Terpstra wins Sparkassen Giro

Dutch champion Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) claimed a solo victory at the Sparkassen Giro. Terpstra attacked on the final climb to take a solo victory, with a margin of just 10 seconds over the six remaining breakaway riders that crossed the line together.

After winning the Tour of Poland’s final stage a day earlier André Greipel (Team HTC – Columbia) didn’t have the legs to match Canadian Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech-Planet Energy) in the sprint for second place. Robert Retschke (Continental Team Differdange) dropped out of the lead group on the final climb, finishing a further five seconds behind in eighth place.

“That was a great performance by our team,” said Team Milram directeur sportif Jochen Hahn. “We wanted to make the race hard from the very beginning, since we had no classic sprinter with us, and also had great respect for the fast riders in the field, like Andre Greipel.

“Our two stagiaires Stefan Schäfer and Michael Weicht were very good today and were a great support for the team,” he added. “And then Niki Terpstra was our man for the finale, he attacked at the right moment and crowned our team's work with a victory. Everything went exactly as we had planned.”

Milram had kicked off the attacks early on with Australia’s Luke Roberts one of the first to go. Roberts moved ahead of the peloton with HTC-Columbia’s Tony Martin, before being caught by the peloton.

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram3:50:46
2Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By Planet Energy0:00:10
3André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 2 - Cell 2
4Eric Baumann (Ger) Team NetappRow 3 - Cell 2
5Steven Caethoven (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 4 - Cell 2
6Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) Atlas PersonalRow 5 - Cell 2
7David Hesselbarth (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 6 - Cell 2
8Robert Retschke (Ger) Continental Team Differdange0:00:15
9David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By Planet Energy0:01:00
10Geert Verheyen (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 9 - Cell 2
11Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 10 - Cell 2
12Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Team DifferdangeRow 11 - Cell 2
13Jarno Gmelich (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo PielsRow 12 - Cell 2
14Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp0:01:10
15Felix Rinker (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 14 - Cell 2
16Matthew Brammeier (Irl) An Post - Sean KellyRow 15 - Cell 2
17Peter Schulting (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo PielsRow 16 - Cell 2
18Jelle Posthuma (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo PielsRow 17 - Cell 2
19Frank Danie Wagner (Ger) Seven StonesRow 18 - Cell 2
20Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 19 - Cell 2
21Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Team MilramRow 20 - Cell 2
22Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team HeizomatRow 21 - Cell 2
23Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetappRow 22 - Cell 2
24Patrick Bercz (Ger) Seven StonesRow 23 - Cell 2
25Guillau Dessibourg (Swi) Atlas PersonalRow 24 - Cell 2
26Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 25 - Cell 2
27Mig Rubiano Chavez (Col) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 26 - Cell 2
28Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetappRow 27 - Cell 2
29Koen Barbe (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 28 - Cell 2
30Bruno Langlois (Can) Spidertech Powered By Planet EnergyRow 29 - Cell 2
31Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 30 - Cell 2
32René Obst (Ger) Team Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 31 - Cell 2
33Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 32 - Cell 2
34Connor McConvey (Irl) An Post - Sean KellyRow 33 - Cell 2
35Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetappRow 34 - Cell 2
36Mark Mcnally (GBr) An Post - Sean KellyRow 35 - Cell 2
37Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas PersonalRow 36 - Cell 2
38Robert Nagy (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida0:01:20
39Roger Beuchat (Swi) CKT Tmit - Champion System0:02:29
40Pim De Beer (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels0:04:20

 

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