Rory Townsend (Q36.5) took the biggest victory of his career in dramatic fashion at the ADAC Cyclassics Hamburg, surviving from the early breakaway to beat the charging peloton by just a bike length after a breathless chase.
The Irish champion was one of three remaining escapees who made it into the final kilometre with a 10-second lead over the rapidly closing peloton, having been out in front for almost 200km, and was the only one able to launch a final sprint around the last bend.
