Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) wygrał 36. edycję bawarskiego wyścigu. W Norymberdze ostatni odcinek pięciodniowej imprezy na swoją korzyść rozstrzygnął John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin).
Niemiecki sprinter w końcówce pokonał swojego rodaka Rudigera Seliga (Katusha) oraz Irlandczyka Sama Bennetta (Bora-Argon 18).
W klasyfikacji generalnej Dowsett pokonał Portugalczyka Tiago Machado (Katusha).
Prowadzący z Hasfurt do Norymbergi etap kończył się na rundach, a na każdej z nich umiejscowiono niewielki podjazd. Trasa faworyzowała wprawdzie sprinterów, ale nie przestraszyło to młodego Louisa Meintjesa (MTN-Qhubeka), który nakręcał ataki i w końcu zdołał odjechać z Eduardem Vorganovem (Katusha), Christianem Magerem (Cult Energy), Brayanem Chaconem (Colombia), Frederikiem Veuchelenem (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) i Huubem Duijnem (Team Roompot Oranje Peloton).
Peleton odpuścił akcję na niecałe cztery minuty i spokojnie kontrolował sytuację. Vorganov zdobył punkty na lotnych premiach, ale ze współpracy nie byli zadowoleni Meintjes i Veuchelen, po 144 kilometrach przypuszczając atak i rozpoczynając rundy w Norymberdze dwie i pół minuty przed pogonią.
Belg zbierał punkty na górskich premiach, ale dwójce nie udało się odjechać i całą akcję skasowali kolarze Bora-Argon, Katushy i Cofidisu na 7 kilometrów przed metą. Ostatnia runda należała jednak do kolarzy Giant-Alpecin, którzy rozprowadzili Johna Degenkolba i pomogli niemieckiemu sprinterowi w odniesieniu drugiego etapowego zwycięstwa.
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1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:40:38 2 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 4 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 5 Michael Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 6 Reinhardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 7 Andriato De Mattos (Bra) Southeast 8 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM-Cycling 9 Willi Willwohl (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 10 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 11 Ramuna Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Cannondale - Garmin 12 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 14 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid 15 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 16 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid 17 Kai Kautz (Ger) Team Stuttgart 18 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 19 Jonas Koch (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team 20 Henning Bommel (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team 21 Jonas Tenbrock (Ger) Team Stölting 22 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 23 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 24 Phili Zwingenberger (Ger) Team Heizomat 25 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Stölting 26 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Southeast 27 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty Groupe Gobert 28 Valencia Valencia Gonzalers (Col) Colombia 29 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 30 Benjamin Edmüller (Ger) Team Heizomat 31 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM-Cycling 32 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Bike Aid 33 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Team Cannondale - Garmin 34 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 35 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Cannondale - Garmin 36 Jack Bauer (NZl) Team Cannondale - Garmin 37 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Stölting 38 Viachesla Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 39 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 40 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 41 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 42 Marco Minnard (Ned) Wanty Groupe Gobert 43 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka 44 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 46 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 47 Arnold Fiek (Ger) Team Stuttgart 48 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Team Cannondale - Garmin 00:07 49 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 50 Holger Burkhardt (Ger) Team Heizomat 51 Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Heizomat 52 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM-Cycling 53 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM-Cycling 54 Rasmus Chris Quaade (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 56 Ca Quintero Norena (Col) Colombia 57 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 58 Christian Koch (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 59 Patrick Schelling (Swi) IAM-Cycling 60 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:11 61 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 62 Laurin Winter (Ger) Team Heizomat 63 Julian Schulze (Ger) Team Stuttgart 64 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast 65 Carl Ramirez Botero (Col) Colombia 66 Edwar Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia 67 Johannes Weber (Ger) Team Stuttgart 68 Georg Loef (Ger) Team Stuttgart 69 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia 70 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 71 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 72 Zakkari Jo Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 73 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 74 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM-Cycling 75 Jan Oelerich (Ger) Team Stölting 76 Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Southeast 77 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stölting 78 Kersten Thiele (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team 79 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN-Qhubeka 80 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast 81 Marc De Maar (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 82 Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Southeast 83 Yannick Mayer (Ger) Bike Aid 84 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Team Cannondale - Garmin 85 Thomas Koep (Ger) Team Stölting 86 Moreno Moser (Ita) Team Cannondale - Garmin 87 Mike Terpstra (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 88 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty Groupe Gobert 89 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty Groupe Gobert 90 Florian Nowak (Ger) Team Stuttgart 91 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 92 Domenic Weinstein (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team 93 Sascha Starker (Ger) Team Heizomat 94 Leon Rohde (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 95 Carl Soballa (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 00:26 96 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 97 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 00:39 98 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:41 99 Winne Anacona Gomez (Col) Movistar Team 00:43 100 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 101 Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM-Cycling 102 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 103 Max Walsleben (Ger) Team Stuttgart 104 Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid 105 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:36 106 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 107 Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid 108 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty Groupe Gobert 109 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:42 110 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 01:57 111 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 112 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 02:01 113 Leon Berger (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 114 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Bike Aid 115 Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 02:03 116 Franz Schiewer (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 02:33 117 Bray Ramirez Chacon (Col) Colombia 03:10 118 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 03:29
1 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 20:07:29 2 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 00:02 3 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 00:18 4 Ramuna Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Cannondale - Garmin 00:22 5 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Cannondale - Garmin 00:31 6 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Stölting 00:33 7 Jack Bauer (NZl) Team Cannondale - Garmin 00:46 8 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM-Cycling 00:47 9 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 00:52 10 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 00:53 11 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty Groupe Gobert 01:01 12 Viachesla Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 01:03 13 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Stölting 01:06 14 Reinhardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 01:16 15 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 01:18 16 Rasmus Chris Quaade (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 01:22 17 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 01:26 18 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty Groupe Gobert 01:27 19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 01:44 20 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 01:46 21 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 22 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM-Cycling 01:53 23 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 01:59 24 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Team Cannondale - Garmin 02:02 25 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Team Cannondale - Garmin 26 Willi Willwohl (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 02:03 27 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:10 28 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 29 Leon Rohde (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 02:11 30 Winne Anacona Gomez (Col) Movistar Team 02:16 31 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM-Cycling 02:17 32 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 02:26 33 Ca Quintero Norena (Col) Colombia 02:29 34 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM-Cycling 02:31 35 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty Groupe Gobert 02:33 36 Marco Minnard (Ned) Wanty Groupe Gobert 02:35 37 Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Southeast 38 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:37 39 Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Southeast 40 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka 02:38 41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 02:40 42 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast 02:45 43 Moreno Moser (Ita) Team Cannondale - Garmin 44 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:49 45 Jonas Koch (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team 02:55 46 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM-Cycling 02:57 47 Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM-Cycling 02:59 48 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 49 Zakkari Jo Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 03:04 50 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 03:05 52 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia 03:11 53 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 03:15 54 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 03:24 55 Jonas Tenbrock (Ger) Team Stölting 03:25 56 Mike Terpstra (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 03:28 57 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 03:29 58 Andriato De Mattos (Bra) Southeast 03:34 59 Phili Zwingenberger (Ger) Team Heizomat 03:42 60 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 61 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Team Cannondale - Garmin 03:52 62 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Bike Aid 03:53 63 Johannes Weber (Ger) Team Stuttgart 03:55 64 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 03:59 65 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 04:01 66 Julian Schulze (Ger) Team Stuttgart 04:13 67 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid 04:26 68 Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Heizomat 04:46 69 Edwar Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia 04:59 70 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast 05:01 71 Bray Ramirez Chacon (Col) Colombia 05:49 72 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 05:54 73 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid 06:10 74 Valencia Valencia Gonzalers (Col) Colombia 06:11 75 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 06:12 76 Carl Ramirez Botero (Col) Colombia 06:18 77 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 06:23 78 Florian Nowak (Ger) Team Stuttgart 06:24 79 Patrick Schelling (Swi) IAM-Cycling 06:32 80 Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid 06:43 81 Carl Soballa (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 06:51 82 Michael Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 06:59 83 Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 07:02 84 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 07:21 85 Christian Koch (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 07:48 86 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 08:00 87 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 08:17 88 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 08:38 89 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 08:48 90 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 10:57 91 Jan Oelerich (Ger) Team Stölting 11:52 92 Henning Bommel (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team 13:23 93 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN-Qhubeka 13:58 94 Laurin Winter (Ger) Team Heizomat 14:44 95 Domenic Weinstein (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team 15:28 96 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 15:53 97 Marc De Maar (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 16:16 98 Kai Kautz (Ger) Team Stuttgart 16:21 99 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 16:28 100 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 17:04 101 Sascha Starker (Ger) Team Heizomat 17:35 102 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty Groupe Gobert 17:36 103 Franz Schiewer (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 18:00 104 Benjamin Edmüller (Ger) Team Heizomat 18:15 105 Holger Burkhardt (Ger) Team Heizomat 19:18 106 Thomas Koep (Ger) Team Stölting 19:21 107 Ole Quast (Ger) Team Stölting 19:24 108 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 19:40 109 Georg Loef (Ger) Team Stuttgart 21:15 110 Kersten Thiele (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team 24:55 111 Leon Berger (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg 26:00 112 Max Walsleben (Ger) Team Stuttgart 26:23 113 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 26:38 114 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Southeast 27:25 115 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Bike Aid 30:24 116 Arnold Fiek (Ger) Team Stuttgart 32:29 117 Yannick Mayer (Ger) Bike Aid 37:19 118 Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid 52:38