Ciolek's 21st birthday present

Ciolek (left) and Sieberg

Ciolek (left) and Sieberg (Image credit: Florian Schaaf)

Gerald Ciolek of T-Mobile Team turned 21 in style yesterday, winning the first stage of the 3-Länder Tour and taking the leader's, climber's and young rider's jerseys. "Gerald has earned a glass of champagne this evening," said his Directeur Sportif, Tristan Hoffman, on t-mobile-team.com. "But just one. After all, we want to keep on going for stage wins in the next few days."

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