2021 Gran Premio Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, (1.Pro), Italia
43rd edition: Sunday, March 7, 2021
GP Industria & Artigiano di Larciano podium history | 2020 edition | 2022 edition
Larciano - Larciano, 199 kilometers
Mauri Vansevenant wins in Larciano. Sirotti photo
Weather at the start/finish city of Larciano, Pistoia at 2:15 PM, local time: 16C (60F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Mauri Vansevenant's Deceuninck-Quick step team.
The writing was on the wall since Wednesday, when Mauri Vansevenant was all over the place at the Trofeo Laigueglia – chasing, attacking and counterattacking – showcasing his undoubted talent on the way to a maiden podium in the pro ranks. Four days later, Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 21-year-old climber featured again in the finale on Italian soil and took his racing to another level, notching up a breakthrough win at the GP Industria & Artigianato.
“My team did a fantastic job for me today and this pumped up my confidence going into the last part of the race. Seeing they believed in me made me believe even more in myself and I’m extremely happy I could convert their work into a win, my first with the pros. It’s an amazing day, one that I will never forget”, said the first Belgian since Roger De Vlaeminck, in 1975, to be successful at the GP Industria & Artigianato.
The 52nd edition of the hilly race around Larciano got off to a normal start, with a small break going clear and putting more than four minutes between them and the peloton on the flat circuit. Knowing the main tests of the day were yet to come, the chasers took it easy and conserved the energy until they entered the first of the four laps featuring the San Baronto climb (8.5km, 3.6%).
Deceuninck – Quick-Step moved to the fore just before the main moves came and sent Dries Devenyns on the attack, the experienced Belgian pulling clear together with six other men. Despite having the firepower, the group couldn’t build a proper gap over the bunch, who got back on terms before the last ascent of San Baronto. On the steepest part of the climb, Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) launched a big acceleration, only Mauri Vansevenant being capable of responding immediately. Before the top, they were joined by two more men and together plunged down the descent, taking their advantage to 25 seconds with seven kilometers to go.
Under the flamme rouge, Ide Schelling (Bora-hansgrohe) bridged across and tried to anticipate the sprint, but Mauri remained calm and let the German ran out of steam before throwing in everything he had and kicking out 200 meters from the line. The Belgian delivered a powerful sprint, which saw him prevail in front of Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) and claim his first pro victory since making the transition from the U23 category last summer.
“It was no surprise that the big attacks appeared on the last climb, so I was ready for them and felt good enough to follow them as soon as they came. Seeing I was in such a company, in a group with Grand Tour and Monument winners, gave me a lot of confidence and I just kept bringing my share of work at the front. We worked well together, rode full gas and in the last kilometer I knew I could rely on a good sprint, which I usually have after a hard race. I’m super happy with this victory, I love racing in Italy and I hope to continue my season, which so far has been very good, in the same vein”, a beaming Mauri added.
Complete results:
199 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.814 km/hr
| 1 | Mauri Vansevenant | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4hr 26min 26sec |
| 2 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 3 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 4 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 5 | Ide Schelling | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 3sec |
| 6 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | @ 4sec |
| 7 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 11sec |
| 8 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | @ 16sec |
| 9 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 10 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 11 | Matteo Fabbro | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 12 | Natnael Tesfazion | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 13 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 14 | Giovanni Aleotti | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:08 |
| 15 | Mauro Finetto | Delko | s.t. |
| 16 | Biniam Girmay | Delko | s.t. |
| 17 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 18 | Javier Romo | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 19 | Daniel Savini | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 20 | James Knox | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 21 | Davide Rebellin | Work Service-Marchiol-Vega | 1:13 |
| 22 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:28 |
| 23 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 24 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 25 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 26 | Edward Ravasi | Eolo-Kometa | s.t. |
| 27 | Daniel Munoz | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 28 | Merhawi Kudus | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 29 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 30 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 31 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek-Segafredo | 1:34 |
| 32 | Giacomo Garavaglia | Work Service-Marchiol-Vega | 1:48 |
| 33 | Diego Rosa | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 34 | Santiago Umba | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 35 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
| 36 | Ilnur Zakarin | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 37 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 3:20 |
| 38 | Dries Devenyns | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 5:37 |
| 39 | Matis Louvel | Arkéa-Samsic | 5:59 |
| 40 | Vincenzo Albanese | Eolo-Kometa | s.t. |
| 41 | Marco Canola | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 42 | Paul Wright | Mg.K Vis Vpm | s.t. |
| 43 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 44 | Andrea Pasqualon | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 45 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 46 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 47 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 48 | David Lozano | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 49 | Matteo Baseggio | General Store-F.Ili Curia-Essegibi | s.t. |
| 50 | Raul Colombo | Work Service-Marchiol-Vega | s.t. |
| 51 | Marcus Burghardt | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 52 | Juan Ayuso | Team Colpack - Ballan | s.t. |
| 53 | Luca Covili | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 54 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Eolo-Kometa | s.t. |
| 55 | Jacopo Menegotto | General Store-F.Ili Curia-Essegibi | s.t. |
| 56 | Leonardo Tortomasi | Vini Zabú | s.t. |
| 57 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 58 | Laurent Pichon | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 59 | Valerio Conti | Italy | s.t. |
| 60 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 61 | Alexandre Delettre | Delko | s.t. |
| 62 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 63 | Thomas Pesenti | Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli | s.t. |
| 64 | Jeremy Bellicaud | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 65 | Manuel Senni | Italy | s.t. |
| 66 | Gabriele Benedetti | Italy | s.t. |
| 67 | Samuele Carpene | General Store-F.Ili Curia-Essegibi | s.t. |
| 68 | Leonardo Basso | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 69 | Edoardo Zardini | Vini Zabú | s.t. |
| 70 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 71 | Joab Schneiter | Vini Zabú | s.t. |
| 72 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 73 | Alessandro Fancellu | Eolo-Kometa | s.t. |
| 74 | Andrea Garosio | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 75 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | s.t. |
| 76 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 77 | Elie Gesbert | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 78 | Davide Cimolai | Italy | s.t. |
| 79 | Andrey Zeits | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 80 | Alessandro Bisolti | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 81 | Mark Christian | Eolo-Kometa | s.t. |
| 82 | Owain Doull | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 83 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 84 | Sebastian Henao | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 85 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 86 | Simone Ravanelli | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 87 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 88 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 89 | Simone Velasco | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 90 | Brent Bookwalter | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 91 | Denis Nekrasov | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 92 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | 6:19 |
| 93 | Yuriy Natarov | Astana-Premier Tech | 6:21 |
| 94 | Abderrahim Zahiri | General Store-F.Ili Curia-Essegibi | s.t. |
| 95 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 96 | Davide Villella | Movistar | s.t. |
| 97 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | s.t. |
| 98 | Riccardo Lucca | General Store-F.Ili Curia-Essegibi | s.t. |
| 99 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 100 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | 6:42 |
| 101 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 6:54 |
| 102 | Matthew Walls | Bora-hansgrohe | 7:40 |
| 103 | Maurits Lammertink | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 104 | Nicolo Parisini | Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli | 7:53 |
| 105 | Francesco Carollo | Mg.K Vis Vpm | s.t. |
| 106 | Delio Fernandez | Delko | s.t. |
| 107 | Andrea Pietrobon | Italy | s.t. |
| 108 | Sergio Meris | Team Colpack - Ballan | s.t. |
| 109 | Nikita Stalnov | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 110 | Dmitriy Strakhov | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 111 | Luca Chirico | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 112 | Veljko Stojnic | Vini Zabú | 9:15 |
| 113 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | 11:29 |
| 114 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |