2025 ADAC Hamburg Cyclassics
(World Tour),
Hamburg, Germany

28th edition: Sunday, August 17, 2025

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Buxtehude - Hamburg, 207.4 km

Rory Townsend wins in Hamburg. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Hamburg at 2:15 PM, local time: 23C (73F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race report from third-place Paul Magnier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Paul Magnier isn’t just one of the most successful young riders in the peloton this season, he’s also one of the most consistent, as evidenced by his 12th podium of the season, which the 21-year-old from Grenoble collected at the ADAC Cyclassics.

Third on the Mönckebergstraße – the boulevard affectionately known as “Mo” by locals – Magnier became the first Frenchman in seven years to conclude Germany’s prestigious World Tour one-day race on the podium, another result that confirms his penchant for the Classics.

Five ascents of the Waseberg, the 700m climb where the gradients reached 15%, were the main ingredients of the 207km race, animated by a four-man breakaway. From that group, Rory Townsend (Q3.65 Pro Cycling) somehow managed to hold off the chasers for the smallest of margins, despite the fact the peloton trailed by just ten seconds with one kilometer to go, and took the win in Hamburg. Magnier, who had been impressive on the climbs the whole day, was there and still had the speed to sprint to a strong third at the end of the race for Soudal Quick-Step’s eighth podium in Hamburg.

“It was a hard day with the many ascents of the Waseberg, and the last two laps were really tactical, but I was at all times in a good position – with the help of the team – because I knew how important this was at the start of the climb. We left everything out there, but one guy from the breakaway was stronger, so congrats to him. In the sprint I did my best, and I am content with my third place and with the shape I had these last couple of days”, Paul explained at the press conference.

Complete results:

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207.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.119 km/hr

1	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4hr 24min 6sec
2	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
3	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
5	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
8	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
9	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
11	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic-PostNL	s.t.
14	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
20	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
21	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
22	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
26	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
29	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
30	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
31	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	@ 5sec
38	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:14
40	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	0:16
41	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:26
42	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:30
43	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
44	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:10
45	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:16
46	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:24
47	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:29
48	Elia Viviani	Lotto	s.t.
49	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
50	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
51	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
55	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
57	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
59	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic-PostNL	s.t.
60	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
64	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:33
65	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
66	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	1:35
70	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	1:42
72	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	1:48
73	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	2:09
74	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
75	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic-PostNL	s.t.
77	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:27
81	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
82	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
84	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
86	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
87	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
89	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
90	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
91	Colby Simmons	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic-PostNL	s.t.
93	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
94	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
96	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Amaury Capiot	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
98	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
101	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
102	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
104	Toon Aerts	Lotto	s.t.
105	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	2:33
106	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
109	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
110	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
114	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	2:44
117	Max Walscheid	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:46
118	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
120	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
122	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic-PostNL	s.t.
123	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	7:47
125	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
126	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.

 

Course map:

2025 Cyclassics map

2025 Cyclassics profile

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2025 Hamburg Cyclassics photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Mathias Vacek before the start

The riders are ready to start in the town of Buxtehude.

Johan Jakobs leads a break up the Waseberg.

The peloton on the Waseberg climb.

Rory Townsend wins the biggest race of his career while a frustrated Arnaud De Lie clenches his fist in frustration.

An incredulous Rory Townsend just after winning the race. That should be Wout van Aert just behind him.

Rory Townsend shortly after the race finish.

Second-place Arnaud De Lie just after the finish.

Jasper Philipsen (4th) & Paul Magnier (3rd) just after the race finish.

A proper German podium picture with serious suds. From left: Arnaud De Lie (2nd), Rory Townsend (1st), & Paul Magnier (3rd).

Winner Rory Townsend

Start list with back numbers, August 16, 2025:

	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1	Wout van Aert
2	Edoardo Affini
3	Niklas Behrens
4	Menno Huising
5	Christophe Laporte
6	Loe van Belle
7	Julien Vermote
	Lidl-Trek
11	Jonathan Milan
12	Simone Consonni
13	Tim Declercq
14	Daan Hoole
15	Jasper Stuyven
16	Mathias Vacek
17	Otto Vergaerde
	Intermarché-Wanty
21	Biniam Girmay
22	Huub Artz
23	Dries De Pooter
24	Adrien Petit
25	Laurenz Rex
26	Jonas Rutsch
27	Taco van der Hoorn
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
31	Jordi Meeus
32	Filip Maciejuk
33	Ryan Mullen
34	Laurence Pithie
35	Mick van Dijke
36	Danny van Poppel
37	Ben Zwiehoff
	Uno-X Mobility
41	Alexander Kristoff
42	Jonas Abrahamsen
43	Erlend Blikra
44	Stian Fredheim
45	Erik Resell
46	Anders Skaarseth
47	Rasmus Tiller
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
51	Jasper Philipsen
52	Kaden Groves
53	Xandro Meurisse
54	Jonas Rickaert
55	Henri Uhlig
56	Fabio Van den Bossche
57	Stan Van Tricht
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
61	Matteo Trentin
62	Alberto Dainese
63	Jacob Eriksson
64	Robin Froidevaux
65	Marco Haller
66	Marc Hirschi
67	Marius Mayrhofer
	Cofidis
71	Bryan Coquard
72	Alex Aranburu
73	Milan Fretin
74	Jan Maas
75	Alexis Renard
76	Ludovic Robeet
77	Damien Touzé
	Team Picnic-PostNL
81	Tobias Lund Andresen
82	Pavel Bittner
83	Romain Combaud
84	Sean Flynn
85	Enzo Leijnse
86	Tim Naberman
87	Timo Roosen
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
91	Arnaud Démare
92	Amaury Capiot
93	Giosue Epis
94	Thibault Guernalec
95	Laurens Huys
96	Miles Scotson
97	Florian Sénéchal
	Soudal Quick-Step
101	Paul Magnier
102	Mattia Cattaneo
103	Antoine Huby
104	Casper Pedersen
105	Pepijn Reinderink
106	Martin Svrcek
107	Jordi Warlop
	Israel-Premier Tech
111	Pascal Ackermann
112	Guillaume Boivin
113	Simon Clarke
114	Itamar Einhorn
115	Matis Louvel
116	Michael Schwarzmann
117	Riley Sheehan
	Bahrain Victorious
121	Phil Bauhaus
122	Alberto Bruttomesso
123	Matevz Govekar
124	Kamil Gradek
125	Matej Mohoric
126	Robert Stannard
127	Fred Wright
	EF Education-EasyPost
131	Kasper Asgreen
132	Alastair Mackellar
133	Jack Rootkin-Gray
134	Colby Simmons
135	Michael Valgren
136	Marijn van den Berg
137	Max Walker
	INEOS Grenadiers
141	Axel Laurance
142	Jonathan Castroviejo
143	Michael Leonard
144	Salvatore Puccio
145	Artem Shmidt
146	Ben Swift
147	Connor Swift
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
151	Sam Bennett
152	Oscar Chamberlain
153	Dries De Bondt
154	Stan Dewulf
155	Pierre Gautherat
156	Oliver Naesen
157	Bastien Tronchon
	Lotto
161	Arnaud De Lie
162	Toon Aerts
163	Cédric Beullens
164	Jarrad Drizners
165	Sébastien Grignard
166	Brent Van Moer
167	Elia Viviani
	XDS Astana Team
171	Cees Bol
172	Davide Ballerini
173	Aaron Gate
174	Anton Kuzmin
175	Henok Mulubrhan
176	Haoyu Su
177	Mike Teunissen
	Groupama-FDJ
181	Paul Penhoët
182	Sven Erik Bystrøm
183	Johan Jacobs
184	Eddy Le Huitouze
185	Clément Russo
186	Matthew Walls
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
191	Sebastian Molano
192	Jan Christen
193	Alessandro Covi
194	Isaac del Toro
195	Brandon McNulty
196	Nils Politt
197	António Morgado
	Team Jayco-AlUla
201	Max Walscheid
202	Davide De Pretto
203	Luke Durbridge
204	Felix Engelhardt
205	Patrick Gamper
206	Jelte Krijnsen
207	Jasha Sütterlin
	Movistar Team
211	Fernando Gaviria
212	Jon Barrenetxea
213	Nelson Oliveira
214	Ruben Guerreiro
215	Mathias Norsgaard
216	Natnael Tesfazion
217	Albert Torres
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
221	Giacomo Nizzolo
222	Fabio Christen
223	Mark Donovan
224	Frederik Frison
225	Emils Liepins
226	Jannik Steimle
227	Rory Townsend