2007 Deutschland Tour

August 2008 The 31st edition of the Deutschland Tour cycle race took place in Germany from August 10 to August 18, 2007. It did not start with the traditional prologue but with a normal stage. The race included a team time trial, an individual time trial and seven stages, covering a total of 1292.5 km mi on. The race began in Saarbrücken and finished in Hanover. For the second year in a row Jens Voigt held off Levi Leipheimer to take the victory. Final General Classification CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 30h 57' 21"2Levi LeipheimerUnited StatesDSC 2007 1' 57"3David LópezSpainMOV 2007 2' 10"4Leonardo BertagnolliItalyLIQ 3' 05"5Robert GesinkNetherlandsRAB 3' 15"6Chris Anker SørensenSAX 2007 4' 06"7Maxime MonfortBelgiumCOF 2007 5' 22"8Laurens ten DamNetherlandsUNI 5' 26"9Gustav LarssonSwedenUNI 6' 08"10Davide RebellinItalyGST 2007 6' 16" Teams 23 teams took part. Of the 20 ProTour teams, only AST 2007 did not take part (the team was in crisis from doping results at the 2007 Tour de France). Four non-ProTour teams were given a wildcard invitation: Skil–Shimano, Team Volksbank, Team Wiesenhof–Felt and Elk Haus-Simplon. Stages Stage 1 Saarbrücken 183.7 km Friday, August 10 Stage 1 result CyclistCountryTeamResults1Robert FörsterGermanyGST 2007 4h 24' 16"2Danilo NapolitanoItalyLAM 2007 s.t3Erik ZabelGermanyMRM s.tGeneral Classification after Stage 1 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Robert FörsterGermanyGST 2007 4h 24' 16"2Maarten den BakkerNetherlandsSKS 2"3Danilo NapolitanoItalyLAM 2007 4" Stage 2 Bretten Team Time Trial 42.2 km Saturday, August 11 Stage 2 result TEAMCountryResults1SAX 2007 51' 40"2DSC 2007United States 25"3GST 2007Germany 55"General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 5h 15' 55"2Fabian CancellaraSwitzerlandSAX 2007 1"3Bobby JulichUnited StatesSAX 2007 1" Stage 3 Pforzheim – Offenburg 181.8 km Sunday, August 12 Stage 3 result CyclistCountryTeamResults1Erik ZabelGermanyMRM 4h 49' 25"2José Joaquín Rojas GilSpainMOV 2007 s.t3Bradley McGeeAustraliaFDJ 2007 s.tGeneral Classification after Stage 3 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 10h 05' 20"2Bobby JulichUnited StatesSAX 2007 1"3Alexandr KolobnevRussiaSAX 2007 1" Stage 4 Singen – Sonthofen 183.8 km Monday, August 13 Stage 4 result CyclistCountryTeamResults1Damiano CunegoItalyLAM 2007 4h 28' 06"2Davide RebellinItalyGST 2007 s.t3David LópezSpainMOV 2007 s.tGeneral Classification after Stage 4 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 14h 33' 31"2Chris Anker SørensenSAX 2007 1"3George HincapieUnited StatesDSC 2007 27" Stage 5 Singen – Sölden (Austria) 157.6 km Tuesday, August 14 Stage 5 result CyclistCountryTeamResults1David LópezSpainMOV 2007 4h 21' 07"2Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 12"3Robert GesinkNetherlandsRAB 19"General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 18h 54' 34"2David LópezSpainMOV 2007 33"3Robert GesinkNetherlandsRAB 1' 14" Stage 6 Längenfeld (Austria) – Kufstein (Austria) 175 km Wednesday, August 15 Stage 6 result CyclistCountryTeamResults1Gerald CiolekGermanyTHR 2007a 3h 57' 40"2Danilo NapolitanoItalyLAM 2007 s.t.3José Joaquín RojasSpainMOV 2007 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 22h 52' 14"2David LópezSpainMOV 2007 33"3Robert GesinkNetherlandsRAB 1' 14" Stage 7 Kufstein (Austria) – Regensburg 192.2 km Thursday, August 16 Stage 7 result CyclistCountryTeamResults1Gerald CiolekGermanyTHR 2007a 4h 08' 20"2Erik ZabelGermanyMRM s.t.3José Joaquín RojasSpainMOV 2007 s.t.General Classification after Stage 7 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 27h 00' 44"2David LópezSpainMOV 2007 33"3Robert GesinkNetherlandsRAB 1' 14" Stage 8 Fürth Individual Time Trial 33.1 km Friday, August 17 Stage 8 result CyclistCountryTeamResults1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 39' 42"2László BodrogiC.A 2007 15"3Levi LeipheimerUnited StatesDSC 2007 26"General Classification after Stage 8 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Jens VoigtGermanySAX 2007 27h 40' 26"2Levi LeipheimerUnited StatesDSC 2007 1' 57"3David LópezSpainMOV 2007 2' 10" Stage 9 Einbeck – Hannover 143.1 km Saturday, August 18 Stage 9 result CyclistCountryTeamResults1Gerald CiolekGermanyTHR 2007a 3h 16' 55"2Erik ZabelGermanyMRM s.t.3Mark RenshawAustraliaC.A 2007 s.t. Jersey progress Stage(Winner)General classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationYoung rider classificationTeam classification Stage 1(Robert Förster) Robert Förster Robert Förster Matej Mugerli Philipp Ludescher Bouygues Télécom Stage 2(SAX 2007) Jens Voigt Andy Schleck SAX 2007 Stage 3(Erik Zabel) Erik Zabel Niki Terpstra Stage 4(Damiano Cunego) José Joaquín Rojas Chris Anker Sørensen Stage 5(David López) Robert Gesink Stage 6(Gerald Ciolek) Stage 7(Gerald Ciolek) Erik Zabel Stage 8(Jens Voigt) Stage 9(Gerald Ciolek) External links Race website 2007 Category:2007 in German sport Category:2007 UCI ProTour Category:August 2007 sports events in Germany