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2022 Coppa Bernocchi (1.Pro), Italy

103rd edition: Monday, October 3, 2022

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Legnano - Legnano: 190.7 km. Legnano is 20 kilometers northwest of Milan.

Davide Ballerini

Davide Ballerini wins in Legnano. Getty Sport photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Legnano at 2:00 PM, local time: 23C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Davide Ballerini's Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl.

For the second consecutive year, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl celebrated at Coppa Bernocchi. After Remco Evenepoel powered through the rain last season, dropping his breakaway companions en route to an impressive solo win, this time it was Davide Ballerini’s turn to put his arms in the air following a perfect sprint in Legnano.

The Wolfpack meant business Monday afternoon and showed its intentions early, with more than 60 kilometers to go on the circuit revolving around the Piccolo Stelvio. Julian Alaphilippe made his move and immediately spread chaos in the peloton, which was fragmented on the climb and had to work hard for a regrouping, while at the front the double World Champion – joined in the meantime by four riders – built a gap of around 40 seconds.

The group was soon brought to heel, but Alaphilippe went again shortly after, putting the pressure on many of the sprinters, who found it difficult to keep the pace on the hilly roads around Legnano. Several riders, including teammate Ilan Van Wilder, bridged across and brought more firepower, which helped the newly-formed leading group put 40 seconds into the chasers, who were forced to use many resources in order to make the catch.

When they did, with eight kilometers to go, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl stormed to the front and set a ferocious tempo until the last two kilometers for Davide Ballerini, who then placed himself in the wheel of Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) and remained there until the final 200 meters, when he launched an explosive sprint that brought him his second victory of the season after the one on stage 4 of the Tour de Wallonie, at the end of July.

“I’m very happy, as I really needed this win, which shows that I found my condition again after not enjoying the best of times at the World Championships. It wasn’t easy and I suffered today, as the speed went up with each lap, but I tried to tackle the climbs in the first positions at all times and managed to stay in there after almost being dropped at one point. My team did a fantastic job and worked hard for me after it all came back together, pulling hard in the finale, and then in the sprint I just took Trentin’s wheel and gave my best. I’m delighted with this success on home soil and with the fact I could repay the guys for their amazing work”, said Davide, the first Italian in four years to triumph in Coppa Bernocchi.

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Complete results:

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190.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.346 km/hr

1	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4hr 18min 1sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
5	Iván García	Movistar	s.t.
6	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
8	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
9	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
13	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
14	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
16	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	José oaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
19	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
20	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
21	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
24	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
26	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
27	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
29	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
32	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
33	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
35	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
36	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
39	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
43	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
44	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
47	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
48	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
50	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Davide Rebellin	Work Service-Vitalcare	s.t.
58	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 9sec
60	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
62	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	0:17
63	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
64	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
66	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	0:42
67	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
68	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:46
69	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
70	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
73	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
75	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
77	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
80	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	0:52
81	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	0:56
82	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:17
84	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:30
85	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:32
86	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:36
87	Santiago Umba	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:39
88	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	2:09
89	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:10
90	Miguel Ángel López	Astana Qazaqstan	5:08
91	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
92	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
93	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
94	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	5:40
95	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
96	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
100	Filippo Tagliani	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
101	Giacomo Garavaglia	Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek	s.t.
102	Tom Paquot	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
103	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
104	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
105	Alexandre Balmer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
106	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	5:45
108	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.