Tour of Germany 2018 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

August 26, 2018

Tour of Germany 2018 – Stage 4 – Lorsch – Stuttgart : 200 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.

Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin) powered to a convincing stage victory on the final day of the Deutschland Tour after coming close in stages 2 and 3.

The German fell shy of overhauling Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida), who cruised to second place on the stage to seal the overall by six seconds over Politt. Maximilian Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors) finished third overall.

Politt was thrilled to finally get his first victory after turning professional in 2013.

“It’s unbelievable. I really can’t believe it,” Politt said. “I think I will have to watch the race again tomorrow and then maybe I can believe it. I was so close to the win in the last two days when I guess I made some small mistakes. But today I waited a little bit longer to go at 200 meters to the finish line. I am really, really happy.”

The overall victory further confirmed Mohoric’s talents after his overall win in the BinckBank Tour and his stage of the Giro d’Italia. The 2013 U23 World Champion also took home the points and best young rider classifications.

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

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