The 31st edition of the Deutschland Tour cycle race took place in Germany from August 10 to August 18, 2007. It did not start with the traditional prologue but with a normal stage. The race included a team time trial, an individual time trial and seven stages, covering a total of 1,292.5 km (803.1 mi). The race began in Saarbrücken and finished in Hanover. For the second year in a row Jens Voigt held off Levi Leipheimer to take the victory.

Final General Classification

Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 30h 57' 21"
2 Levi Leipheimer  United States Discovery Channel 1' 57"
3 David López  Spain Caisse d'Epargne 2' 10"
4 Leonardo Bertagnolli  Italy LIQ 3' 05"
5 Robert Gesink  Netherlands RAB 3' 15"
6 Chris Anker Sørensen  Denmark Team CSC 4' 06"
7 Maxime Monfort  Belgium Cofidis 5' 22"
8 Laurens ten Dam  Netherlands UNI 5' 26"
9 Gustav Larsson  Sweden UNI 6' 08"
10 Davide Rebellin  Italy Gerolsteiner 6' 16"

Teams

23 teams took part. Of the 20 ProTour teams, only Astana did not take part (the team was in crisis from doping results at the 2007 Tour de France). Four non-ProTour teams were given a wildcard invitation: Skil–Shimano, Team Volksbank, Team Wiesenhof–Felt and Elk Haus-Simplon.

Stages

Stage 1 Saarbrücken 183.7 km Friday, August 10

Stage 1 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Robert Förster  Germany Gerolsteiner 4h 24' 16"
2 Danilo Napolitano  Italy Lampre–Fondital s.t
3 Erik Zabel  Germany MRM s.t
 General Classification after Stage 1
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Robert Förster  Germany Gerolsteiner 4h 24' 16"
2 Maarten den Bakker  Netherlands SKS 2"
3 Danilo Napolitano  Italy Lampre–Fondital 4"

Stage 2 Bretten Team Time Trial 42.2 km Saturday, August 11

Stage 2 result
TEAM Country Results
1 Team CSC  Denmark 51' 40"
2 Discovery Channel  United States 25"
3 Gerolsteiner  Germany 55"
 General Classification after Stage 2
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 5h 15' 55"
2 Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland Team CSC 1"
3 Bobby Julich  United States Team CSC 1"

Stage 3 Pforzheim – Offenburg 181.8 km Sunday, August 12

Stage 3 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Erik Zabel  Germany MRM 4h 49' 25"
2 José Joaquín Rojas Gil  Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t
3 Bradley McGee  Australia Française des Jeux s.t
 General Classification after Stage 3
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 10h 05' 20"
2 Bobby Julich  United States Team CSC 1"
3 Alexandr Kolobnev  Russia Team CSC 1"

Stage 4 Singen – Sonthofen 183.8 km Monday, August 13

Stage 4 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Damiano Cunego  Italy Lampre–Fondital 4h 28' 06"
2 Davide Rebellin  Italy Gerolsteiner s.t
3 David López  Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t
 General Classification after Stage 4
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 14h 33' 31"
2 Chris Anker Sørensen  Denmark Team CSC 1"
3 George Hincapie  United States Discovery Channel 27"

Stage 5 Singen – Sölden (Austria) 157.6 km Tuesday, August 14

Stage 5 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 David López  Spain Caisse d'Epargne 4h 21' 07"
2 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 12"
3 Robert Gesink  Netherlands RAB 19"
 General Classification after Stage 5
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 18h 54' 34"
2 David López  Spain Caisse d'Epargne 33"
3 Robert Gesink  Netherlands RAB 1' 14"

Stage 6 Längenfeld (Austria) – Kufstein (Austria) 175 km Wednesday, August 15

Stage 6 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Gerald Ciolek  Germany T-Mobile Team 3h 57' 40"
2 Danilo Napolitano  Italy Lampre–Fondital s.t.
3 José Joaquín Rojas  Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
 General Classification after Stage 6
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 22h 52' 14"
2 David López  Spain Caisse d'Epargne 33"
3 Robert Gesink  Netherlands RAB 1' 14"

Stage 7 Kufstein (Austria) – Regensburg 192.2 km Thursday, August 16

Stage 7 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Gerald Ciolek  Germany T-Mobile Team 4h 08' 20"
2 Erik Zabel  Germany MRM s.t.
3 José Joaquín Rojas  Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
 General Classification after Stage 7
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 27h 00' 44"
2 David López  Spain Caisse d'Epargne 33"
3 Robert Gesink  Netherlands RAB 1' 14"

Stage 8 Fürth Individual Time Trial 33.1 km Friday, August 17

Stage 8 result
Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 39' 42"
2 László Bodrogi  Hungary Crédit Agricole 15"
3 Levi Leipheimer  United States Discovery Channel 26"
 General Classification after Stage 8
Cyclist Country Team Time
1 Jens Voigt  Germany Team CSC 27h 40' 26"
2 Levi Leipheimer  United States Discovery Channel 1' 57"
3 David López  Spain Caisse d'Epargne 2' 10"

Stage 9 Einbeck – Hannover 143.1 km Saturday, August 18

Stage 9 result

Cyclist Country Team Results
1 Gerald Ciolek  Germany T-Mobile Team 3h 16' 55"
2 Erik Zabel  Germany MRM s.t.
3 Mark Renshaw  Australia Crédit Agricole s.t.

Jersey progress

Stage
(Winner)		 General classification
 Points classification
 Mountains classification
 Young rider classification
 Team classification
Stage 1
(Robert Förster)		 Robert Förster Robert Förster Matej Mugerli Philipp Ludescher Bouygues Télécom
Stage 2
(Team CSC)		 Jens Voigt Andy Schleck Team CSC
Stage 3
(Erik Zabel)		 Erik Zabel Niki Terpstra
Stage 4
(Damiano Cunego)		 José Joaquín Rojas Chris Anker Sørensen
Stage 5
(David López)		 Robert Gesink
Stage 6
(Gerald Ciolek)
Stage 7
(Gerald Ciolek)		 Erik Zabel
Stage 8
(Jens Voigt)
Stage 9
(Gerald Ciolek)
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