Ackermann wins Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic
Viviani second, Nizzolo third on The Mall
Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), who crashed mid-race crash, went on to win the sixth Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic in London on Sunday. The German sprinter out-paced Italians Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) in a bunch kick to the finish line on The Mall.
Ackermann crashed with 80km to go and borrowed a teammate's bike to get himself back in contention with the main field for the final sprint. Viviani was the first to start his sprint, but Ackermann came around him for the win.
"My team did an amazing job today because I crashed in the middle of the race and they had to get me back to the peloton,” said Ackermann. “I had to reward them for that and thankfully I could do it," Ackermann said. "I knew I was in good shape and told my team to get me in a good position. They were 100 per cent behind me and I’m so proud of what they did to give me a chance. I wasn’t watching Viviani, I just kept my eyes on the Finish Line and went for the win."
How it unfolded
The peloton lined up for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic's 183km race under rain for a course that started at Horse Guards Parade, St James's Park in central London and then took on the hills of Surrey before returning to London to finish out front of Buckingham Palace. There were four intermediate sprints in Hampton Court and Dorking, and five KOMs on Staple Lane, Leith Hill, Ranmore (twice) and Box Hill to contest.
A breakaway set off with Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott), Aaron Verwilst (Team Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Alexis Gougeard (AG2R), Valerio Agnoli and Manuele Boaro (Bahrain-Merida), Pawel Cieslik (CCC), however, Ewan later abandoned the race.
They pushed their lead out to nearly three minutes in the first 20km of the race and that swelled to over seven minutes as the main field seemed happy to let them go.
Verwilst picked up the first intermediate sprint in Hampton Court, while Boaro took full points at the next two sprints in Dorking, and secured the sprint classification title. In the KOMs, Gougeard took the award at the end of the stage after picking up full points over Staple Lane and Leith Hill. He was out-paced over the top of Ranmore Common, but collected enough points to hold the mountain points lead.
Bora-Hansgrohe, Quick-Step Floors and Dimension Data set the early pace for their sprinters in the field and brought the time gap back down to a more manageable four minutes.
Team Sky moved to the front with Ian Stannard to set tempo, and he got some help from Trek-Segafredo's Ryan Mullen. But a chase group set off with Michael Matthews (Sunweb), Chris Juul-Jensen (Mitchelton-Scott), Peter Kennaugh (Bora), Owain Doull (Sky), Jay McCarthy (Bora) and Nathan Haas (Katusha). They made contact with the leaders at the bottom of Box Hill. Matthews led over the climb taking those top mountain points, while Kennaugh grabbed the last intermediate sprint, but those competitions were already sewn up earlier in the race.
Matthews and Kennaugh crashed and so the breakaway was reduced to six with Haas, McCarthy, Agnoli, Boaro, Juul-Jensen and Doull. Those remaining six riders held a slim lead of 58 seconds in the final 40km.
Their gap was drastically cut by the set up for the final sprint from Dimension Data for Mark Cavendish, Lotto Soudal for Andre Greipel and Quick-Step Floors for Elia Viviani. The gap was down to 10 seconds with 20km to go, and although there were last-minute attacks from the breakaway, the field completely pulled them back together, and it was Bora-Hansgrohe that led the peloton into a bunch sprint on The Mall.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 4:20:10 |
2 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:00:12 |
46 | Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Jay Mc Carthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:16 |
52 | Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:19 |
54 | Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:31 |
63 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:33 |
64 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | 0:00:40 |
66 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:43 |
68 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:47 |
69 | Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:55 |
73 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:00:57 |
74 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 0:01:02 |
75 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:08 |
76 | Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:01:17 |
77 | Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 0:02:06 |
79 | Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | 0:02:57 |
80 | Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:07:41 |
85 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:08:37 |
86 | Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo | 0:11:33 |
87 | Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Pawel Cieslik (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:11:56 |
94 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data | 0:14:29 |
95 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bram Tankink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pawel Franczak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*
Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets
After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59
Join now for unlimited access
Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1