Team Milram's Brett Lancaster won the 3.6 kilometer prologue in Kitzbühel to open the Deutschland Tour. The Australian took the win in a time of 3.59 minutes, only a few hundredths of a second faster than the Swede Gustav Erik Larsson (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) and German Geral Ciolek of Team Columbia. With this opening win, the 28 year-old naturally claimed the lead in the general classification and will wear the yellow jersey in the Deutschland Tour's Queen Stage tomorrow.

After the finish stage winner Brett Lancaster told Roadcycling.com that "It was a perfect race today. I came directly here from the Olympic track events and so I had an optimal preparation for the curving, challenging course. It is fantastic to have won here. Now I will wear the yellow jersey in the mountains. It will certainly be a very special Queen Stage for me, even though the mountains aren't my thing."

Prologue: August 29, 2008: Tour of Germany: Kitzbühel - Kitzbühel (3.6 km IP):
1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram      00:03:59
2 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          0.02
4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           0.03
5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         0.04
6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                           
8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                              
9 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                     
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    0.05
11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                          
12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                           
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                          
14 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                
15 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                     
16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                         0.06
17 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                            
18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia                             
19 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             
20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                      
22 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                        0.07
23 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                        
24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                               
25 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                  
26 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                            
27 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          
28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          0.08
29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                          
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                 
31 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                
32 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                               0.09
33 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      
34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             
35 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                       
37 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                         
38 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                           0.10
39 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               
40 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                         
41 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                         
42 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
43 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                
44 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
45 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                             0.11
46 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                   
47 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                             
48 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        0.12
49 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   
50 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                           
51 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
53 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                    
54 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                           
58 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef                     
59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                      
60 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                    
61 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                          0.13
62 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                           
63 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              
64 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                            
65 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                         
66 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    
67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
68 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     
69 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     0.14
70 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
71 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                    
72 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
73 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas                                    
74 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                            
75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                    
76 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  
77 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                               
78 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef               
79 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                0.15
80 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     
81 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                 
82 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                              
83 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                   
84 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 
85 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
86 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                             
87 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
88 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
89 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                               
90 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    
91 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                       0.16
92 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
94 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                     
95 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef                  
96 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                  
97 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                              
98 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                      
99 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                            0.17
100 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                       
101 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef                     
102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              
103 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  
104 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                
105 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                    0.18
106 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      
107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
108 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
109 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef      
110 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    
111 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank       
112 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 
113 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
114 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                             
115 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                0.19
116 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
117 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                   
118 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                 
119 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                  
120 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                             
121 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef          0.20
122 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                
123 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                         
124 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                         
125 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
126 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                    0.21
127 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                        
128 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     
129 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    
130 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
131 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                              0.22
132 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       
133 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       
134 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                      0.23
135 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
136 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                          
137 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                          0.24
138 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                     
139 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     0.25
140 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                      
141 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                
142 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                             0.26
143 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
144 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux              0.27
145 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       
146 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                
147 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                            
148 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      0.28
149 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     
150 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   0.29
151 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                           0.30
152 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef                 
153 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                       0.33