2023 Trofeo Laigueglia (1.Pro), Italy
60th edition: Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Complete results
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Laigueglia - Laigueglia, 201.3 km
Nans Peters wins in Laigueglia
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Weather at the start/finish city of Laigueglia at 1:50 PM, local time: 9C (49F), rain, with the wind from the north-northeast at 24 km/hr (15 mph). The rain is expected to continue through the afternoon, with localized flooding possible.
Ascents:
- Km 68.4: Cima Paravenna, 7.3 km @ 5.2%, Max 12%.
- Km 122.5: Testico, 7.0 km @ 4.6%, Max 10%.
- Kms 160, 171, 181, 192: Colla Micheri, 1.95 km@ 8.6%, Max 14%
The race: There were two non-starters: Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) & Andrea Biancalani (Beltrami TSA).
Here's the report from third-place Alessandro Covi's UAE Team Emirates:
At the startline: The riders are dressed warmly for a wet and windy race.
The riders had to endure wet conditions throughout the 201km race which was won solo by Frenchman Nans Peters (Ag2r-Citroen) who broke away at with 29 kilometers to go.
These damp road conditions meant several riders crashed including Covi who came down at 38 kilometers to go to go.
The peloton races along the coast.
Covi was able to remount and rejoin the front group and went out in pursuit of the lone leader ten kilometers from the finish, taking seconds off the lead which hovered around the minute mark. Though lack of collaboration behind and the presence of many Ag2r-Citroen riders would prevent any cooperation in the group.
Despite his efforts Covi still managed to outsprint most of his rivals in the seven man chasing group, with only Andrea Vendrame coming past him in the dash for the line.
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Complete Results:
135 starters on 20 teams, 35 classified finishers
201.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.155 km/hr
| 1 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 5hr 8min 28sec |
| 2 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | @ 46sec |
| 3 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 4 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 5 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 6 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 7 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:50 |
| 8 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:33 |
| 9 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 1:46 |
| 10 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 1:55 |
| 11 | Lilian Calmejane | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 12 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 2:07 |
| 13 | Andrea Piccolo | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 14 | Ewen Costiou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 15 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 16 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | 2:15 |
| 17 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Dstny | 3:17 |
| 18 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 19 | Alex Baudin | Ag2r-Citroën | 4:07 |
| 20 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 5:09 |
| 21 | Ryan Gibbons | UAE Team Emirates | 5:13 |
| 22 | Luca Covili | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 5:16 |
| 23 | Marco Tizza | Bingoal-WB | 6:41 |
| 24 | Ramses Debruyne | Lotto Dstny | 6:54 |
| 25 | Odd Christian Eiking | EF Education-EasyPost | 7:22 |
| 26 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | 7:46 |
| 27 | Lennert Teugels | Bingoal-WB | 10:42 |
| 28 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 11:40 |
| 29 | Merhawi Kudus | EF Education-EasyPost | 12:51 |
| 30 | Anders Foldager | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
| 31 | Clément Venturini | Ag2r-Citroën | 13:14 |
| 32 | Alessandro Pinarello | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 14:34 |
| 33 | Nicolas Tivani | Team Corratec | s.t. |
| 34 | Giulio Pellizzari | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 14:40 |
| 35 | Lenny Martinez | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
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2023 Trofeo Laigueglia map & profile:
Laigueglia is just northeast of San Remo, near the border with France.
Course map
Course profile
2023 Trofeo Laigueglia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Opening ceremonies: Team Colpack-Ballan is presented.
The Team Corretec riders get their bikes before the race start.
The peloton is just getting going.
Winding along the coastal road near the start.
He's gone. Nans Peters climbs the Colla Micheri with no one in sight.
Benoit Cosnefroy attacks.
Alessandro Covi
Some days it doesn't pay to get up. Francesco Gavazzi climbs in the pouring rain.
A small group climbs the Colla Micheri
Winner Nans Peters has plenty of time to sit up and enjoy his victory.
Nanas Peters' sponsors should be happy with this.
The sprint for second place.
Andrea Vendrame wins the field sprint for second place.
Alexander Cepeda finishes seventh.
After the race. Getting some clean, dry clothes on Nans Peters.
Winner Nans Peters
The podium, from left: Andrea Vendrame (2nd), Nans Peters (1st) & Alessandro Covi (3rd)
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Start list with back numbers, Feb 28, 2023:
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 1 | Alessandro Covi |
| 2 | Ivo Oliveira |
| 3 | Sjoerd Bax |
| 4 | George Bennett |
| 5 | Ryan Gibbons |
| 6 | Diego Ulissi |
| 7 | Michael Vink |
| INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY | |
| 11 | Francesco Busatto |
| 12 | Lilian Calmejane |
| 13 | Rui Costa |
| 14 | Biniam Girmay |
| 15 | Laurens Huys |
| 16 | Lorenzo Rota |
| 17 | Georg Zimmermann |
| INEOS GRENADIERS | |
| 21 | Leo Hayter |
| 22 | Kim Heiduk |
| 23 | Michael Leonard |
| 24 | Brandon Rivera |
| 25 | Carlos Rodriguez |
| COFIDIS | |
| 31 | Simone Consonni |
| 32 | Alexandre Delettre |
| 33 | Eddy Finé |
| 34 | Victor Lafay |
| 35 | Axel Mariault |
| 36 | Rémy Rochas |
| 37 | Harrison Wood |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 41 | Dario Cataldo |
| 42 | Giulio Ciccone |
| 43 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier |
| 44 | Asbjørn Hellemose |
| 45 | Bauke Mollema |
| 46 | Natnael Tesfazion |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| 51 | Lorenzo Germani |
| 52 | Romain Grégoire |
| 53 | Matthieu Ladagnous |
| 54 | Lenny Martinez |
| 55 | Rudy Molard |
| 56 | Enzo Paleni |
| 57 | Thibaut Pinot |
| AG2R-Citroën | |
| 61 | Paul Lapeira |
| 62 | Benoît Cosnefroy |
| 63 | Jaakko Hänninen |
| 64 | Valentin Paret-Peintre |
| 65 | Nans Peters |
| 66 | Andrea Vendrame |
| 67 | Clément Venturini |
| EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | |
| 71 | Alberto Bettiol |
| 72 | Jonathan Caicedo |
| 73 | Alexander Cepeda |
| 74 | Odd Christian Eiking |
| 75 | Merhawi Kudus |
| 76 | Mark Padun |
| 77 | Andrea Piccolo |
| ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
| 81 | Clément Champoussin |
| 82 | Louis Barré |
| 83 | Ewen Costiou |
| 84 | Elie Gesbert |
| 86 | Laurent Pichon |
| 87 | Alessandro Verre |
| GREEN PROJECT-BARDIANI-CSF-FAIZANÈ | |
| 91 | Luca Covili |
| 93 | Alessio Martinelli |
| 94 | Henok Mulubrhan |
| 95 | Giulio Pellizzari |
| 96 | Alessandro Pinarello |
| 97 | Alessandro Santaromita |
| BINGOAL-WB | |
| 101 | Floris De Tier |
| 102 | Remy Mertz |
| 103 | Dimitri Peyskens |
| 104 | Lennert Teugels |
| 105 | Marco Tizza |
| 106 | Luca Van Boven |
| 107 | Aaron Van Der Beken |
| TEAM CORRATEC | |
| 111 | Valerio Conti |
| 112 | Davide Baldaccini |
| 113 | Stefano Gandin |
| 114 | Marco Murgano |
| 115 | Jan Stöckli |
| 116 | Veljko Stojnic |
| 117 | Nicolas Tivani |
| EOLO-KOMETA | |
| 121 | Lorenzo Fortunato |
| 122 | Davide Bais |
| 123 | Alessandro Fancellu |
| 124 | Andrea Garosio |
| 125 | Francesco Gavazzi |
| 126 | Davide Piganzoli |
| 127 | Simone Raccani |
| LOTTO DSTNY | |
| 131 | Johannes Adamietz |
| 132 | Ramses Debruyne |
| 133 | Arjen Livyns |
| 134 | Sylvain Moniquet |
| 135 | Mathijs Paasschens |
| 136 | Lennert Van Eetvelt |
| 137 | Maxim Van Gils |
| TEAM NOVO NORDISK | |
| 141 | Hamish Beadle |
| 142 | Joonas Henttala |
| 143 | Declan Irvine |
| 144 | Matyas Kopecky |
| 145 | Andrea Peron |
| 146 | Umberto Poli |
| 147 | Filippo Ridolfo |
| TEAM TECHNIPES | |
| 151 | Emanuele Ansaloni |
| 152 | Davide Dapporto |
| 153 | Romaric Forques |
| 154 | Andrea Innocenti |
| 155 | Alessandro Monaco |
| 156 | Martin Nessler |
| 157 | Gabriele Petrelli |
| GENERAL STORE-ESSEGIBI-F.ILI CURIA | |
| 161 | Michele Berasi |
| 162 | Tommaso Bergagna |
| 163 | Gianmarco Carpene |
| 164 | Samuele Carpene |
| 165 | Carlo Favretto |
| 166 | Kevin Pezzo Rosola |
| 167 | Diego Ressi |
| TEAM COLPACK BALLAN | |
| 171 | Luca Cretti |
| 172 | Diego Bracalente |
| 173 | Florian Kajamini |
| 174 | Sergio Meris |
| 175 | Nicolas Milesi |
| 176 | Pavel Novak |
| 177 | Ronan O'Connor |
| BIESSE-CARRERA | |
| 181 | Michael Belleri |
| 182 | Elis Belletta Pier |
| 183 | Riccardo Ciuccarelli |
| 184 | Anders Foldager |
| 185 | Francesco Galimberti |
| 186 | Lorenzo Galimberti |
| 187 | Giacomo Villa |
| BELTRAMI TSA-TRE COLLI | |
| 191 | Andrea Biancalani |
| 192 | Matteo Freddi |
| 193 | Thomas Pesenti |
| 194 | Lucio Pierantozzi |
| 195 | Andrea Piras |
| 196 | Alex Raimondi |
| 197 | Michael Vanni |