With the victory on the queen stage, professional cyclist Adam Yates took over the red jersey from the overall leader of the Deutschland Tour.

The 30-year-old Brit therefore has the best chance of succeeding last year's winner Nils Politt in Stuttgart on Sunday.

After 148.9 kilometers from Freiburg to the mountain finish on the 1207 meter high Schauinsland, Yates was able to assert himself as a soloist after he attacked the 11.6 kilometer long and on average 6.5 percent steep final climb up to Freiburg's local mountain almost six kilometers before the finish would have.

Second on the day was Pello Bilbao from Spain, 19 seconds back, followed by Mauri Vansevenant from Belgium.

The best German was Augsburg's Georg Zimmermann in fifth, 29 seconds behind.

With his coup, Yates was able to replace the Italian Alberto Bettiol as overall leader and goes into the final section on Sunday over 186.6 kilometers from Schiltach to Stuttgart with a lead of 30 seconds over Bilbao.

Zimmermann is fifth, 49 seconds behind Yates.

“My goal was to lose as little time as possible today so that I could then go all out tomorrow.

Let's see how it works," said Zimmermann on ARD.

In the meantime, Emanuel Buchmann had to bury his hopes for the day's victory and thus also for the overall victory around eight kilometers from the finish.

The Ravensburger couldn't follow the pace of Yates, Zimmermann and Co. and finished 18th, 2:07 minutes behind Yates.

Before the start of the stage, the focus in Freiburg was on Simon Geschke.

A month after narrowly missing out on winning the mountain jersey at the Tour de France, the Freiburg resident was celebrated at the registration and wrote himself into the golden book of the city of Freiburg after the end of the stage.

"It's a huge honor for me.

Especially as a newcomer, it is proof that you have been accepted here and that the city is proud of what you have achieved," Geschke, who has lived in Breisgau since 2012, told the German Press Agency.

In the Tour of France, the Cofidis professional, who drives for the national team on the Germany Tour, led the mountain classification until two stages before the end.

Geschke finished the king's stage 3:12 minutes behind Yates in 30th place. "I can't do magic, my legs just weren't that great today," said Geschke at the finish.