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Vattenfall

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 Cyclassics is an annual one-day pro and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

. Although it is a race with a short history, it is nevertheless reckoned as a classic

Classic cycle races

The classic cycle races are one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Most of the events, all run in western Europe, have been fixtures on the professional calendar for decades and the oldest ones date back to the 19th Century. They are normally held at roughly the same...

. It started as an unimportant race in 1996, but because of the fast growing popularity of cycling in Germany

Germany

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, it was made a part of the UCI Road World Cup in 1998. Since 2005, it has been a part of the UCI ProTour

UCI ProTour

The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...

, and in 2009 became one of the 24 races contributing points towards the UCI World Ranking

UCI World Ranking

The UCI World Tour is the premier annual male elite road cycling tour. It refers to both the tour of 27 events and an annual ranking system based upon performances in these...

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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

Köhlbrandbrücke

The Köhlbrand Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Hamburg, Germany, which connects the harbour area on the island of Wilhelmsburg between the Norderelbe and Süderelbe branches of the Elbe river with motorway 7 . It bridges the Süderelbe, here called Köhlbrand, before it unites with the Norderelbe...

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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.
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.

Winners

HEW Cyclassics

Year	Winner	Team
1996	Rossano Brasi	Polti Team Polti Team Polti is a former Italian professional cycling team. Polti became an independent team back in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 with Gianluigi Stanga as directeur sportif and Vittorio Algeri and Claudio Corti as managers. The team...
1997	Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...	Team Telekom
1998	Léon van Bon Léon van Bon Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon is a road racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the men's points race at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won his first major race at the professionals in 1998, winning the HEW Cyclassics...	Rabobank Rabobank (cycling team) Rabobank is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam , Continental , and Cyclo-cross...
1999	Mirko Celestino Mirko Celestino Mirko Celestino is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, specializing in the classic cycle races. His biggest career achievements to date include winning the monumental classic—Giro di Lombardia, the classic HEW Cyclassics and two-time winner of the semi-classic...	Polti Team Polti Team Polti is a former Italian professional cycling team. Polti became an independent team back in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 with Gianluigi Stanga as directeur sportif and Vittorio Algeri and Claudio Corti as managers. The team...
2000	Gabriele Missaglia Gabriele Missaglia Gabriele Missaglia is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.-Palmarès:1997...	Lampre
2001	Erik Zabel Erik Zabel Erik Zabel is a former German professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some one of the greatest German cyclists and best cycling sprinters of history...	Team Telekom
2002	Johan Museeuw Johan Museeuw Johan Museeuw is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1988 to 2004 and was particularly successful in the classic cycle races in the nineties....	Domo-Farm Frites
2003	Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006...	Quick Step
2004	Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...	Cofidis Cofidis (cycling team) Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne is a French professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by a money-lending company, Cofidis. It was started in 1996 by Cyrille Guimard the former manager of Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon of the Renault-Elf team of the 1980s...
2005 HEW Cyclassics 2005 These are the results for the 2005 edition of the HEW Cyclassics cycling classic, held in Hamburg, Germany. Filippo Pozzato ensured that the tradition that nobody has won this race twice was maintained.-31-07-2005: Hamburg, 250 km:-External links:*...	Filippo Pozzato Filippo Pozzato Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato is an Italian road racing cyclist with UCI ProTour Team Katusha.-Career:...	Quick Step

Vattenfall Cyclassics

Year	Winner	Team
2006 Vattenfall Cyclassics 2006 The 2006 edition of the Vattenfall Cyclassics cycle race took place in the German city of Hamburg on July 30, 2006. The race was the continuation of the old HEW Cyclassics, which no rider has managed to win twice.- 30-07-2006: Hamburg, 250.5 km. :-External links:...	Óscar Freire Óscar Freire Óscar Freire Gómez is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding for the UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He is one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship a three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx...	Rabobank Rabobank (cycling team) Rabobank is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam , Continental , and Cyclo-cross...
2007 2007 Vattenfall Cyclassics The 2007 edition of the Vattenfall Cyclassics cycle race took place in the German city of Hamburg on August 19, 2007. Alessandro Ballan won the race, beating last years winner Óscar Freire.-2007-19-08: Hamburg-Hamburg, 229,1 km:...	Alessandro Ballan Alessandro Ballan Alessandro Ballan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team , and is a former world champion. Although he possesses a frame that is usually more associated with climbing, Ballan has established himself as a leading spring classics contender in recent years...	Lampre
2008 2008 Vattenfall Cyclassics The 2008 Vattenfall Cyclassics road cycling race took place on September 7, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany and saw an all-Australian podium with Robbie McEwen of beating Mark Renshaw of and Allan Davis of .-Results:-See also:* 2008 in Road Cycling...	Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...	Silence-Lotto
2009 2009 Vattenfall Cyclassics The 2009 Vattenfall Cyclassics is a one day road race, which is part of the 2009 UCI ProTour, took place on 16 August 2009. The race covered a total of and took place in Hamburg, Germany.-Results:-External links:*...	Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...	Garmin-Slipstream
2010 2010 Vattenfall Cyclassics The 2010 Vattenfall Cyclassics was a one day road race, which is part of the 2010 UCI ProTour, it took place on 15 August 2010. The race covered a total of and took place in Hamburg, Germany.-Teams:...	Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...	Garmin-Transitions
2011 2011 Vattenfall Cyclassics The 2011 Vattenfall Cyclassics was the 16th edition of the Vattenfall Cyclassics, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 21 August 2011, over a distance of , starting and finishing in Hamburg, Germany...	Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...	Team Sky Team Sky Team Sky is a British professional road bicycle racing team that competes in international road bicycle races. The creation of the team was announced on 26 February 2009 and the team began competition in January 2010....

External links

• Official Cyclassics site