Coppi e Bartali: Solo Marco Brenner holds off sprinting pack for stage 1 victory

BESSEGES FRANCE FEBRUARY 02 Marco Brenner of Germany and Team Tudor Pro Cycling Team attacks in the final kilometres during the 54th Etoile de Besseges Tour du Gard Stage 3 a 16111km stage from Besseges to Besseges on February 02 2024 in Besseges France Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
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Marco Brenner (Tudor Pro Cycling) launched a powerful late attack to grab a solo win on the opening stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.

The 21-year-old German held off a surging peloton by only seconds across the final 4km for his first win of the season. Matteo Malucelli (JCL Team UKYO) finished second while Koen Bouwman (Visma-Lease a Bike) held off Jenno Berckmoes (Lotto Dstny) for third.

Jackie Tyson
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Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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