Münsterland Giro 2019 [FULL RACE]

October 3, 2019

Münsterland Giro 2019 – Emsdetten – Münster : 193,3 km

The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC race in 2015.

Alvaro Hodeg (Deceuninck-QuickStep) won the rain-soaked Sparkassen Münsterland Giro one-day race, a bike throw to the line giving him a half-wheel advantage on Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Belgian national champion Tim Merlier (Corendon-Circus) was third, with Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) fourth in a hectic and high-speed sprint. Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) suffered a late punctured and did not contest the sprint.

A crash sparked by Hodeg’s lead-out man with two hundred metres to go took down several riders and scattered others across the road. Florian Sénéchal seemed to blame Max Walscheid of Team Sunweb for the crash, hitting out at the German several times after the finish before his Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates dragged him away.

Hodeg was unsure if he had won but then celebrated with his teammates after being told he had taken his seventh victory of 2019. Deceuninck-QuickStep have now won 66 races so far this year, moving closer to the 73 victories of 2018.

“It’s amazing to finish the season like this,” Hodeg said after taking several drinks from a long glass of beer on the podium.

“I’m really happy because I had the support of team all day. It was a hard race and really, really cold, but I did my best. I like to race in the rain,” he said.

“I didn’t see the crash because I was in front. I knew I had to take the last corner in the top five because it would be hard to move back up in rain. We did that and then I won. At first I wasn’t sure if I’d won, but I did. I trained hard for Worlds but it didn’t work out. This is some kind of compensation.”

The 193km race around Munster was the first of many post-World Championships races as the European season winds down.

The race was the final outing for Andre Greipel in Arkea-Samsic colours and perhaps the last race of his long career.

It was Mathieu van der Poel’s last race of his road season before he focuses on cyclo-cross, and the Dutchman went on the attack with 75km to go, trying to chase down the early break of the race. He upped the speed with several big efforts but was never let go and only succeeded in bring the race back together, with Bora-Hansgrohe riding for Ackermann.

As the riders seemed to wait for a sprint finish, Brian van Goethem (Lotto Soudal) tried a solo attack with 20km to go. He had been in the early break of the day but refused to give up.

It was a valiant effort, but the Belgian only served as bait for the sprinters’ teams to chase. He refused to ease and was only caught with 400 metres to go as the sprint teams jostled for position on the rain-soaked streets of central Munster but was fortunate to avoid the crash sparked by Sénéchal.

Results :
1 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:26:38
2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Tim Merlier (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal
4 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates
5 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
6 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
7 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
8 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
9 Roy Jans (Bel) Corendon-Circus
10 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
11 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos
12 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus
13 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
14 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
15 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic
16 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
17 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
18 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-Quickstep
19 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:09
20 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
21 Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
22 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
23 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
24 Justin Timmermans (Ned) Roompot-Charles
25 Patrick Haller (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
26 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
27 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
28 Robert William Kessler (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
29 Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
30 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
31 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
32 Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
33 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
34 Alexander Konychev (Ita) Dimension Data
35 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal
36 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
37 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
38 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
39 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:00:29
40 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
41 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
42 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:00:34
43 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
44 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
45 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
46 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
47 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:45
48 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie
49 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
50 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:52
51 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic 0:00:56
52 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:00
53 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:08
54 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Ineos
55 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos
56 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
57 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:01:13
58 Romain Cardis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:17
59 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:01:19
60 Pirmin Benz (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
61 Clément Russo (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
62 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
63 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
65 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
66 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
67 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data
68 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
69 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
70 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Charles
71 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
72 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
73 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
74 Lars Kulbe (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
75 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
76 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
77 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
78 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
79 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot-Charles
80 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
81 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
82 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
83 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:23
84 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:02:53
85 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
86 Jan Tschernoster (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
87 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:03:23
88 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:03:31
89 Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:46
90 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
91 Marc Clauss (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
DNF Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Brent van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data
DNF Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data
DNF Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos
DNF Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma
DNF Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Alexandr Kulikovskiy (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Clément Carisey (Fra) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
DNF Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
DNF Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
DNF John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
DNF Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
DNF Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Charles
DNF Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles
DNF Boy van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles
DNF Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Roompot-Charles
DNF Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Robert Thomas Wagner (Ger) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Damien Gaudin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Jerome Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Angelo Tulik (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
DNF Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
DNF Justin Mottier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
DNF Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
DNF Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
DNF Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
DNF Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
DNF Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
DNF Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid
DNF Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid
DNF Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid
DNF Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid
DNF Adne van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid
DNF Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid
DNF Marcel Franz (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
DNF Jannis Peter (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
DNF Pascal Treubel (Ger) Heizomat Rad-Net.de
DNF Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Kilian Steigner (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Oliver Flautt (USA) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
DNF Marc Dörrie (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
DNF Jan Kuhn (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
DNF Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
DNF Dorian Lübbers (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
DNF Richard Weinzheimer (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
DNF Michel Gießelmann (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
DNF Johannes Hodapp (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
DNF Jon Knolle (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
DNF Joann Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
DNF Louis Leinau (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
DNF Per Christian Münstermann (Ger) Team Sauerland NRW p/b SKS Germany
DNF Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Corendon-Circus