2019 Sparkassen Münsterland Giro (HC), Germany
14th edition: Thursday, October 3, 2019
Münsterland Giro podium history | 2018 edition | 2021 edition (race not run in 2020 | Start list
Emsdetten - Münster, 193.3 km
Alvaro Hodeg beats Pascal Ackermann for the win. Photo: Christof Koepsel/Getty Images
Weather at the finish city of Münster at 1:30 local time: 14C (57F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 40% chance of showers during the afternoon.
The race: Here's the report from winner Alvaro Hodeg's Deceuninck-Quick step team.
Four days after taking part in one of the most brutal World Championships in history, 23-year-old Colombian Alvaro Hodeg clocked up his seventh victory of the season, at the Münsterland Giro, where until today no rider from outside of Europe had triumphed.
The 14th edition of the German race (193.3km) kicked off bathed in sunshine, but turned into a rain-lashed race as kilometers ticked by, with the harsh conditions and cold temperatures leaving their mark over peloton, which lost many riders over the hilly part of the course.
The real action commenced some 80 kilometers from the finish, when a couple of riders exploded away from the others, hoping to decimate the field before a real chase could be organised. Deceuninck – Quick-Step shut down that move, just as they later nullified an attack of Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) thanks to Mikkel Honoré. This series of acceleration spelled the end of the break’s adventure, the quintet getting reeled in long before the local laps in Münster, Germany’s most bike-friendly city.
Once things calmed down and rain abated, the same Honoré took the front together with teammate and countryman Kasper Asgreen, and dully controlled the race, with other teams chipping in as the finish line was getting closer and closer. With 20 kilometers to go, Brian Van Goethem (Lotto-Soudal) launched an attack which ended up putting quite the pressure on the pack, who reeled him in under the flamme rouge.
Piloted by the excellent Jannik Steimle and Florian Sénéchal, Alvaro Hodeg emerged at the front in the driving rain some 500 meters from the line and waited for the last 150 meters to kick out, blasting to the line and delivering a pitch-perfect sprint, which saw him hold off the charge of Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hasngrohe) on the slippery roads of Münster.
“We knew the race would be hard on the climbs, because many teams didn’t have a sprinter here and wanted to break the peloton, but the boys protected me throughout the day. It was very cold, and this made it even more difficult, but I didn’t mind racing in the rain, as I like it. Going into the final, I remained focused and asked Florian and Jannik to make sure we’d be in the top 10 positions, and they did a superb job! I was confident and just did my sprint, and I’m glad I could repay the team for their hard work. It’s always special to win a race and I’m happy I could deliver another one for the Wolfpack as the season nears its conclusion”, Alvaro explained after Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 66th UCI victory of the year.
Complete Results:
193.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.495 km/hr
| 1 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4hr 26min 39sec |
| 2 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 3 | Tim Merlier | Corendon-Circus | s.t. |
| 4 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 5 | Max Walscheid | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 6 | Mike Teunissen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 7 | Christophe Noppe | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 8 | Piet Allegaert | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 9 | Roy Jans | Corendon-Circus | s.t. |
| 10 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 11 | Christopher Lawless | Team Ineos | s.t. |
| 12 | Mathieu van der Poel | Corendon-Circus | s.t. |
| 13 | Edward Planckaert | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 14 | Rui Oliveira | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 15 | Connor Swift | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 16 | Jenthe Biermans | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 17 | John Degenkolb | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 18 | Jannik Steimle | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 19 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | @ 9sec |
| 20 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 21 | Mikkel Honore | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 22 | Bryan Coquard | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 23 | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 24 | Justin Timmermans | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 25 | Patrick Haller | Heizomat Rad-Net.de | s.t. |
| 26 | Reinardt Van Rensburg | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 27 | Cees Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 28 | Robert Kessler | Lotto-Kern Haus | s.t. |
| 29 | Stepan Kurianov | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 30 | Robin Carpenter | Rally UHC Cycling | s.t. |
| 31 | Nils Politt | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 32 | Tom Bohli | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 33 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 34 | Alexander Konychev | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 35 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 36 | Andreas Schillinger | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 37 | Dylan Groenewegen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 38 | Rüdiger Selig | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 39 | Sergey Shilov | Gazprom-RusVelo | @ 29sec |
| 40 | Davide Martinelli | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 41 | Roy Curvers | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 42 | Dries De Bondt | Corendon-Circus | @ 34sec |
| 43 | Max Kanter | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 44 | Paul Martens | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 45 | Taco van der Hoorn | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 46 | Alex Kirsch | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 47 | Amaury Capiot | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | @ 45sec |
| 48 | Adrien Petit | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 49 | Michal Golas | Team Ineos | s.t. |
| 50 | Florian Sénéchal | Deceuninck-Quick Step | @ 52sec |
| 51 | André Greipel | Arkea-Samsic | 1:04 |
| 52 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | 1:00 |
| 53 | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy | 1:08 |
| 54 | Christian Knees | Team Ineos | s.t. |
| 55 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Ineos | s.t. |
| 56 | Christoph Pfingsten | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 57 | Jonas Rickaert | Corendon-Circus | 1:13 |
| 58 | Romain Cardis | Total Direct Energie | 1:17 |
| 59 | Igor Boev | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:19 |
| 60 | Pirmin Benz | Heizomat Rad-Net.de | s.t. |
| 61 | Clément Russo | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 62 | Julien Morice | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 63 | Cédric Beullens | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 64 | Bernhard Eisel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 65 | Kasper Asgreen | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 66 | Leonardo Basso | Team Ineos | s.t. |
| 67 | Julien Vermote | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 68 | Maarten Wynants | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 69 | Juri Hollmann | Heizomat Rad-Net.de | s.t. |
| 70 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 71 | Jay Robert Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 72 | Nikias Arndt | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 73 | Juraj Sagan | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 74 | Lars Kulbe | Sauerland NRW | s.t. |
| 75 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 76 | Riccardo Minali | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 77 | Dmitriy Strakhov | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 78 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 79 | Maurits Lammertink | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 80 | Frederik Frison | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 81 | Lawrence Naesen | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 82 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 83 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 84 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | UAE-Team Emirates | 2:53 |
| 85 | Kris Boeckmans | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 86 | Jan Tschernoster | Heizomat Rad-Net.de | s.t. |
| 87 | Tobias Knaup | Lotto-Kern Haus | 3:23 |
| 88 | Otto Vergaerde | Corendon-Circus | 3:31 |
| 89 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Trek-Segafredo | 3:46 |
| 90 | Alexander Porsev | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 91 | Marc Clauss | Dauner-Akkon | s.t. |
Start list with back numbers, October 2, 2019:
| TEAM SUNWEB | |
| 1 | WALSCHEID Max |
| 2 | ARNDT Nikias |
| 3 | BOL Cees |
| 4 | CURVERS Roy |
| 5 | KÄMNA Lennard |
| 6 | KANTER Max |
| 7 | PEDERSEN Casper |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 11 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 12 | BURGHARDT Marcus |
| 13 | PFINGSTEN Christoph |
| 14 | SAGAN Juraj |
| 15 | SCHILLINGER Andreas |
| 16 | SCHWARZMANN Michael |
| 17 | SELIG Rüdiger |
| DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP | |
| 21 | HODEG Álvaro |
| 22 | ASGREEN Kasper |
| 23 | HONORÉ Mikkel |
| 24 | KEISSE Iljo |
| 25 | MARTINELLI Davide |
| 26 | SENECHAL Florian |
| 27 | STEIMLE Jannik |
| LOTTO-SOUDAL | |
| 31 | CAMPENAERTS Victor |
| 32 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
| 33 | FRISON Frederik |
| 34 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 35 | VAN GOETHEM Brian |
| 36 | VAN MOER Brent |
| 37 | WOUTERS Enzo |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 41 | VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 42 | BAK Lars Ytting |
| 43 | EISEL Bernhard |
| 44 | KONYCHEV Alexander |
| 45 | THOMSON Jay Robert |
| 46 | TILLER Rasmus Fossum |
| 47 | VERMOTE Julien |
| TEAM INEOS | |
| 51 | BASSO Leonardo |
| 52 | GOLAS Michal |
| 53 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer |
| 54 | KNEES Christian |
| 55 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal |
| 56 | LAWLESS Christopher |
| JUMBO-VISMA | |
| 61 | JANSEN Amund |
| 62 | MARTENS Paul |
| 63 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan |
| 64 | TEUNISSEN Mike |
| 65 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| 66 | VAN EMDEN Jos |
| 67 | WYNANTS Maarten |
| KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
| 71 | POLITT Nils |
| 72 | BIERMANS Jenthe |
| 73 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens |
| 74 | DOWSETT Alex |
| 75 | SMIT Willie |
| 76 | STRAKHOV Dmitrii |
| 77 | TANFIELD Harry |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 81 | DEGENKOLB John |
| 82 | BEPPU Fumiyuki |
| 83 | DE KORT Koen |
| 84 | MOSCHETTI Matteo |
| 85 | KIRSCH Alex |
| 86 | DEBEAUMARCHE Nicolas |
| 87 | MULLEN Ryan |
| UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 91 | GAVIRIA Fernando |
| 92 | BOHLI Tom |
| 93 | BYSTROM Sven |
| 94 | DALLA VALLE Nicolas |
| 96 | OLIVEIRA Ivo |
| 97 | OLIVEIRA Rui |
| GAZPROM-RUSVELO | |
| 101 | BOEV Igor |
| 102 | KULIKOVSKIY Alexandr |
| 103 | KURIANOV Stepan |
| 104 | NYCH Artem |
| 105 | PORSEV Alexander |
| 106 | RIKUNOV Petr |
| 107 | SHILOV Sergey |
| ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | |
| 111 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| 112 | DEMPSTER Zakkari |
| 113 | JENSEN August |
| 114 | RÄIM Mihkel |
| 115 | SAGIV Guy |
| 116 | SCHREURS Hamish |
| 117 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| RALLY UHC | |
| 121 | CARPENTER Robin |
| 122 | COTÉ Pier-André |
| 123 | JOYCE Colin |
| 124 | MAGNER Tyler |
| 125 | MURPHY John |
| 126 | MURPHY Kyle |
| 127 | ORONTE Emerson |
| ROOMPOT-CHARLES | |
| 131 | LAMMERTINK Maurits |
| 132 | REINDERS Elmar |
| 133 | TIMMERMANS Justin |
| 134 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick |
| 135 | VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd |
| 136 | VAN POPPEL Boy |
| 137 | VAN STAEYEN Michael |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 141 | CAPIOT Amaury |
| 142 | ALLEGAERT Piet |
| 143 | NOPPE Christophe |
| 144 | PLANCKAERT Edward |
| 145 | VAN HECKE Preben |
| 146 | WARLOP Jordi |
| 147 | WILLEMS Thimo |
| ARKEA-SAMSIC | |
| 151 | GREIPEL André |
| 152 | BONNAMOUR Franck |
| 153 | JARRIER Benoit |
| 154 | PICHON Laurent |
| 155 | RUSSO Clement |
| 156 | SWIFT Connor |
| 157 | WAGNER Robert |
| TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE | |
| 161 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo |
| 162 | CARDIS Romain |
| 163 | GAUDIN Damien |
| 164 | COUSIN Jerome |
| 165 | PETIT Adrien |
| 166 | PICHOT Alexandre |
| 167 | TULIK Angelo |
| VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS | |
| 171 | COQUARD Bryan |
| 172 | BOECKMANS Kris |
| 173 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas |
| 174 | LECROQ Jérémy |
| 175 | MORICE Julien |
| 176 | MOTTIER Justin |
| 177 | REZA Kévin |
| WANTY–GOBERT | |
| 181 | BEULLENS Cedric |
| 182 | DE DECKER Alfdan |
| 183 | BACKAERT Frederik |
| 184 | KREDER Wesley |
| 185 | DUPONT Timothy |
| 186 | VALLEE Boris |
| 187 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| BIKE AID | |
| 191 | BICHLMANN Daniel |
| 192 | CARSTENSEN Lucas |
| 193 | DEBESAY Mekseb Abrha |
| 194 | HOLLER Nikodemus |
| 195 | SCHNAPKA Matthias |
| 196 | VAN ENGELEN Adne |
| 197 | WOLF Justin |
| HEIZOMAT-RAD-NET.DE | |
| 201 | BENZ Pirmin |
| 202 | FRANZ Marcel |
| 203 | HALLER Patrick |
| 204 | HOLLMANN Juri |
| 205 | PETER Jannis |
| 206 | TREUBEL Pascal |
| 207 | TSCHERNOSTER Jan |
| DAUNER-AKKON | |
| 211 | BAUER Dominik |
| 212 | CLAUSS Marc |
| 213 | DONDERS Jelle |
| 214 | FLAUTT Oliver |
| 215 | HEIDER Christopher |
| 216 | HEMING Miká |
| 217 | THURAU Sven |
| LOTTO-KERN HAUS | |
| 221 | DÖRRIE Marc |
| 222 | HEIDUK Kim |
| 223 | HUPPERTZ Joshua |
| 224 | KESSLER Robert William |
| 225 | KNAUP Tobias |
| 226 | LÜBBERS Dorian |
| 227 | WEINZHEIMER Richard |
| SAUERLAND NRW | |
| 231 | GIESSELMANN Michel |
| 232 | HODAPP Johannes |
| 233 | KNOLLE Jon |
| 234 | KULBE Lars |
| 235 | LEINAU Joann |
| 236 | LEINAU Louis |
| 237 | MÜNSTERMANN Per |
| CORENDON-CIRCUS | |
| 241 | DE BONDT Dries |
| 242 | JANS Roy |
| 243 | JANSSENS Jimmy |
| 244 | RICKAERT Jonas |
| 245 | STALLAERT Joeri |
| 246 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| 247 | WALSLEBEN Philipp |