2021 GP Canton Aargau/d'Argovie (1.1), Switzerland
57th edition: Friday, June 4, 2021
GP Canton Aargau podium history | 2019 edition (race not held in 2020) | 2022 edition
Leuggern - Leuggern, 172 km
Bora-hansgrohe's Ide Schelling beats Rui Costa and Esteban Chaves for the win.
Weather at the start/finish city of Leuggern at 1:25 PM, local time: 20C, showers in the area with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr. During the afternoon the chances for rain will fluctuate between 15% - 30%.
The race: Here's the report from winner Ide Schelling's Bora-hansgrohe team.
BORA - hansgrohe took to the start of the GP Aargau in Switzerland today, with a course stretching over 172km of partly undulating terrain around Leuggern.
Right from the start, a trio was able to break free, yet after the escapees had gained more than six minutes over the field, Team BikeExchange and Team Qhubeka ASSOS started the chase to keep the advantage within reason. BORA -hansgrohe came to the fore in the decisive phase, and due to this pace-setting, the break was eventually caught.
About 15km before the finish, three riders, among them Ide Schelling, managed to break away from the peloton. It ultimately became clear that the trio would fight it out for the victory, with Ide eventually taking the victory in the final sprint against his two experienced competitors, thereby also celebrating his first professional win.
From the Finish Line:
"Today I had really strong legs. The guys kept me in a good position and towards the end I had to counter the important attacks together with Acki and Toni. That wasn't necessarily easy, but we still managed to do it. On the last lap, I took my chances between the two climbs and Costa and Chavez followed me. It ultimately came down to a sprint and luckily, I was the fastest! I'm really happy to take my first pro win in this way." - Ide Schelling
Complete Results:
172 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.994 km/hr
| 1 | Ide Schelling | Bora-hansgrohe | 4hr 5min 45sec |
| 2 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 3 | Esteban Chaves | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | @ 15sec |
| 5 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Michael Matthews | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 7 | Marco Tizza | Amore & Vita | s.t. |
| 8 | Andrea Pasqualon | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 9 | Julien Simon | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 10 | Gijs van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 11 | Marco Canola | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 12 | Romain Hardy | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 13 | Jan Maas | Leopard Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 14 | Lukas Rüegg | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. |
| 15 | Joel Suter | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 16 | Thimo Willems | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 17 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 18 | Ryan Gibbons | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 19 | Maurits Lammertink | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 20 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 21 | Simone Velasco | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 22 | Roland Thalmann | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. |
| 23 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 24 | Nino Schurter | Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 25 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 26 | Kevin Ledanois | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 27 | Fabio van den Bossche | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 28 | Anthony Turgis | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 29 | Andrea Garosio | Bardiani CSF Faizanè | s.t. |
| 30 | Adria Moreno | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. |
| 31 | Amund Jansen | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 33 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 33 | Julian Mertens | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:26 |
| 34 | Anton Palzer | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 35 | Rune Herregodts | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 36 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 37 | Alessandro Monaco | Bardiani CSF Faizanè | s.t. |
| 38 | Cristian Munoz | UAE Team Emirates | 0:31 |
| 39 | Fabien Doubey | Total Direct Energie | 0:33 |
| 40 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | 0:36 |
| 41 | Daniel Savini | Bardiani CSF Faizanè | s.t. |
| 42 | Edvald Hagen | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 43 | David de la Cruz | UAE Team Emirates | 0:51 |
| 44 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 45 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:55 |
| 46 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:58 |
| 47 | Thomas Sprengers | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 48 | Dion Smith | Team BikeExchange | 1:03 |
| 49 | Roberto Gonzalez | Vini Zabú | 1:13 |
| 50 | Luc Wirtgen | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 51 | Dimitri Peyskens | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 52 | Davide Appollonio | Amore & Vita | s.t. |
| 53 | Jonathan Couanon | Nippo-Provence-PTS | 1:16 |
| 54 | Reinardt van Rensburg | Qhubeka-Assos | 2:00 |
| 55 | Paolo Toto | Amore & Vita | 2:39 |
| 56 | Aaron Verwilst | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:57 |
| 57 | Stefano Pirazzi | Amore & Vita | 3:00 |
| 58 | Mathijs Paasschens | Bingoal-WB | 3:37 |
| 59 | Patrick Haller | Leopard Pro Cycling | 3:47 |
| 60 | Fabio Christen | Nippo-Provence-PTS | s.t. |
| 61 | Jarno Mobach | Leopard Pro Cycling | 3:48 |
| 62 | Raffaele Radice | MG.K vis VPM | 3:55 |
| 63 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani CSF Faizanè | s.t. |
| 64 | Davide Orrico | Vini Zabú | s.t. |
| 65 | Thomas Boudat | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 66 | Tom Paquot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 67 | Ivan Rovny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 68 | Stuart Balfour | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. |
| 69 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 70 | Pierre Latour | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 71 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 72 | Alexis Guerin | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. |
| 73 | Mirco Maestri | Bardiani CSF Faizanè | s.t. |
| 74 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani CSF Faizanè | s.t. |
| 75 | Luke Durbridge | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 76 | Josh Teasdale | X Speed United | 6:27 |
| 77 | Julien Duval | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 78 | Connor Brown | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
| 79 | Petr Rikunov | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 80 | Lukas Meiler | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. |
| 81 | Igor Boev | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 82 | Quentin Venner | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 83 | Nicholas Dlamini | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
| 84 | Paul Wright | MG.K vis VPM | s.t. |
| 85 | Kenny de Ketele | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 86 | Francesco di Felice | MG.K vis VPM | s.t. |
| 87 | Paul Double | MG.K vis VPM | s.t. |
| 88 | Victor de la Parte | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 89 | Colin Stussi | Team Vorarlberg | s.t. |
| 90 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 91 | Johan Jacobs | Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 92 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 93 | Louis Coqueret | Leopard Pro Cycling | 7:27 |
| 94 | Enrico Zanoncello | Bardiani CSF Faizanè | 7:51 |
| 95 | Juan Salas | Massi Vivo-Conecta | s.t. |
| 96 | Cyrille Thiery | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. |
| 97 | Simon Vitzthum | Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 98 | Antoine Aebi | Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 99 | Jordi Meeus | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 100 | Claudio Imhof | Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 101 | Damian Luscher | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. |
| 102 | Timon Ruegg | Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 103 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Vini Zabú | s.t. |
| 104 | Thery Schir | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. |
| 105 | Leonardo Tortomasi | Vini Zabú | 11:01 |
| 106 | Szymon Tracz | Nippo-Provence-PTS | s.t. |
| 107 | Wesley Mol | X Speed United | s.t. |
| 108 | Erik Baska | Bora-hansgrohe | 14:13 |
| 109 | Fabio Di Guglielmo | MG.K vis VPM | s.t. |
| 110 | Evan Burtnik | X Speed United | s.t. |
| 111 | Jan Petelin | Vini Zabú | s.t. |
| 112 | Niccolo Salvietti | MG.K vis VPM | 15:39 |
| 113 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | 16:08 |