2013 Bayern-Rundfahrt

The 34th Tour of Bavaria took place from May 26, 2013 22. The race was held in five stages, including an individual time trial over a distance of a total of 783.5 kilometers. Winner overall was the Australian Adriano Malori of Lampre - Merida; The team competition was won by the Swiss team IAM Cycling.

Team

• France ag2r La Mondiale
• Euskaltel Euskadi Spain
• Netherlands Argos - Shimano
• Netherlands Blanco Pro Cycling Team
• France FDJ
• United States Garmin Sharp
• Orica Australia GreenEDGE

• Switzerland IAM Cycling
• France Europcar
• Germany NetApp Endura
• France Sojasun
• United States Novo Nordisk

• Germany wheel -net Rose Team
• Germany Heizomat
• Germany Nutrixxion Abus
• Germany Stölting
• Germany Thüringer Energie Team

Stages

The first stage took on Wednesday, May 22, over 193.1 km from Oberpfaffenhofen adIlm to Mühldorf a.Inn. The winner was this the Dane Alex Rasmussen of the Garmin Sharp with a time of 4:33,05 hours at a short distance in front of the British Ben Swift of Team Sky Procycling and Spaniard Juan José Lobato del Valle from Team Euskaltel Euskadi. Best German was Gerald Ciolek from Team MTN Qhubeka fourth. The first mountain stage in Schweitenkirchen won the German Grisha Janorschke the team Nutrixxion Abus, the second mountain stage in Landshut that, the Spaniard Javier Mejía - Leal decide for themselves. The two intermediate sprints in Rottenburg adLaaber and Velden won the German Henning Bommel from the wheel -net Rose team, the last intermediate sprint at the finish line second in Mühldorf turn the German Grisha Janorschke the team Nutrixxion Abus for themselves.

The second leg on Thursday, 23 May was formally the " Queen Stage " of the Tour. She led over 192.6 km from Mühldorf to Viechtach. Here, to standing: two sprints in Neumarkt -St. Veit and Mamming that could decide the team ag2r La Mondiale and the Italians Davide Cimolai of Team Lampre- Merdia for the Frenchman Christophe Riblon, and then two climbs in St. Englmar and Nößling at Kollnburg from which the Austrian Stefan Denifl from IAM Cycling Team and the German Nikias Arndt from Argos - Shimano team emerged victorious. The mountains classification in St. Englmar is the only rating of Category 1 on the entire 34th Tour of Bavaria and marks the comparatively steep rise in Bayerwaldort St. Englmar. The short sprint at the finish line second in Viechtach won the Brit Geraint Thomas of Team Sky Procycling. Stage winner was the South African Daryl Impey from team GreenEdge Orica with a time of 4:41,30 which was the German Gerald Ciolek overtake on the last 500 meters from Team MTN Qhubeka yet and thus pointed to second place. Also on the podium came the Italians Adriano Malori of Lampre - Merida.

In the third stage on Friday 24 May the peloton leaves the Bavarian Forest again. This section leads over 196.8 km from Viechtach to Kelheim. Here are two climbs in rats mountain and wiping Mayrhofen at Duggendorf and in the meantime two sprints in forest Erbach and Regenstauf on the program. The first mountain stage decided anew, the current bearer of the Mountain jerseys, Stefan Denifl from IAM Cycling Team for itself, the second Frenchman Jérôme Cousin from Team Europcar. The first sprint decided the Frenchman Jérôme Cousin from Team Europcar for itself, the second his compatriot Blel Kadri from the IAM Cycling Team. The sprint at the second finish line eventually won the German Gerald Ciolek from Team MTN Qhubeka. Ciolek was also that of 5:10,15 won the stage with a time and the Frenchman Arnaud Demare of Team FDJ and the Australian Heinrich Haussler of Team IAM Cycling, each with a small distance to the second and third places referred. With his stage victory took Ciolek, a few weeks previously winner of the classic Milan - Sanremo, the lead in the overall standings.

The 4th stage on Saturday, May 25, in and around Hemlock was discharged as a time trial. This was by 31.2 kilometers, the longest up to that point, ITT, ever held in the framework of a Tour of Bavaria. On the topographically undemanding route around the market hemlock in the southern district of Regensburg a split was taken after 18.4 kilometers in Dünzling. The winner of the Italian Adriano Malori went from team Lampre- Merida forth with a time of 38:19,35 minutes from the race and took over with this performance the overall lead. Second was the German Jasha Sütterlin from the Thüringer Energie Team with a gap of 18.42 seconds, third in the Czech Jan Barta of Team NetApp Endura with 19.41 seconds behind Malori.

The fifth and final stage on Sunday, May 26 was intended more as a cozy Ausradeln. Thus, the section from Kelhelm was relatively flat in the destination Nuremberg, 169.8 km long. For this reason, only one mountain stage stood in Ried castle on the program, which decided the Frenchman Mikael Cherel from the team ag2r La Mondiale for themselves. Then two sprints were held in Frey town and castle of Thann, both the German Grisha Janorschke the team Nutrixxion Abus could decide for themselves - as well as the obligatory sprint at the finish line second in Nuremberg. The victory won the Australian Heinrich Haussler of Team IAM Cycling ahead of Spaniard Juan José Lobato del Valle from Team Euskaltel Euskadi and the White Russians Yauheni Hutarovich the team ag2r La Mondiale. Changed at the standings this (traditionally ) nothing more.

Appreciation

Winner overall was the Italian Adriano Malori of Lampre - Merida with a time of 19:28,20 hours - 23 seconds before the British world champion and Olympic champion Geraint Thomas of Team Sky Procycling and 26 seconds before the Czech Jan Barta of Team NetApp Endura. The Austrian Stefan Denifl ( IAM Cycling Team ) won the mountains classification, the German Grisha Janorschke (Team Nutrixxion Abus ) the sprint and the Italians Diego Ulissi ( Lampre - Merida ) the youth classification. Best German rider in the overall standings was the Berlin Simon Geschke (Team Argos - Shimano ) in fifth, the most famous German participants Gerald Ciolek (Team MTN Qhubeka ) was only tenth in spite of interim lead in the overall standings. Winner of the team classification was the Swiss team IAM Cycling with a total time of 58:28,31 hours in the addition of the three best drivers.