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2024 Bemer Cyclassics (World Tour),
Hamburg, Germany

27th edition: Sunday, September 8, 2024

Hamburg Cyclassics podium history | 2023 edition | Course map | Start list

Hamburg - Hamburg, 197.9 km

Course map

Olav Kooij wins in Hambug.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Hamburg at 1:35 PM, local tme: 28C (852), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Olav Kooij's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Olav Kooij has won the 27th edition of the Bemer Cyclassics. The 22-year-old sprinter beat Jonathan Milan and Biniam Girmay in the bunch sprint in Hamburg. For Kooij, it was his first victory in a World Tour one-day race and his eighth win of the season.

On a 177-kilometre course in and around Hamburg, the peloton kept control of the breakaway. Julien Vermote took part of the work, ensuring that the six breakaway riders were caught early in the finale. On the final circuit, the sprinters ran out of problems, making a bunch sprint inevitable.

Kooij set up his sprint early and held off Milan by a small margin. "We knew there was a tricky corner two kilometres from the finish and we had to be in the right place. I followed the guys from Bora, then Christophe passed me and dropped me off in a perfect position. I set up my sprint early and was able to hold on until the line", the Dutchman said.

"The guys motivated me to sprint. I'm happy I was able to reward them with the win." - Olav Kooij

Kooij, who will start the European Championships in Flanders next week, was riding his first race since his crash in the Renewi Tour. ‘After my crash I took it easy for a week, so I didn't really know how I would be today. The guys motivated me to sprint and I'm happy I was able to reward them with the win. This is a great prize."

Sports director Maarten Wynants is happy with the win, but still has a bitter aftertaste about the day. "Tim van Dijke and Koen Bouwman got involved in a crash and for Tim in particular it didn't look good. He is now being examined in hospital, but we fear a wrist fracture", Wynants said.

"Julien Vermote and Tosh Van der Sande did great work in the first part of the race and after the final passage of the Waseberg, Mick van Dijke, Christophe Laporte and Olav were still in front. Christophe pulled the sprint for Olav and he finished it off." According to Wynants, Kooij has shown he is ready for the European Championship. "The guys he beat here will also be at the start in Hasselt next week. That will give him a lot of confidence."

Complete results:

197.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 54.018 km/hr

Course map:

2024 Cyclassics map

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