Deutschland Tour 2008 - 2

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

Stage 2 München/Region Hesselberg (182,6km)
Kasper Klostergaard of Team CSC/Saxo Bank was in a break with Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Markel Irizar (Euskaltel) and Yoann Le Boulanger (Francaise des Jeux), but Team Columbia and the sprinter teams didn't give them much room so their lead never really amounted to much. With five kilometers to go they were caught by the peloton in spite of a stubborn effort by the young Dane.

A good climb during the final two kilometers acted as a stepping stone for more attacks and the end result was victory for David De La Fuente (Scott-American Beef), who crossed the finish line two seconds ahead of a small group of five, who had been among the top-5 in Saturday's stage, closely followed by the peloton.

"It was a fast stage. The first 100 kilometers were over in less than two hours and it was very difficult to escape, so it was a great performance by Kasper to make that break. At the same time it should be said that it wasn't just a lucky punch because he'd been in all the action up until the group was formed after 85 kilometers," said Team CSC Saxo Bank sports director Kim Andersen after the stage.

"We'll continue to try for stage wins over the next few days," said Kim Andersen.

1 176 David De-La-Fuente SDV 03:48:38
2 93 Pietro Caucchioli, C.A @00:02
3 85 Thomas Lövkvist, THR @00:02
4 11 Janez Brajkovic, AST @00:02
5 81 Linus Gerdemann, THR @00:02
6 42 Bauke Mollema, RAB @00:02
7 12 Daniel Navarro AST @00:08
8 43 Paul Martens, RAB @00:10
9 175 Eros Capecchi, SDV @00:10
10 131 Giovanni Visconti, QST @00:10
11 61 Jussi Veikkanen, FDJ @00:10
12 113 Andrea Noe, LIQ @00:10
13 71 Haimar Zubeldia, EUS @00:10
14 26 José Rujano, GCE @00:10
15 31 Mario Aerts, SIL @00:10
16 97 Christophe Le-Mevel, C.A @00:10
17 21 Vladimir Karpets, GCE @00:10
18 105 Stéphane Goubert, ALM @00:19
19 164 Francesco Gavazzi, LAM @00:19
20 22 Rigoberto Uran, GCE @00:19

General Classification
1 81 Linus Gerdemann, THR 08:35:37
2 85 Thomas Lövkvist, THR 00:00:17
3 11 Janez Brajkovic, AST 00:00:20
4 93 Pietro Caucchioli, C.A 00:00:58
5 42 Bauke Mollema, RAB 00:01:01
6 26 José Rujano, GCE 00:01:13
7 12 Daniel Navarro, AST 00:01:27
8 175 Eros Capecchi, SDV 00:01:31
9 113 Andrea Noe, LIQ 00:01:31
10 127 Johann Tschopp, BTL 00:01:54
11 52 Markus Fothen, GST 00:02:03
12 176 David De-La-Fuente, SDV 00:02:10
13 27 Francisco Perez, GCE 00:02:13
14 71 Haimar Zubeldia, EUS 00:02:16
15 21 Vladimir Karpets, GCE 00:02:43
16 111 Leonardo Bertagnolli, LIQ 00:02:51
17 97 Christophe Le-Mevel, C.A 00:02:52
18 178 Josep Jufre SDV 00:03:00
19 94 Alexandre Botcharov, C.A 00:03:05
20 105 Stéphane Goubert, ALM 00:03:07

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/