Belletti wins G.P. Costa degli Etruschi
Vigano second and Bonifazio third in bunch sprint
Manuel Belletti scored the Southeast team's first victory in Europe by winning the bunch sprint of the GP Costa degli Etruschi. Belletti topped an all-Italian podium with runner-up Davide Vigano (Team Idea 2010 ASD) and Niccolo Bonifazio (Lampre-Merida) in third.
The Southeast team was motivated to capture an early victory on home soil, and the former yellow fluo, now blue-grey team laid down a steady tempo to control the early escape of four riders, Jacopo Mosca (Italy), Ricardo Tomas Creel (Roth - Skoda), Michele Gazzarra (Mg.Kvis-Vega), and Mattia Frapporti (Unieuro Wilier).
The quartet had been let out on a long leash, most of the peloton seemed uninterested in chasing, but two riders Artem Nych (Rusvelo) and János Pelikán (Utensilnord) were unwilling to miss the move, and spent the better part of 40km making the bridge.
Now with six, the breakaway clicked off a maximum advantage of almost 14 minutes before Alessandro Petacchi came to the front and decided to lay down the law. Soon other teams began to pitch in to help the chase, and the gap fell quickly. With 60km to go, cracks were forming in the breakaway, and Frapporti and Creel were jettisoned.
The chase was so effective that with 25km to go the breakaway was only a minute ahead, and the peloton slowed down to delay the catch. Mosca and Pelikan had been dropped on the ascent of the Torre Segalari, leaving just Nych and Gazzarra up ahead.
Their time came to an end on the last trip over the Torre Segalari, and the action began to heat up with an attack from Damiano Cunego (Niippo), Fabian Wegmann (Cult Energy) and Rodolfo Torres (Colombia) on the climb, but the speed was too high for them to stay clear.
Wegmann persisted with Francesco Gavazzi (Southeast), but a bunch sprint was inevitable. Bardiani, Lampre and Southeast all battled for the lead in the final kilometer, but it was Belletti who picked the right timing, getting the jump on the other sprinters and never looking back. He crossed the line with Vigano and Bonifazio on his wheel, fighting for second place
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Southeast | 4:29:28 |
2 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Team Idea 2010 ASD | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Russell Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Simone Consonni (Ita) Italy | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Italy | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Team Idea 2010 ASD | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Antonio Santoro (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Matija Kvasina (Cro) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Southeast | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Alessio Taliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Southeast | 0:00:09 |
26 | Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:11 |
27 | Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:00:13 |
28 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:18 |
29 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:21 |
30 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:23 |
31 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:00:27 |
32 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:46 |
33 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:00:53 |
34 | Marco D'urbano (Ita) GM Cycling Team | 0:01:16 |
35 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | 0:01:30 |
37 | Stefano Nardelli (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | 0:01:42 |
38 | Stefano Verona (Ita) Italy | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Ivan Balykin (Rus) RusVelo | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Gian Marco Di Francesco (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Team Idea 2010 ASD | 0:02:19 |
43 | Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Daniel Martínez (Col) Colombia | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Colombia | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) RusVelo | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Marc Garby (Den) Team Idea 2010 ASD | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Marco Tecchio (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Daniele Cavasin (Ita) GM Cycling Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Roman Maikin (Rus) RusVelo | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Fabio Chinello (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Joel Zangerle (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Jure Golcer (Slo) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:03:10 |
59 | Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Lukas Zeller (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Miloš Borisavljevic (Srb) Roth - Skoda | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Southeast | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia | 0:04:05 |
66 | Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Alessandro Pettiti (Ita) Team Idea 2010 ASD | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Eugenio Bani (Ita) Amore & VItaly - Selle SMP | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Matteo Rotondi (Ita) GM Cycling Team | 0:05:02 |
70 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Mamyr Stash (Rus) RusVelo | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Southeast | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Team Idea 2010 ASD | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Moreno Giampaolo (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Luca Muffolini (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Alessandro Mario Ferrarotti (Ita) GM Cycling Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Michele Gazzarra (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Artem Nych (Rus) RusVelo | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Bruno Maltar (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:05:37 |
82 | Balázs Rózsa (Hun) UNA | 0:06:16 |
83 | Zoltan Sipos (Hun) UNA | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Dániel Móricz (Hun) UNA | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | János Pelikán (Hun) UNA | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Marco Tizza (Ita) Team Idea 2010 ASD | 0:07:10 |
87 | Luca Capelli (Ita) Team Idea 2010 ASD | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Roth - Skoda | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Sebastian Stamegna (Ita) GM Cycling Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Alessio Bottura (Ita) Roth - Skoda | 0:08:16 |
92 | Igor Boev (Rus) RusVelo | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Emiliano Faieta (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Buttazzoni (Ita) Italy | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Southeast | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Southeast | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicola Da Dalt (Ita) Italy | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesco Lamon (Ita) Italy | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Italy | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giuseppe Sannino (Ita) Italy | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kiryll Pozdnyakov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniele Colli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Antonio Viola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tristan Marguet (Swi) Roth - Skoda | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gianluca Ocanha (Swi) Roth - Skoda | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Temesgen Teklehaymanot (Eri) Roth - Skoda | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ricardo Tomas Creel (USA) Roth - Skoda | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giacomo Tomio (Ita) Roth - Skoda | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Enea Cambianica (Swi) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Endi Širol (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Uros Repse (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filip Cengic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gergo Gonczy (Hun) Utensilnord | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Viktor Filutas (Hun) Utensilnord | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Zoltán Lengyel (Hun) Utensilnord | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Botond Hollo (Hun) Utensilnord | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Logan Loader (USA) Amore & VItaly - Selle SMP | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & VItaly - Selle SMP | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rino Zampilli (Ita) Amore & VItaly - Selle SMP | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paolo Lunardon (Ita) Amore & VItaly - Selle SMP | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rostyslav Zhukovskyi (Ukr) Amore & VItaly - Selle SMP | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yukinori Hishinuma (Jpn) Amore & VItaly - Selle SMP | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filippo Fortin (Ita) GM Cycling Team | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Antonio Di Sante (Ita) GM Cycling Team | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | José Hernández (Col) GM Cycling Team | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rino Gasparrini (Ita) Unieuro Wilier | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
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