2026 Trofeo Laigueglia (1.Pro), Italy

63rd edition: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Complete results

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Albenga - Laigueglia, 192 km

Santiago Buitrago solos across the line. Sirottii photo

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Weather at the finish city of Laigueglia at 2:25 PM, local time: 19C (66F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Santiago Buitrago's Team Bahrain Victorious.

Bahrain Victorious claimed a brilliant victory at the Trofeo Laigueglia (1.Pro) in Italy, with Santiago Buitrago delivering an impressive solo win and Antonio Tiberi securing third place on the podium after being outsprinted by Romain Grégoire (Groupama–FDJ) for second.

As anticipated, the race was decided on the final circuit. The last survivor of the early breakaway, Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step), remained off the front for nearly 70 kilometres, entering the first lap alone. However, on the first ascent of Colla Micheri – the decisive climb repeated three times – the race exploded.

The race gets started. It's time to go racing on the Italian Riviera.

Bahrain Victorious ignited the action, launching Buitrago and Tiberi into an attack, immediately followed by Grégoire and Quinten Hermans (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team). The quartet caught Vervaeke near the second ascent of Colla Micheri, around 20 km from the finish, before another acceleration distanced Hermans.

At the front, only Buitrago, Tiberi and Grégoire remained. On the third and final ascent of Colla Micheri, Buitrago made his decisive move, dropping his companions and proving to be the strongest rider of the day. Behind him, Tiberi marked Grégoire, who briefly attempted to respond before settling for a sprint into second place. The Frenchman edged Tiberi in the two-up sprint, 25 seconds behind the flying Colombian.

“I’m very happy to take this first victory so early in the season, and even more so because it comes here in Liguria, where I lived in 2019,” said Buitrago. “It’s special to win here. We raced very well as a team, very intelligently, and it’s great to also have Antonio on the podium in third place. The whole team did a great job controlling the race.

"In the final, Antonio and I decided to anticipate because we knew Grégoire was very fast in a sprint. On the last climb, we made the difference. Now my next target is Tirreno–Adriatico.”

Bahrain Victorious returned to the Italian one-day race with clear ambitions and controlled the race from the early stages, working for leaders Tiberi and Buitrago on the demanding 192 km course. The 63rd edition featured a new start in Albenga, included the iconic Cipressa climb and a 12.6 km stretch of the Cycling Riviera – Ciclovia Riviera dei Fiori, before the traditional and decisive Colla Micheri circuit and finish in Laigueglia.

Sports Director Gorazd Štangelj reflected on the performance:

“The plan was to reach the final circuit and decide the race there. We wanted to ride the first lap attentively, but the riders were feeling strong and chose to be aggressive earlier. They attacked immediately with Grégoire and managed to maintain around a 30-second advantage over the chasing group, which was never able to close the gap.

"On the final lap, Santi went solo, while Antonio stayed with Grégoire to fight for the remaining podium places. Even on the flat run-in to the finish, Santi pushed hard to maintain his advantage. We didn’t predetermine who would go for the win and both were leaders today. The riders communicated well and executed the plan perfectly.”

"A dominant display from Bahrain Victorious delivers not only victory, but a double podium presence to open the Italian racing block in the best possible way.

Complete results:

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192 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.315 km/hr

1	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 38min 50sec
2	Romain Grégoire	Groupama FDJ United	@ 25sec
3	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Diego Ulissi	XDS Astana Team	0:40
5	Andrea Vendrame	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:44
6	Christian Scaroni	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
7	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
8	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
9	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Alex Aranburu	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Gianmarco Garofoli	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama FDJ United	s.t.
14	Quinten Hermans	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Luca Paletti	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	0:45
16	Kevin Vermaerke	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
17	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	1:02
18	Wout Poels	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
19	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Alessandro Covi	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:18
22	Stefano Oldani	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1:37
23	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
24	Davide De Pretto	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
26	Davide De Cassan	General Store Essegibi F.Lli Curia	1:38
27	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
28	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Richard Carapaz	EF Education EasyPost	s.t.
30	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
32	Ludovico Crescioli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:44
33	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	2:45
34	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
35	Marco Schrettl	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
36	Edward Cruz	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	2:59
37	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	3:01
38	Corbin Strong	NSN Cycling Team	3:13
39	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO Rali	3:14
40	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
42	Mark Donovan	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:15
43	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	4:54
44	Martin Santiago Herreño	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
45	Alex Tolio	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	5:01
46	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
47	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
48	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
49	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Felix Großschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:04
51	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	7:01
52	Samuele Battistella	EF Education EasyPost	7:02
53	Mikkel Frølich Honoré	EF Education EasyPost	s.t.
54	Filippo D'Aiuto	General Store Essegibi F.Lli Curia	s.t.
55	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
56	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
57	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education EasyPost	s.t.
58	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Andrea Mifsud	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
61	Alexandre Delettre	TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
63	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO Rali	s.t.
64	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
65	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO Rali	7:03
67	Dario Igor Belletta	Team Polti-VisitMalta	8:49
68	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
69	Alfred Grenaae	General Store Essegibi F.Lli Curia	9:09
70	Mathis Le Berre	TotalEnergies	9:10
71	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Luca Covili	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
73	Kamiel Eeman	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
74	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama FDJ United	s.t.
75	Gorka Corres	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	9:11
76	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
77	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	9:12
78	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
79	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
80	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	10:10
81	Andrea Piras	Solution Tech-NIPPO Rali	s.t.
82	Adrià Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:11

 

2026 Trofeo Laigueglia map & profile:

Laigueglia is just northeast of San Remo, near the border with France.

Course map

Course profile

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2026 Trofeo Laiguelia photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Starting ceremonies, UAE Team Emirates-XRG is presented.

The day's break on the Ligurian Coast.

Racing along the Italian Riviera

Krists Neilands descending the Testico

Alessandro Covi on the Colla Micheri

Sean Quinn on the Micheri climb.

Race winner Santiago Buitrago coasts across the line.

Romain Grégoire (right) beats Antonio Tiberi for second.

Diego Ulissi finishes fourth.

Andrea Vendrame (center, purple jersey) beats Christian Scaroni for fifth place.

Winner Santiago Buitrago just after finishing the race.

The podium, from left: Romain Grégoire (2nd), Santiago Buitrago (1st), & Antonio Tiberi (3rd)

 

Start list with back numbers, March 3, 2026:

	XDS Astana Team
1	Christian Scaroni
2	Nicola Conci
3	Marco Schrettl
4	Matteo Scalco
5	Davide Toneatti
6	Diego Ulissi
7	Simone Velasco
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
11	António Morgado
12	Benoît Cosnefroy
13	Felix Grossschartner
14	Domen Novak
15	Adria Pericas
17	Kevin Vermaerke
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
21	Michael Storer
22	Marc Hirschi
23	Marco Brenner
24	Jacob Eriksson
25	Joel Suter
26	Roland Thalmann
27	Luc Wirtgen
	Bahrain Victorious
31	Antonio Tiberi
32	Santiago Buitrago
33	Roman Ermakov
34	Rainer Kepplinger
35	Jakob Omrzel
36	Oliver Stockwell
37	Kasper Borremans
	Soudal Quick-Step
42	Gianmarco Garofoli
42	Junior Lecerf
44	Mauri Vansevenant
45	Louis Vervaeke
46	Jasper Schoofs
47	Viktor Soenens
	Lotto-Intermarché
51	Lorenzo Rota
52	Simone Gualdi
54	Matthew Fox
55	Liam Slock
56	Georg Zimmermann
57	Kamiel Eeman
	Team Jayco-AlUla
61	Filippo Conca
62	Alessandro Covi
63	Davide De Pretto
66	Rudy Porter
67	Andrea Vendrame
	Groupama-FDJ United
71	David Gaudu
72	Clément Braz Afonso
73	Tom Donnenwirth
74	Romain Grégoire
75	Enzo Paleni
76	Rémy Rochas
77	Esteban Foucher
	EF Education-EasyPost
81	Mikkel Honore
82	Lukas Nerurkar
83	Samuele Battistella
84	Sean Quinn
85	Richard Carapaz
86	Darren Rafferty
87	Michael Leonard
	NSN Cycling Team
91	Marco Frigo
92	Pier-André Côté
93	Krists Neilands
94	Alessandro Pinarello
95	Nick Schultz
96	Dion Smith
97	Corbin Strong
	Unibet Rose Rockets
101	Adrien Maire
102	Jannis Peter
103	Killian Verschuren
104	Odd Christian Eiking
105	Sergio Meris
106	Owen Geleijn
107	Wout Poels
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
111	Stefano Oldani
112	Fernando Barceló
113	Jan Castellon
114	Gorka Corres
115	Joseba Lopez
116	Pablo Lospitao
117	Javier Ibanez
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies
122	Davide Donati
123	Gustave Blanc
124	Max Bock
125	Paul Fietzke
126	Sebastian Putz
127	Gijs Schoonvelde
	Team TotalEnergies
131	Mathieu Burgaudeau
132	Alexandre Delettre
133	Thomas Bonnet
134	Fabien Doubey
135	Mathis Le Berre
136	Valentin Retailleau
137	Mattéo Vercher
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
141	Davide Bais
142	Mattia Bais
143	Dario Belletta
144	Ludovico Crescioli
145	Andrea Mifsud
146	Dario Giuliano
147	Alessandro Tonelli
	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali
151	Santiago Umba
152	Kamiel Bonneu
153	Matteo Fabbro
154	Ben Granger
155	Alessandro Iacchi
156	Andrea Piras
157	Luca Verrando
	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
161	Fausto Masnada
162	Diego Bracalente
163	Filip Gruszczynski
164	Alessandro Fancellu
165	Luca Cretti
166	Márk Valent
167	Alessandro Verre
	Cofidis
171	Alex Aranburu
172	Sam Maisonobe
173	Edoardo Zamperini
174	Simon Carr
175	Yaël Joalland
176	Jamie Meehan
177	Sylvain Moniquet
	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
181	Matteo Badilatti
182	Sjoerd Bax
183	Walter Calzoni
184	Marcel Camprubí
185	Quinten Hermans
187	Mark Donovan
	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber
191	Luca Covili
192	Edward Cruz Martínez
193	Martín Herreño
194	Alessio Martinelli
195	Luca Paletti
196	Alex Tolio
197	Filippo Turconi
	Biesse-Carrera-Premac
201	Michele Bicelli
202	Stefano Leali
203	Nicola Rossi
204	Nicholas Travella
205	Ilya Slesarenko
206	Leonardo Vesco
207	Nicola Zumsteg
	General Store-Essegibi-F.Lli Curia
211	Diego Nembrini
212	Ivan Menchov
213	Alfred Grenaae
214	Tommaso Bosio
216	Filippo D'Aiuto
217	Davide De Cassan
	Petrolike
221	Alejandro Callejas
222	Juan Diego Quintero
223	Andrii Ponomar
224	Juan Prieto José
225	Jose Antonio Prieto
226	Michael Zarate Animas
227	Giacomo Villa
	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli
231	Andrea Biancalani
232	Michael Belleri
233	Riccardo Perani
234	Leonardo Rossi
235	Raffaele Tela
236	Simone Buongiorno
237	Lorenzo Montanari