Oggi 1 maggio 2012 si disputa la 51ª edizione del Gran Premio di Francoforte (Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt), che si snoda su un percorso di 200 km, ricco di strappi e termina sulle strade della città tedesca. Da segnalare il ritorno alle competizioni di Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), dopo il pauroso incidente occorsogli in allenamento.
Lo scorso anno fu John Degenkolb ad aggiudicarsi la corsa. Di seguito l’elenco dei partenti con i rispettivi dorsali:
Argos-Shimano
1 John Degenkolb (Ger)
2 Roy Curvers (Ned)
3 Thomas Damuseau (Fra)
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned)
5 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
6 Simon Geschke (Ger)
7 Yann Huguet (Fra)
8 Matthieu Sprick (Fra)
Omega Pharma – Quickstep
11 Matt Brammeier (GBr)
12 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
13 Bert Grabsch (Ger)
14 Tony Martin (Ger)
15 Jerome Pineau (Fra)
16 Gert Steegmans (Bel)
17 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel)
18 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel)
Liquigas-Cannondale
21 Stefano Agostini (Ita)
22 Federico Canuti (Ita)
23 Alan Marangoni (Ita)
24 Moreno Moser (Ita)
25 Dominique Nerz (Ger)
26 Daniele Ratto (Ita)
27 Juraj Sagan (Svk)
28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)
Garmin-Barracuda
31 Jack Bauer (NZl)
32 Koldo Fernandez (Spa)
33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
34 Martijn Maaskant (Ned)
35 David Millar (GBr)
36 Jacob Rathe (USA)
37 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel)
38 Fabian Wegmann (Ger)
Katusha Team
41 Vladimir Gusev (Rus)
42 Marco Haller (Aut)
43 Alexander Kristoff (Nor)
44 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
45 Maxim Belkov (Rus)
46 Rüdiger Selig (Ger)
47 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus)
48 Maxime Vantomme (Bel)
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
51 Martin Mortensen (Den)
52 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned)
53 Pim Ligthart (Ned)
54 Marco Marcato (Ita)
55 Jacek Morajko (Pol)
56 Nikita Novikov (Rus)
57 Rob Ruijgh (Ned)
58 Marcello Pavarin (Ita)
Germany
61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
62 Andre Greipel (Ger)
63 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
64 Christian Knees (Ger)
65 Ralf Matzka (Ger)
66 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger)
67 David Rösch (Ger)
68 Paul Voss (Ger)
Team NetApp t
71 Jan Barta (Cze)
72 Cesare Benedetti (Ita)
73 Matthias Brandle (Aut)
74 Andreas Dietziker (Swi)
75 Reto Hollenstein (Swi)
76 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol)
77 Leopold Konig (Cze)
78 Daniel Schorn (Aut)
Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
81 Leonardo Duque (Col)
82 Julien Fouchard (Fra)
83 Garcia Echeguibel (Spa)
84 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel)
85 Arnaud Labbe (Fra)
86 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat)
87 Nico Sijmens (Bel)
88 Romain Zingle (Bel)
Saur – Sojasun
91 Maxime Mederel (Fra)
92 Jérémie Galland (Fra)
93 Jonathan Hivert (Fra)
94 Christophe Laborie (Fra)
95 Cyril Lemoine (Fra)
96 Laurent Mangel (Fra)
97 Rony Martias (Fra)
Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
101 Sander Armee (Bel)
102 Laurens De Vreese (Bel)
103 Pieter Jacobs (Bel)
104 Steven Van Vooren (Bel)
105 Pieter Serry (Bel)
106 Preben Van Hecke (Bel)
107 Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel)
108 Zico Waeytens (Bel)
RusVelo
111 Nikita Eskov (Rus)
112 Sergey Firsanov (Rus)
113 Serguei Klimov (Rus)
114 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus)
115 Alexei Markov (Rus)
116 Artem Ovechkin (Rus)
117 Alexander Serov (Rus)
118 Matvey Zubov (Rus)
Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
121 Steven Caethoven (Bel)
122 Jerome Gilbert (Bel)
123 Sjef De Wilde (Bel)
124 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel)
125 Gregory Habeaux (Bel)
126 Kevin Ista (Bel)
127 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned)
128 Evert Verbist (Bel)
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
131 Clinton Avery (NZl)
133 Matthias Friedemann (Ger)
134 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel)
135 pengda Jiao (Chn)
136 Anuar Manan (Mas)
137 Mart Ojavee (Est)
138 Steven Wong (HKg)
Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
141 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned)
142 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel)
143 Davy Commeyne (Bel)
144 Bert De Waele (Bel)
146 Gilles Devillers (Bel)
147 Reinier Honig (Ned)
148 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu)
Nutrixxion Abus
151 Holger Burkhardt (Ger)
152 Alexander Gottfried (Ger)
153 Sebastian Körber (Ger)
154 Dirk Müller (Ger)
155 Alexander Schmitt (Ger)
156 Michael Schweizer (Ger)
157 Tom Vermeer (Ned)
Team NSP – Ghost
161 Jacob Fiedler (Ger)
162 Sven Forberger (Ger)
163 Marcus Fothen (Ger)
164 Sergej Fuchs (Ger)
165 Rene Hooghiemster (Ned)
166 Léo Menville (Fra)
167 Steffen Radochla (Ger)
168 Lucas Schädlich (Ger)
Team Eddy Merckx – Indeland
171 Patrick Bercz (Ger)
172 Matthias Bertling (Ger)
173 Stefan Ganser (Ger)
174 Julian Hellmann (Ger)
175 Alexander Nordhoff (Ger)
176 Robert Retschke (Ger)
177 Andreas Stauff (Ger)
178 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger)
Team Specialized Concept Store
181 Elcien Asadov (Aze)
182 Nikodemus Holler (Ger)
183 Nico Knab (Ger)
184 Fabio Nappa (Ger)
185 Christoph Springer (Ger)
186 Alexandr Surutkovic (Aze)
Team Heizomat
191 André Benoit (Ger)
192 Fabian Bruno (Ger)
193 Jannick Geisler (Ger)
194 Manuel Straub (Ger)
195 Marius Jessenberger (Ger)
197 Christian Mager (Ger)
198 Christopher Muche (Ger)
Raiko Stölting
201 Mathias Belka (Ger)
202 Maarten de Jonge (Ned)
203 Tim Gebauer (Ger)
204 Arne Hassink (Ned)
205 Jan Oelerich (Ger)
206 Nils Plötner (Ger)
207 Björn Schröder (Ger)
208 Jan Van Puyvelde (Ger)
Questa l’altimetria della corsa: