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Team MILRAM: The German riders describe the stages of the Niedersachsen-Tour
28/04/2024
Enrico Poitschke: 5th stage
On the final stage the climbers will get their share as well. The course from Osterode to Göttingen leads over some difficult climbs through the mountains of the Harz. On the Sösestein, the tour’s highest point with 828 kilometers, and the St. Andreasberg with an ascent over 400 meters and a rise of 26%, it will be particularly hard. On the next 100 kilometers to Göttingen the main group’s pursuit begins. However, another two demanding climbs are to be overcome in the final phase, before it goes on the final round over 10.8 kilometers.
The course:
Osterode – Riefensbeek – Sösestein – Sonnenberg – Sankt Andreasberg – Silberhütte – Sieber – Herzberg – Gieboldehausen – Landolfshausen – Groß Lengden – Klein Lengden – Göttingen – Rosdorf – Mengershausen – Jühnde – Meensen – Wiershausen – Hann.Münden – Gimte – Hemeln – Brahmwald – Ellershausen – Bühren – Dankelshausen – Dransfeld – Hoher Hagen – Hägerhof – Göttingen
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Marcel Sieberg: 4th stage
The fourth stage from Rheda-Wiedenbrück to Duderstadt is the longest stage of the Lotto-Tour with 199.7 kilometers. The course through the mountains Lippischer Wald, Wesergebirge, Solling and Eichfeld is pretty hilly, which I quite like. However, it can hardly be expected that a break will manage the decisive escape. In Duderstadt, another exciting sprint finale can be expected.
The course:
Rheda-Wiedenbrück – Neuenkirchen – Kaunitz – Liemke – Schloß Holte – Stukenbrock – Pivitsheide – Hiddesen – Heiligenkirchen – Horn – Leopoldstal – Nieheim – Entrup – Bredenborn – Marienmünster-Vörden – Eilversen – Bremerberg – Höxter – Boffzen – Neuhaus i.S. – Schönhagen – Kammerborn – Sohlingen – Uslar – Bollensen – Gierswalde – Völpriehausen – Lütgenrode – Nörten-Hardenberg – Reyershausen – Billinghausen – Landolfshauser – Seulingen – Westerode – Duderstadt – Rote Warte – Duderstadt
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Ralf Grabsch: 3rd stage
Today’s stage with start in Melle is the shortest part of the tour through Lower Saxony with 160.9 kilometers. The finish is in Rheda-Wiedenbrück. The route through the mountains of the Teutoburger Wald, which leads around Osnabrück with a number of shifts in direction, is predestined for breaks. For riders like me that means that we will have to keep the field together continuously. When it goes to North Rhine-Westphalia the course is getting flat again. Frequently a strong westerly is blowing here, and when it goes straight ahead for a long time it can give you a breakneck speed. The home stretch over 600 meters in Rheda-Wiedenbrük is ideal for the sprinters again. Like on the day before there is a sprint classification at the first passage of the finish line. Before the finale a round around Rheda-Wiedenbrück over 14.6 kilometers follows.
The course:
Melle – Altenmelle – Sondermühlen – Wellingholzhauser – Borgloh – Holter Berg – Holte-Sünsbeck – Wissingen – Scheldehausen – Belm – Icker – Wallenhorst – Hollage – Osnabrück – Hasbergen – Hagen – Bad Iburg – Glane – Bad Laer – Versmold – Oesterweg – Harsewinkel – Rheda-Wiedenbrück – Sankt Vit – Rheda-Wiedenbrück
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Christian Knees: 2nd stage
The second stage starts in Bremen right around the corner of our main sponsor Nordmilch. The profile of the first 100 kilometers is pretty plain, similar to the first stage. But then the escapees get their chance. The second half of the course through the mountains Dammer Berge, the foothills of the Teutoburger Wald and the Wiehengebirge is a bit hillier. Two mountain classifications are scheduled, which however shouldn’t be obstacles for us. In the finish in Melle there are two sprints to be done. At the first passage of the finish line there is a sprint classification. Then it goes on the final round over 12.9 kilometers around Melle, before the final sprint starts. Here, the sprinters will get their chance, just like on the first stage.
The course:
Bremen – Kirchweyhe – Sudweyhe – Barrien – Syke – Bassum – Twistringen – Neuenmarhorst – Goldenstedt – Vechta – Mühlen – Steinfeld – Damme – Vörden – Wittenfelde – Engter – Dornsberg – Ostercappeln – Schledehausen – Bad Essen – Essener Berg – Oldendorf – Buer – Eicken-Bruche – Melle – Gerden – Melle
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Erik Zabel: 1st stage
The first stage leads from Wallenhorst through the Oldenburger Münsterland and the Wildeshauer Gest to Bremen. This of course is a very special stage for us, for Bremen is the home of our main sponsor MILRAM. The stage is continuously flat, only once, after about 16 kilometers, it goes uphill. And this just slightly, with a rise of 100 meters. So it’s a real sprinters’ stage. Only the wind can counter a bunch sprint before the AWD-Dome at the end of the stage. For there is often a strong north-west wind in this area, so that pacelines can develop that prevent the race from being finished in a bunch sprint. The final 20 kilometers lead clockwise around Bremen. Here, the preparation for the final sprint is taking place, which isn’t that easy. If everything works out right the home stretch over 400 meters, which leads straight on the Theodor-Heuss-Allee towards the AWD-Dome, is made for sprinters like Alessandro and me.
The course:
Wallenhorst – Hollage – Achmer – Kettelsberg – Ueffeln – Ankum – Nortrup – Quakenbrück – Essen – Hemmelte – Cloppenburg – Ahlhorn – Wildeshausen – Harpstedt – Groß Ippener – Delmenhorst – Bremen
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