Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) successfully defended his German national road race title, winning the bunch sprint by half a bike length over John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano). Third place went to 19-year-old Phil Bauhaus of Team Stölting.
"I am very, very happy," Greipel said after the race. "The race was not easy, you couldn't really relax. Marcel Sieberg once again prepared the sprint perfectly for me."
He also paid tribute to his teammate and good friend in his first tweet after the race, saying, "Proud to be one more year German champion....thanks to my mate @MarcelSieberg very special moment....#nowords"
One of the top favourites in a bunch sprint was not there at the end. Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) suffered from cramps in the final lap of the circuit course and was not part of the final sprint.
The men were riding 12 laps of the 17.2 km circuit course, for a total of 206.4km. Only minutes after the race started, four riders got away. Mario Vogt (rad-net ROSE), Grischa Janorschke (Team Vorarlberg), Philipp Zwingenberger (KED-Stevens) and Nils Politt (Team Stölting) were subsequently joined by Arne Egner and Christian Mager, both Team Stölting. They rode out a gap of up to five and a half minutes.
When the gap dropped under two minutes, world and national time trial champion Tony Martin moved to the front of the field and attacked. Working slowly but surely, he caught the leading group, 1:15 ahead of the favourites' group.
Martin took three others with him into the penultimate lap, with a gap of 1:08. By the time the final lap started, Martin and Janorschke were alone with 15 seconds, and were soon caught by the ever-smaller field setting up the expected bunch sprint.
Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) | 4:49:51 |
| 2 | John Degenkolb (Team Giant-Shimano) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Phil Bauhaus (Team Stölting) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Alexander Krieger (Team Stuttgart) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Henning Bommel (Rad-Net Rose Team) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Sascha Weber (Veranclassic - Doltcini) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Ralf Matzka (Team NetApp – Endura) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar Team) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Willi Willwohl (LKT Team Brandenburg) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Rick Zabel (BMC Racing Team) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Nikodemus Holler (Team Stuttgart) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Marcel Meisen (Kwadro - Stannah) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Matthias Plarre (Leopard Development Team) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Jonas Koch (LKT Team Brandenburg) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Benjamin Edmüller (Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Oliver Mattheis (Team Heizomat) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Eric SÜßemilch (MLP Team Bergstraße) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Daniel Bichlmann (Bike Aid - Ride for Help) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Alexander Grad (Team Heizomat) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Florenz Knauer (Team Heizomat) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Michael Schweizer (Synergy Baku Cycling Project) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Joshua Huppertz | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Julian Kern (AG2R La Mondiale) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Florian Bissinger (WSA-Greenlife) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Emanuel Buchmann (Rad-Net Rose Team) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Jonas Tenbrock | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Roger Kluge (IAM Cycling) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Christian Knees (Team Sky) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Tino Thömel (Team Stuttgart) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Simon Nuber | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Paul Martens (Belkin-Pro Cycling Team) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Christoph Pfingsten (Cyclingteam de Rijke) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Jan Dieteren (Team Stölting) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Tim Schlichenmaier (MLP Team Bergstraße) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Dominic Klemme (IAM Cycling) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Linus Gerdemann (MTN - Qhubeka) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Marcel Sieberg (Lotto Belisol) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Felix Dehmel (Team Stölting) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Johannes Frohlinger (Team Giant-Shimano) | 0:00:06 |
| 41 | Philipp Walsleben (BKCP - Powerplus) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Jens Voigt (Trek Factory Racing) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Andreas Schillinger (Team NetApp – Endura) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Julien Essers (Team Heizomat) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Thomas Koep (Team Stölting) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Simon Geschke (Team Giant-Shimano) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Danilo Hondo (Trek Factory Racing) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Silvio Herklotz (Team Stölting) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Markus Eichler (Team Stölting) | 0:00:12 |
| 50 | Tony Martin (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Sven Forberger | 0:00:24 |
| 52 | Lucas Liß (Team Stölting) | 0:00:28 |
| 53 | Dirk Finders (Josan - To Win Cycling Team) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Arnold Fiek | 0:00:38 |
| 55 | Benedikt Kendler (Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer) | 0:00:40 |
| 56 | Mike Egger (MLP Team Bergstraße) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Marco KÖnig (Leopard Development Team) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Lars Teutenberg | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Paul Voss (Team NetApp – Endura) | 0:00:43 |
| 60 | Nikias Arndt (Team Giant-Shimano) | 0:00:44 |
| 61 | Heinrich Berger | 0:00:46 |
| 62 | Nils Politt (Team Stölting) | 0:00:50 |
| 63 | Jan Oelerich (Team Stölting) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Maximilian Werda (Team Stölting) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Frank LÜtters | 0:00:58 |
| 66 | Holger Burkhardt | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Jonathan Dinkler | 0:01:02 |
| 68 | Max Walscheid (Team Stölting) | 0:01:06 |
| 69 | Jan Droste (Team Heizomat) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Andre Niklas Benoit (Team Kuota) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Ole Quast | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| 72 | Robert Retschke (Team Kuota) | 0:01:18 |
| 73 | Dominic Weinstein (Rad-Net Rose Team) | 0:01:33 |
| 74 | Andreas Stauff (MTN - Qhubeka) | 0:01:52 |
| 75 | Tim Gebauer (Team Stölting) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Stefan Schafer (LKT Team Brandenburg) | 0:01:55 |
| 77 | Carl Soballa (LKT Team Brandenburg) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Michael Schwarzmann (Team NetApp – Endura) | 0:02:08 |
| 79 | Philipp Lesche | 0:03:10 |
| 80 | Maximilian Friesinger | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| 81 | Nico Denz | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Tobias Knaup (LKT Team Brandenburg) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Daniel Klemme (Synergy Baku Cycling Project) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| 84 | Konrad Geßner | 0:05:13 |
| 85 | Fabian Schormair (Team Heizomat) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
| 86 | Lukas Löer | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
| 87 | Ruben Zepuntke (Bissell Development Team) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| 88 | Nils Schomber (Rad-Net Rose Team) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| 89 | Maximilian Schachmann (Development Team Giant-Shimano) | 0:06:17 |
| 90 | Marco Mathis (Rad-Net Rose Team) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
| 91 | Theo Reinhardt (Rad-Net Rose Team) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
| 92 | Matthias Friedemann | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
| 93 | Mario Vogt (Rad-Net Rose Team) | 0:08:32 |
| 94 | Christian Mager (Team Stölting) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
| 95 | Grischa Janorschke (Team Vorarlberg) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
| 96 | Fabian Genuit | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
| 97 | Philipp Sohn | 0:10:06 |
| 98 | Joschka Beck | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
| 99 | Felix Intra (Rad-Net Rose Team) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
| 100 | Dominik Merseburg | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
| 101 | Sascha Starker | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
| 102 | Felix Hötte | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
| 103 | Richard Stockhausen (Bike Aid - Ride for Help) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
| 104 | Jan Brockhoff (Development Team Giant-Shimano) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
| 105 | Marcel Kittel (Team Giant-Shimano) | 0:10:11 |
| 106 | Patrick Lechner (Bike Aid - Ride for Help) | 0:12:02 |
| 107 | Benjamin Stauder | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
| 108 | Robert Da Costa Meira | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
| 109 | Philipp Zwingenberger | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
| 110 | Fabian Danner | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
| 111 | Adrian Auerbacher | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
| 112 | Alexander Nordhoff | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
| 113 | Florian Kretschy | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
| 114 | Lorenz Fiege | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
| 115 | Lucas Carstensen | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
| 116 | Dennis Klemme | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
| 117 | Fabian Brintrup (Rad-Net Rose Team) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
| 118 | Max Valtey | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
| 119 | Benedikt Becker | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
| 120 | Nick Möller | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
| 121 | Stefan Gaebel | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
| 122 | Yannick Mayer (Bike Aid - Ride for Help) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
| 123 | Michael Kurth (Team Kuota) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
| 124 | Marius Jessenberger | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
| 125 | Michel Koch (Cannondale) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
| 126 | Christoph Springer (Team Vorarlberg) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
| 127 | Fabian Schnaidt (Team Vorarlberg) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
| 128 | Tim Reske (LKT Team Brandenburg) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
| 129 | Fabian Bruno (MLP Team Bergstraße) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
| 130 | Fabio Nappa (MLP Team Bergstraße) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
| 131 | Peter Clauss | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
| 132 | Erik Bothe (MLP Team Bergstraße) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
| 133 | Daniel Westmattelmann (Team Kuota) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
| 134 | Felix Donath | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
| 135 | Florian Nowak (Team Stuttgart) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
| 136 | Max Walsleben (Team Stuttgart) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
| 137 | Patrick Nagler | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
| 138 | Moritz Schaffner (Rad-Net Rose Team) | 0:14:14 |
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