2016 RideLondon-Surrey Classic (HC), U.K.
5th Edition: Sunday, July 31, 2016
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London/St. James's Park - London/The Mall, 202 km
Tom Boonen wins 2016 RideLondon
The Race: Here's the report from winner Tom Boonen's Etixx-Quick Step team.
35-year-old Tom Boonen scored his second victory in the space of a week, taking Etixx - Quick-Step's 2016 win tally to 40.
Napoleon Bonaparte once said that "great ambition is the passion of a great character" and if there's a rider in the current peloton who can be seen as the epitome of these words, that's Tom Boonen. The Belgian proved again that age is just a number, passion and ambition being the quintessential factors that drive a rider in his permanent quest for victories and strong results, as he won the most important one-day race in the United Kingdon, RideLondon Classic (202 kilometers), which took place on Sunday.
It was for the first time in three years that the event came down to a bunch sprint, but this happened only after Etixx – Quick-Step and Orica-BikeExchange worked hard at the forefront in order to peg back the seven riders up the road, who at one point enjoyed a four-minute gap. Team Sky had the numbers in the group, with Ian Stannard and Geraint Thomas, and tried to take advantage of that, as the Welshman attacked with more than 50 kilometers to go and left his fellow escapees in the dust, building an advantage which looked to be insurmountable.
But the energy spent by the Etixx – Quick-Step riders at the head of the bunch paid off, as all the seven breakaway riders were pulled back, Thomas being the last one to wave the flag inside the final five kilometers. Protected by his teammates, who nullified a late move of Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF), Tom Boonen found a breach at the front through which he powered away in the closing 250 meters, beating Mark Renshaw (Dimension Data) and Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange) by more than a bike length.
Complete Results:
202 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.689 km/hr
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Etixx-Quick Step | 4hr 43min 55sec |
| 2 | Mark Renshaw | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 3 | Michael Matthews | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 4 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 5 | Jaroslaw Marycz | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 6 | Paolo Simion | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
| 7 | Floris Gerts | BMC | s.t. |
| 8 | Tobyn Horton | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
| 9 | Steele Von Hoff | ONE Pro | s.t. |
| 10 | Mark McNally | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 11 | Michel Kreder | Roompot Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
| 12 | Wouter Wippert | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 13 | Christopher Lawless | JLT - Condor | s.t. |
| 14 | Sebastian Langeveld | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 15 | Dylan Page | Roth | s.t. |
| 16 | Lander Seynaeve | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 17 | Jake Kelly | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
| 18 | Pawel Cieslik | Verva-ActiveJet | s.t. |
| 19 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 20 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Caja Rural | s.t. |
| 21 | Sam Lowe | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
| 22 | Tim Kerkhof | Roompot Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
| 23 | Jasper Bovenhuis | An Post - Chain Reaction | s.t. |
| 24 | Jonathan McEvoy | NFTO | s.t. |
| 25 | Huub Duyn | Roompot Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
| 26 | Christian Knees | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 27 | Russell Downing | JLT - Condor | s.t. |
| 28 | Alexandre Blain | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
| 29 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 30 | Adriá Moreno | Raleigh GAC | s.t. |
| 31 | Morgan Kneisky | Raleigh GAC | s.t. |
| 32 | Diego Rubio | Caja Rural | s.t. |
| 33 | Luca Chirico | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
| 34 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 35 | Steve Lampier | JLT - Condor | s.t. |
| 36 | Ian Stannard | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 37 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
| 38 | Stijn Steels | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 39 | Jack Pullar | Pedal Heaven | s.t. |
| 40 | Edmund Bradbury | NFTO | s.t. |
| 41 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 42 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 43 | Xandro Meurisse | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 44 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 45 | Daniel Oss | BMC | s.t. |
| 46 | Maciej Paterski | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 47 | Matt Brammeier | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 48 | Jay Thomson | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 49 | Michael Thompson | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
| 50 | Patrick Bevin | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 51 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC | s.t. |
| 52 | Marc de Maar | Roompot Oranje Peloton | s.t. |
| 53 | Ryan Mullen | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 54 | Adrian Honkisz | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 55 | Loïc Vliegen | BMC | s.t. |
| 56 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural | s.t. |
| 57 | Jacob Scott | An Post - Chain Reaction | s.t. |
| 58 | Thomas Moses | JLT - Condor | s.t. |
| 59 | Sam Harrison | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
| 60 | Lukasz Owsian | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 61 | Mathew Hayman | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 62 | Matteo Trentin | Etixx-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 63 | Alistair Slater | JLT - Condor | +16'' |
| 64 | Danilo Wyss | BMC | s.t. |
| 65 | Lars Bak | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 66 | Pawel Charucki | Verva-ActiveJet | +19'' |
| 67 | Reinier Honig | Roompot Oranje Peloton | +20'' |
| 68 | Tyler Farrar | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 69 | Erick Rowsell | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
| 70 | Björn Thurau | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 71 | Niki Terpstra | Etixx-Quick Step | +24'' |
| 72 | Jelle Wallays | Lotto-Soudal | +28'' |
| 73 | Thomas Stewart | Madison Genesis | +40'' |
| 74 | Alex Dowsett | Great Britain | +50'' |
| 75 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | +55'' |
| 76 | Jérôme Baugnies | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1' 02'' |
| 77 | Karol Domagalski | ONE Pro | +1' 51'' |
| 78 | Geraint Thomas | Team Sky | +2' 37'' |
| 79 | Jempy Drücker | BMC | +3' 33'' |
| 80 | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 81 | Lorenzo Rota | Bardiani CSF | +3' 46'' |
| 82 | Nicolas Dougall | Dimension Data | +3' 54'' |
| 83 | Sam Bewley | Orica-BikeExchange | +4' 35'' |
| 84 | Svein Tuft | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 85 | Mitch Docker | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 86 | Damien Howson | Orica-BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 87 | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis | s.t. |
| 88 | Conor Dunne | JLT - Condor | s.t. |
| 89 | Michal Paluta | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | +6' 56'' |
| 90 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural | +8' 46'' |
| 91 | Christopher Latham | Team Wiggins | s.t. |
| 92 | Ian Bibby | NFTO | +10' 54'' |
| 93 | Sebastián Mora | Raleigh GAC | +13' 02'' |
| 94 | Dexter Gardias | Pedal Heaven | +13' 53'' |
| 95 | Joshua Hunt | ONE Pro | +15' 32'' |
| 96 | Sander Helven | Topsport Vlaanderen | +17' 10'' |
| 97 | Max Stedman | Pedal Heaven | +19' 15'' |
| 98 | Ruben Zepuntke | Cannondale-Drapac | +19' 59'' |
| 99 | Pawel Franczak | Verva-ActiveJet | +20' 42'' |
| 100 | Lukas Jaun | Roth | s.t. |
| 101 | Steven Roach | Raleigh GAC | s.t. |
| 102 | Danny van Poppe | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 103 | Will Fox | Pedal Heaven | s.t. |
| 104 | James Gullen | Pedal Heaven | s.t. |
| 105 | Lucas Gaday | Roth | s.t. |
| 106 | Marco D'Urbano | Roth | s.t. |
| 107 | Damien Shaw | An Post - Chain Reaction | s.t. |
| BMC | |
| 1 | Drucker, Jempy |
| 2 | Burghardt, Marcus |
| 3 | Gerts, Floris |
| 4 | Oss, Daniel |
| 5 | Wyss, Danilo |
| 6 | Vliegen, Loïc |
| CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 11 | Paterski, Maciej |
| 12 | Owsian, Lukasz |
| 13 | Taciak, Mateusz |
| 14 | Honkisz, Adrian |
| 15 | Marycz, Jarosław |
| 16 | Paluta, Michał |
| AN Post - Chain Reaction | |
| 21 | Bovenhuis, Jasper |
| 22 | Shaw, Damien |
| 23 | McConvey, Connor |
| 24 | Wastyn, Emiel |
| 25 | Scott, Jake |
| 26 | Kent-Spark, Oliver |
| Orica - BikeExchange | |
| 31 | Matthews, Michael |
| 32 | Hayman, Mathew |
| 33 | Howson, Damien |
| 34 | Docker, Mitch |
| 35 | Bewley, Sam |
| 36 | Tuft, Svein |
| Team Roth | |
| 41 | Janorschke, Grischa |
| 42 | D'Urbano, Marco |
| 43 | Gaday, Lucas |
| 44 | Jaun, Lukas |
| 45 | Marguet, Tristan |
| 46 | Page, Dylan |
| Madison Genesis | |
| 51 | Rowsell, Erick |
| 52 | Stewart, Tom |
| 53 | Blain, Alex |
| 54 | Horton, Tobyn |
| 55 | Lewis, Gruff |
| 56 | Holmes, Matt |
| Lotto Soudal | |
| 61 | Wallays, Jelle |
| 62 | Boeckmans, Kris |
| 63 | Debusschere, Jens |
| 64 | Bak, Lars |
| 65 | Frison, Frederik |
| 66 | Roelandts, Jürgen |
| Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
| 71 | Lastra, Jonathan |
| 72 | Rubio, Diego |
| 73 | Saez, Héctor |
| 74 | Benito, Miguel Angel |
| 75 | Irisarri, Jon |
| 76 | Azkárate, Iker |
| JLT Condor | |
| 81 | Downing, Russell |
| 82 | Lampier, Steve |
| 83 | Lawless, Chris |
| 84 | Dunne, Conor |
| 85 | Moses, Tom |
| 86 | Slater, Alistair |
| Cannondale - Drapac Pro Cycling | |
| 91 | Bauer, Jack |
| 92 | Bevin, Patrick |
| 93 | Mullen, Ryan |
| 94 | Langeveld, Sebastian |
| 95 | Wippert, Wouter |
| 96 | Zepuntke, Ruben |
| ONE Pro Cycling | |
| 101 | Barker, Yanto |
| 102 | Domagalski, Karol |
| 103 | Goss, Matthew |
| 104 | Hunt, Josh |
| 105 | Hoff, Steele von |
| 106 | Williams, Pete |
| NFTO | |
| 111 | Appleby, Dale |
| 112 | McEvoy, Johnny |
| 113 | Bradbury, Edmund |
| 114 | Stones, Liam |
| 115 | Bibby, Ian |
| 116 | Lloyd, Rhys |
| Great Britain | |
| 121 | Blythe, Adam |
| 122 | Dowsett, Alex |
| 123 | McLay, Daniel |
| 124 | Field, Ian |
| 125 | Wood, Oliver |
| 126 | Gibson, Mathew |
| Sky | |
| 131 | Froome, Chris |
| 132 | Knees, Christian |
| 133 | Stannard, Ian |
| 134 | Swift, Ben |
| 135 | Thomas, Geraint |
| 136 | Poppel, Danny van |
| Roompot Oranje Peloton | |
| 141 | Honig, Reinier |
| 142 | Duijn, Huub |
| 143 | Kreder, Michel |
| 144 | Maar, Marc de |
| 145 | Kerkhof, Tim |
| 146 | Reus, Kai |
| Team Raleigh GAC | |
| 151 | Torres, Albert |
| 152 | Roach, Steven |
| 153 | Mora, Sebastián |
| 154 | Kneisky, Morgan |
| 155 | Moreno, Adrià |
| 156 | Oliphant, Evan |
| Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 161 | Ketele, Kenny De |
| 162 | Helven, Sander |
| 163 | Pols, Ruben |
| 164 | Steels, Stijn |
| 165 | Meirhaeghe, Jef Van |
| 166 | Rickaert, Jonas |
| Team Wiggins | |
| 171 | Tennant, Andrew |
| 172 | Thompson, Michael |
| 173 | Harrison, Sam |
| 174 | Lowe, Sam |
| 175 | Latham, Chris |
| 176 | Kelly, Jake |
| Etixx - Quick Step | |
| 181 | Boonen, Tom |
| 182 | Martinelli, Davide |
| 183 | Schreurs, Hamish |
| 184 | Terpstra, Niki |
| 185 | Trentin, Matteo |
| 186 | Vandenbergh, Stijn |
| Bardiani CSF | |
| 191 | Colbrelli, Sonny |
| 192 | Barbin, Enrico |
| 194 | Chirico, Luca |
| 195 | Rota, Lorenzo |
| 196 | Simion, Paolo |
| Verva ActiveJet | |
| 201 | Bernas, Paweł |
| 202 | Franczak, Paweł |
| 203 | Stachowiak, Adam |
| 204 | Cieślik, Paweł |
| 205 | Charucki, Paweł |
| 206 | Bodnar, Lukasz |
| Team Dimension Data | |
| 211 | Cummings, Steve |
| 212 | Brammeier, Matt |
| 213 | Dougall, Nicolas |
| 214 | Farrar, Tyler |
| 215 | Renshaw, Mark |
| 216 | Thomson, Jay |
| Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 221 | McNally, Mark |
| 222 | Baugnies, Jérôme |
| 223 | Dehaes, Kenny |
| 224 | Seynaeve, Lander |
| 225 | Thurau, Björn |
| 226 | Meurisse, Xandro |
| Team Rwanda | |
| 231 | Nsengimana, Jean-Bosco |
| 232 | Areruya, Joseph |
| 233 | Uwizeye, Jean Claude |
| 234 | Mugisha, Samuel |
| Pedal Heaven | |
| 241 | Gullen, James |
| 242 | Gardias, Dexter |
| 243 | Pullar, Jack |
| 244 | Fox, Will |
| 245 | Stedman, Max |
| 246 | Paton, Alex |