2016 Klasika Primavera de Amorebieta (1.1), Spain

62nd Edition: Sunday, April 10, 2016

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Amorebieta - Amorebieta, 171.5 km

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Movistar gets a 1-2 win with Giovanni Visconti first and Gorka Izaguirre second

The Race: Here's the day's racing as told by Giovanni Visconti's Movistar team.

Movistar Team dominated again the Klasika Primavera de Amorebieta in its 62nd edition, claiming their eighth win of the 2016 season and showing that its whole block can shine, no matter the type of race they tackle. Giovanni Visconti crowned a four-man break starting into the first of three Montecalvo ascents. Alejandro Valverde and Gorka Izagirre joined Pardilla (CJR), with the Italian bridging up to the front a few kilometers later, to go on a 60-kilometer move that eventually brought 'Visco' its first win in three years -2013 Giro d'Italia- and his second in the Basque race.

“I've got to say this is a huge victory for me," declaraba Giovanni. "It might not be a WorldTour race, but to me, it means even more than a top-tier one. It's already three years since I don't win, and it's an immense joy and something that keeps me motivated for the upcoming races. It had been a demanding week in the Itzulia, but still one I had got big results on, while also being able to support Nairo on his podium finish. I hope to continue this way."

Second-placed finisher Gorka Izagirre explained further on the day's racing: “What can we say! It was a demanding race, but one that we managed perfectly. We didn't want to take that much responsibility in the beginning, saving some energy for the end, but we didn't want to see big breaks going away either. We couldn't let riders from Caja or Murias take advantage. It took almost hundred kilometres before the escape was established, and that made the race quite harder than in previous years.

“At the first climb we put on a high pace, with Bala, ‘Pardi’ and myself opening a gap, and Visco joined us shortly afterwards. Pardilla was interested on keeping the gap, or so I think - we got on well with each other since we all have ben team-mates now or in the past. To be honest, Alejandro [4th in the race, behind Pardilla - ed.] did a tremendous job so Visco and I could stand a bigger chance. It really hurt us Ion and myself not to be at the Itzulia, but that's history: cycling brings you some joy after suffering, and we must keep looking forward to the future," the Basque allrounder said.

Complete Results:

171.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.467 km/hr

1	VISCONTI Giovanni	Movistar	3hr 56min 44sec
2	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	Movistar	s.t.
3	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural	s.t.
4	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
5	SHILOV Sergey	Lokosphinx	@ 1min 33sec
6	BARBERO Carlos	Caja Rural	s.t.
7	BAGUES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
8	BILBAO Pello	Caja Rural	s.t.
9	DOMAGALSKI Karol	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	SOKOLOV Dmitry	Lokosphinx	s.t.
11	FONTE César	Radio Popular-Boavista	s.t.
12	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
13	EZQUERRA Jesús	Sporting-Tavira	s.t.
14	VDOVIN Alexander	Lokosphinx	s.t.
15	JIMENEZ Carlos Anton	Radio Popular-Boavista	s.t.
16	GARCIA Vicente	Louletano	s.t.
17	SALAS Ibai	Brugos-BH	s.t.
18	ORAM James	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	DE LA FUENTE David	Sporting-Tavira	s.t.
20	PÉREZ Juan Ignacio	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
21	ARAMBURU Alex	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
22	GRIJALBA Fernando	Inteja-MMR	s.t.
23	REIS Rafael Ferreira	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
24	TORRES MUÍÑO Pablo	Brugos-BH	s.t.
25	RUBIO HERNANDEZ Diego	Caja Rural	s.t.
26	FIGUEIREDO Federico	Radio Popular-Boavista	s.t.
27	FERREIRA Ricardo	Radio Popular-Boavista	s.t.
28	RODRIGUES David	Radio Popular-Boavista	s.t.
29	ETXEBARRIA Victor	Radio Popular-Boavista	s.t.
30	GUERRERO Pablo	Radio Popular-Boavista	s.t.
31	MERINO Igor	Brugos-BH	0:01:40
32	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
33	HERRADA Jesús	Movistar	s.t.
34	ROSON Jaime	Caja Rural	s.t.
35	DEL PINO Jesus	Brugos-BH	s.t.
36	EBSEN John	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	SUTHERLAND Rory	Movistar	0:01:44
38	IZAGUIRRE Jon	Movistar	s.t.
39	CARTHY Hugh	Caja Rural	s.t.
40	SAMOLENKOV Artem	Lokosphinx	0:02:07
41	HANDLEY Richard	One Pro Cycling	0:02:10
42	CARVALHO Antonio	W52-FC Porto	0:02:56
43	BOHORQUEZ Hernando	Manzana Postobon	0:03:43
44	NUÑO Israel	Inteja-MMR	0:05:51
45	GONZALEZ Mario	Sporting-Tavira	0:07:24
46	ZHURAVLEV Vadim	Lokosphinx	0:07:47
47	GONZÁLEZ Adrián	Euskadi Basque Country	0:08:10
48	MESTRE Ricardo	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
49	RODRIGUES Joao	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
50	TXOPERENA Beñat	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
51	NEUSTROEV Vasily	Lokosphinx	s.t.
52	VDOVIN Sergey	Lokosphinx	s.t.
53	COSTA SORIA Axel	Massi-Kuwait	0:09:20
54	FREITAS Daniel	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
55	VON HOFF Steele	One Pro Cycling	0:10:15
56	BESTER Shaun-Nick	Sporting-Tavira	s.t.
57	LORENTE Carlos	Dare Gobik	s.t.
58	ISIDORO Micael	Louletano	s.t.
59	SILVA Sandro Filipe	Louletano	s.t.
60	MARQUEZ Rafael	Inteja-MMR	s.t.
61	DE ALMEIDA Guillaume	Radio Popular-Boavista	s.t.
62	GOIKOETXEA Peio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
63	CAÑADA Cristian	Louletano	s.t.
64	LÓPEZ Daniel	Brugos-BH	s.t.
65	VILLEGAS Juan Pablo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
66	LIZARRALDE Eneko	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
67	SUAZA Bernardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
68	GONZÁLEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
69	HOUSE Kristian	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	MOLANO Sebastián	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
71	SIERRA Yecid Arturo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
72	SUESCA Marco Tulio	Manzana Postobon	0:10:19
73	SARMIENTO Johnatan	Massi-Kuwait	s.t.
74	EVANGELISTA André Piedade	Louletano	s.t.
75	GONÇALVES Júlio	Sporting-Tavira	s.t.
76	ARAMENDIA LORENTE Javier	Caja Rural	0:10:21
77	PARRA Hernán	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
78	HUNT Joshua	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	SARABIA Ignacio	Inteja-MMR	s.t.
80	LIVRAMENTO David	Sporting-Tavira	s.t.
81	STRAKHOV Dmitrii	Lokosphinx	0:10:24
82	VILELA Ricardo	Caja Rural	0:10:26
83	GONZÁLEZ Óscar	Sporting-Tavira	s.t.
84	TIGRINE Mehdi	Massi-Kuwait	0:13:26
85	SOLE VALL Arnau	Brugos-BH	0:13:26

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