Tour of Germany 2018 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

August 25, 2018

Tour of Germany 2018 – Stage 3 – Trier – Merzig : 176 km

The Deutschland Tour (English: Tour of Germany and sometimes Deutschland-Rundfahrt in German) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but from 2005 until 2008 it was moved to August as part of the UCI ProTour. On October 16, 2008 the organizers announced that the 2009 edition would be cancelled, following the doping cases that were revealed in the sport of cycling. Marketing chiefs said they were unable to finance the nine-day race due to a lack of interested sponsors after the latest revelations of cyclists testing positive for the blood-booster CERA. The race has not been held since, but a revival for 2017 was announced on 8 March 2016. In 2018, the A.S.O. revived the Deutschland Tour and included a 4-stage-race into a cycling festival. From 23 August to 26 August 2018, the Deutschland Tour will take place in the South-Western region of Germany.

Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) won stage 3 of the Deutschland Tour in Merzig to move into the overall lead with one stage remaining. The Slovenian produced a well-timed effort to beat Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin) and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) in the reduced group sprint.

Late escapees Warren Barguil (Fortuneo-Oscaro) and Pieter Weening (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) were caught at the flamme rouge, and after an effort from Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) petered out, Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) tried to upset the odds by anticipating the sprint.

Kiryienka was overhauled within sight of the line after Politt launched his sprint from distance, but the on-form Mohoric – winner of the BinckBank Tour last week – produced a sparkling late acceleration to claim the honours. Overnight leader Max Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors) was prominent at the head of the reduced bunch in the finale, but he could only manage seventh on the stage and concedes his jersey to Mohoric.

The sprint was marred by a nasty crash that saw Lennard Kamna (Sunweb) and Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe) come down heavily, while Jurgen Roelandts (BMC) was forced to sit up rather than contest the finish.

The stage was animated by an early break of seven riders, comprising Johannes Hodapp (Sauerland), Oscar Riesebeek (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij), Juri Hollmann (Heizomat), Rick Zabel (Katusha-Alpecin), Evgeny Shalunov (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Robin Carpenter (Rally Cycling) and Adam Hansen (Lotto Soudal).

The escapees forged clear after 30km and established a maximum lead of 4 minutes with 80km remaining, but Schachmann’s Quick-Step guard set about whittling down their advantage. The break had two minutes in hand come the final 50km, but that buffer was down to just 30 seconds by the time they hit the final 25km.

The punchy terrain on the finishing circuit lent itself to attacking, and Hansen and Zabel slipped away from their companions on an uncategorised climb with 20km remaining. They were pegged back shortly before the final classified ascent of Mettlach, however, where Carpenter – so impressive every time the road climbed – going clear in the company of Risebeek.

Carpenter shed himself of Riesebeek with 10km to go and led through the finish line with one lap remain. With Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) among the pace-setters in the reduced bunch, however, it was always going to be difficult to stay clear, and the American was caught with 8km to go.

Barguil and Weening jumped away on the climb to the bonus sprint at Eller Weg with 7km to go, and they held a thin buffer over the chasers all the way to the kilometre to go banner, where they were finally swept up.

A breathless finale ensued, with Bardet making a late bid for glory, but the honours ultimately fell to Mohoric, who is enjoying a fine August and is now on the cusp of a second stage race victory in the space of a week.

Mohoric carries a lead of 6 seconds over Schachmann into Sunday’s concluding stage, with Politt a further 4 seconds back in third place overall.

Results :
1 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 4:12:28
2 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
3 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
4 Jasha SŸtterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
5 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
6 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
7 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
8 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
9 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
10 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
11 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
12 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
13 Jeremy Maison (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
14 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
15 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
17 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
18 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
19 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
20 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
21 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal
22 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
24 Szymon Rekita (Pol) Leopard Pro Cycling
25 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
26 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
27 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
28 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
29 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
31 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
32 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:39
35 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
36 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
37 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
38 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
39 Robbert de Greef (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
40 Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:44
41 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:50
42 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling
43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:07
44 Lennard Kamna (Ger) Team Sunweb
45 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
46 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
47 Patrick Haller (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de 0:01:51
48 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:52
49 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
50 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:07
51 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
52 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
53 Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:03:00
54 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
55 Louis Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
56 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
57 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
58 Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
59 Felix Intra (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
60 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
61 Florian Nowak (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
62 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
63 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
64 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
65 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally Cycling
66 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
67 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
68 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
69 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:04:21
70 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe
71 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb
72 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
73 Frederik Dombrowski (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
74 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
75 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
76 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:38
77 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
78 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling
79 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors
80 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:09:12
81 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
82 Joann Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
83 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
84 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
85 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors
86 Gaëtan Pons (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling
87 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
88 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:09:18
89 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
90 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
91 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:11:10
92 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
93 Jens Reynders (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling
94 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
95 Julian Braun (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
96 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
97 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
98 Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
99 Per Christian Munstermann (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
100 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
101 Nuno Matos (Por) Movistar Team
102 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
103 Aaron Grosser (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
104 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
105 Johannes Hodapp (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
106 Mario Spengler (Swi) Leopard Pro Cycling
107 John Mandrysch (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
108 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
109 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
110 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
111 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors
112 Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
113 Dorian Lubbers (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
114 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy
115 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
116 Maxim Pirard (Bel) Bahrain-Merida
117 Pascal Treubel (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
118 Sven Reutter (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
119 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 0:15:19
120 Tobias Nolde (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
121 Leon Rohde (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de 0:20:59
122 Simon Laib (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
Freddy Ovett (Aus) BMC Racing Team
Etienne van Empel (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
Brad Huff (USA) Rally Cycling
August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy
Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 12:37:56
2 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
3 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:10
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
5 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:20
6 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:24
7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:25
8 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
9 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:26
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
11 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:27
12 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:28
14 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
17 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
18 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
19 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
20 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
21 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
22 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:46
23 Jasha SŸtterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:00:48
24 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
25 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
26 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
27 Szymon Rekita (Pol) Leopard Pro Cycling
28 Jeremy Maison (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
29 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
30 Lennard Kamna (Ger) Team Sunweb
31 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
32 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:27
34 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
35 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
36 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:47
37 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:02:40
38 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
39 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:04
40 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:03:35
41 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling
42 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:03:48
43 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
44 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:03:50
45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:04:38
46 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:04:44
47 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
48 Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:05:16
49 Robbert de Greef (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:23
50 Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:28
51 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:05:56
52 Patrick Haller (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de 0:06:35
53 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:07:43
54 Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:07:44
55 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
56 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
57 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
58 Louis Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
59 Florian Nowak (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
60 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
61 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:08:54
62 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:09:01
63 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:09:05
64 Frederik Dombrowski (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
65 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
66 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:11
67 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling 0:09:13
68 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors 0:09:28
69 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:09:31
70 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:10
71 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:10:11
72 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:47
73 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:10:57
74 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:11:54
75 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:12:33
76 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:13:15
77 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
78 Felix Intra (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany 0:13:57
79 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:32
80 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:14:41
81 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:10
82 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:15:54
83 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:16:20
84 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally Cycling 0:17:20
85 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
86 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:18:06
87 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
88 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
89 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
90 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:18:12
91 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:20:04
92 Joann Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany 0:20:09
93 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:20:15
94 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:20:33
95 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:22:07
96 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
97 Gaëtan Pons (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:23:32
98 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors 0:24:00
99 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:25:20
100 Jens Reynders (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:25:27
101 Aaron Grosser (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany 0:25:30
102 Nuno Matos (Por) Movistar Team
103 Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
104 Mario Spengler (Swi) Leopard Pro Cycling
105 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:25:54
106 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:26:43
107 Pascal Treubel (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de 0:26:48
108 Julian Braun (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon 0:28:50
109 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
110 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:28:59
111 Johannes Hodapp (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany 0:29:39
112 John Mandrysch (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon 0:30:57
113 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
114 Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon
115 Per Christian Munstermann (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany 0:31:24
116 Dorian Lubbers (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
117 Sven Reutter (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de 0:34:17
118 Maxim Pirard (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:36:24
119 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 0:40:33
120 Simon Laib (Ger) Team Dauner D&DQ-Akkon 0:40:46
121 Leon Rohde (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de 0:44:55
122 Tobias Nolde (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de 0:45:21