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01/09/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 4. Magnus Cort wins KOM jersey, Alexey Lutsenko finishes fourth overall

In the final stage of the Deutschland Tour, Magnus Cort won the King of the Mountains classification, being part of the early breakaway. In the end, Alexey Lutsenko lost his third place overall to Yves Lampaert. The Kazakh champion first won the final bonus sprint, but Lampaert finished second on the stage, finishing three seconds in front of Lutsenko in the general classification. Sonny Colbrelli won the sprint of a reduced peloton, taking the second place overall. Jasper Stuyven successfully defended his overall lead and is the winner of the 2019 Deutschland Tour.

Race

31/08/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 3. Most combative rider Alexey Lutsenko moves into third overall

Stage 3 of the Deutschland Tour was all about the final, as the two remaining riders of the early breakaway got reeled in with 25 kilometers to go and there was a fight for the GC and the stage win on the final two climbs. Alexey Lutsenko attacked and took the 3 bonus seconds atop of the final climb. A select group remained after the climb to battle it out for the stage win. It was Jasper Stuyven who attacked in the final kilometers and he got Kasper Asgreen with him. Asgreen sprinted to the stage victory and Stuyven moved into the overall lead. Lutsenko finished eleventh, crossing the line in the group behind the two riders, he is now third overall on just 18 seconds of Stuyven. The Kazakh champion also got crowned as the most combative rider of stage 3.

Race

30/08/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 2. Alexey Lutsenko fights for stage win, Davide Villella takes KOM jersey

With two attacks in the final of stage 2, Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko animated the race in his attempt to go for the stage win. But after two attempts to stay clear from the chasing group, he finished in this group behind Alexander Kristoff who took the win and the overall lead. Lutsenko is now fifth on just 15 seconds of Kristoff with two more stages to go. Earlier, on the eventful stage, Davide Villella and Hernando Bohorquez were part of a 30-man-breakaway, with Villella being able to take the KOM points on the first climb. He’s now the leader in the King of the Mountains classification, wearing the blue jersey on tomorrow’s stage 3.

Race

29/08/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 1. Bunch sprint in the streets of Halberstadt

The first stage of this year’s Deutschland Tour was decided in a bunch sprint with Pascal Ackermann taking the stage win after 167 kilometers from Hannover to Halberstadt. The local favorite was the fastest sprinter of the day and is the first overall leader of the stage race in Germany. Astana riders Alexey Lutsenko and Davide Villella both finished in the same group with Ackermann. In the final 30 kilometers of the race, both Rodrigo Contreras and Hernando Bohorquez were involved in a crash, but they were able to continue without any serious injuries.

Race

26/08/2019