Giro della Toscana: Guillaume Martin wins stage and overall in Volterra
Frenchman beats Visconti and Cattaneo
Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) continued his fine run of recent form by claiming overall victory at the Giro della Toscana after soling to victory on the hilltop finish at Volterra at the end of stage 2.
Martin punched his way clear of his fellow escapees with a little over a kilometre to go on the stiff cobbled climb to the finish, and he quickly established a winning advantage. The Frenchman crested the summit in the heart of Volterra with a lead of 10 seconds over Giovanni Visconti (Bahrain-Merida), while Mattia Cattaneo (Androni Giocattoli) took third.
Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) crossed the line in 7th place on the stage as part of the main peloton, just ahead of Egan Bernal (Androni Giocattoli). The Dimension Data team of stage 1 winner Steve Cummings rode prominently in a bid to defend the Briton's overall lead, but Martin's stage win was enough to move him to the top of the general classification.
The 24-year-old Martin finished 23rd in a solid Tour de France debut in July, and has enjoyed considerable success in the weeks since his maiden Grand Tour. The Frenchman has now clocked up five victories since mid-August, following his stage win at the Tour du Limousin and a stage win and final overall victory at the Tour du Gevaudan last week.
In Tuscany on Wednesday, Martin was part of the decisive break that formed on the final lap of the finishing circuit around Volterra, tracking the move of Michele Gazzara (Sangemini - Mg. K Vis) and Pavel Brutt (Gazprom-Rusvelo) in the company of Cattaneo, Enrico Gasparotto (Bahrain-Merida), Matteo Bono (UAE-Team Emirates) and Matteo Busato (Wilier).
In the frantic closing kilometres, others, including Visconti and Anthony Delaplace (Fortuneo-Oscaro) succeeded in bridging across to the Martin group, which had in turn caught Federico Zurlo (UAE-Team Emirates), a survivor of the day's early break.
When Visconti launched a fierce attack with a little over three kilometres to go, only Martin, Delaplace and Cattano could follow, and they approach the base of the final climb towards Volterra with a lead of 40 seconds over the main peloton, which featured Nibali, Bernal and Cummings.
Once the road gradient began to pitch up in earnest, it was soon apparent that Martin was the strongest of the escapees, and he forged clear outside the final kilometre. He managed his advantage well thereafter to claim stage victory.
A disappointed Visconti led the chasers home, 10 seconds behind Martin. Cattaneo beat Fabricio Ferrari (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Delaplace to third, while Marco Canola (Nippo-Vini Fantini) came home just ahead of Nibali, Bernal and the other overall favourites.
The stage had been animated by an early escape featuring Martin's Wanty-Groupe Gobert teammate Danilo Napolitano, as well as Fabricio Ferrari, Josu Zaballa (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Federico Zurlo (UAE-Team Emirates) Matthias Krizek (Tirol Cycling), Igor Boev (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF) and Jacopo Mosca (Wilier). They spent over 100 kilometres at the front and gained a maximum advantage of almost five minutes before Dimension Data and Bahrain-Merida began to peg them back ahead of the finale.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 4:03:10 |
2 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:10 |
3 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:13 |
4 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:00:15 |
5 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | 0:00:18 |
6 | Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:00:26 |
7 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Egan Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:28 |
9 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Daniel Martinez (Col) Wilier Triestina | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Jonathan Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:33 |
15 | Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:00:36 |
16 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Yonder Godoy (Ven) Wilier Triestina | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Ettore Carlini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | 0:00:45 |
27 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:48 |
28 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Col) Androni Giocattoli | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:00:52 |
32 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:56 |
36 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:58 |
37 | Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:01:05 |
38 | Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:01:11 |
39 | Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:01:18 |
41 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:01:19 |
42 | Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:01:32 |
44 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data | 0:02:33 |
46 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Michele Gazzara (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | 0:02:37 |
48 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | 0:02:40 |
49 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | 0:02:50 |
50 | Federico Canuti (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | 0:03:37 |
51 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:03:46 |
52 | Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:04:51 |
53 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | 0:05:14 |
54 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | 0:06:20 |
55 | Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:06:50 |
56 | Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | 0:09:38 |
57 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:13:16 |
59 | Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Enrico Salvador (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Josu Zabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dan Craven (Nam) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oscar Pelegri Ferrandis (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Markus Wildauer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angelo Raffaele (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angelo Vitiello (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simone Bernardini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Niccolo' Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 8:25:01 |
2 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:10 |
3 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:13 |
4 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:14 |
5 | Egan Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:16 |
6 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | 0:00:18 |
7 | Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:21 |
8 | Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:00:26 |
9 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | 0:00:28 |
10 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Jonathan Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:36 |
14 | Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Ettore Carlini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | 0:00:45 |
23 | Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:00:48 |
24 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Col) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:57 |
26 | Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:01:01 |
27 | Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:01:03 |
30 | Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:01:05 |
31 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:01:07 |
32 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:01:18 |
33 | Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli | 0:01:19 |
34 | Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:01:20 |
35 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | 0:02:40 |
36 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | 0:02:50 |
37 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:03:03 |
38 | Daniel Martinez (Col) Wilier Triestina | 0:03:16 |
39 | Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina | 0:03:24 |
40 | Yonder Godoy (Ven) Wilier Triestina | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Federico Canuti (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | 0:03:37 |
42 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 0:03:40 |
43 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:04:07 |
44 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:04:20 |
45 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:05:21 |
46 | Michele Gazzara (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | 0:05:25 |
47 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:07:24 |
48 | Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina | 0:07:39 |
49 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:08:00 |
50 | Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data | 0:09:01 |
51 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | 0:09:08 |
52 | Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:09:38 |
53 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates | 0:09:47 |
54 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:10:14 |
55 | Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:11:19 |
56 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | 0:11:42 |
57 | Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | 0:12:26 |
58 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data | 0:13:04 |
59 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:13:16 |
60 | Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:13:25 |
65 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:13:31 |
67 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:16:04 |
68 | José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Enrico Salvador (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:19:44 |
77 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Josu Zabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
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