 Ciolek had an excellent second placing at the Rund um den Henninger Turm, where he once again beat Erik Zabel.Since Ciolek’s AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit team merged with Team Wiesenhof at the beginning of the season to be the strongest German team outside of the UCI ProTour, they were able to secure wild card entries to a number of ProTour events where Ciolek shone even more.At the Vattenfall Cyclassics, Ciolek secured fifth place.