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2006 Deutschland Tour, Stage 8

Deutschland Tour, Germany

Stage 8, Bad Krozingen - Karlsruhe, 172.1K

9 August

Brown Doubles, Voigt Impresses

Brown wins finale stage, photo: Capture- The-Peloton.com

Graeme Brown (Rabobank), like in stage 4, took the sprint ahead of some impressive competition. The Aussie barreled down the streets of Karlsruhe, beating Zabel and Napolitano to the line. Jens Voigt (Team CSC) arrived safely in the cool yellow colors to cap off a dynamite Deucthland Tour. The German took the overall race honors along with three stages; stages 2, 6 and 7. Bravissimo Voigt.

The final day of the Tour of Germany. Jens Voigt, riding high in yellow, only needed to make it the 172.1 kilometers to the finish in Karlsruhe and he would be crowned winner of his home tour. The only real action of the day was going to the inevitable sprint finish.

Well, you knew a breakaway would go clear. In general, the teams of the sprinters appreciate a non-harmful escape; it allows the peloton to "relax" and not be forced to pay attention to any additional attacks. So the big sprint teams in charge, Milram and Lampre-Fondital, allowed a trio to break clear.

Mads Kaggestad, photo: Capture- The-Peloton.com

Mads Kaggestad (Crédit Agricole), Loyd Mondory (Ag2R Prévoyance) and Pascal Hungerbühler (Vorarlberg) busted loose after 25 kilometers from the start town of Bad Krozingen. The three built a slight advantage over the Milram-led gruppo; they had 3'55" at -50K.

Milram was savoring the day across the German roads; setting a nice tempo that would pull their sprinter, Erik Zabel, to the escape just as the stage came to a conclusion.

The pacemaking brilliantly made. The gap to the three leaders started to tumble; 2'05" at -40K, 1'30" at -35K. Lampre-Fondital added some of their foot soldiers, setting up for Danilo Napolitano, and the gap was shut almost immediately. -19K the trio was back in the sights of the peloton, and at -16K the day was over for Kaggestad, Mondory and Hungerbühler.

T-Mobile edged their way to the front, but really this must had been just for TV time. Like a small non-ProTour team, they pink posse were fighting for any sort of publicity after a lack-luster week in their home tour.

Voigt wins Deutschland Tour, photo: Capture- The-Peloton.com

Milram and Lampre-Fondital were having none of it and pushed the T-Mobiles to the side, while covering a few small attacks. The most notable attack came from prologue winner and yellow jersey wearer, Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), in the final 2000 meters.

Hand it to Zabel and his Milram boys for making an impressive showing. For a while, even BiciRace.com was convinced that Zabel was going to pull off the win. Think again. The aggressions of Rabobank and a forceful Lampre-Fondital were too much for Zabel, who ended the day with second place.

Final podium, photo: Capture- The-Peloton.com

Brownie shoved his way through the madness to successfully handle the bigger sprint squadras. The Aussie closed out a successfully D-Tour and in future races will be given a little bit more sprint respect by his Dutch employers. Two ProTour wins in the D-Tour are very respectful.

Not as good as three and the overall... Voigt, you da man! The German from Berlin stamped his authority all over the nine-day affair. Adding to his Tour de France stage win, the D-Tour made for a superb 2006 season but there will probably be even more to come from this monster who goes by the name "Jens."

Results: 3:46'38", 45.56 K/h
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
4 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
7 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile
9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
11 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak
12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
13 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
14 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
16 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
18 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
19 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
20 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná
21 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
23 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step
24 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis
25 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
26 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
27 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
28 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis
31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
32 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
33 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick-Step
34 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
35 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
36 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
37 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Wiesenhof-Akud
38 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
40 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg
41 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
42 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick-Step
43 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
45 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
46 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
47 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
48 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Vorarlberg
49 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
50 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
51 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile
52 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
53 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
54 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná
55 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Vorarlberg
56 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
57 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
58 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná
59 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
60 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
61 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
62 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
64 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
66 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram
67 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Vorarlberg
68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
69 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná
70 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
71 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
72 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
73 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick-Step
74 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
75 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
76 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
77 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
78 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
79 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
80 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
81 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
82 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
83 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
84 Tim Klinger (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
86 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
87 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak
88 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
89 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
90 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
91 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
92 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
93 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
94 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
95 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
96 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
97 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
98 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
99 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
100 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
101 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
102 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
103 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
104 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance
105 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
106 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
107 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
108 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
109 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
110 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
111 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
112 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram
113 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
114 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC
115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
116 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Vorarlberg
117 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
119 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
120 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile
121 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
122 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
123 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
124 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
125 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
127 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
128 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
129 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná
130 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step
131 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
132 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
133 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
135 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná
136 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg
137 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
138 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
139 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
140 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná
141 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
142 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
143 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
144 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir
145 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
146 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
147 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel
148 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank
149 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
150 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná
151 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas
152 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
153 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
154 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
155 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Vorarlberg 0.28
156 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.59
157 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 1.33
158 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg 2.02
159 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Wiesenhof-Akud 2.14
160 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.18
161 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
162 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.44

Final GC:
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 32:11'10"
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.38
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 2.23
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.33
5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 2.57
6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.42
7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 4.08
8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 4.09
9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 4.36
10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.38
11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.48
12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 5.39
13 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.11
14 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6.22
15 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.24
16 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6.32
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 6.49
18 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 7.34
19 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick-Step 7.37
20 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 7.39
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.13
22 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.47
23 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.55
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.59
25 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 9.06
26 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.30
27 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 9.34
28 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Wiesenhof-Akud 9.52
29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 10.07
30 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 10.27
31 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Vorarlberg 10.30
32 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 10.39
33 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 10.56
34 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 11.37
35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 11.44
36 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 12.03
37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 12.05
38 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.44
39 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 12.52
40 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 13.43
41 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14.09
42 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 14.14
43 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.38
44 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 14.46
45 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.37
46 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.09
47 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.19
48 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16.35
49 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 17.54
50 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 18.58
51 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 19.10
52 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 19.15
53 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 22.11
54 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg 24.08
55 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26.12
56 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 26.44
57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 27.56
58 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 28.03
59 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 28.33
60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 28.41
61 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 29.28
62 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 29.51
63 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.02
64 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 30.20
65 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 30.22
66 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 30.25
67 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 30.31
68 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 30.46
69 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 30.49
70 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick-Step 30.50
71 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 31.04
72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31.33
73 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak 31.39
74 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 31.54
75 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 31.55
76 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.10
77 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 32.20
78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32.30
79 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.41
80 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 32.44
81 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 32.54
82 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg 33.04
83 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33.08
84 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.41
85 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33.44
86 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 33.49
87 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 34.05
88 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 34.22
89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 34.29
90 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34.41
91 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 34.54
92 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick-Step 34.56
93 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.11
94 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 35.19
95 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 35.38
96 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud 37.22
97 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 37.39
98 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 37.45
99 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 37.49
100 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 38.13
101 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 38.46
102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 38.48
103 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38.54
104 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.08
105 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step 39.10
106 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39.12
107 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 39.19
108 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.37
109 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 39.42
110 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 39.49
111 Tim Klinger (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud 39.52
112 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 39.58
113 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.00
114 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud 40.02
115 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.19
116 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 40.31
117 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40.48
118 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 41.08
119 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
120 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud 41.31
121 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 42.09
122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42.18
123 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 42.22
124 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42.27
125 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 42.33
126 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42.44
127 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42.48
128 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 42.52
129 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 42.55
130 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Vorarlberg 43.00
131 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 43.17
132 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 43.35
133 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance 44.12
134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 44.29
135 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg 45.09
136 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 46.36
137 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.00
138 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.58
139 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud 48.21
140 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48.34
141 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak 48.36
142 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48.46
143 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 48.54
144 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50.38
145 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 50.40
146 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 51.15
147 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51.39
148 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud 53.07
149 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 53.30
150 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 54.33
151 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.35
152 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.55
153 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 56.33
154 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Vorarlberg 57.18
155 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58.05
156 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 59.16
157 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Vorarlberg 59.31
158 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.01.08
159 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Vorarlberg 1.01.23
160 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.01.28
161 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.02.24
162 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Wiesenhof-Akud 1.04.16