Giro della Toscana podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Pontedera - Pontedera, 199.16 km
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Marc Hirschi wins the 94th Giro della Toscana. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the start/finish city of Pontedera at 1:30 PM, local time: 28C (82F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain.
The Race: Here's the report from winner Marc Hirschi's UAE Team Emirates:
Marc Hirschi rode a clever race to beat his breakaway companions to take a win upon return to racing in Italy.
The Swiss rider escaped in an elite move of four riders on the final decisive climb of the race which came just inside the last 40km to the line. The four were chasing lone leader Dani Martinez (Ineos-Grenadiers) who went clear over the last climb though with cooperation in the group behind would see the gap grow to no more than 30’’ on the chasers.
There was a game of cat and mouse in the finale as the breakaway looked at each other though Hirschi would prove the quickest as he made his move to outpace Diego Rota (Wanty-Intermarche) and Martinez who rounded out the podium behind.
Hirschi: “ It was a beautiful race and the perfect way to comeback to racing. In the climb I suffered a lot and couldn’t follow Martinez but we knew that in the last 20km we could work together and claw him back so we did that. I had good legs for the sprint and knew I could be the fastest so to cross the line first was a huge satisfaction. I’m looking forward to the next few days racing here in Italy.”
Complete results:
199.16 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.714 km/hr
1 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 4hr 53min 30sec |
2 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
3 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
4 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
5 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
6 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | @ 13sec |
7 | Andreas Kron | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
8 | Paul Double | MG.K vis-Colors for Peace-VPM | s.t. |
9 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | s.t. |
10 | Andrii Ponomar | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
11 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | 0:17 |
12 | Natnael Tesfazion | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 0:23 |
13 | Filippo Zana | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
14 | Odd Christian Eiking | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
15 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
16 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
17 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:35 |
18 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 1:25 |
19 | Alex Martin Gutierrez | EOLO-Kometa | 1:47 |
20 | Mason Hollyman | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:33 |
21 | Giacomo Garavaglia | Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek | 3:35 |
22 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
23 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
24 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
25 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
26 | Mattia Bais | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
27 | Luca Covili | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
28 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
29 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
30 | Edoardo Faresin | Zalf Euromobil Fior | 3:38 |
31 | Victor De La Parte | TotalEnergies | 6:22 |
32 | Kasper Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
33 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
34 | Javier Romo | Astana Qazaqstan | 6:51 |
35 | Thomas Pesenti | Beltrami TSA Tre Colli | s.t. |
36 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | s.t. |
37 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 8:15 |
38 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |