WIESBADEN - Elin Amundsen changed her mind last week about travelling to the Maratona Delle Dolomiti in favour of riding the next T-Mobile event, and finished second once more. Going strong for three laps, she had to let Annika Grüber go on lap 4 out of 5.
Meanwhile, the T-Mobile Cycling Tour crew is apparently trying to settle the famous Fürth issue. Elin finished behind the barricades in that race as she had to jump on the sidewalk to avoid a mass crash in the final straight. As a result she did not cross the transponderzone and did not get ranked, which meant a significant loss of points and basically a logical end to her aspirations to win the overall Tour this year. Video footage of the finish in Fürth exists, but the organisers there need to confirm before the T-Mobile squad can assign any points.
Also in Wiesbaden we saw a brilliant performance by ECB Cyclosports newcomer Marcus Hagedorn. In only his fourth race ever he stayed with the first major group and finished in 22nd place, 56 seconds behind race winner Günter Hollige (Team Strassacker). Frankfurt-based Briton Gary Weir finished 64th and Cyril Monnet (ECB Cyclosports) 101st after mechanical issues.
The next T-Mobile event is scheduled for 29 July in Dresden.
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