 Zabel claimed victory in a bunch sprint |
Eric Zabel made the most of racing on home ground as he won the first stage in the Tour of Germany. The German out-sprinted Australia's Stuart O'Grady to win the 184km stage from Dresden to Altenburg.
He leads overall from O'Grady by eight seconds thanks to time bonuses picked up during the stage.
Stage 1 results:
1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom four hours 43 minutes 34 seconds
2. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
3. Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco
4. Einrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
5. Mark Scanlon (Ire) AG2R
6. Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step
7. Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
8. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9. Jan Koerts (Hol) BankGiroLoterij
10. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof all same time as Zabel
Overall standings:
1. Zabel 4:43:19
2. O'Grady 8 seconds behind
3. Glomser 11 secs
4. James Vanlandschoot (Belgium) Vlaanderen 13
5. Magnus Backstedt (Sweden) Tean Fakta 14
6. Poitschke 15
7. Scanlon
8. Rogers
9. Hinault
10. Pollack all same time as Poitschke
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