Deutschland Tour 2008

Jens Voigt of CSC/Saxo Bank has made the Tour of Germany his own after winning for the last few years and he starts as number one on the entry.

A number of big squads are in attendance although Milram do not field Erik Zabel who is at the Vuelta, nonetheless those who are racing are of a high quality.

The race starts on Friday August 29 with a 3.6 km long prologue in Kitzbühel, followed on Saturday with a number of cat 1 and 2 climbs to Hochfügen.

Back in Germany, the third stage starts in the Bavarian capital of Munich. From here on the sprinters will have their chances for three days in a row.

The fifth stage starts in Mainz, with 218.4 km the longest stage of the Deutschland Tour. It is expected to whittle down the favorites for the overall title, as it runs over rolling terrain to the final climb in Winterberg.

The following two stages are again flat, until the final stage, which will be Milram's home stage at the individual time trial in Bremen.

Stages
Prologue Friday, 29th Aug. Kitzbühel (3,6km) Time Trial
1st stage Saturday, 30th Aug. Kitzbühel - Hochfügen (178km) Mountains
2nd stage Sunday, 31st Aug. München - Region Hesselberg (182,6km)
3rd stage Monday, 1st Sept. Herrieden - Wiesloch (214,9km)
4th stage Tuesday, 2nd Sept. Wiesloch - Mainz (174km)
5th stage Wednesday, 3rd Sept. Mainz - Winterberg (218,4km) Mountains
6th stage Thursday, 4th Sept. Bad Fredeburg - Neuss (188,8km)
7th stage Friday, 5th Sept. Neuss - Georgsmarienhütte (214,3km)
8th stage Saturday, 6th Sept. EZF Bremen (34km) Time Trial

Stage one	Stage five

Website - www.deutschland-tour.de/

Teams
CSC TEAM - CSC SAXO BANK
1 Jens Voigt (Ger)
2 Andy Schleck (Lux)
3 Nicki Sørensen (Den)
4 Erik Larsson (Swe)
5 Jason Mccartney (USA)
6 Kasper Klostergaard (Den)
7 Lasse Bochmann-Larsen (Den)
8 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)

AST ASTANA -
11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo)
12 René Haselbacher (AUT)
13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
14 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz)
15 Daniel Navarro (Esp)
16 Grégory Rast (SUI)
17 Michael Schär (SUI)
18 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)

GCE CAISSE - D'EPARGNE
21 David Lopez (Esp)
22 Anthony Charteau (Fra)
23 Pablo Lastras (Esp)
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
25 Marlon Perez (Esp)
26 Mathieu Perget (Fra)
27 José Rujano (Ven)
28 Rigoberto Uran (Col)

SIL SILENCE-LOTTO -
31 Mario Aerts (Bel)
32 Dario Cioni David (Ita)
33 Nick Gates (Aus)
34 Mathew Lloyd (Aus)
35 Robbie Mcewen (Aus)
36 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel)
37 Wim Van Huffel (Bel)
38 Johan Van Summeren (Bel)

RAB RABOBANK -
41 Graeme Brown (Aus)
42 Bram De Groot (Ned)
43 Michiel Elijzen (Ned)
44 Tom Leezer (Ned)
45 Gerben Löwik (Ned)
46 Paul Martens (GER)
47 Bauke Mollema (Ned)
48 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)

GST GEROLSTEINER -
51 Robert Förster (GER)
52 Markus Fothen (GER)
53 Thomas Fothen (GER)
54 Johannes Frohlinger (GER)
55 Bernhard Kohl (AUT)
56 Matthias Russ (GER)
57 Ronny Scholz (GER)
58 Marcus Zberg (SUI)

FDJ FRANCAISE - DES JEUX
61 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra)
62 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)
63 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra)
64 Christophe Mengin (Fra)
65 Tom Stubbe (Bel)
67 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra)
68 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)

EUS EUSKALTEL - - EUSKADI
71 Lander Aperribay (Esp)
72 Yon Bru (Esp)
73 Aitor Galdos (Esp)
74 Aitor Hernandez (Esp)
75 Markel Irizar (Esp)
76 Inaki Isasi (Esp)
77 Juan Oroz Jose (Esp)
78 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp)

THR TEAM - COLUMBIA
81 Marcus Burghardt (GER)
82 Gerald Ciolek (GER)
83 Linus Gerdemann (GER)
84 Bert Grabsch (GER)
85 André Greipel (GER)
86 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe)
87 Tony Martin (GER)
88 Marcel Sieberg (GER)

C.A CREDIT - AGRICOLE
91 William Bonnet (Fra)
92 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
93 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita)
94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun)
95 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
96 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
97 Rémi Pauriol (Fra)
98 Mark Renshaw (Aus)

ALM AG2R- - LA MONDIALE
101 Philip Deignan (Irl)
102 Cyril Dessel (Fra)
104 Sylvain Calzati (Fra)
105 Tanel Kangert (Est)
106 Stéphane Goubert (Fra)
107 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
108 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mol)

LIQ LIQUIGAS -
111 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita)
112 Kjell Carlström (Fin)
113 Dario Cataldo (Ita)
114 Alberto Curtolo (Ita)
115 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita)
116 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro)
117 Andrea Noe' (Ita)
118 Charles Wegelius (GBr)

BTL BOUYGUES - TELECOM
121 Julien Belgy (Fra)
122 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra)
123 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus)
124 Matthieu Sprick (Fra)
125 Saïd Haddou (Fra)
126 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra)
127 Johann Tschopp (SUI)
128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra)

QST QUICKSTEP -
131 Matteo Carrara (Ita)
132 Alexander Efimkin (Rus)
133 Addy Engels (Ned)
134 Hubert Schwab (SUI)
135 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel)
136 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel)
137 Giovanni Visconti (Ita)
138 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den)

COF COFIDIS, - LE CREDIT PAR
141 Stéphane Auge (Fra)
142 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra)
143 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned)
144 Amaël Moinard (Fra)
146 Maxime Monfort (Bel)
147 Sébastien Portal (Fra)
148 Steve Zampieri (SUI)

MRM TEAM - MILRAM
151 Ralf Grabsch (GER)
152 Christian Knees (GER)
153 Martin Müller (GER)
154 Dominik Roels (GER)
155 Björn Schröder (GER)
156 Brett Lancaster (Aus)
157 Peter Velits (Svk)
158 Markus Eichler (GER)

LAM LAMPRE -
161 Marco Bandiera (Ita)
162 Roberto Longo (Ita)
163 David Loosli (SUI)
164 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita)
165 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita)
166 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
167 Simon Spilak (Slo)
168 Daniele Righi (Ita)

SDV SCOTT - - AMERICAN BEEF
171 Rubens Bertogliati (SUI)
172 Jose Benitez Alberto (Esp)
173 Arkaitz Durán (Esp)
174 Hector Gonzalez (Esp)
175 Benat Intxausti (Esp)
176 Denis Flahaut (Fra)
177 Manuele Mori (Ita)
178 Ermanno Capelli (Ita)

SKS SKIL-SHIMANO -
181 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)
182 Floris Goesinnen (Ned)
183 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra)
184 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)
185 Albert Timmer (Ned)
186 Sebastian Siedler (GER)
187 Thierry Hupond (Fra)
188 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn)

VBG TEAM - VOLKSBANK
191 Andreas Dietziker (SUI)
192 Gerrit Glomser (AUT)
193 Pascal Hungerbühler (SUI)
194 André Korff (GER)
195 Philipp Ludescher (AUT)
196 Daniel Musiol (GER)
197 Olaf Pollack (GER)
198 René Weissinger (GER)