2016 Tre Valli Varesine (HC), Italy

96th edition: Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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Saronno - Varese, 192.9 kilometers

Sonny Colbrelli wins the 2016 Tre Valli Varesine

The race: Winner Sonny Colbrelli's Bardiani-CSF team sent me this news:

Bardiani-CSF doesn't want to stop - The #GreenTeam and its stronger rider Sonny Colbrelli have won today Tre Valli Varesine, the fourth success in 15 days. Colbrelli won the small group sprint leaving behind Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) and Gavazzi (Androni-Sidermec). Besides this race, he won also the Trittico Lombardo challenge which includes Coppa Bernocchi and Coppa Agostoni.

“This is the most important victory of the season” said Sonny. “Heavy race and five stars contenders have made this race really hard. Two years ago I got very close to winning it, today I had my payback thanks to a great support of my team and a great team director, who managed the race in the best way”.

“Since the first kilometers we understood it should be a hard race. At five laps to the finish, few attacks opened the fire and race rhythm increased. Final action of Uran has been decisive. I followed him with Ulissi and Gavazzi, saved much energy as possible and waited for the sprints. Everything was perfect”.

Colbrelli has taken today its seventh success in 2016, personal record on wins in a single season. His success in five years as professional are now 16. For Bardiani-CSF is the victory number 13 in the season.

“I want to dedicate my win to the team and to Reverberi family. They have a big merit If I achieved this level of performances. It was not an easy choice change team next year, because I feel this group like a family, but I had a big chance to make a new quality step in my career”.

“Any chances to be part of Italian team at Qatar World Champ? Honestly, I did my best to persuade CT Cassani and I don’t want to think too much about this right now. If I’ll receive a call, I’ll be super-happy and proud to wear the Italian team. If not, I’ll be the first supporter”.

Complete Results:

192.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.146 km/hr

1	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani CSF	4hr 48min 18sec
2	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
3	Francesco Gavazzi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
4	Tom Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
5	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar	s.t.
6	Philippe Gilbert	BMC	s.t.
7	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-BikeExchange	s.t.
8	Gianluca Brambilla	Italy	s.t.
9	Fabio Aru	Astana	s.t.
10	Kristian Sbaragli	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	FDJ	s.t.
13	Daniel Martínez	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
14	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ	@ 3sec
15	Rigoberto Urán	Cannondale-Drapac	+4''
16	Davide Villella	Cannondale-Drapac	+13''
17	Magnus Cort	Orica-BikeExchange	+16''
18	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
19	Tanel Kangert	Astana	s.t.
20	Mauro Finetto	Unieuro	s.t.
21	Rasmus Guldhammer	Stölting	s.t.
22	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
23	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	s.t.
24	Diego Rosa	Astana	s.t.
25	Warren Barguil	Giant - Alpecin	s.t.
26	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	Davide Rebellin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
28	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
29	Thomas Sprengers	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
30	Pello Bilbao	Caja Rural	s.t.
31	Sam Oomen	Giant - Alpecin	+19''
32	Richard Carapaz	Movistar	+23''
33	Preben Van Hecke	Topsport Vlaanderen	+36''
34	Simone Velasco	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
35	Floris De Tier	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
36	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural	s.t.
37	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom RusVelo	s.t.
38	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
39	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
40	Michael Woods	Cannondale-Drapac	+41''
41	Maciej Paterski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+44''
42	Matti Breschel	Cannondale-Drapac	+1' 02''
43	Quentin Pacher	Delko Marseille Provence	+1' 07''
44	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	Rémy Di Gregorio	Delko Marseille Provence	+1' 12''
46	Marco Tecchio	Unieuro	s.t.
47	Alessandro De Marchi	BMC	+1' 20''
48	Cristián Rodríguez	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
49	Filippo Pozzato	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
50	Damiano Caruso	BMC	+1' 35''
51	Michele Gazzara	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
52	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	s.t.
53	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant - Alpecin	s.t.
54	Simone Ponzi	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
55	Amets Txurruka	Orica-BikeExchange	s.t.
56	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
57	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
58	Jack Haig	Orica-BikeExchange	s.t.
59	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff	s.t.
60	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
61	Paul Voß	BORA - ARGON 18	s.t.
62	Simone Petilli	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
63	Fausto Masnada	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
64	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
65	Gianfranco Zilioli	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
66	Fabian Wegmann	Stölting	+1' 52''
67	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff	s.t.
68	Adrian Honkisz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
69	Rafael Andriato	Wilier Triestina	+2' 34''
70	Manuel Belletti	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
71	Romain Combaud	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
72	Jérémy Roy	FDJ	s.t.
73	Rubén Plaza	Orica-BikeExchange	+2' 35''
74	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
75	Kristijan Ðurasek	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
76	Ricardo Vilela	Caja Rural	+2' 55''
77	Michael Schär	BMC	+3' 28''
78	Manuel Senni	BMC	s.t.
79	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
80	Salvatore Puccio	Italy	s.t.
81	Matteo Fabbro	Italy	s.t.
82	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural	s.t.

2016 Tre Valli Varesine map:

There are 9 laps of a 12.8 km circuit after the riders reach Varese.