He was the big favorite, and he was of this role: Pascal Ackermann is on the 1. Stage of the Tour of Germany in the Sprint, also because of an outstanding teammate supports him.
Pascal Ackermann ripped out the arms jubilantly in the air and shouted his joy. With an impressive Sprint, the German has won the first stage of the Tour of Germany and is at the start of the home race in the Red Jersey of overall leader crashed. “It was a hell of a hard Sprint, my Team has done a hot Job,” Ackermann said in the ARD.
The 25-Year-old came to the 167 kilometers between Hannover and Halberstadt, ahead of Norway’s Alexander Kristoff (UAE Emirates Team) and his team-mates Simone Consonni (Italy). With the success of two-time stage winner of the Giro d’italia has reached its goal already. “Now we see from day to day and want to really have fun,” said Ackermann.
Buchmann as a precious helper
The victory of the rider from the Team Bora-hansgrohe is also a Tour-de-France-Hero Emanuel Buchmann prepared, the tour is content different than in France-or without a helper role for Ackermann. “Otherwise, the Team works for me, then you can give something back. I have no Chance to win the race,” said Buchmann before the Start of the Germany-Tour in Hannover.
First, a four-man breakaway group had tried their luck. The two German Nikodemus Holler and Joshua Huppertz from the small team Bike Aid or lottery-the core of the house, and the Frenchman Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) and the Russian Igor Bojew (Gazprom-Rusvelo) but haven’t had a real chance at the win of the day and were timely completed. Then Bora took over the tempo control and escorted Ackermann perfectly into the final.
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