UAE Team Emirates’ Alexander Kristoff won the 212.5km Eschborn-Frankfurt in Germany today.
The Norwegian completed the race in 5:13:25, beating Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews (Australia) and AG2R La Mondiale’s Oliver Naesen (Belgium) in a sprint.
Alexander Kristoff, pictured here, won the Eschborn-Frankfurt in Germany today. Photo: Photo credits
“I was lucky because Gaviria went wrong in the last corner,” Kristoff said afterwards. “He had a small gap so it would have been hard to close.
“I did not really feel strong. On the second lap I was dropped, but luckily I managed to recover and I just got better.”
South Africans Nicholas Dlamini and Jay Thomson, who rode for DiData, did not finish the race. Their teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) finished seventh.
View more results below.
1. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 5:13:25
2. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
3. Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
4. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert +0:01
5. Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
6. Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
7. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe +0:02
8. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
9. Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
10. Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini
