Deutschland Tour 2008 - 7

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

Stage 7 Neuss - Georgsmarienhütte (214,3km)

Stéphane Auge (Cofidis) won from a breakaway group that had been away for 180km.

Team Milram riders said thanks to their sponsors by donning cow jersies, but were almost thrown off the race for wearing illegal shirts.

Kness said - "Before the start of the stage, I was in the team bus. We were told that we would not be allowed to start in the cow jerseys, so I changed mine. My team mates didn't get this message, since they were already at the start.“

Christian Knees was the only Milram rider underway with the usual jersey. He rode to the team bus shortly before the start, when the team was informed that they would be taken out of the race because the cow jerseys violated the rules. Knees then quickly changed his jersey. His team mates did not receive the warning and rode the race in the speckled kit.

1 146 Stéphane Auge, COF 04:45:33
2 187 Thierry Hupond, SKS st
3 118 Mauro Da-Dalto, LIQ st
4 55 Johannes Fröhlinger, GST st
5 151 Christian Knees, MRM st
6 1 Jens Voigt, CSC st
7 128 Thomas Voeckler, BTL st
8 74 Jorge Azanza, EUS st
9 46 Koos Moerenhout, RAB st
10 167 Simon Spilak, LAM st
11 177 Angel Gomez, SDV st
12 163 Roberto Longo, LAM @ 03:54
13 81 Linus Gerdemann, THR st
14 87 André Greipel, THR st
15 152 Björn Schröder, MRM st
16 186 Sebastian Siedler, SKS st
17 197 Daniel Musiol, VBG st
18 97 Christophe Le-Mevel, C.A st
19 48 Graeme Brown, RAB st
20 88 Marcel Sieberg, THR st

General Classification
1 81 Linus Gerdemann, THR 32:44:12
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 @ 00:01:16
6 26 José Rujano, GCE @ 00:01:20
7 12 Daniel Navarro, AST @ 00:01:27
8 113 Andrea Noe, LIQ @ 00:01:31
9 175 Eros Capecchi, SDV @ 00:01:57
10 71 Haimar Zubeldia, EUS @ 00:02:40
11 97 Christophe Le-Mevel, C.A @ 00:02:52
12 61 Jussi Veikkanen, FDJ @ 00:03:30
13 127 Johann Tschopp, BTL @ 00:03:37
14 178 Josep Jufre, SDV @ 00:03:41
15 135 Kevin Seeldrayers, QST @ 00:03:43
16 114 Charles Wegelius, LIQ @ 00:03:44
17 131 Giovanni Visconti, QST @ 00:04:07
18 52 Markus Fothen, GST @ 00:04:23
19 27 Francisco Perez, GCE @ 00:04:42
20 192 Andreas Dietziker, VBG @ 00:04:49

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/