2026 Giro di Sardegna (2.1), Italy

(Tour of Sardinia)

30th edition: February 25 - March 1, 2026

Giro di Sardegna podium history | 2011 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

Map of the 2026 Giro di Sardegna

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Sunday, March 1: 5th & Final Stage, Nuoro - Olbia, 177.3 km

Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos

Davide Donati wins the final stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Olbia at 2:40 PM, local time: 16C (61F), fair, with the wind from the east at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage five report.

Davide Donati (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe Rookies) won the final stage of the Giro della Sardegna, securing his second personal victory after the one in Carbonia. The overall standings went to Filippo Zana (Soudal Quick-Step), who won the Giro di Sardegna ahead of teammate Gianmarco Garofoli and Alessandro Verre (MBH Bank CSB ​​Telecom Fort).

The Giro della Sardegna, organized by GS Emilia, was the first round of the third edition of the Coppa Italia delle Regioni and was supported by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, through the Department of Tourism, Crafts, and Commerce.

The final stage started in Nuoro, with Riccardo Perani (Beltrami TSA Tre Colli) and Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma) taking the lead in the early stages of the race.

As the kilometers ticked by, the action settled: Uriarte lost contact and Perani continued to lead alone, maintaining a lead until Golfo Aranci, with 18 km to go. Once the Italian rider had caught up, Uriarte again launched a solo attack, but was neutralized 2 km from the finish.

The stage was thus decided by a sprint, and Donati, with a strong progression in the final meters, managed to overtake his opponents and win ahead of Davide Persico (MBH Bank CSB ​​Telecom Fort) and Slovenian Tilen Finkst (Solution Tech Nippo Rali). Thanks to this victory, the Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe Rookies rider, the Italian Under-23 time trial champion, secured the points classification.

Soudal Quick-Step celebrated its overall victory with Zana and Garofoli's second place, 46 seconds behind. Verre (MBH Bank CSB ​​Telecom Fort) finished third, 1:39 behind. The climbers' classification was won by Roberto Gonzalez (Solution Tech Nippo Rali), while the orange jersey for best young rider went to Poland's Jan Jackowiak (Bahrain Victorius Development Team).

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

Cesare Chesini (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort) did not start.

177.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.679 km/hr

1	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	3hr 58min 5sec
2	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
3	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
4	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
5	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
6	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
7	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	s.t.
8	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
9	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
10	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
11	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
12	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
13	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
14	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
15	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
16	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
17	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
18	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
19	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
20	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
21	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
22	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
23	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
24	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
25	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
26	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
27	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
28	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
29	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
30	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
31	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
32	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
33	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
34	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
35	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
36	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
37	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
38	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
39	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
40	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
41	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
43	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
45	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
46	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
47	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
48	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
49	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
50	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
51	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
52	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
53	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
54	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
55	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
56	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
57	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
58	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
59	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	s.t.
60	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
61	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
62	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
63	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
64	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
65	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
67	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
68	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
69	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
70	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
71	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
72	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
73	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
74	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
75	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
76	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
77	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
79	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
80	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
81	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
82	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
83	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
84	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
86	Michael Zarate Animas	Petrolike	s.t.
87	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
88	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
89	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
90	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
91	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
92	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
93	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
94	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
95	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
96	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
97	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
98	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
99	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
100	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
101	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
102	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
103	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
104	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
105	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
106	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
107	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
108	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
109	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
110	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
111	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
112	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
113	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
114	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
115	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
116	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
117	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	s.t.
118	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
119	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
120	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
121	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
122	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
123	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
124	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
125	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
126	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
127	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
128	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
129	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
130	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
131	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
132	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
133	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
134	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
135	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
136	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
137	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
138	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
139	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	@ 29sec
140	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	0:33
141	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	0:39
142	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:53
143	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	2:08
144	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	2:43
145	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	2:48

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• Gc winner: Filippo Zana (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Mountains classification winner: Roberto Carlos Gonzalez (Solution Tech Nippo Rali)
• Points classification winner: Davide Donati (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Jan Michal Jackowiak (Bahrain Victorious Development)
• Teams classification winner: Soudal Quick-Step

825.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.337 km/hr

1	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	19hr 29min 20sec
2	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 46sec
3	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:39
4	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:43
5	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:45
6	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
7	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
8	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
9	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	2:10
10	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	2:11
11	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	2:16
12	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	2:39
13	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:40
14	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
16	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
17	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
18	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:46
19	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:49
20	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	4:28
21	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	5:07
22	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
23	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	5:12
24	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	5:29
25	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	7:32
26	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	7:35
27	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	7:39
28	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	8:31
29	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	9:00
30	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	9:22
31	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	10:23
32	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
34	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	10:41
35	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	10:42
36	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	10:43
37	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	12:31
38	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	12:47
39	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	12:54
40	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
41	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	13:14
42	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	16:02
43	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	16:24
44	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	16:43
45	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	17:09
46	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	17:58
47	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	18:03
48	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	19:50
49	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	20:25
50	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	20:28
51	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	20:43
52	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	22:04
53	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	22:08
54	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	22:14
55	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	22:58
56	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	24:22
57	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	26:33
58	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	26:36
59	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	27:23
60	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	29:01
61	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	29:37
62	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	30:12
63	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
64	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	31:29
65	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	31:42
66	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	31:51
67	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	31:55
68	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	32:00
69	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	32:04
70	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	32:20
71	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	32:24
72	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:57
73	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	35:40
74	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
75	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	36:34
76	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	36:53
77	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	38:03
78	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	38:25
79	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	38:40
80	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	38:41
81	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	39:52
82	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	40:19
83	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	40:25
84	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	41:52
85	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
86	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	43:20
87	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	43:26
88	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	43:34
89	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	43:51
90	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	45:07
91	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	45:14
92	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	47:18
93	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	47:27
94	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	49:56
95	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	50:36
96	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	51:20
97	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	51:35
98	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	51:38
99	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	51:42
100	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	51:46
101	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	51:49
102	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	53:28
103	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	55:13
104	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	55:24
105	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	55:24:
106	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
107	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
108	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	55:28
109	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
110	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
111	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
112	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
113	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
114	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	55:31
115	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
116	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	55:35
117	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
118	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	55:48
119	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	55:55
120	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
121	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	56:01
122	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	57:38
123	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:00:15
124	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
125	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	1:00:21
126	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
127	Michael Zarate Animas	Petrolike	s.t.
128	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
129	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
130	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	1:00:54
131	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	1:01:10
132	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	1:01:30
133	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	1:01:38
134	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	1:02:24
135	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	1:02:35
136	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	1:03:01
137	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:05:56
138	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	1:06:00
139	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
140	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
141	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	1:06:07
142	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	1:06:34
143	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
144	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	1:09:22
145	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	1:14:40

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Stage five photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Team Solution Tech-Nippo-Rali heads to the start.

GC leader Filippo Zana before the stage start.

Team Soudal Quick-Step is presented during the opening ceremonies.

Here's they come...

Davide Donati wins the stage

Davide Donati just after winning the stage.

And here's Davide Donati on the podium during the awards ceremony.

The final GC podium, from left: Gianmarco Garofoli (2nd), Filippo Zana (1st), & Alessandro Verre (3rd)/

GC winner Filippo Zana

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Saturday, February 28: Stage 4, Arbatax - Nuoro, 153.6 km

Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos

Filippo Zana wins stage four and becomes the new GC leader. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Nuoro at 2:20 PM, local time: 13C (56F), partly cloudy, with the wind fom the east-northeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage four report.

Filippo Zana, a former Italian champion and career Giro d'Italia stage winner, soloed the fourth stage of the Giro della Sardegna, Arbatax–Nuoro, winning after a final push and securing a commanding victory in the race, which serves as the first round of the Coppa Italia delle Regioni.

The race heated up from the start, with four attackers: Andrea Cantoni (Mg.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente), Filippo Magli (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber), Alexandre Balmer (Solution Tech Nippo Rali), and Riccardo Lorello (Padovani). Under pressure from Soudal-Quick Step and Red Bull Bora hansgroe Rookies, the peloton regrouped with approximately 85 km to go.

It was the Belgian team that then took control of the operation, launching an offensive move with general classification leaders Filippo Zana and Gianmarco Garofoli, along with Louis Vervaeke and about twenty riders, while overall leader Garibbo (Team Ukyo) was unable to keep pace with the leading group.

The push then continued on the Su Padru categorized climb, where the peloton further separated, partly due to several repeated attempts by Zana and Van Bekkum.

On the downhill stretch towards Nuoro, with just over 10 kilometers to go, Zana made another attack. Perfectly protected by teammates Garofoli and Vervaeke, he quickly built up a lead of about 15 seconds, allowing him to cross the finish line alone, 36 seconds ahead of Alessandro Verre (MBH Bank CSB ​​Telecom Fort) and his teammates Vervaeke and Garofoli, at the end of an intense and highly selective stage.

Thanks to his stage win, Filippo Zana now leads the overall standings with a 46-second lead over teammate Gianmarco Garofoli and 1:39 over Alessandro Verre.

Complete results:

Stage 4 photos

153.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.704 km/hr

1	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	3hr 52min 7sec
2	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	@ 36sec
3	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
6	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
7	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
9	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
10	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	0:42
11	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	0:44
12	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	1:30
13	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:31
14	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
16	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
17	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
18	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
19	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
20	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
22	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	1:36
23	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:37
24	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	3:19
25	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
26	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	4:03
27	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
28	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
29	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	4:05
30	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	4:03
31	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	4:13
32	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	4:29
33	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	4:31
34	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	9:14
35	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
37	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
38	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	9:16
39	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	9:18
40	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
41	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
42	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
43	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
44	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	9:19
45	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
46	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
47	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	9:26
49	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	9:27
50	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	9:33
51	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
52	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	12:26
53	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
54	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
55	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
56	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
57	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
58	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:31
59	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	16:49
60	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
61	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
62	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
63	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
64	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
65	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
66	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
67	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
68	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	16:52
69	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
70	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	18:22
72	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	18:28
73	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
74	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
75	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
76	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
77	Michael Zarate	Petrolike	s.t.
78	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
79	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
80	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
81	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
82	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
83	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
84	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
85	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
86	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
87	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
88	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
89	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
90	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
91	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
92	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
93	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
94	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
95	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
96	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
97	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	18:32
98	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
99	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
100	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
101	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
102	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
103	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
104	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
105	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
106	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
107	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
108	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
109	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
110	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
111	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
112	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
113	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
114	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
115	Cesare Chesini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
116	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	s.t.
117	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
118	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
120	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	18:38
121	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
122	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
123	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
124	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
125	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
126	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
127	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
128	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	18:50
129	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	20:42
130	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	s.t.
131	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	20:45
132	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	24:07
133	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
134	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
135	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
136	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
137	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
138	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
139	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
140	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
141	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
142	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
143	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
144	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
145	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
146	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	24:14

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Filippo Zana (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Mountains classification leader: Roberto Carlos Gonzalez (Solution Tech-Nippo-Rali)
• Points classification leader: Filippo Zana (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Jan Michal Jackowiak (Bahrain Victorious Development)
• Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

647.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.737 km/hr

1	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	15hr 31min 15sec
2	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 46sec
3	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:39
4	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:43
5	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	1:45
6	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
7	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
8	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
9	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	2:10
10	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	2:11
11	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	2:16
12	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	2:39
13	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:40
14	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
16	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
17	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
18	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:46
19	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:49
20	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	4:28
21	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	5:07
22	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
23	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	5:12
24	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	5:29
25	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	7:32
26	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	7:35
27	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	7:39
28	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	8:31
29	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	9:00
30	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	9:22
31	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	10:23
32	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
34	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	10:41
35	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	10:42
36	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	10:43
37	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	12:31
38	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	12:47
39	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	12:54
40	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
41	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	13:14
42	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	16:02
43	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	16:24
44	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	16:43
45	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	17:09
46	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	17:58
47	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	18:03
48	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	19:50
49	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	20:25
50	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	20:28
51	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	20:43
52	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	22:04
53	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	22:08
54	Cesare Chesini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
55	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	22:14
56	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	22:58
57	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	24:22
58	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	26:33
59	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	26:36
60	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	27:23
61	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	29:01
62	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	29:37
63	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	30:12
64	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
65	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:49
66	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	31:39
67	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	31:51
68	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	31:55
69	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	32:00
70	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	32:04
71	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	32:20
72	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	32:24
73	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:57
74	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	34:10
75	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	35:40
76	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
77	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	36:34
78	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	38:03
79	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	38:25
80	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	38:40
81	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	38:41
82	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	39:52
83	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	40:19
84	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	40:25
85	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	41:52
86	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
87	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	43:20
88	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	43:26
89	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	43:38
90	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	43:51
91	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	45:07
92	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	45:14
93	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	47:18
94	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	47:27
95	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	49:56
96	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	50:36
97	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	51:20
98	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	51:35
99	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	51:38
100	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	51:42
101	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	51:46
102	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	51:49
103	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	53:28
104	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	55:13
105	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	55:24
106	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	55:24
107	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	s.t.
108	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
109	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	55:28
110	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
111	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
112	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
113	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
114	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
115	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	55:31
116	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
117	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	55:35
118	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
119	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiati-Trentino	55:48
120	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	55:55
121	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
122	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	56:01
123	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	57:38
124	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	1:00:15
125	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	1:00:21
126	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
127	Michael Zarate	Petrolike	s.t.
128	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
129	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
130	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
131	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	1:00:25
132	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	1:01:05
133	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	1:01:10
134	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	1:01:30
135	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	1:01:45
136	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	1:02:35
137	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	1:03:01
138	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:05:56
139	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:06:00
140	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
141	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
142	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	1:06:07
143	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	1:06:34
144	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
145	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	1:07:14
146	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	1:11:52

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The race's police escorts with some helpers

Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali riders head to the start.

The strung-out peloton.

A small group has a gap on a climb.

Filippo Zana wins the stage.

The stage 4 podium, from left: Alessandro Verre (2nd), Filippo Zana (1st), & Louis Vervaeke (3rd).

Best young rider Jan Michal Jackowiak. That's Gianni Bugno in the dark glasses.

Stage winner & GC leader Filippo Zana

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Friday, February 27: Stage 3, Cagliari - Tortoli, 168.1 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Dusan Rajovic just beats Davide Donati for the stage win. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Tortoli at 2:40 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage three report.

Dušan Rajović (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali) won the third stage of the Giro della Sardegna, from Cagliari to Tortolì, after a close sprint won by just a few centimeters. The Serbian rider finished ahead of Davide Donati (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe Rookies), winner of yesterday's stage, and Spaniard Manuel Peñalver (Polti VisitMalta), who finished with a tense finish.

The Giro della Sardegna, organized by GS Emilia, is the first stage of the third edition of the Coppa Italia delle Regioni and is supported by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, through its Department of Tourism, Crafts, and Commerce.

The stage heats up from the first kilometers with several breakaway attempts, including that of the only Sardinian in the race, Ignazio Cireddu (Team Vorarlberg), born in 2004 and originally from San Vito, who put in a powerful effort on his home roads, along with Ivan Taccone (MG K Vis).

The two, who had a maximum lead of 3'40" over the peloton, split the passes at the Punta Culumbaris and Genna Cresia categorized climbs, before being reabsorbed with 26 km to go.

With just over 10 kilometers to go, Belgian Michielsen (Lidl-TREK) attempted to surprise the peloton, attempting a solo move in the final stretch before being caught by the peloton with about a kilometer to go.

A close-combat sprint was inevitable, with Rajovic poised to launch a sprint for a narrow victory over Donati and Peñalver.

The overall standings remain unchanged: Nicolò Garibbo (Team Ukyo) retains the leader's jersey with a 4" advantage over the Soudal-Quick-Step duo of Gianmarco Garofoli and Filippo Zana.

Stage 4 route: Arbatax – Nuoro (152.8 km)
Stage 4 will likely prove decisive for the overall classification; with over 3,000 meters of elevation gain concentrated in just over 150 km of racing, there will be plenty of opportunities to make a selection.

After the start (11:10 a.m.), after the first 20 km of essentially flat terrain, a long climb begins to reach the Giro's summit, located in Genna Silana at an altitude of 1,002 m. The average gradient, spread over the 20 km of climbing, is just over 4%, but the central section features more challenging climbing sections. The subsequent descent is accompanied by a series of panoramic sections that lead to the outskirts of Cala Gonone. The road then begins to climb steeply again, tackling a spectacular 2.4 km with a gradient exceeding 10%, before reaching the categorized finish line in Dorgali, located just before passing through the town.

After about 15 km of downhill and flat terrain, the climb continues, first gently to reach Oliena, then more steeply to skirt the city of Nuoro, where another categorized finish line will be located. Returning to the valley floor, the riders prepare to tackle the most challenging climb of the Giro: about 12 km at an average gradient of 6% to reach the Category 1 categorized finish line of Orune-Su Pradu, located 26 km from the finish.

6 km from the finish, the road begins to climb again for about 2 km at an average gradient of 5%, followed by a few ups and downs until reaching the final straight.

Tomorrow's stage will be broadcast live on Rai Sport, HBO Discovery, and the Lega Ciclismo Professionistico YouTube channel starting at 1:40 PM.

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

168.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.554 km/hr

1	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3hr 57min 1sec
2	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
3	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
4	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
5	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
6	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
7	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
8	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
9	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
10	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
11	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
12	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
13	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
14	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
15	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
16	Matijs Van Strijthem	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
17	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
18	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
19	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
20	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	s.t.
21	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
22	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
23	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
24	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
25	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
26	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
28	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
29	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
30	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
31	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
32	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
34	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	s.t.
35	Ivan Troia	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
36	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
37	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
38	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
39	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
40	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
43	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
44	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
45	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
46	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
47	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
48	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
49	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
50	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
51	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
52	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
53	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
54	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
56	Samuel Quaranta	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
57	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
58	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
59	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
60	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
61	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
62	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
63	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
65	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
67	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
68	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
69	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
70	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
71	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
73	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
74	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
75	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
76	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
77	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
78	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
79	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
80	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
81	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
82	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
83	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	s.t.
84	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
86	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
87	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
88	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
89	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
90	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
91	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
92	Michael Zarate	Petrolike	s.t.
93	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
94	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
95	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
96	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
97	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
98	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
99	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
100	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
101	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
102	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
103	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
104	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
105	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
106	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
107	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
108	Cesare Chesini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
109	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
110	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
111	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
112	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
113	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
114	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
115	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
116	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
117	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
118	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
119	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
120	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
121	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
122	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
124	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
125	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
126	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
127	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
128	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
129	Adam Revesz	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
130	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	@ 17sec
131	Jacopo Colladon	Team Novo Nordisk	0:19
132	You Li	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
133	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	0:22
134	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
135	Florian Kajamini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
136	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	0:27
137	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
138	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
139	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
140	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
141	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	31
142	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	0:s.t.
143	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
144	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	0:33
145	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	0:36
146	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	0:40
147	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	0:42
148	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:52
149	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
150	Thomas Rossetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	0:58
151	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	1:07
152	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:23
153	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
154	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	@ 0sec
155	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	1:52
156	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	@ 0sec
DNF	Luca Attolini	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Nicolo Garibbo (Team UKYO)
• Mountains classification leader: Roberto Carlos Gonzalez (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)
• Points classification leader: Davide Donati (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)
• Best young rider: Luca Paletti (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber)
• Teams classification leader: Team UKYO

494.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.406 km/hr

1	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	11:39:14
2	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	4
3	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	6
5	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	1:03
6	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
7	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
8	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
9	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
10	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
11	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
14	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
15	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
16	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
17	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
18	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
19	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
20	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
21	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
22	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
23	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
24	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:12
25	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:17
26	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	1:20
27	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	1:28
28	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	1:29
29	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	3:20
30	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:23
31	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:24
32	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:27
33	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	3:30
34	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
35	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
36	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
37	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
38	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
39	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	s.t.
40	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
41	Cesare Chesini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
42	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
43	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
44	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	3:50
45	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	3:52
46	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	3:56
47	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	4:51
48	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	7:18
49	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
50	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
51	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
52	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	7:27
53	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	7:44
54	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	7:54
55	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	8:24
56	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	11:18
57	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	13:01
58	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	13:17
59	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
60	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
61	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
62	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	13:34
63	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	13:50
64	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	13:51
65	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	15:06
66	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	15:26
67	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	16:56
68	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	17:01
69	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	17:05
70	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	17:06
71	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	17:56
72	Florian Kajamini	XDS Astana Team	18:07
73	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	19:25
74	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
75	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	19:28
76	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
77	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	19:47
78	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	19:48
79	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:20
80	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:54
81	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	21:18
82	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	21:45
83	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	21:46
84	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	21:51
85	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	22:17
86	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	23:14
87	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
88	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
89	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	24:42:00
90	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
91	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	25:07:00
92	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	25:29:00
93	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	26:30:00
94	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	28:44:00
95	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	28:49:00
96	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	29:15:00
97	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
98	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	32:42:00
99	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	33:01:00
100	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	33:04:00
102	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
103	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	33:08:00
104	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	33:15:00
105	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	33:41:00
106	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	36:50:00
107	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
108	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
109	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	s.t.
110	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
111	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
112	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
113	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
114	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
115	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
116	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
117	Adam Revesz	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
118	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	36:57:00
119	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
120	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
121	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
122	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
123	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
124	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	37:14:00
125	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	37:17:00
126	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
127	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	37:21:00
128	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
129	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	37:32:00
130	Thomas Rossetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	37:48:00
131	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	38:18:00
132	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	41:43:00
133	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	41:47:00
134	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
135	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
136	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
137	Ivan Troia	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
138	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
139	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
140	Michael Zarate	Petrolike	s.t.
141	Samuel Quaranta	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
142	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
143	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
144	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
145	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
146	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
147	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
148	Matijs Van Strijthem	Soudal Quick-Step	41:54:00
149	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	42:09:00
150	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	42:10:00
151	You Li	XDS Astana Team	42:13:00
152	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	42:21:00
153	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
154	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	43:01:00
155	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	47:39:00
156	Jacopo Colladon	Team Novo Nordisk	47:58:00

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Lorenzo Finn heads to the start.

The Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali team with points classification leader Davide Donati is presented.

Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

GC leader Nicolo Garibbo with Claudio Chiappucci and Gianni Bugno

Racing along the Sardinian coast.

Ignazio Cireddu attacks

Here they come for the sprint.

Dusan Rajovic beats Davide Donati for the stage win.

The stage podium, from left: Davide Donati (2nd), Dusan Rajovic (1st), & Manuel Peñalver (3rd)

Nicolo Garibbo will start stage four in the GC leader's light blue jersey,

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Thursday, February 26: Stage 2, Oristano - Carbonia, 136.3 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Davide Donati wins stage two. Sirotti phnoto

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Weather at the finish city of Carbonia at 2:30 PM, local time: 21C (69F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two report.

Italian Under-23 Individual Time Trial Champion Davide Donati (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies) won the second stage of the Giro della Sardegna (the first round of the third edition of the Coppa Italia delle Regioni), the 136.2 km Oristano – Carbonia, at the end of an intense and challenging stage along the island's western coast.

The stage of the race, organized by GS Emilia and supported by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia through the Department of Tourism, Crafts and Commerce, started at a brisk pace, averaging 44.800 km/h in the first hour.

After the passage of the Genna Sciria categorized climb, won by Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step), an attack ensued between Alexandre Balmer (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali) and Federico Iacomoni (Team UKYO), which was neutralized by an ever-vigilant peloton, led by Soudal Quick-Step.

Near Buggerru, Mattia Stenico (Bardiani) attempted to gain an advantage, joined shortly thereafter by Zoccarato, first on the second categorized climb of the day, Pietrobon, Blanc, Uriarte, Samudio, Hudson, Bambagioni, and Iacomoni, thus forming a leading group.

At the Montecani Pass, thanks to the pressure from Soudal Quick-Step, the peloton became attackers. Filippo Zana, Luca Paletti, and Gianmarco Garofoli then attempted to attack.

From the main group, Van Bekkum (XDS Astana) then attempted to get ahead of everyone, but was then absorbed with 5 km to go. After Terada and Balmer's final push in the finale, the stage was decided by a sprint finish by Davide Donati, ahead of Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal Quick-Step) and Denmark's Patrick Frydkjaer (Lidl-TREK – Future Racing).

Nicolò Garibbo continues to lead the overall standings, with a 4-second advantage over the Soudal-Quick-Step duo of Garofoli and Zana.

Nicolo Garibbo remains the GC leader. Sirotti photo

Stage Three Route: Cagliari – Tortolì (168.3 km)
With a total elevation gain of 1,190 meters, the third stage promises to be the least challenging in terms of altitude. After the start (at 11:15 a.m.) from Poetto, the first 20 km are perfectly flat, while the following stage introduces a series of more or less pronounced undulations that should not be underestimated, especially for those teams aiming for a sprint finish and wanting to keep the race close.

At the apex of the largest of these, Punta Culumbaris, is a categorized finish line. The next few kilometers are mostly flat, followed by a slightly more undulating section, and then the road climbs again, albeit slightly, until the second categorized finish line, located in Genna. Cresia. The subsequent descent is also very gradual and uneventful. The final 20 kilometers are essentially flat or slightly undulating until they join the final straight, about 800 meters long, wide and slightly uphill.

Tomorrow's stage will be broadcast live on Rai Sport, the HBO Discovery platforms, and the Lega Ciclismo Professionistico YouTube channel starting at 1:40 PM.

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

136.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.632 km/hr

1	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	3hr 3min 14sec
2	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
4	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
5	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
6	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
7	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
8	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
9	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
10	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
11	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
12	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
13	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
14	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
16	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
17	Cesare Chesini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
18	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
19	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
20	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
21	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
22	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
23	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
24	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	s.t.
25	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
26	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
27	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
28	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
29	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
30	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
31	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
32	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
33	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
34	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
36	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	s.t.
37	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
38	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
39	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
40	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
41	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
42	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
43	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
44	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
45	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
46	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
47	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
48	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
49	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	@ 14sec
50	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	0:17
51	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
52	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	0:22
53	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	0:25
54	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	0:26
55	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
56	Florian Kajamini	XDS Astana Team	0:39
57	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:34
58	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	3:48
59	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
60	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
61	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
62	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
63	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
65	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
67	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
68	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
69	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
70	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	4:39
71	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	4:49
72	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	6:08
73	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
74	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
75	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
76	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	8:01
77	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
78	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	8:28
79	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	8:29
80	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
81	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:32
82	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	8:33
83	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	8:34
84	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:58
85	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	11:25
86	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
87	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	12:31
88	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	15:53
89	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
90	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	15:58
91	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
92	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
93	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
95	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
96	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
98	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
100	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	19:44
101	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
102	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
103	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	s.t.
104	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
105	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
106	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
107	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
108	Michael Zarate	Petrolike	s.t.
109	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
110	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
111	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
112	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
113	Thomas Rossetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
114	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
115	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
116	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
117	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
118	Jacopo Colladon	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
120	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
121	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
122	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
123	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
124	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
125	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
126	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
127	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
128	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
129	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
130	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
131	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
132	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
133	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
134	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
135	Ivan Troia	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
136	Adam Revesz	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
137	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
138	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
139	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
140	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
141	Samuel Quaranta	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
142	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	19:51
143	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
144	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
145	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
146	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
147	Luca Attolini	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
148	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
149	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
150	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
151	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
152	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
153	You Li	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
154	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
155	Matijs Van Strijthem	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
156	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	19:58
157	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	20:07

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Nicolo Garibbo (Team UKYO)
• Mountains classification leader: Roberto Carlos Gonzalez (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali)
• Points classification leader: Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Jan Michal Jackowiak (Bahrain Victorious Development)
• Teams classification leader: Team Ukyo

326.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.331 km/hr

1	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	7hr 42min 13sec
2	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
3	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:06
5	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	1:03
6	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
7	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
9	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
10	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
11	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
13	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
14	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
15	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
16	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
17	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
18	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
19	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
20	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
21	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
22	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
23	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
24	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:12
25	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:17
26	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	1:20
27	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	1:28
28	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	1:29
29	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	3:20
30	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:23
31	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:24
32	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:27
33	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	3:30
34	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
35	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
36	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
37	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
38	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
39	Cesare Chesini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
40	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	s.t.
41	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
42	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
43	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
44	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	3:50
45	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	3:52
46	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	3:56
47	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	4:51
48	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	7:18
49	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
50	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
51	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
52	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
53	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	7:27
54	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	7:27
55	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	8:24
56	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	11:18
57	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:28
58	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	13:07
59	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	13:17
60	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
61	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
62	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
63	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
64	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	13:34
65	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	13:34
66	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	15:06
67	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	16:25
68	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	17:01
69	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	17:05
70	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	17:06
71	Florian Kajamini	XDS Astana Team	17:45
72	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	17:56
73	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	19:25
74	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	19:25
75	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	19:28
76	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
78	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	19:47
80	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:54
81	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
82	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	21:18
83	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	21:45
84	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	21:46
85	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	21:51
86	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	23:14
87	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
88	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
89	Luca Attolini	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	23:21
90	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	24:42
91	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
92	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	25:07
93	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:38
94	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	25:39
95	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	28:44
96	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	28:49
97	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	29:15
98	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
99	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	32:42
100	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	33:01
101	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
102	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
103	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	33:04
104	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
105	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	33:08
106	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	33:15
107	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	36:47
108	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	36:50
109	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
110	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
111	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
112	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
113	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	s.t.
114	Thomas Rossetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
115	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
116	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
117	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
118	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
119	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
120	Adam Revesz	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
121	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
122	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
124	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
125	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
126	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	36:57
127	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
128	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
129	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
130	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
131	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
132	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	37:56
133	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	41:47
134	Michael Zarate	Petrolike	s.t.
135	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
136	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
137	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
138	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
139	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development Team	s.t.
140	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
141	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
142	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
143	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
144	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
145	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
146	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
147	Ivan Troia	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
148	Samuel Quaranta	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
149	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
150	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	41:54
151	You Li	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
152	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
153	Matijs Van Strijthem	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
154	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
155	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	42:10
156	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	47:39
157	Jacopo Colladon	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage two photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Before the start, politician Roberto Pella, GC leader Nicolo Garibbo, Claudio Chiappucci, & Gianni Bugno.

GC leader Nicolo Garibbo gets his bike before the stage start.

Lorenzo Finn

The peloton races across the beautiful Sardinian countryside.

A closer shot of the pack.

Davide Donati wins the stage.

The stage podium, from left. Gianmarco Garofoli (2nd), Davide Donati (1st), & Patrick Frydkjær (3rd)

Mountains classification leader: Robert Carlos Gonzales

GC leader Nicolo Garibbo celebrating his GC leadership.

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Wednesday, February 25: Stage 1, Castelsardo - Bosa, 189.8 km

Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos

Nicolo Garibbo (left) just beats Filippo Zana for the stage win. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Bosa at 2:30 PM, local time: 19C (66F), sunny, with the wind from the west-southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's report.

Ligurian Nicolò Garibbo (Team Ukyo) won the first stage of the Giro di Sardegna, the 189.5-km Castelsardo – Bosa, the inaugural stage and the longest of the 2026 edition.

The Giro di Sardegna, organized by GS Emilia, is the first round of the third edition of the Coppa Italia delle Regioni and is supported by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, through the Department of Tourism, Crafts, and Commerce.

The race heated up from the first kilometers, with several attempts to break away after the official start. However, it took about 15 kilometers for the positive momentum to emerge, when Cristian Remelli (General Store Essegibi), Panamanian Roberto Gonzales (Solution Tech Nippo Rali), Britain's Hamish Armitt (Team Novo Nordisk), and Austria's Philipp Hoffbauer (Team Vorarlberg) took the lead. Shortly thereafter, Matteo Spreafico (MG K Vis Costruzioni) also rejoins the frontrunners, completing a quintet that manages to gain a maximum advantage of over 4'30" over the peloton at kilometer 30.

The race changes course on the Villanova Monteleone climb, the final categorized climb of the day. Spreafico and Hoffbauer first lose the lead, while the most anticipated riders begin to break away from the peloton. Filippo Zana (Soudal Quick-Step) makes a decisive move to rejoin the frontrunners, further establishing the lead.

Meanwhile, Nicolò Garibbo (Team Ukyo), Urko Berrade (Equipo Kern Pharma), and Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal Quick-Step) emerge from the peloton, the latter being instrumental in covering the moves in favor of his teammate. With approximately 22 km to go, a quintet of Zana, Garibbo, Berrade, Garofoli, and Gonzales thus forms, who shortly after will lose contact.

Another shot of Nicolo Garibbo winning the first stage.

The stage is then decided by a sprint to the finish line in Bosa: Nicolò Garibbo takes the lead, taking a prestigious victory ahead of Zana and Spaniard Berrade. Behind them, Giacomo Ballabio leads the peloton. Tomorrow, Nicolò Gabribbo will start in the leader's jersey.

The route of the second stage: Oristano – Carbonia (136.2 km):

After today's stage, which was the longest of the tour, tomorrow's second stage is the shortest.

It runs mostly along the western coast of the island, so the wind could become a factor not to be overlooked. The first 25 km are entirely flat, so a very fast start is expected; the crossing of the Marceddì Bridge deserves attention.

Subsequently, the profile begins to undulate, although there are no sections with significant gradients, including the climb leading to the first categorized climb of Genna Sciria. After the town of Arbus, the road resumes The route climbs slightly to Passo Bidderdì, where the descent is very fast. The route then tackles the highly panoramic climb overlooking the town of Buggerru (the second categorized finish line), followed by the subsequent climb, approximately 6.5 km long with an average gradient of 5.5%, leading to the Montecani categorized finish line. The final 20 km are mostly flat, although the road climbs gently in some sections. About 2 km from the finish line, the route enters the town of Carbonia, entering the final kilometer of the race. This climb is all slightly uphill, with a gradient peaking at around 4% in the final few meters.

Tomorrow's stage will be broadcast live on Rai Sport, HBO Discovery, and the Lega Ciclismo Professionistico YouTube channel starting at 1:40 PM.

Complete results:

Stage 1 photos

189.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.795 km/hr

1	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	4hr 39min 9sec
2	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
4	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	@ 53sec
6	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
8	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
9	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
10	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
11	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
12	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
13	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
14	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
16	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
17	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
18	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
19	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
20	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
22	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
23	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
25	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
26	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
27	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
28	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
29	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
30	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
31	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:02
32	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	3:10
33	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:14
34	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:17
35	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
36	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:20
37	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
38	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
39	Luca Attolini	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
40	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
41	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
42	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
43	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
45	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
46	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	s.t.
47	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
48	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
49	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
50	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
52	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
53	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
54	Cesare Chesini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
55	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
57	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
58	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
59	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
60	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
61	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	3:25
63	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	3:29
64	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
65	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	11:08
66	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
67	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
68	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	12:41
69	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
70	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
71	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
72	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	13:07
73	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
74	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
75	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
76	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
77	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
78	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
79	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
80	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
81	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
82	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
83	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
84	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
85	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
86	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
87	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
88	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
89	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
90	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
91	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
92	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
93	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
94	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
96	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	16:53
97	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	16:56
98	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
99	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
100	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
101	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
102	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
103	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
104	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
105	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
106	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
107	Adam Revesz	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
108	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
109	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
110	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
111	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
112	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
113	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
114	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
115	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
116	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
117	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
118	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
119	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	Thomas Rossetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
121	Juan Prieto José	Petrolike	s.t.
122	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
123	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
124	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
125	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
126	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
127	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
128	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	s.t.
129	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
130	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
131	Florian Kajamini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
132	Michael Zarate	Petrolike	21:53
133	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
134	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
135	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
136	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
137	Samuel Quaranta	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
138	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
139	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
140	Ivan Troia	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
141	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
142	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
143	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
144	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
145	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
146	You Li	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
147	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
148	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
149	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
150	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
151	Matijs Van Strijthem	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
152	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
153	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
154	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
155	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
156	Jacopo Colladon	Team Novo Nordisk	27:45
157	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Nicolo Garibbo (Team UKYO)
• Mountains classification leader: Roberto Carlos Gonzalez (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)
• Points classification leader: Nicolo Garibbo (Team UKYO)
• Best young rider: Luca Paletti (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber)
• Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

1	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	4hr 38min 59sec
2	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
3	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:06
4	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	0:10
5	Giacomo Ballabio	Team Vorarlberg	1:03
6	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
8	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
9	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
10	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
11	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
12	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
13	Janek Jackowiak	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
14	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Davide De Cassan	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
16	Giacomo Rosato	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
17	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
18	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
19	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
20	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
22	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
23	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
25	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
26	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
27	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
28	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
29	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
30	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
31	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:12
32	Leonardo Vesco	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	3:20
33	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:24
34	Carlos Samudio	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:27
35	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
36	Kristian Egholm	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:30
37	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
38	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
39	Luca Attolini	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
40	Dario Giuliano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
41	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
42	Matvey Boldyrev	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
43	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
45	Matteo Spreafico	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
46	Juan Diego Quintero	Petrolike	s.t.
47	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
48	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
49	Kevin Biehl	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
50	Unai Ramos	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Alessandro Cattani	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
52	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
53	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
54	Cesare Chesini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
55	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
57	Lorenzo Masciarelli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
58	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
59	Tommaso Quaglia	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
60	Nicholas Travella	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
61	Gauthier Servranckx	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Simone Zanini	XDS Astana Team	3:35
63	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	3:39
64	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
65	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	11:18
66	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
67	Michael Belleri	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
68	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Team	12:51
69	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
70	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
71	Harry Hudson	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
72	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	13:17
73	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
74	Leonardo Volpato	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
75	Riccardo Lorello	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
76	Riccardo Perani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
77	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
78	Leonardo Rossi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
79	Nicoló Arrighetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
80	Simone Lucca	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
81	Gabriele Scagliola	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
82	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
83	Andrea Bessega	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
84	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
85	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
86	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
87	Valentin Hofer	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
88	Emanuele Ansaloni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
89	Gijs Schoonvelde	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
90	William Harding	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
91	Marco Palomba	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
92	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
93	Stefano Masciarelli	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
94	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
96	Alessandro Avi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	17:03
97	Nicolo Pizzi	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	17:06
98	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
99	Thomas Capra	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
100	Santiago Basso	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
101	Samuele Alari	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
102	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
103	Elia Andreaus	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
104	Tommaso Bambagioni	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
105	Andrea De Totto	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
106	Stefano Leali	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
107	Adam Revesz	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
108	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert	UAE Team Emirates Gen-Z	s.t.
109	Raffaele Tela	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
110	Christian Piffer	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
111	Lorenzo De Longhi	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
112	Andrea Biancalani	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
113	Nicola Rossi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
114	Michele Bicelli	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
115	Ivan Taccone	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
116	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
117	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
118	JoseAntonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
119	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	Thomas Rossetti	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
121	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
122	Roberto Busanello	Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino	s.t.
123	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
124	Alessio Menghini	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
125	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
126	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
127	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
128	Yoshiki Terada	Team UKYO	s.t.
129	Gustave Blanc	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
130	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
131	Florian Kajamini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
132	Michael Zarate	Petrolike	22:03
133	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
134	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
135	Tommaso Anastasia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
136	Pierluigi Garbi	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
137	Samuel Quaranta	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
138	Lorenzo Ursella	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
139	Davide Persico	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
140	Ivan Troia	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
141	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
142	Gabriele De Fabritiis	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
143	Andrea Donati	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
144	Alessandro Milesi	Biesse-Carrera-Premac	s.t.
145	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
146	You Li	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
147	Franklin Archibold	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
148	Mihajlo Stolic	Bahrain Victorious Development	s.t.
149	Simone Buongiorno	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
150	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
151	Matijs Van Strijthem	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
152	Vittorio Friggi	MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente	s.t.
153	Dominik Amann	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
154	Matteo Mengarelli	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
155	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
156	Jacopo Colladon	Team Novo Nordisk	27:55
157	Leonardo Meccia	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 maps

Stage 1 profile

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Claudio Chiappucci (in black) was at the start.

Team Ukyo is presented during the starting ceremonies.

Here's Team Vorarlberg.

Filippo Zana and teammates head to the start.

The lined-out peloton descends.

Another shot of the peloton heading downhill

Nicolo Garibbo (left) beats Filippo Zana to win the first stage.

Almost a minute later here comes the pack to contest the field sprint.

Giacomo Ballabio wins the field sprint for fifth place.

A happy Nicolo Garibbo after winning the stage.

Stage winner and GC leader Nicolo Garibbo on the podium.