Burghardt claims German road race title
Buchmann second in Bora-Hansgrohe one-two
A week out from the German Grand Depart of the Tour de France, Marcus Burghardt and Emanuel Buchmann delivered a one-two at the national championships for Bora-hansgrohe. The win ensures the German-registered team will start the Tour with the coveted national jersey.
Trek-Segafredo's John Degenkolb was third at 43 seconds to the duo as he held of Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin) for the final podium positon. The result was Degenkolb's third third-place finish in the national championships.
For the 33-year-old Burghardt, it was is first win in Bora colours and first personal victory since a stage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse. For Buchmann, the result confirms his form from the Criterium du Dauphine with the 24-year-old, and 2013 national champion, a rider, to watch in the young rider classification.
Making the victory even sweeter for Burghardt was the fact the race finished in his hometown of Chemnitz as he explained.
"What a day! I had goosebumps on the last kilometer. We were in control of the race the whole day, the team did a great job. In the end, when we closed on Degenkolb on the last climb, we were in a very good situation," Burghardt said, paying tribute to his teammate for his work to set up the victory.
"Emanuel attacked immediately and I followed him a little later. After the downhill I was in his wheel and we rode together to the finish. I had to wait many years for this national title, to take it in my home Chemnitz is very special and I feel relieved now."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 4:52:08 |
2 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
3 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:43 |
4 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
5 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | 0:02:11 |
6 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott | 0:02:14 |
7 | Florian Nowak (Ger) | 0:02:36 |
8 | Raffael Freienstein (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
9 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:02:38 |
10 | Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | 0:03:08 |
11 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
12 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | |
13 | Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid | 0:03:16 |
14 | Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:05:41 |
15 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
16 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Beobank - Corendon | |
17 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
18 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 0:08:34 |
19 | Simon Laib (Ger) | |
20 | Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
21 | Florian Bissinger (Ger) WSA - Greenlife | |
22 | Timon Loderer (Ger) WSA - Greenlife | |
23 | Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
24 | Georg Loef (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
25 | Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
26 | Jonas Rapp (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
27 | Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid | |
28 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Team Vorarlberg | |
29 | Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | |
30 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | 0:10:33 |
31 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:11:53 |
32 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | |
33 | Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | 0:14:13 |
34 | Gregor Hoops (Ger) | |
35 | Stefan Brandlmeier (Ger) | 0:14:28 |
36 | Marc Clauss (Ger) | |
37 | Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
38 | Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | |
39 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
40 | Carl Soballa (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
41 | Marcel Fischer (Ger) | |
42 | Luca Henn (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
43 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
44 | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
45 | Frederik Dombrowski (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ Akkon | |
46 | Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ Akkon | |
47 | Mario Vogt (Ger) Attaque Team Gusto | 0:16:00 |
48 | Moritz Fußnegger (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | 0:17:29 |
49 | Felix Intra (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
50 | Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
51 | Lucas Carstensen (Ger) | 0:18:07 |
52 | Aaron Grosser (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
53 | Joschka Beck (Ger) Bike Aid | |
54 | Sebastian Schmiedel (Ger) | |
55 | Florian Obersteiner (Ger) | |
56 | Sven Thurau (Ger) | |
57 | Matthias Wiele (Ger) | |
58 | Jonas Bokeloh (Ger) An Post Chain Reaction | |
59 | Fabian Holbach (Ger) | |
60 | Gabriel Ossyra (Ger) | |
61 | Benjamin Herden (Ger) | |
62 | Peter Clauss (Ger) | |
63 | Marvin Kötting (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
64 | Daniel Klemme (Ger) | |
65 | Felix Groß (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
66 | Dorian Lübbers (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
67 | Sebastian Vogel (Ger) | |
68 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Kuwait - Cartucho.es | |
69 | Adrian Rips (Ger) | |
70 | Patrick Haller (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
71 | Florian Gindhart (Ger) | |
72 | Sandro Kuhmel (Ger) | |
73 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
74 | Marcel Weber (Ger) | 0:18:12 |
DNF | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
DNF | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
DNF | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Martin Gluth (Ger) | |
DNF | Julian Braun (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Frederik Einhaus (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Christopher Hatz (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Joshua Stritzinger (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Richard Weinzheimer (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Carlos Ambrosius (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Richard Banusch (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Frederik Hähnel (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Malte Jürß (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Robert Kessler (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Christian Koch (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Moritz Malcharek (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Paul Rudys (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Philip Weber (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Julius Domnick (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
DNF | Luca Felix Happke (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
DNF | Jonas Härtig (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
DNF | Joann Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
DNF | Louis Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
DNF | Victor Müller (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
DNF | Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b Henley & Partners | |
DNF | Lukas Löer (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ Akkon | |
DNF | Moritz Backofen (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ Akkon | |
DNF | Lorenz Fiege (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ Akkon | |
DNF | Alexander Küsters (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ Akkon | |
DNF | Marco Müller (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ Akkon | |
DNF | Jan Van Puyvelde (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ Akkon | |
DNF | Manuel Porzner (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
DNF | Pascal Treubel (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
DNF | Laurin Winter (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
DNF | Jasper Frahm (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Konrad Geßner (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Leif Lampater (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Tobias Nolde (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Max Kanter (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Leon R. Rohde (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Martin Salmon (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Florian Stork (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Jan Dieteren (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | |
DNF | John Mandrysch (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | |
DNF | Martin Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg | |
DNF | Timo Schäfer (Ger) Bike Aid | |
DNF | Hendrik Hamm (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | |
DNF | Yannick Mayer (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | |
DNF | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Beobank - Corendon | |
DNF | Grischa Janorschke (Ger) | |
DNF | Benjamin Korndörfer (Ger) | |
DNF | Robert Muller (Ger) | |
DNF | Lukas Ortner (Ger) | |
DNF | Jonathan Dinkler (Ger) | |
DNF | Toni Franz (Ger) | |
DNF | Tarik Haupt (Ger) | |
DNF | Robert Jägeler (Ger) | |
DNF | Fabian Käßmann (Ger) | |
DNF | Paul Rudolph (Ger) | |
DNF | Robert Walther (Ger) | |
DNF | Leon Echtermann (Ger) | |
DNF | Niklas Reinhardt (Ger) | |
DNF | Jeremias Schramm (Ger) | |
DNF | Torben Xanke (Ger) | |
DNF | Martin Bauer (Ger) | |
DNF | Tjorden Delfs (Ger) | |
DNF | Daniel Harnisch (Ger) | |
DNF | Florian Kretschy (Ger) | |
DNF | Josh Mechsner (Ger) | |
DNF | Maximilian Zschocke (Ger) | |
DNF | Marco Barke (Ger) | |
DNF | Dennis Classen (Ger) | |
DNF | Fabian Danner (Ger) | |
DNF | Hermann Keller (Ger) | |
DNF | Thomas Lienert (Ger) | |
DNF | Björn Büttner (Ger) | |
DNF | Alexander Franz (Ger) | |
DNF | Felix Holst (Ger) | |
DNF | Philipp Plambeck (Ger) | |
DNF | Tim Rieckmann (Ger) | |
DNF | Maik Schindler (Ger) | |
DNF | Nicolas Brandt (Ger) | |
DNF | Christopher Heider (Ger) | |
DNF | Erik Kohler (Ger) | |
DNF | Patrick Nagler (Ger) | |
DNF | Kian Baumann (Ger) | |
DNF | Stefan Gaebel (Ger) | |
DNF | Halvard Schommartz (Ger) | |
DNF | Andreas Schreier (Ger) | |
DNF | Florian Tenbruck (Ger) | |
DNF | Jonas Tenbruck (Ger) | |
DNF | Hannes Augustin (Ger) | |
DNF | Marcel Franz (Ger) | |
DNF | Tobias Magdeburg (Ger) | |
DNF | Philipp Geisert (Ger) | |
DNF | Michael Vogel (Ger) | |
DNF | Luke Derksen (Ger) | |
DNF | Felix Imbery (Ger) | |
DNF | René Otterbein (Ger) | |
DNF | Roberto Vukovic (Ger) | |
DNF | Josef Schafbauer (Ger) | |
DNF | Oliver Romahn (Ger) | |
DNF | Björn Ernst (Ger) | |
DNF | Max Lindenau (Ger) | |
DNF | Tobias Tetzlaff (Ger) | |
DNF | Jan Kohnen (Ger) | |
DNF | Christian Kux (Ger) | |
DNF | Lars Teutenberg (Ger) | |
DNF | Willi Thielebeule (Ger) | |
DNF | Nico Brenner (Ger) | |
DNF | Jonas Engel (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | |
DNF | Max Wörner (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | |
DNF | Domenic Weinstein (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Jan Hugger (Ger) | |
DNF | Justin Rudolph (Ger) | |
DNF | Matthias Mangertseder (Ger) | |
DNF | Tilmann Steger (Ger) |

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