2024 Eschborn-Frankfurt:
Rund um den Finanzplatz (WorldTour), Germany
62nd Edition: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Eschborn-Frankfurt podium history | 2023 edition | Start list
Eschborn - Frankfurt, 203.8 km
Maxim Van Gils takes the race.
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Weather at the finish city of Frankfurt at 2:05 PM, local time: 16C (79F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Maxim Van Gils' Team Lotto Dstny.
Maxim Van Gils (24) has beautifully crowned his classic spring campaign: he was the fastest in Eschborn-Frankfurt from a thinned-out peloton and takes his first victory in the WorldTour.
It's the cherry on top of a fantastic spring. Maxim Van Gils has claimed victory in Eschborn-Frankfurt. Van Gils managed to keep his calm, piloting swiftly from the back to the front of the thinned-out peloton and outpaced Alex Aranburu and Riley Sheehan in the sprint. With this, Maxim Van Gils secures his first-ever WorldTour win.
Another shot of Maxim Van Gils winning the race. Photo: Getty Sport
"Ending my spring with a first WorldTour victory is an absolute dream," says Van Gils. "My feeling wasn't super, but the team did everything to make it difficult for the sprinters. That gave me confidence: my only task was to survive until the final steep climb of Mammolshain, stay safely in the wheel and focus on the sprint. Everything just went perfectly. It's been like this almost the entire season. Today I win in a sprint, and a few days ago I felt great in the Ardennes... and I've also won a time trial. It's crazy."
That it would end in a sprint was far from certain. The hills around Frankfurt make Eschborn-Frankfurt a tough race. Jan Christen (UAE) tried his luck solo, but the finale of the race is flat, and therefore, the Swiss rider had to surrender to a chasing peloton a little over two kilometers from the finish. Initially, Alex Aranburu led the charge in the sprint, but Maxim Van Gils managed to surprise from the back and thus crowns his exceptional spring with victory, including a TT win in the shortened Vuelta a Andalucía, 3rd places in Strade Bianche and the Flèche Wallonne, a 4th place in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and a 7th place in Milan-Sanremo.
The podium, from left: Alex Aranburu (2nd), Maxim Van Gils (1st), & Riley Sheehan (3rd).
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Complete results:
203.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.152 km/hr
| 1 | Maxim Van Gils | Lotto Dstny | 4hr 46min 48sec |
| 2 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
| 3 | Riley Sheehan | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 4 | Lukas Nerurkar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 5 | Roger Adrià | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 7 | Kevin Vermaerke | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 8 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 9 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 10 | Markus Hoelgaard | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 11 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 12 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 13 | Thibau Nys | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 14 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 15 | Jan Christen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 16 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 17 | Jonas Rutsch | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 18 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | s.t. |
| 19 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 20 | Frank Van Den Broek | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 21 | Marco Haller | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 22 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 23 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | Lucas Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 25 | Callum Scotson | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 26 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 27 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 28 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 29 | Odd Christian Eiking | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 30 | Fausto Masnada | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 31 | Luca Vergallito | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 32 | Axel Laurance | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 33 | Darren Rafferty | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 34 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 35 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 36 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | @ 9sec |
| 37 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | 4:56 |
| 38 | Søren Wærenskjold | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 39 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | 5:07 |
| 40 | Mike Teunissen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 41 | Anders Foldager | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 42 | Pierre Gautherat | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 43 | Iván García Cortina | Movistar | s.t. |
| 44 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | s.t. |
| 45 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 46 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 47 | Mathias Vacek | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 48 | Simon Pellaud | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 49 | Liam Slock | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 50 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 51 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 52 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 53 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 54 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 55 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 56 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 57 | Vincenzo Albanese | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 58 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 59 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 60 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 62 | Tim Declercq | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 63 | Sander De Pestel | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 64 | Aimé De Gendt | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 65 | Mason Hollyman | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 66 | Nils Politt | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 67 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 68 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 69 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 70 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:11 |
| 71 | Hugo Houle | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 72 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 73 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 5:15 |
| 74 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 5:18 |
| 75 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 5:42 |
| 76 | John Degenkolb | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 19:09 |
| 77 | Max Walscheid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 78 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 79 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 80 | Owain Doull | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 81 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 82 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 83 | Enzo Leijnse | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 84 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 85 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 86 | Xandro Meurisse | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 87 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 88 | Johannes Adamietz | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 89 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
| 90 | Vinicius Rangel | Movistar | s.t. |
| 91 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 92 | Amaury Capiot | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 93 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Kelland O'Brien | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 95 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 96 | Joel Suter | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
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Course map & profile:
2024 Eschborn-Frankfurt map
2024 Eschborn-Frankfurt profile
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Start list with back numbers, April 30, 2023:
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 1 | Søren Kragh Andersen |
| 2 | Juri Hollmann |
| 3 | Axel Laurance |
| 4 | Xandro Meurisse |
| 5 | Henri Uhlig |
| 6 | Stan Van Tricht |
| 7 | Luca Vergallito |
| Bora-hansgrohe | |
| 11 | Max Schachmann |
| 12 | Roger Adrià |
| 13 | Cesare Benedetti |
| 14 | Emanuel Buchmann |
| 15 | Marco Haller |
| 16 | Sergio Higuita |
| 17 | Frederik Wandahl |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 21 | Matteo Badilatti |
| 22 | Gianluca Brambilla |
| 23 | Fabio Christen |
| 24 | David De La Cruz |
| 25 | Alessandro Fancellu |
| 26 | Frederik Frison |
| 27 | Jannik Steimle |
| UAE Team Emirates | |
| 31 | Nils Politt |
| 32 | Filippo Baroncini |
| 33 | Sjoerd Bax |
| 34 | Jan Christen |
| 35 | Alessandro Covi |
| 36 | Marc Hirschi |
| 37 | Diego Ulissi |
| Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 41 | John Degenkolb |
| 42 | Patrick Eddy |
| 43 | Enzo Leijnse |
| 44 | Niklas Märkl |
| 45 | Tim Naberman |
| 46 | Frank Van Den Broek |
| 47 | Kevin Vermaerke |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 51 | Alexander Kristoff |
| 52 | Jonas Abrahamsen |
| 53 | Odd Christian Eiking |
| 54 | Markus Hoelgaard |
| 55 | Ådne Holter |
| 56 | Rasmus Tiller |
| 57 | Søren Wærenskjold |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 61 | Riley Sheehan |
| 62 | Derek Gee |
| 63 | Mason Hollyman |
| 64 | Hugo Houle |
| 65 | Oded Kogut |
| 66 | Mads Würtz Schmidt |
| 67 | Michael Schwarzmann |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 71 | Thibau Nys |
| 72 | Giulio Ciccone |
| 73 | Tim Declercq |
| 74 | Fabio Felline |
| 75 | Jacopo Mosca |
| 76 | Mathias Vacek |
| 77 | Otto Vergaerde |
| Lotto Dstny | |
| 81 | Maxim Van Gils |
| 82 | Johannes Adamietz |
| 83 | Jasper De Buyst |
| 84 | Thomas De Gendt |
| 85 | Pascal Eenkhoorn |
| 86 | Arjen Livyns |
| 87 | Liam Slock |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 91 | Paul Magnier |
| 92 | Ayco Bastiaens |
| 93 | Gil Gelders |
| 94 | Yves Lampaert |
| 95 | Fausto Masnada |
| 96 | Pepijn Reinderink |
| 97 | Warre Vangheluwe |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 101 | Neilson Powless |
| 102 | Owain Doull |
| 103 | Ben Healy |
| 104 | Lukas Nerurkar |
| 105 | Darren Rafferty |
| 106 | Jonas Rutsch |
| 107 | Jardi Van Der Lee |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 111 | Caleb Ewan |
| 112 | Felix Engelhardt |
| 113 | Anders Foldager |
| 114 | Kelland O'Brien |
| 115 | Mauro Schmid |
| 116 | Callum Scotson |
| 117 | Max Walscheid |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 121 | Vincenzo Albanese |
| 122 | Amaury Capiot |
| 123 | Thibault Guernalec |
| 124 | Simon Guglielmi |
| 125 | Laurens Huys |
| 126 | Mathis Le Berre |
| 127 | Matis Louvel |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 131 | Nikias Arndt |
| 132 | Yukiya Arashiro |
| 133 | Nicolò Buratti |
| 134 | Matevz Govekar |
| 135 | Jack Haig |
| 136 | Wout Poels |
| 137 | Cameron Scott |
| Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 141 | Sam Bennett |
| 142 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen |
| 143 | Dries De Bondt |
| 144 | Sander De Pestel |
| 145 | Stan Dewulf |
| 146 | Pierre Gautherat |
| 147 | Oliver Naesen |
| Movistar Team | |
| 151 | Iván García Cortina |
| 152 | Alex Aranburu |
| 153 | Mathias Norsgaard |
| 154 | Manlio Moro |
| 155 | Vinicius Rangel |
| 156 | Sergio Samitier |
| 157 | Gonzalo Serrano |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 161 | Georg Zimmermann |
| 162 | Kobe Goossens |
| 163 | Gerben Kuypers |
| 164 | Laurenz Rex |
| 165 | Lorenzo Rota |
| 166 | Mike Teunissen |
| 167 | Gijs Van Hoecke |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 171 | Hannes Wilksch |
| 172 | Nils Brun |
| 173 | Aloïs Charrin |
| 174 | Lucas Eriksson |
| 175 | Mika Heming |
| 176 | Simon Pellaud |
| 177 | Joel Suter |
| Cofidis | |
| 181 | Axel Zingle |
| 182 | Piet Allegaert |
| 183 | Aimé De Gendt |
| 184 | Alexis Gougeard |
| 185 | Gorka Izagirre |
| 186 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 187 | Ludovic Robeet |