Voigt won stage two of the Tour of Germany

Italian Davide Rebellin was second with Kazakh Andrey Kaschechkin in third.

Russian Vladimir Gusev of the Discovery Channel team holds the overall leader's yellow jersey.

The first three escaped 15km from the end with Voigt outsprinting his rivals.

German Ronny Scholz was clear for the first 107km before capture.

Friday's third stage takes the bunch from Witzenhausen to Schweinfurt over 203km.

Tour of Germany stage two results:
1. Jens Voigt (Ger/CSC) 4:22:25"
2. Davide Rebellin (Ita/Gerolsteiner )ST
3. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz/Astana)
4. Erik Zabel (Ger/Milram) +4"
5. Kim Kirchen (Lux/T-Mobile)
6. Nick Nuyens (Bel/Quick-Step)
7. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita/T-Mobile)
8. Stefan Schumacher (Ger/Gerolsteiner)
9. Josep Jufre (Spa/Davitamon-Lotto)
10. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo/Lampre)

General classification:
1. Vladimir Gusev (Rus/Discovery Channel ) 9:12:17"
2. Linus Gerdemann (Ger/T-Mobile ) +1"
3. Davide Rebellin (Ita/Gerolsteiner) +7"
4. Inigo Cuesta (Spa/CSC) +10"
5. Jens Voigt (Ger/CSC) +11"
6. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz/Astana)
7. Erik Zabel (Ger/Milram) +12"
8. Nick Nuyens (Bel/Quick-Step) +13"
9. Evgueni Petrov (Rus/Lampre) +14"
10. Assan Bazayev (Kaz/Astana) +17"