The 2007 Tour of Germany is held from August 10 thru August 18.
A chance for the field to recover from yesterday's tough climb takes the field from Laengenfeld to Kufstein over 175km of relatively flat terrain.
It was a day for the sprinters with Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile) taking the victory from Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) with Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) taking 3rd which also earned him the lead in the Sprint Classification.
Stage 6 Profile
Stage Summary
A breakaway of 2 saw Wolfgang Murer (Elk Haus-Simplon) and Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) escape establishing a lead that rose to around 8 minutes before the big teams began to take an interest in dragging them back. From about the 95km mark they set about paving the way for their sprinters.
The field was all back together again with 9km to go and the race was set up for another sprint finish. We are all fairly aware that narrow roads and a hotly contested sprint finish don't go together very well and the tightness of the streets had an effect as the sprinters roared home with a number of sprinters getting checked on their runs, most notably Erik Zabel.
The Overall GC remained unchanged with Voigt still holding a 33 second advantage over David Lopez Garcia. Question for you all...how much a lead will he need heading into the Individual Time Trial, do you think?
Stage Results (Top 10)
| 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
3.57.40 |
Overall GC (Top 10)
| 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone |
22.52.24 |
Points Classification
| 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne |
62 pts 58 41 |
Mountains Classification
| 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC |
23 pts 15 12 |
Young Rider
| 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne |
22.53.38 0.10 2.31 3.21 3.55 |
Teams
| 1 Team CSC 2 Caisse D'Epargne 3 Rabobank |
68.44.02 |
