Saxony Tour 2007

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23rd Saxony Tour 2007
Route length 5 stages, 726 km
Yellow jersey Joost Posthuma 18:28:59 h
Second Bobby Julich + 0:29 min
Third Michael Schär + 0:31 min
Fourth Björn Schröder + 0:45 min
fifth Nicki Sørensen + 1:17 min
Sixth René Weissinger + 1:18 min
seventh Sebastian Siedler + 1:46 min
Eighth Sergei Yakovlev + 2:03 min
Ninth Matti Breschel + 2:03 min
Tenth Mariusz Witecki + 2:05 min
Green jersey Eric Baumann 13 points
Second Björn Schröder 8 points
Third Richard Geng 8 points
Mountain scoring William Walker 36 points
Second Chris Sørensen 30 points
Third Tom Stubbe 26 points
Combination scoring Stephan Schreck 37 points
Second William Walker 36 points
Third Eric Baumann 30 points
Young talent evaluation Michael Schär 18:29:30 h
Second William Walker + 2:36 min
Third Paul Voss + 3:01 min
Team evaluation Rabobank 55:30:20 h
Second Team CSC + 0:37 min
Third Team Milram + 0:52 min

The 23rd Saxony Tour took place from July 25th to 29th, 2007. As in the previous year, the start and finish was Dresden . Overall winner was the Dutchman Joost Posthuma from Team Rabobank .

The following teams took part in the tour :

1st stage of the Saxony Tour 2007 near Eilenburg

The first stage led from the state capital Dresden to Delitzsch . For a long time it was shaped by a four-man breakaway group, but ultimately decided in the mass sprint , which André Greipel from T-Mobile Team won.

On the following day, Greipel was able to record his next day's success on the 2nd stage . Initially, a breakaway group of three drivers dominated the event again, but was set up by the sprinter teams on the circuit in Auerbach .

Route of the Saxony Tour 2007

The 3rd section , the queen stage of this year's tour with a total of five mountain classifications, was won by Eric Baumann in the sprint - already the third victory for T-Mobile. He belonged to a group of 29 drivers who had a lead of over 25 minutes on the peloton at the finish.

The 37-kilometer individual time trial of the 4th stage was won by Dutch rider Joost Posthuma . In adverse weather conditions with numerous rain showers, no other driver was able to dispute Posthuma for the victory, so that he also took over the yellow jersey of the overall leader.

The 5th and last stage , which led again into the Ore Mountains , was decided in the end by Stephan Schreck from a group of four escapees in Dresden. However, this no longer had any effect on the overall standings, in which Joost Posthuma successfully defended the yellow jersey.

Stages

Stages Day Start finish km Stage winner Yellow jersey
1st stage July 25th Dresden - Delitzsch 149.5 Germany André Greipel Germany André Greipel
2nd stage July 26th Markkleeberg - Auerbach 207 Germany André Greipel Germany André Greipel
3rd stage July 27th Eibenstock - Meissen 214 Germany Eric Baumann Germany Björn Schröder
4th stage July 28th Bautzen - Bautzen ( EZF ) 037 Netherlands Joost Posthuma Netherlands Joost Posthuma
5th stage 29th of July Dresden – Dresden 158 Germany Stephan Schreck Netherlands Joost Posthuma

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