International Junior Tour of Lower Saxony 2011

The International Lower Saxony Tour for Juniors 2011 took place from July 29th to 31st, 2011.

course

The Belgian Martijn Degreve won the first stage ahead of the German Mike Egger and the Dutch Richard Dijkshoorn . In the second stage there was a German triple victory by Jan Brockhoff , Ruben Zepuntke and Nils Schomber . In addition, two more Germans, Arne Egner and Andreas Hartmann , placed 5th and 7th. Ruben Zepuntke, the Belgian Paco Ghistelinck , the Dane Mads Würtz Schmidt , the Swede Emil Andersson and the Dutch Richard Dijkshoorn were all in the top 10 for the second time in a row. The third stage was won by Maarten van Trijp from the Netherlands, ahead of Thomas Schneider from Germany and Martijn Degreve from Belgium. While Martijn Degreve, the Dane Elias Helleskov Busk and the Belgian Ruben Geerinckx made it into the top 10 for the second time, or in Degreve's case, the top 3, the Swede Emil Andersson was in the top for the third time in the third stage 10 to place. The final fourth stage was won by the Norwegian Amund Grøndahl Jansen ahead of the Belgian Ruben Geerinckx and the German Rick Zabel . Ruben Geerinckx and the Belgian Martijn Degreve were able to place in the top 10 for the second time in a row and a total of third time, the former also the Germans Rick Zabel, Thomas Schneider and Philipp Zwingenberger , as well as the Dutch Maarten van Trijp and the latter also the German Ruben Zepuntke succeeded. In addition, Nicolai Brøchner secured his second top 10 result.

In the overall ranking, the Belgian Martijn Degreve secured the overall ranking of the tour ahead of the German Ruben Zepuntke and the Dutch Richard Dijkshoorn.

Stages

stage	Day	Stage winner	Leader
1st stage	29th of July	Martijn Degreve
2nd stage	30th July	Jan Brockhoff
3rd stage		Maarten van Trijp
4th stage	July 31	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Martijn Degreve

1st stage

space	athlete	time
1	Martijn Degreve	1:35:45 h
2	Mike Egger	equal time
3	Richard Dijkshoorn	equal time
4th	Ruben Zepuntke	equal time
5	Koen Hofstede	equal time
6th	Mads Würtz Schmidt	equal time
7th	Emil Andersson	+ 0:11 min
8th	Ruben Geerinckx	equal time
9	Paco Ghistelinck	equal time
10	Elias Helleskov Busk	equal time

2nd stage

space	athlete	time
1	Jan Brockhoff	11:37 min
2	Ruben Zepuntke	equal time
3	Nils Schomber	+ 0:03 min
4th	Paco Ghistelinck	equal time
5	Arne Egner	equal time
6th	Mads Würtz Schmidt	+ 0:04 min
7th	Andreas Hartmann	+ 0:06 min
8th	Emil Andersson	+ 0:08 min
9	Nicolai Brøchner	equal time
10	Richard Dijkshoorn	+ 0:10 min

3rd stage

space	athlete	time
1	Maarten van Trijp	2:13:29 h
2	Thomas Schneider	equal time
3	Martijn Degreve	equal time
4th	Elias Helleskov Busk	equal time
5	Rick Zabel	equal time
6th	Ruben Geerinckx	equal time
7th	Philipp Zwingenberger	equal time
8th	Emil Andersson	equal time
9	Simon Bigum	equal time
10	Stephan Zogbaum	equal time

4th stage

Daily ranking			Overall rating
space	athlete	time	space	athlete	time
1	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	2:46:03 h	1	Martijn Degreve	6:46:50 h
2	Ruben Geerinckx	equal time	2	Ruben Zepuntke	equal time
3	Rick Zabel	equal time	3	Richard Dijkshoorn	+ 0:07 min
4th	Thomas Schneider	equal time	4th	Mads Würtz Schmidt	+ 0:08 min
5	Maarten van Trijp	equal time	5	Paco Ghistelinck	+ 0:12 min
6th	Robin Venneman	equal time	6th	Andreas Hartmann	+ 0:21 min
7th	Philipp Zwingenberger	equal time	7th	Emil Andersson	+ 0:22 min
8th	Ruben Zepuntke	equal time	8th	Jan Brockhoff	+ 0:25 min
9	Nicolai Brøchner	equal time	9	Nils Schomber	+ 0:28 min
10	Martijn Degreve	equal time	10	Arne Egner	equal time

Web links

• Lower Saxony tour of the juniors 2011 in the database of ProCyclingStats.com