BEMER Cyclassics Hamburg 8th September 2024

[Rob5091]

From Hamburg to Hamburg 198.5 km the 27th Cyclassics (1.UWT) is on Sunday 8th September.

Starlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/cyclassics-hamburg/2024/startlist with all your favourite sprinters and a few others too.

Start at 11.32 CET TV from 13.15 CET

The all important climb that livens up things

Otherwise much the same as last year won by Big Mads Pedersen.

 

[Rob5091]

Last year's second place van Poppel is present, but UAE are here with Wellens who'll be racing against De Lie again after their race at the Renwei Tour.
If Milan can get over the lumpy bits he should be the favourite in a bunch sprint.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Someone who speaks German correct me if I'm wrong, but gotta think that the first E is pronounced liked the English "oo" as in "zoom." Cuz it's race with so little excitement that a boomer can watch without risking cardiac arrest.

 

[Red Rick]

Not even 200km lmao. 1.WT. Yeah that makes sense.

I never watch this but the idea of the race isn't bad. It just attracts a field lopsided to sprinters for fairly obvious reasons.

 

[search]

Trek and Alpecin both line up a pretty bad team for the climbs, so I guess that could potentially give the attackers a better chance, as it will take longer to get organized. But someone will probably help with the chase anyway.

 

[Rob5091]

PCS reporting a problem ,"The start is delayed due to an accident on the parcours. The new start time is yet unknown."
New start time 12.00 CET

 

[search]

They shortened the race by one of the 21k mid-race laps across Mönkloh, so it should still finish about as scheduled.

 

[Rob5091]

With 74 km to go a big crash. Hope everyone's ok.

 

[Samamba]

With 74 km to go a big crash. Hope everyone's ok.

Who is involved, I'm not watching

Probably some other crashes coming up later in the lead in to Waseberg too. Always a dangerous race

 

[RedheadDane]

Who is involved, I'm not watching

Merlier, among others.

Looked like one of the Tudor riders was able to remain calm, and organise a more controlled disentanglement of the bikes.

 

[Rob5091]

Who is involved, I'm not watching

Probably some other crashes coming up later in the lead in to Waseberg too. Always a dangerous race

Gaviria too and a lot of Tudor guys.

 

[Rob5091]

35 km to go and it's hectic in Hamburg ( sounds like a bad novel ..."hectic in Hamburg")

 

[Rob5091]

Crash and Ewan down ...

 

[Valv.Piti]

12 comments for a WT one day race with 26 to go lmao

Going in to Waseberg now

 

[Samamba]

This is in the same spot as Frankfurt till last year. Almost no punchers coming here and every team with a sprinter so almost no one even wants to try. Parcours with those Waseberg ascents isn't even that bad. You could make a difference on it if you want but almost no one wants to.

At least Aranburu is trying.

 

[Potomac]

fourteen

12 comments for a WT one day race with 26 to go lmao

Going in to Waseberg now

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I had forgotten Rudy Molard still races.

 

[Samamba]

Literally no team really riding. One of the worst races of the season.

Should be Milan vs Philipsen now

 

[Valv.Piti]

Yeah, quite a pathetic race

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I think Aranburu would have had a chance if he had stayed with Christen

 

[Potomac]

Well I tuned in for it at the end, so it doesn't suck that bad.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I think Aranburu would have had a chance if he had stayed with Christen

He's won the KOM, but that won't give me the CQ points I desperately need.

 

[Potomac]

I have to listen to it in Italian, surely that's better than some of the ES english announcers.

 

[Brullnux]

Literally no team really riding. One of the worst races of the season.

Should be Milan vs Philipsen now

Yeah it's just a big bunch sprint. Makes sense that Alpecin and Lidl want this, but Soudal sans-Merlier should've gone harder. Same with UAE, and a few of the others.

The issue is just that Wanty, Alpecin, Soudal, Lotto, Bora, Lidl all have a genuine chance at a podium (or win) in a sprint. Ineos for some reason have also decided this but I think that says more about their current state of affairs than anything else.

 

[Brullnux]

Lovely work from Kooij, chaotic sprint with Milan boxed in until about 50m to go and Philipsen just like somewhere