2007 Deutschland Tour

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 1,292.5 km (803.1 mi). 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

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	30h 57' 21"
2	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Discovery Channel	1' 57"
3	David López	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	2' 10"
4	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Italy	LIQ	3' 05"
5	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	RAB	3' 15"
6	Chris Anker Sørensen	Denmark	Team CSC	4' 06"
7	Maxime Monfort	Belgium	Cofidis	5' 22"
8	Laurens ten Dam	Netherlands	UNI	5' 26"
9	Gustav Larsson	Sweden	UNI	6' 08"
10	Davide Rebellin	Italy	Gerolsteiner	6' 16"

Teams

23 teams took part. Of the 20 ProTour teams, only Astana 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

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Results
1	Robert Förster	Germany	Gerolsteiner	4h 24' 16"
2	Danilo Napolitano	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	s.t
3	Erik Zabel	Germany	MRM	s.t

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Robert Förster	Germany	Gerolsteiner	4h 24' 16"
2	Maarten den Bakker	Netherlands	SKS	2"
3	Danilo Napolitano	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	4"

Stage 2 Bretten Team Time Trial 42.2 km Saturday, August 11

Stage 2 Result

	TEAM	Country	Results
1	Team CSC	Denmark	51' 40"
2	Discovery Channel	United States	25"
3	Gerolsteiner	Germany	55"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	5h 15' 55"
2	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	Team CSC	1"
3	Bobby Julich	United States	Team CSC	1"

Stage 3 Pforzheim – Offenburg 181.8 km Sunday, August 12

Stage 3 Result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Results
1	Erik Zabel	Germany	MRM	4h 49' 25"
2	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t
3	Bradley McGee	Australia	Française des Jeux	s.t

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	10h 05' 20"
2	Bobby Julich	United States	Team CSC	1"
3	Alexandr Kolobnev	Russia	Team CSC	1"

Stage 4 Singen – Sonthofen 183.8 km Monday, August 13

Stage 4 Result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Results
1	Damiano Cunego	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	4h 28' 06"
2	Davide Rebellin	Italy	Gerolsteiner	s.t
3	David López	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	14h 33' 31"
2	Chris Anker Sørensen	Denmark	Team CSC	1"
3	George Hincapie	United States	Discovery Channel	27"

Stage 5 Singen – Sölden (Austria) 157.6 km Tuesday, August 14

Stage 5 Result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Results
1	David López	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	4h 21' 07"
2	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	12"
3	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	RAB	19"

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	18h 54' 34"
2	David López	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	33"
3	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	RAB	1' 14"

Stage 6 Längenfeld (Austria) – Kufstein (Austria) 175 km Wednesday, August 15

Stage 6 Result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Results
1	Gerald Ciolek	Germany	T-Mobile Team	3h 57' 40"
2	Danilo Napolitano	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	s.t.
3	José Joaquín Rojas	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	22h 52' 14"
2	David López	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	33"
3	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	RAB	1' 14"

Stage 7 Kufstein (Austria) – Regensburg 192.2 km Thursday, August 16

Stage 7 Result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Results
1	Gerald Ciolek	Germany	T-Mobile Team	4h 08' 20"
2	Erik Zabel	Germany	MRM	s.t.
3	José Joaquín Rojas	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	27h 00' 44"
2	David López	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	33"
3	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	RAB	1' 14"

Stage 8 Fürth Individual Time Trial 33.1 km Friday, August 17

Stage 8 Result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Results
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	39' 42"
2	László Bodrogi	Hungary	Crédit Agricole	15"
3	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Discovery Channel	26"

General Classification after Stage 8

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt	Germany	Team CSC	27h 40' 26"
2	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Discovery Channel	1' 57"
3	David López	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	2' 10"

Stage 9 Einbeck – Hannover 143.1 km Saturday, August 18

Stage 9 Result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Results
1	Gerald Ciolek	Germany	T-Mobile Team	3h 16' 55"
2	Erik Zabel	Germany	MRM	s.t.
3	Mark Renshaw	Australia	Crédit Agricole	s.t.

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
0Stage 1 (Robert Förster)	Robert Förster	Robert Förster	Matej Mugerli	Philipp Ludescher	Bouygues Télécom
0Stage 2 (Team CSC)	Jens Voigt	Robert Förster	Matej Mugerli	Andy Schleck	Team CSC
0Stage 3 (Erik Zabel)		Erik Zabel	Niki Terpstra	Andy Schleck
0Stage 4 (Damiano Cunego)		José Joaquín Rojas		Chris Anker Sørensen
0Stage 5 (David López)				Robert Gesink
0Stage 6 (Gerald Ciolek)
0Stage 7 (Gerald Ciolek)		Erik Zabel
0Stage 8 (Jens Voigt)
0Stage 9 (Gerald Ciolek)

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External links

Race website

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