Hammer Series

The Hammer Series is a series of cycling races organised by Velon in which teams compete against each other to determine the winning formation, instead of individual riders. The races are part of the UCI Asia Tour or UCI Europe Tour in category 2.1 or 1.1.[1] The races consist of three days, with each posing a separate challenge, sprint, climb and Team Time Trial chase.[2] The races are organised by Velon.

Hammer Series
Race details
DateMay–October
RegionLimburg, Netherlands (2017–)
Stavanger, Norway (2018–)
Hong Kong (2018–)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour
UCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserVelon
Web sitehammerseries.com
History
First edition2017 (2017)
First winnerTeam Sky
Most winsDeceuninck–Quick-Step
Team BikeExchange
(2 wins)
Most recentDeceuninck–Quick-Step

The name Hammer refers to a pro cycling term “Drop the Hammer”, which is the moment when a rider decides to make a break away from his rivals.[3]

Controversies

Velon's complaint against the UCI

Velon is a cycling media organisation created in 2014 by 11 World Tour teams. The organisation develop media content that is not often available via the UCI. Velon launched the Hammer Series in 2017.[4] On 20 September 2019, Velon, with the unanimous support of its shareholders, submitted an anti-trust Complaint to the European Commission against the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) based on Articles 101 and 102 TFEU.[5]

The complaint taken to the European Commission was over two issues. The first issue is the use of the word “series” in Velon’s Hammer Series.[6]

Winners
Year Date Location Hammer Races Race winner Series champion
Climb Sprint Chase
2017 2–4 June Limburg Movistar Team Trek–Segafredo Team Sky Team Sky Team Sky
2018 25–27 May Stavanger Mitchelton–Scott Mitchelton–Scott Mitchelton–Scott Mitchelton–Scott Mitchelton–Scott
1–3 June Limburg Bahrain–Merida Mitchelton–Scott Mitchelton–Scott Quick-Step Floors
14 October Hong Kong Not held Mitchelton–Scott Team Sunweb Mitchelton–Scott
2019 24–26 May Stavanger Team Jumbo–Visma Deceuninck–Quick-Step CCC Team Team Jumbo–Visma Team Jumbo–Visma
7–9 June Limburg Deceuninck–Quick-Step Deceuninck–Quick-Step Mitchelton–Scott Deceuninck–Quick-Step
12-13 October Hong Kong Not held Cancelled

References
  1. "Hammer Sportzone Limburg". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. "Hammer Series decided on the line between Sky and Sunweb - Cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. "New Name, Logo, and Identity for Hammer Series by Designwerk". underconsideration.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. "Velon's complaint to the UCI". cyclingbrief.com/. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  5. "Velon's complaint to the UCI". cyclingbrief.com/. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  6. "Velon's complaint to the UCI". cyclingbrief.com/. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
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