2023 Giro della Toscana - Memorial Alfredo Martini (1.1), Italy
95th edition: September 13, 2023
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Pontedera - Pontedera, 191.55 km
Pavel Sivakov finsihes 4 seconds ahead of second-place Richard Carapaz. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the start/finish city of Pontedera at 1:30 PM, local time: 27C (80F), fair, with the wind from the west at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.
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The Race: Here's the report from winner Pavel Sivakov's Team INEOS Grenadiers.
Pavel Sivakov took a stunning solo victory in the Giro della Toscana, the first of the Italian autumn classics.
An upping of the pace into the foot of the final climb saw the peloton whittle down almost immediately. Then, an attack from Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates) was convincingly countered by Sivakov, drawing an elite group of four clear.
Pavel would not stop there, with another attack dropping the rest of the quartet, including Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). The Frenchman would top the climb with an advantage on the rest, and start the descent alone.
Sivakov would be caught by Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) on the descent, and the two seem destined to sprint it out at the finish.
That was until a canny attack by Pavel over a bridge with just over a kilometre remaining would see him distance his breakaway companion, and solo to an emphatic victory.
Ethan Hayter also claimed a strong seventh place, after a strong lead out by Magnus Sheffield.
Pavel Sivakov has left everyone behind to win the Giro della Toscana
Reaction:
“I’ve been looking for a win for a long time. Last year I won Burgos but I didn’t raise the hands as it was on GC. I’m really happy to win now."
“In the climb I was the strongest. I was the first over the top. When I was with Richie I knew he was faster than me in the downhill, so chances were that he would come back. Also with two, it was a long valley, so it was better to be with him. Then I could feel I was stronger in the final. I attacked on the last bridge as I knew he was faster in the sprint. I gave it my all and it worked so I’m super happy.”
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Complete results:
191.55 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.215 km/hr
| 1 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | 4hr 25min 57sec |
| 2 | Richard Carapaz | EF Education-EasyPost | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Felix Grossschartner | UAE Team Emirates | 0:45 |
| 4 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 1:28 |
| 5 | Filippo Zana | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 6 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 1:33 |
| 7 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:58 |
| 8 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 9 | Gianluca Brambilla | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 10 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 11 | Lilian Calmejane | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 12 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 13 | Valerio Conti | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 14 | Andrii Ponomar | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 15 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 16 | Alex Molenaar | Electro Hiper Europa | s.t. |
| 17 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 18 | Alessandro Pinarello | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 19 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 20 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 21 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 22 | Alex Martin | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 23 | Jesus David Peña | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 24 | Luca Covili | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 25 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 26 | Davide Piganzoli | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 27 | Alex Tolio | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 28 | Andrea Innocenti | Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna | s.t. |
| 29 | George Bennett | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 30 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 31 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 32 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 33 | Giacomo Garavaglia | Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek | 5:29 |
| 34 | Roberto Gonzalez | MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM | s.t. |
| 35 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | Marcel Camprubí | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 37 | Stefan De Bod | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 38 | Luca Cavallo | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 39 | Henok Mulubrhan | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 40 | Alejandro Osorio | GW-Shimano-Sidermec | 5:33 |
| 41 | Alessandro Monaco | Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna | 6:41 |
| 42 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | 8:38 |
| 43 | Alejandro Ropero | Electro Hiper Europa | s.t. |
| 44 | Pavel Novak | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 45 | Jose Luis Faura | Electro Hiper Europa | s.t. |
| 46 | Martin Nessler | Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna | s.t. |
| 47 | Santiago Umba | GW-Shimano-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 48 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 49 | Kevin Colleoni | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 50 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 51 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 52 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 53 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 54 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 55 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | 11:23 |
| 56 | Tsgabu Grmay | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 57 | Fernando Tercero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 58 | Axel Mariault | Cofidis | s.t. |