2020 Clásica de Almería (1.Pro), Spain
35th edition: Sunday, February 16, 2020
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Roquetas de Mar - Roquetas de Mar, 187.6 km
Pascal Ackermann is the day's fastest rider. Photo: Bora-hansgrohe/Bettiniphoto
Weather at the start/finish city of Roquetas de Mar at 2:00 PM, local time: 16C (61F), fair, with the wind from the south-southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Pascal Ackermann's Bora-hansgrohe team.
Before the race was decided in the expected bunch sprint, a five-man leading group set the scene at the 187km-long one-day race, Clásica de Almería. However, the peloton, led by BORA - hansgrohe, had proceedings well under control, and was able to reel back the escapees 55 km ahead of the finish.
After everything came back together once more, the teams of the sprinters began the jostling for positions ahead of the fast finale. The team from Raubling showed its strength today and put the pressure on over the last few kilometres.
In the finishing straight, the previous year’s victor, Pascal Ackermann, was able to time his sprint to take the win with a brilliant sprint in Roquets de Mar. As he crossed the line, he became the first rider to have won this race back to back.
“I’m really happy to have gotten this win, and I hope to be able to continue the rest of the year in this way. I finished second two times in races here in Spain this year, so it was nice to finally cross the line first. It was a tough race because of the wind. We expected crosswinds, and tried to split the field several times, with several other teams also trying the same. But my teammates did an amazing job today, putting in 100 percent for me, so I’d really like to thank them for that. In the end, we made a little mistake with our lead-out, but I was able to follow the wheel of another rider, and I knew when I had to launch my sprint from behind him, and in the end, it worked out.” - Pascal Ackermann
“There were a lot of very strong sprinters on the start line today, including the likes of Kristoff, Viviani, Coquard, and Cort Nielsen, the winner from three years ago. The guys worked together with Cofidis and Team UAE-Emirates to make sure that the break was never afforded more than 3 minutes, and Felix Großschartner was particularly instrumental here. It was a tough race because of the wind, and we tried to create echelons in the cross-wind sections, but this didn’t work out. We had some bad luck, with Lukas Pöstlberger and Rudi Selig both being involved in crashes, but they were both able to re-join the race. In the finale over the last 10km, the guys rode well together to bring Pascal into a good position. He ended up doing quite a long sprint, and it was close on the line, but ultimately it was enough to take the win. Chapeau to the entire team for this win.” – Jens Zemke & Jean-Pierre Heynderickx, Sports Directors
Complete Results:
187.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.626 km/hr
| 1 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | 4hr 24min 4sec |
| 2 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 3 | VIVIANI Elia | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 4 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 5 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 6 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 7 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 8 | BARBIER Rudy | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 9 | LOBATO Juan | Fundacion-Orbea | s.t. |
| 10 | BOUDAT Thomas | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 11 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 12 | ROELANDTS Jürgen | Movistar | s.t. |
| 13 | SANZ Enrique | Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 14 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 15 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 16 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
| 17 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 18 | EDMONDSON Alex | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 19 | NOMMELA Aksel | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 20 | DE DECKER Alfdan | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 21 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 22 | ZHYHUNOU Dzmitry | Fundacion-Orbea | s.t. |
| 23 | LARSEN Mathias | Kometa Xstra | s.t. |
| 24 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 25 | GRONDIN Donavan | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 26 | NICOLAU Joel | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 27 | WIRTGEN Luc | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 28 | ARCAS Jorge | Movistar | s.t. |
| 29 | MADRAZO Angel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 30 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 31 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 32 | AASVOLD Kristian | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
| 33 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 34 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 35 | SEVILLA Diego | Kometa Xstra | s.t. |
| 36 | WARLOP Jordi | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 37 | CIMA Imerio | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 38 | SABATINI Fabio | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 39 | MORTIER Julien | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 40 | MOLLY Kenny | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 41 | RODRIGUEZ Oscar | Astana | s.t. |
| 42 | GARCIA Sergio | Kometa Xstra | s.t. |
| 43 | PICHON Laurent | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 44 | BOHLI Tom | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 45 | MATE Luis | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 46 | DE LA CRUZ David | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 47 | REZA Kévin | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 48 | SOTO Antonio | Fundacion-Orbea | s.t. |
| 49 | ALONSO Mikel | Fundacion-Orbea | s.t. |
| 50 | GARCIA Jhojan | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 51 | KREDER Wesley | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 52 | ELOSEGUI Inigo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 53 | ARAIZ Sergio | Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 54 | SOLER Marc | Movistar | s.t. |
| 55 | FRAILE Omar | Astana | s.t. |
| 56 | SANCHEZ Luis | Astana | s.t. |
| 57 | LAENGEN Vegard | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 58 | VANBILSEN Kenneth | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 59 | POLITT Nils | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 60 | BOEV Igor | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 61 | KULIKOV Vladislav | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 62 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 63 | KAMNA Lennard | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 64 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
| 65 | NEVES José | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 66 | CIMA Damiano | Gazprom-RusVelo | @ 17sec |
| 67 | CARRETERO Héctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 68 | TORRES Albert | Movistar | s.t. |
| 69 | SELIG Rüdiger | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:20 |
| 70 | NAVARRO Daniel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 71 | OWSIAN Lukasz | Arkea-Samsic | 0:23 |
| 72 | MARTIN Sergio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 73 | KUZMIN Anton | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 74 | NEKRASOV Denis | Gazprom-RusVelo | 0:26 |
| 75 | STANNARD Robert | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 76 | DRUCKER Jempy | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:32 |
| 77 | GOUGEARD Alexis | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:35 |
| 78 | LOUVEL Matis | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 79 | CHERNETSKI Sergei | Gazprom-RusVelo | 0:41 |
| 80 | VIVIANI Attilio | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 81 | SCHONBERGER Sebastian | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 82 | LE TURNIER Mathias | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 83 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 84 | LIVYNS Arjen | Wallonie Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 85 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 86 | KONYCHEV Alexander | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 87 | DEVRIENDT Tom | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 88 | VLIEGEN Loic | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 89 | GAREL Adrien | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 90 | BOECKMANS Kris | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 0:46 |
| 91 | ABERASTURI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:55 |
| 92 | VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 1:00 |
| 93 | RUSSO Clément | Arkea-Samsic | 1:02 |
| 94 | WURTZ SCHMIDT Mads | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:04 |
| 95 | CANELLAS Xavier | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:07 |
| 96 | PASQUALON Andrea | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 97 | BUDDING Martijn | Riwal Readynez | 1:11 |
| 98 | CIMOLAI Davide | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:16 |
| 99 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:18 |
| 100 | AFFINI Edoardo | Mitchelton-Scott | 1:23 |
| 101 | RUIZ Ibon | Kern Pharma | 1:33 |
| 102 | BOUZAS Martin | Kern Pharma | 1:40 |
| 103 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Wallonie Bruxelles | 2:07 |
| 104 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 105 | ALBASINI Michael | Mitchelton-Scott | 2:35 |
| 106 | JUUL-JENSEN Christopher | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 107 | CONTI Valerio | UAE-Team Emirates | 2:53 |
| 108 | BOU Joan | Fundacion-Orbea | s.t. |
| 109 | GOIKOETXEA Peio | Fundacion-Orbea | s.t. |
| 110 | ITURRIA Mikel | Fundacion-Orbea | s.t. |
| 111 | PARRA José | Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 112 | PLANCKAERT Emiel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 113 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | s.t. |
| 114 | RAVASI Edward | UAE-Team Emirates | 3:19 |
| 115 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 116 | VIEGAS Daniel | Kometa Xstra | 3:47 |
| 117 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | 6:47 |
| 118 | KONGSTAD Tobias | Riwal Readynez | 13:54 |
| 119 | MIRZA Yousif | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 120 | MATHIS Marco | Cofidis | 14:00 |
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