Deutschland Tour peloton arrives in Herford

Race report | Thursday 21 August 2025 - 17:35

A bunch sprint at Germany’s most important stage race.

Following Wednesday’s prologue, which established an initial pecking order, the Deutschland Tour continued with the longest stage of this edition, 202 kilometers from Essen to Herford, the town in the North Rhine-Westphalia region which used to be a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages.

A small breakaway of four riders went clear soon after the start and built a nice lead of three minutes, but from the moment the sprinters’ teams hit the front of the peloton, that margin began coming down. Soudal Quick-Step was one of squads helping with the pace-settings, helping the group reel in the quartet before the last ten kilometers. The winner emerged from a sprint after a tight finish, Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) being the one who prevailed, while Luke Lamperti finished as the best placed rider of our team.

The second stage of the race will be one for the Classics specialists. The parcours, shorter than the one of Thursday, will be punctuated by four classified climbs and some more small hills that are sure to be used as launchpads by those hoping to gain time on their general classification rivals.

 

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images

Race details

1 Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
4:37:08
2 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
0:00
3 Danny van Poppel
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
4 Emilien Jeannière
Team TotalEnergies
0:00
5 Hugo Hofstetter
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
6 Maikel Zijlaard
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:00
7 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
8 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
0:00
9 Thom van der Werff
Team Picnic PostNL
0:00
10 Jonathan Malte Rottmann
REMBE | rad-net
0:00
16 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
32 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
42 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
62 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
74 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
87 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
1 Danny van Poppel
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
4:40:38
2 Samuel Watson
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
3 Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
4 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:01
5 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
0:01
6 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
0:01
7 Marco Haller
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:03
8 Laurence Pithie
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:04
9 Maikel Zijlaard
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:04
10 Vlad Van Mechelen
Bahrain - Victorious
0:05
12 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step
0:06
14 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
0:06
21 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:08
22 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
0:08
25 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:09
60 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
0:14
1 Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
15 pt
2 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
13 pt
3 Danny van Poppel
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
12 pt
4 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
12 pt
5 Vinzent Dorn
BIKE AID
10 pt
6 Samuel Watson
INEOS Grenadiers
8 pt
7 Maikel Zijlaard
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
7 pt
8 Emilien Jeannière
Team TotalEnergies
7 pt
9 Marco Haller
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
6 pt
10 Hugo Hofstetter
Israel - Premier Tech
6 pt
1 Miguel Heidemann
REMBE | rad-net
6 pt
2 Vinzent Dorn
BIKE AID
4 pt
3 Andrew August
INEOS Grenadiers
2 pt
1 Samuel Watson
INEOS Grenadiers
4:40:38
2 Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
3 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
0:01
4 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
0:01
5 Laurence Pithie
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:04
6 Vlad Van Mechelen
Bahrain - Victorious
0:05
7 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
0:06
8 Iván Romeo Abad
Movistar Team
0:06
9 Marius Mayrhofer
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:07
10 Riley Sheehan
Israel - Premier Tech
0:07
11 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:08
12 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
0:08
14 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:09
1 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 14:02:08
2 Uno-X Mobility 0:02
3 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0:03
4 Soudal Quick-Step 0:06
5 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:07
6 INEOS Grenadiers 0:09
7 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:11
8 Lidl - Trek 0:13
9 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 0:13
10 Bahrain - Victorious 0:14

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