We kregen een vrij trage eerste rit in lijn met weinig ontsnappingspogingen. Een massasprint was het logische gevolg, Thorsten Wilhelms de minder logische winnaar. De Coast-renner klopte Danilo Hondo, Olaf Pollack en Saulius Ruskys.
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1 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 2.35.01 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 6 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 7 Jakob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi 9 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 Johan Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 11 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 12 Lado Fumic (Ger) Germany 2 13 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi 14 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 15 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 16 Andrus Nandusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 17 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 18 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 19 Chri Von Kleinsorge (Ger) Team Coast 20 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 21 Voldomir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 25 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 27 Christian Lademann (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ 28 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 29 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 30 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 31 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 32 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 33 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 34 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 35 Hans-Jürge Juretzek (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 36 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges 37 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 38 Jan Michel Tessier (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 39 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank 40 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 41 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 42 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team ComNet-Senges 43 Christian Knees (Ger) Germany 2 44 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Germany 1 45 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 47 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 48 Michael Reihs (Den) Team fakta 49 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta 51 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 52 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 53 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team fakta 54 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank 55 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 56 Salvato Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 57 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Team Telekom 58 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 59 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Bastian Giling (Ned) Rabobank 63 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Coast 64 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 65 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 66 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 67 Martin Laciak (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 68 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 69 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 70 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 71 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 73 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 74 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 75 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi 76 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 77 Carsten Bresser (Ger) Germany 2 78 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 79 Rafael Nuritninov (Uzb) De Nardi 80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 81 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Germany 2 82 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 83 Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 84 Andreas Müller (Ger) Germany 1 85 Yves Gollhandt (Ger) Germany 2 86 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Germany 2 87 David Pell (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges 88 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 89 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 90 Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany 1 91 Leif Lampater (Ger) Germany 1 92 Christian Bach (Ger) Germany 1 93 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 94 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 95 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 96 Karl Platt (Ger) Germany 2 97 Alexander Tiedtke (Ger) Germany 2 98 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team fakta 99 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 100 André Korff (Ger) Team Coast 101 Christian Müller (Ger) Germany 1 102 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi 103 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC 104 Guido Fulst (Ger) Germany 1 105 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta 106 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 107 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 108 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 109 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 110 Robert Bengsch (Ger) Germany 1 111 Leonardo Giovdani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 112 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 113 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 1.03 114 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges General classification after stage 1b 1 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.50.22 2 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 0.30 3 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.40 4 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Coast 0.51 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 1.01 6 Christian Lademann (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ 1.02 7 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.11 9 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 10 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.14 11 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 1.15 12 Jens Lehmann (Ger) Germany 1 1.16 13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 1.17 14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta 1.20 16 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges 1.23 17 Chri Von Kleinsorge (Ger) Team Coast 18 Voldomir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.27 19 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1.29 20 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 1.31 21 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1.33 22 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 23 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 24 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1.34 25 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1.35 26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 27 Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1.37 28 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1.38 29 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank 1.40 30 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 1.41 31 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 33 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 34 Christian Müller (Ger) Germany 1 1.43 35 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 1.44 36 Jakob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta 1.46 37 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47 38 Bastian Giling (Ned) Rabobank 39 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team fakta 1.48 40 Christian Knees (Ger) Germany 2 41 Jan Michel Tessier (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 1.54 42 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 1.55 43 Martin Laciak (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 44 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team fakta 45 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.56 46 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 47 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 1.57 48 Alexander Tiedtke (Ger) Germany 2 49 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank 1.58 50 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1.59 51 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 52 Rafael Nuritninov (Uzb) De Nardi 2.02 53 Guido Fulst (Ger) Germany 1 2.03 54 David Pell (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges 55 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.04 56 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 2.05 57 André Korff (Ger) Team Coast 2.06 58 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 2.07 59 Hans-Jürge Juretzek (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 2.08 60 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi 2.10 61 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 2.12 62 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 63 Leif Lampater (Ger) Germany 1 2.13 64 Christian Bach (Ger) Germany 1 65 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 2.14 66 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 67 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Germany 1 68 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 2.15 69 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 2.17 70 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 71 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 2.18 72 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.19 73 Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 2.22 74 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi 2.23 75 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta 2.24 76 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi 78 Karl Platt (Ger) Germany 2 2.25 79 Leonardo Giovdani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 2.26 80 Lado Fumic (Ger) Germany 2 81 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 2.30 82 Salvato Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.31 83 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 84 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Team Telekom 2.33 85 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 2.34 86 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi 2.39 87 Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 88 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 2.41 89 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Germany 2 2.42 90 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 91 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 2.43 92 Michael Reihs (Den) Team fakta 2.44 93 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 2.46 94 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 95 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Germany 2 2.48 96 Johan Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 2.49 97 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 2.50 98 Andrus Nandusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 2.54 99 Robert Bengsch (Ger) Germany 1 2.55 100 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 2.56 101 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 3.00 102 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC 3.02 103 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team ComNet-Senges 3.03 104 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 3.09 105 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.10 106 Carsten Bresser (Ger) Germany 2 3.11 107 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 3.15 108 Jindrich Vana (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 109 Andreas Müller (Ger) Germany 1 3.16 110 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 3.18 111 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team ComNet-Senges 3.21 112 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 3.32 113 Yves Gollhandt (Ger) Germany 2 3.34 114 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 5.05 Sprints classification 1 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 5 pts 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 4 3 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 3 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 2 6 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 2 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 1 8 Martin Laciak (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1 Mountains classification 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 3 pts 2 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 2 3 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 1 Young rider classification 1 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.14 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 1.17 3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4 Chri Von Kleinsorge (Ger) Team Coast 1.23 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1.29 6 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1.35 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Rabobank 1.40 8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.41 9 Christian Müller (Ger) Germany 1 1.43 10 Bastian Giling (Ned) Rabobank 1.47 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Germany 2 1.48 12 Martin Laciak (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1.55 13 Alexander Tiedtke (Ger) Germany 2 1.57 14 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank 1.58 15 David Pell (Aus) Team ComNet-Senges 2.03 16 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.04 17 Leif Lampater (Ger) Germany 1 2.13 18 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.31 19 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Team Telekom 2.33 20 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Germany 2 2.42 21 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Germany 2 2.48 23 Johan Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 2.49 24 Robert Bengsch (Ger) Germany 1 2.55 25 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.10 26 Yves Gollhandt (Ger) Germany 2 3.34 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 8.32.50 2 Team Coast 1.28 3 Deutsche Telekom 2.08 4 Ed'system - Zvvz 2.20 5 Rabobank Espoirs 2.22 6 Team Wiesenhof 2.53 7 Marlux Wincor 2.57 8 Team Fakta 3.05 9 Csc Tiscali 3.11 10 Deutschland 1 3.13 11 Comnet-Senges 3.21 12 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.38 13 Deutschland 2 4.21 14 Ccc Polsat 4.29 15 De Nardi-Colpack 4.46 Close