RideLondon–Surrey Classic 2019 [FULL RACE]

August 04, 2019

RideLondon–Surrey Classic 2019 – London – London : 167 km

The 2019 Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 4 August in London, England. It was the eighth edition of the London–Surrey Classic and was the thirtieth event of the 2019 UCI World Tour.

Elia Viviani relied on his Deceuninck-QuickStep lead-out train to take a decisive win Sunday at the Prudential RideLondon-Surry Classic, outkicking Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett to the line while his teammate and final lead-out man Michael Mørkøv hung on for third.

Bennett lost his own lead-out train inside the final 2km when a touch of wheels took out a handful of Bora riders, leaving Viviani’s team to take over duties on the front and deliver their man to the final 100 metres in perfect position.

“It was on the right,” Viviani said of the crash in a television interview before the podium ceremony, “and I just saw the Bora guys go down, but didn’t see how it happened. Luckily, we were on the other side, so we missed that.”

Once Viviani’s well-drilled team took over, Bennett latched onto the Italian’s wheel, but he couldn’t overcome Viviani’s top-end speed as the QuickStep sprinter notched his eighth win of the season after coming second to Bora’s Pascal Ackermann in the same race last year.

“When we saw that the race didn’t make a selection on Box Hill we just went just for me,” Viviani said. “We just tried to stay relaxed.

“We knew it was a crowded finish because everyone was there and everyone was really well organised. But we knew also we can move them out and use the legs from the Tour de France,” he said, describing the well-attended and chaotic finale.

“After a Grand Tour you always try to concentrate because you know the shape is good. It was really amazing teamwork because Michael finished third. First and third is quite good, so thanks to the team for sure.”

The 30-year-old winner, who is rumoured to be looking for a new team for next season, also acknowledged that Sunday’s victory on The Mall in London has special significance among his 75 professional wins.

“Like I said last year, this is probably one of the five Classics I have in my head to win in my career,” Viviani said. “Now I just need the two big ones – Gent-Wevelgem and Milan-San Remo – so I’m going to work the rest of my career for that, too, so it’s good to add another one.”

How it unfolded

The 169km route in and around London was 22km shorter than the previous edition and used much of the same course as the 2012 Olympic Games road race, heading out of London to the Surrey Hills and back again for the finish on The Mall.

With teams anxious to place a rider in the breakaway to ensure an easy day in the peloton, the fight to escape was an all-out battle until Lotto Soudal’s Stan Dewulf set off on a solo move 10km into the day. He was quickly joined by Alex Doswett (Katusha-Alpecin) and Pascal Eenkhoorn (Jumbo-Visma). The day’s escape trio took flight, and the chase was on for the rest of the afternoon.

The leaders’ gap fluctuated over the next several kilometres, jumping up almost immediately to half a minute and then coming down to 10 seconds with 145km to go as more riders from the field began to attack. Julien Vermote (Dimension Data) escaped the bunch and tried to bridge, dangling in no man’s land about halfway between the breakaway and the bunch.

Up the road, the leaders’ gap started to go out again and ballooned up to 2:30 with 135km remaining. Ten Kilometres later the gap to the field was well over three minutes, while Vermote continued to lose ground to the leaders in his bridge attempt.

That set the status for much of the day, as Vermote eventually faded back into the peloton and the lead trio’s advantage hovered above three minutes.

The gap finally dipped below three minutes with 85km to go as Mitchelton-Scott went to the front to lead the chase. The gap was pegged at 2:20 witrh 83km to go when Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) lost the peloton’s pace on a small climb. Team Sunweb immediately went to the front of the bunch and drilled the pace, and so Ewan watched his chances for victory ride away.

Team Sunweb sprinter Michael Matthews put in a dig with just under 70km remaining, dragging along the peloton in pursuit and closing the gap to the leaders to 2:15. Matthews’ move was short-lived, but 10km later Sunweb stirred the pot again with an attack from Casper Pedersen and Jumbo-Visma’s Mike Teunnisen that quickly gained a small advantage over the group.

The bridging duo gained 35 seconds on the bunch and lingered at 1:22 behind the breakaway with 55km remaining, as Bora-Hansgroghe took up chasing duties for sprinter Bennett back in the bunch, which was now 2:05 from the leaders.

Dowsett lost the pace up front in the break and started drifting back. With 50km to go, the chasing duo caught and passed Dowsett and closed to within 50 seconds of the two leaders. The peloton, however, was now just 1:10 from the front of the race.

The peloton brought Teunissen and Pedersen back into the fold with 43km to go, resetting the chase as the lead duo remained out front with a 21-second gap. Team Ineos came forward next to help with the chase, dooming the leaders’ day-long effort as the pack closed to around 15 seconds and then let them dangle.

Eenkhoorn was the first to surrender, giving in with just over 20km to go and fading back to the bunch. Dewulf continued on solo for a time, but he, too, was back in the bunch with 15km remaining, and the expected bunch sprint was inevitable.

Results :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:46:15
2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
4 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
5 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma
6 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data
7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
8 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain
11 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First
12 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
13 Matt Walls (GBr) Great Britain
14 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team
15 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
16 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos
17 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
18 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
19 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
20 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
21 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
22 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
23 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
24 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb
25 Gerben Thijssen (Ned) Lotto Soudal
26 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
27 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
28 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Ineos 3:46:24
30 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3:46:28
31 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 3:46:36
32 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:46:39
33 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3:46:49
34 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
35 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
36 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First
37 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Ineos
38 Iijo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-Quick-Step
39 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 3:46:54
40 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
41 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
42 Alexis Guerin (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
43 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb
44 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team
45 Gediminas Bagdonas (Lit) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team
47 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
48 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos
50 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team
51 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
52 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
53 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
54 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
55 James Shaw (GBr) Great Britain
56 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Great Britain
57 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
58 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data
59 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
60 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
61 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
62 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
63 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal
64 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data
65 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
66 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First
67 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
68 Connor Swift (GBr) Great Britain
69 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos
70 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
71 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
72 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
73 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
74 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
75 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
76 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
77 Shane Archbold (GBr) Great Britain
78 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First
79 Tom Stweart (GBr) Great Britain
80 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
81 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 3:47:07
82 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos 3:47:10
83 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 3:47:16
84 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
85 Fabien Schmidt (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
86 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
87 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo
88 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
89 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
90 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
91 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team
92 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
93 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First
94 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
95 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ
96 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
97 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First
98 Tom Leezer (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
99 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
100 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 3:47:32
101 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 3:48:04
102 Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
103 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 3:48:18
104 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Team Total Direct Energie 3:48:24
105 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
106 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Direct Energie
107 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 3:48:27
108 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 3:48:38
109 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 3:49:01
110 Mads Schmidt Würtz (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 3:49:09
111 Clément Carisey (Fra) Israel Cycling Academy 3:49:17
112 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
113 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 3:49:21
114 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 3:49:27
115 Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:49:34
116 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 3:49:52
117 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott
118 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 3:50:10
119 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:50:27
120 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
121 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe
122 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Great Britain
123 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 50:56:00
DNF Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Will Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Pim Ligthart (Ned) Direct Energie
DNF Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
DNF Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
DNF Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First
DNF Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin