The Deutschland Tour will start this afternoon with a 2.6-kilometer long prologue in Weimar which will decide the first leader of the race and simultaneously see the GC riders have some order and differences between each other.
Whilst the first starter will be Per Christian Münstermann at 16:43 CET, all 120 riders will depart with a minute between them until Nils Politt starts his effort at 18:42 CET.
Order - Time(CET) - Bib - Name - Team
1 16:43:00 194 *MÜNSTERMANN Per Christian SVL
2 16:44:00 186 *THEILER Ole LKH
3 16:45:00 171 *RAßMANN Frederik TDA
4 16:46:00 164 *LEEMREIZE Gijs TJV
5 16:47:00 151 *SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro MOV
6 16:48:00 143 *CHEVALIER Maxime BBK
7 16:49:00 133 EIKING Odd Christian EFE
8 16:50:00 124 *HELLEMOSE Asbjørn TFS
9 16:51:00 116 SCHÄR Michael ACT
10 16:52:00 103 *KRETSCHY Moritz GER
11 16:53:00 91 GAVIRIA Fernando UAD
12 16:54:00 86 *UHLIG Henri ADC
13 16:55:00 72 HOLMES Matthew LTS
14 16:56:00 62 BAUHAUS Phil TBV
15 16:57:00 52 *BERWICK Sebastian IPT
16 16:58:00 45 *STORK Florian DSM
17 16:59:00 33 DE PLUS Laurens IGD
18 17:00:00 22 KNOX James QST
19 17:01:00 12 BYSTRØM Sven Erik IWG
20 17:02:00 6 PALZER Anton BOH
21 17:03:00 192 *BORRESCH Julian SVL
22 17:04:00 185 *TARLTON Alexander LKH
23 17:05:00 175 *MUNTON Byron TDA
24 17:06:00 165 VAN DER SANDE Tosh TJV
25 17:07:00 154 PEDRERO Antonio MOV
26 17:08:00 142 *BOILEAU Alan BBK
27 17:09:00 136 *RUTSCH Jonas EFE
28 17:10:00 123 GEHBREIGZABHIER Amanuel TFS
29 17:11:00 111 VAN AVERMAET Greg ACT
30 17:12:00 104 *PETER Jannis GER
31 17:13:00 92 BENNETT George UAD
32 17:14:00 85 THWAITES Scott ADC
33 17:15:00 71 EWAN Caleb LTS
34 17:16:00 66 PERNSTEINER Hermann TBV
35 17:17:00 56 *ODED Kogut IPT
36 17:18:00 44 *NABERMAN Tim DSM
37 17:19:00 35 *HEIDUK Kim Alexander IGD
38 17:20:00 26 *VANSEVENANT Mauri QST
39 17:21:00 11 KRISTOFF Alexander IWG
40 17:22:00 2 BUCHMANN Emanuel BOH
41 17:23:00 195 STOCKMAN Abram SVL
42 17:24:00 181 *GEßNER Jakob LKH
43 17:25:00 172 *DUCKERT Roman TDA
44 17:26:00 162 *BOVEN Lars TJV
45 17:27:00 156 *RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto MOV
46 17:28:00 145 JAUREGUI Quentin BBK
47 17:29:00 132 ALMEIDA GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio EFE
48 17:30:00 126 PELLAUD Simon TFS
49 17:31:00 114 CALMEJANE Lilian ACT
50 17:32:00 102 *BENZ Pirmin GER
51 17:33:00 94 *COVI Alessandro UAD
52 17:34:00 84 MARECZKO Jakub ADC
53 17:35:00 73 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt LTS
54 17:36:00 61 BILBAO Peio TBV
55 17:37:00 53 *GOLDSTEIN Edo IPT
56 17:38:00 43 *MAYRHOFER Marius DSM
57 17:39:00 31 YATES Adam IGD
58 17:40:00 21 JAKOBSEN Fabio QST
59 17:41:00 16 *ZIMMERMANN Georg IWG
60 17:42:00 3 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix BOH
61 17:43:00 191 *ADAMIETZ Johannes SVL
62 17:44:00 182 *HUGGER Jan LKH
63 17:45:00 174 *MESSERSCHMIDT Jonas Fabian TDA
64 17:46:00 161 *KOOIJ Olav TJV
65 17:47:00 155 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar MOV
66 17:48:00 146 LECROQ Jérémy BBK
67 17:49:00 135 *QUINN Sean EFE
68 17:50:00 122 GALLOPIN Tony TFS
69 17:51:00 112 *BERTHET Clément ACT
70 17:52:00 106 *TEUTENBERG Tim Torn GER
71 17:53:00 95 FORMOLO Davide UAD
72 17:54:00 82 *BAYER Tobias ADC
73 17:55:00 76 *VANHOUCKE Harm LTS
74 17:56:00 63 HAUSSLER Heinrich TBV
75 17:57:00 55 NIV Guy IPT
76 17:58:00 42 DENZ Nico DSM
77 17:59:00 32 *BERNAL Egan Arley IGD
78 18:00:00 25 *VAN TRICHT Stan QST
79 18:01:00 14 *HUYS Laurens IWG
80 18:02:00 5 KONRAD Patrick BOH
81 18:03:00 196 STOCKMAN Michiel SVL
82 18:04:00 184 MEISEN Marcel LKH
83 18:05:00 176 *URY Noé TDA
84 18:06:00 166 *VAN DIJKE Mick TJV
85 18:07:00 152 *HOLLMANN Juri MOV
86 18:08:00 141 SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian BBK
87 18:09:00 131 BETTIOL Alberto EFE
88 18:10:00 121 MOLLEMA Bauke TFS
89 18:11:00 113 BOUCHARD Geoffrey ACT
90 18:12:00 105 RAPP Jonas GER
91 18:13:00 93 *BJERG Mikkel UAD
92 18:14:00 83 KRIEGER Alexander ADC
93 18:15:00 75 *MONIQUET Sylvain LTS
94 18:16:00 64 *MACIEJUK Filip TBV
95 18:17:00 51 PICCOLI James IPT
96 18:18:00 46 WELSFORD Sam DSM
97 18:19:00 36 *TULETT Ben IGD
98 18:20:00 24 SENECHAL Florian QST
99 18:21:00 15 *PEÁK Barnabás IWG
100 18:22:00 4 HALLER Marco BOH
101 18:23:00 193 *KNOLLE Jon SVL
102 18:24:00 183 HUPPERTZ Joshua LKH
103 18:25:00 173 *GEHRKE Paul TDA
104 18:26:00 163 *FOSS Tobias S. TJV
105 18:27:00 153 *KANTER Max MOV
106 18:28:00 144 *HEIDEMANN Miguel BBK
107 18:29:00 134 *HEALY Ben EFE
108 18:30:00 125 *JENSEN Mattias TFS
109 18:31:00 115 NAESEN Lawrence ACT
110 18:32:00 101 GESCHKE Simon GER
111 18:33:00 96 *GROß Felix UAD
112 18:34:00 81 *BALLERSTEDT Maurice ADC
113 18:35:00 74 KLUGE Roger LTS
114 18:36:00 65 *MILAN Jonathan TBV
115 18:37:00 54 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IPT
116 18:38:00 41 BARDET Romain DSM
117 18:39:00 34 GANNA Filippo IGD
118 18:40:00 23 LAMPAERT Yves QST
119 18:41:00 13 *DELACROIX Théo IWG
120 18:42:00 1 POLITT Nils BOH
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