3 Länder Tour: Dekker takes second stage and grabs yellow

20.09.2007/ Rabobank's young gun Thomas Dekker took today's second stage of the 3 Ländertour. The winner of this years Tour de Romandie also took over the lead in the general classification.

Thomas Dekker in yellow... (picture: © 3 Ländertour)

Picture gallery: 3 Ländertour, stage 2, Lollar - Lollar

The 145-kilometer second stage of Drei Länder Tour with start and finish in Lollar turned out to be quite decisive for the overall standings.

Rabobank's Thomas Dekker won the stage and took the overall lead as well, while CSC's Jens Voigt advanced to an overall second place after a fourth place in the stage. Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) came in third and is also third in the overall. Fränk Schleck is fourth overall.

Thomas Dekker wrote a mobile message after the stage saying: "The best were at the front. Good feeling before the worlds! Now I have to see if I can win this Tour!"

"It was a good day for us today. The deciding moment between Voigt and Dekker will probably be the time trial on Saturday – so that will be very exciting, I think. Michael Boogerd might have a chance as well, but then tomorrow is another day, so we'll have to wait and see," said Team CSC's sports director Scott Sunderland.

Voigt is eight seconds behind Dekker and Boogerd and Schleck are only one and two seconds behind Voigt, so the bonus seconds might well end up deciding the race.

Results

Stage 2

1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                        3.22.39 (41.006 km/h)
2 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
6 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel
7 Marcel Barth (Ger) Thüringer Energie Team             11.56
8 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram

General Classification after stage 2

1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                        8.17.00
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                              0.08
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                         0.10
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                           0.11
5 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel                       0.20
6 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon         2.39
7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                     12.00
8 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                      12.04
9 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                     12.09
10 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                          12.10

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