Deutschland Tour 2008 - 1

The eight stage Deutschland Tour began on Friday, August 29, in Austria and ends on September 6 in Bremen.

Stage 1 Kitzbühel/Hochfügen (178km)
Milram's Brett Lancaster could not defend his leader's yellow jersey in the first stage of the Deutschland Tour.

Stomach problems were to force the Australian time trial specialist to leave the race on the 178 km from Kitzbühel up to Hochfügen.

The stage was marked by the 'most aggressive' rider of the day, Dominik Roels, who was brought back from a lone breakaway after about 150 km.

The stage win and yellow jersey went to Linus Gerdemann (Team Columbia) ahead of his teammate Thomas Lövkvist and Janez Brajkovic (Astana).

Vittorio Algeri, Milram Directeur Sportif, on the Queen Stage said - "Brett had such severe stomach problems, that he could hardly stay on his bike. We tried everything so that he could stay in the race, but in the end it just wasn't possible. Despite this bad news, we did very well today, especially thanks to Dominik Roels, and put our mark on the stage.“

Dominik Roels said - "When I was finally caught, I couldn't hold up any more and ended up fighting my way to the finish with Björn Schröder.“

1 81 GERDEMANN, Linus THR 04:42:54 +00:00
2 85 LÖVKVIST, Thomas THR +00:16
3 11 BRAJKOVIC, Janez AST +00:16
4 93 CAUCCHIOLI, Pietro C.A +00:50
5 26 RUJANO GUILLEN, José GCE +00:50
6 42 MOLLEMA, Bauke RAB +00:50
7 175 CAPECCHI, Eros SDV +01:13
8 127 TSCHOPP, Johann BTL +01:13
9 113 NOE, Andrea LIQ +01:13
10 12 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel AST +01:13
11 52 FOTHEN, Markus GST +01:47
12 27 PEREZ SANCHEZ, Francisco GCE +01:47
13 176 DE LA FUENTE RASILLA, David SDV 04:44:52 +01:58
14 71 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar EUS +01:58
15 178 JUFRE POU, Josep SDV 04:45:25 +02:31
16 135 SEELDRAYERS, Kevin QST +02:33
17 105 GOUBERT, Stéphane ALM +02:33
18 94 BOTCHAROV, Alexandre C.A +02:33
19 21 KARPETS, Vladimir GCE +02:33
20 145 HARTMANN, Nicolas COF +02:33

1 81 GERDEMANN, Linus THR 04:46:57 00:00:00
2 85 LÖVKVIST, Thomas THR 00:00:17
3 11 BRAJKOVIC, Janez AST 00:00:20
4 93 CAUCCHIOLI, Pietro C.A 00:00:58
5 42 MOLLEMA, Bauke RAB 00:01:01
6 26 RUJANO GUILLEN, José GCE 00:01:05
7 12 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel AST 00:01:21
8 175 CAPECCHI, Eros SDV 00:01:23
9 113 NOE, Andrea LIQ 00:01:23
10 127 TSCHOPP, Johann BTL 00:01:27
11 52 FOTHEN, Markus GST 00:01:46
12 27 PEREZ SANCHEZ, Francisco GCE 00:01:56
13 71 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar EUS 00:02:08
14 176 DE LA FUENTE RASILLA, David SDV 00:02:12
15 111 BERTAGNOLLI, Leonardo LIQ 00:02:34
16 21 KARPETS, Vladimir GCE 00:02:35
17 178 JUFRE POU, Josep SDV 00:02:43
18 97 LE MEVEL, Christophe C.A 00:02:44
19 114 WEGELIUS, Charles LIQ 00:02:45
20 145 HARTMANN, Nicolas COF 00:02:47

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

Website - www.deutschland-tour.de/