Finland’s Veikkanen wins sixth stage of Tour of Germany
NEUSS, Germany, Sept 4, 2008 (AFP) - Finland’s Jussi Veikkanen won the sixth stage of the Tour of Germany on Thursday after winning the sprint finish on the 188.8km route from Bad Fredeburg to Neuss.
Leader Linus Gerdemann of Germany keeps the yellow jersey after finishing in the peloton, but Veikkanen held off a strong challenge from Kazakhstan’s Maxim Iglinski to win the stage.
The 27-year-old from Finland won the sprint having been part of an 11-strong group which formed up 50 kilometres into the race and finished with a lead of more than a minute over the peloton at the finish.
Having won the first stage, Gerdemann has a 17 seconds lead over his Team Columbia team-mate Thomas Loevkvist and 20 seconds over third-placed Janez Brajkovic from Slovenia.
The Tour of Germany concludes on Saturday in Bremen.
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