Vattenfall Cyclassics podium history | 2006 edition | 2008 edition

Hamburg, Germany: 229.1 km. Germany / 42.811 km/hr
167 starters / 133 classified finishers

Alessandro Ballan holds off hard-charging Oscar Freire and Gerald Ciolek

The Race: Alessandro Ballan timed his sprint perfectly. A crash occurred with two kilometers to go. And from the front group with a half-kilometer to go, Ballan sprinted and held his lead to the end.

Complete Results:

1	Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital)	5hr 21min 5sec
2	Oscar Freire (Rabobank)	s.t.
3	Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile)	s.t.
4	Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital)	s.t.
5	Erik Zabel (Milram)	s.t.
6	Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)	s.t.
7	Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Innergetic)	s.t.
8	Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor-Lotto)	s.t.
9	Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner)	s.t.
10	Olaf Pollack (Wiesenhof)	s.t.
11	David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir)	s.t.
12	Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir)	s.t.
13	William Bonnet (Crédit Agricole)	s.t.
14	Martin Elmiger (AG2R Prévoyance)	s.t.
15	Matti Breschel (CSC)	s.t.
16	Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano)	s.t.
17	Aitor Galdos Alonso (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	s.t.
18	Alexandre Usov (AG2R Prévoyance)	s.t.
19	Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)	s.t.
20	Saïd Haddou (Bouygues Télécom)	s.t.
21	Pablo Lastras Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne)	s.t.
22	Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile)	s.t.
23	José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Caisse d'Epargne)	@ 5sec
24	Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step-Innergetic)	s.t.
25	Fumiyuki Beppu (Discovery Channel)	s.t.
26	Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner)	s.t.
27	Jon Bru Pascal (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	s.t.
28	Jens Voigt (CSC)	s.t.
29	Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	s.t.
30	Mathew Hayman (Rabobank)	s.t.
31	Sébastien Minard (Cofidis)	s.t.
32	Marcel Sieberg (Milram)	@ 1sec
33	Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step-Innergetic)	s.t.
34	Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R Prévoyance)	@ 12sec
35	Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel)	s.t.
36	Lloyd Mondory (AG2R Prévoyance)	s.t.
37	Anders Lund (Sparebanken Vest)	s.t.
38	Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Télécom)	s.t.
39	Jonas Ljungblad (Unibet.com)	s.t.
40	Adam Hansen (T-Mobile)	s.t.
41	Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto)	s.t.
42	Jussi Veikkanen (La Française des Jeux)	s.t.
43	Björn Leukemans (Predictor-Lotto)	@ 19sec
44	Angel Gomez Gomez (Saunier Duval-Prodir)	@ 24sec
45	Andrea Tonti (Quick Step-Innergetic)	@ 26sec
46	Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir)	s.t.
47	Pieter Mertens (Predictor-Lotto)	s.t.
48	Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Prodir)	s.t.
49	Steffen Wesemann (Wiesenhof)	s.t.
50	Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Rabobank)	s.t.
51	Lorenzo Bernucci (T-Mobile)	s.t.
52	Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre-Fondital)	s.t.
53	Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas)	s.t.
54	Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel)	s.t.
55	Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital)	@ 35sec
56	Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step-Innergetic)	@ 39sec
57	Leon Van Bon (Rabobank)	@ 42sec
58	Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prévoyance)	@ 55sec
59	Luciano André Pagliarini (Saunier Duval-Prodir)	@ 1min 16sec
60	Daniel Musiol (Wiesenhof)	s.t.
61	Christian Knees (Milram)	s.t.
62	Erki Pütsep (Bouygues Télécom)	s.t.
63	Koldo Fernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	@ 1min 19sec
64	Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano)	s.t.
65	Matthew Wilson (Unibet.com)	s.t.
66	Dionisio Galparsoro (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	s.t.
67	Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole)	s.t.
68	Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	s.t.
69	David Deroo (Skil-Shimano)	s.t.
70	Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile)	s.t.
71	Raivis Belohvosciks (Saunier Duval-Prodir)	s.t.
72	Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux)	s.t.
73	Tyler Farrar (Cofidis)	s.t.
74	Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne)	s.t.
75	Leonardo Duque (Cofidis)	@ 1min 36sec
76	Alan Perez Lezaun (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	@ 1min 42sec
77	William Walker (Rabobank)	@ 1min 48sec
78	Baden Cooke (Unibet.com)	s.t.
79	Thomas Dekker (Rabobank)	s.t.
80	Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux)	@ 2min 22sec
81	Murilo Fischer (Liquigas)	@ 2min 25sec
82	Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole)	@ 2min 32sec
83	Claudio Corioni (Lampre-Fondital)	@ 3min 13sec
84	Mark Renshaw (Crédit Agricole)	@ 3min 55sec
85	Luke Roberts (CSC)	@ 4min 0sec
86	Matthew Goss (CSC)	s.t.
87	Alexei Markov (Caisse d'Epargne)	s.t.
88	Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano)	s.t.
89	Dario David Cioni (Predictor-Lotto)	s.t.
90	Michael Albasini (Liquigas)	s.t.
91	Frederik Willems (Liquigas)	s.t.
92	Michael Blaudzun (CSC)	s.t.
93	Trent Lowe (Discovery Channel)	s.t.
94	Nicolas Rousseau (AG2r Prévoyance)	s.t.
95	Rony Martias (Bouygues Telecom)	s.t.
96	Sebastian Siedler (Milram)	s.t.
97	Markus Eichler (Unibet.com)	s.t.
98	Robert Retschke (Wiesenhof)	s.t.
99	Stéphane Augé (Cofidis)	s.t.
100	Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step-Innergetic)	s.t.
101	Lars Ytting Bak (CSC)	s.t.
102	Artur Gajek (Wiesenhof)	s.t.
103	Johannes Fröhlinger (Gerolsteiner)	s.t.
104	David Kopp (Gerolsteiner)	s.t.
105	Preben Van Hecke (Predictor-Lotto)	@ 5min 16sec
106	Marco Zanotti (IUnibet.com)	s.t.
107	Gorik Gardeyn (Unibet.com)	s.t.
108	Laurent Mangel (AG2r Prévoyance)	s.t.
109	Gerben Löwik (Rabobank)	s.t.
110	Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis)	s.t.
111	Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre-Fondital)	s.t.
112	Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas)	s.t.
113	Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano)	s.t.
114	Frank Hoj (Cofidis)	s.t.
115	Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic)	s.t.
116	Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano)	s.t.
117	Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank)	@ 11min 20sec
118	Imanol Erviti (Caisse d'Epargne)	s.t.
119	Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2r Prévoyance)	s.t.
120	Julian Dean (Crédit Agricole)	s.t.
121	Volker Ordowski (Gerolsteiner)	s.t.
122	Stephan Schreck (T-Mobile)	s.t.
123	Robert Wagner (Wiesenhof)	s.t.
124	Björn Schröder (Milram)	s.t.
125	Morris Possoni (Lampre-Fondital)	s.t.
126	Volodymyr Bileka (Discovery Channel)	s.t.
127	Yohann Gène (Bouygues Telecom)	s.t.
128	Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom)	s.t.
129	Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom)	s.t.
130	Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile)	s.t.
131	Marco Marzano (Lampre-Fondital)	s.t.
132	Matthé Pronk (Unibet.com)	@ 14min 27sec
133	Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas)	@ 14min 54sec