Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) took his third consecutive victory at the EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg, beating Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Dimension Data) to the line in a bunch finish.
Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) was among the big names caught out by the hard racing.
With five kilometers left, Deceuninck-Quick-Step and Lotto Soudal took over command of the field. Michael Morkov delivered Viviani into the final 200 meters with a textbook lead-out and then Viviani powered up to speed.
Although Ewan was well-positioned on his wheel, there was no catching Viviani, who took a convincing third straight win at the line.
??@eliaviviani of ??@deceuninck_qst wins ??@euroeyesgmbh #Cyclassics Hamburg (?@sportschau) pic.twitter.com/L0kSO65kde
— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) August 25, 2019
EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburga 2019 results:
| 1 | Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | 4:47:27 |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Dimension Data) | ,, |
| 4 | Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 5 | Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) | +01” |
| 6 | Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 7 | Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 8 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 9 | Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) | ,, |
| 10 | Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
