2023 Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale
di Coppi e Bartali (2.1), Italy

38th edition: March 21 - 25, 2023

Settimana Ciclista di Coppi-Bartali podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Saturday, March 25: 5th & Final Stage, Carpi 18.6 km Individual Time Trial

Stage 5 photos

Mauro Schmid on his way to winning the 2023 Settimana Coppi-Bartali. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the race city of Carpi at 12:45 PM, local time: 22C (72F), fair, with the wind from the east at 29 km/hr (18 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Mauro Schmid's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Mauro Schmid became the first Swiss rider to add his name to the roll of honour at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, wrapping up the general classification of the 38th edition thanks to a rock-solid display on the stage 5 individual time trial in Carpi, won by teammate Rémi Cavagna.

It’s the second stage race success in the career of the 23-year-old from Bülach, and it follows the one he took last year at the Belgium Tour, in his first season with the Wolfpack. Schmid enjoyed an excellent week in Italy, showing amazing consistency over the event’s five stages, concluding every single one of these in the top 10, so it came as no surprise that in addition to the GC win, he also received the points jersey.

“It feels special that my first win of the year came in the form of a stage race. I wasn’t sure I could survive the climb, but I went better than expected. Two stages and the GC – we couldn’t be happier!”, Mauro said after delivering the team’s 17th victory of the season. “I suffered a bit today, because I went too hard in the middle part and this made me nervous, but I calmed down near the finish because in the end I had quite some seconds left in the overall standings. It was a hard week, but we can be proud of how we rode as a team.”

Rémi Cavagna capped off Soudal Quick-Step’s great outing at Coppi e Bartali the same way he started the whole thing, with a victory. After attacking from the peloton and producing an outstanding solo effort to capture the opening stage, the “TGV of Clermont-Ferrand” now took the spoils in the time trial, where nothing and no one could stop him from racking up his tenth pro victory.

“We are all super happy with how things went for us this week! This time trial was my biggest goal here. It was a technical course, but I didn’t take any risks and just pushed hard on the straight roads so I could gain seconds there. I’m delighted with this performance, which netted my first ITT victory of the season after that close second in Algarve. The fact that Mauro finished first in the GC is the cherry on the cake. I feel the form is there and now I look forward to Pais Vasco”, said Rémi, the only rider to average more than 50km/h in Saturday’s time trial.

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

18.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 50.270 km/hr

1	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	22min 12sec
2	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	@ 18sec
3	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:19
4	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:26
5	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	0:27
6	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	0:29
7	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	0:35
8	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	0:41
9	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	0:43
10	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:51
12	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:57
13	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
14	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	1:00
15	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	1:03
16	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	1:04
17	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	1:06
18	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	1:09
19	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:12
20	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	1:15
22	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	1:16
23	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	1:19
24	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	1:20
26	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23
27	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
28	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	1:25
29	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:28
30	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	1:29
31	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	1:30
32	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	1:31
33	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:33
34	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
35	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	1:35
36	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	1:36
37	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	1:37
38	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	1:39
40	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	1:40
41	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:42
43	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:44
44	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	1:46
45	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:49
47	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
48	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	1:53
49	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
50	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	1:55
51	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
52	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	1:59
53	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:02
55	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	2:04
56	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	2:05
57	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	2:08
58	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:09
59	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	s.t.
61	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:10
62	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	2:15
63	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:16
64	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	2:19
67	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	2:20
68	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	2:21
69	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	2:24
70	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:29
71	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
72	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	2:31
73	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
74	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	2:34
75	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:35
76	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	2:37
77	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	s.t.
78	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	2:38
79	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	2:40
80	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:43
81	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
82	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	2:44
83	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	2:48
84	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	2:56
85	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
86	Gabriele Petrelli	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	2:57
87	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:59
88	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	3:06
89	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:07
90	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:09
91	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:10
92	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	3:13
93	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	3:14
94	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:15
95	Christian Danilo Pase	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
96	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
97	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
98	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	3:18
99	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	3:19
100	Martin Nessler	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	3:22
101	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	3:24
102	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	3:27
103	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
104	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	3:29
105	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	3:30
106	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	3:45
107	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	3:46
108	Alessandro Monaco	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	3:54
109	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	3:57
110	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	3:58
111	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	4:10
112	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	4:11
113	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	4:12
114	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	4:15
115	Zoltan Antal Lepold	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	4:24
116	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	4:33
117	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	4:38
118	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	4:49
119	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	4:52

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Mauro Schmid (Souda Quick-Step)
• Points classification winner: Mauro Schmid (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Mountains classification winner: Alexis Guerin (Bingoal-WB)
• Best young rider: Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification winner: EF Education-EasyPost

652.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.952 km/hr

1	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	16hr 19min 55sec
2	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 16sec
3	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:22
4	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	1:06
5	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	1:19
6	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:35
7	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	1:52
8	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	1:55
9	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:57
10	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:10
11	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	2:12
12	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	2:21
13	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	2:35
14	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:51
15	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	2:53
16	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	3:07
17	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	3:08
18	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	3:48
19	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:49
20	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	4:50
21	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	4:58
22	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	5:05
23	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	5:39
24	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	6:36
25	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	7:16
26	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	8:07
27	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	8:16
28	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	8:53
29	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	9:02
30	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	10:12
31	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	10:36
32	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	12:11
33	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	14:06
34	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	16:24
35	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	16:38
36	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	17:28
37	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	18:16
38	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	22:41
39	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	22:58
40	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	24:15
41	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	29:59
42	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	30:09
43	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	30:40
44	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	31:29
45	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	31:45
46	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	33:34
47	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	34:33
48	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	35:36
49	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	37:14
50	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	38:45
51	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	38:49
52	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	38:53
53	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	39:00
54	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	39:23
55	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	40:58
56	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	41:48
57	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	41:58
58	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	42:22
59	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	43:22
60	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	44:02
61	Alessandro Monaco	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	46:44
62	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	46:54
63	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	48:49
64	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	49:47
65	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	50:26
66	Gabriele Petrelli	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	52:05
67	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	53:11
68	Martin Nessler	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	53:43
69	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	54:00
70	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	54:07
71	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	54:20
72	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	54:37
73	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	55:02
74	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	55:50
75	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	56:59
76	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	59:26
77	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	59:53
78	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	1:01:01
79	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:01:18
80	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	1:02:13
81	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	1:02:51
82	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	1:02:54
83	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:03:09
84	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	1:03:41
85	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	s.t.
86	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04:41
87	Christian Danilo Pase	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:05:10
88	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:05:12
89	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	1:08:22
90	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:10:04
91	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:10:15
92	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	1:12:50
93	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:13:49
94	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	1:13:56
95	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	1:14:34
96	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	1:15:24
97	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:16:13
98	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:16:24
99	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:16:50
100	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	1:17:22
101	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:19:04
102	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:19:49
103	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	1:19:58
104	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:20:28
105	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:21:15
106	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:21:53
107	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:23:59
108	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:24:03
109	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	1:24:32
110	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	1:25:14
111	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	1:25:17
112	Zoltan Antal Lepold	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	1:27:50
113	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	1:28:54
114	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:30:02
115	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	1:30:23
116	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:31:48
117	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:32:56
118	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:33:23
119	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:34:33

 

Stage five photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Kevin Pezzo Rosola gets going.

Lapo Gavilli starts his ride.

Israel-Premier Tech rider Omer Goldstein was 37th.

Lawson Craddock was 13th.

6th place Josef Cerny

Third-place Ben Healy

Stage winner Remi Cavagna

2023 Coppi Bartali Week winner Mauro Schmid after his ride.

The GC podium, from left: James Shaw (2nd), Mauro Schmid (1st) & Ben Healy (3rd & Best Young Rider)

2023 Coppi-Bartali winner Mauro Schmid

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Friday, March 24: Stage 4, Fiorano Modenese - Fiorano Modenese, 168.6 159.9km

Alexis Guerin comes in alone. Sirotti photo.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Fiorano Modenese at 12:40 PM, local time: 19C (66F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Today's route was shortened by 8.7 km. There is only one local lap in Fiorano Modenese instead of two.

Here's the report from GC leader Mauro Schmid's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Mauro Schmid showcased again his remarkable consistency, racking up a third runner-up spot in four days of racing at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali after another strong ride on the hardest day of the week, which took in seven climbs for more than 2500 vertical meters.

A numerous group animated the day, opening up a gap of three minutes on the peloton where Soudal Quick-Step made sure of setting a steady tempo that didn’t allow the move to become dangerous. The likes of James Knox and Stan Van Tricht buried themselves for Schmid – who remained out of the wind until the penultimate hill – bringing back the escapees one by one.

An injection of pace followed by a series of sharp attacks with 15 kilometers to go led to a strong chasing group being formed behind lone leader Alexis Guerin (Bingoal). Mauro Schmid showed there is a reason why he is wearing the leader’s jersey, responding with ease and joining this move that came very close to bringing back Guerin, who in the end made it for a mere three seconds.

Second on the stage meant more valuable bonifications for our rider, who enters the final day ITT with a margin of 14 seconds over James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost). A strong time trialist – gold medalist in the discipline with the team relay at last year’s Worlds – Schmid will look to put in another solid ride and seal what would be the second GC success of his career.

“The whole team did a great job the whole day. We had a tough climb in the beginning and an 18-ma breakaway, so we had to chase full gas as nobody helped. In the end I just had to make sure that I didn’t lose too much time. I think I had quite good legs, I wanted to try to win the stage but it was a bit risky as I had two EF guys with me. If I pulled too hard and I lost time it could have been difficult for the last stage, so I just focused instead on taking the bonus seconds. Saturday’s time trial is flat, quite technical, but nothing too crazy, so I can be confident about my chances”, Schmid explained after the stage.

Complete results:

159.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.082 km/hr

1	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	4hr 5min 29sec
2	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 3sec
3	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	17
8	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
9	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
16	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
17	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
20	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
22	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	1:13
25	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	2:15
28	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	2:34
30	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:37
31	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
34	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:41
36	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	3:59
37	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	5:56
38	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
40	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	8:08
43	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	8:45
44	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
45	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
48	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
49	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	11:12
50	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	15:00
51	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
52	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
54	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	s.t.
56	Martin Nessler	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
57	Gabriele Petrelli	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
58	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
59	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
60	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
63	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
65	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	21:35
67	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
68	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
70	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
71	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
72	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
73	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	s.t.
74	Christian Danilo Pase	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
75	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
76	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
77	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
78	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
79	Zoltan Antal Lepold	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
80	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	21:38
81	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
83	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
84	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
88	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
89	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
90	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	s.t.
91	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	s.t.
92	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
93	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
94	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
95	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
97	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
98	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
99	Alessandro Monaco	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
100	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	21:45
101	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
103	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	23:55
104	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
106	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
107	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
108	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
110	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
111	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
113	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
114	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
115	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
116	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
117	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
118	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
119	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
120	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
121	Etienne Van Empel	Team Corratec	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

633.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.742 km/hr

1	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	15hr 57min 2sec
2	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 14sec
3	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:28
4	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:35
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	0:43
6	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:44
7	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:56
8	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	1:17
9	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	1:19
10	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	1:30
11	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	1:33
12	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
17	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	1:41
18	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	2:23
19	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:28
20	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	3:32
21	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	3:44
22	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	4:13
23	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	5:16
24	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	5:28
25	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	6:10
26	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	6:11
27	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	6:25
28	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	7:02
29	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	8:31
30	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	9:01
31	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	9:34
32	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	10:09
33	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	13:24
34	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	15:39
35	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	15:53
36	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	17:08
37	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	17:34
38	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	21:20
39	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	22:47
40	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	23:22
41	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	28:29
42	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	29:12
43	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	29:20
44	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	29:26
45	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	30:42
46	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	30:56
47	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	32:58
48	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	34:37
49	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	36:24
50	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	36:49
51	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	37:04
52	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	37:48
53	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	37:53
54	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	38:29
55	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	38:56
56	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	40:29
57	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	40:50
58	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	41:13
59	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	41:42
60	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	42:39
61	Alessandro Monaco	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	43:31
62	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	44:26
63	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	46:55
64	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	48:00
65	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	49:16
66	Gabriele Petrelli	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	49:49
67	Martin Nessler	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	51:02
68	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	51:59
69	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	52:02
70	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	52:13
71	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	52:38
72	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	53:06
73	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	54:15
74	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	55:22
75	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	56:01
76	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	57:01
77	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	58:10
78	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	59:05
79	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	59:11
80	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
81	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	59:40
82	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	1:01:01
83	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	1:01:30
84	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	1:02:13
85	Christian Danilo Pase	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:02:36
86	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	1:02:36
87	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	1:02:46
88	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:04:25
89	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04:39
90	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	1:07:28
91	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:08:00
92	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:09:08
93	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	1:11:00
94	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11:00
95	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:11:20
96	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	1:13:14
97	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:13:20
98	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:13:20
99	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:13:25
100	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
101	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	1:15:36
102	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:16:21
103	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:17:42
104	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
105	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:18:41
106	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
107	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	1:18:46
108	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:20:46
109	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	1:21:59
110	Etienne Van Empel	Team Corratec	1:22:09
111	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
112	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:22:11
113	Zoltan Antal Lepold	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	1:24:07
114	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	1:24:43
115	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	1:26:20
116	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:26:31
117	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
118	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:29:15
119	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:30:10
120	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:30:19
121	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:31:17

 

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Thursday, March 23: Stage 3, Forli - Forli, 139.7 km

Ben Healy beats Domenico Pozzovivo to the line. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Forli at 1:10 PM, local time: 21C (70F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 2 km/hr (1 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Mauro Schmid's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Mauro Schmid defended his overall lead at this week’s Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, after a complicated stage 3 which took the peloton to Forli – the town of Caterina Sforza, one of Renaissance Italy’s most influential and powerful women.

Monte Cavallo (4.7km, 7.2%) with its tricky gravel roads sections was the day’s main attraction, the hardest climb on a circuit that the peloton had to tackle several times. It was there with 20 kilometers to go that three riders jumped clear, just as the gradient stiffened, opening a hefty gap over the stretched-out peloton. Mauro found himself part of the reduced chasing group, taking some long pulls on the descent to claw back time as the leading trio was driving hard to expand their advantage.

An old-school finish, on the Forli velodrome, awaited the riders at the end of Thursday’s 140 kilometers, and it was Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) who prevailed there, 25 seconds clear of the chasers. Schmid concluded in fifth place, enough to keep the leader’s jersey ahead of the penultimate stage – in addition to the points one – and even increase his lead over the next rider in the general classification to eight seconds.

Complete results:

139.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.086 km/hr

1	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 29min 6sec
2	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	@ 25sec
5	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
11	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
12	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
14	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
18	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:20
19	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
20	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
21	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
26	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
28	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
29	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
30	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
32	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
33	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
34	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
36	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
37	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
39	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	4:56
46	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	5:10
47	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	6:22
49	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
51	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
52	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
55	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
57	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
58	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
59	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
60	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:39
61	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
66	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	12:07
68	Christian Danilo Pase	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
69	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
71	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
72	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
73	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
77	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	13:10
79	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
80	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
81	Gabriele Petrelli	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
82	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
83	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
84	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	20:31
85	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
86	Etienne Van Empel	Team Corratec	s.t.
87	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
89	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
90	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
91	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
92	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
94	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
95	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
96	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
97	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
98	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
99	Martin Nessler	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
100	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
102	Davide Dapporto	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
103	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
104	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
105	Didier Merchan	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
106	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
107	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
109	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	s.t.
110	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
111	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
112	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
113	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
114	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
115	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
116	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
117	Zoltan Antal Lepold	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
118	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
119	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
120	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	s.t.
121	Andrés Mancipe	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
122	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
123	Alessandro Monaco	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
124	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
125	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
126	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
127	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	21:24

 

GC after stage 3:

474 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.966 km/hr

1	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	11hr 51min 36sc
2	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	@ 8sec
3	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:12
4	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:15
5	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
6	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	0:37
7	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:38
8	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:57
9	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	1:10
10	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	1:13
11	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	1:13
12	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
15	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
16	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	1:21
18	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	1:26
19	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	2:03
20	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	2:05
21	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:08
22	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
23	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	2:16
24	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	2:31
25	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	3:35
26	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	3:45
27	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	3:53
28	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
29	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:48
30	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	4:56
31	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	5:46
32	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	5:51
33	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	6:21
34	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	7:05
35	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:25
36	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
37	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:34
38	Luis-Joe Lührs	BORA-hansgrohe	7:42
39	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	9:40
40	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	12:56
41	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	14:34
42	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	15:26
43	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	16:48
44	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
45	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:55
46	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	18:51
47	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	19:09
48	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	20:04
49	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	20:38
50	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	20:58
51	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	21:50
52	Alessandro Monaco	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
53	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	21:54
54	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	22:08
55	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	22:45
56	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	23:53
58	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	25:14
59	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	26:10
60	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	26:39
61	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	27:35
62	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	28:36
63	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	28:38
64	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	30:11
65	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	31:25
66	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	33:44
67	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	33:47
68	Gabriele Petrelli	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	34:46
69	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	35:13
70	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
71	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Martin Nessler	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	35:59
73	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	37:30
74	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	37:35
75	Andrés Mancipe	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	37:48
76	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	38:02
77	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	38:25
79	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	39:12
80	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	39:20
81	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	39:49
82	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	40:32
83	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	40:58
84	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Christian Danilo Pase	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
86	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
87	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	41:05
88	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	42:01
89	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	42:51
90	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	44:02
91	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	45:10
92	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	45:50
93	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	46:19
94	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	47:22
95	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	49:22
96	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
97	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
98	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
99	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
100	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
102	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	51:44
103	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
104	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
105	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
106	Davide Dapporto	Team Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	54:43
107	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
109	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
110	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	57:05
111	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	58:01
112	Etienne Van Empel	Team Corratec	58:11
113	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA Tre Colli	s.t.
115	Didier Merchan	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
116	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	59:05
117	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:00:33
118	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
119	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	1:02:22
120	Antal Lepold Zoltan	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	1:02:29
121	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:02:33
122	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
123	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	1:03:02
124	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:05:17
125	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	1:06:12
126	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	1:06:21
127	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	1:07:19

 

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Wednesday, March 22: Stage 2, Riccone - Longiano, 172.5 km

American racer Sean Quinn is first across the line. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Longiano at 12:45 PM, local time: 16C (61F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from new GC leader Mauro Schmid's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Mauro Schmid took over the leader’s jersey in Italy from teammate Rémi Cavagna, after another podium finish, this time on the aptly named “Muur di Belvedere” – the 800m climb averaging 11% which awaited the peloton in Longione, at the end of the 172.5km stage 2.

The race was shaped by the penultimate ascent, where a strong group containing the 23-year-old Mauro Schmid set off in pursuit of the breakaway. Featuring many GC riders, that move easily reeled in the escapees and continued to push a strong pace that soon turned into an insurmountable lead for the chasers, who had to say goodbye to their hopes for the stage.

Two kilometers from the finish, things started heating up, attacks coming left and right, and one rider managed to snap the elastic. At the one kilometer to go mark, he had a gap of 18 seconds, but Mauro Schmid rode admirably behind, throwing any caution to the wind to bring back the lone leader and remain in contention for the victory. The Swiss made the catch with 200 meters to go, and despite the gargantuesque effort, he could still finish on the podium, just behind Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost), a result that elevated Mauro to the top of the standings.

“When the attacks came, I just followed and stayed in the wheels, as Rémi was still in the bunch. I began pulling once I heard he got dropped and had my eyes on the stage win, but then Brambilla attacked and the group stopped working. Nevertheless, I pulled hard to close the gap, but then I maybe waited a bit more to start my sprint. On the other hand, I took the leader’s jersey, and even though the margin is small, I will try my best to keep it, especially as the final stage time trial suits me”, said Mauro – the fourth different Soudal Quick-Step rider to lead a stage race this year.

Complete results:

172.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.008 km/hr

1	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 18min 42sec
2	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
5	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	@ 3sec
6	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	0:13
7	Florian Lipowitz	Bora-hansgrohe	0:24
8	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:53
9	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	0:56
10	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:58
13	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	1:01
15	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
19	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
23	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	1:09
25	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
26	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	1:14
27	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	1:16
29	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
30	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
31	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:24
33	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
35	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	Alessandro Monaco	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	1:32
37	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:19
38	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	2:28
39	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	3:22
40	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
42	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	4:36
44	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	5:05
45	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	5:08
46	Luis-Joe Lührs	Bora-hansgrohe	5:13
47	Diego Pescador	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
48	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	9:22
49	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	9:33
50	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	10:14
51	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
52	Emanuele Ansaloni	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	11:38
53	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	14:19
56	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
57	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
58	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
60	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
61	Christian Danilo Pase	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
62	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
66	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
68	Stefano Gandin	Team Corratec	s.t.
69	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
70	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
71	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
72	Gabriele Petrelli	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
73	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
74	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
75	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
77	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
79	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
81	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
82	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Martin Nessler	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
85	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
86	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
87	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
89	Miguel Florez	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
90	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
92	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
93	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
94	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
95	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
96	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
97	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	s.t.
98	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
99	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
101	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
103	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Luca Tornaboni	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	15:34
105	Andrés Mancipe	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	16:08
106	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	19:40
107	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
109	Davide Dapporto	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
110	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
111	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
114	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
116	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	19:46
117	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	22:57
118	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	22:58
119	Zoltan Antal Lepold	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	23:04
120	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	23:08
121	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
122	Didier Merchan	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
123	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
124	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	s.t.
126	Michael Vanni	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
127	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
128	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
129	Etienne Van Empel	Team Corratec	s.t.
130	Andrea Piras	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	23:27
131	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	s.t.
132	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	25:52
133	Hager Andemariam	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	26:15
134	Gidas Umbri	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	26:33
135	Romaric Forques	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t,
136	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	26:47
137	Andrea Mearelli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	26:53
138	Soh Narumi	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	26:54
139	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
140	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
141	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

334.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.950 km/hr

1	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	8hr 22min 5sec
2	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 2sec
3	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:08
4	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:12
5	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:15
6	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	1:05
7	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	1:08
8	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:10
11	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:13
13	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
14	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
18	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
19	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	1:21
23	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	1:26
25	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:28
26	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:28
27	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:36
28	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Alessandro Monaco	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	1:44
30	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	2:40
31	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	2:50
32	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	2:52
33	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	2:58
34	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
35	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	3:50
36	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:53
37	Florian Lipowitz	Bora-hansgrohe	4:01
38	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	4:51
39	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	4:56
40	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:39
41	Luis-Joe Lührs	Bora-hansgrohe	6:47
42	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	6:59
43	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	8:45
44	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	9:41
45	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	10:26
46	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	11:50
47	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	13:12
48	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	14:31
49	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
50	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
51	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	15:53
52	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
53	Martin Nessler	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
54	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
55	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	16:13
58	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	16:54
59	Andrés Mancipe	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	17:42
60	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	17:56
61	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
62	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
63	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
65	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	18:19
67	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	19:33
68	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	19:43
69	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Diego Pescador	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	20:10
72	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	20:59
73	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Gabriele Petrelli	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	22:01
76	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	24:19
77	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	25:04
78	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:44
79	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	s.t.
80	Emanuele Ansaloni	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	26:35
81	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	27:30
82	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	29:16
83	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
85	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
86	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Stefano Gandin	Team Corratec	s.t.
88	Danilo Pase Christian	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
89	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
90	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
92	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
93	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
94	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Miguel Florez	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
96	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
97	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
98	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
99	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
100	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
101	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
102	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	31:38
103	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
105	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
106	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
107	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	34:37
108	Davide Dapporto	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
109	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
110	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
111	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
113	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
114	Luca Tornaboni	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	34:53
115	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	36:59
116	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	37:55
117	Etienne Van Empel	Team Corratec	38:05
118	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
119	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
120	Didier Merchan	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
121	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	s.t.
122	Andrea Piras	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	38:24
123	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	38:59
124	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	40:27
125	Michael Vanni	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
126	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
127	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	42:16
128	Zoltan Antal Lepold	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	42:23
129	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi	42:27
130	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
131	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	42:56
132	Gidas Umbri	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	43:52
133	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	45:11
134	Hager Andemariam	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	45:34
135	Romaric Forques	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	45:52
136	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	46:06
137	Andrea Mearelli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	46:12
138	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	46:13
139	Soh Narumi	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	46:13
140	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi	46:15
141	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	47:13

 

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Tuesday, March 21: Stage 1, Riccone - Riccone, 161.8 km

Remi Cavagna has left everyone more than a half-minute behind. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Riccone at 12:40 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Remi Cavagna's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Rémi Cavagna soloed to a spectacular victory on stage 1 of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, after displaying his strength on the hilly parcours around Riccione. His move was launched 37 kilometers from the finish, just as the peloton was preparing to tackle the Montescudo climb (6.6km, 3.7%) for the second and last time Tuesday afternoon.

Cavagna rode away from the bunch, picked up the remnants of the breakaway, and showing effortless power opened an impressive 1:40 gap by the time he crested the summit. Using his superb time trial skills, the “TGV of Clermont-Ferrand” flew down the descent, and entered the last ten kilometers with a full minute in his hands.

Despite the chasers getting organised behind him and further reducing his buffer on the flat roads of Riccione, nothing and no one could stop Rémi from taking the ninth pro win of his career, and a well-deserved one for that matter after a challenging 2022 season. The peloton arrived around half a minute later, and Mauro Schmid finished runner-up, making it a memorable 1-2 for Soudal Quick-Step.

Mauro Schmid finishes second to give his team an impressive 1-2 finish. Sirotti photo

“Coming into the race, the plan was to ride every stage as a one-day race. My goal at the start of the day was to try something in the last ten kilometers, but I sensed an opportunity on that final climb and just followed my instinct. Once I got a gap, I tried to keep the power and went all-in for the victory, as this really motivated me.”

“Having had a good start to the season I was confident at the start of the race, and this win will be a huge morale-boost. I’m happy for myself and I’m happy for Mauro too. We are good friends, and just the other day we were talking about trying to do something nice this week, so it was special to be joined by him on the podium. We have our win and now we’ll see what the next stages will bring”, added the first Frenchman in six years to take a stage at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.

Remi Cavagana & Mauro Schmid after the race. Sirotti photo

 

Complete results:

161.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.942 km/hr

1	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 3min 3sec
2	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 32sec
3	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
12	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
17	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
21	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
23	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
27	Alessandro Monaco	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
28	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
35	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Valerio Conti	Team Corratec	1:54
39	Luis-Joe Lührs	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Andrés Mancipe	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
43	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
44	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Martin Nessler	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
46	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
48	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
49	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
51	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
53	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	3:57
55	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
56	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
57	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Florian Lipowitz	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
60	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
65	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
66	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	5:44
67	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
68	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	7:00
71	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	Gabriele Petrelli	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	8:02
75	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:04
76	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	11:45
77	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	s.t.
78	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	15:17
79	Etienne Van Empel	Team Corratec	s.t.
80	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
81	Conor Schunk	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
82	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
83	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
84	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
85	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
86	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
87	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
89	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Davide Dapporto	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
91	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
92	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Miguel Florez	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
94	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Emanuele Ansaloni	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
97	Stefano Gandin	Team Corratec	s.t.
98	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
99	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
100	Didier Merchan	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
101	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
102	Diego Pescador	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
103	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
104	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
105	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
106	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
108	Danilo Pase Christian	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
109	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	s.t.
111	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
112	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
113	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
115	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
116	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
117	Andrea Piras	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
118	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
119	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	17:39
120	Michael Vanni	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
121	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
122	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Gidas Umbri	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
124	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
126	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
127	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
128	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi	19:39
129	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
130	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
131	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
132	Lepold Zoltan	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
133	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	s.t.
134	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
135	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
136	Andrea Mearelli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
137	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
138	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
139	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
140	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
141	Luca Tornaboni	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
142	Emil Dima	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
143	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
144	Soh Narumi	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
145	Romaric Forques	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
146	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
147	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
148	Hager Andemariam	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 2min 53sec
2	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 36sec
3	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:38
4	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	0:42
5	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
12	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Tijmen Graat	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Alessio Martinelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
17	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
21	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
23	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
27	Alessandro Monaco	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
28	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
35	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Valerio Conti	Team Corratec	2:04
39	Luis-Joe Lührs	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Alessandro Pinarello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Andrés Mancipe	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
43	Alessandro Bisolti	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
44	Omar El Gouzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Martin Nessler	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
46	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
48	Davide Piganzoli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
49	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
51	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
53	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	4:07
55	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
56	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
57	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Florian Lipowitz	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
60	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
65	Jhonatan Restrepo	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
66	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	5:54
67	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
68	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	7:10
71	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	Gabriele Petrelli	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	8:12
75	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:14
76	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling	11:55
77	Marco Murgano	Team Corratec	s.t.
78	Veljko Stojnic	Team Corratec	15:27
79	Etienne Van Empel	Team Corratec	s.t.
80	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
81	Conor Schunk	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
82	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
83	Alex Raimondi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
84	Matteo Freddi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
85	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
86	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
87	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
89	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Davide Dapporto	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
91	Samuele Carpene	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
92	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Miguel Florez	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
94	Cyrus Monk	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Marc Pritzen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Emanuele Ansaloni	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
97	Stefano Gandin	Team Corratec	s.t.
98	Tommaso Bergagna	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
99	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
100	Didier Merchan	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
101	Jhonatan Guatibonza	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
102	Diego Pescador	GW-Shimano-Sidermec	s.t.
103	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
104	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
105	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
106	Antonio Puppio	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Kevin Bonaldo	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
108	Danilo Pase Christian	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
109	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	s.t.
111	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
112	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
113	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
115	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
116	Francesco Carollo	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
117	Andrea Piras	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
118	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
119	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	17:49
120	Michael Vanni	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
121	Davide Bauce	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
122	Alexandr Riabushenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Gidas Umbri	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
124	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Lucio Pierantozzi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
126	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
127	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
128	Michele Berasi	General Store-Essegibi	19:49
129	Lorenzo Peschi	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
130	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
131	Lapo Gavilli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
132	Lepold Antal	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
133	Charlie Quarterman	Team Corratec	s.t.
134	Fabio Mazzucco	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
135	Stefano Leali	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
136	Andrea Mearelli	MG.K Vis-Colors for Peace	s.t.
137	Nicola Venchiarutti	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
138	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
139	Kevin Pezzo Rosola	General Store-Essegibi	s.t.
140	Samuele Mion	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
141	Luca Tornaboni	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
142	Emil Dima	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
143	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
144	Soh Narumi	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
145	Romaric Forques	Technipes-EmiliaRomagna	s.t.
146	Lorenzo Di Camillo	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.
147	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
148	Hager Andemariam	Sofer-Savini Due-OMZ	s.t.