2019 Eschborn-Frankfurt:
Rund um den Finanzplatz (WorldTour), Germany
58th Edition: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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Eschborn - Frankfurt, 187.5 km
Pascal Ackermann wins in Frankfurt
Weather at the finish city of Frankfurt at 2:00 PM, local time: 21C (69F), fair, with the wind from the west at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Pascal Ackermann's Bora-hansgorhe team.
The 187.5km long route of the 58th edition of the German Classic, Eschborn-Frankfurt, was changed somewhat this year. In addition to the Feldberg, the race took the riders over the Mammolshainer Stich four times, as well as the Ruppertshainer climb twice, and the Billtalhöhe once.
With a combined 3222 metres of climbing in the legs, the riders then approached the new 6.5 km-long Main circuit, which they had to complete two and a half times. Right from the beginning, a group of seven was able to ride their way out of the main field and carve out a gap of several minutes.
During the course of the race, the peloton kept the leaders within a reasonable distance, and the gap hovered around 4 minutes. With still 80km remaining, the group of escapees had been reduced down to a duo, and several kilometres later, another group of riders was able to catch up to them. However, during this time, BORA - hansgrohe was always active in the peloton, and took over the reins in the field. As expected, the breakaway was caught with more than enough time to spare, which allowed the decisive final phase of the race to be subsequently ushered in.
In the final kilometres, the BORA - hansgrohe riders worked hard to bring Pascal Ackermann into an optimal position for the finale. In the finishing stretch, he launched his sprint perfectly and took the win in the inner city of Frankfurt after a display of outstanding teamwork. With that victory, he becomes the first rider in twenty years to win this German race as the reigning German champion.
“We came here to Frankfurt with a goal, and that was to take the win. It’s a great feeling to have finished it off. The guys rode at the front of the peloton the whole day, and in the end it was nice to be able to win. I was admittedly under a little more pressure today, because we are a German team competing at a German race, and of course we wanted to do everything we could to win. The team is in top form, and so we’re looking forward to the upcoming Giro d’Italia.” - Pascal Ackermann
“The team really deserved this victory. The work that the guys did the whole day eventually paid off in the end. They rode together for a long time at the head of the peloton to control the race, and everyone played an important role in bringing about this win. We had six riders in the finale, and our lead-out functioned perfectly. There hasn’t been a German winner of this race since 2011, and we are very happy that Pascal could take the victory.” - Jens Zemke, Sports Director
Results:
187.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.678 km/hr
| 1 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | 4hr 23min 36sec |
| 2 | DEGENKOLB John | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 3 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 4 | CIMOLAI Davide | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 5 | HOFSTETTER Hugo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 6 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 7 | GABBURO Davide | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 8 | NAESEN Lawrence | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 9 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 10 | BOLE Grega | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 11 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 12 | VELASCO Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 13 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 14 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 15 | LEDANOIS Kévin | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 16 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 17 | JAUREGUI Quentin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | CORT Magnus | Astana | s.t. |
| 19 | SHILOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 20 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 21 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 22 | WARBASSE Larry | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 23 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 24 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 25 | BENNETT Sean | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 26 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 27 | BAKELANTS Jan | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 28 | DELAPLACE Anthony | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 29 | LIVYNS Arjen | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 30 | POLITT Nils | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 31 | SBARAGLI Kristian | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 32 | HAUSSLER Heinrich | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 33 | RIESEBEEK Oscar | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 34 | DOUBEY Fabien | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 35 | GUERREIRO Ruben | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 36 | VERWILST Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 37 | BURGAUDEAU Mathieu | Total-Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 38 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 39 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos | Astana | s.t. |
| 40 | SELIG Rüdiger | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 41 | SOUPE Geoffrey | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 42 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 43 | GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 44 | BOIVIN Guillaume | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 45 | LIETAER Eliot | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 46 | MINNAARD Marco | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 47 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 48 | ZARDINI Edoardo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 49 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 50 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 51 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 52 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 53 | GRADEK Kamil | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 54 | BATTAGLIN Enrico | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 55 | FEILLU Brice | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 56 | TEN DAM Laurens | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 57 | WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 58 | NEILANDS Krists | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 59 | PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 60 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 61 | BOARO Manuele | Astana | s.t. |
| 62 | WEENING Pieter | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 63 | DE WITTE Mathias | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 64 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 65 | CONCI Nicola | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 66 | ROVNY Ivan | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 67 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 68 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
| 69 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 70 | TEUNS Dylan | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 71 | TAARAMÄE Rein | Total-Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 72 | QUÉMÉNEUR Perrig | Total-Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 73 | MARCZYNSKI Tomasz | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 74 | AGNOLI Valerio | Bahrain-Merida | @ 14sec |
| 75 | KONRAD Patrick | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:16 |
| 76 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | 0:26 |
| 77 | BENEDETTI Cesare | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 78 | WHELAN James | EF Education First | 0:29 |
| 79 | CLARKE Simon | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 80 | BAUGNIES Jérôme | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 81 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | 0:44 |
| 82 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:04 |
| 83 | PEYSKENS Dimitri | Wallonie-Bruxelles | 1:22 |
| 84 | GONÇALVES José | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:29 |
| 85 | OLIVEIRA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 86 | LAENGEN Vegard Stake | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:52 |
| 87 | BIDARD François | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:53 |
| 88 | VACHON Florian | Arkea-Samsic | 2:17 |
| 89 | CLAEYS Dimitri | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 90 | BALLERINI Davide | Astana | 2:58 |
| 91 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 92 | VALGREN Michael | Dimension Data | 3:41 |
| 93 | SUTHERLAND Rory | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
2019 Eschborn-Frankfurt race map
2019 Eschborn-Frankfurt profile
Start list with back numbers, April 30, 2019:
| UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 1 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
| 2 | BYSTROM Sven Erik |
| 3 | FERRARI Roberto |
| 4 | LAENGEN Vegard |
| 5 | OLIVEIRA Rui |
| 6 | SUTHERLAND Rory |
| 7 | TROIA Oliviero |
| TEAM SUNWEB | |
| 11 | MATTHEWS Michael |
| 12 | BAKELANTS Jan |
| 13 | HAMILTON Chris |
| 14 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris |
| 15 | PEDERSEN Casper |
| 16 | POWER Robert |
| 18 | CURVERS Roy |
| AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 21 | NAESEN Oliver |
| 22 | BIDARD François |
| 23 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey |
| 24 | GASTAUER Ben |
| 25 | JAUREGUI Quentin |
| 26 | PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien |
| 27 | WARBASSE Larry |
| WANTY–GOBERT | |
| 31 | BAUGNIES Jérôme |
| 32 | DOUBEY Fabien |
| 33 | MINNAARD Marco |
| 34 | OFFREDO Yoann |
| 35 | VAN MELSEN Kevin |
| 36 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| 37 | VALLEE Boris |
| BAHRAIN-MERIDA | |
| 41 | BAUHAUS Phil |
| 42 | BOLE Grega |
| 43 | TEUNS Dylan |
| 44 | HAUSSLER Heinrich |
| 45 | MOHORIC Matej |
| 46 | SIEBERG Marcel |
| 48 | AGNOLI Valerio |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 51 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 52 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
| 53 | KONRAD Patrick |
| 54 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor |
| 55 | SCHILLINGER Andreas |
| 56 | SCHWARZMANN Michael |
| 57 | SELIG Rüdiger |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 61 | VALGREN Michael |
| 62 | DAVIES Scott |
| 63 | GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel |
| 64 | GIBBONS Ryan |
| 65 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
| 66 | VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 67 | VERMOTE Julien |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 71 | DEGENKOLB John |
| 72 | CONCI Nicola |
| 73 | DE KORT Koen |
| 74 | FRAME Alex |
| 75 | GOGL Michael |
| 76 | KIRSCH Alex |
| 77 | REIJNEN Kiel |
| KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
| 81 | POLITT Nils |
| 82 | BATTAGLIN Enrico |
| 83 | GONCALVES Jose |
| 84 | GUERREIRO Ruben |
| 85 | HALLER Marco |
| 86 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto |
| 87 | SMIT Willie |
| ASTANA | |
| 91 | CORT NIELSEN Magnus |
| 92 | BALLERINI Davide |
| 93 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos |
| 94 | BOARO Manuele |
| 95 | DE VREESE Laurens |
| 96 | GIDICH Yevgeniy |
| 97 | ZAKHAROV Artyom |
| EF EDUCATION FIRST | |
| 101 | CLARKE Simon |
| 102 | BENNETT Sean |
| 104 | HOFLAND Moreno |
| 105 | MCLAY Daniel |
| 106 | OWEN Logan |
| 107 | WHELAN James |
| 109 | MODOLO Sacha |
| LOTTO-SOUDAL | |
| 111 | MARCZYNSKI Tomasz |
| 112 | FRISON Frederik |
| 113 | HANSEN Adam |
| 114 | KLUGE Roger |
| 115 | MERTZ Rémy |
| 116 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 117 | WOUTERS Enzo |
| ARKEA-SAMSIC | |
| 121 | GREIPEL André |
| 122 | DELAPLACE Anthony |
| 123 | FEILLU Brice |
| 124 | HARDY Romain |
| 125 | LEDANOIS Kevin |
| 126 | MAISON Jérémy |
| 127 | VACHON Florian |
| CCC TEAM | |
| 131 | TEN DAM Laurens |
| 132 | CERNY Josef |
| 133 | GRADEK Kamil |
| 134 | KOCH Jonas |
| 135 | SAJNOK Szymon |
| 136 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
| 137 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz |
| COFIDIS | |
| 141 | HOFSTETTER Hugo |
| 142 | CHETOUT Loïc |
| 143 | CLAEYS Dimitri |
| 144 | MATHIS Marco |
| 145 | SOUPE Geoffrey |
| 146 | TOUZÉ Damien |
| 146 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
| ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | |
| 151 | CIMOLAI Davide |
| 153 | GOLDSTEIN Roy |
| 154 | JENSEN August |
| 155 | NEILANDS Krists |
| 156 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| 157 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| 158 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| NERI SOTTOLI-SELLE ITALIA | |
| 162 | GABBURO Davide |
| 163 | ROSA Massimo |
| 164 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian |
| 165 | VAN EMPEL Etienne |
| 166 | VELASCO Simone |
| 167 | ZARDINI Edoardo |
| 169 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo |
| TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE | |
| 171 | TULIK Angelo |
| 172 | BURGAUDEAU Mathieu |
| 173 | CARDIS Romain |
| 174 | QUEMENEUR Perrig |
| 175 | SELLIER Simon |
| 176 | TAARAMAE Rein |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 181 | SPRENGERS Thomas |
| 182 | DELTOMBE Kevin |
| 183 | PLANCKAERT Emiel |
| 184 | VAN GOMPEL Matthias |
| 185 | VAN POUCKE Aaron |
| 186 | VERWILST Aaron |
| 187 | WILLEMS Thimo |
| ROOMPOT-CHARLES | |
| 191 | WEENING Pieter |
| 192 | DE WITTE Mathias |
| 193 | LIVYNS Arjen |
| 194 | REINDERS Elmar |
| 195 | RIESEBEEK Oscar |
| 196 | TIMMERMANS Justin |
| 197 | VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd |
| GAZPROM-RUSVELO | |
| 201 | SHALUNOV Evgeny |
| 202 | KOBERNYAK Evgeny |
| 203 | KURIANOV Stepan |
| 204 | NYCH Artem |
| 205 | ROVNY Ivan |
| 206 | SHILOV Sergey |
| 207 | VOROBYEV Anton |
| WALLONIE-BRUXELLES | |
| 211 | JULES Justin |
| 212 | ISTA Kevin |
| 213 | LIETAER Eliot |
| 214 | MOLLY Kenny |
| 215 | PEYSKENS Dimitri |
| 216 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
| 217 | PAASSCHENS Mathijs |