Wegmann takes second consecutive Frankfurt win
Milram rider completes successful comeback
Fabian Wegmann of Team Milram completed his comeback from a broken collarbone and defended his title in Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt, taking the sprint of a greatly-reduced field. Two Landbouwkrediet riders finished second and third, Geert Verheyen and Bert Scheirlinckx.
The peloton had fallen back enough to be pulled from the race after the first of three laps of a closing circuit course, leaving only about 30 riders to go for the win. Milram had three in that group, and set things up for their captain perfectly.
"It doesn't get any better than this," said the ecstatic winner. He was in the lead early, and "I didn't look back, I just kept on going. I've had so much bad luck this year, and this is fantastic, to win my favourite race again."
"I worked hard. It was a large group and hard work. I gambled by waiting, then finally went for it. Niki Terpstra rode really great for me, Christian Knees, too."
The race got off to a damp start, as the roads were wet from overnight rain and there was still a light drizzle. About 10km into the day a six-rider group formed. Dirk Müller (Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse), Ralf Matzka (Team Heizomat), Frank Wagner (Seven Stones), Timon Seubert (Team NetApp), Johannes Kahra (Kuota Indeland) and Josef Benetseder (Vorarlberg-Corratec) built up a lead of up to 3:30, but once the route starting climbing, the gap shrank.
The group fell apart on the Ruppertshainer climb, and by the time the descent was over, Müller was alone in front, but not for long. He too was caught, and soon a new group formed. That was the pattern for many kilometres, as various groups and individuals tried their luck.
By kilometre 118, Matteo Carrara of Vacansoliel had managed to get away. Some 20km later he was joined by Katusha's Evgeni Petrov, but a large chasing group was only 30 seconds behind them.
With 40km to go, it was clear that HTC-Columbia was not going to be involved in the win. None of its riders had gotten into the large chase group, and the six-minute gap to the two leaders was too great.
Jerome Coppel of Saur-SojaSun joined the two leaders with 30km left in the race, but the group was caught before they all started on the three laps of the closing circuit course. Numerous riders goat away, with groups forming and falling apart. Meanwhile, the peloton was taken out after the first lap. Their gap of about five minutes was too great for the short circuit course.
Another Saur SojaSun rider took off solo, Julien Simon, with just over 6km left. He never had much of a lead but managed to stay away until just before the 1km marker. Three Milram riders led the way to the end, with Wegmann, not known as a sprinter, going into the wind early and managing to hold on until the end.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 4:53:22 |
2 | Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
8 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team NetApp | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:05 |
24 | Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:01:07 |
DNF | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Team Milram | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Team HTC-Columbia | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam Sznitko (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kamil Zielinski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tomasz Repinski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tomasz Smolen (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD - Neri | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dmytro Grabowskyy (Ukr) ISD - Neri | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD - Neri | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD - Neri | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bart Dockx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dominique Cornu (Bel) Skil - Shimano | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Skil - Shimano | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rob Ruygh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Baldauf (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nikias Arndt (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mathias Belka (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Felix Dehmel (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Johannes Kahra (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michel Koch (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tino Meier (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eric Pidun (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Weicht (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Bercz (Ger) Seven Stones | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Bontenackels (Ger) Seven Stones | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Hümbert (Ger) Seven Stones | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julian Kern (Ger) Seven Stones | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Nordhoff (Ger) Seven Stones | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Roth (Ger) Seven Stones | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Schmieg (Ger) Seven Stones | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frank Daniel Wagner (Ger) Seven Stones | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim Barth (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yannick Mayer (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nils Plötner (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ralf Matzka (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Felix Rinker (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabian Schaar (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Kuota Indeland | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota Indeland | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota Indeland | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Grad (Ger) Team Kuota Indeland | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dirk Finders (Ger) Team Kuota Indeland | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luc Hagenaars (Ned) Team Kuota Indeland | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota Indeland | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Kuota Indeland | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bastien Delrot (Fra) Team NetApp | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Team NetApp | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kim Lachmann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rene Obst (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
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