Germany Tour 2000
| Final result after the 8th stage | ||
| winner | David Plaza | 31:08:55 h (40.034 km / h) |
| Second | Andreas Klöden | + 0:42 min |
| Third | Udo Bölts | + 1:26 min |
| Fourth | Ángel Luis Casero | + 1:42 min |
| fifth | Michael Blaudzun | + 1:46 min |
| Sixth | Jens Heppner | + 2:06 min |
| seventh | Matthias Buxhofer | + 2:30 min |
| Eighth | Rolf Aldag | + 2:40 min |
| Ninth | Laurent Dufaux | + 2:41 min |
| Tenth | Torsten Schmidt | + 2:46 min |
| Sprint scoring | Erik Zabel | 142 P. |
| Second | Peter Wrolich | 75 p. |
| Third | Aljaksandr Ussau | 67 P. |
| Mountain scoring | David Plaza | 27 P. |
| Second | Sven Teutenberg | 18 p. |
| Third | Pascal Hervé | 15 p. |
The 2nd tour of Germany took place from May 26th to June 1st, 2000 . It led from Bonn over 1,247 kilometers to Berlin , i.e. in reverse order to the previous year, with the route being more southerly. 144 drivers from 18 professional teams started, 117 of them reached the finish.
course
On the first stage, last year's winner Jens Heppner immediately secured the white jersey of the overall leader after he had prevailed in the sprint of a leading group. On the following four stages, only Davide Casarotto was able to break through the dominance of Team Telekom with a successful escape attempt on the fourth stage . Udo Bölts on the third stage and Erik Zabel on stages 2 and 5 underlined the supremacy. Only in the finish sprint of the sixth stage did Zabel have to admit defeat to his German competitor Marcel Wüst for the first time in the mass sprint . In the decisive individual time trial , David Plaza from the Festina team surprisingly secured victory. He was 40 seconds faster than Andreas Klöden , who everyone believed to be the overall winner. With his victory, Plaza secured the white jersey from Heppner and did not give it up on the final stage to Berlin, which Zabel won again.
Jan Ullrich received strong criticism during the tour because a month before the Tour de France he lost over 15 minutes to the winner Udo Bölts on the royal stage over the Kandel and showed an overall mixed performance.
Stages
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | May 26 | Bonn - Wiesbaden | 179.1 | Jens Heppner | Jens Heppner |
| 2nd stage | May 27th | Wiesbaden - Pforzheim | 203.2 | Erik Zabel | Jens Heppner |
| 3rd stage | 28th of May | Pforzheim - Bad Dürrheim | 215.9 | Udo Bölts | Jens Heppner |
| 4th stage | May 29th | Bad Duerrheim - Stuttgart | 183.5 | Davide Casarotto | Jens Heppner |
| 5th stage | 30th May | Stuttgart - Ansbach | 187.6 | Erik Zabel | Jens Heppner |
| 6th stage | 31. May | Ansbach - Herzogenaurach | 102.6 | Marcel Wüst | Jens Heppner |
| 7th stage | 31. May | Herzogenaurach | 35.7 ( EZF ) | David Plaza | David Plaza |
| 8th stage | June 1st | Potsdam - Berlin | 139.4 | Erik Zabel | David Plaza |