Joost's a winner

Joost has won the Sachsen Tour. Here's the announcement from his team sponsor:

Wielernieuws ProTeam

29/07: (Sachsen) Posthuma seizes final victory

Rabo-cyclist Joost Posthuma (picture) has won the Sachsen Tour. In the last stage of the stage course, the final victory was never in danger. "It is nice for him that he is this good again this quickly," said team manager Frans Maassen shortly after the national anthem had been played. William Walker also found himself on the podium to receive the purple mountain jersey. That jersey was also never seriously attacked in the final stage from Dresden to Dresden (157 kilometers).

The weather in Eastern Germany had been nice earlier this week, but it rained cats and dogs on the last day. It was so dangerous that the jury wisely decided to draw up the final classification before the three local rounds. After that, the cyclists could only compete for the stage victory. That went once again to T-Mobile-cyclist Stephan Schreck. "They might have won four against our one, but ours was most the important one," concluded the team manager correctly.

No crashes Rabos

Schreck was part of a lead group of seven cyclists that stayed ahead in the difficult stage. That escape took place in the first eighty kilometers already, which were also this stage's center of gravity. "The team cycled so strongly that it was no more than logical that no dangerous cyclists got away," said Maassen, who saw many crashes, including one by Bobby Julich but fortunately none including guys of his own. "All in all, it went super here."

The team manager also wanted to set yesterday's classification straight. Sébastian Langeveld was listed last in Saturday's classification but that was not correct. "He had overtaken five people, so something must have gone wrong with the timer. Sébastian's position has been corrected today; he turned out to be tenth. So the overall picture of the team was already very good at that point." It was there that the Rabo-formation laid the groundwork for the victory in the team classification.

Sachsen Tour. Stage 5, Dresden - Dresden, 157,7 km.
	Cyclist	Country	Team
1.	Stephan Schreck	Ger	TMO	3:24:49
2.	Erik Hoffmann	Nam	3CG	0:00
3.	Tom Stamsnijder	Hol	GST	0:00
4.	René Weissinger	Ger	VBG	0:00
5.	Pieter Ghyllebert	Bel	JAC	0:44
6.	Eric Bauman	Ger	TMO	0:44
7.	Kenny de Haes	Bel	JAC	0:44
8.	Marcel Barth	Ger	TET	0:44
9.	Karsten Hess	Ger	TET	0:44
10.	Kenny Lisabeth	Bel	JAC	0:44
37.	Pedro Horrillo	Spa	RAB	0:44
40.	Mathew Hayman	Aus	RAB	0:44
43.	Joost Posthuma	Hol	RAB	0:44
44.	Marc de Maar	Hol	RAB	0:44
53.	Koos Moerenhout	Hol	RAB	0:44
57.	William Walker	Aus	RAB	0:44
60.	Sébastian Langeveld	Hol	RAB	0:44
65.	Thorwald Veneberg	Hol	RAB	0:44

Final General Classificaion.
	Cyclist	Country	Team
1.	Joost Posthuma	Hol	RAB	18:28:59
2.	Bobby Julich	USA	CSC	0:29
3.	Michael Schär	Swi	AST	0:31
4.	Björn Schröder	Ger	MRM	0:45
5.	Nicki Sörensen	Dan	CSC	1:17
6.	René Weissinger	Ger	VBG	1:18
7.	Sebastian Siedler	Ger	MRM	1:46
8.	Serguei Yakovlev	Kaz	AST	2:03
9.	Matti Breschel	Dan	CSC	2:03
10.	Mariusz Witecki	Pol	VBG	2:05
12.	Marc de Maar	Hol	RAB	2:10
16.	William Walker	Aus	RAB	3:07
30.	Koos Moerenhout	Hol	RAB	27:58
54.	Sébastian Langeveld	Hol	RAB	44:54
55.	Pedro Horrillo	Spa	RAB	45:15
61.	Mathew Hayman	Aus	RAB	46:36
82.	Thorwald Veneberg	Hol	RAB	49:48

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