The 31st edition of the Deutschland Tour cycle race took place in Germany from August 10 to August 18, 2007. It did not start with the traditional prologue but with a normal stage. The race included a team time trial, an individual time trial and seven stages, covering a total of 1,292.5 km (803.1 mi). The race began in Saarbrücken and finished in Hanover. For the second year in a row Jens Voigt held off Levi Leipheimer to take the victory.

Final General Classification

edit
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 30h 57' 21"
2 Levi Leipheimer   United States Discovery Channel 1' 57"
3 David López   Spain Caisse d'Epargne 2' 10"
4 Leonardo Bertagnolli   Italy LIQ 3' 05"
5 Robert Gesink   Netherlands RAB 3' 15"
6 Chris Anker Sørensen   Denmark Team CSC 4' 06"
7 Maxime Monfort   Belgium Cofidis 5' 22"
8 Laurens ten Dam   Netherlands UNI 5' 26"
9 Gustav Larsson   Sweden UNI 6' 08"
10 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner 6' 16"

Teams

edit

23 teams took part. Of the 20 ProTour teams, only Astana did not take part (the team was in crisis from doping results at the 2007 Tour de France). Four non-ProTour teams were given a wildcard invitation: Skil–Shimano, Team Volksbank, Team Wiesenhof–Felt and Elk Haus-Simplon.

Stages

edit

Stage 1 Saarbrücken 183.7 km Friday, August 10

edit
Stage 1 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Robert Förster   Germany Gerolsteiner 4h 24' 16"
2 Danilo Napolitano   Italy Lampre–Fondital s.t
3 Erik Zabel   Germany MRM s.t
General Classification after Stage 1
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Robert Förster   Germany Gerolsteiner 4h 24' 16"
2 Maarten den Bakker   Netherlands SKS 2"
3 Danilo Napolitano   Italy Lampre–Fondital 4"

Stage 2 Bretten Team Time Trial 42.2 km Saturday, August 11

edit
Stage 2 result
TEAM Country Results
1 Team CSC   Denmark 51' 40"
2 Discovery Channel   United States 25"
3 Gerolsteiner   Germany 55"
General Classification after Stage 2
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 5h 15' 55"
2 Fabian Cancellara    Switzerland Team CSC 1"
3 Bobby Julich   United States Team CSC 1"

Stage 3 PforzheimOffenburg 181.8 km Sunday, August 12

edit
Stage 3 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Erik Zabel   Germany MRM 4h 49' 25"
2 José Joaquín Rojas Gil   Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t
3 Bradley McGee   Australia Française des Jeux s.t
General Classification after Stage 3
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 10h 05' 20"
2 Bobby Julich   United States Team CSC 1"
3 Alexandr Kolobnev   Russia Team CSC 1"

Stage 4 SingenSonthofen 183.8 km Monday, August 13

edit
Stage 4 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Damiano Cunego   Italy Lampre–Fondital 4h 28' 06"
2 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner s.t
3 David López   Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t
General Classification after Stage 4
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 14h 33' 31"
2 Chris Anker Sørensen   Denmark Team CSC 1"
3 George Hincapie   United States Discovery Channel 27"

Stage 5 Singen – Sölden (Austria) 157.6 km Tuesday, August 14

edit
Stage 5 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 David López   Spain Caisse d'Epargne 4h 21' 07"
2 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 12"
3 Robert Gesink   Netherlands RAB 19"
General Classification after Stage 5
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 18h 54' 34"
2 David López   Spain Caisse d'Epargne 33"
3 Robert Gesink   Netherlands RAB 1' 14"

Stage 6 Längenfeld (Austria) – Kufstein (Austria) 175 km Wednesday, August 15

edit
Stage 6 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Gerald Ciolek   Germany T-Mobile Team 3h 57' 40"
2 Danilo Napolitano   Italy Lampre–Fondital s.t.
3 José Joaquín Rojas   Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
General Classification after Stage 6
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 22h 52' 14"
2 David López   Spain Caisse d'Epargne 33"
3 Robert Gesink   Netherlands RAB 1' 14"

Stage 7 Kufstein (Austria) – Regensburg 192.2 km Thursday, August 16

edit
Stage 7 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Gerald Ciolek   Germany T-Mobile Team 4h 08' 20"
2 Erik Zabel   Germany MRM s.t.
3 José Joaquín Rojas   Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
General Classification after Stage 7
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 27h 00' 44"
2 David López   Spain Caisse d'Epargne 33"
3 Robert Gesink   Netherlands RAB 1' 14"

Stage 8 Fürth Individual Time Trial 33.1 km Friday, August 17

edit
Stage 8 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 39' 42"
2 László Bodrogi   Hungary Crédit Agricole 15"
3 Levi Leipheimer   United States Discovery Channel 26"
General Classification after Stage 8
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt   Germany Team CSC 27h 40' 26"
2 Levi Leipheimer   United States Discovery Channel 1' 57"
3 David López   Spain Caisse d'Epargne 2' 10"

Stage 9 EinbeckHannover 143.1 km Saturday, August 18

edit

Stage 9 result

Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Gerald Ciolek   Germany T-Mobile Team 3h 16' 55"
2 Erik Zabel   Germany MRM s.t.
3 Mark Renshaw   Australia Crédit Agricole s.t.

Jersey progress

edit
Stage
(Winner)
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
0Stage 1
(Robert Förster)
Robert Förster Robert Förster Matej Mugerli Philipp Ludescher Bouygues Télécom
0Stage 2
(Team CSC)
Jens Voigt Andy Schleck Team CSC
0Stage 3
(Erik Zabel)
Erik Zabel Niki Terpstra
0Stage 4
(Damiano Cunego)
José Joaquín Rojas Chris Anker Sørensen
0Stage 5
(David López)
Robert Gesink
0Stage 6
(Gerald Ciolek)
0Stage 7
(Gerald Ciolek)
Erik Zabel
0Stage 8
(Jens Voigt)
0Stage 9
(Gerald Ciolek)
edit