2020 Gran Piemonte/Giro del Piemonte (1.Pro), Italy

104th edition: Wednesday, August 12, 2020

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Santo Stefano Belbo - Barolo, 187 km

George Bennett wins the 104th edition of the Giro del Piemonte.

Weather at the finish city of Barolo at 1:45 PM, local time: 29C (85F), Sunny, with the wind from the Northeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). 15% chance of rain & thunderstorms.

The race: Here's the report from team Deceuninck-Quick Step.

Making just his third appearance – after Strade Bianche and Milano-Torino – since the season restarted, Mikkel Honoré showed a lot of grit and determination Wednesday afternoon, which he spent in the breakaway at the 103rd edition of Gran Piemonte.

On the move from the opening kilometers of the Italian one-day race, which witnessed a very active start, the four-man group built enough of a lead to make the peloton see them as a threat, the gap hovering around seven minutes with some 80 kilometers to go. Their advantage began plummeting only after the chasing teams upped the tempo and one of the members of the quartet was dropped, but even so, the peloton had to dig really deep to peg them back.

Honoré enjoyed a fine day at the front and was caught with only eight kilometers to go, just as they were starting the penultimate climb of the race. That was the place where the bunch got reduced to a dozen riders, and it was from these that George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) attacked and soloed to victory in Barolo, the small charming town which hosted a couple of Giro d’Italia stages in the past.

One of the most experienced riders in the peloton, Dries Deveyns remained cool on the wet descent and regained contact with the first chasing group three kilometers from home, before sprinting to seventh place on the uphill part in the old city, concluding the race as Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s best placed rider. Pieter Serry followed home shortly, in 14th place, while US stagiaire Sean Quinn impressed by finishing Gran Piemonte – which marked his debut for the Wolfpack – in the top 30.

Complete Results:

124 starters, 94 classified finishers

187 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.304 km/hr

1	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 38min 23sec
2	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 4sec
4	VLASOV Aleksandr	Astana	s.t.
5	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
6	ARANBURU Alex	Astana	s.t.
7	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
8	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	0:07
9	CICCONE Giulio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	VALTER Attila	CCC Team	s.t.
11	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	0:09
12	PETILLI Simone	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
13	ROTA Lorenzo	Vini Zabu KTM	s.t.
14	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	HERMANS Ben	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:14
16	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	0:16
17	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	0:26
18	MOSCON Gianni	INEOS	s.t.
19	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
20	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
21	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	0:31
22	PELLAUD Simon	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:01
23	SOBRERO Matteo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	MÄDER Gino	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	1:05
26	QUINN Sean	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
27	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Nazionale Italiana	s.t.
28	MUÑOZ Daniel	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
29	BADILATTI Matteo	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:08
30	SOSA Iván	INEOS	s.t.
31	RUBIO Einer	Movistar	s.t.
32	NAVARRO Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
33	GANNA Filippo	INEOS	1:10
34	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:18
35	NIBALI Vincenzo	Trek-Segafredo	1:26
36	CEPEDA Jefferson	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:37
37	VERVAEKE Louis	Alpecin-Fenix	1:39
38	GAROSIO Andrea	Vini Zabu KTM	s.t.
39	MARCELLUSI Martin	Nazionale Italiana	1:53
40	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:54
41	BAIS Mattia	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
42	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
43	VELASCO Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:58
44	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Vini Zabu KTM	s.t.
45	COLNAGHI Luca	Nazionale Italiana	2:06
46	HONORÉ Mikkel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:21
47	WYSS Danilo	NTT Pro Cycling	3:57
48	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabu KTM	4:12
49	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
50	DE BOD Stefan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
51	VAKOC Petr	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
52	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
53	SWIFT Ben	INEOS	4:23
54	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar	s.t.
55	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF	5:11
56	HARPER Chris	Jumbo-Visma	5:16
57	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	5:18
59	ZANA Filippo	Bardiani-CSF	5:21
60	DELACROIX Theo	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
61	RYBALKIN Aleksey	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:23
62	EIKING Odd	Circus-Wanty Gobert	5:40
63	CATTANEO Mattia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:42
64	BOARO Manuele	Astana	6:10
65	MOSCA Jacopo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	PUCCIO Salvatore	INEOS	s.t.
67	RAVANELLI Simone	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
68	RIVI Samuele	Nazionale Italiana	s.t.
69	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana	s.t.
70	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	JANSSENS Jimmy	Alpecin-Fenix	7:30
72	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:39
73	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:36
75	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
76	JORGENSON Matteo	Movistar	s.t.
77	COVI Alessandro	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
78	ZIMMERMANN Georg	CCC Team	s.t.
79	VISCONTI Giovanni	Vini Zabu KTM	s.t.
80	SENNI Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	14:24
81	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	14:45
82	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	18:37
83	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
84	SPREAFICO Matteo	Vini Zabu KTM	s.t.
85	RIVERA Brandon	INEOS	s.t.
86	COVILI Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
87	NORSGAARD Mathias	Movistar	s.t.
88	ALBA Juan	Movistar	s.t.
89	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
90	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	RIKUNOV Petr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
92	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	KUZMIN Anton	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
94	DYBALL Benjamin	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.

Course map & profile:

2020 Gran Piemonte map

And the race profile