German road cycling championships 2008

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The 83rd German Road Cycling Championships 2008 took place in Bochum with the road race for women and men (every June 29) and the individual time trial for women, men and men U23 (every June 27) in Luckau . The men's U23 championship was held in Lorsch on June 8th .

Individual time trial

Individual time trial logo

Women

space athlete time
1 Hanka Kupfernagel 40:49 min
2 Judith Arndt 40:52 min
3 Charlotte Becker 41:21 min
4th Trixi Worrack 42:08 min
5 Elke Gebhardt 42:32 min
6th Luise Keller 42:37 min
7th Larissa Kleinmann 43:04 min
8th Anke Wichmann 43:19 min
9 Stephanie Pohl 43:22 min
10 Alexandra Sontheimer 43:27 min
11 Tina Liebig 43:41 min
12 Franziska Merten 43:48 min
13 Lisa Brennauer 43:51 min
14th Mechthild Gerhardt 43:54 min
15th Bianca Knöpfle 44:02 min

Length: 30 km
Start: Friday, June 27th, 10 a.m. CEST
Route: Start / finish Luckau Südpromenade near the LAGA car park - Wittmannsdorf - B 96 Riedebeck - Bornsdorf and back

62 athletes crossed the finish line. The athlete Nadine Krpal receives a time penalty of 2 seconds for slipstream driving and Claudia Meyer receives a time penalty of 7 seconds for the same offense.

Men

space athlete time
1 Bert Grabsch 46:51 min
2 Stefan Schumacher 47:08 min
3 Tony Martin 47:28 min
4th Sebastian Lang 48:05 min
5 Lars Teutenberg 48:24 min
6th Jens Voigt 48:45 min
7th Dominik Roels 48:50 min
8th Karl-Christian König 48:50 min
9 Robert Bartko 49:20 min
10 Andreas Ortner 50:00 min
11 Kai Hitza 50:47 min
12 Ingmar Dassler 50:51 min
13 Robert Bengsch 50:59 min
14th Frank Schulz 51:39 min
15th Martin Lang 51:47 min

Length: 39.8 km
Start: Friday, June 27th, 2.30 p.m. CEST
Route: Start / finish Luckau Südpromenade near the LAGA car park - Wittmannsdorf - B 96 Riedebeck - Bornsdorf - Sonnewalde (entrance) and back

33 athletes crossed the finish line.

Men U23

space athlete time
1 Andreas Henig 48:50 min
2 Stefan Schäfer 49:24 min
3 Martin Reimer 49:37 min
4th Marcel Kittel 49:58 min
5 John Degenkolb 50:28 min
6th Jörg Lehmann 50:32 min
7th Sergej Fuchs 50:37 min
8th Fabian Schaar 50:39 min
9 Roger Kluge 50:42 min
10 Patrick Gretsch 50:47 min
11 Sebastian Köcker 50:58 min
12 Felix Schönecker 51:04 min
13 Rolf Hofbauer 51:11 min
14th Dominik Mink 51:12 min
15th Patric Röstel 51:18 min

Length: 39.8 km
Start: Friday, June 27th, 11.30 a.m. CEST
Route: Start / finish Luckau Südpromenade near the LAGA car park - Wittmannsdorf - B 96 Riedebeck - Bornsdorf - Sonnewalde (entrance) and back

89 athletes crossed the finish line. The athlete Phil Herbst was disqualified for slipstream driving and Richard Kästner received a time penalty of 20 seconds for driving inside the curve.

Road racing

Road race logo

Women

space athlete time
1 Luise Keller 3:16:03 h
2 Eva Lutz 3:16:45 h
3 Tina Liebig 3:16:45 h
4th Bianca Knöpfle 3:16:45 h
5 Hanka Kupfernagel 3:17:19 h
6th Anke Wichmann 3:17:19 h
7th Larissa Kleinmann 3:18:19 h
8th Denise sugar almond 3:20:42 h
9 Tanja Hennes 3:20:52 h
10 Marlen Jöhrend 3:20:52 h
11 Martina Zwick 3:20:52 h
12 Virginia Hennig 3:20:53 h
13 Alexandra Nöhles 3:22:52 h
14th Lydia Wegemund 3:23:31 h
15th Sandra Dietel 3:23:32 h

Length: 114.6 km (6 laps of 19.1 km each)
Start: Sunday, June 29th, 8.30 a.m. CEST, in Bochum
Route: Start Königsallee, Wasserstr., Wiemelhauser Str., Bruchstr., Brenscheder Str., Markstr. , Stiepeler Str., Surkenstr., Kemnader Str., Brockhauser Str., Gräfin-Imma-Str., Ministerstr., Kemnader Str., Königsallee, Viktoriastr., Südring, Viktoriastr., Königsallee Ziel

In the women's race, Luise Keller won the race after 3:16:03 hours, ahead of Eva Lutz and Tina Liebig. 78 athletes crossed the finish line.

Men

space athlete time
1 Fabian Wegmann 5:14:02 h
2 Erik Zabel 5:14:04 h
3 Gerald Ciolek 5:14:04 h
4th Stefan Schumacher 5:14:04 h
5 Jens Voigt 5:14:06 h
6th Bjorn Papstein 5:14:07 h
7th Christian Knees 5:14:13 h
8th Marcus Burghardt 5:14:33 h
9 Paul Voss 5:15:45 h
10 Andreas Schillinger 5:15:45 h
11 Paul Martens 5:15:45 h
12 Dennis Pohl 5:15:45 h
13 Dirk Mueller 5:15:45 h
14th Tony Martin 5:15:45 h
15th Mitja Schlueter 5:15:45 h

Length: 210.1 km (11 laps of 19.1 km each)
Start: Sunday, June 29th, 12 noon CEST, in Bochum
Route: Start Königsallee - Wasserstr. - Wiemelhauser Str. - Bruchstr. - Brenscheder Str. - Markstr. - Stiepeler Str. - Surkenstr. - Kemnader Str. - Brockhauser Str. - Gräfin-Imma-Str. - Ministerstr. - Kemnader Str. - Königsallee - Viktoriastr. - Südring - Viktoriastr. - Königsallee destination

For the second time in his career, Fabian Wegmann was able to win the road cycling championship. Wegmann won after 5:14:02 hours ahead of Erik Zabel and Gerald Ciolek. 67 athletes crossed the finish line.

Men U23

space athlete time
1 Martin Reimer 4:55:57 h
2 Sebastian Hans 4:55:57 h
3 Mitja Schlueter 4:55:57 h
4th Dennis Pohl 4:55:57 h
5 Paul Voss 4:57:29 h
6th Marcel Barth 4:57:29 h
7th John Degenkolb 4:57:29 h
8th Dominic Klemme 4:57:29 h
9 Mathias Belka 4:57:29 h
10 Philipp Ries 4:57:29 h
11 David Hesselbarth 4:57:29 h
12 Dominik Mink 4:57:29 h
13 Mathias Wiele 4:57:29 h
14th Bjorn Thurau 4:57:29 h
15th Daniel Westmattelmann 4:57:29 h

Length: 181.6 km (9 rounds of 12 km + 1 city tour of 5 km)
Start: Sunday, June 8th, 11:00 a.m. CEST, Lorsch
Route: Start Lorsch - Hüttenfeld - Viernheim - Lützelsachsen - Hohensachsen - Großsachsen - Rippenweier - Ursenbach - Altenbach - Kohlhof, circuit: Vorderheubach - Hilsenhain - Bärsbach - Lampenhain - Kohlhof - Altenbach - Ursenbach - Rippenweier, Großsachsen - Hohensachsen - Lützelsachsen - Viernheim - Hüttenfeld - Lorsch plus a city tour destination

71 athletes crossed the finish line.

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