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| Christian Knees during the 2006 Tour de France. (© Cyclingheroes) |
"That is fantastic. The overall win is the reward for our whole team," said Milram allrounder Christian Knees. "When we
had to make tempo at the end, seven of us went into the lead and together we caught the breakaway group. I would like to thank
my team for that. I had my eye closely on Andreas Dietziker in the finale. He attacked and sprinted away to the right, and
I could not hold his rear wheel, but could only hope that it would be enough for me. When he let his head hang, I know that
I had won. Overall, the race was a lot of fun, there was always a good mood along the way. Together we will now celebrate
this success."
"That it was so unbelieveably close at the end, I would never have thought," said Milram's sports director
Jochen Hahn. "I have to pay a huge compliment to my team. We presented ourselves here very well and got great results with
the yellow and white jerseys. And now we can say, too, that Team MIilram can also win without a sprinter."
The fifth
and last stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt started out fast right from the start. Numerous attacks were foiled by an attentive
peloton, until, after 55 kilometres a five-rider group successfully got away. In the group was High Road's Bert Grabsch
( brother of Milram's Ralph Grabsch), who was only 1:12 minutes behind overall leader Christian Knees. Team Milram controlled
things in the bunch and held the escapees to a consistent lead of two minutes. Kuota-Senges rider Malaya van Ruitenbeek was also in the break although the new World Champion Students ITT, knew it would be almost impossible to come through with
the break as Milram was controlling the race.
As they crossed the finish line for the first time, Team Milram took
over full control of the chase. A seven-man long Milram train, including the yellow and white jerseys, helped to continually
shrink the lead of the breakaway group. In the last 300 meters, Andreas Dietziker made a surprise attack. Milram's Christian
Knees couldn't follow and the Swiss rider from Team Volksbank looked to finish in the top three, so that he could take the
overall lead on time bonuses. In the end, Christian Knees beat him by about a half a wheel length.
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Results Tour of Bavaria 2008
Stage 5
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3.33.54 (45.22 km/h)
2 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
3 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce
4
Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank
5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC
6 Javier Benítez Pomares (Spa) Benfica
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
8 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges
9 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
10 Paul Voss (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
11 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
12 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author
13 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
14 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
15 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
16 Bruno Matos Sancho (Por) Benfica
17 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
18 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank
19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota-Senges
20 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole
21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
22 Koen Barbe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
23 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
24 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
25 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road
26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road
27 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
28 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
29 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
30 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road
31 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
32 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
33 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
34 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
35 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank
36 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Benfica
37 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
38 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
39 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road
40 Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce
41 Niki
Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
42 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce
44
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
45 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce
46 Marcus
Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
47 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica
48 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
49 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC
50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
51 Rene Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
53 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole
54 Dainis Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce
55
Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges
56 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
57 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole
58 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole
59 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole
60 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
61 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road
62 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
63
Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
0.14
64 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole
0.25
65 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
0.27
66 Tomás Buchácek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
67 Helder Antonio Miranda Duarte (Por) Benfica
0.49
68 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
1.41
69 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges
70 Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
71 Mario Jorge Da Costa Faria (Por) Benfica
72 Philipp Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
73 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
74 Nick Ingels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
3.50
75 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
76 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Kuota-Senges
5.34
77 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
78 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank
79 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road
80 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota-Senges
81 Sebastian Hans (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
82 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
83 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
84 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce
85 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce
86
Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
87 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road
88 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank
89 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
90 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica
91 Christoph Schwerdt (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
6.41
92 Moritz Mainzer (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges
93 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
94 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
95 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
96 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram
97 Florian Völk (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
98 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
99 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank
100 Kim Lachmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
101 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
102 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram
10.15
103 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram
104 Felix Schäfermeier (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 11.36
Final General Classification
1 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
18.18.28
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 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
1.32
19 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
1.49
20 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank
1.55
21 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
2.31
22 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce
23
Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.33
24 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez
(Spa) Benfica
2.37
25 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
2.45
26 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole
2.50
27 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole
2.52
28 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
2.53
29 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 3.04
30 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra)
Bouygues Telecom
3.09
31 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
3.28
32 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3.32
33 Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 3.39
34 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel)
Topsport Vlaanderen 3.42
35 Robert
Retschke (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
3.52
36 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road
4.24
37 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Benfica
4.28
38 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank
4.36
39 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
4.38
40 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole
5.09
41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
6.30
42 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
6.44
43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road
44 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
6.46
45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole
6.51
46 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
8.06
47 Koen Barbe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
48 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota-Senges
8.17
49 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
8.43
50 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9.02
51 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
9.09
52 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
9.40
53 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
9.49
54 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
9.55
55 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 10.27
56 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team
High Road
10.40
57 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
11.10
58 Sebastian Hans (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
11.57
59 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
11.58
60 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
12.47
61 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole
13.33
62 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 14.07
63 Harald Morscher
(Aut) Team Volksbank
15.08
64 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 15.24
65
Lucas Schädlich (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
16.14
66 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 16.17
67 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit
Agricole
16.29
68 Helder Antonio Miranda Duarte (Por) Benfica
17.24
69 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
17.38
70 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
17.50
71 Javier Benítez Pomares (Spa) Benfica
18.02
72 Mario Jorge Da Costa Faria (Por) Benfica
18.15
73 Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
18.20
74 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC
19.35
75 Bruno Matos Sancho (Por) Benfica
20.16
76 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
21.23
77 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
23.15
78 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica
23.35
79 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank
24.56
80 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Kuota-Senges
24.57
81 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges
25.40
82 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram
25.50
83 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
26.41
84 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road
26.58
85 Nick Ingels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
27.29
86 Florian Völk (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
28.01
87 Tomás Buchácek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
28.08
88 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank
29.40
89 Rene Obst (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
29.48
90 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 30.34
91 Philipp
Klein (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
31.39
92 Felix Schäfermeier (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta
31.43
93 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges
31.55
94 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram
33.00
95 Kim Lachmann (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
33.51
96 Daniel Becke (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
34.39
97 Moritz Mainzer (Ger) Team Kuota-Senges
36.22
98 Christoph Schwerdt (Ger) Team Mapei Heizomat
36.29
99 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team
36.47
100 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram
38.13
101 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta 41.31
102
Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road
42.43
103 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author
43.53
104 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
44.09
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