2015 GP di Lugano (HC) Switzerland

69th Edition: March 1, 2015

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Sunday, March 1, 2015,

Lugano - Lugano: 194.9 km

Niccolo Bonifazio wins the 2015 GP Lugano. More photos posted below results

The Race: An early break of 17 riders rode most of the race off the front. The escapees enjoyed about 150 kilometers of freedom before being rounded up on one of the race's late climbs, the Soragno.

On the final ascent, the Ruviglia, eight riders, including Linus Gerdemann and Sebastien Reichenbach, got a gap, but they were soon brought back to the field.

That left things for a small group sprint. Przemyslaw Niemiec gave his Lampre teammate Niccolo Bonifazio a leadout, which the Italian did not waste. Bonifazio won the sprint in a commanding fashion.

This was the seventh career win for Bonifazio and the fifth one of the season for Lampre-Merida

Complete results:

Winner's average speed: 39.887 km/hr

1	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Lampe-Merida	4hr 38min 8sec
2	GAVAZZI Francesco	Southeast	s.t.
3	MONTAGUTI Matteo	Ag2R	s.t.
4	GULDHAMMER PEDERSEN Rasmus	Cult Energy	s.t.
5	GERDEMANN Linus	Cult Energy	s.t.
6	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
7	MEJIAS LEAL Javier	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
8	BOARO Manuele	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
9	TANNER David	Iam Cycling	s.t.
10	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
11	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2R	s.t.
12	REICHENBACH Sébastien	Iam Cycling	s.t.
13	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
14	FAVILLI Elia	Southeast	s.t.
15	NIEMIEC Przemyslaw	Lampe-Merida	s.t.
16	PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson	Iam Cycling	s.t.
17	BASSO Ivan	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
18	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	Ag2R	@ 10sec
19	TORRES AGUDELO Rodolfo Andres	Colombia	s.t.
20	RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel	Colombia	@ 15sec
21	SØRENSEN Chris Anker	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
22	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2R	s.t.
23	SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo	Lampe-Merida	s.t.
24	KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi	MTN-Qhubeka	@ 42sec
25	CANO ARDILA Alex Norberto	Colombia	s.t.
26	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-Qhubeka	@ 44sec
27	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
28	COPPEL Jerome	Iam Cycling	s.t.
29	CHEVRIER Clement	Iam Cycling	s.t.
30	CIMOLAI Davide	Lampe-Merida	s.t.
31	WEGMANN Fabian	Cult Energy	@ 1min 8sec
32	CONTI Valerio	Lampe-Merida	@ 1min 21sec
33	PONZI Simone	Southeast	s.t.
34	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
35	BERHANE TEWELDEMEDHIN Natnael	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
36	FUMEAUX Jonathan	Iam Cycling	s.t.
37	PASQUALON Andrea	Roth-Skoda	@ 1min 22sec
38	SCHELLING Patrick	Iam Cycling	s.t.
39	MAIKIN Roman	RusVelo	s.t.
40	HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 1min 40sec
41	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	BALYKIN Ivan	RusVelo	@ 1min 52sec
43	APPOLLONIO Davide	Androni Giocattoli	@ 2min 15sec
44	CHIRICO Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	BISOLTI Alessandro	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
46	FILOSI Iuri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
47	ZAUGG Oliver	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
48	KOSHEVOY Ilia	Lampe-Merida	s.t.
49	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
50	ZARDINI Edoardo	Bardiani-CSF	@ 3min 0sec
51	FONZI Giuseppe	Southeast	s.t.
52	PIECHELE Andrea	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
53	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	MOLANO Sebastián	Colombia	@ 7min 37sec
55	QUINTERO NORENA Carlos Julian	Colombia	s.t.
56	DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres	Colombia	s.t.
57	BERLATO Giacomo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
58	RIBLON Christophe	Ag2R	s.t.
59	BÉRARD Julien	Ag2R	s.t.
60	MCCARTHY Jay	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
61	BRUNGGER Nico	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
62	TEKLEHAYMANOT Daniel	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
63	JAUN Lukas	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
64	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
65	JIM Songezo	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
66	LANG Pirmin	Iam Cycling	s.t.
67	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
68	VACCHER Andrea	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
69	PIBERNIK Luka	Lampe-Merida	@ 7min 37sec
70	DOUGALL Nick	MTN-Qhubeka	@ 7min 39sec

Photos from 2015 GP Lugano by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

RusVelo gets ready for the race.

Gianni Savio's Androni Giocattoli team is presented before the race start.

Androni Giocattoli boss Gianni Savio with Davide Apollonio

Colombians wait for the start

Damiano Cunego races in his new colors, for Nippo-Vini Fantini.

Bardiani-CSF rider Francesco Bongiorno

And here's Ivan Basso now racing for Tinkoff-Saxo

RusVelo leads Tinkoff-Saxo on a climb.

It's warming up. Novo Nordisk rider Kevin De Mesmaeker had to unzip for a climb.

The finish line from the racers' point of view.

Nicolo Bonifazio gets a clean win.

Now retired racer Cadel Evans cruises easily by the podium

Bonafazio enjoys his race victory.

The 2015 GP Lugano podium, from left: Francesco Gavazzi, Nicolo Bonafazio and Matteo Montaguti

Participating teams:

UCI WORLD Teams
1 TINKOFF  SAXO
2 AG2R LA MONDIALE
3 LAMPRE-MERIDA
4 IAM CYCLING

UCI Professional Continental Teams
5 ANDRONI-VENEZUELA
6 BARDIANI-CSF GROUP
7 SOUTHEAST PRO CYCLING TEAM
8 NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
8 RUSVELO
10 MTN-QHUBEKA
11 NOVO NORDISK
12 COLOMBIA
13 CULT ENERGY DANIMARCA

UCI Continental Team
14 ROHT-SKODA CONTINENTAL SUISSE