Beautiful weather today in Portugal, as the peloton sets off to the 205 kilometres long circuit of the 2017 Lisbon Classic.


Stoenchev and Kovalev are today's first attackers. They pass the official car, just after the race manager has waved the flag.


The duo is joined by Raileanu and Pibernik and we have our break of the day. A gap of more than 3 minutes is quickly established.


The sprinter teams control the gap, which reached 7 minutes at a maximum. Nothing else noteworthy happens. With 100 kilometres left the gap to the early attackers is 5'34".


With 80 kilometres to go, news of a crash are transmitted over the race radio. No big name is involved, but some will have to do without some helpers.
Riders involved are: Lutsyshyn, Planckaert, Soupe, Benito, Sweeting and Maikin


Other than that not much has happened. With 40 kilometres to go the peloton has increased its pace and is already only 2'35" behind on the 4 attackers. Hnik is riding ahead on this picture.


With 20 kilometres to go it's over for the first member of the break. Kovalev is swallowed by a fast closing in lead by Moser - Sygic. It looks like we'll see a mass sprint. The remaining 3 break riders are 1'20" in front.



If you want to catch the video coverage of the last 15 kilometres on video additionally to the report, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtrs...xtrsOIiBcc

If not, keep reading!




None of the puncheurs has made a move so far, but shortly before we reach the 10 kilometres mark, we finally get an attack. It is Lukasz Wisniowski, who tries his luck on the false flat with a gradient of 3%


With a second acceleration the Pole creates a gap and quickly bridges to the 3 escapees ahead. 44 seconds is his gap.


Wisniowski still going strong, as he easily rides the 3 others of his wheel in the flat.


30 seconds behind Bialoblocki gives it everything to reduce the gap to his compatriot for his captain Mohs and the other sprinters.


5 kilometres to go and the peloton catches Stoenchev. The sprinters start to regret to have a strong roleur like Wisniowski allowed to get a gap. They are still 30 seconds behind.

Wisniowski	-17"->	Raileanu	-16"->	Peloton
		Pibernik

Raileanu is done, Pibernik accelerates one last time and Siskevicius is leading the peloton into a chaotic sprint. Due to the fast pace set by the Lithuanian, many splits open up. 3 kilometres and Wisniowski still has his 30 seconds.


Pibernik kept his gap quite long but with 2,5 kilometres it's also over for him. He is caught by a group of 8 riders that got a small gap:
Siskevicius
Van Avermaet
Mohs
Van Asbroeck
Dzamastagic
Kluge
Langeveld


In the small group behind, that has created a gap from the main pack, Degenkolb launches his sprint extremely early, trying to catch up with the front. Notable other names in here are:
Avelino
Howard
Van Stayen
Rowe


After staying in the front of the peloton all race long, world champion Bewley was badly placed within the peloton and suddenly finds himself in a terrible position going into the last kilometres. He won't be able to fight for the victory here.
Other favourites are also caught in this group, towards the front of it there are the following sprinters: Boeckmans, Kristoff, Ewan, Saber, Bouhanni, Guardini, Cavendish, Vesely


With 1 kilometres the front group launches its sprint. They will only fight for 2nd place, though.


Wisniowski wins the 2017 Lisbon Classic. His gap was enough to celebrate early. After 2 sprinters in the last year, it is again an attacker taking the win. The Pole was the only one to dare to attack the sprinter teams today and gets rewarded. Congrats to Grieg - Eftel. Their tactic has paid off. This could be a big moment in their fight for the PCT title.


Mohs gets a gap on the three Evonik riders Siskevicius, Van Avermaet and Dzamastagic. Also still in contention are Van Asbroeck and Roger Kluge.


Behind is a small group of 6 riders sprinting for 8th:
Langeveld (who lost contact to the group in front)
Stoltz
Howard
Van Stayen
Rowe
Pibernik


Bewley starts his powerful sprint and still catches many riders who were positioned better.


Mohs makes it a PCT 1-2 and wins the sprint for second very convincingly ahead of the Evonik duo of Van Avermaet and Dzamastagic. The German/Latvian team can be considered the team of the race, as in 6th after Kluge in 5th, there is another Evonik rider: Siskevicius. He did a great job positioning his team mates and spliting up the peloton in the last 3 kilometres, but couldn't close the gap to Wisniowski. Van Asbroeck is 7th. Howard is the only one of the group behind to save his position ahead of an extremely fast Bewley. The world champion still won't be happy with his result. Langeveld, who stayed long with the front, completes the top 10. Van Stayen finishes 11th in front of three more sprinters who came from very far behind: Kristoff(12th), Cavendish(13th) and Boeckmans(14th). Yannick Stoltz is the 5th Evonik rider in the top 15. Degenkolb cracked completely and only finishes 29th. Hats off to Pibernik in 28th who had a strong race from the break.

1	Lukasz Wisniowski	Grieg - Eftel	5h02'58
2	Erik Mohs	Fablok - Bank BGZ	s.t.
3	Greg Van Avermaet	Evonik - ELKO	s.t.
4	Mark Dzamastagic	Evonik - ELKO	s.t.
5	Roger Kluge	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	s.t.
6	Evaldas Siskevicius	Evonik - ELKO	s.t.
7	Tom Van Asbroeck	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
8	Leigh Howard	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Sam Bewley	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
10	Sebastian Langeveld	Strava	s.t.
11	Michael Van Stayen	Evonik - ELKO	s.t.
12	Alexander Kristoff	Aker - MOT	s.t.
13	Mark Cavendish	Kraftwerk Man Machine	s.t.
14	Kris Boeckmans	Strava	s.t.
15	Yannick Stoltz	Evonik - ELKO	s.t.
16	Lahcen Saber	Jayco - Cobra9	s.t.
17	Caleb Ewan	Podium Ambition	s.t.
18	Vegard Breen	Aker - MOT	s.t.
19	Manuel Senni	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
20	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Jayco - Cobra9	s.t.
21	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
22	Luke Rowe	Grieg - Eftel	s.t.
23	Michael Hepburn	Jayco - Cobra9	s.t.
24	Ramunas Navardauskas	Isostar - Adriatic	s.t.
25	Alexander Porsev	Tinkoff Sport Academy	s.t.
26	Lasse Norman Hansen	Strava	s.t.
27	Alex Wohler	Jayco - Cobra9	s.t.
28	Luka Pibernik	Nemiroff - ABBYY	s.t.
29	John Degenkolb	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	s.t.
30	Óscar Avelino	Porto - Prio	s.t.
31	Daniel Oss	Aker - MOT	s.t.
32	Daniel Vesely	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
33	Roy Jans	Isostar - Adriatic	s.t.
34	Alexander Sulimov	Tinkoff Sport Academy	s.t.
35	Wesley Kreder	Kraftwerk Man Machine	s.t.
36	Grzegorz Stepniak	Fablok - Bank BGZ	s.t.
37	Matthias Brändle	Isostar - Adriatic	s.t.
38	Nicolae Tanovitchii	Generali - EDF	s.t.
39	Nur Amirul Marzuki	Strava	s.t.
40	Pierre Latour	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	s.t.
41	Benedikt Mundle	Gazelle	s.t.
42	Daniel Allonca	Porto - Prio	s.t.
43	Matteo Trentin	Aker - MOT	s.t.
44	Nacer Bouhanni	Euskaltel	s.t.
45	Marcin Bialoblocki	Fablok - Bank BGZ	s.t.
46	Alessandro Bazzana	Ferrero - Samruk	s.t.
47	Jelle Vanendert	Strava	s.t.
48	Patrick Naud	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
49	Sep Vanmarcke	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
50	Cristian Raileanu	Team Ticos Air Costa Rica	s.t.
51	Lluis Mas	Porto - Prio	s.t.
52	Nikolas Maes	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	s.t.
53	Valentin Stoenchev	Podium Ambition	s.t.
54	Martyn Irvine	Kraftwerk Man Machine	s.t.
55	Oleksandr Polivoda	Nemiroff - ABBYY	s.t.
56	Jérome Giaux	Isostar - Adriatic	s.t.
57	Anton Vorobev	Tinkoff Sport Academy	s.t.
58	Sascha Modolo	Ferrero - Samruk	s.t.
59	Marco Minnard	Gazelle	s.t.
60	Taylor Tolleson	Hugo Boss	s.t.
61	Luis Miguel Mansilla	Isostar - Adriatic	s.t.
62	Romeo Quicibal	Isostar - Adriatic	s.t.
63	Andrea Guardini	Fablok - Bank BGZ	s.t.
64	Ilnur Zakarin	Tinkoff Sport Academy	s.t.
65	Juraj Sagan	Fablok - Bank BGZ	s.t.
66	Romain Feillu	Aker - MOT	s.t.
67	Simon Yates	Podium Ambition	s.t.
68	Miha Poljanec	Isostar - Adriatic	s.t.
69	Michael Boroš	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
70	James Oram	Jayco - Cobra9	s.t.
71	Mike Teunissen	Generali - EDF	s.t.
72	Blaz Furdi	Gazelle	s.t.
73	SOren Kragh Andersen	Grieg - Eftel	s.t.
74	Roman Maksimov	Newton Foundation	s.t.
75	Taylor Gunman	Jayco - Cobra9	s.t.
76	Wouter Wippert	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
77	Francisco Javier Echarri	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	s.t.
78	Gert Dockx	Strava	s.t.
79	Kevin Feiereisen	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
80	Moreno Hofland	Gazelle	s.t.
81	Dietmar Mehr-Wenige	Kraftwerk Man Machine	s.t.
82	Bert De Backer	Strava	s.t.
83	Francisco Anton Martin	Euskaltel	s.t.
84	Robert Sweeting	Newton Foundation	s.t.
85	Matteo Pelucchi	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
86	Zakkari Dempster	Grieg - Eftel	s.t.
87	Olivier Le Gac	Euskaltel	s.t.
88	Francesco Ginanni	Gazelle	s.t.
89	Lars Van der Haar	Jayco - Cobra9	s.t.
90	Marko Kump	Isostar - Adriatic	s.t.
91	Edward Theuns	Generali - EDF	s.t.
92	Artem Samolenkov	Tinkoff Sport Academy	s.t.
93	Adrian GjOlberg	Aker - MOT	s.t.
94	Miguel Angel Lopez	Evonik - ELKO	s.t.
95	Alexander Edmondson	Jayco - Cobra9	s.t.
96	Juan Jose Lobato del Valle	Euskaltel	s.t.
97	Pedro Merino Criado	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	s.t.
98	Eugert Zhupa	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
99	Nick Van der Lijke	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
100	Maciej Bodnar	Fablok - Bank BGZ	s.t.
101	Niki Terpstra	Euskaltel	s.t.
102	Ricardo Ferreira	Porto - Prio	s.t.
103	Dries De Bondt	Euskaltel	s.t.
104	Jan Tratnik	Gazelle	s.t.
105	Karel Hnik	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
106	Nico Denz	Kraftwerk Man Machine	s.t.
107	Lionel Coutinho	Porto - Prio	s.t.
108	Filippo Pozzato	Ferrero - Samruk	s.t.
109	Westley Gough	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
110	Philip Lavery	Generali - EDF	s.t.
111	René Mandri	Ferrero - Samruk	s.t.
112	Kévin Reza	Euskaltel	s.t.
113	Josue Gonzalez Cortes	Team Ticos Air Costa Rica	s.t.
114	Romain Vanderbiest	Nemiroff - ABBYY	s.t.
115	Everson Camilo	Gazelle	s.t.
116	Armindo Fonseca	Strava	s.t.
117	Daniel Turek	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
118	Roman Senyenov	Gazelle	s.t.
119	Ben Gastauer	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
120	Darren Matthews	Podium Ambition	s.t.
121	Pit Schlechter	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
122	Fernando Gaviria	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
123	Andoni Blazquez	Ferrero - Samruk	s.t.
124	Zachary Hughes	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
125	Sergey Nikolaev	Nemiroff - ABBYY	s.t.
126	Segundo Navarrete	Hugo Boss	s.t.
127	Baptiste Planckaert	Generali - EDF	s.t.
128	Oleksandr Prevar	Nemiroff - ABBYY	s.t.
129	Noam Cohen	Fablok - Bank BGZ	s.t.
130	Clément Lhotellerie	Aker - MOT	s.t.
131	Michael Kurth	Kraftwerk Man Machine	s.t.
132	Jakub Skala	Generali - EDF	s.t.
133	Roman Maikin	Kraftwerk Man Machine	s.t.
134	Jan Brockhoff	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	s.t.
135	Nejc Kosic	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	s.t.
136	Louis Verhelst	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	+ 5'04
137	Sang Hong Park	Kraftwerk Man Machine	s.t.
138	Florian Morizot	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
139	Christophe Laporte	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
140	Robin Carpenter	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
141	Airidas Videika	Evonik - ELKO	s.t.
142	Jeroen Meijers	Ferrero - Samruk	s.t.
143	Miguel Angel Benito	Hugo Boss	s.t.
144	Geoffrey Soupe	Podium Ambition	s.t.
145	Saya Kuroeda	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
146	Shane Archbold	Grieg - Eftel	s.t.
147	Logan Owen	Podium Ambition	s.t.
148	Igor Boev	Tinkoff Sport Academy	s.t.
149	Klever Cuasquer	Hugo Boss	s.t.
150	Manuel Betilson	Porto - Prio	s.t.
151	Mikiel Habtom	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
152	Aksel Nommela	Generali - EDF	s.t.
153	Pim Ligthart	Hugo Boss	s.t.
154	Jakub Mareczko	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
155	Pavel Korzh	Tinkoff Sport Academy	s.t.
156	Janis Dakteris	Evonik - ELKO	s.t.
157	Domingos Gonçalves	Porto - Prio	s.t.
158	Christian Meier	Newton Foundation	s.t.
159	Ivan Kovalev	Tinkoff Sport Academy	s.t.
160	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Grieg - Eftel	s.t.
161	Mario Gonzalez Salas	Hugo Boss	s.t.
162	Jake Keough	Newton Foundation	s.t.
163	Carter Jones	Newton Foundation	s.t.
164	Krzysztof Marchewka	Porto - Prio	s.t.
165	Fabian Cancellara	Aker - MOT	s.t.
166	Sébastien Turgot	Euskaltel	s.t.
167	Wout Van Aert	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	+ 6'38
168	Ricki Nelson	Podium Ambition	s.t.
169	Truls Engen Korsaeth	Grieg - Eftel	s.t.
170	Maciej Ulanowski	Nemiroff - ABBYY	s.t.
171	Samuel Caldeira	Grieg - Eftel	s.t.
172	Stefan Hristov	Podium Ambition	s.t.
173	Bryan Villalobos	Team Ticos Air Costa Rica	s.t.
174	Taylor Newton	Newton Foundation	s.t.
175	Caio Godoy	Vesuvio - Accumalux	s.t.
176	Giorgi Nareklishvili	Fablok - Bank BGZ	s.t.
177	Jeison Elias Vega	Team Ticos Air Costa Rica	s.t.
178	Andriy Orlov	Nemiroff - ABBYY	s.t.
179	Carlos Verona	Newton Foundation	s.t.
180	Davide Martinelli	Generali - EDF	s.t.
181	Bryan Salas	Team Ticos Air Costa Rica	s.t.
182	Dan McLay	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
183	Charles Matte	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
184	Teodorico Usandizaga	Team Ticos Air Costa Rica	s.t.
185	Javier Aramendía	Hugo Boss	+ 9'40
186	César Rojas Villegas	Team Ticos Air Costa Rica	+ 10'16
187	Antonio Santoro	Team Ticos Air Costa Rica	s.t.
188	Oleg Zemlyakov	Ferrero - Samruk	s.t.
189	Ramon Domene	Newton Foundation	+ 13'04
190	Antwan Tolhoek	Ferrero - Samruk	s.t.
191	Daniel Ruiz	Hugo Boss	+ 14'56
192	Roman Lutsyshyn	Nemiroff - ABBYY	+ 19'23