Sam Bennett wins Sparkassen Munsterland Giro
Bauhaus and Greipel round out podium
Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) won the Sparkassen Munsterland Giro on Tuesday in a dramatic and agonisingly close four-way photo finish.
Barely a hair separated Bennett, Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb), Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal), and Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors) as they hit the line in Münster, with Bennett managing to throw his bike and nudge his wheel across the tape by the narrowest of margins. Bauhaus was given second place, and Greipel third, while Kittel missed out on the podium places.
Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) finished fifth but in the slipstream of the others, who crossed the line four abreast.
The German race was always likely to culminate in a bunch sprint, with only the most minor of hills on the 198km route. The peloton would make its way north before embarking on three laps of a 5km finishing circuit in Münster.
A four-man breakaway went clear in the early stages, containing Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin), Luca Henn (Lotto-Kern Haus), Etienne Van Empel (Roompot), and Carl Soballa (LKT-Brandenburg). They opened up a maximum advantage of three minutes but there was never any pressure on the peloton.
The gap came down to below a minute with just over 30km remaining, whereupon Martin and Soballa waved goodbye to their other two companions and tried to delay the inevitable for as long as possible. The game was up, and the race all together again, with just under 20km to go and the local laps about to begin.
From there it was all about the build-up to the sprint, with no shortage of top-quality names, and Bennett pinched it to claim his sixth victory of the season.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora - Hansgrohe | 4:35:26 |
2 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick - Step Floors | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora - Hansgrohe | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha Alpecin | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Roy Jans (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Nicola Toffali (Ita) 0711 / Cycling | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Jonas Koch (Ger) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Robert William Kessler (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Patrick Haller (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Manuel Porzner (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Konrad Geßner (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Senne Leysen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Jarl Salomein (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Dimension Data | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Christian Maximilian Koch (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick - Step Floors | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Christophe Masson (Fra) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Dimension Data | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 0:00:08 |
40 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin | 0:00:11 |
41 | Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora - Hansgrohe | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Paul Martens (Ger) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 0:00:13 |
43 | Robert Thomas Wagner (Ger) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Lars Bak Ytting (Den) Lotto Soudal | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora - Hansgrohe | 0:00:24 |
50 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Aaron Grosser (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | 0:00:38 |
52 | Nathan Müller (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Thomas Gibbons (USA) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Florian Obersteiner (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Awet Habtom Tekle (Eri) Bike Aid | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Lorenz Fiege (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Arnold Fiek (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Marc Dörrie (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Julien Stassen (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:00:43 |
69 | Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Brecht Dhaene (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Joschka Beck (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Felix Intra (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | FrantišEk Sisr (Cze) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick - Step Floors | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:00:46 |
82 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | 0:00:59 |
83 | Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:01:04 |
85 | Kamil Malecki (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Jan Hugger (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data For Qhubeka | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Richard Weinzheimer (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Max Wörner (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Tobias Nolde (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Frederik Einhaus (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Piotr Brozyna (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Joann Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | 0:01:20 |
99 | Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Henrik Hamm (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | 0:01:32 |
101 | Patrick Lechner (Ger) Bike Aid | 0:01:36 |
102 | Roberto Vukovic (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | 0:01:46 |
103 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin | 0:01:50 |
104 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | 0:01:55 |
105 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Team Dimension Data | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Yannick Mayer (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Viktor Müller (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Thomas Deruette (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Alexandre Ballet (Swi) 0711 / Cycling | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Michal Paluta (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Patryk Stosz (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Philip Weber (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Paul Rudys (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Jonas Härtig (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Jens Wallays (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Carl Soballa (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Marco Mathis (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Mateusz Taciak (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Kersten Thiele (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Louis Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Piotr Havik (Ned) Team Katusha Alpecin | 0:02:06 |
130 | Lukas Löer (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | 0:02:49 |
131 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 0:02:59 |
132 | Tom Dernies (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | 0:03:07 |
133 | Dorian Lübbers (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Pascal Treubel (Ger) Team Heizomat | 0:06:05 |
135 | Luca Henn (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Team Dimension Data | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) An Post Chain Reaction | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ruben Pols (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mehdi Benhamouda (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hendrikus Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frederik Hähnel (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Malte Jürß (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sven Reutter (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lukas Ortner (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Müller-Sciacca (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jan Van Puyvelde (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luca Felix Happke (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laurin Winter (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Redmers (Ger) Team Heizomat | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timo Schäfer (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
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