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Hamburg - Hamburg, 246 km

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The Race: A break of about six riders had a lead of only 20 seconds with twenty kilometers to go. Manuele Boaro (Tinkoff-Saxo) attacked the break and held his chasers off for a few kilometers, but the pack was roaring down the roads of Hamburg at full speed. All the breakaways were soon caught.

Then several others tried to fire off the front, most notably Nicolas Roche. Katusha, in particular, was relentless in keeping the speed high and the pack together.

That was a good plan for Katusha because Alexander Kristoff won the big sprint, his second classic of the year, when he beat everyone to the line.

This year Kristoff has also won Milano-San Remo and two Tour de France stages. "I am very happy with this win because I love this race," Kristoff said. No doubt.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.74 km/hr

1	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	5hr 55min 24sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
3	Simon Gerrans	Orica-GreenEdge
4	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
5	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
6	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano
7	Davide Cimolai	Lampre-Merida
8	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar Team
9	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
10	Raymond Kreder	Garmin-Sharp
11	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r-La Mondiale
12	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin
13	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
14	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana Pro Team
15	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
16	Julian Alaphilippe	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
17	Christopher Sutton	SKY
18	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Belisol
19	Matti Breschel	Tinkoff-Saxo
20	Scott Thwaites	Team NetApp - Endura
21	Stig Broeckx	Lotto-Belisol
22	Nick Van Der Lijke	Belkin
23	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto-Belisol
24	Andrea Palini	Lampre-Merida
25	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida
26	Enrique Sanz	Movistar Team
27	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
28	Steele Von Hoff	Garmin-Sharp
29	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale
30	Jurgen Roelandts	Lotto-Belisol
31	Cesare Benedetti	Team NetApp - Endura
32	Yoann Offredo	FDJ.fr
33	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar
34	Borut Bozic	Astana Pro Team
35	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
36	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
37	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team
38	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar
39	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
40	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team
41	Francisco José Ventoso	Movistar Team
42	Jan Barta	Team NetApp - Endura
43	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-GreenEdge
44	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r-La Mondiale
45	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr
46	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r-La Mondiale
47	David Tanner	Belkin
48	Arman Kamyshev	Astana Pro Team
49	Roy Curvers	Giant-Shimano
50	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
51	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol
52	Sebastian Lander	BMC Racing Team
53	Julian Kern	Ag2r-La Mondiale
54	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team
55	Valerio Agnoli	Astana Pro Team
56	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
57	Andreas Schillinger	Team NetApp - Endura
58	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team
59	Vladimir Gusev	Team Katusha	@ 12 seconds
60	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team
61	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team
62	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
63	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
64	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
65	Yohann Gene	Team Europcar
66	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
67	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge
68	Thomas Leezer	Belkin	15"
69	Mathew Hayman	Orica-GreenEdge	24"
70	Daniel Schorn	Team NetApp - Endura
71	Paul Voss	Team NetApp - Endura	27"
72	Marco Marcato	Cannondale
73	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo
74	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
75	Marco Haller	Team Katusha
76	Julien Berard	Ag2r-La Mondiale
77	Antoine Duchesne	Team Europcar
78	Angelo Tulik	Team Europcar
79	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEdge
80	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team
81	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
82	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r-La Mondiale
83	Jos Van Emden	Belkin
84	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol
85	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Giant-Shimano	38"
86	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	45"
87	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge
88	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	54"
89	Pavel Brutt	Team Katusha	1:05
90	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	1:14
91	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	1:30
92	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica-GreenEdge	2:06
93	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
94	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin
95	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr
96	Mickael Delage	FDJ.fr
97	Nick Nuyens	Garmin-Sharp
98	Dayer Uberney Quintana	Movistar Team	4:25
99	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	Team Katusha
100	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-La Mondiale
101	Jasha Sütterlin	Movistar Team	4:44
102	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	5:02
103	Aleksei Tcatevich	Team Katusha
104	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida
105	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ.fr
106	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
107	Lasse Norman Hansen	Garmin-Sharp
108	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
109	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar
110	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	5:31
111	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	7:05
112	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	7:21
113	Ian Boswell	SKY	7:32
114	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	7:47
115	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lampre-Merida
116	Nathan Earle	SKY	8:23
117	Ben Swift	SKY
118	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing
119	Juraj Sagan	Cannondale
120	Vladimir Isaichev	Team Katusha	10:24
121	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	13:04
122	Ralf Matzka	Team NetApp - Endura	14:51

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