2016 GP di Lugano (HC) Switzerland

70th Edition: February 28, 2016

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Sunday, February 28, 2016: Lugano - Lugano: 184.9 km

Sonny Colbrelli wins the 70th GP di Lugano

The Race: Only 45 riders finished this race held on a cold, wet day in Switzerland.

Several breaks went clear, only to be re-absorbed. But the one that stuck came in the day's final kilometers when winner Sonny Colbrelli, Diego Ulissi, Roberto Ferrari, Andrei Solommenikov and Jarlinson Pantano escaped.

Colbrelli had the most suds at the end, winning by several lengths.

Here's the release from winner Sonny Colbrelli's Bardiani-CSF team:

Bardiani-CSG has broken the ice in 2016 thanks to Sonny Colbrelli, today’s winner of Gran Premio Città di Lugano. Great performance of the Italian rider as well as his teammates who supported him in the best way during the entire race.

“This victory has been the culmination of a great performances by the entire Bardiani-CSF” said Colbrelli. “We knew today was a very good chance to win and we were really motivated to take it. We rode with a winning strategy, everything was perfect even if the day was really hard with cold and rain”.

“Since the beginning I had good feeling and the motivation to forget the second place of Laigueglia was big push in mind. During the race my teammates supported me a lot to save enough energy to make the difference in the finale. We manage the finale as we wanted and when the race exploded I had to play my chances. People think I’m a sprinter, but it’s not my feeling. During last years I grew a lot, I improved my resistance especially on the short climbs. This is why I attacked selecting the group - I didn’t want a sprint. The hardest moment of the race has been the final kilometer when the small group behind me, Ulissi and Pantano was really close to catch us. Ferrari was there and he’s really fast, I had only one choice - push hard until the finish”.

“This victory is a big boost of confidence in view of the next important events of our calendars, such as Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo and then the Belgium campaign. We have the confirmation we’re on the right way and, most important, we can forget the not positive 2015 season and just looking ahead” added Colbrelli.

Complete Results:

184.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.721 km/hr

1	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani CSF	5hr 2min 7sec
2	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
3	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
4	Andrei Solommenikov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
5	Jarlinson Pantano	IAM Cycling	s.t.
6	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+4sec
7	Omar Fraile	Dimension Data	+7''
8	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani CSF	+38''
9	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
10	Roman Maykin	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1' 02''
11	Fabian Wegmann	Stölting	+1' 16''
12	Natnael Berhane	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	Mauro Finetto	Unieuro-Wilier	+1' 19''
14	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	s.t.
15	Francesco Gavazzi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
16	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
17	Redi Halilaj	Amore & Vita	s.t.
18	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	s.t.
19	Paolo Ciavatta	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+1' 26''
20	Alessandro Malaguti	Unieuro-Wilier	+1' 29''
21	Kristian Sbaragli	Dimension Data	+2' 35''
22	Valerio Conti	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
23	Merhawi Kudus	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Bruno Pires	Roth	s.t.
25	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	s.t.
26	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
27	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani CSF	+2' 48''
28	Simone Petilli	Lampre-Merida	+2' 52''
29	Antonio Nibali	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
30	Grega Bole	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
31	Jordi Simón	Verva-Active Jet	s.t.
32	Ivan Savitsky	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
33	Stefan Schumacher	Christina Jewelry	+4' 04''
34	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani CSF	+4' 13''
35	Serghei Tvetcov	Androni Giocattoli	+5' 42''
36	David Lozano	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
37	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
38	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
39	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	s.t.
40	Alessandro Bisolti	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
41	Nicolas Baldo	Roth	s.t.
42	Matthias Krizek	Roth	s.t.
43	Giorgio Bocchiola	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
44	Giovanni Carboni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
45	Francesco Baldi	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	DNF
	Kristijan Ðurasek	Lampre-Merida	DNF
	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	DNF
	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	DNF
	David Tanner	IAM Cycling	DNF
	Oliver Zaugg	IAM Cycling	DNF
	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	DNF
	Giorgio Cecchinel	Androni Giocattoli	DNF
	Mirko Selvaggi	Androni Giocattoli	DNF
	Davide Viganò	Androni Giocattoli	DNF
	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	DNF
	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani CSF	DNF
	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani CSF	DNF
	Giacomo Berlato	Nippo-Vini Fantini	DNF
	Gianfranco Zilioli	Nippo-Vini Fantini	DNF
	Daniele Colli	Nippo-Vini Fantini	DNF
	Evgeniy Shalunov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	DNF
	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	DNF
	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	DNF
	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	DNF
	Kevin Demesmaeker	Novo Nordisk	DNF
	Brian Kamstra	Novo Nordisk	DNF
	Javier Megías	Novo Nordisk	DNF
	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	DNF
	Martijn Verschoor	Novo Nordisk	DNF
	Pawel Franczak	Verva-Active Jet	DNF
	Michal Podlaski	Verva-Active Jet	DNF
	Lukasz Bodnar	Verva-Active Jet	DNF
	Pawel Charucki	Verva-Active Jet	DNF
	Karel Hník	Verva-Active Jet	DNF
	Pawel Cieslik	Verva-Active Jet	DNF
	Adam Stachowiak	Verva-Active Jet	DNF
	Linus Gerdemann	Stölting	DNF
	Rasmus Guldhammer	Stölting	DNF
	Lennard Kämna	Stölting	DNF
	Romain Lemarchand	Stölting	DNF
	Christian Mager	Stölting	DNF
	Andrea Pasqualon	Roth	DNF
	Nico Brüngger	Roth	DNF
	Andrea Zordan	Roth	DNF
	Martin Kohler	Roth	DNF
	Giacomo Tomio	Roth	DNF
	Andrea Cacciotti	Unieuro-Wilier	DNF
	Marco Molteni	Unieuro-Wilier	DNF
	Mattia Viel	Unieuro-Wilier	DNF
	Marco Tecchio	Unieuro-Wilier	DNF
	Alex Turrin	Unieuro-Wilier	DNF
	Eugenio Bani	Amore & Vita	DNF
	Danilo Celano	Amore & Vita	DNF
	Pierpaolo Ficara	Amore & Vita	DNF
	Mattia Gavazzi	Amore & Vita	DNF
	Paolo Lunardon	Amore & Vita	DNF
	Yukinori Hishinuma	Amore & Vita	DNF
	Sergii Movchan	Amore & Vita	DNF
	Kai Kautz	Christina Jewelry	DNF
	Florian Nowak	Christina Jewelry	DNF
	Julian Schulze	Christina Jewelry	DNF
	Georg Loef	Christina Jewelry	DNF
	Arnold Fiek	Christina Jewelry	DNF
	Till Drobisch	Christina Jewelry	DNF
	Moritz Fußnegger	Christina Jewelry	DNF
	Fabio Chinello	D'Amico-Bottecchia	DNF
	Nicola Genovese	D'Amico-Bottecchia	DNF
	Daniel Ginés	D'Amico-Bottecchia	DNF
	Iltjan Nika	D'Amico-Bottecchia	DNF
	Marco Tizza	D'Amico-Bottecchia	DNF
	Matt Brammeier	Dimension Data	DNF
	Alessio Taliani	Androni Giocattoli	DNF

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