2020 Milano-Torino (1.Pro), Italy
101st edition: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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Milano (Mesero)-Torino (Stupinigi), 198 km
Arnaud Demare wins the 101st edition of Milano-Torino.
Weather at Torino (Turin in English) near the finish town of Stupinigi at 2:15 PM, local time: 28C (82F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.
The route: The route of the 101st edition is basically flat except for the crossing of Monferrato where a series of short climbs will be faced. After departing from Mesero it crosses Magenta before continuing along the Po Valley on wide and straight roads. In addition to the usual city obstacles such as roundabouts, traffic islands and raised sections, there are four level crossings, all concentrated in the first 60km. After crossing the Po near Valenza, the route takes in the undulations of Monferrato, before crossing Asti. The final 70km are practically flat to the finish in Stupinigi.
The race: Here's the report from fourth-place Peter Sagan's Bora-hansgrohe team.
A flat 198km was waiting for the riders for today’s Milano-Torino but, as is so often the case, a flat parcours makes for fast, furious and attacking riding – especially with the flat finale making it a race the sprinters would be fighting to win.
As expected, the attempts to get in the break started almost as soon as the race itself got underway, with six riders swiftly building up a lead of more than seven minutes, something that gave the peloton cause to up the pace just a little to keep the leaders in check. Not wanting to expend too much energy early on in the race, the BORA-hansgrohe riders worked well with the rest of the chasing peloton to gradually reduce the advantage, Gregor Mühlberger taking to the front to keep the pace high, timing it well so that by the time there were 50km to go, the break only had 2:15 over the bunch, and 20km later, this gap had been cut in half.
In the final 20km, Gregor was joined at the front by his BORA-hansgrohe teammates, who pushed hard and put pressure on the last two riders left on the front, and it was clear that the peloton was riding in preparation for a sprint and not a breakaway victory.
Passing the last escapee without pausing for breath, the sprint trains began to form, with the twists and turns of the Stupinigi streets requiring riders stayed alert. Sticking to the front and controlling the pace, while also delivering Peter Sagan into position, the BORA-hansgrohe riders excelled themselves, playing their part perfectly in preparing for the finish. Under the flamme rouge and Peter took to the front, having stayed safe in the fast run up to the finale. Matching the world’s best sprinters for speed, Peter crossed the line in fourth, barely a bike length separating the top five finishers.
From the Finish Line:
"We had a fast Milano-Torino that came down to a bunch sprint, as expected. It was warm but not too hot, so in that aspect it was bearable. The team worked hard to control the peloton and deliver me safely in the front. In the finishing straight, I was in a good position in the front and I launched my sprint early. I was caught on the line, so overall it was a good day. My form and the sensations today were good, and I look forward to Saturday's Milano-Sanremo." – Peter Sagan
"It was a good race from the team, we worked well together. Our goal was to bring Peter in a good position in the last corner before the finish and the squad did a fantastic job. In the end, Peter was the first to start his sprint. He looked very strong and I think it was possible to take more than fourth place today. It was a bit of a long sprint in the front but he showed his strength, so we are happy.” - Enrico Poitschke, Sports Director
Complete Results:
198 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.878 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 4hr 18min 57sec |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 3 | Wout Van Aert | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 4 | Peter Sagan | Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Danny van Poppel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 6 | Nacer Bouhanni | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 7 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 9 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 10 | Ben Swift | INEOS | s.t. |
| 11 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 12 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 13 | Mathieu Van der Poel | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 14 | Davide Cimolai | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 15 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 16 | Umberto Marengo | Vini Zabú KTM | s.t. |
| 17 | Alexander Konychev | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 18 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 19 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 20 | Kristian Sbaragli | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 21 | Martin Marcellusi | Nazionale Italiana | s.t. |
| 22 | Mikkel Honore | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 23 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | @ 5sec |
| 24 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 25 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS | s.t. |
| 26 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 27 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 28 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE-Team Emirates | @ 8sec |
| 29 | Daniel Oss | Bora-Hansgrohe | 15 |
| 30 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 18 |
| 31 | Boy van Poppel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 22 |
| 32 | Marco Marcato | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 33 | Christian Knees | INEOS | 25 |
| 34 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 35 | Julien Duval | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 36 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 37 | Michele Gazzoli | Nazionale Italiana | s.t. |
| 38 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS | s.t. |
| 39 | Leonardo Marchiori | Nazionale Italiana | s.t. |
| 40 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 41 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Soudal | 28 |
| 42 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 43 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Fenix | 32 |
| 44 | Sacha Modolo | Alpecin-Fenix | 35 |
| 45 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 39 |
| 46 | Oliviero Troia | UAE-Team Emirates | 45 |
| 47 | Leonardo Basso | INEOS | 47 |
| 48 | Amund Jansen | Jumbo-Visma | 49 |
| 49 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | 1:24 |
| 50 | Marco Frapporti | Vini Zabú KTM | s.t. |
| 51 | Nicola Venchiarutti | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 52 | Nicola Bagioli | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 53 | Giovanni Visconti | Vini Zabú KTM | 1:27 |
| 54 | Damiano Cima | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 55 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Filippo Conca | Nazionale Italiana | s.t. |
| 57 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | s.t. |
| 58 | Giovanni Aleotti | Nazionale Italiana | s.t. |
| 59 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 60 | Jonas Koch | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 62 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 63 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | s.t. |
| 64 | Gregor Muhlberger | Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 65 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
| 66 | Stepan Kurianov | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 67 | Tsgabu Grmay | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 68 | Alexander Kristoff | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 69 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 70 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Movistar | s.t. |
| 71 | Daniel Savini | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 72 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 73 | Andreas Schillinger | Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 74 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS | s.t. |
| 75 | Kevin Colleoni | Nazionale Italiana | s.t. |
| 76 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 77 | Dario Cataldo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 78 | Michael Morkov | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 79 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 80 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | s.t. |
| 81 | Imerio Cima | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 82 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
| 83 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 84 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 85 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Vini Zabú KTM | s.t. |
| 86 | Michael Albasini | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 87 | Alessandro Iacchi | Vini Zabú KTM | s.t. |
| 88 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 89 | Cameron Meyer | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 90 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 91 | Alex Aranburu | Astana | s.t. |
| 92 | Tim Declercq | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 93 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | s.t. |
| 94 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana | s.t. |
| 95 | Manuele Boaro | Astana | s.t. |
| 96 | Andrea Garosio | Vini Zabú KTM | s.t. |
| 97 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 98 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 99 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 100 | Louis Vervaeke | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 101 | Jasper De Plus | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 102 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 103 | Antonio Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 104 | Pavel Kochetkov | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 105 | Simone Velasco | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 106 | Marco Canola | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 107 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 108 | Paul Martens | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 109 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 110 | Jakub Mareczko | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Nicola Conci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 112 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 113 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
| 114 | Scott Thwaites | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 115 | Clément Russo | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 116 | Florian Vachon | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 117 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 118 | Daniel McLay | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 119 | Laurent Pichon | Arkea-Samsic | 1:37 |
| 120 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 121 | Alessandro De Marchi | CCC Team | 1:40 |
| 122 | Oscar Gatto | Bora-Hansgrohe | 1:44 |
| 123 | Marcus Burghardt | Bora-Hansgrohe | 1:49 |
| 124 | Mattia Viel | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 2:45 |
| 125 | Francesco Gavazzi | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 126 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 127 | Lorenzo Rota | Vini Zabú KTM | s.t. |
| 128 | Antwan Tolhoek | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 129 | Davide Villella | Movistar | s.t. |
| 130 | Jan Bakelants | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 3:04 |
| 131 | Alex Edmondson | Mitchelton-Scott | 4:07 |
| 132 | Robert Stannard | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 133 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 134 | Samuele Rivi | Nazionale Italiana | 4:32 |
| 135 | Frederik Frison | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 136 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 137 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | 5:07 |
| 138 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 139 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF | 5:19 |
| 140 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel Start-Up Nation | 5:55 |
| 141 | Igor Boev | Gazprom-RusVelo | 6:20 |
| 142 | Timothy Dupont | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 6:59 |
| 143 | Luca Pacioni | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 7:09 |
| 144 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS | 12:05 |
| 145 | Tom Bohli | UAE-Team Emirates | 14:41 |
| 146 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
2020 Milano-Torino map & profile
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2020 Milano-Torino profile
Start List with back numbers, August 4, 2020:
| ARKEA-SAMSIC | |
| DS: | Yvon Caer, Sebastien Hinault |
| 1 | BOUHANNI Nacer |
| 2 | BOUDAT Thomas |
| 3 | LE ROUX Romain |
| 4 | MCLAY Daniel |
| 5 | PICHON Laurent |
| 6 | RUSSO Clement |
| 7 | VACHON Florian |
| AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| DS: | Didier Jannel |
| 11 | NAESEN Oliver |
| 12 | DUVAL Julien |
| 14 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 15 | VANDENBERGH Stijn |
| 16 | VENDRAME Andrea |
| 17 | WARBASSE Larry |
| ALPECIN-FENIX | |
| DS: | Bart Leysen, Christoph Roodhooft |
| 21 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
| 22 | DE BONDT Dries |
| 23 | LEYSEN Senne |
| 24 | MODOLO Sacha |
| 25 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| 26 | THWAITES Scott |
| 27 | VERVAEKE Louis |
| ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC | |
| DS: | Gianni Savio, Giovanni Ellena |
| 31 | BELLETTI Manuel |
| 32 | BAGIOLI Nicola |
| 33 | GAVAZZI Francesco |
| 34 | PACIONI Luca |
| 35 | RESTREPO Jhonatan |
| 36 | VENCHIARUTTI Nicola |
| 37 | VIEL Mattia |
| ASTANA | |
| DS: | Alexandr Shefer, Stefano Zanini |
| 41 | IZAGIRRE Gorka |
| 42 | ARANBURU Alex |
| 43 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos |
| 44 | BOARO Manuele |
| 45 | FELLINE Fabio |
| 46 | FOMINYKH Daniil |
| 47 | MARTINELLI Davide |
| BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE' | |
| DS: | Roberto Reverberi, Mirko Rossato |
| 51 | DALLA VALLE Nicolas |
| 52 | FILOSI Iuri |
| 53 | FIORELLI Filippo |
| 54 | MAZZUCCO Fabio |
| 55 | PELUCCHI Matteo |
| 56 | PESSOT Alessandro |
| 57 | TONELLI Alessandro |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| DS: | Enrico Poitschke, Jan Valach |
| 61 | SAGAN Peter |
| 62 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
| 63 | BURGHARDT Marcus |
| 64 | GATTO Oscar |
| 65 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor |
| 66 | OSS Daniel |
| 67 | SCHILLINGER Andreas |
| CCC TEAM | |
| DS: | Fabio Baldato, Valerio Piva |
| 71 | MARECZKO Jakub |
| 72 | DE MARCHI Alessandro |
| 73 | KOCHETKOV Pavel |
| 74 | SCHÄR Michael |
| 75 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
| 76 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan |
| 77 | VENTOSO Francisco |
| CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT | |
| DS: | Steven De Neef |
| 81 | VAN POPPEL Danny |
| 82 | BAKELANTS Jan |
| 83 | DE DECKER Alfdan |
| 84 | DE PLUS Jasper |
| 85 | DUPONT Timothy |
| 86 | VAN POPPEL Boy |
| 87 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP | |
| DS: | Davide Bramati, Wilfried Peeters |
| 91 | BENNETT Sam |
| 92 | ARCHBOLD Shane |
| 93 | DECLERCQ Tim |
| 94 | GARRISON Ian |
| 95 | HONORÉ Mikkel |
| 96 | LAMPAERT Yves |
| 97 | MORKOV Michael |
| GAZPROM-RUSVELO | |
| DS: | Michele Devoti, Evgeny Petrov |
| 101 | BOEV Igor |
| 102 | CIMA Damiano |
| 103 | CIMA Imerio |
| 104 | KURIANOV Stepan |
| 105 | CANOLA Marco |
| 106 | KUZMIN Anton |
| 107 | VELASCO Simone |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| DS: | Sebastien Joly, Frederic Guesdon |
| 111 | DEMARE Arnaud |
| 112 | DAVY Clement |
| 113 | GENIETS Kevin |
| 114 | GUARNIERI Jacopo |
| 115 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas |
| 116 | SCOTSON Miles |
| 117 | SINKELDAM Ramon |
| ISRAEL START-UP NATION | |
| DS: | Claudio Cozzi, Nicki Sorensen |
| 121 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| 122 | CIMOLAI Davide |
| 123 | DOWSETT Alex |
| 124 | GOLDSTEIN Omer |
| 125 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto |
| 126 | SAGIV Guy |
| 127 | ZABEL Rick |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| DS: | Frederik Willems, Kevin De Weert |
| 131 | EWAN Caleb |
| 132 | DE BUYST Jasper |
| 133 | FRISON Frederik |
| 134 | GILBERT Philippe |
| 135 | VERMEERSCH Florian |
| 136 | MAES Nikolas |
| 137 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| MITCHELTON-SCOTT | |
| DS: | Gene Bates |
| 141 | ALBASINI Michael |
| 142 | EDMONDSON Alexander |
| 143 | GRMAY Tsgabu |
| 144 | KONYCHEV Alexander |
| 145 | MEYER Cameron |
| 146 | PEAK Barnabas |
| 147 | SMITH Dion |
| MOVISTAR | |
| DS: | Maximimilian Sciandri, Jose Garcia |
| 151 | CATALDO Dario |
| 152 | CULLAIGH Gabriel |
| 153 | HOLLMANN Juri |
| 154 | NORSGAARD Mathias |
| 155 | RUBIO Einer |
| 156 | SEPULVEDA Eduardo |
| 157 | VILLELLA Davide |
| NAZIONALE ITALIANA | |
| DS: | Marino Amadori, Davide Cassani |
| 161 | ALEOTTI Giovanni |
| 162 | COLLEONI Kevin |
| 163 | CONCA Filippo |
| 164 | GAZZOLI Michele |
| 165 | MERCELLUSI Martin |
| 166 | MARCHIORI Leonardo |
| 167 | RIVI Samuele |
| INEOS | |
| DS: | Daio Cioni |
| 171 | BASSO Leonardo |
| 172 | GANNA Filippo |
| 173 | HAYTER Ethan |
| 174 | KNEES Christian |
| 175 | PUCCIO Salvatore |
| 176 | SWIFT Ben |
| 177 | NARVAEZ Jhonnatan |
| JUMBO-VISMA | |
| DS: | Addy Engels, Jan Boven |
| 181 | VAN AERT Wout |
| 182 | JANSEN Amund |
| 183 | LINDEMAN Bertjan |
| 184 | MARTENS Paul |
| 185 | ROOSEN Timo |
| 186 | TOLHOEK Antwan |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| DS: | Adriano Baffi, Paolo Slongo |
| 191 | MOSCHETTI Matteo |
| 192 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca |
| 193 | CONCI Nicola |
| 194 | DE KORT Koen |
| 195 | MOSCA Jacopo |
| 196 | NIBALI Antonio |
| 197 | NIBALI Vincenzo |
| UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | |
| DS: | Marco Marzano, Manuele Mori |
| 201 | GAVIRIA Fernando |
| 202 | BOHLI Tom |
| 203 | BYSTROM Sven |
| 204 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
| 205 | MARCATO Marco |
| 206 | RICHEZE Ariel |
| 207 | TROIA Oliviero |
| VINI ZABU’ KTM | |
| DS: | Luca Scinto, Luca Amoriello |
| 211 | VISCONTI Giovanni |
| 212 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo |
| 213 | FRAPPORTI Marco |
| 214 | GAROSIO Andrea |
| 215 | IACCHI Alessandro |
| 216 | MARENGO Umberto |
| 217 | ROTA Lorenzo |