ADAC Cyclassics Hamburg 2025, August 17

[fenns]

what an effort from Rory! Wauberg fragmented the peleton just enough to weaken the chase

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Even better then czech tour

This is one of the best race days of the season.

 

[RedheadDane]

Rory Citycentre!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Chapeau Townsend!

I thought the peloton and sprinter trains would gobble the break up, surprised and actually delighted it didn't happen this time.

 

[YavorD]

What a great finish that was.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I was hoping it would be Jacobs who had such an acceleration left in him, but great finish by Townsend. De Lie is still alive.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Love it. Great win by Townsend.

 

[Rob5091]

The break gets it - chapeau Townsend and Q36.5!

 

[KZD]

I told you guys that the break would make it, biggest win of Townsend's career.

De Lie seems to be back to his best.

Morgado 7th, mixing it up with the sprinters.

 

[Netserk]

Magnier did have a teammate, but who never pulled, I think. De Lie alone in the group.

 

[titan31]

Always funny to see the sprinter teams get beat like that

 

[Samamba]

Magnier and De Lie should be mad at their team here

Awesome win for Townsend tho, even tho for me personally this was not fun to watch haha.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

De Lie alone in the group.

Not exactly a shock with this lineup, what were they thinking?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1	Townsend Rory	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	400	225	4:24:06
2	De Lie Arnaud	Lotto	320	150	,,
3	Magnier Paul	Soudal Quick-Step	260	110	,,
4	Philipsen Jasper	Alpecin - Deceuninck	220	90	,,
5	van Poppel Danny	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	180	80	,,
6	Wright Fred	Bahrain - Victorious	140	70	,,
7	Morgado António	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	120	60	,,
8	Girmay Biniam	Intermarché - Wanty	100	50	,,
9	Louvel Matis	Israel - Premier Tech	80	46	,,
10	van Aert Wout	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	68	42	,,

 

[Netserk]

QS and RedBull most at fault for not catching the break in the end.

 

[Brullnux]

Great win by Townsend, + breakaway fans, and De Lie is back to his best. I'm impressed Philipsen was up there but he does look like he's sprinting through treacle in all honesty.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Race which usually ends in sprint and is on at the same time as lots of races leads to people not watching until last few kilometres, plus ça change.

Good startlist, but a lot of apathy about the type of race. And we could actually get some tension in the finale, which means that breaks may never be given this much time again.

There are no real big races today though. And it is a quite decent race for a sprinters race, just enough obstacles towards the end to keep people guessing of whats gonna happen, even though its usually a durable sprinter winning.

 

[Samamba]

Not exactly a shock with this lineup, what were they thinking?

I mean so was Magnier or Van Aert btw...

It's not like Lotto can really do a lot better. Berckmoes should've probably been here yeah but apart from that they were unlucky with Aerts crashing. He looked good. And Van Moer just obviously not caring anymore given he's leaving. He should always be there.

 

[postmanhat]

Louvel in 9th, ahead of Van Aert and Aranburu. Could he finally be over his endless injury issues?

 

[postmanhat]

Never heard Townsend speak before. Another English cyclist who opted to represent Ireland?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I mean so was Magnier or Van Aert btw...

It's not like Lotto can really do a lot better. Berckmoes should've probably been here yeah but apart from that they were unlucky with Aerts crashing. He looked good. And Van Moer just obviously not caring anymore given he's leaving. He should always be there.

Livyns would also have been more useful today. Or Segaert/Menten, if you want to go the Pedersen 2023 route.

Absolutely agree you can apply similar logic to Soudal and Visma, but a win here is not as big for them as it would have been for Lotto. Of course it looks worse in retrospect because De Lie wins the sprint, but when you've won *** all all season as a team, it makes sense that there's more scrutiny than usual when you lose a WT a race because you didn't give your leader the support he needed.

And Magnier also wasn't actually isolated, because Huby finished with the front group too. So if you want to criticise Soudal, not having him pull is a way more glaring issue.

 

[Netserk]

I mean so was Magnier or Van Aert btw...

It's not like Lotto can really do a lot better. Berckmoes should've probably been here yeah but apart from that they were unlucky with Aerts crashing. He looked good. And Van Moer just obviously not caring anymore given he's leaving. He should always be there.

Huby was there for Magnier.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Never heard Townsend speak before. Another English cyclist who opted to represent Ireland?

There's more to nationality than place of birth.

 

[Vinther1991]

Never even heard about Rory Townsend before! Fantastic victory!! Huge congratulations to him. Always great when a total outsider beats the favorites.

 

[Samamba]

Livyns would also have been more useful today. Or Segaert/Menten, if you want to go the Pedersen 2023 route.

Absolutely agree you can apply similar logic to Soudal and Visma, but a win here is not as big for them as it would have been for Lotto. Of course it looks worse in retrospect because De Lie wins the sprint, but when you've won *** all all season as a team, it makes sense that there's more scrutiny than usual when you lose a WT a race because you didn't give your leader the support he needed.

And Magnier also wasn't actually isolated, because Huby finished with the front group too. So if you want to criticise Soudal, not having him pull is a way more glaring issue.

I agree with Livyns, he could've also been here (but it has to do with him going to the Vuelta I think). Segaert and Menten were in Denmark, bit hard. Also I am not sure they would've even been in that group, but that's hard to say.

I think their support was actually really good APART from obviously having that extra guy. De Lie was in perfect position for 4 Wasebergs straight, thanks to his team. So I think you're being a bit too harsh. It's no surprise that they simply don't have a lot of riders that can survive this. Berckmoes or Livyns shouldve been here, I agree about that tho.

Well I thought Magnier was alone because no one was doing anything (and because he wasn't in the result at first), that's even more ridiculous imo. Same with Rutsch barely doing anything for Girmay btw (even tho he didn't have the sprint anymore).

EDIT: well if you think of it, they should've just worked earlier and kept the break on a tighter lease. I said if with like 50k to go, peloton was letting them gain time ago. Lotto should've ridden there, but so should've other teams.