2022 Sparkassen Münsterland Giro (1.Pro), Germany
16th edition: Monday, October 3, 2022
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Telgte - Münster, 205.9 km
Olav Kooij is the day's fastest. Jumbo-Visma photo
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Weather at the finish city of Münster at 1:45 PM, local time: 16C (61F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Two riders did not start: Wesley Kreder (Cofidis) & Enzo Decker (BikeAid).
Here's the report from winner Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma:
Olav Kooij has won the Münsterland Giro in an impressive way. The sprinter of Team Jumbo-Visma was very strong in the bunch sprint, holding off Jasper Philipsen and Max Walscheid.
Kooij recorded his 12th win of the season in Münster, making it the 47th win for his team. "Winning is always good, but it's even nicer when you defeat some world-class riders", Kooij said. "They have all already won stages in a grand tour. I'm hoping to soon be able to do the same."
As expected, the Münsterland Giro ended in a bunch sprint. Kooij was well led to the front by his teammates and when he saw a gap in the closing metres, he took off like a rocket. With a great display of power, he outsprinted all his opponents. "I am happy that I could finish off my teammates' work. I am very grateful to them."
Kooij, who finished fifth at the World Under-23 Championships two weeks ago, acknowledged he had some doubts going into the race. "I didn't feel very rested when I came back from Australia, so I didn't really know what to expect today. Fortunately, I had strong legs in the final and could even shift up a gear."
The Dutchman highlighted his strong season with his victory in Münster. Kooij can reflect on a productive year thanks to stage wins in Sarthe, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and ZLM Tour. "Although the season has been wonderful thus far, I want to end it well. My next races are Gran Piemonte and Paris-Tours, and then it's time for holidays."
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Comlete results:
205.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.664 km/hr
| 1 | Olav Kooij | Jumbo-Visma | 4hr 36min 36sec |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 3 | Max Walscheid | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 4 | Itamar Einhorn | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 5 | Sam Bennett | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Fabio Jakobsen | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 7 | Dylan Groenewegen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 8 | Casper Van Uden | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 9 | Max Kanter | National Team Germany | s.t. |
| 10 | Milan Fretin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 11 | Arne Marit | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 12 | Felix Gros | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 13 | Jordi Meeus | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 14 | Erlend Blikra | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 15 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | National Team Germany | s.t. |
| 17 | Michael Mørkøv | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 18 | Vito Braet | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 19 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 20 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 21 | Abram Stockman | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
| 22 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 23 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 24 | Rick Zabel | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 25 | Rüdiger Selig | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 26 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 27 | Pavel Bittner | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 28 | Coen Vermeltfoort | VolkerWessels | s.t. |
| 29 | Huub Artz | Metec-Solarwatt | s.t. |
| 30 | Lars Hohmann | Metec-Solarwatt | s.t. |
| 31 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 32 | Jack Bauer | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 33 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 34 | Luka Mezgec | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 35 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 37 | Jon Knolle | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
| 38 | Michiel Stockman | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
| 39 | David Van Der Poel | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 40 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 41 | Roan Konings | Metec-Solarwatt | s.t. |
| 42 | Nick Van Der Meer | VolkerWessels | s.t. |
| 43 | Moritz Kretschy | National Team Germany | s.t. |
| 44 | Mika Heming | National Team Germany | s.t. |
| 45 | Pirmin Benz | National Team Germany | s.t. |
| 46 | Oliver Knight | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 47 | Nils Politt | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 48 | André Carvalho | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 49 | Alex Colman | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 50 | Leon Eduard Brescher | Team Lotto-Kern Haus | s.t. |
| 51 | Elmar Reinders | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 52 | Johannes Adamietz | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
| 53 | Julien Vermote | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 54 | Szymon Sajnok | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 55 | Kasper Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 56 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 57 | Joshua Huppertz | Team Lotto-Kern Haus | s.t. |
| 58 | Jasper Haest | VolkerWessels | @ 13sec |
| 59 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 0:15 |
| 60 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Jumbo-Visma | 0:17 |
| 61 | Oliviero Troia | UAE Team Emirates | 0:22 |
| 62 | Hidde Van Veenendaal | Metec-Solarwatt | s.t. |
| 63 | Campbell Stewart | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 64 | John Degenkolb | Team DSM | 0:27 |
| 65 | Jason Osborne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 66 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:30 |
| 67 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team DSM | 0:36 |
| 68 | Lennart Voege | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | 0:38 |
| 69 | Riley Pickrell | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 70 | Sasha Weemaes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 71 | Sam Welsford | Team DSM | 0:42 |
| 72 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 73 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | 0:46 |
| 74 | Jarrad Drizners | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 75 | Alexander Konychev | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 77 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 78 | Josef Cerný | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
| 79 | Michel Hessman | Jumbo-Visma | 0:53 |
| 80 | Luca Dressle | Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 0:55 |
| 81 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 82 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg | Team DSM | 1:13 |
| 83 | Thijs De Lange | Metec-Solarwatt | 1:16 |
| 84 | Tim Marsman | Metec-Solarwatt | s.t. |
| 85 | Alexander Tarlton | Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 1:18 |
| 86 | William Levy | Uno-X | 1:27 |
| 87 | Syver Waersted | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 88 | Ole Theiler | Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 1:35 |
| 89 | Gilles De Wilde | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 90 | Max Briese | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
| 91 | Alex Dowsett | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:41 |
| 92 | Jan Hugger | Team Lotto-Kern Haus | 1:52 |
| 93 | Martin Laas | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 94 | Philipp Gebhardt | National Team Germany | 2:00 |
| 95 | Rick Ottema | Metec-Solarwatt | 2:07 |
| 96 | Joel Suter | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 97 | Julian Borresch | Saris Rouvy Sauerland | s.t. |
| 98 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:57 |
| 99 | Kristian Kulset | Uno-X | 3:37 |
| 100 | Léo Bouvier | Bike Aid | s.t. |
| 101 | Ide Schelling | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:39 |
| 102 | Shane Archbold | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:39 |
| 103 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Cofidis | 4:00 |
| 104 | Pascal Ackermann | UAE Team Emirates | 4:16 |
| 105 | Niklas Märkl | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 106 | Tijmen Eising | VolkerWessels | s.t. |
| 107 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | 4:20 |
| 108 | Sebastian Niehues | Bike Aid | 4:22 |
| 109 | Jannis Peter | National Team Germany | s.t. |
| 110 | Jord Baak | VolkerWessels | s.t. |
| 111 | Jesse De Rooij | Bike Aid | s.t. |
| 112 | Max Kroonen | VolkerWessels | s.t. |
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Course map & profile
Map of the race
Race profile
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Start list with back numbers, October 2, 2022:
| QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | |
| 1 | DECLERCQ Tim |
| 2 | JAKOBSEN Fabio |
| 3 | KEISSE Iljo |
| 4 | MORKOV Michael |
| 5 | RACCANI Simone |
| 6 | STEIMLE Jannik |
| 7 | VAN LERBERGHE Bert |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 11 | ARCHBOLD Shane |
| 12 | BENNETT Sam |
| 13 | GAMPER Patrick |
| 14 | LAAS Martin |
| 15 | MEEUS Jordi |
| 16 | POLITT Nils |
| 17 | SCHELLING Ide |
| COFIDIS | |
| 21 | ALLEGAERT Piet |
| 22 | CARVALHO André |
| 23 | GESCHKE Simon |
| 24 | KREDER Wesley |
| 25 | SAJNOK Szymon |
| 26 | WALSCHEID Maximilian |
| ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | |
| 31 | BARBIER Rudy |
| 32 | BRANDLE Matthias |
| 33 | DOWSETT Alex |
| 34 | EINHORN Itamar |
| 35 | KOGUT Oded |
| 36 | PICKRELL Riley |
| 37 | ZABEL Rick |
| JUMBO-VISMA | |
| 41 | AFFINI Edoardo |
| 42 | EENKHOORN Pascal |
| 43 | HESSMANN Michel |
| 44 | KOOIJ Olav |
| 45 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| 46 | VAN DIJKE Mick |
| 47 | VAN DIJKE Tim |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| 51 | DRIZNERS Jarrad |
| 52 | EWAN Caleb |
| 53 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 54 | KLUGE Roger |
| 55 | SCHWARZMANN Michael |
| 56 | SELIG Rüdiger |
| 57 | SWEENY Harry |
| TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO | |
| 61 | BAUER Jack |
| 62 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan |
| 63 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 64 | KONYCHEV Alexander |
| 65 | MEZGEC Luka |
| 66 | REINDERS Elmar |
| 67 | STEWART Campbell |
| TEAM DSM | |
| 71 | ANDRESEN Asbjorn |
| 72 | BITTNER Pavel |
| 73 | DEGENKOLB John |
| 74 | MADSEB Frederik |
| 75 | MÄRKL Niklas |
| 76 | VAN UDEN Casper |
| 77 | WELSFORD Samuel |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 81 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 82 | BJERG Mikkel |
| 83 | GROSS Felix |
| 84 | SUTER Joel |
| 85 | TROIA Oliviero |
| ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | |
| 91 | BALLERSTEDT Maurice |
| 92 | PLANCKAERT Edward |
| 93 | RIESEBEEK Oscar |
| 94 | VAN DER POEL David |
| 95 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume |
| 96 | VERMEERSCH Gianni |
| 97 | VERMOTE Julien |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 101 | BRAET Vito |
| 102 | COLMAN Alex |
| 103 | DE WILDE Gilles |
| 104 | FRETIN Milan |
| 105 | HESTERS Jules |
| 106 | VANHOOF Ward |
| 107 | WEEMAES Sasha |
| UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 111 | BLIKRA Erlend |
| 112 | GUDMESTAD Tord |
| 113 | HANSEN Lasse Norman |
| 114 | HULGAARD Morten |
| 115 | KULSET Kristian |
| 116 | WAERENSKJOLD Søren |
| 117 | WAERSTED Syver |
| BIKE AID | |
| 121 | BOUVIER Léo |
| 122 | DE ROOIJ Jesse |
| 123 | DECKER Enzo |
| 124 | KIPKEMBOI Salim |
| 125 | NIEHUES Sebastian |
| 126 | PAHLKE Jasper Levi |
| METEC-SOLARWATT | |
| 131 | ARTZ Huub |
| 132 | DE LANGE Thijs |
| 133 | HOHMANN Lars |
| 134 | KONINGS Roan |
| 135 | MARSMAN Tim |
| 136 | OTTEMA Rick |
| 137 | VAN VEENENDAAL Hidde |
| SARIS ROUVY SAUERLAND TEAM | |
| 141 | BORRESCH Julian |
| 142 | BRIESE Max |
| 143 | KNOLLE Jon |
| 144 | STOCKMAN Abram |
| 145 | STOCKMAN Michiel |
| 146 | VOEGE Lennart |
| 147 | WEISS Dominik |
| LOTTO-KERN HAUS | |
| 151 | BAUER Dominik |
| 152 | DRESSLER Luca |
| 153 | GESSNER Jakob |
| 154 | HUGGER Jan |
| 155 | KEUP Pierre-Pascal |
| 156 | LÜHRS Leslie |
| 157 | SCHRAG Damiel |
| VOLKERWESSELS CYCLING TEAM | |
| 161 | BAAK Jord |
| 162 | EISING Tijmen |
| 163 | HAEST Jasper |
| 164 | KROONEN Max |
| 165 | LINDEMAN Bertjan |
| 166 | SCHULTING Peter |
| 167 | VERMELTFOORT Coen |
| NATIONAL TEAM GERMANY | |
| 171 | BENZ Pirmin |
| 172 | CZASA Moritz |
| 173 | GEBHARDT Philipp |
| 174 | GROSS Franz |
| 175 | HEINEMANN Leon |
| 176 | KRETSCHY Moritz |
| 177 | REDMANN Sven |