Lobato wins Coppa Sabatini
Spaniard takes victory after late surge
Juan Jose Lobato (Nippo-Vini Fantini) sprang a surprise to claim victory in the 2018 Coppa Sabatini, stealing a march on the field in the uphill finale of the Italian race.
The Spaniard, who was fired by LottoNL-Jumbo ahead of this season over an incident involving sleeping pills, claimed his first win for the Italian-Japanese Pro Conti team with a perfectly-timed effort in Pecciolo.
After a dramatic crash took out solo leader Vincenzo Albanese (Bardiani-CSF) in the final kilometre, Lobato caught the rest of the reduced peloton off guard and went from some 350 metres out. He opened a big gap and although he faded in the final metres he had done enough and was able to coast across the line.
Behind him, two-time winner Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) finished second, with recent Coppa Agostini and Giro della Toscana winner Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) in third.
"This year has been a difficult year for me, so this victory is very important for me, the most important, mentally ,that I’ve had for some time," he said. "I saw I could avoid the problem and the crash, and then I just went for it."
The late-season Tuscan race took the peloton on a lightly undulating 201.8km course, featuring six laps of a finish circuit. With the final kilometre of the circuit all uphill, it was always likely to be a battle between the punchy finishers. A six-man breakaway went away early on and contained: Fausto Masnada (Androni Giocattoli Sidermec), Emmanuel Morin (Cofidis), Sebastian Schonberger and Edoardo Zardini (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia), Nikolay Cherkasov (Gazprom-RusVelo), and Eduard Grosu (Nippo-Vini Fantini)
The sextet built up a lead of four minutes by the time they hit the local laps but were steadily reeled back in. Morin, Schonberger, and Grosu lost contact inside 50km to go, while Masnada dropped the remaining two and went solo with 40km to go.
The Italian was caught with 21km remaining, and was replaced by Giuseppe Fonzi (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia) in a counter-attack.
Fonzi was caught just over one lap to go, as AG2R set up a Romain Bardet attack and the Frenchman led down the short descent. He was joined briefly by Giovanni Visconti (Bahrain-Merida). Xandro Meurisse (Wanty Groupe Gobert), and Sebastian Henao (Team Sky), but Dimension Data dragged it back together.
A big left-hand turn led into the final kilometre, and Albanese rolled the dice with a long-ranger. He opened up a small gap but slid out on a left-hand bend just over 500 metres out. As the peloton skipped around him, Lobato sensed an opportunity and unleashed his vicious acceleration to claim a much-needed victory.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 4:41:40 |
2 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Marco Tizza (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Italy | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Hayter Ethan (GBr) Team Sky | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:09 |
24 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Italy | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | 0:00:15 |
30 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Ivan Martinelli (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Dario Puccioni (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Sky | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Emanuele Onesti (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | 0:00:23 |
46 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:27 |
47 | Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Luca Pacioni (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:29 |
51 | Christian Scaroni (Ita) Italy | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Davide Casarotto (Ita) Italy | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 0:00:33 |
54 | Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:00:35 |
55 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Nekrasov Denis (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:01:00 |
71 | Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:01:05 |
72 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:09 |
73 | Ettore Carlini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 0:01:13 |
75 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | 0:01:23 |
77 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Andrea Garosio (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Italy | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 0:01:33 |
86 | Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 0:01:40 |
87 | Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 0:01:45 |
88 | Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:49 |
89 | Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates | 0:01:53 |
91 | Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 0:02:04 |
93 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Justin Alexander Oien (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:02:11 |
95 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:02:14 |
96 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Italy | 0:02:25 |
98 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:02:29 |
99 | Romain Le Roux (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 0:05:40 |
107 | Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:05:50 |
108 | Nicolò Garibbo (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Konychev (Ita) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain-Merida | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ben O'connor (Aus) Dimension Data | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elia Ciabocco (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matteo Draperi (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Attilio Viviani (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesco Bettini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angelo Raffaele (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
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