Kenny Dehaes came very close to a first 2017 victory at GP Jef Scherens in Leuven (1.1, 20/08). A breakway of six riders got a lead of five minutes in the opening laps. Wanty-Groupe Gobert did some of the work behind them and with 30km to go the six were caught.

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A bunch sprint? A reduced one? Or a solo attacker making it all the way to the line? All these scenarios are likely in the EuroEyes Cyclassics, which this year runs its 22nd edition.

The 20th of August will be a cycling celebration in one of the largest German cities Hamburg. Apart from the central event of the day the World Tour race Hamburg Cyclassics, thousands of cyclists are to test themselves in amateur races with 60,120 and 180 kilometres distance.

The Hamburg Cyclassics debuted in 1996 - with a pro race already consisting of 100 professional cyclists. Since 2005, the pro race has been a part of the sport’s peak competition, the UCI WorldTour and is considered to be one of the sport’s major one-day cycling races world-wide.

BMC Racing Team is set to line up at EuroEyes Cyclassics, the next UCI WorldTour one-day race of the season, on Sunday (20 August) with a motivated and well-rounded team.

On Sunday, the UCI World Tour heads to Germany for the one day Cyclassics Hamburg. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will send a sprint heavy team, led by Edvald Boasson Hagen.

On August 20th, the World Tour series will take the UAE Team Emirates (photo Bettini) to Germany – to Hamburg, to be exact – for the EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg, an in-line race covering a distance of 220.9 km.