(Adds quotes) LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Luxembourg's Jean-Pierre Drucker sprinted to victory in the 200km RideLondon-Surrey Classic on Sunday, the BMC rider edging out Dutchman Mike Teunissen and Briton Ben Swift. With the peloton, which included seven UCI WorldTour teams, shredded in the Surrey hills on a warm day, only four men were left in contention on The Mall and Drucker timed his surge to perfection to claim the biggest win of his career. The thousands of fans who lined the route around some of London's landmarks had hoped to see Briton Mark Cavendish contesting a bunch sprint, but the searing pace took its toll and the Etixx-Quick-Step rider did not feature.
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