2018 Coppa Bernocchi (1.1), Italy
100th edition: Sunday, September 16, 2018
Coppa Bernocchi podium history | 2017 edition | 2019 edition
Legnano - Legnano: 194.7 km. Legnano is 20 kilometers northwest of Milan.
Sonny Colbrelli gets a clear win. Bettini photo
The race: Here's the report from winner Sonny Colbrelli's Bahrain-Merida team.
Legnano (Italy), September 16th – With an impressive sprint Sonny Colbrelli wins the Coppa Bernocchi again, after the triumph he took last year, always with Bahrain-Merida Pro Cycling Team jersey.
A special victory seen that it was the 100th edition of this classical Italian race, part of the Trittico Lombardo series, with start and finish in Legnano, north of Milan. A race that suits to sprinters and Sonny Colbrelli was among the favourites. “I never could have won without the help of my teammates” comments the Italian rider “They have been fantastic. I had just to raise my arms to celebrate. Grega Bole and Giovanni Visconti lead me out perfectly. Wang did a good job too, working at the front of the peloton in the finale to bridge the gap to the four attackers. Happily we succeeded to catch them and I could sprint very well. I want to dedicate this win to my family, especially to Adelina that soon will give birth to our baby girl”.
Bahrain-Merida Pro Cycling Team – directed by Sports Director Alberto Volpi – did indeed a very good job today. They controlled the race when there were the early breakaway and following attempts of attack, both during the challenging 6 laps of the Valle Olona circuit (16.7 km with the GPM of Morazzone) and in the final city circuit to be repeated three times. “We faced the race with personality yesterday too, but we had less luck than today. Instead today we had good legs and luck as well” explains Volpi “The team worked very well, especially in the final circuit. Then with a guy like Sonny, a sprint win comes easily. I said to the boys this morning at the team meeting, that I wanted a squad with grinta and so it was”.
Complete Results:
194.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.419 km/hr
| 1 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bahrain-Merida | 4hr 29min 3sec |
| 2 | BELLETTI Manuel | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 3 | SIMION Paolo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 4 | LOBATO Juan José | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 5 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | s.t. |
| 6 | FRAPPORTI Marco | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 7 | TROIA Oliviero | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | PORSEV Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 9 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 10 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 11 | CANOLA Marco | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 12 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 13 | VELASCO Simone | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 14 | MODOLO Sacha | Italy | s.t. |
| 15 | TULIK Angelo | Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 16 | LIENHARD Fabian | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 17 | SBARAGLI Kristian | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 18 | STALLAERT Joeri | Vorarlberg-Santic | s.t. |
| 19 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 20 | MÄDER Gino | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 21 | COVI Alessandro | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 22 | MOZZATO Luca | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 23 | RUEGG Lukas | Vorarlberg-Santic | s.t. |
| 24 | PONZI Simone | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 25 | SOBRERO Matteo | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 26 | FRAPPORTI Mattia | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 27 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Fortuneo-Samsic | s.t. |
| 28 | OLDANI Stefano | Polartec-Kometa | s.t. |
| 29 | TOTÒ Paolo | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | s.t. |
| 30 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 31 | MORTIER Julien | WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 32 | SALVADOR Enrico | Biesse Carrera Gavardo | s.t. |
| 33 | TIVANI German | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 34 | IRISARRI Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 35 | MADRAZO Ángel | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 36 | FEDELI Alessandro | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 37 | STACCHIOTTI Riccardo | MsTina-Focus | s.t. |
| 38 | BOLE Grega | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 39 | MOLLY Kenny | WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 40 | VDOVIN Alexander | Lokosphinx | s.t. |
| 41 | ZARDINI Edoardo | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 42 | FERRARI Fabricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 43 | SOKOLOV Dmitry | Lokosphinx | s.t. |
| 44 | GAMPER Patrick | Polartec-Kometa | s.t. |
| 45 | BOEV Igor | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 46 | HAYTER Ethan | Sky | 0:07 |
| 47 | DÍAZ José Manuel | Israel Cycling Academy | 0:08 |
| 48 | MÜLLER Patrick | Team Switzerland | 0:09 |
| 49 | PEYSKENS Dimitri | WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 50 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 51 | ANTUNES Amaro | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 52 | TUREK Daniel | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 53 | CIEŚLIK Paweł | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 54 | COLOMBO Raul | Biesse Carrera Gavardo | 0:12 |
| 55 | WARNIER Antoine | WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic | 0:14 |
| 56 | CAPECCHI Eros | Italy | s.t. |
| 57 | FRANKINY Kilian | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 58 | DE BOD Stefan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 59 | CARBONI Giovanni | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 60 | SCHELLING Patrick | Vorarlberg-Santic | 0:17 |
| 61 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 62 | OURSELIN Paul | Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 63 | BANZER Gordian | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 64 | CHAMPOUSSIN Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 65 | GRELLIER Fabien | Direct Energie | 0:20 |
| 66 | FEILLU Brice | Fortuneo-Samsic | s.t. |
| 67 | PALUTA Michał | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 0:21 |
| 68 | NOVIKOV Savva | Lokosphinx | 0:23 |
| 69 | MOSCON Gianni | Sky | s.t. |
| 70 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | 0:26 |
| 71 | GAZZARA Michele | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | s.t. |
| 72 | DI SANTE Antonio | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | 0:27 |
| 73 | CELANO Danilo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 74 | CHOKRI El Mehdi | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 75 | FERNÁNDEZ Delio | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 76 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 77 | GOŁAŚ Michał | Sky | s.t. |
| 78 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 79 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 80 | BARBIN Enrico | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 81 | AMICI Alberto | Biesse Carrera Gavardo | s.t. |
| 82 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 83 | CARUSO Damiano | Italy | s.t. |
| 84 | FABBRO Matteo | Italy | s.t. |
| 85 | BONO Matteo | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 86 | BROŻYNA Piotr | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | s.t. |
| 87 | WELDU Hafetab | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 88 | GANNA Filippo | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 89 | LIETAER Eliot | WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 90 | BOUET Maxime | Fortuneo-Samsic | s.t. |
| 91 | ĐURASEK Kristijan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 92 | HIRSCHI Marc | Team Switzerland | s.t. |
| 93 | SEVILLA Diego | Polartec-Kometa | s.t. |
| 94 | DOMONT Axel | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 95 | TAARAMÄE Rein | Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 96 | GAVAZZI Francesco | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 97 | MORENO Javier | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 98 | DONOVAN Mark | Sky | s.t. |
| 99 | TIZZA Marco | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:32 |
| 100 | SICARD Romain | Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 101 | ORRICO Davide | Vorarlberg-Santic | 0:34 |
| 102 | COSNEFROY Benoît | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:36 |
| 103 | BARDET Romain | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 104 | PÉRICHON Pierre-Luc | Fortuneo-Samsic | 0:44 |
| 105 | BALLERINI Davide | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 0:46 |
| 106 | COLLEONI Kevin | Biesse Carrera Gavardo | s.t. |
| 107 | GESBERT Élie | Fortuneo-Samsic | s.t. |
| 108 | NIV Guy | Israel Cycling Academy | 0:50 |
| 109 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:52 |
| 110 | VENDRAME Andrea | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 1:02 |
| 111 | CATTANEO Mattia | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 1:03 |
| 112 | GAFFURINI Nicola | Sangemini-MG.K Vis | s.t. |
| 113 | LAGUTIN Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:10 |
| 114 | MAŁECKI Kamil | CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 1:24 |
| 115 | WANG Meiyin | Bahrain-Merida | 1:28 |
| 116 | DUNBAR Eddie | Sky | s.t. |
| 117 | CALMEJANE Lilian | Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 118 | ROTA Lorenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 119 | FILOSI Iuri | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |