Greipel triumphs in German road race championships
Ciolek, Degenkolb on podium
Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) won the mass sprint in Wangen to take his first German national road race title.
The sprinter beat Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung) and John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) in the pouring rain.
“I have tried so often but never won it. Going to the Tour de France with the national champion's jersey makes me very happy,” said Greipel with a sincere smile.
Despite the sprint finish, the race was aggressively fought out. Attack followed attack during the race, with various groups getting up to a three and a half minute gap, but most were caught again.
Theo Reinhardt (rad-net ROSE Team), Marcel Meisen (Team BKCP-Power Plus), Thomas Koep (Team Stölting), Andreas Schillinger (NetApp-Endura) and Mike-Aaron Egger (Bergstraße-Jenatec) took a 1:47 advantage into the last of six laps of the 37.5km course.
By then the rain had started, and Egger was the first to fall out of the group. But this group too was caught, and a new large group formed, with almost all the big names in it. Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) was the only favourite not to have made the cut.
The rain grew harder and the attacks continued, but the fast men and their helpers kept things together, with Greipel eventually proving to be the best on the day. The group had kept their tempo so high that the next riders crossed the line six minutes later.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 5:17:03 |
2 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | |
3 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | |
4 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus | |
5 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | |
6 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Christina Watches | |
7 | Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Team Stölting | |
8 | Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | |
9 | Raffael Freienstein (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
10 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
11 | Johannes Weber (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
12 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
13 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Sharp | |
14 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling | |
15 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:04 |
16 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:09 |
17 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 0:00:12 |
18 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:00:13 |
19 | Thomas Koep (Ger) Team Stölting | 0:01:13 |
20 | Theo Reinhardt (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
21 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Rabobank Development Team | 0:01:50 |
22 | Alexander Krieger (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
23 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Rabobank Development Team | |
24 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha | |
25 | Florian Bissinger (Ger) Team Voralberg | |
26 | Florenz Knauer (Ger) | |
27 | Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
28 | Jan Dieteren (Ger) Team Stölting | |
29 | Martin Reimer (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | |
30 | Alexander Grad (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
31 | Simon Nuber (Ger) | |
32 | Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
33 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | |
34 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | 0:01:55 |
35 | Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
36 | Sven Forberger (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
37 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | |
38 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | |
39 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
40 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
41 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
42 | Julian Kern (Ger) Ag2R La Mondiale | |
43 | Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
44 | Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | 0:02:11 |
45 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus | 0:04:45 |
46 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:05:33 |
47 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | |
48 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | |
49 | Rainer Rettner (Ger) | 0:06:31 |
50 | Sebastian Deckert (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
51 | Alexander Nordhoff (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | |
52 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | |
53 | Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Synergy Baku Cycling Project | |
54 | Michael Schweizer (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
55 | Michael (Jr) Schweizer (Ger) | |
56 | Marcel Weber (Ger) | |
57 | Yannick Mayer (Ger) | |
58 | Christoph Springer (Ger) Team Voralberg | |
59 | Alexander Schmitt (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | |
60 | Dirk Finders (Ger) To Win-Josan Cycling Team | |
61 | Grischa Janorschke (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | |
62 | Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
63 | Manuel Straub (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
64 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | |
65 | Kenneth Coomans (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
66 | Marius Jessenberger (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | |
67 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | |
68 | Jan Oelerich (Ger) Team Stölting | |
69 | Fabio Nappa (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | |
70 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | |
71 | Tim Gebauer (Ger) Team Stölting | |
72 | Christian Mager (Ger) Team Stölting | |
73 | Benjamin Sydlik (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | |
74 | Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
75 | Jan-Niklas Droste (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
76 | Franz Schiewer (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
77 | Florian Scheit (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
78 | Daniel Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek Continental | |
79 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar | |
80 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:09:12 |
81 | Max Walsleben (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | 0:09:38 |
82 | Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | |
83 | Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team | |
84 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
85 | Arnold Fiek (Ger) | 0:11:10 |
86 | Stefan Gaebel (Ger) | |
87 | Ole Quast (Ger) | |
88 | Benjamim Edmüller (Ger) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer | |
89 | Felix Dehmel (Ger) Team Stölting | |
90 | Andreas Fließgarten (Ger) | |
91 | Steffen Radochla (Ger) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
92 | Johannes Heider (Ger) | |
93 | Christopher Hatz (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | 0:11:24 |
94 | Fabian Danner (Ger) | 0:16:50 |
95 | Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Stölting | 0:17:08 |
96 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Stölting | |
97 | Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | 0:17:37 |
98 | Tobias Dohlus (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | |
99 | Felix Donath (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
100 | Erik Bothe (Ger) | |
101 | Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) | |
DNF | André Schulze (Ger) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
DNF | Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | |
DNF | Fabian Schnaidt (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Ralf Matzka (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | |
DNF | Benedikt Kendler (Ger) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer | |
DNF | Sascha Weber (Ger) Team Differdange | |
DNF | Mike Egger (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | |
DNF | Michael Jun. Hümbert (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | |
DNF | Arne Kenzler (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | |
DNF | Tim Schlichenmaier (Ger) Team Bergstrasse Jenatec | |
DNF | Tobias Knaup (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Matthias Plarre (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Lucas Liß (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Marco Mathis (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Christopher Muche (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Nils Schomber (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Kersten Thiele (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Domenic Weinstein (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Dario Rapps (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
DNF | Jan Wälzlein (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
DNF | Sebastian Forke (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
DNF | Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
DNF | Timo Thömel (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
DNF | André Benoit (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | |
DNF | Julian Hellmann (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | |
DNF | Andreas Miessen (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | |
DNF | Florian Monreal (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | |
DNF | Ron Pfeifer (Ger) Team Quantec-Indeland | |
DNF | Arne Egner (Ger) Team Stölting | |
DNF | Nils Plötner (Ger) Team Stölting | |
DNF | Nils Politt (Ger) Team Stölting | |
DNF | Moritz Schaffner (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team | |
DNF | Martin Deprie (Ger) | |
DNF | Patrick Lechner (Ger) | |
DNF | Patrick Nuber (Ger) | |
DNF | Philipp Zwingenberger (Ger) | |
DNF | Michael Weicht (Ger) | |
DNF | Nico Denz (Ger) | |
DNF | Lars Teutenberg (Ger) | |
DNF | Friedrich Meingast (Ger) | |
DNF | Michael Gannopolskiy (Ger) | |
DNF | Roberto Da Costa Meira (Ger) | |
DNF | Eric Baumann (Ger) | |
DNF | Nico Hesslich (Ger) | |
DNF | Sebastian Kohlhofer (Ger) | |
DNF | Bernd Brennauer (Ger) | |
DNF | Benedict Philipp (Ger) | |
DNF | Hermann Keller (Ger) | |
DNF | Raoul Klaus (Ger) | |
DNF | Rick Ampler (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | |
DNF | Holger Burkhardt (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | |
DNF | Sebastian Körber (Ger) Nutrixxion Abus | |
DNF | Fabian Genuit (Ger) | |
DNF | Max Erhardt (Ger) | |
DNF | Richard Klein (Ger) |

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