The route and the profile of the race didn’t change much over the years. Owing to the rather flat Brandenburg landscape surrounding the city of Berlin, there aren’t many difficulties for the riders to overcome - none at all to be accurate. So everything looks to be prepared for a bunch sprint - or doesn’t it? Although the profile doesn’t suggest it, the race history has shown that attackers actually have a chance at this race.
Race History
The race is held since 2012 with a one-year hiatus in 2021. The character has stayed the same over all this years, so Berlin will welcome once again the best sprinters, this year those of the CT. But the sprinters (and their teams) will have to pay attention, as there were some surprise wins from late attacks (Dzamastagic in 2022 and Silvestre in 2019) or even from the break of the day (Bennett in 2014 and Vink in 2015) in the previous editions.
So far no rider was able to win the race twice, but Riabushenko, Dzamastagic and Itami are at the start of the race and have the chance to become the sole record holder – and at least the former two are among the favourites for the win.
Previous winners:
Spoiler
Year
Winner
2023
Aliaksandr Riabushenko (Babymetal Cycling)
2022
Mark Dzamastagic (HelloFresh - Lampre)
2020
Kenji Itami (GCN Racing)
2019
Fabio Silvestre (Berg Cycles)
2018
John Degenkolb (Iberia - Team Degenkolb)
2017
Óscar Guerao (SPAR - Shimano - SCG)
2016
Tosh van der Sande (Strava)
2015
Michael Vink (Risa - Ergon)
2014
George Bennett (Oz Cycling Project)
2013
Allan Davis (Hollister Pro Cycling)
2012
Daniele Bennati (Team Puma SAP)
2023 results:
Spoiler
1
Aliaksandr Riabushenko
Babymetal Cycling
4h04'47
2
Emils Liepins
Crabbe-CC Chevigny
s.t.
3
Christian Bertilsson
Tafjord Kraft
s.t.
4
Moreno Moser
Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh
s.t.
5
Xhuliano Kamberaj
Stela-Vita
s.t.
6
Theo Reinhardt
Adidas-Eurocash
s.t.
7
Gabriel Marin
Manada Coyote
s.t.
8
Riccardo Minali
Team Würth MODYF
s.t.
9
John Degenkolb
JEWA TIROL Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Thomas Boudat
JEWA TIROL Cycling Team
s.t.
Favourites
The startlist of the race consists of 15 teams form the CT and 4 teams from the PCT - with at least the CT teams sending their best sprinter(s) - not really surprising regarding the profile of the race. So the list of favorites is mainly a list of the best sprinters starting, supplemented by some potential late attackers.
Sprinters:
The list of sprinters is long - and could quite well be a lot longer still. On top of the list there are Carsi and Zariff, though both were mostly disappointing so far in this season. Behind them we find more than a dozen sprinters with pretty similar SP/ACC combinations (plus some veterans with low ACC), so it will all come down to positioning and the right timing.
FL
ST
RS
SP
AC
Carsi
Mustafa
70
66
69
80
82
Zariff
Nur Aiman
70
71
67
80
80
Riabushenko
Aliaksandr
76
71
74
79
77
Kennett
Dylan
75
73
76
79
78
Welten
Bram
76
72
71
79
75
Willwohl
Willi
73
71
67
79
78
Minali
Riccardo
73
70
74
79
79
Gibbons
Ryan
75
73
72
78
78
Havik
Yoeri
72
72
66
78
74
Mareczko
Jakub
74
71
73
78
77
Keough
Luke
72
65
71
78
77
Page
Dylan
75
72
72
78
79
Scott
Cameron
72
72
71
78
78
Bertilsson
Christian
72
70
69
78
75
Altanzul
Maani
72
68
73
78
75
Rouleurs:
This riders could launch an attack in the final kilometers if they don’t have to work for their respective sprinter (which is indeed quite improbable regarding the pure amount of sprinters at the start).
[C2] Berlin ProRace 
