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28th International Bayern Rundfahrt - 2.HC

Germany, May 30-June 3, 2007

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Stage 2 - May 31: Gundelfingen - Eichstätt, 187.8 km

Zabel takes the stage and the lead

By Susan Westemeyer

Winner Erik Zabel (Milram)
Photo ©: Andrea Hübner
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Exactly one week after his EPO doping confession, Erik Zabel won the second stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt for his first season win, and took over the leader's jersey. He outsprinted teammate Sebastian Siedler, who finished second, and Stuart O'Grady (CSC), who was third.

"With those two difficult climbs near the end, no one expected a sprint finish today, and we from Milram didn't either," Zabel said. "That's why we purposely stayed out of the chasing, and that was why we were still relatively fresh on the last climb on the last lap." The 36-year-old noted, too, the effects of recent events. "This success is hard to judge. I have been through so much in the last few weeks, that wins and losses aren't that important to me right now."

The race got off to a hectic start before an escape group of five established itself. Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti Selle Italia), Pedro Lopes Goncalves (Benfica Lissabon), Matthias Friedmann (3CGruppe Lamonta), Alvarus Baranauskas (Agritubel) and Giairo Ermeti (Tenax) built up to a maximum five minute lead during their 140 km break. The peloton chased them relentlessly down before catching them on the second lap of the final circuit.

In the last 20 km, many groups formed and failed before a group of about 20, including the big name sprinters, got away to fight it out among themselves for the win. Zabel took the sprint to the cheers of the crowd.

Friday's third stage is 181 rolling kilometers from Eichstätt to Kitzingen, where another sprint finish is expected.

Photography

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Results

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             4.31.07 (41.56 km/h)
2 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                             
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                   
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                               
5 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  
6 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                                            
7 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                       
8 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel - Action                                           
9 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel - Action                                           
10 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                     
11 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                      
12 Santo Anza (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia                    
13 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                          
14 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                           
15 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Volksbank                                         
16 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                               
17 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                      
18 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                               
19 Malte Urban (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                       
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                   
21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                         
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                      
23 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges                                   
24 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                               
25 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                   
26 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                                   
27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                    
28 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                              
29 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                           
30 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
32 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges                           
33 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel - Action                                           
34 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                      
35 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica                                          
36 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica                                                     
37 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
38 Jure Golcer (Slo) Tenax Salmilano                                              
39 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                        
40 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
41 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                                  
42 Mattia Turrina (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia                
43 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    
44 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                                   
45 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica                                                   
46 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                  
47 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                                  
49 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                     
50 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges                                   
51 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Regiostrom - Senges                                     
52 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                            
53 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                  
54 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                  
55 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                                38.00
56 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana                                                   
57 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                             
58 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
59 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
60 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon                                            
61 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                                        
62 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia                
63 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                       
64 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                       
65 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                             
66 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
67 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                                       
68 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                           
69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                               
70 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                        
71 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel                                               
72 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges                               
73 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elk Haus - Simplon                                         
74 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                                       
75 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                
76 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                                            1.56.00
77 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel                                          
78 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                                    
79 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action                                          
80 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia             
81 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                         
82 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges                             
83 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
84 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                  3.11.00
85 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                               
86 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                         
87 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia               
88 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                
89 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                               
90 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Tenax Salmilano                                    
91 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                                     
92 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel - Action                                             
93 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges                     5.31.00
94 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                                     
95 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                        
96 Luca Sabatino (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                            
97 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                            
98 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                            
99 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                      
100 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                          
101 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia    5.49.00
102 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                              6.21.00
103 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                          
104 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                            
105 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                       
106 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia         9.11.00
107 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                               
108 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                        
109 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
110 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel - Action                                         
111 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                   
112 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                   
113 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                                  
114 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
115 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen           9.22.00
116 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                9.24.00
117 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                        
 
Sprints
 
km. 62.2
1 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                             3 pts
2 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                            2
3 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                                     1
 
km. 90.9
1 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                           3 pts
2 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                             2
3 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                                     1
 
km. 174.6
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                      3 pts
2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           2
3 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                  1
 
Finish
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                   5 pts
2 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                            4
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                  3
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                              2
5 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                 1
 
Mountains
 
Cat. 1 - km. 47
1 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                           5 pts
2 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                             3
3 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                                     2
4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia               1
 
Cat. 2 - km. 178.4
1 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                      3 pts
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              2
3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                                  1
 
Teams
 
1 Team Milram                                                             13.33.21
2 Team CSC                                                                        
3 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                                   
4 Intel-Action                                                                    
5 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                           
6 Team Volksbank                                                                  
7 Tenax-Menikini                                                                  
8 Benfica                                                                         
9 Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                                                          
10 Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                            
11 Team Regiostrom-Senges                                                         
12 Elk Haus-Simplon                                                           0.38
13 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia                                     
14 Gerolsteiner                                                                   
15 Astana                                                                         
16 Agritubel                                                                  2.34
17 Heinz von Heiden Focus                                                     3.49
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             9.12.48
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                   
3 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges                        0.01
4 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                         0.04
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                   0.07
6 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                               0.09
7 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                                        0.10
8 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  
9 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel - Action                                           
10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                              
11 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                           
12 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                      
13 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Volksbank                                         
14 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                     
15 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                               
16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
17 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica                                                     
18 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                               
19 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                         
20 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                               
21 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel - Action                                          
22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                   
23 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                      
24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
25 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                          
26 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                              
27 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                                  
28 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                                   
29 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                           
30 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                      
31 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                      
32 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
33 Santo Anza (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia                    
34 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                  
35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                                   
36 Malte Urban (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                       
37 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                   
38 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica                                          
39 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
40 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Intel - Action                                           
41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                                  
42 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica                                                   
43 Jure Golcer (Slo) Tenax Salmilano                                              
44 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                            
45 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges                                   
46 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
47 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                     
48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                    
49 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                        
50 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    
51 Mattia Turrina (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia                
52 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges                                   
53 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Regiostrom - Senges                                     
54 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                  
55 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              0.44
56 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       0.46
57 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                                     
58 René Obst (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                   0.48
59 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                        
60 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana                                                   
61 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                                        
62 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel                                               
63 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia                
64 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
65 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elk Haus - Simplon                                         
66 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                                       
67 Felix Gniot (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                       
68 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                                       
69 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                             
70 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                           
71 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                
72 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon                                            
73 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges                               
74 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                             
75 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                               
76 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                     2.01
77 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel                                      2.04
78 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia         2.06
79 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                                                   
80 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                                    
81 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges                             
82 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action                                          
83 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
84 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Tenax Salmilano                                3.21
85 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                         
86 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                         
87 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                
88 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                               
89 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia               
90 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                                     
91 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel - Action                                             
92 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                               
93 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                       5.38
94 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                                 5.39
95 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                            
96 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                        5.41
97 Martin Hebik (Cze) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                      
98 Hans-Jürgen Juretzek (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges                            
99 Luca Sabatino (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                            
100 Serge Herz (Ger) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                       
101 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia       5.59
102 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                   6.21
103 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                        6.26
104 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                 6.31
105 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                          
106 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                              9.21
107 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
108 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                        
109 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel - Action                                         
110 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                               
111 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                   
112 Jason Phillips (Aus) Heinz von Heiden Focus                                   
113 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
114 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia            9.31
115 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              9.32
116 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                   9.34
117 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                        
 
Points classification
 
1 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges                           9 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                   7
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                  7
4 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                        5
5 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                             5
6 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                         5
7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                            4
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                      3
9 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                           3
10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 3
11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             2
12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          2
13 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                                    2
14 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel                                         2
15 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                                    2
16 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                           2
17 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                 1
18 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                1
19 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Tenax Salmilano                                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              7 pts
2 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                                      6
3 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                           5
4 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                                     3
5 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                             3
6 Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                  2
7 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                         2
8 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                                     2
9 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges                           1
10 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                                 1
11 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                       1
12 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia              1
 
Team classification
 
1 Team Milram                                                             27.38.05
2 Team CSC                                                                        
3 Team Volksbank                                                                  
4 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                                   
5 Benfica                                                                         
6 Intel-Action                                                                    
7 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                           
8 Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                             
9 Tenax-Menikini                                                                  
10 Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                                                         
11 Team Regiostrom-Senges                                                         
12 Gerolsteiner                                                               0.38
13 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia                                     
14 Elk Haus-Simplon                                                               
15 Astana                                                                         
16 Agritubel                                                                  2.34
17 Heinz von Heiden Focus                                                     3.49