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31.05.2008/ Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) won todays 25.9 kilometres long time trial at the Tour of Bavaria. The number 3 of the UCI Road World Championships does not play a role in the general classification. Christian Knees (Milram) took over the overal lead from High Road's Gerald Ciolek. Knees starts tomorrows final stage with a lead of three seconds over Andreas Dietz (Team Volksbank) and six seconds over his Milram teammate Niki Terpstra.

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Christian Knees during the 2006 Tour de France. (© Cyclingheroes)

Last year's overall winner of the Tour of Bavaria, Stefan Schumacher, who lost seven minutes at the first stage and therefore does not play a role in the overall, started early on the stage. The German Gerolsteiner rider took over the lead with a time of 32:57 and never lost it in the time trial which took place in Bad Neustadt an der Saale.

"It is always nice to win," said Stefan Schumacher. "I have worked hard all the time and this is the confirmation for that. It was important to win so clear. That gives me self-confidence," said the German rider from Nürtingen from the Gerolsteiner squad.

"I started really well, although it looked as it wasn't very fast - initially I had to ride against the wind. I had a very good rhythm," Schumacher said after his first win of the current season.

With wind and temperatures of 23° C., the decision for the overall ranking was a close one. Swiss rider Andreas Dietz (Team Volksbank) beat Niki Terpstra's time by three seconds and thus took over the virtual yellow jersey. Of the last 15 riders, only Milram's Christian Knees was faster (by one second), taking fourth place in the stage. Knees also took over the overall lead.

Christian Knees leads with three seconds over Andreas Dietz (Team Volksbank) and six seconds over his Milram teammate Niki Terpstra.

"I am incredibly happy and I think that our whole team has earned the yellow jersey with its performance," said German rider  Christian Knees. "We are all pulling together and work very well together. Tomorrow we will do all we can to defend both jerseys. That surely won't be easy but if we continue to perform as we have so far in the Bayern Rundfahrt, then we will make it."

"When you lead the overall and young rider rankings, then you can't help but be satisfied," said Milram's sports director Jochen Hahn. Hahn added: "Tomorrow it obviously won't be easy to defend both jerseys. We must be especially alert at the intermediate sprints, since each has up to three seconds' time bonus. But I feel confident that we will accomplish it."

Team Volksbank scored its first win of the season on stage 2, as Olaf Pollack won the mass sprint. It seems that the whole team is racing with more self-confidence since Pollacks stage win. "Pollacks stage win came at the right moment. The pressure is gone, now the boys feel released and race," said Volksbank's sports director Patrick Vetsch.

Swiss Volksbank rider Andreas Dietziker came in fifth and is now second overall. Dietziker is only 3 seconds behind overall leader Knees. Vetsch said: "To be honest, I was a bit surprised from Andreas, he will focus on the Tour de Suisse. But that´makes it even better. Brilliant." 

Vetsch concluded: "A hectic finale. Pollack will hunt for a second stage win, Dietziker will go for the overall victory, which will be difficult but its not unrealistic. It will depend on how the stage will develop, our opponents will not sleep. Winning the overall would be beautiful, but not at all costs. We are already well served with how things worked out for us during this Tour."

Volksbank's team-Manager Thomas Kofler said : "We will not give-up that easy. We will try everything. It will be an exiting showdown."

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Results Tour of Bavaria 2008
 
Stage 4
 
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         32.57 (47.14 km/h)
2 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                           0.22
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                           0.41
4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             0.43
5 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                        0.45
6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                               0.48
7 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                  0.55
8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                              0.56
9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                             0.58
10 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce       1.02
11 Dainis Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce        1.11
12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             1.23
13 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                               1.31
14 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges                        1.32
15 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.33
16 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                    1.36
17 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota-Senges                         1.40
18 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole                          1.41
19 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                           1.42
20 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                      1.46
21 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                   1.51
22 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                             1.52
23 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                 
24 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                    
25 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota-Senges                1.53
26 Paul Voss (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                       1.54
27 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                 1.56
28 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                            2.00
29 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce      2.01
30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
31 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                   2.02
32 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         2.05
33 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author               2.13
34 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce          2.17
35 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Benfica                    
36 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                 2.21
37 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.25
38 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                      2.31
39 Helder Antonio Miranda Duarte (Por) Benfica                  2.35
40 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                         2.37
41 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                     2.40
42 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                          
43 Tomás Buchácek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  2.42
44 Mario Jorge Da Costa Faria (Por) Benfica                     2.43
45 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                           
46 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                 2.44
47 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                       
48 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                 2.46
49 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        2.48
50 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Kuota-Senges                         
51 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole                            2.53
52 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                    2.54
53 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo          
54 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              2.57
55 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                              2.59
56 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                      
57 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                3.00
58 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          3.02
59 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole                           3.06
60 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                              
61 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                             3.10
62 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce       3.13
63 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                        3.14
64 Sebastian Hans (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                     3.16
65 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                        3.18
66 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica                        3.19
67 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                
68 Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce      3.25
69 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
70 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  
71 Moritz Mainzer (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges                       3.27
72 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                3.31
73 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                     3.33
74 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   3.34
75 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                     3.35
76 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo        3.37
77 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                 3.39
78 Koen Barbe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                         3.40
79 Rene Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                          
80 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                   3.44
81 Felix Schäfermeier (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta              3.46
82 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               
83 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                    3.48
84 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce      3.49
85 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta             3.51
86 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                    3.52
87 Christoph Schwerdt (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                    
88 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                          3.53
89 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                             4.00
90 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    4.03
91 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                          4.04
92 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo         
93 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                         4.10
94 Michael Franzl (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                        
95 Frank Scherzinger (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta               4.12
96 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                     4.14
97 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                       4.18
98 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                   4.25
99 Javier Benítez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                         4.26
100 Kim Lachmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                      4.29
101 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges                     4.39
102 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                   4.41
103 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                          4.46
104 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  4.50
105 Florian Völk (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                      4.59
106 Nick Ingels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       5.03
107 Bruno Matos Sancho (Por) Benfica                            5.06
108 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                   5.08
109 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges                       5.11
110 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                        5.14
111 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                   5.16
112 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                            5.17

General Classification after stage 4
 
1 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                         14.44.34
2 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                        0.03
3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                               0.06
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                              0.14
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                            0.34
6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              0.41
7 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                0.49
8 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.50
9 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges                            
10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                          0.53
11 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                    0.54
12 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota-Senges                         0.58
13 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                      1.04
14 Dainis Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce        1.06
15 Paul Voss (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                          
16 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                   1.09
17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            1.10
18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                            1.12
19 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                 1.32
20 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                      1.49
21 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                         1.55
22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                        2.01
23 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.31
24 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce          
25 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                             2.32
26 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo       2.33
27 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica                        2.37
28 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                 2.45
29 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota-Senges                2.48
30 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole                           2.50
31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                     2.52
32 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                 2.53
33 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce      3.04
34 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      3.09
35 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  
36 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    3.21
37 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                     3.28
38 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              3.32
39 Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce      3.39
40 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                 3.42
41 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                    3.52
42 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                        4.06
43 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                          4.24
44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                
45 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Benfica                 4.28
46 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        4.29
47 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                           4.36
48 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                          5.09
49 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo      5.16
50 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat              5.17
51 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole                          6.26
52 Sebastian Hans (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                        
53 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         6.30
54 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                   6.44
55 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                 6.46
56 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                     7.28
57 Koen Barbe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                         8.06
58 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                         8.27
59 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                       8.57
60 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         9.12
61 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                     9.28
62 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             9.49
63 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce     10.31
64 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                       10.40
65 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce      10.43
66 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                         10.50
67 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                   12.46
68 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                      13.33
69 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo       14.07
70 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                14.33
71 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo           15.24
72 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author              16.11
73 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole                           16.29
74 Mario Jorge Da Costa Faria (Por) Benfica                    16.34
75 Helder Antonio Miranda Duarte (Por) Benfica                 16.35
76 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                   17.41
77 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  17.44
78 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                18.01
79 Javier Benítez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                        18.02
80 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                               19.09
81 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                           19.22
82 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Kuota-Senges                     19.23
83 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                               19.35
84 Felix Schäfermeier (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta             20.07
85 Bruno Matos Sancho (Por) Benfica                            20.16
86 Florian Völk (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                      21.20
87 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         21.23
88 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                             22.45
89 Nick Ingels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       23.39
90 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                            24.06
91 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce         25.00
92 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges                       25.40
93 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  26.41
94 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                            26.58
95 Kim Lachmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                      27.10
96 Tomás Buchácek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                 27.41
97 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                        27.58
98 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                       
99 Moritz Mainzer (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges                      29.41
100 Christoph Schwerdt (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat               29.48
101 Rene Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta                     29.54
102 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                 29.58
103 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                  30.06
104 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges                    30.14
105 Michael Franzl (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat                   30.24
106 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                 31.38
107 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta           34.50
108 Frank Scherzinger (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta             36.34
109 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                         37.09
110 Karsten Hess (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team                  40.10
111 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                 43.53
112 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                  44.09

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