Viviani wins EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg

Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) repeated his victory in the EuroEyes Cyclassics race in Hamburg, winning the sprint of a reduced peloton. Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) jumped first in the closing sprint, but had to settle for second, with Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) third.

The race was marked by a long breakaway by five riders, who were caught with only 18km left on the day. Various attacks followed, but the sprinters’ teams kept control of the situation and brought them all back. A crash near the front of the field in the final 2km made the already reduced peloton even smaller, but with many top sprinters still in the front to contest for the win.

How it unfolded

Shortly after the start in Hamburg, a group of five formed. Ivan Cortina (Bahrain Merida), Alessandro De Marchi (BMC), Winner Anacona (Movistar), Kamil Gradek (CCC) and Evgeny Shaluna (Gazprom-RusVelo) built up a lead of up to three minutes on the mostly flat course.

Katusha-Alpecin suffered an early loss, with Jenthe Bierman having to leave the race after a crash. He was taken to the team doctor, apparently to get stitches for facial lacerations.

The field kept the break group under strict control, with the gap dropping to two minutes at the feed zone, and then slowly coming down after that. With 60 km to go, Nils Politt (Katusha) and a rider from Bahrain Merida jumped from the field to give chase. They never got far from the peloton but helped to bing the gap down to 30 seconds, before being caught. That sent the gap back up to a minute, before Politt tried again in a solo. He couldn’t stay away though.

The five leaders crossed the finish line for the first time 1:33 ahead of the field. The gap came down again on this closing circuit course, with the sprinters’ teams determined to have their way at the end. With 18km to go, the five leaders had been roped in.

Three riders got away on the final climb of the Waseberg, only 15km from the finish line. Another seven riders gave chase, and soon caught them. The group, which included Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Merida), Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) and BMC’s Dylan Theuns and Jurgen Roelandts, fought hard to stay away from the greatly reduced peloton, down to about 50 riders, but the last of the lead group were caught with 4.4km to go.

A crash with 2km to go took down three riders, including German champion Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe). This left only a small group of some 30 riders to challenge for the win. Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) opened the sprint, but Viviani easily powered his way past the Frenchman for his second consecutive win in Hamburg.

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Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors4:46:02
2Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJRow 1 - Cell 2
3Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team EmiratesRow 2 - Cell 2
4John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-SegafredoRow 3 - Cell 2
5Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-ScottRow 4 - Cell 2
6Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo0:00:01
7Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b CannondaleRow 6 - Cell 2
8Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team SunwebRow 7 - Cell 2
9Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-MeridaRow 8 - Cell 2
10Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-HansgroheRow 9 - Cell 2
11Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing TeamRow 10 - Cell 2
12Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team EmiratesRow 11 - Cell 2
13Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRow 12 - Cell 2
14Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto SoudalRow 13 - Cell 2
15Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar TeamRow 14 - Cell 2
16Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice0:00:02
17Michal Golas (Pol) Team SkyRow 16 - Cell 2
18Mathias De Witte (Bel) Veranda's Willems CrelanRow 17 - Cell 2
19Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal0:00:03
20Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJRow 19 - Cell 2
21Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin0:00:05
22Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda's Willems CrelanRow 21 - Cell 2
23Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal0:00:06
24Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors0:00:11
25Michael Morkov (Den) Quick-Step Floors0:00:13
26Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe0:00:14
27Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin0:00:16
28Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-ScottRow 27 - Cell 2
29Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom-RusveloRow 28 - Cell 2
30Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data0:00:17
31Pawel Franczak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice0:00:19
32Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data0:00:21
33Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 32 - Cell 2
34Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-AlpecinRow 33 - Cell 2
35Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-RusveloRow 34 - Cell 2
36Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-ScottRow 35 - Cell 2
37Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La MondialeRow 36 - Cell 2
38Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 37 - Cell 2
39Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo0:00:22
40Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 39 - Cell 2
41Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRow 40 - Cell 2
42Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 41 - Cell 2
43Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi PolkowiceRow 42 - Cell 2
44Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom-RusveloRow 43 - Cell 2
45Lars Bak (Den) Lotto SoudalRow 44 - Cell 2
46Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar TeamRow 45 - Cell 2
47Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team SunwebRow 46 - Cell 2
48Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-MeridaRow 47 - Cell 2
49Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi PolkowiceRow 48 - Cell 2
50Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:00:23
51Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-JumboRow 50 - Cell 2
52Ian Stannard (GBr) Team SkyRow 51 - Cell 2
53Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-RusveloRow 52 - Cell 2
54Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 53 - Cell 2
55Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto SoudalRow 54 - Cell 2
56Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La MondialeRow 55 - Cell 2
57Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team0:00:24
58Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRow 57 - Cell 2
59Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-RusveloRow 58 - Cell 2
60Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team0:00:28
61Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ0:00:29
62Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo0:00:32
63Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-SegafredoRow 62 - Cell 2
64Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension DataRow 63 - Cell 2
65Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi PolkowiceRow 64 - Cell 2
66Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida0:00:33
67Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-MeridaRow 66 - Cell 2
68Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo0:00:34
69Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates0:00:45
70Jose Gonalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin0:00:47
71Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky0:00:48
72Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal0:00:49
73Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing TeamRow 72 - Cell 2
74David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team SkyRow 73 - Cell 2
75Luke Rowe (GBr) Team SkyRow 74 - Cell 2
76Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data0:00:50
77Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJRow 76 - Cell 2
78Duijn Hubertus Martinus CornelisRow 77 - Cell 2
79Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing TeamRow 78 - Cell 2
80Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRow 79 - Cell 2
81Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-MeridaRow 80 - Cell 2
82Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb0:00:51
83Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-ScottRow 82 - Cell 2
84Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team EmiratesRow 83 - Cell 2
85Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension DataRow 84 - Cell 2
86Jai Hindley (Aus) Team SunwebRow 85 - Cell 2
87Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-ScottRow 86 - Cell 2
88Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team0:00:58
89Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe0:01:01
90Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb0:01:22
91Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team EmiratesRow 90 - Cell 2
92Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors0:01:31
93Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe0:01:32
94Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team EmiratesRow 93 - Cell 2
95Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo0:01:35
96Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team0:01:40
97Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo0:01:41
98Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott0:01:58
99Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors0:02:07
100Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJRow 99 - Cell 2
101Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team0:02:19
102Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe0:02:49
103Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe0:03:19
104Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo0:04:15
105Stan Godrie (Ned) Veranda's Willems CrelanRow 104 - Cell 2
106William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale0:04:16
107Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team0:04:17
108Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale0:04:18
109Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data0:04:21
110Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale0:04:22
111Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension DataRow 110 - Cell 2
112Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale0:04:23
113Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b CannondaleRow 112 - Cell 2
114Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan0:05:32
115Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida0:05:33
116Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Team SunwebRow 115 - Cell 2
117Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team0:06:35
118Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team0:06:36
119Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Sprandi PolkowiceRow 118 - Cell 2
120Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro TeamRow 119 - Cell 2
121Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky0:06:37
122Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo0:06:38
123Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe0:06:42
124William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ0:06:43
125Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJRow 124 - Cell 2
126Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott0:10:23
127Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team EmiratesRow 126 - Cell 2
128Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-JumboRow 127 - Cell 2
129Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto SoudalRow 128 - Cell 2
130Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo0:10:24
131Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b CannondaleRow 130 - Cell 2
132Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step FloorsRow 131 - Cell 2
133Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusveloRow 132 - Cell 2
134Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:12:26
DNFIljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step FloorsRow 134 - Cell 2
DNFAntonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-MeridaRow 135 - Cell 2
DNFRafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Movistar TeamRow 136 - Cell 2
DNFMaxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-AlpecinRow 137 - Cell 2
DNFJenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-AlpecinRow 138 - Cell 2
DNFSimon Špilak (Slo) Katusha-AlpecinRow 139 - Cell 2
DNFBert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-JumboRow 140 - Cell 2
DNFBeñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Team SkyRow 141 - Cell 2
DNFTom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team SunwebRow 142 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Gogl (Aut) Trek-SegafredoRow 143 - Cell 2
DNFMarko Kump (Slo) CCC Sprandi PolkowiceRow 144 - Cell 2

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