Ackermann takes out German road race title
Bora-Hansgrohe rider continues impressive season
Pascal Ackermann of Bora-Hansgrohe continued his successful season by winning the bunch sprint in the German national road race. He topped the country's better-known sprinters, with John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) second and Max Walscheid (Sunweb) third.
Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) was fourth, with Marcel Kittel still struggling for his form in 10th.
Bora-Hansgrohe's goal was to keep the title within the team. "[2017 champion] Marcus Burghardt said he would love to hand over the jersey to me," the 24-year-old Ackermann said after the race. "But it still feels a little surreal now wearing it.
"We knew that it was key to go into the last corner already in front. My team did a great job to deliver me in a perfect position. I still had Rudi (Selig) in front of me coming on to the home straight, basically I just had to roll over the line then."
The German field took off for 19 laps of a 12km totally flat circuit in and around Einhausen on a hot and sunny day. The race was marked by a series of breakaways, with Bora-hansgrohe and Katusha-Alpecin keeping a sharp eye on the happenings.
All the groups were brought back, and the expected mass sprint was set up. On the difficult closing section, Rick Zabel tried to set things up for Kittel, but Selig and Ackermann took control. Walscheid protested the win, claiming he was hindered by Selig and Ackermann, but the jury upheld the finish.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 4:57:36 |
2 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Jannik Steimle (Ger) Team Vorarlberg Santic | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Hermann Keller (Ger) Rad Union 1913 Wangen | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Simon Nuber (Ger) RV Edelweiß Roschbach | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Aaron Grosser (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Robert Jägeler (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Nico Brenner (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Robert William Kessler (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Patrick Haller (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:04 |
22 | Max Lindenau (Ger) STEVENS Racing Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | John Mandrysch (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Martin Bauer (Ger) Team schnelleStelle Ur-Krostit | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Per Christian Münstermann (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Toni Franz (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Adrian Rips (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Manuel Porzner (Ger) Tirol | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Stephan Duffner (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Timon Loderer (Ger) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Luca Felix Happke (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Michae Gannopolskij (Ger) LV-Meister SAR!! | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Luka Zetzsche (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Patrick Lechner (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Erik Köhler (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling Tea | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Moritz Malcharek (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Benjamin Ahrendt (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling Tea | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Lorenz Fiege (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Robert Müller (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Johannes Hodapp (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Florian Obersteiner (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Konrad Geßner (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Simon Laib (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ AKKON | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Vladi Riha (Ger) VC Vegesack | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 0:00:10 |
52 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:00:11 |
53 | Julius Gärtner (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Jeremias Schramm (Ger) BL TEAM Magnesium Pur | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Lukas Löer (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Mario Vogt (Ger) Team Sapura Cycling | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Justin Rudolph (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling Tea | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Tim Rieckmann (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Tobias Magdeburg (Ger) KED-Stevens Radteam Berlin | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Tobias Nolde (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Dorian Lübbers (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Julius Domnick (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Michel Gießelmann (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Tirol | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Philipp Plambeck (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia | 0:00:18 |
69 | Maik Schindler (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Marcel Peschges (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Sascha Starker (Ger) SSG Bensheim | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Immanuel Stark (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Julian Braun (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Richard Banusch (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Peter Clauß (Ger) Rad Union 1913 Wangen i. A. e. | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Tirol | 0:00:25 |
80 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Paul Lindenau (Ger) STEVENS Racing Team | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Christian Maximilian Koch (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:00:30 |
84 | Louis Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | 0:00:32 |
85 | Benjamin Bräuer (Ger) Bike Market Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Max Kanter (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Niklas Märkl (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Florian Stork (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Tirol | 0:00:38 |
90 | Christopher Hatz (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Erik Schubert (Ger) Team schnelleStelle Ur-Krostit | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Raphael Freienstein (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Benjamin Herden (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Michael Vogel (Ger) BL TEAM Magnesium Pur | 0:00:42 |
97 | Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Frederik Dombrowski (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Laurin Winter (Ger) Team Differdange Losch | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Jonas Rapp (Ger) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Justin Wolf (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Peter Förster (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling Tea | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Hannes Augustin (Ger) KED-Stevens Radteam Berlin | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon-Circus | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Luca Henn (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Florenz Knauer (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Jonas Sonnleitner (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Friedrich Meingast (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Sandro Kühmel (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Alexander Kuesters (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ AKKON | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Felix Holst (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | 0:00:48 |
114 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Richard Weinzheimer (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 0:00:54 |
118 | Dominik Röber (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Thomas Lienert (Ger) Rad Union 1913 Wangen i. A. e. | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Marco Barke (Ger) Rad Union 1913 Wangen i. A. e. | 0:00:56 |
121 | Johannes Banzer (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | 0:00:57 |
122 | Marc Clauss (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Axel Lippmann (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Tim-Jonas Reuß (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | 0:01:03 |
125 | Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Gregor Hoops (Ger) Team schnelleStelle Ur-Krostit | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Jan-Niklas Jünger (Ger) Team Embrace The World Cycling | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Felix Intra (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Torben Xanke (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Florian Kretschy (Ger) Team schnelleStelle Ur-Krostit | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Johannes Kaufmann (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Stefan Brandlmeier (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Simon Redmers (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | 0:01:25 |
134 | Maximilian Priewich (Ger) BL TEAM Magnesium Pur | 0:01:26 |
135 | Ilias Kulke (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | 0:01:29 |
136 | Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 0:01:34 |
137 | Jonathan Dinkler (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Martin Alexander Salmon (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Sven Reutter (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Philip Weber (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Paul Rudys (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Viktor Müller (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Sebastian Beyer (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Luke Derksen (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | 0:02:04 |
145 | Fabian Käßmann (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
146 | Paul Taebling (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:02:23 |
147 | Pascal Treubel (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
148 | Jan Dieteren (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | Matthias Mangertseder (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | 0:02:24 |
150 | Florian Nowak (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 0:02:26 |
151 | Lukas Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg Santic | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
152 | Arne Burkhardt (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Marcel Franz (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | 0:02:31 |
154 | Jonas Bokeloh (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
155 | René Otterbein (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | 0:02:33 |
156 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | 0:02:37 |
157 | Denis Bojarkin (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | 0:02:41 |
158 | Nicolas Heling (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | 0:02:42 |
159 | Björn Büttner (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | 0:02:45 |
160 | Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:02:48 |
161 | Tilman Steger (Ger) BL TEAM Magnesium Pur | 0:03:02 |
162 | Victor Brück (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | 0:03:19 |
163 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
164 | Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
165 | Christian Mager (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
166 | Lajos Ostfalk (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
167 | Arne Egner (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
168 | Leonhardt Berger (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | 0:03:27 |
169 | Niklas Reinhardt (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
170 | Bastian Becker (Ger) Team Isaac Torgau | 0:03:37 |
171 | Benedikt Becker (Ger) Team Isaac Torgau | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
172 | Matthias Deuble (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
173 | Martin Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg Santic | 0:03:53 |
174 | Juri Hollmann (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | 0:04:18 |
175 | Leon Echtermann (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | 0:04:19 |
176 | Willi Thielebeule (Ger) KED-Stevens Radteam Berlin | 0:04:27 |
177 | Yannick Sinske (Ger) LV-Meister NDS!! | 0:05:41 |
178 | Leon Heinschke (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | 0:06:12 |
179 | Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | 0:06:42 |
180 | Nicolas Brandt (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling | 0:07:18 |
181 | Andreas Batzek (Ger) BL TEAM Magnesium Pur | 0:13:30 |
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