Battistella wins Veneto Classic

Veneto Classic 2021 podium (LtoR: Marc Hirschi of UAE Team Emirates second, winner Samuele Battistella of Astana-Premier Tech, and third Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia of Androni Giocattoli Sidermec
Veneto Classic 2021 podium (LtoR: Marc Hirschi of UAE Team Emirates second, winner Samuele Battistella of Astana-Premier Tech, and third Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia of Androni Giocattoli Sidermec (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Samuele Battistella (Astana-Premier Tech) claimed victory in the inaugural edition of the Veneto Classic one-day rasce in Italy, holding off Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) and Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni-Sidermec) to win by five seconds after a breathless finale in Bassano del Grappa.

A native of nearby Rosssano Veneto, Battistella escaped with a shade under 40km to go in the company of Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), and they built what looked to be a winning lead on the first of three laps of the finishing circuit over the ascent of La Rosina.

Swipe to scroll horizontally
Results
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 5:01:49
2Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:06
3Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
4Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
5Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:10
6Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:27
7Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
8Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:29
9Andrea Piccolo (Ita) Italy 0:00:55
10Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
11Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:01:37
12Alberto Dainese (Ita) Italy 0:01:39
13Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
14Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane'
15Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
16Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane'
17Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane'
18Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
19Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
20Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
21Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
22Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
23Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane'
24Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
25Alex Tolio (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
26Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
27Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
28Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
29Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
30Antonio Puppio (Ita) Team Qhubeka
31Jonas Rapp (Ger) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:02:13
32Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:02:31
33Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
34Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
35Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore e Vita 0:05:34
36Davide Botta (Ita) Italy
37Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Italy
38Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
39Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
40Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:05:53
41Matteo Zurlo (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:07:00
42Davide De Pretto (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
43Riccardo Verza (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
44Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
45Kevin Bonaldo (Ita) Team Qhubeka
46Federico Burchio (Ita) IWD
47Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis
48Negasi Haylu Abreha (Eth) Team Qhubeka 0:08:54
49Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis 0:10:04
50Stijn Daemen (Ned) Abloc CT
51Timon Loderer (Ger) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
52Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
53Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
54Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
55Michael Konczer (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
56Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
57Lorenzo Visintainer (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
58Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
59Samuele Carpene (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
60Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis
61Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
62Raul Colombo (Ita) IWD
63Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
64Francesco Zandri (Ita) IWD
65Marco Grendene (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
66Alex Raimondi (Ita) Italy
67Luca Mozzato (Ita) Italy
68Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
69Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
70Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
71Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
72Mattia Guasco (Ita) Team Qhubeka
73Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) IWD
74Leonardo Marchiori (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
75Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
76Francesco Di Felice (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
77Erik Fetter (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
78Francesco Carollo (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
79Luka Pajek (Slo) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:10:27
DNSFabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
DNSFilippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane'
DNFKevin Pezzo Rosola (Ita) Italy
DNFFilippo Tagliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNFFabio Di Guglielmo (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
DNFEdoardo Martinelli (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
DNFJacopo Cortese (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
DNFNiccolo' Salvietti (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
DNFAndrea Ghislanzoni (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
DNFDavide Appollonio (Ita) Amore e Vita
DNFMattia Benedetti (Ita) Amore e Vita
DNFPaolo Totò (Ita) Amore e Vita
DNFVladislav Zubar (Ukr) Amore e Vita
DNFRodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
DNFDavide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
DNFEnrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane'
DNFLorenzo Milesi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNFLuca Cretti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNFGiosue' Crescioli (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNFMatteo Freddi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNFFernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
DNFSamuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
DNFPavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
DNFDamiano Cima (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
DNFEttore Pozza (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
DNFJacopo Menegotto (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
DNFStefan Kolb (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
DNFMarvin Hammerschmid (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
DNFTaco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNFLuca Coati (Ita) Team Qhubeka
DNFKarel Vacek (Cze) Qhubeka NextHash
DNFAleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
DNFJan Petelin (Lux) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
DNFMarco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
DNFSimone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
DNFRiccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
DNFGiovanni Bortoluzzi (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
DNFStefano Di Benedetto (Ita) IWD
DNFChristian Danilo Pase (Ita) IWD
DNFAlessio Acco (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
DNFGiulio Masotto (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
DNFManlio Moro (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.

Latest on Cyclingnews