The invention concerns a device for withdrawing body fluid with a lancingelement(14) that can puncture the skin of a body part (17) which has a receivingstructure(18) for body fluid obtained from the skin puncture, and a lancing drive (12)for aforward and retracting movement of the lancing element (14), wherein thedurationof the retracting movement is longer than the duration of the forwardmovement.According to the invention the lancing drive (12) is designed such that thelancingelement (14) is moved in a first retraction phase (R1) of the retractionmovement ata maximum retraction speed of more than 0.02 m/s.
