Wegmann takes second consecutive Frankfurt win

Fabian Wegmann of Team Milram completed his comeback from a broken collarbone and defended his title in Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt, taking the sprint of a greatly-reduced field. Two Landbouwkrediet riders finished second and third, Geert Verheyen and Bert Scheirlinckx.

The peloton had fallen back enough to be pulled from the race after the first of three laps of a closing circuit course, leaving only about 30 riders to go for the win. Milram had three in that group, and set things up for their captain perfectly.

"It doesn't get any better than this," said the ecstatic winner. He was in the lead early, and "I didn't look back, I just kept on going. I've had so much bad luck this year, and this is fantastic, to win my favourite race again."

"I worked hard. It was a large group and hard work. I gambled by waiting, then finally went for it. Niki Terpstra rode really great for me, Christian Knees, too."

The race got off to a damp start, as the roads were wet from overnight rain and there was still a light drizzle. About 10km into the day a six-rider group formed. Dirk Müller (Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse), Ralf Matzka (Team Heizomat), Frank Wagner (Seven Stones), Timon Seubert (Team NetApp), Johannes Kahra (Kuota Indeland) and Josef Benetseder (Vorarlberg-Corratec) built up a lead of up to 3:30, but once the route starting climbing, the gap shrank.

The group fell apart on the Ruppertshainer climb, and by the time the descent was over, Müller was alone in front, but not for long. He too was caught, and soon a new group formed. That was the pattern for many kilometres, as various groups and individuals tried their luck.

By kilometre 118, Matteo Carrara of Vacansoliel had managed to get away. Some 20km later he was joined by Katusha's Evgeni Petrov, but a large chasing group was only 30 seconds behind them.

With 40km to go, it was clear that HTC-Columbia was not going to be involved in the win. None of its riders had gotten into the large chase group, and the six-minute gap to the two leaders was too great.

Jerome Coppel of Saur-SojaSun joined the two leaders with 30km left in the race, but the group was caught before they all started on the three laps of the closing circuit course. Numerous riders goat away, with groups forming and falling apart. Meanwhile, the peloton was taken out after the first lap. Their gap of about five minutes was too great for the short circuit course.

Another Saur SojaSun rider took off solo, Julien Simon, with just over 6km left. He never had much of a lead but managed to stay away until just before the 1km marker. Three Milram riders led the way to the end, with Wegmann, not known as a sprinter, going into the wind early and managing to hold on until the end.

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram4:53:22
2Geert Verheyen (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 1 - Cell 2
3Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 2 - Cell 2
4Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 3 - Cell 2
5Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team KatushaRow 4 - Cell 2
6Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 5 - Cell 2
7Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 6 - Cell 2
8Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) LandbouwkredietRow 7 - Cell 2
8Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 8 - Cell 2
10Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - ShimanoRow 9 - Cell 2
11Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - MercatorRow 10 - Cell 2
12Nick Nuyens (Bel) RabobankRow 11 - Cell 2
13Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 12 - Cell 2
14Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team NetAppRow 13 - Cell 2
15Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 14 - Cell 2
16Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetAppRow 15 - Cell 2
17Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetAppRow 16 - Cell 2
18Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 17 - Cell 2
19Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - MercatorRow 18 - Cell 2
20Bram Tankink (Ned) RabobankRow 19 - Cell 2
21Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 20 - Cell 2
22Egor Silin (Rus) Team KatushaRow 21 - Cell 2
23Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha0:00:05
24Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 23 - Cell 2
25Christian Knees (Ger) Team MilramRow 24 - Cell 2
26Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 25 - Cell 2
27Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 26 - Cell 2
28Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram0:01:07
DNFWim De Vocht (Bel) Team MilramRow 28 - Cell 2
DNFLinus Gerdemann (Ger) Team MilramRow 29 - Cell 2
DNFRoy Sentjens (Bel) Team MilramRow 30 - Cell 2
DNFPaul Voss (Ger) Team MilramRow 31 - Cell 2
DNFPeter Wrolich (Aut) Team MilramRow 32 - Cell 2
DNFStef Clement (Ned) RabobankRow 33 - Cell 2
DNFSteven Kruijswijk (Ned) RabobankRow 34 - Cell 2
DNFTom Leezer (Ned) RabobankRow 35 - Cell 2
DNFKai Reus (Ned) RabobankRow 36 - Cell 2
DNFJos Van Emden (Ned) RabobankRow 37 - Cell 2
DNFAndre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 38 - Cell 2
DNFAleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 39 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 40 - Cell 2
DNFGert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 41 - Cell 2
DNFPatrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 42 - Cell 2
DNFLeigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 43 - Cell 2
DNFTony Martin (Ger) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 44 - Cell 2
DNFMarcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 45 - Cell 2
DNFFilippo Pozzato (Ita) Team KatushaRow 46 - Cell 2
DNFMarco Bandiera (Ita) Team KatushaRow 47 - Cell 2
DNFNikita Eskov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 48 - Cell 2
DNFSerguei Klimov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 49 - Cell 2
DNFRobbie McEwen (Aus) Team KatushaRow 50 - Cell 2
DNFSylwester Janiszewski (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 51 - Cell 2
DNFAdam Sznitko (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 52 - Cell 2
DNFKamil Zielinski (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 53 - Cell 2
DNFTomasz Repinski (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 54 - Cell 2
DNFTomasz Smolen (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 55 - Cell 2
DNFMaxim Belkov (Rus) ISD - NeriRow 56 - Cell 2
DNFDmytro Grabowskyy (Ukr) ISD - NeriRow 57 - Cell 2
DNFOleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD - NeriRow 58 - Cell 2
DNFDenys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD - NeriRow 59 - Cell 2
DNFGianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 60 - Cell 2
DNFLeonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 61 - Cell 2
DNFDavy Commeyne (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 62 - Cell 2
DNFBert De Waele (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 63 - Cell 2
DNFBart Dockx (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 64 - Cell 2
DNFBenjamin Gourgue (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 65 - Cell 2
DNFJimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 66 - Cell 2
DNFJérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 67 - Cell 2
DNFLaurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 68 - Cell 2
DNFYannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 69 - Cell 2
DNFDominique Cornu (Bel) Skil - ShimanoRow 70 - Cell 2
DNFYukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - ShimanoRow 71 - Cell 2
DNFYann Huguet (Fra) Skil - ShimanoRow 72 - Cell 2
DNFThierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - ShimanoRow 73 - Cell 2
DNFPiet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - ShimanoRow 74 - Cell 2
DNFAlbert Timmer (Ned) Skil - ShimanoRow 75 - Cell 2
DNFFrederik Wilmann (Nor) Skil - ShimanoRow 76 - Cell 2
DNFSander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - MercatorRow 77 - Cell 2
DNFStijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - MercatorRow 78 - Cell 2
DNFPieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - MercatorRow 79 - Cell 2
DNFPreben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - MercatorRow 80 - Cell 2
DNFKristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - MercatorRow 81 - Cell 2
DNFMichal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 82 - Cell 2
DNFStéphane Rossetto (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 83 - Cell 2
DNFSergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 84 - Cell 2
DNFRob Ruygh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 85 - Cell 2
DNFJosef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 86 - Cell 2
DNFSebastian Baldauf (Ger) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 87 - Cell 2
DNFAndreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 88 - Cell 2
DNFRene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 89 - Cell 2
DNFReto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 90 - Cell 2
DNFPhilipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 91 - Cell 2
DNFSebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 92 - Cell 2
DNFRené Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 93 - Cell 2
DNFNikias Arndt (Ger) LKT Team BrandenburgRow 94 - Cell 2
DNFMathias Belka (Ger) LKT Team BrandenburgRow 95 - Cell 2
DNFFelix Dehmel (Ger) LKT Team BrandenburgRow 96 - Cell 2
DNFJohannes Kahra (Ger) LKT Team BrandenburgRow 97 - Cell 2
DNFMichel Koch (Ger) LKT Team BrandenburgRow 98 - Cell 2
DNFTino Meier (Ger) LKT Team BrandenburgRow 99 - Cell 2
DNFEric Pidun (Ger) LKT Team BrandenburgRow 100 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Weicht (Ger) LKT Team BrandenburgRow 101 - Cell 2
DNFPatrick Bercz (Ger) Seven StonesRow 102 - Cell 2
DNFThomas Bontenackels (Ger) Seven StonesRow 103 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Hümbert (Ger) Seven StonesRow 104 - Cell 2
DNFJulian Kern (Ger) Seven StonesRow 105 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Nordhoff (Ger) Seven StonesRow 106 - Cell 2
DNFChristopher Roth (Ger) Seven StonesRow 107 - Cell 2
DNFChristopher Schmieg (Ger) Seven StonesRow 108 - Cell 2
DNFFrank Daniel Wagner (Ger) Seven StonesRow 109 - Cell 2
DNFTim Barth (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 110 - Cell 2
DNFYannick Mayer (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 111 - Cell 2
DNFNils Plötner (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 112 - Cell 2
DNFRalf Matzka (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 113 - Cell 2
DNFFelix Rinker (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 114 - Cell 2
DNFFabian Schaar (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 115 - Cell 2
DNFJonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 116 - Cell 2
DNFMatthias Bertling (Ger) Team Kuota IndelandRow 117 - Cell 2
DNFStefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota IndelandRow 118 - Cell 2
DNFBjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota IndelandRow 119 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Grad (Ger) Team Kuota IndelandRow 120 - Cell 2
DNFDirk Finders (Ger) Team Kuota IndelandRow 121 - Cell 2
DNFLuc Hagenaars (Ned) Team Kuota IndelandRow 122 - Cell 2
DNFEmmanuel Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota IndelandRow 123 - Cell 2
DNFDaniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Kuota IndelandRow 124 - Cell 2
DNFJan Barta (Cze) Team NetAppRow 125 - Cell 2
DNFCesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetAppRow 126 - Cell 2
DNFBastien Delrot (Fra) Team NetAppRow 127 - Cell 2
DNFAlex Meenhorst (NZl) Team NetAppRow 128 - Cell 2
DNFTimon Seubert (Ger) Team NetAppRow 129 - Cell 2
DNFSergej Fuchs (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 130 - Cell 2
DNFKim Lachmann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 131 - Cell 2
DNFPhilipp Mamos (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 132 - Cell 2
DNFDirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 133 - Cell 2
DNFSteffen Radochla (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 134 - Cell 2
DNFMitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 135 - Cell 2
DNFRene Obst (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 136 - Cell 2
DNFLars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 137 - Cell 2

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