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 | |
3 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
4 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick - Step Floors | |
5 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | |
6 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora - Hansgrohe | |
7 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha Alpecin | |
8 | Roy Jans (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | |
9 | Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
10 | Nicola Toffali (Ita) 0711 / Cycling | |
11 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
12 | Jonas Koch (Ger) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | |
13 | Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | |
14 | Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | |
15 | Robert William Kessler (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | |
16 | Patrick Haller (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
17 | Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin | |
18 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
19 | Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
20 | Manuel Porzner (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
21 | Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
22 | Konrad Geßner (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
23 | Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
24 | Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
25 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | |
26 | Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
27 | Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | |
28 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
29 | Senne Leysen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
30 | Jarl Salomein (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
31 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Dimension Data | |
32 | Christian Maximilian Koch (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | |
33 | Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
34 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick - Step Floors | |
35 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
36 | Christophe Masson (Fra) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | |
37 | Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
38 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
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 | |
42 | Paul Martens (Ger) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 0:00:13 |
43 | Robert Thomas Wagner (Ger) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | |
44 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
45 | Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin | |
46 | Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | |
47 | Lars Bak Ytting (Den) Lotto Soudal | |
48 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
49 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora - Hansgrohe | 0:00:24 |
50 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | |
51 | Aaron Grosser (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | 0:00:38 |
52 | Nathan Müller (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
53 | Thomas Gibbons (USA) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
54 | Florian Obersteiner (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
55 | Awet Habtom Tekle (Eri) Bike Aid | |
56 | Lorenz Fiege (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | |
57 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | |
58 | Arnold Fiek (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | |
59 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
60 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | |
61 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | |
62 | Marc Dörrie (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
63 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
64 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
65 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
66 | Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
67 | Julien Stassen (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | |
68 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:00:43 |
69 | Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
70 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
71 | Brecht Dhaene (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
72 | Joschka Beck (Ger) Bike Aid | |
73 | Felix Intra (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | |
74 | FrantišEk Sisr (Cze) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | |
75 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | |
76 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | |
77 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | |
78 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
79 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick - Step Floors | |
80 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
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 | |
84 | Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:01:04 |
85 | Kamil Malecki (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | |
86 | Jan Hugger (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | |
87 | Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | |
88 | Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | |
89 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data For Qhubeka | |
90 | Richard Weinzheimer (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
91 | Max Wörner (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | |
92 | Tobias Nolde (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
93 | Frederik Einhaus (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
94 | Piotr Brozyna (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | |
95 | Joann Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | |
96 | Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
97 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
98 | Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | 0:01:20 |
99 | Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
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 | |
106 | Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid | |
107 | Yannick Mayer (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | |
108 | Viktor Müller (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | |
109 | Thomas Deruette (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | |
110 | Alexandre Ballet (Swi) 0711 / Cycling | |
111 | Michal Paluta (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | |
112 | Patryk Stosz (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | |
113 | Philip Weber (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | |
114 | Paul Rudys (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | |
115 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
116 | Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | |
117 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | |
118 | Jonas Härtig (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | |
119 | Jens Wallays (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
120 | Carl Soballa (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | |
121 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin | |
122 | Marco Mathis (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin | |
123 | Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid | |
124 | Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
125 | Mateusz Taciak (Pol) Ccc Sprandi Polkowice | |
126 | Kersten Thiele (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
127 | Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
128 | Louis Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | |
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 | |
134 | Pascal Treubel (Ger) Team Heizomat | 0:06:05 |
135 | Luca Henn (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Team Dimension Data | |
DNF | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
DNS | Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) An Post Chain Reaction | |
DNF | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick - Step Floors | |
DNF | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | |
DNF | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | |
DNF | Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | |
DNF | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo | |
DNF | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
DNF | Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
DNF | Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
DNF | Ruben Pols (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
DNF | Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Mehdi Benhamouda (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Hendrikus Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect | |
DNF | Frederik Hähnel (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Malte Jürß (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | |
DNF | Sven Reutter (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Lukas Ortner (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team | |
DNF | Marco Müller-Sciacca (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | |
DNF | Jan Van Puyvelde (Ger) Team Dauner D&Dq Akkon | |
DNF | Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus | |
DNF | Luca Felix Happke (Ger) Team Sauerland Nrw P/B Henley & Partners | |
DNF | Laurin Winter (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
DNF | Simon Redmers (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
DNF | Timo Schäfer (Ger) Bike Aid | |
DNF | Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid |

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