0:01:39 |
15 | Matthias Bettinger (Ger) Lexware-Rothaus-Team | 0:03:24 |
16 | Andreas Kleiber (Ger) Lexware-Rothaus-Team | 0:04:37 |
17 | Rupert Palmberger (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:04:38 |
18 | Wolfgang Mayer (Ger) Team Texpa-Simplon | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jochen Käß (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:04:41 |
20 | Stefan Danowski (Ger) Team Bergamont | 0:05:10 |
21 | Max Friedrich (Ger) Firebike-Drössiger | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Sönke Wegner (Ger) Bq Cycling Team / World Of MTB | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Texpa-Simplon | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Stephan Schiele (Ger) Team Voba RSV 06 Nattheim | 0:05:13 |
25 | Peter Hermann (Ger) Team Firebike Drössiger | 0:05:14 |
26 | Steffen Weisenseel (Ger) Bmc Development Team | 0:05:16 |
27 | Sascha Schwindling (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Timo Modosch (Ger) Black Tusk Racing By Tomotion | 0:05:20 |
29 | Ralf Fischer (Ger) Team Voba RSV 06 Nattheim | 0:08:12 |
30 | Jago Fechtmann (Ger) Nutrixxion MTB | 0:08:13 |
31 | Jannik Lambert (Ger) RC Pfälzerwald / Pfalzwerke / Juwi | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Robert Schmitt (Lux) LC Tétange | 0:08:15 |
33 | Daniel Pfrommer (Ger) Team Dak Gesundheit MTB-Füchse Weilstetten | 0:10:07 |
34 | Ragnar Wirths (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Kai Kugler (Ger) Centurion Vaude | 0:10:44 |
36 | Fabian Eppler (Ger) Team Alber / Best-Bike-Parts | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Robert Gorgos (Ger) Redheads Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Pascal Triebel (Lux) LC Tétange | 0:11:22 |
39 | Jan Kaliciak (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Ralf Kropp (Ger) RRV Hameln / Santos Rohloff Team | 0:11:24 |
41 | Simon Laib (Ger) EBE Racing Team | 0:11:25 |
42 | Thomas Lehner (Ger) Team Voba RSV 06 Nattheim | 0:11:26 |
43 | Tobias Sindlinger (Ger) Gonso-Simplon-Racing-Team | 0:11:41 |
44 | Marcus Wilmes (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Nikolaus Syc (Ger) Focus Rapiro Racing | 0:11:45 |
46 | Daniel Neusius (Ger) RV Taube Orscholz 1921 | 0:11:46 |
47 | Michael Vogel (Ger) RSV 06 Nattheim Team Voba | 0:11:47 |
48 | David Schädler (Ger) Serpentine Velosport | 0:11:55 |
49 | Matthias Deuble (Ger) Cts Cycle Training Schwarzwald | 0:13:44 |
50 | David Schiel (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | 0:13:46 |
51 | Philip Meiser (Ger) 2Exercise.Net/RV Tempo Hirzweiler | 0:14:05 |
52 | Andre Schütz (Ger) RC Pfälzerwald | 0:14:08 |
53 | Wouter Dierckx (Bel) | 0:14:12 |
54 | André Domin (Ger) Radsport Rhein-Neckar | 0:14:23 |
55 | Marcus Richter (Ger) Rsc Wiesbaden | 0:17:12 |
56 | Patrik Cura (Ger) Team-Interstuhl | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Peter Paelinck (Bel) Www.Reevax.Be | 0:17:26 |
58 | Sascha Moryson (Ger) Nutrixxion MTB | 0:17:28 |
59 | Philip Decker (Ger) | 0:17:35 |
60 | Mark Schneider (Ger) | 0:17:41 |
61 | Kai Bodmer (Ger) Katrin Schwing Trek Domatec Team | 0:19:56 |
62 | Daniel Sauter (Ger) Gonso-Simplon-Racing-Team | 0:22:54 |
63 | René Hördemann (Ger) Bmc Development Team | 0:23:00 |
64 | Christian Schöllhorn (Ger) Gonso-Simplon-Racing-Team | 0:23:24 |
65 | Christoph Erkner (Ger) Black Tusk Racing By Tomotion | 0:23:31 |
66 | Michael Teutschmann (Swi) Giant Swiss | 0:24:10 |
67 | Arman Yigitkurt (Ger) RSV Geislingen | 0:24:30 |
68 | Ralf Berenhäuser (Ger) Sig Labor Koblenz Poison-Bikes | 0:24:34 |
69 | Timo Igelmund (Ger) Sig-Labor Koblenz -Poison Bikes | 0:24:43 |
70 | Christoph Cords (Swi) XC Riders | 0:25:05 |
71 | Elmar Wörner (Ger) Team Toyota Sauter | 0:28:09 |
72 | Ronny Dölker (Ger) RSV Geislingen | 0:30:34 |
73 | Uwe Köhler (Ger) Team Saarschleife | 0:32:47 |
74 | Christopher Bork (Ger) RSV Stuttgart-Vaihingen E. V. | 0:37:35 |
75 | Christoph Pöttgen (Ger) Mountain Heroes | 0:41:30 |
76 | Frank Holder (Ger) Csv-MTB-Team | 0:41:35 |
77 | Jürgen Schulz (Ger) Sportfreunde Lauffen | 0:46:42 |
78 | Markus Abt (Ger) Sparkasse Zollernalb | 0:47:28 |
79 | Ingo Hilburger (Ger) RC 09 Noppenberg/ Team Toma Cycles | 0:47:58 |
80 | Konstantin Lang (Ger) EBE Racing Team | 0:49:12 |
81 | Danny Hoedemaekers (Ned) RRC De Pedaalridders | 0:56:40 |
82 | Peter Van Sterkenburg (Ger) Team Saarschleife - RV Taube Orscholz 1921 | 1:04:41 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Esther Süß (Swi) Wheeler Ixs Pro Team | 2:05:58 |
2 | Silke Schmidt (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | 0:02:27 |
3 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) EBE Racing Team | 0:06:52 |
4 | Gabi Stanger (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:08:02 |
5 | Jana Zieschank (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts | 0:08:28 |
6 | Anja Gradl (Ger) Team Bulls | 0:21:15 |
7 | Steffi Meizer (Ger) RSV Ebringen / Team Racing Students | 0:26:34 |
8 | Silke Keinath (Ger) KTM Racing Team | 0:27:45 |
9 | Bettina Thannheimer (Ger) Team Dak Gesundheit MTB-Füchse Weilstetten | 0:54:31 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Urs Huber (Swi) Team Bulls | 1:54:29 |
2 | Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 0:00:01 |
3 | Markus Bauer (Ger) Lexware-Rothaus-Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Mathias Leisling (Ger) Black Tusk Racing By Tomotion | 0:00:08 |
5 | Tim Böhme (Ger) Team Bulls | 0:00:09 |
6 | Kristian Hynek (Cze) Elletroveneta Corratec | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Torsten Marx (Ger) Black Tusk Racing By Tomotion | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Hannes Genze (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:00:12 |
9 | Matthias Pfrommer (Ger) Team Haico Racing | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Markus Westhäuser (Ger) Team Voba RSV 06 Nattheim | 0:00:29 |
11 | Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Markus Kaufmann (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:00:30 |
13 | Aaron Beck (Ger) Gonso-Simplon-Racing-Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Christian Kreuchler (Ger) Team Texpa-Simplon | 0:01:42 |
15 | Matthias Bettinger (Ger) Lexware-Rothaus-Team | 0:03:27 |
16 | Andreas Kleiber (Ger) Lexware-Rothaus-Team | 0:04:40 |
17 | Rupert Palmberger (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:04:41 |
18 | Wolfgang Mayer (Ger) Team Texpa-Simplon | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jochen Käß (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:04:43 |
20 | Stefan Danowski (Ger) Team Bergamont | 0:05:13 |
21 | Max Friedrich (Ger) Firebike-Drössiger | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Sönke Wegner (Ger) Bq Cycling Team / World Of MTB | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Texpa-Simplon | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Stephan Schiele (Ger) Team Voba RSV 06 Nattheim | 0:05:16 |
25 | Jan Kaliciak (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | 0:05:17 |
26 | Steffen Weisenseel (Ger) Bmc Development Team | 0:05:19 |
27 | Sascha Schwindling (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Timo Modosch (Ger) Black Tusk Racing By Tomotion | 0:05:23 |
29 | Ralf Fischer (Ger) Team Voba RSV 06 Nattheim | 0:08:15 |
30 | Jago Fechtmann (Ger) Nutrixxion MTB | 0:08:16 |
31 | Jannik Lambert (Ger) RC Pfälzerwald / Pfalzwerke / Juwi | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Robert Schmitt (Lux) LC Tétange | 0:08:18 |
33 | Daniel Pfrommer (Ger) Team Dak Gesundheit MTB-Füchse Weilstetten | 0:10:10 |
34 | Ragnar Wirths (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Kai Kugler (Ger) Centurion Vaude | 0:10:47 |
36 | Fabian Eppler (Ger) Team Alber / Best-Bike-Parts | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Robert Gorgos (Ger) Redheads Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Pascal Triebel (Lux) LC Tétange | 0:11:25 |
39 | Jan Kaliciak (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Ralf Kropp (Ger) RRV Hameln / Santos Rohloff Team | 0:11:27 |
41 | Simon Laib (Ger) EBE Racing Team | 0:11:28 |
42 | Thomas Lehner (Ger) Team Voba RSV 06 Nattheim | 0:11:29 |
43 | Tobias Sindlinger (Ger) Gonso-Simplon-Racing-Team | 0:11:44 |
44 | Marcus Wilmes (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Nikolaus Syc (Ger) Focus Rapiro Racing | 0:11:48 |
46 | Daniel Neusius (Ger) RV Taube Orscholz 1921 | 0:11:49 |
47 | Michael Vogel (Ger) RSV 06 Nattheim Team Voba | 0:11:50 |
48 | David Schädler (Ger) Serpentine Velosport | 0:11:58 |
49 | Matthias Deuble (Ger) Cts Cycle Training Schwarzwald | 0:13:47 |
50 | David Schiel (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | 0:13:49 |
51 | Philip Meiser (Ger) 2Exercise.Net/RV Tempo Hirzweiler | 0:14:08 |
52 | Andre Schütz (Ger) RC Pfälzerwald | 0:14:11 |
53 | Wouter Dierckx (Bel) | 0:14:15 |
54 | André Domin (Ger) Radsport Rhein-Neckar | 0:14:26 |
55 | Marcus Richter (Ger) Rsc Wiesbaden | 0:17:15 |
56 | Patrik Cura (Ger) Team-Interstuhl | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Peter Paelinck (Bel) Www.Reevax.Be | 0:17:29 |
58 | Sascha Moryson (Ger) Nutrixxion MTB | 0:17:31 |
59 | Philip Decker (Ger) | 0:17:38 |
60 | Mark Schneider (Ger) | 0:17:44 |
61 | Kai Bodmer (Ger) Katrin Schwing Trek Domatec Team | 0:19:59 |
62 | Daniel Sauter (Ger) Gonso-Simplon-Racing-Team | 0:22:57 |
63 | René Hördemann (Ger) Bmc Development Team | 0:23:03 |
64 | Christian Schöllhorn (Ger) Gonso-Simplon-Racing-Team | 0:23:27 |
65 | Christoph Erkner (Ger) Black Tusk Racing By Tomotion | 0:23:34 |
66 | Michael Teutschmann (Swi) Giant Swiss | 0:24:13 |
67 | Arman Yigitkurt (Ger) RSV Geislingen | 0:24:33 |
68 | Ralf Berenhäuser (Ger) Sig Labor Koblenz Poison-Bikes | 0:24:37 |
69 | Timo Igelmund (Ger) Sig-Labor Koblenz -Poison Bikes | 0:24:46 |
70 | Christoph Cords (Swi) XC Riders | 0:25:08 |
71 | Elmar Wörner (Ger) Team Toyota Sauter | 0:28:12 |
72 | Ronny Dölker (Ger) RSV Geislingen | 0:30:37 |
73 | Uwe Köhler (Ger) Team Saarschleife | 0:32:50 |
74 | Christopher Bork (Ger) RSV Stuttgart-Vaihingen E. V. | 0:37:38 |
75 | Christoph Pöttgen (Ger) Mountain Heroes | 0:41:33 |
76 | Frank Holder (Ger) Csv-MTB-Team | 0:41:38 |
77 | Jürgen Schulz (Ger) Sportfreunde Lauffen | 0:46:45 |
78 | Markus Abt (Ger) Sparkasse Zollernalb | 0:47:31 |
79 | Ingo Hilburger (Ger) RC 09 Noppenberg/ Team Toma Cycles | 0:48:01 |
80 | Konstantin Lang (Ger) EBE Racing Team | 0:49:15 |
81 | Danny Hoedemaekers (Ned) RRC De Pedaalridders | 0:56:43 |
82 | Peter Van Sterkenburg (Ger) Team Saarschleife - RV Taube Orscholz 1921 | 1:04:44 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Esther Süß (Swi) Wheeler Ixs Pro Team | 2:05:58 |
2 | Silke Schmidt (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | 0:02:27 |
3 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) EBE Racing Team | 0:06:52 |
4 | Gabi Stanger (Ger) Team Centurion Vaude | 0:08:02 |
5 | Jana Zieschank (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts | 0:08:28 |
6 | Anja Gradl (Ger) Team Bulls | 0:21:15 |
7 | Steffi Meizer (Ger) RSV Ebringen / Team Racing Students | 0:26:34 |
8 | Silke Keinath (Ger) KTM Racing Team | 0:27:45 |
9 | Bettina Thannheimer (Ger) Team Dak Gesundheit MTB-Füchse Weilstetten | 0:54:31 |
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