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31st Internationale Niedersachsen Rundfahrt - 2.1

Germany, April 25-29, 2007

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Stage 2 - April 26: Bremen - Melle, 186.9 km

Déjà-vu all over again

By Susan Westemeyer

Another Niedersachsen stage, another Petacchi win. This one was different in that Alessandro Petacchi's teammate Erik Zabel finished second, giving Milram the old one-two.

"Incredible. We have a great team. They worked all day, so this victory is for them," said Petacchi at the finish. "Now, I'm really satisfied. I feel like a different person than what I was at Milan-Sanremo. Thanks again to Zabel, who was at my disposal again today. I hope I can pay him back this favour as soon as possible."

Said Milram directeur sportif Antonio Bevilacqua: "Petacchi is himself again, sure of himself and serene at the same time. It shows that the time at home is bearing fruit. We look forward to the Giro d'Italia now. If Alessandro's form increases just a little more, we will have fun there. Like he says: it's just a question of time."

20 kilometres into the race the inevitable breakaway group formed, with Christoph Meschenmoser (Skil Shimano), Darren Lill (Navigators), Dominik Klemme (3C-Gruppe-Lamonta) and Matthias Hahn (Thüringer Energie). They built up an advantage of up to five minutes before being rounded up again some 150 km later.

Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                   4.21.57
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   
3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                     
4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            
5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                    
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling           
8 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                    
9 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                        
10 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling             
11 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                    
12 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                          
13 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare     
14 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team        
15 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                        
16 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                     
17 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                
18 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus                     
19 Lado Fumic (Ger) German National Team                         
20 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                    
21 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                           
22 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                    
23 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                
24 Dimitry Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                 
25 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team         
26 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                    
27 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                         
28 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       
29 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
30 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
31 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                   
32 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                
33 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling             
34 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                      
35 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
36 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare          
37 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                
38 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                      
39 Jochen Käß (Ger) German National Team                         
40 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             
41 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling               
42 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                               
43 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus        
44 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
45 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling             
46 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                    
47 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team        
48 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling              
49 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
50 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
51 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                        
52 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                  
53 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                           
54 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                   
55 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare               
56 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team                     
57 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                     
58 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                           
59 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                       
60 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                     
61 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team                      
62 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                     
63 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling              
64 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                     
65 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
66 Manuel Fumic (Ger) German National Team                       
67 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                
68 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                    
69 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                     
70 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
71 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
72 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta              
73 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges             
74 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                       
75 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                     
76 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                     
77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                               
78 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling           
79 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                   
80 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team                      
81 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                  
82 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         
83 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                      
84 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                
85 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                            
86 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus                   
87 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
88 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                   
89 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges            
90 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                     
91 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team      
92 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                            
93 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                      
94 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      
95 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        
96 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                
97 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team                 0.17
98 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                          0.18
99 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                0.22
100 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                         0.31
101 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                0.33
102 Evgenyi Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                                 
103 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana                                 
104 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                       0.38
105 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                   
106 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      
107 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        0.39
108 Roman Jördens (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus               0.42
109 Richard Geng (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                0.58
110 Matthias Hahn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                   
111 Guido Fulst (Ger) German National Team                       
112 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        
113 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse                            
114 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team    
115 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team         
116 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       1.35
117 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                              2.59
118 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta              5.11
 
Points
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                        15 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                 14
3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                   13
4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          12
5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         11
6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                  10
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling          9
8 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                   8
9 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                       7
10 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling            6
11 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                   5
12 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         4
13 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare    3
14 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       2
15 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                       1
 
Sprints
 
Sprint #1
1 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                      5 pts
2 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                     3
3 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                   2
4 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team            1
 
Sprint #2, km 174
1 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        5 pts
2 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                        3
3 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         2
4 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                1
 
Mountains
 
GPM Cat. 3, km 111,9
1 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                   4 pts
2 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team            2
3 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                     1
 
GPM Cat 3, km 149,7
1 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                   4 pts
2 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                     2
3 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team            1
 
Teams
 
1 Milram                                                 13.05.51
2 Skil-Shimano                                                   
3 T-Mobile Team                                                  
4 Astana                                                         
5 Rabobank                                                       
6 Team 3C-Gruppe-Lamon                                           
7 Navigators Insurance                                           
8 Wiesenhof-Felt                                                 
9 Ceramica Panaria-Nav                                           
10 Thüringer Energie Te                                          
11 Heinz von Heiden Foc                                          
12 Gerolsteiner                                                  
13 Regiostrom-Senges                                             
14 Nationalteam Bahn/MT                                          
15 Team Sparkasse                                                
 
General classification after stage two
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                   7.51.28
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                0.14
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   
4 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                            
5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                 0.16
6 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare           
7 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                     0.17
8 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
9 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                    
10 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                      
11 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                 0.18
12 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                        
13 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                     0.19
14 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       0.20
15 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
16 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling             
17 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                   
18 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team        
19 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare     
20 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                        
21 Lado Fumic (Ger) German National Team                         
22 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                    
23 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                          
24 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                           
25 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                     
26 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
27 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                      
28 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                
29 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                
30 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                       
31 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                    
32 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team         
33 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                         
34 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       
35 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
36 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                               
37 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                   
38 Jochen Käß (Ger) German National Team                         
39 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling             
40 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling             
41 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus                     
42 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling               
43 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                     
44 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
45 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team        
46 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                    
47 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                      
48 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                
49 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                    
50 Sören Hofmann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                    
51 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling              
52 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
53 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             
54 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                
55 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus        
56 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                   
57 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
58 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                     
59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
60 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team                     
61 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                     
62 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling           
63 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                  
64 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling              
65 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
66 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                               
67 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                           
68 Leif Lampater (Ger) German National Team                      
69 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare               
70 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
71 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                            
72 Manuel Fumic (Ger) German National Team                       
73 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                  
74 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team                      
75 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                     
76 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges             
77 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                   
78 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                     
79 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges            
80 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                     
81 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                
82 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                    
83 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      
84 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                       
85 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus                   
86 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta              
87 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                       
88 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
89 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team      
90 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse                      
91 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                
92 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                            
93 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                
94 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German National Team                 0.37
95 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                          0.38
96 Florian Frohn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                0.42
97 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                          0.51
98 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana                              0.53
99 Evgenyi Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                                  
100 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                    
101 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                  0.58
102 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                           
103 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                   
104 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        0.59
105 Roman Jördens (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus               1.02
106 Dimitry Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                            1.10
107 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        1.18
108 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team         
109 Matthias Hahn (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                   
110 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        
111 Guido Fulst (Ger) German National Team                       
112 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team    
113 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                1.40
114 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       1.55
115 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling     2.45
116 Richard Geng (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                2.52
117 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                              3.19
118 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta              5.30
 
Points classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                        30 pts
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                  24
3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                   22
4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          22
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                 21
6 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         19
7 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling            18
8 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare         13
9 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                     11
10 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                         10
11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling         9
12 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                  8
13 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                      7
14 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             6
15 Stephan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                       5
16 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                     5
17 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              5
18 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                  5
19 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                5
20 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                   5
21 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       4
22 Lado Fumic (Ger) German National Team                        4
23 Jonas Owaczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                         4
24 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                    3
25 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                       3
26 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare    3
27 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                   3
28 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse                        2
29 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       2
30 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                  2
31 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                       1
32 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                          1
33 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                               1
34 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                   8 pts
2 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta              4
3 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                     3
4 Daren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team            3
5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                2
6 Manuel Fumic (Ger) German National Team                       1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Milram                                                 23.35.02
2 Ceramica Panaria-Nav                                           
3 Rabobank                                                       
4 Skil-Shimano                                                   
5 Astana                                                         
6 T-Mobile Team                                                  
7 Thüringer Energie Te                                           
8 Gerolsteiner                                                   
9 Team 3C-Gruppe-Lamon                                           
10 Navigators Insurance                                          
11 Wiesenhof-Felt                                                
12 Regiostrom-Senges                                             
13 Heinz von Heiden Foc                                          
14 Nationalteam Bahn/MT                                          
15 Team Sparkasse