Trofeo Karlsberg 2006

v. l. from right: Dmitri Sokolow (Russia), the winner Oliver Giesecke (Germany), Matthias Krizek (Austria)

19. Trofeo Karlsberg - final score
Route length	4 stages, km 437.2
Overall rating	Oliver Giesecke	10.28'30 "h
Second	Dmitri Sokolov	+ 1:34 min
Third	Matthias Krizek	+ 1:36 min
Fourth	Yegor Silin	+ 1:37 min
fifth	Andreas Henig	+ 1:45 min
Sixth	Sebastian Bauman	+ 2:07 min
seventh	Maximilian May	+ 2:08 min
Eighth	Florian Völk	+ 2:12 min
Ninth	Florence Knauer	+ 2:28 min
Tenth	Bjorn Thurau	+ 2:30 min
Mountain scoring	Oliver Giesecke	22 p.
Second	Philipp Ries	15 p.
Third	David Hesselbarth	6 p.
Fourth	Florian Völk	5P.
fifth	John Degenkolb	5 p.
Sprint scoring	Oliver Jacob	29 p.
Second	Philipp Ries	25 p.
Third	Michael Weicht	18 p.
Fourth	Moritz Müller	5 p.
fifth	Maximilian Hornung	3 p.
Young vintage	Sebastian Bauman	10.30'37 "h
Second	Florence Knauer	+ 0:21 min
Third	John Degenkolb	+ 0:24 min
Fourth	Fabian Schaar	+ 0:25 min
fifth	Philipp Ries	+ 0:28 min
Team evaluation	Germany street
Second	National team Russia
Third	National team Austria

The 19th Trofeo Karlsberg took place from June 15th to 18th, 2006.

This tour was shaped by the duel between the Russian and German national teams. After winning the first stage and two second stage places, Russian Dmitri Sokolow looked like the overall winner for a long time before Oliver Giesecke won the fourth and fifth stage and Sokolow was able to take the overall lead away. Third place went to Austrian Matthias Krizek .

Teams

119 juniors from the national teams Germany Road, Germany Rail, Sweden, Uzbekistan, Russia, USA, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Denmark competed. Regional teams: Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland International teams: Team Tekton (South Africa), Team Rinascita Ormelle Pinarello (Italy)

Stages

date	route	km	Stage winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
15th June	Saarbrücken - Saarbrücken	101.0	Dmitri Sokolov	Ralf Matzka	Marcel Kittel	Dmitri Sokolov
June 16	Blieskastel - Blieskastel	104.0	Felix Rinker	Dmitri Sokolov	Lucas Harmful	Dmitri Sokolov
17th of June	Individual time trial - Gersheim Medelsheim	11.2	Marcel Kittel	Dmitri Sokolov	John Degenkolb	Dmitri Sokolov
17th of June	Völklingen - Großrosseln	84.5	Oliver Giesecke	Sebastian Bauman	John Degenkolb	Oliver Giesecke
18th of June	Gersheim	136.5	Oliver Giesecke	Michael Weicht	Yegor Silin	Oliver Giesecke
Overall rating		437.2	Oliver Giesecke	Dmitri Sokolov	Matthias Krizek

Web links

• Trofeo Karlsberg 2006 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Stage reports of the 19th Trofeo Karlsberg with Austria Special on live-radsport.ch/