Gerald Ciolek Takes Second Win in Three Days in Germany
(May 30, 2008)
Race report filed by Team High Road
Würzburg, Germany - High Road fastman Gerald Ciolek has used his fine turn of speed to see off the opposition for a second stage win in the Bayern Rundfahrt and reinforce his lead overall.
Already the fastest in stage one of the prestigious German race, Ciolek took his second victory of the season at the end of stage three from Donauworth to Wurzburg.
“There was a two-lap circuit at the end and that shredded the group to around 40 riders, which was a help.” Ciolek said afterwards.
“Winning is always difficult, but with a smaller group I could position myself better for the final sprint and it wasn’t so complicated as when I won two days ago. “
“[Team-mate] Kim Kirchen led me out through the final corner and up to about 250 or 200 metres to go and then away I went. It’s funny that I should get two wins in three days after winning nothing all season beforehand, but that often happens.”
“Once you get a certain degree of confidence, particularly if you’re a sprinter, then the wins suddenly start arriving. You feel freer once you’ve got your first victory of the season, so you race better.”
Even though his overall advantage prior to tomorrow’s crucial time trial is nearly 30 seconds, Ciolek is anything but optimistic about his chances of maintaining the lead.
“Really I think 24 kilometres is too long for me to have much chance although obviously I will fight to stay in the lead as hard as I can. I will check out the time trial course before actually racing it. But that’s partly because I want to avoid training on the rollers as a warm-up - I find that really boring!”
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