Martin wins first time trial championship
HTC-Columbia teammate Gretsch second, Voigt third
Tony Martin of HTC-Columbia won his first German time trial championship title on Friday. The 25-year-old covered the 34.5km course in 35:15. Second was his teammate Patrick Gretcsh, with 38-year-old Jens Voigt taking third.
Bert Grabsch, also of HTC-Columbia, who had won the title the last three years, was fourth.
Martin recently won the closing time trial at the Tour de Suisse. "I am happy that I have found my form again after the difficult spring," he said. Looking towards the upcoming Tour de France, he added, "I will concentrate on the white jersey - and maybe it will even work out with yellow."
| 1 | Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) | 0:35:15.46 |
| 2 | Patrick Gretsch (HTC-Columbia) | 0:00:37.79 |
| 3 | Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) | 0:00:43.34 |
| 4 | Bert Grabsch (HTC-Columbia) | 0:00:57.79 |
| 5 | Roger Kluge (Team Milram) | 0:01:11.25 |
| 6 | Stefan Schäfer (LKT Team Brandenburg) | 0:01:17.19 |
| 7 | Tobias Erler (Tabriz Petrochemical) | 0:01:37.09 |
| 8 | Martin Reimer (Cervelo TestTeam) | 0:02:13.79 |
| 9 | Sergej Fuchs (Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse) | 0:02:17.03 |
| 10 | Friedrich Meingast (VFR Herpersdorf) | 0:02:44.70 |
| 11 | Sven Forberger (Team Isaac Torgau) | 0:02:47.74 |
| 12 | Sven Krauß (RSV Oschelbronn) | 0:02:55.71 |
| 13 | Peter Renner (VFR Herpersdorf) | 0:03:00.51 |
| 14 | Christoph Pfingsten (Van Vliet EBH Elshof) | 0:03:06.16 |
| 15 | Dani Westmattelmann (Team Kuota-Indeland) | 0:03:23.48 |
| 16 | Benjamin Höber (RV Schwalbe Trier) | 0:03:30.00 |
| 17 | René Heinze (SSV Gera 1990) | 0:03:52.38 |
| 18 | Stefan Gaebel (RV Zwenkau 1890) | 0:04:04.37 |
| 19 | Benjamin Winkler (USC Kiel) | 0:04:22.64 |
| 20 | Jacob Fiedler (Berliner TSC) | 0:04:23.94 |
| 21 | Moritz Schütz (RV 1904/27 Klein-Linden) | 0:04:36.15 |
| 22 | Jonas Schmeiser (Team Heizomat Bayern) | 0:04:43.54 |
| 23 | Sebastian Heinrichs (Harzer RSC Wernigerode) | 0:05:13.08 |
| 24 | Matthias Schnapka (RIG Saar Saarbrucken) | 0:05:24.68 |
| 25 | Alexander Boos (Weiße Wolfe Merzig) | 0:05:51.12 |
| 26 | Robert Müller (Radclub Bremen) | 0:06:20.10 |
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