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2013 Tour de Neuss winner Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
2012 Tour de Neuss winner Christian Knees (Sky) awaits the start of the 2013 edition (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Markus Eichler (NetApp-Endura) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Grischa Janorschke (Nutrixxion Abus) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Robert Wagner (Belkin) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Christian Knees (Sky) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Riders await the start of the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
The peloton on the start line for the 2013 Tour de Neuss criterium (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Christian Knees (Sky) on the attack (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Action during the Tour de Neuss criterium (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Action during the Tour de Neuss criterium (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Christian Knees (Sky) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Robert Wagner (Belkin) leads a break (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Robert Wagner (Belkin) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) on the front (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Sky's Christian Knees and Mat Hayman at the front (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Steffen Radochla (Euskaltel-Euskadi) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
André Schulze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Markus Eichler (NetApp-Endura) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Steffen Radochla (Euskaltel-Euskadi) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Christian Knees (Sky) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
German champion Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) on the Tour de Neuss start line (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Markus Fothen is ending his career at the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Riders await the start of the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
The Tour de France devil, Didi Senft, was at the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) awaits the start of the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Markus Fothen will retire from racing at the conclusion of the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
The Tour de Neuss will be Markus Fothen's final race. The German is retiring from competition. (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Didi Senft at the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Guess who this is? (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
HED Staps riders about to sign in (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) and Mat Hayman (Sky) chat before the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Mat Hayman (Sky) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Team EGN riders at the Tour de Neuss (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Martin Reimer (MTN-Qhubeka) (Image credit: Sonja Csury)
Like many of his fellow Tour de France competitors, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) is making the rounds of post-Tour criteriums and the 31-year-old German champion sprinted to victory in Germany's Tour de Neuss on Tuesday evening. Greipel, also the winner of the 2011 edition, became the first two-time winner of the Tour de Neuss in the event's 12-year history.
Rounding out the podium was 2012 Tour de Neuss champion Christian Knees (Sky) in second while elite amateur Joachim Tolles (HED Staps) finished third.
An estimated 10,000 spectators were in attendance for the 81km main event.
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Brief Results 1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 2 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 3 Joachim Tolles (Ger) HED Staps
