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 | |
3 | Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
4 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
5 | Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | |
6 | Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
7 | Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | |
8 | Jannik Steimle (Ger) Team Vorarlberg Santic | |
9 | Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | |
10 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
11 | Hermann Keller (Ger) Rad Union 1913 Wangen | |
12 | Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | |
13 | Simon Nuber (Ger) RV Edelweiß Roschbach | |
14 | Aaron Grosser (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | |
15 | Robert Jägeler (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | |
16 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott | |
17 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | |
18 | Nico Brenner (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | |
19 | Robert William Kessler (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | |
20 | Patrick Haller (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | |
21 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:04 |
22 | Max Lindenau (Ger) STEVENS Racing Team | |
23 | John Mandrysch (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | |
24 | Martin Bauer (Ger) Team schnelleStelle Ur-Krostit | |
25 | Per Christian Münstermann (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | |
26 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | |
27 | Toni Franz (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | |
28 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
29 | Adrian Rips (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | |
30 | Manuel Porzner (Ger) Tirol | |
31 | Stephan Duffner (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | |
32 | Timon Loderer (Ger) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang | |
33 | Luca Felix Happke (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | |
34 | Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | |
35 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
36 | Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid | |
37 | Michae Gannopolskij (Ger) LV-Meister SAR!! | |
38 | Luka Zetzsche (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | |
39 | Patrick Lechner (Ger) Bike Aid | |
40 | Erik Köhler (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling Tea | |
41 | Moritz Malcharek (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
42 | Benjamin Ahrendt (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling Tea | |
43 | Lorenz Fiege (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | |
44 | Robert Müller (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | |
45 | Johannes Hodapp (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | |
46 | Florian Obersteiner (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | |
47 | Konrad Geßner (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | |
48 | Simon Laib (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ AKKON | |
49 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
50 | Vladi Riha (Ger) VC Vegesack | |
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 | |
54 | Jeremias Schramm (Ger) BL TEAM Magnesium Pur | |
55 | Lukas Löer (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | |
56 | Mario Vogt (Ger) Team Sapura Cycling | |
57 | Justin Rudolph (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling Tea | |
58 | Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling | |
59 | Tim Rieckmann (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | |
60 | Tobias Magdeburg (Ger) KED-Stevens Radteam Berlin | |
61 | Tobias Nolde (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | |
62 | Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid | |
63 | Dorian Lübbers (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | |
64 | Julius Domnick (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | |
65 | Michel Gießelmann (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | |
66 | Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Tirol | |
67 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
68 | Philipp Plambeck (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia | 0:00:18 |
69 | Maik Schindler (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | |
70 | Marcel Peschges (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia | |
71 | Sascha Starker (Ger) SSG Bensheim | |
72 | Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | |
73 | Immanuel Stark (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | |
74 | Julian Braun (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | |
75 | Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | |
76 | Richard Banusch (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
77 | Peter Clauß (Ger) Rad Union 1913 Wangen i. A. e. | |
78 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
79 | Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Tirol | 0:00:25 |
80 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
81 | Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | |
82 | Paul Lindenau (Ger) STEVENS Racing Team | |
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 | |
86 | Max Kanter (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
87 | Niklas Märkl (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
88 | Florian Stork (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
89 | Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Tirol | 0:00:38 |
90 | Christopher Hatz (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | |
91 | Erik Schubert (Ger) Team schnelleStelle Ur-Krostit | |
92 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | |
93 | Raphael Freienstein (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | |
94 | Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | |
95 | Benjamin Herden (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | |
96 | Michael Vogel (Ger) BL TEAM Magnesium Pur | 0:00:42 |
97 | Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid | |
98 | Frederik Dombrowski (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ | Akkon | |
99 | Laurin Winter (Ger) Team Differdange Losch | |
100 | Jonas Rapp (Ger) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang | |
101 | Justin Wolf (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | |
102 | Peter Förster (Ger) TRIEBWERK - ENERGY Cycling Tea | |
103 | Hannes Augustin (Ger) KED-Stevens Radteam Berlin | |
104 | Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
105 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon-Circus | |
106 | Luca Henn (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | |
107 | Florenz Knauer (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | |
108 | Jonas Sonnleitner (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | |
109 | Friedrich Meingast (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | |
110 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | |
111 | Sandro Kühmel (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | |
112 | Alexander Kuesters (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ AKKON | |
113 | Felix Holst (Ger) elektroland24 Bundesliga Team | 0:00:48 |
114 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
115 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
116 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
117 | Richard Weinzheimer (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 0:00:54 |
118 | Dominik Röber (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | |
119 | Thomas Lienert (Ger) Rad Union 1913 Wangen i. A. e. | |
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 | |
123 | Axel Lippmann (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | |
124 | Tim-Jonas Reuß (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | 0:01:03 |
125 | Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid | |
126 | Gregor Hoops (Ger) Team schnelleStelle Ur-Krostit | |
127 | Jan-Niklas Jünger (Ger) Team Embrace The World Cycling | |
128 | Felix Intra (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | |
129 | Torben Xanke (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | |
130 | Florian Kretschy (Ger) Team schnelleStelle Ur-Krostit | |
131 | Johannes Kaufmann (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | |
132 | Stefan Brandlmeier (Ger) Veloclub Ratisbona | |
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 | |
138 | Martin Alexander Salmon (Ger) Development Team Sunweb | |
139 | Sven Reutter (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | |
140 | Philip Weber (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
141 | Paul Rudys (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
142 | Viktor Müller (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany | |
143 | Sebastian Beyer (Ger) BL Embrace The World/Olympia B | |
144 | Luke Derksen (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | 0:02:04 |
145 | Fabian Käßmann (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen | |
146 | Paul Taebling (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:02:23 |
147 | Pascal Treubel (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de | |
148 | Jan Dieteren (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
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 | |
152 | Arne Burkhardt (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | |
153 | Marcel Franz (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | 0:02:31 |
154 | Jonas Bokeloh (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
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 | |
164 | Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
165 | Christian Mager (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | |
166 | Lajos Ostfalk (Ger) Team Sportforum Düsseldorf/Kaa | |
167 | Arne Egner (Ger) Herrmann Radteam | |
168 | Leonhardt Berger (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | 0:03:27 |
169 | Niklas Reinhardt (Ger) Hessen - Frankfurt - Opelit | |
170 | Bastian Becker (Ger) Team Isaac Torgau | 0:03:37 |
171 | Benedikt Becker (Ger) Team Isaac Torgau | |
172 | Matthias Deuble (Ger) Team-Gesundshop24.de - Männer- | |
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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