2019 Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (1.1), Italy
24 edition: Sunday, October 6, 2019
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Monteveglio - Monteveglio, 199.3 km
Sonny Colbrelli beats Alejandro Valverde to win the 2019 GP Bruno Beghelli. Bettini photo
Weather at Bologna, near the start/finish city of Monteveglio at 1:45 PM, local time: 19C (67F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 13 km/hr (8 mph). Only the slightest chance of rain during the late afternoon.
The race: Here's the report from winner Sonny Colbrelli's Bahrain-Merida team.
Monteveglio, October 6th, 2019 – After a great sprint, Sonny Colbrelli wins the GP Beghelli in front of Spaniard Alejandro Valverde and Australian Jack Haig.
“I wanted to have a good race – explains Sonny – also because my family came to see me with my little daughter Vittoria. We had a great day and I have to thank Ivan Garcia Cortina because on the last lap he was decisive and he helped me a lot”.
“On the last descent I took some risks but I had to recover on the attackers, then in the sprint, I knew I was the fastest and everything went well. It is my third victory of the year and it came after the good World championship last Sunday”.
Cortina gave great help to the winner coming 7th under the finish line: “I like to end the season here in Italy because there are races suitable for me with short climbs. When Valverde attacked going uphill in the last lap I was behind him to help Sonny. We were able to stretch on the attackers, then Sonny was the best at the sprint”.
Last comment to SD Franco Pellizotti: “Today the boys did a very good job and first Andrea Garosio and Yukiya Arashiro closed on the breakaway and then in the last 50-60km we defended very well. In the finale, both Sonny and Ivan were perfect finalizing the great work of the team”.
Complete Results:
199.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.329 km/hr
| 1 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bahrain-Merida | 4hr 35min 59sec |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
| 3 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 4 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 5 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 6 | Guillaume Martin | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 7 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-Merida | @ 5sec |
| 8 | Andrea Pasqualon | Wanty-Gobert | @ 7sec |
| 9 | Sep Vanmarcke | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 10 | Jon Aberasturi Izaga | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 11 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 12 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 13 | Edoardo Affini | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 14 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 15 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 16 | Simone Velasco | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 17 | Giovanni Lonardi | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 18 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 19 | Umberto Marengo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 20 | Sergey Shilov | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 21 | Davide Ballerini | Astana | s.t. |
| 22 | Eduard Prades | Movistar | s.t. |
| 23 | Davide Gabburo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 24 | Sacha Modolo | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 25 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 26 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 27 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 28 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | s.t. |
| 29 | Francesco Gavazzi | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 30 | Dario Puccioni | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | s.t. |
| 31 | Mickaël Cherel | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 32 | Romain Hardy | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 33 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 34 | Igor Boev | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 35 | Leonardo Basso | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 36 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 37 | Vincenzo Albanese | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 38 | Carlos Barbero | Movistar | s.t. |
| 39 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Giotti Victoria-Palomar | s.t. |
| 40 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 41 | Michael Gogl | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 42 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 43 | Mattia Bais | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 44 | Simone Ravanelli | Biesse Carrera | s.t. |
| 45 | Diego Rosa | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 46 | Hideto Nakane | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 47 | Nicholas Schultz | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 48 | Marco Canola | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 49 | Sergey Chernetski | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 50 | Carlos Betancur | Movistar | s.t. |
| 51 | Pierpaolo Ficara | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 52 | Fabien Doubey | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 53 | Alex Aranburu | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 54 | Bart De Clercq | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 55 | Tsgabu Grmay | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 56 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 57 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | 15 |
| 58 | Kaden Groves | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 59 | Clément Chevrier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 60 | George Bennett | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 61 | Antwan Tolhoek | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 62 | Lorenzo Rota | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 63 | Jeremy Maison | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 64 | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 65 | Ivan Sosa | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 66 | Elie Gesbert | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 67 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana | s.t. |
| 68 | Francesco Romano | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 69 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 20 |
| 70 | Gianni Moscon | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 71 | Manuele Mori | UAE-Team Emirates | 25 |
| 72 | Nicola Conci | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 73 | Warren Barguil | Arkea-Samsic | 30 |
| 74 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:09 |
| 75 | Manuele Boaro | Astana | 1:11 |
| 76 | Artem Nych | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:16 |
| 77 | Marco Marcato | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:18 |
| 78 | Emanuele Onesti | Giotti Victoria-Palomar | 1:41 |
| 79 | Neilson Powless | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 80 | Viesturs Luksevics | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 81 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 82 | Federico Zurlo | Giotti Victoria-Palomar | s.t. |
| 83 | Steve Morabito | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 84 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 85 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 86 | Nicola Graziato | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | s.t. |
| 87 | Marco Minnaard | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 88 | Robert Stannard | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 89 | Sho Hatsuyama | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 90 | Hugo Houle | Astana | s.t. |
| 91 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 92 | Jon Irisarri Rincon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 93 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 94 | Rui Oliveira | UAE-Team Emirates | 3:48 |
| 95 | Matthew Walls | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 96 | Dario Cataldo | Astana | s.t. |
| 97 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | 4:29 |
| 98 | Umberto Orsini | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 99 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
| 100 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 101 | Lachlan Morton | EF Education First | s.t. |
2019 GP Beghelli race pictures by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Before the race Team Movistar with Alejandro Valverde (on right, in Spanish Champion's jersey) is presented.
Team Colpack riders pick up thier bikes. I don't think any of the team's riders finished the race.
French champion Warren Barguil before the race.
Looks like a nice fall day for a bicycle race. The riders are lined up and ready to go.
The peloton on one of its ten trips up the Zappolino ascent.
Another picture of the riders on the Zappolino.
Toms Skujins on the way down the Zappolino
Sonny Colbrelli is the day's fastest rider. Alejandro Valverde is just behind him.
Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Gobert) beats Sep Vanmarcke (EF Education First) for eighth place.
The podium, from left: Alejandro Valverde (2nd), Sonny Colbrelli & Jack Haig (3rd).
Winner Sonny Colbrelli with his daughter, who looks to be suited up and ready to race.