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May 1, 2016
Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop 2016 / Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt 2016 – Eschborn – Frankfurt – 206 km
The Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop (until 2008 Rund um den Henninger-Turm,
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May 1, 2016
Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop 2016 / Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt 2016 – Eschborn – Frankfurt – 206 km
The Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop (until 2008 Rund um den Henninger-Turm, sometimes called the Frankfurt Grand Prix in English; in 2010 Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt) is a semi classic cycling race around Frankfurt am Main with the start and finish on Darmstädter Landstraße outside the Henninger-Turm (Tower), a grain silo belonging to the Henninger brewery which backs the event. The race takes place on a complicated route in the Taunus mountains west of the city with around 1500m (5,000 feet) of climbing. The climbs of the Ruppershain, Feldberg and Mammolshain have been regular features; the Mammolshain has a 26% gradient and is climbed twice in the race. The race concludes with three laps of 4.5 kilometres in the centre of Frankfurt.
Katusha’s Alexandre Kristoff took his seventh win of the season Sunday at Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt, outpsprinting Etixx-QuickStep’s Ariel Maximiliano Richeze and Bora Argon 18’s Sam Bennett.
“This was my first race in some time and I was not quite ready for it, just like in 2014 when I also won,” Kristoff said. “I am in the process of building up my training for later results, so it is logical that I had it hard in the first part of the race.
“I suffered from cramping on some of the local laps and was dropped on the climbs – and two times Slava Kuznetsov brought me back, one time all by himself. He did an amazing job. In the end, I was still there and could be patient. Slava brought me to the front in the last kilometer and then Alexey Tsatevich took over. He did a perfect lead out for me. It was hard with the head wind. I was afraid I had started too early, but I kept my speed until the end.”
Tcatevich led home the majority of the reduced peloton which had split following his leadout for Kristoff.
Results :
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 5:00:02
2 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
4 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
5 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
6 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
7 Pawel Franczak (Pol) Veranclassic-Ago
8 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
9 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group
11 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stˆlting Service Group
12 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:04
13 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
14 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
15 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
17 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
18 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Southeast – Venezuela
19 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Veranclassic-Ago
20 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
21 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
22 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Stradalli – Bike Aid
23 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
25 Jonas Rapp (Ger) Team Heizomat
26 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
27 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
28 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group
29 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Veranclassic-Ago
31 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
32 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
33 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
34 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
35 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
36 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
37 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
38 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
39 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:13
40 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
41 Víctor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
42 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
43 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
44 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:00:18
45 Daniel Martínez (Col) Southeast – Venezuela
46 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
47 Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Veranclassic-Ago
48 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
49 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
50 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:46
51 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:00:53
52 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:36
53 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
 is a semi classic cycling race around Frankfurt am Main with the start and finish on Darmstädter Landstraße outside the Henninger-Turm (Tower), a grain silo belonging to the Henninger brewery which backs the event. The race takes place on a complicated route in the Taunus mountains west of the city with around 1500m (5,000 feet) of climbing. The climbs of the Ruppershain, Feldberg and Mammolshain have been regular features; the Mammolshain has a 26% gradient and is climbed twice in the race. The race concludes with three laps of 4.5 kilometres in the centre of Frankfurt.
Katusha’s Alexandre Kristoff took his seventh win of the season Sunday at Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt, outpsprinting Etixx-QuickStep’s Ariel Maximiliano Richeze and Bora Argon 18’s Sam Bennett.
"This was my first race in some time and I was not quite ready for it, just like in 2014 when I also won," Kristoff said. "I am in the process of building up my training for later results, so it is logical that I had it hard in the first part of the race.
"I suffered from cramping on some of the local laps and was dropped on the climbs – and two times Slava Kuznetsov brought me back, one time all by himself. He did an amazing job. In the end, I was still there and could be patient. Slava brought me to the front in the last kilometer and then Alexey Tsatevich took over. He did a perfect lead out for me. It was hard with the head wind. I was afraid I had started too early, but I kept my speed until the end."
Tcatevich led home the majority of the reduced peloton which had split following his leadout for Kristoff.
<strong style="line-height: 1.5;">Results :</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5;">
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 5:00:02
2 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Etixx - Quick-Step
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
4 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
5 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
6 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
7 Pawel Franczak (Pol) Veranclassic-Ago
8 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton
9 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group
11 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stˆlting Service Group
12 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:04
13 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
14 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
15 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
17 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
18 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Southeast - Venezuela
19 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Veranclassic-Ago
20 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
21 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
22 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Stradalli - Bike Aid
23 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
25 Jonas Rapp (Ger) Team Heizomat
26 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
27 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
28 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group
29 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Veranclassic-Ago
31 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
32 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
33 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
34 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
35 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
36 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
37 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton
38 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
39 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:13
40 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
41 Víctor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
42 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
43 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
44 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela 0:00:18
45 Daniel Martínez (Col) Southeast - Venezuela
46 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
47 Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Veranclassic-Ago
48 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
49 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
50 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:46
51 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:00:53
52 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:01:36
53 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step</span>)
