May 16, 2016 (Germany) – Alexander Cowan led Team RaceClean Canada with a solid 11th place overall as the Tour de Berlin wrapped up today with another crash on the final 151.2km Stage 4, slowing down the team’s efforts again. Adam Jamieson finished 20th and Edward Walsh was 33rd.

Apparently on the previous Stage 3 Willem Boersma was leading out Cowan for the final sprint at 200m from the finish when another rider jumped in front but slowed down while blocking them resulting in a crash that sent Boersma to the hospital. Despite some stitches he started the final Stage 4 but DNF’d.

Results (brief)

1. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) BDR Nationalmannschaft 3:31.41
2. Konrad Geßner (Ger) P&S Team Thüringen
3. Dario Rapps (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto
4. Pavel Sivakov (Rus) BMC Development
5. Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto
6. Leon Rohde (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg
7. Johan Hemroulle (Bel) Color Code-Arden Beef
8. Hamish Schreurs (Nzl) Klein Constantia
9. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Klein Constantia
10. Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Development

35. Alexander Cowan (Can) Team RaceClean Canada 0:09
43. Adam Jamieson (Can) Team RaceClean Canada 0:16
45. Edward Walsh (Can) Team RaceClean Canada
DNF Willem Boersma (Can) Team RaceClean Canada

Final GC

1. Remi Cavagna (Fra) Klein Constantia  10:07.04
2. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Klein Constantia 0:09
3. Kasper Asgreen (Den) Team TreFor 0:10
4. Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Development
5. Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) BMC Development 0:23
6. Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto 0:29
7. Julian Braun (Ger) Team Kuota-Lotto 0:35
8. Bas Tietema (Ned) BMC Development  0:40
9. Pavel Sivakov (Rus) BMC Development  0:47
10. Leon Rohde (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg 0:49

11. Alexander Cowan (Can) Team RaceClean Canada 0:50 
20. Adam Jamieson (Can) Team RaceClean Canada 1:27 
33. Edward Walsh (Can) Team RaceClean Canada 2:11