Tour of Germany 2019 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

August 30, 2019

Tour of Germany 2019 – Stage 2 – Marburg – Göttingen : 202 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. 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.

Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) scored an emphatic victory on stage 2 of the Deutschland Tour in Göttingen, out-powering Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) and Yves Lampaert (Deceuninck-Quickstep) in the bunch sprint.

With the stage win and time bonus, the Norwegian swapped the points jersey for that of the overall race leader off the shoulders of stage 1 winner Pascal Ackermann, who missed the front split on an undulating run-in to Göttingen and lost 16 minutes.

Kristoff leads Colbrelli by 10 seconds with Lampaert third at 12 seconds.

The day was dominated by Lampaert’s young teammate Remco Evenepoel, who spent the better part of 100km off the front solo. The double junior world champion held on until 9km to go when he was finally reeled in.

“I suffered all day,” Kristoff said. “I broke away in the middle of the stage but then I managed to get back into the group where, as the kilometers went by, I started to feel better. On the last ascent I lost contact, but managed to get back on. In the sprint I felt really good. When Colbrelli jumped I was a bit boxed in, but then I managed to pass [him].”

It was Kristoff’s first win since the Tour de Suisse, and he said he is on track to aim for the World Championships. For the overall Deutschland Tour, it is a different story.

“For the overall GC I think it’s difficult because today I was at the limit and tomorrow it will be even harder, but I will definitely try.”

Results :
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 4:21:04
2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
3 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
6 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
7 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb
8 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
9 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
10 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
11 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
12 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
14 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
15 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team
16 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
17 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
18 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
19 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
20 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
21 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
22 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
23 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma
24 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
25 Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) Dimension Data
26 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
28 Dominik Röber (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:01:22
29 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education First
30 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
31 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team
32 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
34 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:32
35 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:14
36 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
37 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
38 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
39 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
40 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
41 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
42 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
43 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
44 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:03:31
45 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:26
46 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:06:00
47 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
48 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
49 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
50 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
51 Stef Krul (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
52 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
53 Daniel Mclay (GBr) EF Education First
54 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid
55 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team
56 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) CCC Team
57 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
58 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos
59 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep
60 André Greipel (Ger) Team Arkea-Samsic
61 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:06:22
62 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:07:50
63 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
64 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:09:21
65 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
66 Sean Bennett (USA) EF Education First
67 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:10:09
68 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
69 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
70 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
71 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana Pro Team
72 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:11:52
73 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team
74 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:54
75 Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:12:36
76 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
77 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:14:25
78 Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon 0:16:13
79 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid
80 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
81 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
82 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
83 Fred Wright (GBr) CCC Team
84 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
85 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
86 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
87 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
88 Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid
89 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
90 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
91 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
92 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
93 Robert William Kessler (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
94 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
95 Immanuel Stark (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
96 Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez (Col) Astana Pro Team
97 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First
98 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
99 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
100 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
101 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
102 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
103 Kim Alexander Heiduk (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:25:54
104 John Mandrysch (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
105 Simon _pilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
106 Vladislav Kulikov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
107 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos
108 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
109 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
110 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
111 Julian Braun (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
112 Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
113 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
114 Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid
115 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
116 Michel Aschenbrenner (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
117 Tobias Nolde (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
118 Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid
119 Robert Jägeler (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
120 Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
121 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
122 Kilian Steigner (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
123 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
124 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid
DNF Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos
DNF Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
DNF Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNS Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNS Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 8:10:18
2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:10
3 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:12
4 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:00:13
5 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
6 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
7 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:15
8 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:16
9 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
10 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
11 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
12 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
13 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
14 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
15 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
16 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
17 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
19 Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) Dimension Data
20 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
21 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team
22 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
23 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
24 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma
25 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
26 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
27 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
28 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:38
29 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
30 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team
31 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
32 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education First
33 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:47
34 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:02:30
35 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
36 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
38 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
39 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
41 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
42 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:47
43 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:04:17
44 Dominik Röber (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:04:31
45 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:42
46 André Greipel (Ger) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:06:16
47 Daniel Mclay (GBr) EF Education First
48 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep
49 Stef Krul (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
50 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
51 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
52 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
53 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid
54 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
55 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:06:33
56 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
57 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) CCC Team
58 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:06:53
59 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:06:58
60 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos
61 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:08:06
62 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
63 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:09:09
64 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:09:37
65 Sean Bennett (USA) EF Education First
66 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:09:54
67 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:10:25
68 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
69 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:06
70 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team 0:12:40
71 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:13:18
72 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
73 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:13:41
74 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:14:41
75 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:59
76 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:15:45
77 Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
78 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:19
79 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:16:29
80 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
81 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
82 Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid
83 Fred Wright (GBr) CCC Team
84 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
85 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
86 Immanuel Stark (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
87 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:43
88 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:16:46
89 Robert William Kessler (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
90 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
91 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:17:05
92 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:17:16
93 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:17:18
94 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:17:31
95 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:19:22
96 Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
97 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid
98 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
99 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First
100 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
101 Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:23:17
102 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:24:56
103 Kim Alexander Heiduk (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:26:10
104 John Mandrysch (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
105 Simon _pilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
106 Vladislav Kulikov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:26:32
107 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:26:52
108 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:26:55
109 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:27:04
110 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:29:03
111 Julian Braun (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
112 Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
113 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
114 Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid
115 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
116 Michel Aschenbrenner (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
117 Tobias Nolde (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
118 Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid
119 Robert Jägeler (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
120 Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
121 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:32:58
122 Kilian Steigner (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon 0:34:31
123 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
124 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid 0:34:37