Tour of Germany 2019 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

September 1, 2019

Tour of Germany 2019 – Stage 4 – Eisenach – Erfurt : 159,5 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.

Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) sprinted to victory on the final stage of the Deutschland Tour in Erfurt, taking his second win of 2019 ahead of Yves Lampaert (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates).

Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) sealed overall victory, taking fifth on the stage. Colbrelli’s stage win wasn’t enough to see him overall the Belgian, instead remaining in second overall. Lampaert’s time bonus saw him move up to take the final podium spot.

How it unfolded

The day’s early break was a strong but short-lived one, with stage 3 winner Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) joined out front by Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Jenthe Biermans (Katusha-Alpecin), Magnus Cort (Astana), Nans Peters (AG2R La Mondiale), Kamil Gradek (CCC Team) and Evgeny Shalunov (Gazprom-RusVelo).

With Stuyven’s Trek team leading the peloton, the gap never got larger than two minutes, and any hope of victory came to end surprisingly here, with the bulk of the break caught before the midway point of the stage.

Cort pushed on alone, but he too was caught by the second climb of the day. Ben Gastauer (AG2R La Mondiale) counter-attacked, but he didn’t last long out front either.

Joshua Huppertz (Lotto-KernHaus) led the race onto the closing circuits but was caught before the final intermediate sprint, where Lutsenko took three bonus seconds in a bid to hold onto his GC position.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) and André Greipel (Arkéa-Samsic) put in a speculative attack in the closing kilometres, but at that point it was always going to end with a sprint in Erfurt. Trek started the sprint, but it was Nibali’s teammate Colbrelli who proved the fastest man.

Results :
1 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 3:44:48
2 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Uae Team Emirates
4 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana pro Team
5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) TrekSegafredo
6 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Uae Team Emirates
7 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
8 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
9 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Dimension Data
10 Simon Geschke (Ger) Ccc Team
11 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
12 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
13 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
14 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
15 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma
16 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb
17 Toms Skujins (Lat) TrekSegafredo
18 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
19 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
20 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
21 Mathias Frank (Swi) Ag2r la Mondiale
22 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
23 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Uae Team Emirates 0:00:09
24 Simone Consonni (Ita) Uae Team Emirates
25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:16
26 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2r la Mondiale 0:00:17
27 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana pro Team
28 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Ccc Team
29 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
30 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
31 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Ccc Team 0:00:24
32 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:34
33 André Greipel (Ger) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:41
34 Daniel Martin (Irl) Uae Team Emirates 0:00:55
35 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
36 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:18
37 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:30
38 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Ef Education First 0:01:35
39 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:23
40 Michael Gogl (Aut) TrekSegafredo 0:02:35
41 Mads Pedersen (Den) TrekSegafredo
42 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep
43 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
44 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid 0:03:23
45 Immanuel Stark (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
46 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:03:25
47 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
48 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
49 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Heizomat rad-net.De
50 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin
51 Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) Team Dimension Data
52 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
53 José Gonçalves (Por) Team Katusha Alpecin
54 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r la Mondiale
55 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Uae Team Emirates
56 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
57 Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
58 Fred Wright (GBr) Ccc Team
59 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Ccc Team 0:04:10
60 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
61 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) Ef Education First
62 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid
63 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:04:28
64 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
65 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:33
66 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos
67 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
68 Kim Alexander Heiduk (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
69 Dominik Röber (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
70 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana pro Team
71 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana pro Team
72 Stef Krul (Ned) Metec-tkh Continental Cyclingteam p / b Mantel
73 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:05:20
74 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
75 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2r la Mondiale
76 Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid
77 Nico Denz (Ger) Ag2r la Mondiale
78 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Ccc Team
79 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
80 Tom Scully (NZl) Ef Education First
81 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
82 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:06:47
83 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:06:55
84 Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
85 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
86 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
87 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
88 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
89 Vladislav Kulikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:09:07
90 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
91 Richie Porte (Aus) TrekSegafredo
92 James Whelan (Aus) Ef Education First
93 Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez (Col) Astana pro Team
94 Julian Braun (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
95 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
96 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana pro Team
97 Nans Peters (Fra) Ag2r la Mondiale
98 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
99 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
100 Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid 0:13:00
101 Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid
102 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid
103 Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
104 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
105 Kilian Steigner (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
106 Tobias Nolde (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
107 Robert William Kessler (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
108 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
109 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data
110 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data
111 Michel Aschenbrenner (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
112 Robert Jägeler (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
DNF Julien Bernard (Fra) TrekSegafredo
DNF John Mandrysch (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
DNF Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon
DNF Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data
DNF Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos
DNF Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin
DNS Sean Bennett (USA) Ef Education First

Final General Classification :
1 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) TrekSegafredo 16:23:09
2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:03
3 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:12
4 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana pro Team 0:00:15
5 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Uae Team Emirates 0:00:20
6 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb
7 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:21
8 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Dimension Data
9 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:22
10 Toms Skujins (Lat) TrekSegafredo 0:00:23
11 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
12 Simon Geschke (Ger) Ccc Team
13 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
14 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:46
15 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:03
17 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Uae Team Emirates 0:01:06
18 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:01:26
19 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
20 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
21 Mathias Frank (Swi) Ag2r la Mondiale
22 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:42
23 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:01:58
24 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Ccc Team 0:03:05
25 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2r la Mondiale 0:03:57
26 Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) Team Dimension Data 0:04:51
27 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) Ef Education First 0:06:58
28 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:07:05
29 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
30 Michael Gogl (Aut) TrekSegafredo 0:07:23
31 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:07:30
32 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Uae Team Emirates 0:07:49
33 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:08:14
34 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:25
35 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:09:21
36 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:09:35
37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r la Mondiale 0:10:27
38 Nans Peters (Fra) Ag2r la Mondiale 0:10:33
39 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:10:47
40 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana pro Team 0:11:35
41 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid 0:11:36
42 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:11:42
43 Stef Krul (Ned) Metec-tkh Continental Cyclingteam p / b Mantel 0:11:59
44 André Greipel (Ger) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:12:37
45 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:12:46
46 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Ef Education First 0:13:31
47 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:13:56
48 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:13:57
49 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:14:29
50 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2r la Mondiale 0:14:34
51 Daniel Martin (Irl) Uae Team Emirates 0:14:35
52 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:14:50
53 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Ccc Team 0:15:15
54 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Ccc Team 0:16:40
55 Nico Denz (Ger) Ag2r la Mondiale 0:17:35
56 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
57 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:17:39
58 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:18:23
59 Dominik Röber (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik 0:19:11
60 Richie Porte (Aus) TrekSegafredo 0:20:12
61 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:20:20
62 Immanuel Stark (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik 0:21:02
63 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Uae Team Emirates 0:21:14
64 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:21:43
65 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos 0:22:08
66 Simone Consonni (Ita) Uae Team Emirates 0:22:15
67 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana pro Team 0:24:19
68 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:24:25
69 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:24:51
70 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:25:49
71 José Gonçalves (Por) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:26:13
72 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:28:19
73 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Ccc Team 0:28:37
74 Tom Scully (NZl) Ef Education First 0:29:38
75 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana pro Team 0:29:40
76 Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:29:47
77 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:30:18
78 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Heizomat rad-net.De 0:30:31
79 Fred Wright (GBr) Ccc Team
80 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:32:06
81 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:33:20
82 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid 0:33:22
83 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:33:42
84 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:34:36
85 Kim Alexander Heiduk (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:35:26
86 Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid 0:36:31
87 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:36:54
88 Mads Pedersen (Den) TrekSegafredo 0:37:06
89 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana pro Team 0:37:07
90 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:37:35
91 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:38:14
92 James Whelan (Aus) Ef Education First 0:39:06
93 Robert William Kessler (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:40:23
94 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:40:24
95 Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon 0:40:59
96 Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon 0:43:27
97 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:45:14
98 Vladislav Kulikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:46:16
99 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:46:39
100 Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez (Col) Astana pro Team 0:47:06
101 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:51:13
102 Julian Braun (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon 0:52:52
103 Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid 0:56:45
104 Michel Aschenbrenner (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
105 Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid
106 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
107 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data
108 Tobias Nolde (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
109 Robert Jägeler (Ger) P & s Metalltechnik
110 Kilian Steigner (Ger) Team Dauner | Akkon 1:02:13
111 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid 1:02:19
112 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data 1:06:22