ITT time!

This stage will decide the GC but if it's anything like the first TT then it won't be much of a contest. It is really, a two-horse-race between Andreas Klöden and the current leader Markus Fothen. Cadel Evans could suprise, but he didn't look good in the last stage. The favourite for the stage, as given by the bookies, is Thomas Dekker, in my opinion it is David Millar, but who cares who the favourite is, they never win anyway.



Predicatably, Michael Ford took the best time of the day, early on, with a 51'59". A good time but it won't last for long.



And it didn't last long because just a coupe of riders later Michael Barth took the lead with a 51'58", only 1 second faster and again, I doubt it will last long.

Bodrgoi came close but finished with a 52'07" in 3rd place at that time.



The time remained until Bert Grabsch absolutley owned it. He overtook 2 riders on the course, bearing in mind that they are released at 2 minute intervals, that's awesome. He posted a 51'18", a hell of a lot faster than Barth's time.



Unfortunatley for Grabsch, Millar was also a man on a mission. He also overtook 2 riders and he posted a...50'58"!! Millar is the new leader and sets a superbly quick time. His team mate, Sosenka, managed to grab 2nd with a 51'14".

But then the main event started:




Klöden and Fothen were on the course and at the first time-check Klöden posted the best time of the day so far!! A 25'10", could Fothen respond?

Yes! He posted a 25'08"!!! An insanely quick time. Evans was also on the track but it was clear he was not up to the task, he was poor and nearly got overtaken by Klöden, at the first check he was down in 18th with a 26'03".

Thomas Dekker went 4th at the second check with a 42'40", 16 seconds off Millar, the current best time holder. Evans went through in 16th, 1'16" down on Millar, at this rate he'll lose his podium place alltogether.




Through the second check-point Klöden posted a 42'34" just 10 seconds off Millar, and he went 2nd. Fothen went through with a 42'09"!!!! That's 15 seconds quicker than Millar! Surely it can't be a repeat of the first ITT?!

Evans finished in 17th but will move down to 19th when Klöden and Fothen come through. He's lost his podium place.

Klöden finished with a 51'16", he goes 3rd. Has Fothen kept up his pace? He ends with a 50'57!!!!!!!! He's won! He's won the stage ahead of Millar by 1 second!

So going into the final stage, barring any mis-haps Fothen will win the Deutschland Tour! Klöden and Dekker will round off the podium. Fothen currently holds the GC lead, Young Riders Classification lead and points lead. Although the points jersey can be taken back by Ciolek on the last stage.

Stage Results

1	Markus Fothen	MAGENTA TREFOIL	50'57
2	David Millar	ACCUMALUX	+ 1
3	Ondrej Sosenka	ACCUMALUX	+ 17
4	Andreas Klöden	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 19
5	Bert Grabsch	CARLSBERG	+ 21
6	Bradley McGee	SATURN	+ 27
7	Thomas Dekker	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 30
8	Stefan Schumacher	CARLSBERG	+ 45
9	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX	+ 1'01
10	Beñat Intxausti	ACCUMALUX	s.t.
11	Michael Ford	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 1'02
12	László Bodrogi	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 1'10
13	Linus Gerdemann	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 1'12
14	Evgeni Petrov	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 1'17
15	Brian Vandborg	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	+ 1'27
16	Vladimir Gusev	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 1'32
17	David Abal	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 1'33
18	José Luis Rubiera	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 1'35
19	Cadel Evans	SATURN	+ 1'39
20	Marzio Bruseghin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 1'41
21	Matthias Kessler	TEAM FLOGAS	s.t.
22	Andy Schleck	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 1'42
23	Levi Leipheimer	FED-EX	+ 1'43
24	Denis Menchov	CARLSBERG	s.t.
25	Bert Roesems	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 1'44
26	José Rujano	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 1'48
27	Marco Velo	FED-EX	+ 1'50
28	Stijn Devolder	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 1'51
29	Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	+ 1'55
30	Sébastien Rosseler	CARREFOUR CYCLING	s.t.
31	Manuel Quinziato	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 1'56
32	Francisco Mancebo	ACCUMALUX	+ 1'57
33	David Moncoutié	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
34	Maxime Monfort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
35	Timothy Gudsell	SATURN	+ 1'58
36	Ivan Parra Pinto	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 1'59
37	Steven Cummings	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
38	Christian Vande Velde	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 2'00
39	Carlos Barredo	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 2'01
40	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	TELEFONICA	+ 2'02
41	Marc De Maar	CARLSBERG	+ 2'05
42	Haimar Zubeldia	TELEFONICA	+ 2'07
43	Oscar Sevilla	TELEFONICA	s.t.
44	Tom Veelers	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 2'08
45	Matthieu Sprick	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 2'13
46	Steve Morabito	SWITZERLAND	+ 2'21
47	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	s.t.
48	Juan Pablo Forero	TELEFONICA	s.t.
49	Sergio Pardilla	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 2'22
50	Dmitri Kozontchuk	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 2'25

GC

1	Markus Fothen	MAGENTA TREFOIL	29h39'11
2	Andreas Klöden	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 23
3	Thomas Dekker	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 1'33
4	Cadel Evans	SATURN	+ 2'17
5	Andy Schleck	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 2'49
6	José Rujano	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 4'01
7	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 4'47
8	Denis Menchov	CARLSBERG	+ 5'05
9	Ivan Parra Pinto	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 5'37
10	Levi Leipheimer	FED-EX	+ 5'58
11	Haimar Zubeldia	TELEFONICA	+ 6'11
12	Linus Gerdemann	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 6'32
13	Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	+ 6'38
14	Stijn Devolder	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 6'48
15	Stefano Garzelli	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 7'49
16	Oscar Sevilla	TELEFONICA	+ 8'21
17	David Moncoutié	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 8'47
18	Francisco Mancebo	ACCUMALUX	+ 9'12
19	Beñat Intxausti	ACCUMALUX	+ 10'05
20	Marzio Bruseghin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 10'11
21	Marco Marzano	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 12'26
22	David Abal	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 12'52
23	Evgeni Petrov	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 13'25
24	José Antonio Pecharroman	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 13'34
25	Bradley McGee	SATURN	+ 16'22
26	Stefan Schumacher	CARLSBERG	+ 17'17
27	Vladimir Gusev	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 17'42
28	Matthias Kessler	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 18'23
29	Mauricio Ardila	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 19'07
30	José Luis Rubiera	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 19'32
31	Mauricio Ortega	SATURN	+ 19'41
32	Xavier Florencio	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 19'56
33	Jorge Giacinti	ACCUMALUX	+ 21'26
34	Victor Niño	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 22'51
35	Sergio Pardilla	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 24'06
36	Óscar Solis	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 24'18
37	Mauricio Soler	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 24'37
38	Maxime Monfort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 25'49
39	Massimiliano Maisto	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 26'23
40	Matteo Carrara	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 27'25
41	Rémy Di Gregorio	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 27'33
42	Moises Dueñas	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 27'58
43	Dmitri Fofonov	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 28'24
44	Felix Cardénas	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 28'50
45	Ondrej Sosenka	ACCUMALUX	+ 29'39
46	Sylwester Szmyd	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 30'31
47	Matthieu Sprick	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 30'36
48	Steve Zampieri	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 31'16
49	Christian Vande Velde	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 31'28
50	Paolo Tiralongo	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 32'18

Points

1	Markus Fothen	MAGENTA TREFOIL	25	76
2	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA TREFOIL	0	69
3	Andreas Klöden	TEAM FLOGAS	13	62
4	Danilo Napolitano	TEAM FLOGAS	0	62
5	Juan José Haedo	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	0	54

KOM

1	Patrice Halgand	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	0	33
2	Johannes Frohlinger	DEUTSCHLAND	0	23
3	Addy Engels	CARREFOUR CYCLING	0	20
4	Giovanni Visconti	CARREFOUR CYCLING	0	17
5	Andreas Klöden	TEAM FLOGAS	0	14