CYCLING: Viviani repeats at Cyclassics Hamburg

The Cyclassics Hamburg race had only seen one repeat winner over its 22-year history, in 2009-10 when American Tyler Farrar managed to win. Until Sunday.

Italy’s Elia Viviani won the mass-sprint finish in the middle of Hamburg (GER) to edge France’s 2012 winner, Arnaud Demare, in the final 100 meters over the 216.4 km course. In fact, former winners took places 1-4, with Alexander Kristoff (NOR: 2014 winner) and Germany’s John Degenkolb (2013) fourth.

It was Viviani’s seventh World Tour win this season, including four stages of the Giro d’Italia and one stage of the Santos Down Under race in January! It also increased Italy’s win total in this race to seven (of 23), the leading nation in terms of wins in Hamburg. Summary:

UCI World Tour/Cyclassics Hamburg
Hamburg (GER) ~ 19 August 2018
(Full results here)

Final Standings (216.4 km): 1. Elia Viviani (ITA), 4:46:01; 2. Arnaud Demare (FRA), 4:46:01; 3. Alexander Kristoff (NOR), 4:46:01; 4. John Degenkolb (GER), 4:46:01; 5. Matteo Trentin (ITA), 4:46:01; 6. Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA), 4:46:01; 7. Sacha Modolo (ITA), 4:46:01; 8. Niklas Arndt (GER), 4:46:01; 9. Niccolo Bonifazio (ITA), 4:46:01; 10. Peter Sagan (SVK), 4:46:01. Also in the top 50: 40. Joey Rosskopf (USA), 4:46:22.