Hammer Series 2017: Hammer Climb Results

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Carlos Betancur (Movistar) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Carlos Betancur was on song during the opening competition of the inaugural Hammer Series to help deliver Movistar to victory in the Hammer Climb. The Colombian was part of a six-man group that escaped early on and secured top points on most of the laps, and launched an attack on the final lap to take double points on the line.

The race took place over 11 laps of a 7km circuit and the attacks began from the gun, with the peloton fracturing very early in the event. Daniel Oss (BMC Racing) and Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) took the top points on the first two laps, but then a five-man group escaped with Betancur, Tao Geoghegan Hart (Sky), Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), Victor Campanaerts (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Iuri Filosi (Nippo - Vini Fantini).

Movistar racked up a commanding lead in the final standings with 144.8 points. There was competition for second place on the table with Team Sunweb and Team Sky duking it out. Team Sky’s Tao Geoghegan Hart had been racking up the points for his team until he crashed on a sharp corner in the final laps. The crash took him out of contention for the top points, allowing Sunweb to climb up the standings with the help of Giro d’Italia winner Tom Dumoulin. Sunweb ended the day with 98.9 points compared to Team Sky’s 84.7.

The points also earned the teams time bonuses toward Sunday's chase, with Movistar earning 15 seconds to Sunweb's 12. Sky will get a 10 second bonus.

"I have trained so hard in the last couple of months, training at altitude. A team like this deserves the form I have here. It was an amazing performance by the team and we came here with the idea of winning," Betancur said.

Points ranking

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Movistar Team	144.8	pts
2	Team Sunweb	98.9	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Team Sky	84.7	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Orica-Scott	83.3	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	BMC Racing Team	75.2	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Nippo - Vini Fantini	53.6	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Quick-Step Floors	53	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Team LottoNl-Jumbo	27.7	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Lotto Soudal	23.7	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Cannondale-Drapac	2.3	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 10 - Cell 2	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Bahrain-Merida	Row 11 - Cell 2	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Trek-Segafredo	Row 12 - Cell 2	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	UAE Team Emirates	Row 13 - Cell 2	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 14 - Cell 2	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Israel Cycling Academy	Row 15 - Cell 2	Row 15 - Cell 3

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Time standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Movistar Team	15	pts
2	Team Sunweb	12	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Team Sky	10	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Orica-Scott	8	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	BMC Racing Team	6	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Nippo - Vini Fantini	5	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Quick-Step Floors	4	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Team LottoNl-Jumbo	3	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Lotto Soudal	2	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Cannondale-Drapac	1	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 10 - Cell 2	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Bahrain-Merida	Row 11 - Cell 2	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Trek-Segafredo	Row 12 - Cell 2	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	UAE Team Emirates	Row 13 - Cell 2	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 14 - Cell 2	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Israel Cycling Academy	Row 15 - Cell 2	Row 15 - Cell 3