At the conclusion of the new edition of the Tour of Germany Nils Politt sprints to his first professional victory. Maximilian chess man quarrels with Tom Dumoulin. The total victory of a Slovenian holt. The concept of the organizer.
While Nils Politt was omitted, was Maximilian chess man contrite after his futile fight fairly. Also on the last day of the new Tour of Germany, the German professionals were the focus and had a Cycling holiday in Stuttgart is very different. “I can’t believe it, this is the first professional victory was my goal. I’ve learned from my mistakes of the last few days and done everything right,” said the radiant Politt.
“I risked everything, for the Sprint I was floored,” said chess man, the stage had at the time of his attack in the closing, too little support: “Tom Dumoulin could make the difference, but he was of the opinion that I need to fix it.” The Second is the Tour-de-France refused to the Germans in the last kilometers of the aid, therefore, the overall success was the after ten-year hiatus, revived tour to Slovenian Matej Mohoric. “It’s a trouble was not a Situation, I know what Tom was thinking. He had opportunities”, said chess man.
Politt pushed through his sprint victory in front of a large and atmospheric backdrop in Stuttgart on the second place overall, six seconds behind after four stages and nearly 740 kilometers on Mohoric. Chess man was after the 207,5 km long final section in the overall standings, twelve seconds behind Mohoric and was third.
The Overall Winner, Matej Mohoric (2.v.l.) cheers with the Second Nils Politt (R), and the third Maximilian chess man (l.)
Successful Concept
The exciting Finale to fit in to the overall picture, to the left of the new Tour of Germany. Short, compact and full of atmosphere. “It was far above the expectations and is a great start,” said Federation President Rudolf Scharping, and recommended, to the concept: “We must consolidate the Foundation, slowly and solidly build.”
The Comeback of the tour also evaluated Germany-Tour-in-chief Claude Rach as extremely successful. “The atmosphere is right, the benefits are also voting for the German driver. This gives us courage for the future,” he said to the SID. Luxembourg’s Tour de France organiser ASO was allowed to say: “There are no big problems, you need to take notes.”
Format, date, start box, a lot of fit and is to be continued in a similar Form. The stages were interesting and varied. It seems that the ASO would not have traded with your commitment for at least ten years. “Here, it’s more than just a professional race,” said Rach: “Our commitment is for the long term, otherwise it makes no sense.”