Tour of Germany: Lancaster Takes Prologue

29.08.2008/Brett Lancaster (Milram) won the 3.6 kilometer prologue in Kitzbühel to open the Deutschland Tour (August 29 – September 6/UCI ProTour). The Australian won in a time of 3.59 minutes, only a few hundredths of a second faster than the Swede Gustav Erik Larsson (CSC Saxo Bank) and German Gerald Ciolek (Team Columbia).

Brett Lancaster. (© Cyclingheroes)

With this opening win, the 28 year-old Aussie took the lead in the general classification and will wear the yellow jersey in tomorrows queen Stage.

Milram's Prologue winner Brett Lancaster said: "It was a perfect race today. I came directly here from the Olympic track events and so I had an optimal preparation for the curving, challenging course. It is fantastic to have won here. Now I will wear the yellow jersey in the mountains. It will certainly be a very special Queen Stage for me, even though the mountains aren't my thing."

CSC - Saxo Bank's Gustav Larsson clocked the second best time. "Very well done by Gustav and it promises well for his chances later on in the race. But at the same time it was a very short prologue so you shouldn't read too much into today's result. We'll know much more after the mountain stage tomorrow," said a satisfied Team CSC Saxo Bank sports director Kim Andersen after the prologue.

Milram's Christian Knees said:"I am really happy about Brett's success. Winning the first yellow jersey in the D-Tour is a strong signal from our team. It was a short, not too difficult time trial. I rolled along well and am satisfied with my time. I decided to use my road bike on this city course, which paid off in the end. That was a nice beginning – the real race starts for me tomorrow with the Queen stage."

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Race reports

Results Tour of Germany 2008

Prologue

1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          3.59 (54.23 km/h)
2 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          0.02
4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           0.03
5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         0.04
6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia
8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
9 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    0.05
11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia
12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas
14 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas
15 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                         0.06
17 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia
19 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
22 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                        0.07
23 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step
25 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
26 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia
27 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          0.08
29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
31 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana
32 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                               0.09
33 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
35 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank
37 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
38 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                           0.10
39 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
40 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank
41 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia
42 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
43 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
44 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
45 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                             0.11
46 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
47 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
48 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        0.12
49 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
50 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
51 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
53 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
58 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef
59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
60 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
61 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                          0.13
62 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank
63 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
64 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
65 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
66 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
68 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
69 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     0.14
70 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
71 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef
72 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
73 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
74 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre
76 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto
77 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
78 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef
79 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                0.15
80 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto
81 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
82 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step
83 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre
84 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
85 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
86 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank
87 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
88 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
89 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
90 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
91 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                       0.16
92 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank
95 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef
96 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
97 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
98 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
99 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                            0.17
100 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
101 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef
102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
103 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
104 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre
105 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                    0.18
106 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto
108 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux
109 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef
110 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
111 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
112 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux
113 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
114 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
115 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                0.19
116 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
117 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
118 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre
119 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne
120 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
121 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef          0.20
122 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana
123 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step
124 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto
125 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                    0.21
127 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano
128 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
129 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
130 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
131 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                              0.22
132 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano
133 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
134 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                      0.23
135 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
136 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
137 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                          0.24
138 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto
139 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     0.25
140 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank
141 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
142 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                             0.26
143 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
144 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux              0.27
145 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
146 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
147 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto
148 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      0.28
149 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto
150 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   0.29
151 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                           0.30
152 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef
153 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                       0.33

General Classification after prologue

1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          3.59
2 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          0.02
4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           0.03
5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         0.04
6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia
8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
9 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    0.05
11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia
12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas
14 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas
15 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                         0.06
17 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia
19 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
22 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                        0.07
23 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step
25 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
26 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia
27 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          0.08
29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
31 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana
32 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                               0.09
33 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
35 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank
37 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
38 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                           0.10
39 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
40 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank
41 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia
42 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
43 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
44 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
45 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                             0.11
46 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
47 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
48 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        0.12
49 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
50 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
51 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
53 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
58 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef
59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
60 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
61 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                          0.13
62 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank
63 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
64 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
65 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
66 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
68 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
69 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     0.14
70 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
71 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef
72 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
73 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
74 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre
76 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto
77 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
78 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef
79 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                0.15
80 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto
81 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
82 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step
83 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre
84 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
85 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
86 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank
87 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
88 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
89 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
90 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
91 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                       0.16
92 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank
95 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef
96 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
97 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
98 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
99 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                            0.17
100 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
101 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef
102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
103 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
104 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre
105 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                    0.18
106 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto
108 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux
109 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef
110 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
111 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
112 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux
113 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
114 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
115 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                0.19
116 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
117 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
118 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre
119 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne
120 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
121 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef          0.20
122 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana
123 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step
124 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto
125 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                    0.21
127 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano
128 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
129 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
130 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
131 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                              0.22
132 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano
133 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
134 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                      0.23
135 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
136 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
137 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                          0.24
138 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto
139 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     0.25
140 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank
141 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
142 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                             0.26
143 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
144 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux              0.27
145 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
146 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
147 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto
148 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      0.28
149 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto
150 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   0.29
151 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                           0.30
152 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef
153 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                       0.33

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