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2022 Bemer Cyclassics (World Tour),
Hamburg, Germany

25th edition: Sunday, August 21, 2022

Hamburg Cyclassics podium history | 2019 edition (race not held 2020, '21) | 2023 edition | Course map | Start list

Hamburg - Hamburg, 204.7 km

Marco Haller (on right) takes a close win in Hamburg.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Hamburg at 2:15 PM, local time: 24C (76F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from race winner Marco Haller's Team Bora-hansgorhe.

With the Cyclassics in Hamburg, another race on home soil was on the team’s program for this Sunday, standing at 204.7 kilometres long, with start and finish in the heart of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg. A flat and fast race with the Waseberg was the main topographical obstacle.

The final 30km on the narrow streets of the Hamburg suburbs were characterised by a hectic race and a crash in the peloton, which made for additional chaos. After perfect work by Ide Schelling in an early breakaway and Patrick Konrad in the decisive group, Marco Haller punched through in the final sprint against Wout Van Aert to ultimately take the win, a first for Marco in Hamburg, and also the very first win for BORA - hansgrohe at Cyclassics Hamburg.

The podium, from left: Wout van Aert (2nd), Marco Haller (1st) & Quinten Hermans (3rd).

"It’s basically a dream that came true for me! After Waseberg I told my team mate Patrick Konrad that we should just keep riding because even if we finish 4th and 5th it’s still better than making it to the line with the bunch. I had really good legs, Patrick did a great job on the final kilometer and so I was able to beat Wout in a long and hard sprint." Marco Haller

"Even though the other riders asked the boys what they were doing with their offensive way of racing, they were doing it just right. It was our plan to make the race as hard as we can and they executed that plan absolutely perfect. You also need riders who are ready to race like this. Look at Ide, you could really see that he likes that attacking style of riding. In the end Patrick and Marco worked together very well and did a great job taking home this win. Now it’s not true anymore that BORA - hansgrohe has never won this race." Rolf Aldag, Sports Director

Complete results:

204.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.278 km/hr

Course map:

2022 Cyclassics map

Start list with back numbers, August 20, 2022: