Tour of Germany 2021 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

August 29, 2021

Tour of Germany 2021 – Stage 4 – Erlangen – Nürnberg : 156,3 km

The Deutschland Tour is one of the oldest stage-races in the world, starting its life back in 1911, but it has really struggled to establish itself on the racing calendar, experiencing several long hiatuses throughout the 20th and early 21st century. The race was picked up by ASO in 2018 however and since then we’ve seen two revitalised editions of the Deutschland Tour. With the new races following a four-day format, rather than the old nine-day format, the battle for the general classification rages throughout, making for one thrilling and action-packed race. The new four-day format is very different to the older editions and does away with the time-trial in favour of four Classic-esque stages. Each stage is like a one-day race, with the most consistent finisher across the four taking the overall title.

Bora-Hansgrohe dug deep to counter a flurry of attacks and finish one-two in the general classification of the Deutschland Tour, Nils Politt taking the title and teammate Pascal Ackermann taking second overall, four seconds back. Politt had taken the race leader’s jersey on stage 3 after a solo victory in Erlangen.

Alexander Kristoff of UAE Team Emirates won the sprint finish in Nürnberg on Sunday, his second stage victory of the four-day race. The Norwegian would also place third in the GC standings.

Ackermann finished second on stage 4 and secured the sprint classification title. Luca Mozzato (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) was third in the bunch sprint.

“As expected, the other teams went all in today. Somehow, we managed to still get the better in the end, but it was really hard work,” said Politt, who earned the first GC victory of his career.

“With two stage wins, and one and two in GC, there was nothing more we could have hoped for. When Almeida attacked it was a critical situation and I had to ride myself for a while. But in the end, all went well and that’s all that counts.”

The final stage between Erlangen and Nürmberg was only 156 kilometers but delivered six categorised climbs. The entire stage was one of multiple attacks that Bora-Hansgrohe chased down all day.

Ackermann said he knew he would have taken enough bonus second with a victory Sunday to steal the overall title form his teammate.

“But to be honest, Nils really deserves that victory. He rode a lot at the front today and I was hanging in there, fighting to don’t get dropped. We all did a great job this week and I am super happy with my stage win [stage 1] and the Green Jersey.”

Results :
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 3:33:25
2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:0:00
3 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:0:00
4 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:0:00
5 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:0:00
6 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:0:00
7 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:0:00
8 Valentin Retailleau (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:0:00
9 John Degenkolb (Ger) German National Team 0:0:00
10 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:0:00
11 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team 0:0:00
12 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:0:00
13 Tom Lindner (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:0:00
14 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:0:00
15 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:0:00
16 Ben Tulett (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:0:00
17 Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:0:00
18 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) German National Team 0:0:00
19 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:0:00
20 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:0:00
21 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 0:0:00
22 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:0:00
23 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 0:0:00
24 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:0:00
25 Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:0:00
26 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:0:00
27 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:0:00
28 David van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 0:0:00
29 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:0:00
30 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:0:05
31 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:0:07
32 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:0:07
33 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:0:07
34 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:0:13
35 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:48
36 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:48
37 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:02:05
38 Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:18:36
39 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:18:36
40 Ruben Apers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:18:36
41 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Team DSM 0:18:36
42 Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:18:36
43 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM 0:18:36
44 Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:18:36
45 Pirmin Benz (Ger) German National Team 0:18:36
46 Jannis Peter (Ger) German National Team 0:18:36
47 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 0:18:36
48 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:18:36
49 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:18:36
50 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Israel Start-up Nation 0:18:36
51 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:18:36
52 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:18:36
53 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:18:36
54 Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM 0:18:36
55 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 0:18:36
56 Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid 0:18:36
57 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:18:36
58 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:22:06
59 Tobias Nolde (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:22:06
60 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:22:06
61 Jakob Geßner (Ger) German National Team 0:22:06
62 Danny van der Tuuk (Ned) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:22:06
63 Immanuel Stark (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:22:06
64 Alex Richardson (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:22:06
65 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:22:06
66 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:22:06
67 Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:22:06
68 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation 0:22:06
69 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling 0:22:06
70 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling 0:22:06
71 Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling 0:22:06
72 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling 0:22:06
OTL Abram Stockman (Bel) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
OTL Michel Aschenbrenner (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
OTL Mario Spengler (Swi) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
OTL Robert Jägeler (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik
OTL Christian Maximilian Koch (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
OTL Pierre-Pascal Keup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
OTL Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
OTL Stephen Bassett (USA) Rally Cycling
OTL Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
OTL Julius Johansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
OTL Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
OTL Jon Knolle (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
OTL Henri Uhlig (Ger) German National Team
OTL Roman Duckert (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
OTL Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
OTL Michel Gießelmann (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
OTL Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
OTL Dawit Yemane (Eri) Bike Aid
DNF Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM
DNF Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
DNF Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid
DNF Azzedine Lagab (Alg) Bike Aid
DNF Henning Bommel (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Jan-Marc Temmen (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Kim Alexander Heiduk (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
DNS Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
DNS Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
DNS Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team
DNS Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
DNS Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise

Final General Classification :
1 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 16:29:41
2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:0:04
3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:0:04
4 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 0:0:19
5 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:0:19
6 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:0:21
7 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:0:22
8 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:0:22
9 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:0:24
10 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:0:26
11 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:0:26
12 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:0:26
13 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:0:26
14 Tom Lindner (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:0:26
15 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team 0:0:26
16 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) German National Team 0:0:26
17 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:0:26
18 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:0:26
19 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:0:26
20 John Degenkolb (Ger) German National Team 0:0:26
21 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:0:26
22 Ben Tulett (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:0:26
23 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:0:26
24 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:0:33
25 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:0:33
26 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 0:0:46
27 David van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:05
28 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:14
29 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:14
30 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:03:22
31 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:03:38
32 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:04:45
33 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:46
34 Stephen Bassett (USA) Rally Cycling 0:06:02
35 Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:06:13
36 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:07:15
37 Michel Aschenbrenner (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:07:25
38 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:07:34
39 Roman Duckert (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:08:21
40 Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:08:31
41 Abram Stockman (Bel) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:09:43
42 Christian Maximilian Koch (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:09:43
43 Valentin Retailleau (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:10:15
44 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:10:39
45 Henri Uhlig (Ger) German National Team 0:10:47
46 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:11:53
47 Pierre-Pascal Keup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:13:53
48 Jon Knolle (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:14:00
49 Julius Johansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:15:22
50 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:17:02
51 Robert Jägeler (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:18:02
52 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:18:59
53 Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:19:02
54 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:19:02
55 Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM 0:19:02
56 Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:19:02
57 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Team DSM 0:19:02
58 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 0:19:28
59 Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid 0:19:35
60 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:19:58
61 Pirmin Benz (Ger) German National Team 0:20:06
62 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 0:20:10
63 Mario Spengler (Swi) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:20:22
64 Michel Gießelmann (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:20:31
65 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:20:46
66 Ruben Apers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:21:09
67 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Israel Start-up Nation 0:21:09
68 Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:22:18
69 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:22:32
70 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation 0:23:07
71 Eirik Lunder (Nor) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:23:28
72 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM 0:23:43
73 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling 0:23:50
74 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 0:24:04
75 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:24:19
76 Dawit Yemane (Eri) Bike Aid 0:25:13
77 Jakob Geßner (Ger) German National Team 0:25:20
78 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:27:13
79 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:27:15
80 Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:30:03
81 Danny van der Tuuk (Ned) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:30:56
82 Jannis Peter (Ger) German National Team 0:31:57
83 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:31:58
84 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling 0:32:54
85 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling 0:33:12
86 Alex Richardson (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:33:16
87 Tobias Nolde (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:33:19
88 Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling 0:35:26
89 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:35:27
90 Immanuel Stark (Ger) P & S Metalltechnik 0:35:31