Farrar finishes fastest in Hamburg
By Susan Westemeyer published
Vattenfall win the biggest career
Tyler Farrar took the biggest win of his career at the Vattenfall Cyclassics on Saturday. After being close to a win on so many occasions this season, the American won the race with a powerful sprint finish in the centre of Hamburg, Germany. Garmin-Slipstream's Farrar finished ahead of Saxo Bank's Matti Breschel and German Gerald Ciolek (Milram) at the end of the 216km race.
"This season has gone very well for me, although the really big success didn't come until now," the 25-year-old winner said. "After the many second places in the Giro and the Tour, it is great to finally stand on top of the podium."
"The team rode together, at the front, all day. We had some bad luck with crashes, but the boys really came through today," said Farrar. "It's nice to win a big one..."
It was only his third stage win of the year. He had previously won stages at Tirreno-Adriatico and the Delta Tour Zeeland, where he also took the overall title after winning the time trial. In the Tour de France, he finished second or third during four stages.
"He's a very strong rider - he has his first season with Grand Tour experience, and now he's reaping the benefit of that's experience," said Farrar's team manager Jonathan Vaughters.
"I think it shows that Tyler is a race winner. He didn't get frustrated by so many second places, he re-focused and worked hard, and now he'll start winning a lot more," predicted Vaughters.
Ciolek, who placed third in this race two years ago, was pleased with his effort. "That is a very good success for our Team Milram," he said. "On one hand, of course, there were two riders faster than me. But on the other hand, it not really a loss. That was my only my second race since the Tour de France. At times it was very difficult for me to go with the high tempo in the finale."
Two riders got away on an early break, Sergio de Lis of Team Euskaltel and Yuriy Kirvtsov of AG2R. They built up a lead of around nine minutes, but were finally caught again with some 46km to go.
Shortly after the peloton caught the two, three laps of the closing circuit remained. The loop included a climb up the Waseberg, a short climb which topped out at over 16 percent. Columbia more or less held things together much of the way, as there were a number of failed attempts by riders to gain a decisive advantage over the peloton inside the final 30km.
Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) appeared to be the most determined to pull away from the field. He and Rabobank's Nick Nuyens held a short-lived advantage over the main field before they were drawn back in with 25km remaining.
On the final ascent of the Waseberg, with 16km to go, Gilbert attacked again. This time he took with him Nicolas Roche (AG2R La Mondiale) and Manuele Mori (Lampre-NGC) and former Cyclassics winner Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank). The four worked hard to pull away from the peloton but as the race entered the wide streets of Hamburg, the group was brought back after just a few kilometres of freedom.
A nasty crash in a construction zone in the last two kilometers brought down a handful of riders.
Once the quartet were back in the field, the teams of the sprinters assumed control of the front of the bunch. As the race rolled swiftly beneath the kilometre-to-go marker, no one team had yet established full control of the front of the peloton, but it was the orange, blue and white of the Garmin lead-out that held the central position.
Farrar timed his run to perfection, launching his sprint and sliding up the centre of the finishing straight to claim victory as his rivals dived for the line around him.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 5:30:38 |
2 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
3 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
4 | Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step | |
5 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
6 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
7 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
8 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
9 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
10 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | |
11 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
12 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'epargne | |
13 | Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
14 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
15 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | |
16 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
17 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
18 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
19 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
20 | Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
21 | René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
22 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
23 | Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
24 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
25 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC | |
26 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | |
27 | Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
28 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
29 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
30 | André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
31 | Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
32 | Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
33 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
34 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | |
35 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C | |
36 | Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana | |
37 | Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
38 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
39 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
40 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse D'epargne | |
41 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | |
42 | Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
43 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
44 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | |
45 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
46 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
47 | José I Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'epargne | |
48 | Pasamontes Rodriguez L (Spa) Caisse D'epargne | |
49 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
50 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
51 | Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
52 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
53 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | |
54 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
55 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
56 | Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
57 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | |
58 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C | |
59 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
60 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - HTC | |
61 | And Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse D'epargne | |
62 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:00:09 |
63 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | |
64 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | |
65 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
66 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:12 |
67 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:00:15 |
68 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | |
69 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
70 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:20 |
71 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:29 |
72 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 0:00:42 |
73 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:46 |
74 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
75 | Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step | 0:01:09 |
76 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
77 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | |
78 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | |
79 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | |
80 | Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
81 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
82 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
83 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:48 |
84 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:19 |
85 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:02:34 |
86 | Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:02:52 |
87 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
88 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
89 | Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
90 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale | |
91 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
92 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
93 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
94 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
95 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
96 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
97 | Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
98 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
99 | Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
100 | Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | |
101 | Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | |
102 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
103 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
104 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | |
105 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
106 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
107 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C | |
108 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | |
109 | Arnoud Coyot (Fra) Caisse D'epargne | |
110 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'epargne | |
111 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
112 | Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
113 | Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
114 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
115 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
116 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
117 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
118 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | |
119 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
120 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
121 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
122 | Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
123 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
124 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
125 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | |
126 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
127 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | |
128 | Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
129 | Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
130 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | |
131 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | |
132 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
DNF | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
DNF | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | |
DNF | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | |
DNF | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | |
DNF | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | |
DNF | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
DNF | Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana | |
DNF | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | |
DNF | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caisse D'epargne | |
DNF | Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
DNF | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | |
DNF | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto | |
DNF | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
DNF | Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
DNF | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
DNF | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
DNF | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
DNF | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux | |
DNF | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
DNF | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | |
DNF | Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | |
DNF | Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
DNF | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
DNF | Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano | |
DNF | René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
DNF | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | pts |
2 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | |
3 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | pts |
2 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 2 | |
3 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 3 | pts |
2 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 2 | |
3 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | pts |
2 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 3 | |
3 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | |
4 | Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 2 | |
5 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 2 | |
6 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | |
7 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1 | |
8 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 1 | |
9 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 1 |

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