Vattenfall Cyclassics

Vattenfall Cyclassics

Race details
Date	Late July / August
Region	Hamburg, Germany
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI World Tour
Type	Single-day race
Organiser	Upsolut Sports AG
Race director	Erik Zabel
History
First edition	1996 (1996)
Editions	16 (as of 2011)
First winner	Rossano Brasi
Most wins	Tyler Farrar (2)
Most recent	Edvald Boasson Hagen

The Vattenfall Cyclassics is an annual one-day pro and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg. Although it is a race with a short history, it is nevertheless reckoned as a classic^{[by whom?]}. It started as an unimportant race in 1996, but because of the fast growing popularity of cycling in Germany, it was made a part of the UCI Road World Cup in 1998. Since 2005, it has been a part of the UCI ProTour, and in 2009 became one of the 24 races contributing points towards the UCI World Ranking.

The route of the race varies, but is often around 250 km long. During a number of loops through Hamburg, the hill Waseberg is climbed a number of times. The route also includes Hamburg's highest bridge Köhlbrandbrücke.

The sponsor of the Cyclassics, the Hamburg electricity plant HEW, has adopted a new name (Vattenfall Europe Hamburg), and since 2006, this cycling race has been known as the Vattenfall Cyclassics.

The finale of the 2005 edition

An important part of the Cyclassics are the Jedermann-Rennen amateur/cyclosportif event run around the time that the race is held. Anybody (jedermann) can participate in these races over 55 km, 100 km and 155 km. The number of participants is however limited and a ticket must be reserved months in advance. In 2005 there were 20000 amateurs on the course.

Amateur/Cyclosportif Event (2010)

Winners

HEW Cyclassics

Year	Winner	Team
1996	Rossano Brasi	Polti
1997	Jan Ullrich	Team Telekom
1998	Léon van Bon	Rabobank
1999	Mirko Celestino	Polti
2000	Gabriele Missaglia	Lampre
2001	Erik Zabel	Team Telekom
2002	Johan Museeuw	Domo-Farm Frites
2003	Paolo Bettini	Quick Step
2004	Stuart O'Grady	Cofidis
2005	Filippo Pozzato	Quick Step

Vattenfall Cyclassics

Year	Winner	Team
2006	Óscar Freire	Rabobank
2007	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre
2008	Robbie McEwen	Silence-Lotto
2009	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Slipstream
2010	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Transitions
2011	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky

External links

• Official Cyclassics site