Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) claimed his sixth German time trial title in Struefdorf, clocking an average speed just shy of 50kph as he beat Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar) by more than a minute and a half on the rolling 41-kilometre course.
It was Martin’s first win of 2016 after he had changed his usual programme to form part of Etixx-QuickStep’s cobbled classics squad during the sprint. With the Tour de France and Rio Olympic Games in mind, he acknowledged that the victory was a timely boost to his morale.
Article continues below“I’m happy about this win, because it’s never easy to do it when everybody is expecting it. The parcours wasn’t totally flat, had a few hills and some tricky corners, which you had to be careful not to overcook. Considering these and the hot temperatures, it wasn’t easy to find my rhythm, so that’s why I’m even more satisfied about this victory, which I see as a good test ahead the Tour de France and Olympic Games, Martin said. “Winning the sixth title and finally breaking the ice in 2016 was very important.”
Martin will line up in Sunday’s road race as the lone teammate of Marcel Kittel. “It will be difficult, because it’s going to be just the two of us, but I’m ready to give everything to support Marcel, so we’ll see what will happen,” he said.
Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:49:14 |
| 2 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | 0:01:39 |
| 3 | Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha | 0:02:23 |
| 4 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:37 |
| 5 | Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto | 0:03:29 |
| 6 | Raffael Freienstein (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto | 0:03:36 |
| 7 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling | 0:03:46 |
| 8 | Florian Bissinger (Ger) WSA - Greenlife | 0:03:58 |
| 9 | Tobias Erler (Ger) | 0:04:01 |
| 10 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group | 0:04:02 |
| 11 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:15 |
| 12 | Nico Hesslich (Ger) | 0:04:21 |
| 13 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:04:48 |
| 14 | Friedrich Meingast (Ger) | 0:04:55 |
| 15 | Gero Walbrül (Ger) | 0:05:14 |
| 16 | Christopher Hatz (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto | 0:05:21 |
| 17 | Lars Bartlau (Ger) | 0:05:32 |
| 18 | Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-Ago | 0:05:40 |
| 19 | Lucas Liß (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | 0:05:59 |
| 20 | Frederik Dombrowski (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto | 0:06:38 |
| 21 | Raphael Bertschinger (Ger) | 0:06:39 |
| 22 | Marcel Fischer (Ger) | 0:06:44 |
| 23 | Justin Wolf (Ger) | 0:06:59 |
| 24 | Sebastian Wotschke (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:07:01 |
| 25 | Sandro Kuhmel (Ger) | 0:07:03 |
| 26 | Ricardo Wickert (Ger) | 0:07:11 |
| 27 | Fabian Danner (Ger) | 0:07:25 |
| 28 | Stefan Gaebel (Ger) | 0:07:35 |
| 29 | Christian Karl (Ger) | 0:07:41 |
| 30 | Mario Vogt (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | 0:07:42 |
| 31 | Christopher Maletz (Ger) | 0:07:50 |
| 32 | Sven Forberger (Ger) | 0:08:11 |
| 33 | Andreas Schreier (Ger) | 0:08:13 |
| 34 | Richard Stockhausen (Ger) Team Heizomat | 0:08:20 |
| 35 | Patrick Nagler (Ger) | 0:08:29 |
| 36 | Sascha Damrow (Ger) | 0:08:35 |
| 37 | Tjorden Delfs (Ger) | 0:08:43 |
| 38 | Thorsten Blatz (Ger) | 0:08:48 |
| 39 | Robert Muller (Ger) Team Heizomat | 0:08:53 |
| 40 | Enrico Heinowsky (Ger) | 0:09:11 |
| 41 | Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto | 0:09:13 |
| 42 | Arne Burkhardt (Ger) | 0:09:16 |
| 43 | Josef Schafbauer (Ger) | 0:09:26 |
| 44 | Maximilian Beyer (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | 0:10:21 |
| 45 | Marcel Weber (Ger) | 0:10:29 |
| 46 | Rick Ampler (Ger) | 0:10:32 |
| 47 | René Sachse (Ger) | 0:15:27 |
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