Greipel wins bunch sprint in Hamburg
German out-sprints Kristoff, Nizzolo as Cavendish crashes
Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) claimed the win in the bunch sprint at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg. Second place went to Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), who went in the lead too early and ended up setting up his German rival perfectly. Giacomo Nizzolo of Trek was third.
Greipel surprisingly had never won the Vattenfall Cyclassics before in his career, but this time a perfect storm of a late crash taking out Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quickstep) and Kristoff hitting out prematurely helped the German finally win in Hamburg.
"That was super work from the team, although after crashes in the finale we only had four guys," Greipel said. "I have often hoped to win here. Today it finally worked out."
The race got off to an unusual start in the harbour city of Kiel, with the peloton taking off from a ferry on to the mainland. Shortly after the start, a four-man group got away. Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18), Matteo Bono (Lampre-Merida), Alex Dowsett (Movistar) and Martin Mortensen (Cult Energy) pulled away and built up a gap of up to five minutes.
MTN-Qhubeka led the chase much of the day, before Lotto-Soudal and Katusha, with their top sprint candidates, moved in. With 60 km to go, Bono and Mortensen were alone in the lead with a gap of less than a minute.
The gap continued to fall and with 43 km to go, the gap was about 30 seconds, and the leading duo had been joined by Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Manuele Boaro (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Matthias Brändle (IAM). However, by the 20 km marker, it had all come back together, with a peloton of about 75 riders.
Linus Gerdemann (Cult Energy) was one of the first to attack, and he and Julien Alaphilippe put in a strong effort, but were never far away from the field. They were swallowed up with 10 km to go.
A crash with less than 3 km to go took down Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) and Giant-Alpecin’s Marcel Kittel had been dropped on the third climb of the day, so two top favourites were eliminated.
As could be expected, it came down to defending champion Kristoff and Greipel. The Norwegian opened the sprint, but unfortunately for him, Greipel was directly on his wheel. The German powered past Kristoff and easily cruised in to take his first Vattenfall win.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 4:57:05 |
2 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:01 |
16 | Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre-Merida | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | 0:00:02 |
27 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:03 |
31 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:05 |
33 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:06 |
35 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:00:07 |
37 | Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:08 |
39 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:16 |
40 | Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:21 |
41 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:22 |
43 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:25 |
45 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:00:29 |
46 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:34 |
47 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:43 |
48 | Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha | 0:00:57 |
49 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:01:02 |
50 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:08 |
51 | Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:09 |
52 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:01:10 |
56 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | 0:01:20 |
60 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:23 |
61 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky | 0:01:24 |
62 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:29 |
63 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:02:07 |
65 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:02:14 |
66 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:02:41 |
67 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:03:07 |
68 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica GreenEdge | 0:03:30 |
69 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:53 |
70 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:04:03 |
71 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:04:04 |
72 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:05 |
74 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | 0:04:07 |
75 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:04:53 |
76 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:05:33 |
77 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:05:34 |
79 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:05:35 |
83 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:05:36 |
87 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:07:07 |
89 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:07:15 |
90 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | 0:07:16 |
91 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:20 |
93 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:21 |
94 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | 0:08:22 |
98 | Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:08:23 |
104 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:08:24 |
111 | Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:08:25 |
116 | Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal | 0:09:17 |
117 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:09:18 |
121 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:09:19 |
126 | Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:13:28 |
129 | Martin Mortensen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:15:05 |
130 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
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