The Rothaus Regio-Tour International takes place across 3 countries - Germany, France and Switzerland.
Stage 1 covers 183km in France starting at Lutterbach and finishing in Soultz over a fairly flat course which suits the sprinters as a way to get started in the tour. Along the way is one Category 1 climb with the sumit falling at the 55km mark which should allow any break away to be caught. There are also 3 intermediate sprint points for the speedsters to stretch their legs.
Winner of the opening stage was Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) winning in a mass srpint over Nicolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Claudio Cucinotta (Tenax Salmilano). Earlier a 10 man breakaway had moved away in an attempt to steal the opening day but with some strong riding from the sprinter's teams they were reeled in with 25km to go. Petacchi looked to have won with a little left over.
Stage 1 Results (Top 10)
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.17.53 (42.65 km/h)
2 Nicolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
3 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax Salmilano
4 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax Salmilano
5 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura - Canarias
6 Tilo Schüler (Ger) Team Sparkasse
7 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges
8 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
10 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
Overall GC Standings
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.17.43
2 Nicolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.04
3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.05
4 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 0.06
5 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Agritubel
6 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 0.07
7 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse
8 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.08
9 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 0.10
10 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura - Canarias
Sprint Classification
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 15 pts
2 Nicolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12
3 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 10
Mountain Classification
1 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 12 pts
2 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura - Canarias 8
3 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6
Young Rider Classification
1 Nicolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.17.47
2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.01
3 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 0.02
4 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Agritubel
5 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom - Senges 0.06
Teams
1 Tenax-Menikini 12.53.39
2 Fuerteventura-Canarias
3 Tinkoff Credit System
