Rory Townsend takes shock Cyclassics Hamburg victory from breakaway
The ADAC Cyclassics Hamburg is usually a playground for the peloton's sprinters, but once in a while, the party is spoiled by a breakaway or late move, and that's exactly what happened at the 2025 race as Rory Townsend (Q36.5) took the biggest victory of his career.
Rory Townsend was one of four riders to break free of the peloton early in the day, and after an aggressive finale with attacks in the break and peloton, the big-name sprinters were only just held at bay. The Irishman was the only rider not gobbled up in the last few hundred metres, surviving to take the win ahead of Arnaud De Lie (Lotto) and Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quick Step) from the peloton.
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