2023 Bemer Cyclassics (World Tour),
Hamburg, Germany

26th edition: Sunday, August 20, 2023

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Hamburg - Hamburg, 205.6 km

Mads Pedersen wins a big one. Bettini Photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Hamburg at 1:40 PM, local time: 24C (77F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 16 km/hr (11 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Elia Viviani's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Elia Viviani sprinted to an impressive third place at the Bemer Cyclassics in Hamburg as the race came down to a thrilling finale.

After three tough ascents of the Waseberg, Viviani was manoeuvred into position by team-mate Connor Swift in the final kilometres.

Up ahead a three-man move was caught within sight of the line, but not before Mads Pedersen (Lidi-Trek) had launched clear of the peloton with 600 metres to go. The Dane narrowly held on, with the fast-finishing Danny van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Viviani rounding out the podium places in a near-photo finish.

The result represented the fourth podium finish in the race’s last five editions for Viviani, who claimed three wins in a row on the streets of Hamburg between 2017 and 2019.

The event also saw a welcome return from injury for Ethan Hayter. The team will compete again on German soil this coming week, as the Deutschland Tour kicks off on Wednesday.

Complete results:

Photos

205.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.601 km/hr

1	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	4hr 36min 35sec
2	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
5	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
8	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
10	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
14	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
20	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
27	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Marius Mayrhofer	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
32	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
40	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
42	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	@ 7sec
48	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:09
50	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Florian Stork	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
52	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
56	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	0:13
58	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	0:17
59	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:24
65	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:16
66	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	1:39
67	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	1:47
68	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	1:52
69	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	2:08
70	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	2:32
71	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	2:34
72	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	2:42
73	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
75	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
80	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	3:21
81	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
82	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
84	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
85	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
87	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
88	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
92	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
94	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
95	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
96	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
98	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
99	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
101	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
102	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
106	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
110	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
111	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
112	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
113	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
114	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
115	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
116	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
117	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
119	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
120	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
121	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
122	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
123	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	6:21
124	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
125	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
126	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
127	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	10:17
128	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
129	Daniel Mclay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
130	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
131	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	10:38
132	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	12:20
133	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
134	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
135	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
136	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
137	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

 

Course map:

2023 Cyclassics map

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2023 Cyclassics photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Starting ceremonies. Team Groupama-FDJ is presented.

Greg van Avermaet

Ethan Hayter

Rick Zabel

Dylan Groenewegen

Alberto Bettiol picks up his bike

Max Schachmann heads to the start

Arnaud Demare

The peloton rounds a corner.

A compact peloton

Soudal Quick-Step at the front

The day after winning the Tour of Denmark Mads Pedersen is first in Hamburg.

A closer shot of the finish

Mads Pedersen just after the race.

Winner Mads Pedersen being interviewed just after the race finished.

The podium, from left: Danny Van Poppel (2nd), Mads Pedersen (1st) & Elia Viviani (3rd)

Race winner Mads Pedersen

Start list with back numbers, August 19, 2023:

	BORA-HANSGROHE
1	Marco Haller
2	Patrick Gamper
3	Ryan Mullen
4	Nils Politt
5	Danny Van Poppel
6	Sam Bennett
7	Maximilian Schachmann
	AG2R CITROËN
11	Stan Dewulf
12	Pierre Gautherat
13	Lawrence Naesen
14	Oliver Naesen
15	Antoine Raugel
16	Bastien Tronchon
17	Greg Van Avermaet
	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
21	Quinten Hermans
22	Fabio Van Den Bossche
23	Ramon Sinkeldam
24	Kristian Sbaragli
25	Oscar Riesebeek
26	Alexander Krieger
27	Michael Gogl
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN
31	Cees Bol
32	Leonardo Basso
33	Dmitriy Gruzdev
34	Yevgeniy Gidich
35	Davide Martinelli
36	Simone Velasco
37	Gleb Syritsa
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
41	Yukiya Arashiro
42	Nikias Arndt
43	Nicolo Buratti
44	Matevz Govekar
45	Jonathan Milan
46	Andrea Pasqualon
47	Cameron Scott
	COFIDIS
51	Max Walscheid
52	André Carvalho
53	Davide Cimolai
55	Alexandre Delettre
56	Eddy Finé
57	Harrison Wood
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
61	Alberto Bettiol
62	Owain Doull
63	Mark Padun
64	Jonas Rutsch
65	James Shaw
66	Julius Van Den Berg
67	Lukasz Wisniowski
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
71	Ignatas Konovalovas
72	Olivier Le Gac
73	Laurence Pithie
74	Miles Scotson
75	Jake Stewart
76	Lars Van Den Berg
77	Bram Welten
	INEOS GRENADIERS
81	Ethan Hayter
82	Luke Rowe
83	Salvatore Puccio
84	Connor Swift
85	Joshua Tarling
86	Elia Viviani
87	Cameron Wurf
	INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
91	Julius Johansen
92	Arne Marit
93	Madis Mihkels
94	Adrien Petit
95	Baptiste Planckaert
96	Loic Vliegen
97	Georg Zimmermann
	JUMBO-VISMA
101	Mick Van Dijke
102	Timo Roosen
103	Tim Van Dijke
104	Jos Van Emden
105	Lennard Hofstede
106	Olav Kooij
107	Tosh Van Der Sande
	LIDL-TREK
111	Dario Cataldo
112	Daan Hoole
113	Alex Kirsch
114	Emils Liepins
115	Mads Pedersen
116	Toms Skujins
117	Mathias Vacek
	MOVISTAR
121	Alex Aranburu
122	Albert Torres
123	Juri Hollmann
124	Max Kanter
125	Gregor Mühlberger
126	Sergio Samitier
127	Abner González
	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
131	Tim Declercq
132	Yves Lampaert
133	Tim Merlier
134	Florian Sénéchal
135	Bert Van Lerberghe
136	Stan Van Tricht
137	Ethan Vernon
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
141	Clément Russo
142	Anthony Delaplace
143	Matis Louvel
144	Daniel Mclay
145	Arnaud Démare
146	Lukasz Owsian
147	Alan Riou
	TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH
151	Florian Stork
152	Martijn Tusveld
153	Alex Edmondson
154	Nils Eekhoff
155	Niklas Märkl
156	Marius Mayrhofer
157	Tim Naberman
	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA
161	Luke Durbridge
162	Felix Engelhardt
163	Dylan Groenewegen
164	Elmar Reinders
165	Christopher Juul-Jensen
166	Lucas Hamilton
167	Lukas Pöstlberger
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
171	Pascal Ackermann
172	Alessandro Covi
173	Vegard Stake Laengen
174	Marc Hirschi
175	Brandon Mcnulty
176	Diego Ulissi
177	Tim Wellens
	LOTTO DSTNY
181	Jarrad Drizners
182	Johannes Adamietz
183	Cédric Beullens
184	Arnaud De Lie
185	Michael Schwarzmann
186	Harry Sweeny
187	Rüdiger Selig
	TOTALENERGIES
191	Edvald Boasson-Hagen
192	Emilien Jeannière
193	Daniel Oss
194	Julien Simon
195	Anthony Turgis
196	Dries Van Gestel
197	Mattéo Vercher
	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
201	Itamar Einhorn
202	Taj Jones
203	Giacomo Nizzolo
204	Jens Reynders
205	Corbin Strong
206	Tom Van Asbroeck
207	Rick Zabel