2023 Coppa Ugo Agostoni - Giro delle Brianze (1.1), Italy

76th edition: Thursday, September 28, 2023

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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:

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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 & profile:

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