2023 Giro dell'Appennino (1.1), Italy

84th edition: Friday, June 2, 2023

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Novi Ligure - Genova, 198.5 km

Marc Hirschi is first across the line with Cristian Rodriguez one second behind him. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Genova (Genoa) at 2:00 PM, local time: 22C (73F), fair, with the wind from the south at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 70% chace of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from race winner Marc Hirschi's UAE Team Emirates:

Little over a week since his win at the Tour of Hungary, Marc Hirschi struck again to clinch victory at the Giro dell’Appennino in Italy.

The 24 year old Swiss rider of UAE Team Emirates arrived in a two-man break with Cristian Rodriguez (Arkea-Samsic) to win in emphatic fashion on the 198km from Novi Ligure to Genoa.

The result marks the 30th victory of the season for UAE Team Emirates and the 3rd win of the year for Hirschi.

Hirschi: “ It’s very special to take the win today. After Hungary I took it quite easy and rested because for a race like today it’s important to arrive as fresh as possible and trust my good form from the previous races. The last climb was very difficult and I had a big chase to catch Rodriguez. Crossing the line was spectacular, there are a lot of people here and a good atmosphere.”

Complete results:

Photos

198.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.018 km/hr

1	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 57min 37sec
2	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 1sec
3	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:17
4	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
5	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
7	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
8	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
9	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
10	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
11	Santiago Umba	GW Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
12	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:19
13	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:33
14	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:35
15	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:40
16	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
17	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:42
19	Alessandro Monaco	Team Technipes #EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
20	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
21	Nahom Zerai	Q36.5 Continental	2:45
22	Edgar Andres Pinzon	GW Shimano-Sidermec	2:47
23	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
24	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	2:52
25	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec-Selle Italia	4:31
26	Roberto Gonzalez	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	5:24
27	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
28	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	5:25
29	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
30	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
31	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:21
34	Lorenzo Quartucci	Team Corratec-Selle Italia	8:28
35	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
36	Lorenzo Galimberti	Biesse-Carrera	s.t.
37	Giovanni De Carlo	Sias Rime	s.t.
38	Luca Rastelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
39	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
41	William Colorado	GW Shimano-Sidermec	11:14
42	Manuel Oioli	Q36.5 Continental	s.t.
43	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
44	Martin Nessler	Team Technipes #EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
45	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
46	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
47	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
49	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
51	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
52	Edouard Bonnefoix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	13:07
53	Filippo Tagliani	GW Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
54	Riccardo Ciuccarelli	Biesse-Carrera	s.t.
55	Pier Elis Belletta	Biesse-Carrera	s.t.
56	Andrea Innocenti	Team Technipes #EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
57	Simone Roganti	D'Amico UM Tools	s.t.
58	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	14:44
59	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
60	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
61	Gabriele Petrelli	Team Technipes #EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
62	Raffaele Mosca	Q36.5 Continental	s.t.
63	Germán Dario Gómez	GW Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
64	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
65	Hamza Amari	Q36.5 Continental	s.t.
66	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
67	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
68	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
69	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
70	Mattia Guasco	Sias Rime	s.t.
71	Mattia Piccini	Gallina Ecotek Lucchini	s.t.
72	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
73	Carlos Samudio	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
74	Efrem Gebrehiwet	Q36.5 Continental	s.t.
75	Edoardo Martinelli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
76	Manuel Capra	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
77	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
78	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

Race map

Race profile

2023 Giro dell'Appennino photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

2022 winner Louis Meintjes heads to the start line.

The peloton on the Passo della Castagnola, the day's first real climb.

Another shot of riders on the Castagnola

About halfway into the race the peloton descends in Giovi.

Marc Hirschi is the clear winner.

Henok Mulueberhan wins the sprint for third.

Gianni Savio (on left) is still running a team. This year it's GW Shimano-Sidermec.

Winner Marc Hirschi

The podium, from left: Cristian Rodriguez (2nd), Marc Hirschi (1st) & Henok Mulubrhan (3rd).

Start list with back numbers, June 1, 2023:

	INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
1	Louis Meintjes
2	Francesco Busatto
3	Simone Petilli
4	Georg Zimmermann
5	Lilian Calmejane
6	Lorenzo Rota
7	Rein Taaramäe
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
11	Elie Gesbert
12	Lukasz Owsian
15	Ewen Costiou
16	Mathis Le Berre
17	Cristian Rodriguez
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
21	Davide Formolo
22	Rui Oliveira
23	Michael Vink
24	Domen Novak
25	Alessandro Covi
26	Marc Hirschi
	EOLO-KOMETA
31	Alessandro Fancellu
32	Alex Martin
33	Andrea Pietrobon
34	Javier Serrano
35	Fernando Tercero
36	Davide Piganzoli
37	Andrea Garosio
	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
41	Jordi Lopez
42	Hector Carretero
43	Roger Adriá
44	Jon Agirre
45	José Félix Parra
46	Urko Berrade
47	Pablo Castrillo
	GREEN PROJECT-BARDIANI CSF-FAIZANÈ
51	Samuele Zoccarato
52	Luca Rastelli
53	Omar El Gouzi
54	Alessio Martinelli
55	Alex Tolio
56	Henok Mulubrhan
57	Riccardo Lucca
	CORRATEC-SELLE ITALIA
61	Simone Olivero
62	Veljko Stojnic
63	Marco Murgano
64	Matteo Amella
65	Davide Baldaccini
66	Alessandro Iacchi
67	Lorenzo Quartucci
	BELTRAMI TSA-TRE COLLI
71	Thomas Pesenti
72	Andrea Biancalani
73	Michael Vanni
74	Ettore Loconsolo
75	Alex Raimondi
76	Giacomo Tagliavini
77	Fabio Bassignana
	BIESSE-CARRERA
81	Riccardo Ciuccarelli
82	Alessandro Motta
83	Lorenzo Galimberti
84	Lorenzo Rinaldi
85	Matteo Frosio
86	Pierelis Belletta
	D'AMICO-UM TOOLS
91	Andrea Ghislanzoni
92	Lorenzo Pellegrini
93	Simone Roganti
94	Matteo Laloni
96	Alessandro Motti
97	Cosma Rausa
	GALLINA ECOTEK LUCCHINI
101	Domenico Cirlincione
102	Lorenzo Ferroni
104	Marco Tonti
105	Mattia Piccini
106	Malachi Covington
	GW SHIMANO-SIDERMEC
111	Edgar Andres Pinzon
112	Germán Dario Gómez
113	Santiago Umba
114	Alessandro Bisolti
115	Filippo Tagliani
116	William Colorado
117	Juan Carlos Lopez
	MG.K VIS-COLORS FOR PEACE
121	Davide Bauce
122	Mattia Di Felice
123	Lapo Gavilli
124	Ben Granger
125	Edoardo Martinelli
126	Carlos Samudio
127	Roberto Gonzalez
	NICE MÉTROPOLE-CÔTE D'AZUR
131	Tristan Delacroix
132	Damien Girard
133	Paul Hennequin
134	Edouard Bonnefoix
135	Andrea Mifsud
136	Maxime Urruty
	Q36.5 CONTINENTAL
141	Travis Stedman
142	Raffaele Mosca
143	Nahom Zerai
144	Efrem Gebrehiwet
145	Hamza Amari
146	Manuel Oioli
	SIAS RIME
151	Giovanni De Carlo
152	Mattia Guasco
153	Dennis Lock
154	Matteo Pongiluppi
155	Luca Rosa
	TEAM TECHNIPES #INEMILIAROMAGNA
161	Emanuele Ansaloni
162	Romaric Forques
163	Andrea Innocenti
164	Alessandro Monaco
165	Martin Nessler
166	Gabriele Petrelli
	WORK SERVICE-VITALCARE-DYNATEK
171	Danilo Pase Christian
172	Nicola Venchiarutti
173	Filippo Dignani
174	Giacomo Garavaglia
175	Luca Tornaboni
176	Samuele Leone
177	Manuel Capra