2013 RideLondon–Surrey Classic
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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 2013 RideLondon–Surrey Classic
| series = 2013 UCI Europe Tour
| race_no =
| season_no =
| image = RideLondon-Surrey Classic Profile.svg
| image_caption = Elevation Profile
| image_size = 350
| date = 4 August 2013
| stages = 1
| distance = 221
| unit = km
| time = 5h 07' 44"
| speed = 43.09
| first = Arnaud Démare
| first_nat = FRA
| first_team = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2013b}}
| second = Sacha Modolo
| second_nat = ITA
| second_team = {{UCI team code|CSF|2013}}
| third = Yannick Martinez
| third_nat = FRA
| third_team = {{UCI team code|LPM|2013}}
| points =
| points_nat =
| points_team =
| mountains = Ramon Sinkeldam
| mountains_nat = NED
| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|ARG|2013}}
| sprints = Ramon Sinkeldam
| sprints_nat = NED
| sprints_team = {{UCI team code|ARG|2013}}
| previous =
| next = 2014
}}
The 2013 RideLondon–Surrey Classic (also known as the 2013 Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural running of the RideLondon–Surrey Classic one-day cycling race. It was held on 4 August 2013 as a 1.1 category event within the 2013 UCI Europe Tour.
The race was won by {{UCI team code|FDJ|2013b}} rider Arnaud Démare in a sprint finish from a large main group of 96 riders.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/539802/arnaud-d-mare-wins-prudential-ridelondon-surrey-classic.html|title=Arnaud Démare wins Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic|publisher=Cycling Weekly|date=4 August 2013|accessdate=11 August 2013}} Sacha Modolo of {{UCI team code|CSF|2013}} finished second, having also finished second on The Mall in the 2011 London-Surrey Cycle Classic. The podium was completed by Yannick Martinez of {{UCI team code|LPM|2013}}.
Pre-race favourite Peter Sagan ({{UCI team code|CAN|2013}}) failed to finish together with Matthew Goss ({{UCI team code|OGE|2013}}). The highest place Briton was Ben Swift ({{UCI team code|SKY|2013}}) who having been edged out in the final sprint, rolled in tenth, ahead of Gerald Ciolek ({{UCI team code|MTN|2013}}) - winner of the 2013 Milan – San Remo.
Route
File:RideLondon-Surrey Classic Leith Hill Loop.svg
File:RideLondon-Surrey Classic KOM.svg
The {{convert|221|km|1|abbr=on}} route chosen for the 2013 edition of the RideLondon–Surrey Classic was a variation of the course used for the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/News/Newsroom/Britain_gets_set_to_host_its_biggest_ever_one-day_race_s1_p14415.htm|title=Britain gets set to host its biggest ever one-day race|publisher=Prudential RideLondon|date=6 February 2013|access-date=2014-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829035641/http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/News/Newsroom/Britain_gets_set_to_host_its_biggest_ever_one-day_race_s1_p14415.htm|archive-date=2014-08-29|url-status=dead}} The route featured five categorised climbs and three intermediate sprint points.
Riders started from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park close to the Olympic Velodrome before passing close to Canary Wharf and the Tower of London on the way through central London. Leaving London by the A4 the route passed through Richmond Park, Kingston upon Thames and Hampton Court Palace.
In Surrey the route passed through Weybridge and Ripley on the way to the first categorised climb of Newlands Corner near Guildford before heading along the A25 to Abinger Hammer. The route then featured three {{convert|27.3|km|1|abbr=on}} laps of a hilly section routed through Holmbury St Mary, Forest Green and Ockley which included the climb of Leith Hill - the highest point in South-East England.
The route back to London travelled through Dorking and included a single ascent of Box Hill before the largely flat run-in via Cobham, Kingston upon Thames, Wimbledon and Putney. The final kilometres followed the Embankment, past the Palace of Westminster, along Whitehall and turned right through Admiralty Arch 400m from the finish on The Mall.
= Sprints classification =
There were three Intermediate Sprints that counted towards the sprints classification:
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!Sprint | Race distance |
| Hampton Court Palace | {{convert|35.2|km|1|abbr=on}} |
| Dorking High Street | {{convert|160.3|km|1|abbr=on}} |
| Cobham High Street | {{convert|185.7|km|1|abbr=on}} |
Note that points were not awarded at the finish line.
= King of the Mountains classification =
There were five categorised climbs that counted towards the King of the Mountains classification:
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!Climb | Race distance | Category | Length | Ascent | Average grade | Max. grade |
| Newlands Corner{{cite web|url=http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1796793|title=Newlands Corner GPX Track|website=Ride With GPS|accessdate=14 September 2013}} | {{convert|69.2|km|1|abbr=on}} | Cat 3 | {{convert|1.8|km|1|abbr=on}} | {{convert|84|m|0|abbr=on}} | 4.7% | 9.6% |
| Leith Hill (1st Passage){{cite web|url=http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1796792|title=Leith Hill GPX Track|website=Ride With GPS|accessdate=14 September 2013}} | {{convert|95.3|km|1|abbr=on}} | Cat 2 | {{convert|2.1|km|1|abbr=on}} | {{convert|139|m|0|abbr=on}} | 6.6% | 11.8% |
| Leith Hill (2nd Passage) | {{convert|122.6|km|1|abbr=on}} | Cat 2 | {{convert|2.1|km|1|abbr=on}} | {{convert|139|m|0|abbr=on}} | 6.6% | 11.8% |
| Leith Hill (3rd Passage) | {{convert|149.9|km|1|abbr=on}} | Cat 2 | {{convert|2.1|km|1|abbr=on}} | {{convert|139|m|0|abbr=on}} | 6.6% | 11.8% |
| Box Hill{{cite web|url=http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1796791|title=Box Hill GPX Track|website=Ride With GPS|accessdate=14 September 2013}} | {{convert|165.9|km|1|abbr=on}} | Cat 2 | {{convert|2.5|km|1|abbr=on}} | {{convert|123|m|0|abbr=on}} | 4.9% | 10.9% |
Teams
25 teams were invited to the 2013 RideLondon–Surrey Classic: 8 UCI ProTeams, 6 UCI Pro Continental Teams, 10 UCI Continental Teams along with the British national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/Assets/London+Marathon+Digital+Assets/Prudential+RideLondon/London+Marathon+Digital+Assets/Downloadable/Prudential+RideLondon+Media+Guide+-+The+Events.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829095759/http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/Assets/London+Marathon+Digital+Assets/Prudential+RideLondon/London+Marathon+Digital+Assets/Downloadable/Prudential+RideLondon+Media+Guide+-+The+Events.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 August 2014|format=PDF|title=Prudential RideLondon Media Guide — The Events|accessdate=11 August 2013}}
Each of the 25 teams were due to enter six riders to the race, making up a starting peloton of 150 riders. {{UCI team code|BEL|2013b}} and {{UCI team code|MTN|2013}} both entered teams of five riders, and Vegard Breen of {{UCI team code|TJM|2013}} did not start, making a starting field of 147 riders.
valign="top" width=25%|UCI ProTeams
|valign="top" width=25%|UCI Pro Continental Teams
|valign="top" width=25%|UCI Continental Teams
|valign="top" width=25%|National Teams |
Race report
A breakaway of eight riders formed after 44 km, although their advantage did not increase beyond five minutes. The breakaway contained Ramon Sinkeldam of {{UCI team code|ARG|2013}} who would subsequently amass enough points at the intermediate sprints and on the categorised climbs to win both the Sprints Classification and the King of the Mountains Classification.
With {{UCI team code|SKY|2013}}, {{UCI team code|OGE|2013}} and {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} controlling the peloton the gap to the breakaway reduced to a little over two minutes after the three laps of the Leith Hill circuit. The peloton briefly splintered on the last categorised climb of Box Hill as David Millar of {{UCI team code|GRS|2013}} set a furious pace which led to the escape of his teammate Jack Bauer together with Yoann Offredo ({{UCI team code|FDJ|2013b}}) and Simon Yates (Great Britain Cycling Team) - who eventually caught the early breakaway.
With the peloton approaching Yoann Offredo and Zico Waeytens ({{UCI team code|TSV|2013}}) attacked the remnants of the breakaway on the approach to Kingston upon Thames and built a lead of over a minute with 20 km left to race, however on the approach to London (within the final 6 km) they too were caught by the peloton — resulting in the widely expected bunch sprint on The Mall.
David Millar led the peloton through Westminster, but as the teams passed under the flamme rouge with 1 km to go it was {{UCI team code|FDJ|2013b}} who were the better organised, delivering Arnaud Démare to the line to win by a bike length from Sacha Modolo.{{cite web|url=http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/News/Newsroom/Inspired_Frenchman_wins_first_Prudential_RideLondon-Surrey_Classic_s1_p16624.htm|title=Inspired Frenchman wins first Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic|date=4 August 2013|accessdate=11 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811223558/http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/News/Newsroom/Inspired_Frenchman_wins_first_Prudential_RideLondon-Surrey_Classic_s1_p16624.htm|archive-date=11 August 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
Results
= General classification =
Of the 147 starters 131 completed the course within the time limit and 96 riders finished on the same time. The top 10 finishers were:{{cite web|url=http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/Assets/London+Marathon+Digital+Assets/Prudential+RideLondon/Results+PDFs/Prudential-RideLondon-Surrey-Classic-Official-Results.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810024744/http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/Assets/London+Marathon+Digital+Assets/Prudential+RideLondon/Results+PDFs/Prudential-RideLondon-Surrey-Classic-Official-Results.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 August 2013|format=PDF|title=Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic 2013 - Official Results|accessdate=11 August 2013}}
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#ccccff;"
! !Cyclist !Team !Time |
| 1
| {{flagathlete|Arnaud Démare|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|FDJ|2013b}} | {{nowrap|5h 07' 44"}} |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Sacha Modolo|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|CSF|2013}} | s.t. |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Yannick Martinez|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|LPM|2013}} | s.t. |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Fabio Sabatini|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|CAN|2013}} | s.t. |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Danny van Poppel|NED}} | {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} | s.t. |
| 6
| {{flagathlete|Zak Dempster|AUS}} | {{UCI team code|TNE|2013}} | s.t. |
| 7
| {{flagathlete|Raymond Kreder|NED}} | {{UCI team code|GRS|2013}} | s.t. |
| 8
| {{flagathlete|Cristian Delle Stelle|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|CSF|2013}} | s.t. |
| 9
| {{flagathlete|Chris Sutton|AUS}} | {{UCI team code|SKY|2013}} | s.t. |
| 10
| {{flagathlete|Ben Swift|GBR}} | {{UCI team code|SKY|2013}} | s.t. |
= Sprints classification =
The results of the Sprints Classification were:
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#ccccff;"
! !Cyclist !Team !Points |
| 1
| {{flagathlete|Ramon Sinkeldam|NED}} | {{UCI team code|ARG|2013}} | 10 |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Dominique Rollin|CAN}} | {{UCI team code|FDJ|2013b}} | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Jonathan Mould|GBR}} | {{UCI team code|UKY|2013}} | 5 |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Adam Yates|GBR}} | 3 |
| 5=
| {{flagathlete|Zico Waeytens|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|TSV|2013}} | 2 |
| 5=
| {{flagathlete|Roman Van Uden|NZL}} | {{UCI team code|NGR|2012}} | 2 |
| 5=
| {{flagathlete|Jack Bauer|NZL}} | {{UCI team code|GRS|2013}} | 2 |
| 8=
| {{flagathlete|Matt Brammeier|IRL}} | {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}} | 1 |
| 8=
| {{flagathlete|Clinton Avery|NZL}} | {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}} | 1 |
| 8=
| {{flagathlete|Reidar Bohlin Borgersen|NOR}} | {{UCI team code|TJM|2013}} | 1 |
= King of the Mountains classification =
The results of the King of the Mountains Classification were:
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#ccccff;"
! !Cyclist !Team !Points |
| 1
| {{flagathlete|Ramon Sinkeldam|NED}} | {{UCI team code|ARG|2013}} | 26 |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Dominique Rollin|CAN}} | {{UCI team code|FDJ|2013b}} | 23 |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Zico Waeytens|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|TSV|2013}} | 20 |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Jonathon McEvoy|GBR}} | {{UCI team code|TNE|2013}} | 12 |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Michael Cuming|GBR}} | {{UCI team code|RCJ|2012}} | 7 |
| 6
| {{flagathlete|Reidar Bohlin Borgersen|NOR}} | {{UCI team code|TJM|2013}} | 5 |
| 7
| {{flagathlete|Clinton Avery|NZL}} | {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}} | 1 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/}}
{{London–Surrey Classic}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ridelondon-Surrey Classic}}
Category:2013 in British sport