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Lissone - Lissone, 195.7 km
Davide Formolo has left everyone else behind.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Lissone at 2:10 PM, local time: 27C (79F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Davide Formolo's UAE Team Emirates.
In Lissone, on the finish line on the Coppa Agostoni, Davide Formolo celebrates a solo victory, followed in second position by team mate Marc Hirschi.
The double is the result of a perfect race for UAE Team Emirates, that ruled in the final part of the 195.7 km of the course with start and arrival in Lissone.
At 60 km to go, Formolo took the head of the competition with other 5 riders on the third passage on the Lissolo climb, then the breakaway was reduced to 4 cyclists who were reached by Marc Hirschi in the downhill after the last passage on Lissolo.
The head group headed to the final 30 km counting on two riders from the Emirati team, Victor Lafay (Cofidis), Warren Barguil (Arkéa Samsic) and Chris Harper (Yayco Alula) , followed at 1’ by another UAE Team Emirates’ member, Diego Ulissi.
Everyone’s eyes were on the fastest cyclist, Hirschi, so the Emirati team tried to exploit the situation for a diversion: Formolo attacked at 10 km to go and he could build up an interesting gap that none of his opponents could close until the arrival. The Italian rider gave the seasonal victory number 53 to UAE Team Emirates, that obtained also three other results in the top 10: in addition to Hirschi (2nd) there were also Diego Ulissi (6th) and the 2022 edition winner Sjoerd Bax (9th)
Formolo: “I am very happy, I missed a lot the feeling of the victory. I had the task of selecting the peloton as much as I could on the Lissolo and the selection brought me in the head group with other 4 riders. When Hirschi joined us, I focused my action on keeping a high pace in order to advantage Marc for an eventual sprint. We noticed that the opponents were controlling him, so we decided to try to exploit my freedom: I attacked on the last hill and this was the winning action”.
Complete results:
195.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.289 km/hr
1 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 4hr 44min 23sec |
2 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | @ 32sec |
3 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | 0:51 |
4 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
5 | Chris Harper | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
6 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 1:31 |
7 | Iván García Cortina | Movistar | 3:28 |
8 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
9 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
10 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
11 | Simon Yates | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
12 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
13 | Filippo Zana | Jayco-AlUla | 3:32 |
14 | Felix Engelhardt | Jayco-AlUla | 6:02 |
15 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
16 | Sean Flynn | Team dsm-firmenich | s.t. |
17 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
18 | Anders Foldager | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
19 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
20 | Etienne Van Empel | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
21 | Oier Lazkano | Movistar | s.t. |
22 | Walter Calzoni | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
23 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
24 | Filippo Magli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
25 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
26 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
27 | Mattia Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
28 | Louis Barré | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
29 | Gianluca Brambilla | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
30 | William Barta | Movistar | s.t. |
31 | Andrea Garosio | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
32 | Giacomo Villa | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
33 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
34 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
35 | Clément Berthet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
36 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
37 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 6:09 |
38 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | 6:20 |
39 | Andrii Ponomar | Corratec-Selle Italia | 8:43 |
40 | Florian Stork | Team dsm-firmenich | s.t. |
41 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
42 | Raffaele Mosca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
43 | Alexis Guérin | Bingoal-WB | 11:37 |
44 | Louka Matthys | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
45 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | s.t. |
46 | Valerio Conti | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
47 | Bastien Tronchon | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
48 | Kevin Colleoni | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
49 | Alex Tolio | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
50 | Giovanni De Carlo | Sias-Rime | s.t. |
51 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
52 | Henok Mulubrhan | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
53 | Francesco Galimberti | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
54 | Simone Roganti | D'Amico UM Tools | s.t. |
55 | Davide Piganzoli | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
56 | Alessandro Pinarello | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
57 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
58 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
59 | Lennert Teugels | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
60 | Felix Grossschartner | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
61 | Dimitri Peyskens | Bingoal-WB | 14:26 |
62 | Roberto Gonzalez | MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace | s.t. |
63 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
64 | Alessandro Santaromita | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
65 | Andrés Mancipe | GW-Shimano-Sidermec | s.t. |
66 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich | s.t. |
67 | François Bidard | Cofidis | s.t. |
68 | Patrick Bevin | Team dsm-firmenich | s.t. |
69 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
70 | Riccardo Ciuccarelli | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
71 | Nicoló Arrighetti | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
72 | Nicolo Pettiti | Sias-Rime | s.t. |
73 | Filippo Tagliani | GW-Shimano-Sidermec | s.t. |
74 | Michael Belleri | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
75 | Edgar Cadena | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
76 | Matteo Amella | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
77 | Carlos Samudio | MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace | s.t. |
78 | Davide Bauce | MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace | s.t. |
Course map. Monza, at the bottom of the map, is just northeast of Milan.
2023 Coppa Agostoni profile
2023 Coppa Agostoni photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Ben Thomas heads to the start.
A TotalEnergies rider gets over one of the climbs.
Italian Champion Simone Velasco
Getting a rider back in the race.
Looks like real work.
Diego Ulissi finished sixth.
Davide Formolo can sit up and enjoy his win.
Victor Lafay beats Warren Barguil & Chris Harper for third.
Ivan Garcia Cortina wins the sprint for seventh.
The podium, from left: Marc Hirschi (2nd), Davide Formolo (1st) & Victor Lafay (3rd).
Race winner Davide Formolo
Start list with back numbers, Sept 27, 2023:
UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
1 | Sjoerd Bax |
2 | Jan Christen |
3 | Davide Formolo |
4 | Felix Grossschartner |
5 | Marc Hirschi |
6 | Vegard Stake Laengen |
7 | Diego Ulissi |
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN | |
11 | Simone Velasco |
12 | Samuele Battistella |
13 | Harold Tejada |
14 | Michele Gazzoli |
15 | Gianmarco Garofoli |
17 | Cristian Scaroni |
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | |
21 | Quinten Hermans |
22 | Michael Gogl |
23 | Nicola Conci |
24 | Stefano Oldani |
25 | Kristian Sbaragli |
26 | Alex Bogna |
27 | Luca Vergallito |
AG2R-CITROËN | |
31 | Andrea Vendrame |
32 | Clément Berthet |
33 | Benoît Cosnefroy |
34 | Killian Verschuren |
35 | Valentin Paret-Peintre |
36 | Ben O'Connor |
37 | Bastien Tronchon |
ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
41 | Warren Barguil |
42 | Louis Barré |
43 | Clément Champoussin |
44 | Simon Guglielmi |
45 | Lukasz Owsian |
46 | Alessandro Verre |
47 | Martin Tjøtta |
COFIDIS | |
51 | Victor Lafay |
52 | Ruben Fernandez |
53 | Simone Consonni |
54 | François Bidard |
55 | Davide Cimolai |
56 | Benjamin Thomas |
57 | Harrison Wood |
JAYCO-ALULA | |
61 | Filippo Zana |
62 | Kevin Colleoni |
63 | Felix Engelhardt |
64 | Lucas Hamilton |
65 | Chris Harper |
66 | Jesus David Peña |
67 | Simon Yates |
MOVISTAR | |
71 | Iván García Cortina |
72 | Imanol Erviti |
73 | William Barta |
74 | Oier Lazkano |
75 | Gregor Mühlberger |
76 | Óscar Rodríguez |
77 | Carlos Verona |
DSM-FIRMENICH | |
81 | Andreas Leknessund |
82 | Patrick Bevin |
83 | Marco Brenner |
84 | Romain Combaud |
85 | Sean Flynn |
86 | Florian Stork |
87 | Kevin Vermaerke |
TOTALENERGIES | |
91 | Pierre Latour |
92 | Jérémy Cabot |
93 | Alessio Cialone |
94 | Valentin Ferron |
95 | Mattéo Vercher |
96 | Alexis Vuillermoz |
97 | Paul Ourselin |
BINGOAL-WB | |
101 | Marco Tizza |
102 | Floris De Tier |
103 | Alexis Guérin |
104 | Dimitri Peyskens |
105 | Lennert Teugels |
106 | Louka Matthys |
107 | Aaron Van Der Beken |
Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
111 | Gianluca Brambilla |
112 | Mark Donovan |
113 | Walter Calzoni |
114 | Marcel Camprubí |
115 | Alessandro Fedeli |
117 | Raffaele Mosca |
GREEN PROJECT-BARDIANI-CSF-FAIZANÈ | |
121 | Henok Mulubrhan |
122 | Alex Tolio |
123 | Filippo Magli |
124 | Alessandro Santaromita |
125 | Alessio Martinelli |
126 | Edgar Cadena |
127 | Alessandro Pinarello |
EOLO-KOMETA | |
131 | Davide Bais |
132 | Vincenzo Albanese |
133 | Mattia Bais |
134 | Lorenzo Fortunato |
135 | Francesco Gavazzi |
136 | Davide Piganzoli |
137 | Andrea Garosio |
CORRATEC-SELLE ITALIA | |
141 | Valerio Conti |
142 | Etienne Van Empel |
143 | Nicolas Tivani |
144 | Andrii Ponomar |
145 | Marco Murgano |
146 | Matteo Amella |
147 | Karel Vacek |
BIESSE-CARRERA | |
151 | Giacomo Villa |
152 | Michael Belleri |
153 | Anders Foldager |
154 | Lorenzo Galimberti |
155 | Francesco Galimberti |
156 | Nicoló Arrighetti |
157 | Riccardo Ciuccarelli |
GW SHIMANO-SIDERMEC | |
161 | Alejandro Osorio |
162 | Alessandro Bisolti |
163 | Jhonatan Guatibonza |
164 | Andrés Mancipe |
165 | Jeferson Ruiz |
166 | Filippo Tagliani |
167 | Santiago Umba |
SIAS RIME | |
171 | Elia Tovazzi |
172 | Christian Bagatin |
173 | Lorenzo Fraccaro |
174 | Dennis Lock |
175 | Luca Rosa |
176 | Nicolo Pettiti |
177 | Giovanni De Carlo |
MG.K VIS-COLORS FOR PEACE | |
181 | Matthew Kingston |
182 | Davide Bauce |
183 | Francesco Carollo |
184 | Ben Granger |
185 | Roberto Gonzalez |
186 | Carlos Samudio |
187 | Edoardo Martinelli |
D'AMICO-UM TOOLS | |
191 | Andrea Ghislanzoni |
192 | Federico Di Mauro |
194 | Alessandro Motti |
195 | Lorenzo Pellegrini |
196 | Cosma Rausa |
197 | Simone Roganti |