The 1996 HEW Cyclassics was the inaugural edition of the

HEW Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur road bicycle race, cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is alw ...

cycle race and was held on 25 August 1996. The race started and finished in

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. The race was won by

Rossano Brasi Rossano Brasi (born 3 June 1972) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit, team pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was professional from 1995 to 2002 wit ...

General classification

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