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Posted on 13-09-2019 12:34
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I'm more than surprised what my yesterday performance. I'm currenctly 10th in GC. Hoping I can manage that today too!
I actually don't feel well today. That previous stage has costed me a lot.
I lost the touch with the peloton pretty far from home - 29 km to finish. Thankfully with that flat section we did catch them up.
We start the last climb of the day - 7.7 km.
3 km!
I'm happy with my performance. Not the best especially with how I was feeling, but I'm satisfied.
Top 15:
| 1 | Francesco Gavazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 4h15'56 | | 2 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | + 31 | | 3 | Lukas Ruegg | Swiss Racing Academy | + 1'14 | | 4 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'23 | | 5 | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 1'58 | | 6 | Giovanni Visconti | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | + 2'07 | | 7 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 2'20 | | 8 | Edward Ravasi | UAE Team Emirates | + 2'46 | | 9 | Henok Mulubrhan | UCI World Cycling Centre Mens Team | + 3'00 | | 10 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 11 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 12 | Marco Marcato | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 13 | Matteo Busato | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 14 | Hideto Nakane | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 15 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | + 3'31 |
Not too long, but flat ITT to finish the race. I'm not the best TT in the world. Currently protecting 8th place in GC. I have a minute in advance, so I might save my place in GC.
+1'27" on first time check, oh my...
I was caught...
I think at the end I can still be happy with my GC result.
Top 15:
| 1 | Michael Hepburn | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 18'46 | | 2 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 12 | | 3 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | + 18 | | 4 | Harry Tanfield | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Alex Frame | Trek - Segafredo | + 20 | | 6 | Jack Bauer | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 21 | | 7 | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 8 | Claudio Imhof | AKROS - Thömus | + 22 | | 9 | Charlie Quarterman | Trek - Segafredo | + 23 | | 10 | Rodrigo Contreras | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 11 | Reto Hollenstein | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 24 | | 12 | William Clarke | Trek - Segafredo | + 25 | | 13 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 14 | Nick Schultz | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 30 | | 15 | Marco Marcato | UAE Team Emirates | + 37 | | 149 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 2'33 |
Final general classification:
| 1 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 11h57'19 | | 2 | Daryl Impey | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 25 | | 3 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | + 2'21 | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | + 2'32 | | 5 | Hideto Nakane | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | + 3'04 | | 6 | Edward Ravasi | UAE Team Emirates | + 3'21 | | 7 | Nicola Bagioli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | + 3'42 | | 8 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 4'05 | | 9 | Marco Marcato | UAE Team Emirates | + 4'12 | | 10 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | + 4'25 | | 11 | Nick Schultz | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 4'33 | | 12 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 5'17 | | 13 | Lukas Ruegg | Swiss Racing Academy | + 5'41 | | 14 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | + 6'20 | | 15 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | + 6'30 |
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Posted on 13-09-2019 14:12
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Posted on 13-09-2019 23:57
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| dominox |
Posted on 14-09-2019 11:19
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Thanks! I can guys say that few amazing ones are yet to come
First stage is flat, with one not very hard, and very long climb in second half of the stage. Nothing dangerous for sprinters. Again few WT teams to ride against me. Stage ended with massive sprint.
Top 15:
| 1 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton - SCOTT | 4h00'44 | | 2 | Simone Consonni | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3 | Federico Zurlo | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. | | 4 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Luca Pacioni | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 7 | Leonardo Bonifazio | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 8 | Grega Bole | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 9 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 10 | Mattia Cattaneo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 11 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 12 | Marcel Sieberg | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 13 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 14 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Fausto Masnada | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. |
Second stage categorized as "mountainous". That climb is actually to far from finish to make big selection. We might get the sprint from smaller group. But probably nothing dangerous.
Like I thought - 47 riders finished in the first group.
Top 15:
| 1 | Simone Consonni | UAE Team Emirates | 6h12'26 | | 2 | Grega Bole | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 3 | Dion Smith | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 4 | Alexandr Riabushenko | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 5 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Hugo Houle | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Matteo Busato | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 8 | Michael Albasini | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 9 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 10 | Manuele Boaro | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 11 | Mattia Cattaneo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 12 | Damien Howson | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 13 | Rodrigo Contreras | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Marco Canola | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 15 | Yuri Natarov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 21 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. |
This stage will actually tell us how the general classification will look like. Short steep climb, downhill and another one to the finish. Harder than previous one, shorter and probably more selective. Let's see!
We start to climb - 30 km to go.
15 km - only 29 riders in front group. I'm in it.
3 kms left! Last steep moment!
Decent results especially while being out of form. Didn't lose any time, so I'm currently 8th in GC before final stage.
Top 15:
| 1 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | 4h47'27 | | 2 | Fausto Masnada | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 3 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 4 | Mattia Cattaneo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 5 | Grega Bole | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 6 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 7 | Jan Hirt | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Navarro | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 9 | Nicola Bagioli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 10 | Peter Stetina | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 11 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Nicola Conci | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 13 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 14 | Niklas Eg | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 15 | Alexandr Riabushenko | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
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Posted on 15-09-2019 13:30
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What a final stage it is! I cannot wait! I'm currently 8th in GC, but the are no time differences. I'll try my best.
Actually I don't feel too good today. It's sad that it happened to me on last stage. And I'm riding in white jersey too! Four riders from my team went into an early break. One of them quickly dropped and came back to the peloton.
22 km to go - we start to climb on Etna. I was dropped pretty fast sadly. Time to setup an effort good for me.
This climb was really hard...
Top 15:
| 1 | Jan Hirt | Astana Pro Team | 4h05'42 | | 2 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 14 | | 3 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | + 2'21 | | 4 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 5 | Nicola Conci | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 6 | Fausto Masnada | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 3'05 | | 7 | Nicola Bagioli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 8 | Filippo Zaccanti | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Fiorelli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | + 3'21 | | 10 | Giovanni Carboni | Bardiani CSF | + 4'02 | | 11 | Peter Stetina | Trek - Segafredo | + 4'13 | | 12 | Niklas Eg | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 13 | Simone Petilli | UAE Team Emirates | + 4'33 | | 14 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Alejandro Osorio | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 37 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 8'23 |
I thought I might get a chance for final top 10, but last stage was brutal. I wasn't feeling well and being out of form wasn't helping too. Maybe next time.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Jan Hirt | Astana Pro Team | 19h06'09 | | 2 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | + 14 | | 3 | Omar Fraile | Astana Pro Team | + 2'17 | | 4 | José Gonçalves | Team Katusha Alpecin | + 2'31 | | 5 | Nicola Conci | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 6 | Fausto Masnada | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 3'09 | | 7 | Nicola Bagioli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | + 3'15 | | 8 | Filippo Zaccanti | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Fiorelli | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | + 3'31 | | 10 | Giovanni Carboni | Bardiani CSF | + 4'12 | | 11 | Niklas Eg | Trek - Segafredo | + 4'23 | | 12 | Peter Stetina | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 13 | Dario Cataldo | Astana Pro Team | + 4'43 | | 14 | Alejandro Osorio | NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè | s.t. | | 15 | Mattia Cattaneo | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 5'07 | | 26 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 8'33 |
There is no break tho. On the very next day I ride my first U23 race.
I was scheduled to work for my team-mates, since one of them is considered one of the favourites. Only 46 riders in the race, so really small number of youngsters entered.
16 km to go - 22 riders in front group; tempo is slow
5 km - 17 riders in front group, only the sprint is left.
Wow, that was unexpecting.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | 4h51'02 | | 2 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 3 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Chambéry Cyclisme Formation | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 5 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 6 | Thomas Vereecken | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 7 | Carmelo Urbano | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Amateur | s.t. | | 8 | Attila Valter | CCC Development Team | s.t. | | 9 | Ken Conter | Chambéry Cyclisme Formation | s.t. | | 10 | Yakob Debesay | Equipe Continentale Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Félix Dopchie | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 12 | Steven Pattyn | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 13 | Laurenz Rex | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 14 | Alan Jousseaume | Vendée U | s.t. | | 15 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. |
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Posted on 15-09-2019 16:39
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Posted on 16-09-2019 12:14
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Now few one day classics. Almost all are U23.
Again my job for today was working the front of the group. This time much more riders in it than in previous one. 86 riders compared to 46 is a big difference.
6,5 km - one last short ascend.
Nothing exciting - sprint from small group of riders. Rest was too much behind to take part in it.
Someone said nothing exciting? I guess it's my first win in my career! And we also made the double!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 5h23'18 | | 2 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 3 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 4 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 5 | Gianni Pugi | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 6 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 7 | Filippo Zana | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 8 | Mehdi El Chokri | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Simone Zandomeneghi | Iseo Serrature - Rime - Carnovali | s.t. | | 10 | Marvin Tasset | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 11 | Richard Holec | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 12 | Davide Baldaccini | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 13 | Jens Reynders | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 14 | Davide Botta | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 15 | Davide Bais | Cycling Team Friuli | s.t. |
I'm really exciting to ride this classic. My previous victory boosted my confidence so much that I can't wait to fight here for another win. Those laps can create some gaps, so I need to be careful.
I said that those short climbs can create some splits and time gaps! 12 km to go. I'm in the front group with 7 other riders.
4 km - it's now bigger group fighting for the win.
Ah, so close yet so far...
Top 15:
| 1 | Luca Mozzato | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | 4h24'18 | | 2 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 3 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 4 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 5 | Jarne Van de Paar | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 6 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 7 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 8 | Gianni Pugi | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 9 | Jensen Plowright | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | s.t. | | 10 | Sylvain Moniquet | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 11 | Marvin Tasset | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 12 | Attila Valter | CCC Development Team | s.t. | | 13 | Davide Botta | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 14 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 15 | Aldo Caiati | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. |
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Posted on 18-09-2019 14:24
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Two more U23 races.
On final climb I decided to setup a tempo. With 8.5 km to go, front group was having only 10 riders.
With 3,5 km left front group had still 10 riders in it. Sprint will be exciting!
6th place is good, but if only I was a bit faster on finishes.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | 3h59'16 | | 2 | Mehdi El Chokri | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 3 | Aloïs Charrin | Chambéry Cyclisme Formation | s.t. | | 4 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 5 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Chambéry Cyclisme Formation | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 7 | Jordi Lopez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 8 | Pasquale Abenante | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 9 | Enrico Zanoncello | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 10 | Marvin Tasset | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 11 | Tommaso Bramati | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 12 | Theo Nonnez | Equipe Continentale Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 13 | Jérémy Montauban | Chambéry Cyclisme Formation | s.t. | | 14 | Lucas Grolier | Vendée U | s.t. | | 15 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | CCC Development Team | + 1'00 |
I'm wasn't feeling quite well here, so I was struggling more than I thought I will. Team was expecting top 10 from me so it was double pressure to deliver here.
33 km - only 19 riders in front group; look at the view!
10 km - only 13 riders - top 10 is really possible here.
Attacks!
Oh no! Viktor Verschaeve attacked at the perfect moment. But I'm more than happy to finish 2nd.
Top 15:
| 1 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal U23 | 5h09'29 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 38 | | 3 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 4 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 5 | Yakob Debesay | Equipe Continentale Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 6 | Attila Valter | CCC Development Team | s.t. | | 7 | Nils Sinschek | Development Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8 | Jordi Lopez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 9 | Kevin Inkelaar | Equipe Continentale Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 10 | Cristian Scaroni | Equipe Continentale Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Felix Gall | Development Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 12 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 2'09 | | 13 | Ken Conter | Chambéry Cyclisme Formation | + 2'40 | | 14 | Ilan Van Wilder | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 4'11 | | 15 | Sergio Tu | CCC Development Team | + 6'04 |
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Posted on 19-09-2019 12:49
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Last U23 race for some time. Flat, so the only possible outcome was massive sprint.
Top 15:
| 1 | Sergio Tu | CCC Development Team | 3h15'47 | | 2 | Jake Stewart | Equipe Continentale Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | Jarne Van de Paar | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 4 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 5 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 6 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 7 | Valentin Tabellion | Vendée U | s.t. | | 8 | Luca Mozzato | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Denis | Vendée U | s.t. | | 11 | Aloïs Charrin | Chambéry Cyclisme Formation | s.t. | | 12 | Jarno Mobach | Development Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 13 | Martin Lavric | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 14 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 15 | Antoine Raugel | Chambéry Cyclisme Formation | s.t. |
Now things get a bit exciting here. After many U23 races I'm starting in 1.1 classic. I hope I can survive those climbs throughout the stage and get to final sprint. For the first half I was working for our leader outsider, but I tried to save as much energy as I could for final sprint.
I didn't survive even the first big climb, sad. It's still 51 km to finish.
I'm trying! - 30 km to go
They really slow the pace down - 12.8 km left
After all those problems... still able to finish in the top 10!
Top 15:
| 1 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | UAE Team Emirates | 4h59'04 | | 2 | Josip Rumac | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 3 | Edward Ravasi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 4 | Rodrigo Contreras | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Ruben Guerreiro | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 6 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 7 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 8 | Sergio Luis Henao | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9 | Mirco Maestri | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 10 | Matteo Fabbro | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. | | 11 | Andrea Vendrame | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. | | 12 | Kaden Groves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 13 | Esteban Cháves | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 14 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton - SCOTT | s.t. | | 15 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
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Posted on 20-09-2019 12:35
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We come back to stage racing in yet another U23 category competition.
First stage here is flat. Nothing really happened here except final sprint.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | 3h30'03 | | 2 | Zhiwen Chen | Giant Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Marco Cecchini | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 4 | Jarne Van de Paar | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 5 | Sander De Pestel | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 6 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 7 | Toni Franz | Team Differdange - GeBa | s.t. | | 8 | Filippo Zana | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 9 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 10 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 11 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 12 | Ilan Van Wilder | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 13 | Maxim Van Gils | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 14 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 15 | Luca Colnaghi | Team Colpack | s.t. |
Second stage is again flat. This time it is a bit harder, but still it ended with massive sprint from the (almost full) peloton.
I was blocked right before I launched my sprint. So I couldn't be any higher than that.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jarne Van de Paar | Lotto Soudal U23 | 3h09'25 | | 2 | Toni Franz | Team Differdange - GeBa | s.t. | | 3 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 4 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 5 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Cecchini | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 7 | Zhiwen Chen | Giant Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 9 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 10 | Iñigo Altuna | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Amateur | s.t. | | 11 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 12 | Jordi Lopez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 13 | Filippo Zana | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 14 | Ilan Van Wilder | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 15 | Marco Negrente | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. |
Stage three is a short, steep ITT. Only 2.6 km, but a really hard one with high tempo since the very beginning. I'm currently 8th in GC. I hope I can finish higher than that. Surprisingly, I'm one of the favourites here.
Here we go!
Tired, but satisfied! Also third in GC.
Top 15:
| 1 | Ilan Van Wilder | Lotto Soudal U23 | 6'34 | | 2 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 8 | | 3 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 14 | | 4 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | + 17 | | 5 | Loran Cassaert | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 21 | | 6 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Lizarte | + 24 | | 7 | Davide Botta | Team Colpack | + 26 | | 8 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 28 | | 9 | Jordi Lopez | Equipo Lizarte | + 29 | | 10 | Filippo Zana | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 11 | Maxim Van Gils | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 32 | | 12 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 33 | | 13 | Paolo Baccio | Team Colpack | + 34 | | 14 | Quentin Venner | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | + 35 | | 15 | Hang Shi | Giant Cycling Team | + 40 |
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Posted on 20-09-2019 14:18
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Posted on 21-09-2019 13:40
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Thanks! Rusconi is trying his best
Stage four is another flat one. Few climbs shouldn't make a difference.
They decided to slow down a bit at 2.4 km! I'm trying to attack for the win!
So close!
Top 15:
| 1 | Jarne Van de Paar | Lotto Soudal U23 | 4h11'26 | | 2 | Toni Franz | Team Differdange - GeBa | s.t. | | 3 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 4 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 5 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 6 | Ilan Van Wilder | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 7 | Zhiwen Chen | Giant Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 9 | Marco Cecchini | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 10 | Luca Colnaghi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 11 | Filippo Zana | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 12 | Eduardo Francesco Faresin | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 13 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 14 | Davide Botta | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 15 | Martin Pluto | Monkey Town - à Bloc CT | s.t. |
That 5th stage might be more interesting. A bit harder in 2nd half, so the finish might happen from smaller group.
10 km to go.
Wait just a minute... My tempo was enough to drop rest of the group. Am I going to win it?
So close... Again!
Top 15:
| 1 | Toni Franz | Team Differdange - GeBa | 3h03'00 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 3 | Zhiwen Chen | Giant Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | s.t. | | 5 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 6 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 7 | Davide Botta | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 8 | Marco Negrente | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 9 | Jarne Van de Paar | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 10 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 11 | Ilan Van Wilder | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 12 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 13 | Ruben Apers | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 14 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 15 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. |
Last stage have more hills. It should be enough to hold my 2nd now place in GC. But I'll try to win it of course.
All favourites are still there - 33 riders.
Another close call.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | 4h36'21 | | 2 | Toni Franz | Team Differdange - GeBa | s.t. | | 3 | Zhiwen Chen | Giant Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 5 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 6 | Jordi Lopez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 7 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 8 | Valentin Tabellion | Vendée U | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Henn | Team Lotto - Kern Haus | s.t. | | 10 | Ilan Van Wilder | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 11 | Loran Cassaert | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 12 | Paolo Baccio | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 13 | Marc Dörrie | Team Lotto - Kern Haus | s.t. | | 14 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 15 | Raphael Kockelmann | Team Differdange - GeBa | s.t. |
That was a very good race for me. Few very good finishes and 2nd place in final GC are incredible for the youngster I'm.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Ilan Van Wilder | Lotto Soudal U23 | 18h36'49 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 8 | | 3 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | + 17 | | 4 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Lizarte | + 20 | | 5 | Jeremy Frehen | Wallonie-Bruxelles Development Team | + 25 | | 6 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 28 | | 7 | Filippo Zana | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 29 | | 8 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 33 | | 9 | Raphael Kockelmann | Team Differdange - GeBa | + 41 | | 10 | Toni Franz | Team Differdange - GeBa | + 42 | | 11 | Maxim Van Gils | Lotto Soudal U23 | s.t. | | 11 | Eduardo Francesco Faresin | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 49 | | 12 | Zhiwen Chen | Giant Cycling Team | + 51 | | 13 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 1'02 | | 14 | Loran Cassaert | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 1'12 | | 15 | Jordi Lopez | Equipo Lizarte | + 1'20 |
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Posted on 22-09-2019 13:58
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My calendar for June/July part:
This time we have another one day classic. Route can be selective, I have to be confident and not lose any time here before final kms.
The situation is very interesting. I decided to setup a high tempo on last big climb, and with 25 kms left I was up front with 27" lead over 11 riders.
But only 3 kms later I got caught. Only 6 riders were up front with 6 km to go. I decided to attack just few seconds later.
Sprinting for very good 3rd place!
Top 15:
| 1 | Biniyam Ghirmay | UCI World Cycling Centre Mens Team | 5h03'17 | | 2 | Lukas Ruegg | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 3 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 52 | | 4 | Davide Orrico | Team Vorarlberg Santic | s.t. | | 5 | Gordian Banzer | Team Vorarlberg Santic | s.t. | | 6 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 7 | Daniel Geismayr | Team Vorarlberg Santic | + 2'19 | | 8 | Colin Stüssi | Team Vorarlberg Santic | + 4'14 | | 9 | Andrea Toniatti | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 10 | Eduardo Francesco Faresin | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 11 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 12 | Matúš Štoček | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 13 | Filippo Zana | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 14 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 15 | Raphael Krähemann | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. |
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Posted on 23-09-2019 15:10
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Quick and short stage race in Albania is my next target. Stages are categorized as flat, but last kms are actually interesting. Not fully flat, and that short climb on stage three can be a good place to attack.
Like I said, last 2 kms aren't really flat.
I guess the peloton wasn't expecting that!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 4h22'42 | | 2 | Dušan Rajovic | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 3 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 4 | Alberto Dainese | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. | | 5 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. | | 6 | Pierre Barbier | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. | | 7 | Edward Clancy | Vitus Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Colin Heiderscheid | Leopard Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 10 | Eugenio Alafaci | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 11 | Julien Antomarchi | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. | | 12 | Sam Bassetti | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 13 | Karol Domagalski | Team Hurom | s.t. | | 14 | Christophe Masson | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. | | 15 | Pierre Idjouadiene | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. |
Again, not an easy finish to come.
I was blocked a bit on final sprint, not an easy task.
Top 15:
| 1 | Pierre Barbier | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | 4h47'57 | | 2 | Thomas Joseph | Tarteletto - Isorex | s.t. | | 3 | Julien Antomarchi | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. | | 4 | Konrad Gessner | Leopard Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Anthony Maldonado | St Michel - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 6 | Sam Bassetti | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 8 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 9 | Ryan Christensen | Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes | s.t. | | 10 | Colin Heiderscheid | Leopard Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 11 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 12 | Alberto Dainese | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. | | 13 | Roman Maikin | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 14 | Eric Young | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 15 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. |
Last stage. Currently 2nd in GC. If I want to win it I need to attack on last short "climb".
One short climb - 4.4 km to go.
Almost! Almost!
Top 15:
| 1 | Sam Bassetti | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | 4h03'16 | | 2 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 3 | Adam Roberge | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Konrad Gessner | Leopard Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Alberto Dainese | SEG Racing Academy | s.t. | | 6 | Riccardo Stacchiotti | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. | | 7 | Thomas Joseph | Tarteletto - Isorex | s.t. | | 8 | Eric Young | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Dušan Rajovic | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 10 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 11 | Julien Antomarchi | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. | | 12 | Roman Maikin | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 13 | Yauheni Karaliok | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 14 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 15 | Colin Heiderscheid | Leopard Pro Cycling | s.t. |
But I'm so happy with my performance. I actually won the whole race too! All because of the podium on last stage and bonus seconds.
Final general classification:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 13h13'39 | | 2 | Sam Bassetti | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | + 6 | | 3 | Pierre Barbier | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. | | 4 | Thomas Joseph | Tarteletto - Isorex | + 10 | | 5 | Dušan Rajovic | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 6 | Cyrus Monk | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 7 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | + 12 | | 8 | Julien Antomarchi | Natura4ever - Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. | | 9 | Adam Roberge | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 13 | | 11 | Alejandro Ropero | Kometa U23 | s.t. | | 12 | Nicolas Zukowsky | Floyd's Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 13 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 14 | | 14 | Eugert Zhupa | EvoPro Racing | s.t. | | 15 | Branislau Samoilau | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. |
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Posted on 24-09-2019 13:49
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Another hilly classic. Downhill on final kms makes it more dangerous, but also it means the winner will come from either small group of riders, or alone from attacking on final climb.
This time I decided to join an early break. We didn't have more than 4 minutes lead.
We start the final climb. 17.5 km to go - barely a minute lead.
Alone against all odds! 15 km!
Oh my God! What a win from the breakaway!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 4h29'45 | | 2 | Matteo Busato | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | + 25 | | 3 | Andrea Bagioli | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 4 | Simone Velasco | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 5 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | + 2'03 | | 6 | Fabian Lienhard | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 7 | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 8 | Luca Pacioni | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | s.t. | | 9 | Paolo Totò | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 10 | Alberto Giuriato | Cycling Team Friuli | s.t. | | 11 | Biniyam Ghirmay | UCI World Cycling Centre Mens Team | s.t. | | 12 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 13 | Stefan Bissegger | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 14 | Fabio Duarte | Medellin | s.t. | | 15 | Matteo Montaguti | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t. |
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Posted on 24-09-2019 13:58
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Posted on 25-09-2019 15:07
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He surely is 
Flat classic. Few climbs, but nothing dangerous. Team wanted top 50 from me, which isn't really hard goal to get. I'm not the fastest man, but on those flat classics I can get decent result.
Many riders with attacks.
Like I said:
Top 15:
| 1 | Alexander Krieger | Leopard Pro Cycling | 4h24'22 | | 2 | Kamil Zielinski | Team Hurom | s.t. | | 3 | Theodore Yates | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | s.t. | | 4 | Nicola Gaffurini | Monkey Town - à Bloc CT | s.t. | | 5 | Jonathan Mould | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 6 | Branislau Samoilau | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 7 | Roman Maikin | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 8 | Serghei Tvetcov | Floyd's Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 10 | Youcef Reguigui | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Nikolai Shumov | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 12 | Michal Podlaski | Wibatech Merx 7R | s.t. | | 13 | Stanislau Bazhkou | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 14 | Jonathan McEvoy | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 15 | Travis McCabe | Floyd's Pro Cycling | s.t. |
Another flat classic. This time finish might be a bit different. Last kms are not fully "flat". Still it should be mass sprint.
Again my goal for today is top 50. Not really hard, so great chance to grab more experience.
But at the end... I was really bad positioned. Blocked for the most part, couldn't take part in the sprint higher in the front.
Top 20:
| 1 | Pablo Guerrero | Radio Popular Boavista | 2h59'51 | | 2 | Ulises Alfredo Castillo | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Travis McCabe | Floyd's Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Onur Balkan | Salcano Sakarya BB Team | s.t. | | 5 | Federico Zurlo | Giotti Victoria - Palomar | s.t. | | 6 | Roman Maikin | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 7 | Nicolas German Tivani | Asociacion Civil Agrupacion Virgen de Fatima | s.t. | | 8 | Marco Negrente | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 9 | Gregorio Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 10 | Stanislau Bazhkou | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 11 | Andrea Pietrobon | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 12 | Patrick Schelling | Team Vorarlberg Santic | s.t. | | 13 | Alexander Cowan | Floyd's Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 14 | Ole Forfang | Joker Fuel of Norway | s.t. | | 15 | Eduard Vorganov | Minsk Cycling Club | s.t. | | 16 | Matteo Zurlo | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 17 | Aaron Grosser | Bike Aid | s.t. | | 18 | James Piccoli | Elevate - KHS Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 19 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 20 | Serghei Tvetcov | Floyd's Pro Cycling | s.t. |
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Welcome to the Giro U23! 1079 km - 2 ITT (I don't feel quite confident here; they are not so long, but my ITT abilities are very limited), 2 hilly stages and 3 really hard mountainous parts of the race. Let's see how that race will go right before national championships.
First stage is a short ITT. I already lost quite of some time here. I hope that I can gain more time in mountains.
Really nice looking area for ITT.
Top 15:
| 1 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | 15'28 | | 2 | Joab Schneiter | IAM Excelsior | + 14 | | 3 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 4 | Paolo Baccio | Team Colpack | + 15 | | 5 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 29 | | 6 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 7 | Alex Jaime | Equipo Lizarte | + 32 | | 8 | Liam Magennis | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | + 44 | | 9 | Giacomo Ballabio | IAM Excelsior | + 46 | | 10 | Jonas Döring | AKROS - Thömus | + 48 | | 11 | Lucio Pierantozzi | Team Colpack | + 50 | | 12 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 1'02 | | 13 | Raul Rota | Equipo Lizarte | + 1'03 | | 14 | Wilson Estiben Peña | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | + 1'10 | | 15 | Jensen Plowright | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | + 1'11 | | 33 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 1'33 |
Stage 2 is a flat stage for sprinters. Nothing interesting happened.
Top 15:
| 1 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | 3h14'06 | | 2 | Jensen Plowright | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | s.t. | | 3 | Ottavio Dotti | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 4 | Joab Schneiter | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 5 | Jonas Döring | AKROS - Thömus | s.t. | | 6 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 7 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 8 | Alejandro Ropero | Kometa U23 | s.t. | | 9 | Ferran Robert | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 10 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 11 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 12 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 13 | Iñigo Altuna | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Amateur | s.t. | | 14 | Reto Müller | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 15 | Samuele Zambelli | Iseo Serrature - Rime - Carnovali | s.t. |
Stage 3 is more difficult one. My team is expecting me to win whole Giro U23. But it's going to be really really hard. I need to be aggressive in mountains.
I'm one of the outsiders for that stage, but I'm expecting a sprint from smaller group. There is too far to finish from last mountain. Unless we will setup a fast pace...
At least we have to try it.
I'm grabing MC points on last climb on this stage.
5th place is good result.
Top 15:
| 1 | Jensen Plowright | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | 3h55'48 | | 2 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 3 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 4 | Gregorio Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 5 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 6 | Leonardo Marchiori | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 7 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 8 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Alejandro Ropero | Kometa U23 | s.t. | | 10 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 11 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 12 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 13 | Enrico Zanoncello | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 14 | Davide Ferrari | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 15 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. |
Last stage before first break in Giro U23. Stage 4 - Short steep finish. It will be interesting.
We start Mairano, that steep finish!
I did it!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 3h47'35 | | 2 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 3 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 4 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 5 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 6 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 7 | Lucio Pierantozzi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 8 | Giulio Masotto | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 9 | Jakob Dorigoni | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 10 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 11 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 12 | Filippo Zana | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 13 | Wilson Estiben Peña | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 14 | Juan Fernando Calle | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Amateur | s.t. | | 15 | Samuele Zoccarato | IAM Excelsior | s.t. |
My team was actually hoping I can win that 4th stage. I'm happy I did it. But situation in GC isn't looking that good. Sure, mountain stages are to follow, but I have to deliver on those. I have to count I might lose another 1'30" on last ITT. Actually I'm expecting around 1'40". So I have to gain 3 minutes on all my opponents before last stage. That will be hard to do. And my team is hoping I can do that! Oh my...
General classification - 4 out of 10 stages:
| 1 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | 11h12'57 | | 2 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | + 4 | | 3 | Paolo Baccio | Team Colpack | + 15 | | 4 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | + 25 | | 5 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 29 | | 6 | Alex Jaime | Equipo Lizarte | + 32 | | 7 | Giacomo Ballabio | IAM Excelsior | + 46 | | 8 | Lucio Pierantozzi | Team Colpack | + 50 | | 9 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 58 | | 10 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 1'02 | | 11 | Wilson Estiben Peña | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | + 1'10 | | 12 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | + 1'19 | | 13 | Miguel Mugica | Equipo Lizarte | + 1'21 | | 14 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 1'23 | | 15 | Freek Van Rossem | D'Amico - UM Tools | + 1'25 |
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Two more stages for today, right before 2nd rest day. One mountainous, one flat.
I'm the main favourite for today. And that last climb is famous Oropa!
We start Oropa!
I decided to attack - 5 km!
It's looking good!
What an amazing victory right here! That was an incredible performance. I completely destroyed the rivals and I'm in really good position for final victory. Still a lot of work to do, but it's looking good.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 3h26'15 | | 2 | Freek Van Rossem | D'Amico - UM Tools | + 2'27 | | 3 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | + 2'38 | | 4 | Giulio Masotto | Team Colpack | + 3'13 | | 5 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 6 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 3'34 | | 7 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 3'55 | | 8 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 10 | Alejandro Ropero | Kometa U23 | + 4'12 | | 11 | Matteo Bellia | Biesse Carrera | + 4'23 | | 12 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | + 4'31 | | 13 | Samuele Zoccarato | IAM Excelsior | + 4'40 | | 14 | Wilson Estiben Peña | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 15 | Jakob Dorigoni | Team Colpack | s.t. |
What more to say, flat stage for sprinters.
That was by far the most impressive performance on flat stage. We created a brilliant train to protect me and I would never imagine that being so great that I could fight for yet another stage win. I literally never been that fast on finishes like here! Never!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 3h53'23 | | 2 | Gregorio Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 3 | Jensen Plowright | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | s.t. | | 4 | Joab Schneiter | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 5 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 6 | Samuele Battistella | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 7 | Ottavio Dotti | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 8 | Marco Cecchini | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 9 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 10 | Jonas Döring | AKROS - Thömus | s.t. | | 11 | Iñigo Altuna | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Amateur | s.t. | | 12 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 13 | Matteo Donegà | Cycling Team Friuli | s.t. | | 14 | Matteo Belogi | D'Amico - UM Tools | s.t. | | 15 | Alejandro Ropero | Kometa U23 | s.t. |
I never thought I'll gain that much time on one stage. Now it's time to gain a bit more time just to be safe before final ITT. I'm also first in all classifications!
General classification - 6 out of 10 stages:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 18h33'38 | | 2 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | + 1'35 | | 3 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | + 2'35 | | 4 | Freek Van Rossem | D'Amico - UM Tools | + 2'43 | | 5 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | + 2'52 | | 6 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 3'21 | | 7 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 3'33 | | 8 | Giulio Masotto | Team Colpack | + 3'40 | | 9 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | + 4'47 | | 10 | Wilson Estiben Peña | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 11 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | + 5'01 | | 12 | Alejandro Ropero | Kometa U23 | s.t. | | 13 | Paolo Baccio | Team Colpack | + 5'02 | | 14 | Samuele Zoccarato | IAM Excelsior | + 5'07 | | 15 | Lucio Pierantozzi | Team Colpack | + 5'09 |
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Stage 7 is another flat stage for sprinters. Nothing really exciting to say, or interesting except finish. Climbs are not dangerous or even really hard.
Holy! I decided to setup a tempo towards the finish, and go full gas with 1,5 km. I didn't expect that! It's 4th win in a row now!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 3h25'34 | | 2 | Matteo Zurlo | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 3 | Ottavio Dotti | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 4 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 5 | Jensen Plowright | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | s.t. | | 6 | Joab Schneiter | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 7 | Gregorio Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 8 | Eduardo Ferri | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 9 | Raul Rota | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 10 | Tommaso Bramati | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 11 | Richard Holec | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 12 | Samuele Zambelli | Iseo Serrature - Rime - Carnovali | s.t. | | 13 | Pasquale Abenante | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | s.t. | | 14 | Antoine Aebi | AKROS - Thömus | s.t. | | 15 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. |
Stage 8 is again a mountain stage. Doesn't look really hard, especially last climb of the day - Passo dell'Aprica - 12 km, average of 3,8%. That climb in the middle of the stage have 15 km with average of 6%.
We decided to setup a pace on Passo della Mendola.
Not a big group of riders - 44 km to go.
We start the last climb of the day.
Am I going for another stage win? 4 km!
I can't believe it but yes!
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 3h19'50 | | 2 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 3 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 4 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 5 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 6 | Freek Van Rossem | D'Amico - UM Tools | s.t. | | 7 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 8 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 9 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | s.t. | | 10 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 11 | Wilson Estiben Peña | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | s.t. | | 12 | Giulio Masotto | Team Colpack | s.t. | | 13 | Laurin Bachmann | AKROS - Thömus | + 30 | | 14 | Stefano Taglietti | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 15 | Samuele Zoccarato | IAM Excelsior | s.t. |
Stage 9 is last difficult stage of this race. There is only flat ITT after it. But! I can still lose it. First of all - I need to gain a bit more time on that stage. That might not be that hard considering last results. Last climb for today is Colma di Sormano - only 4.9 km long, but average of 12%, maximum - 22,9%!
22 km to go, we are starting Ghisallo.
Let's do this again! - 12.5 km
5 km to go - Can it be 6 in the row?
Loot at that climb...
6! 6! 6! 6! 6! 6! There is no way now I can lose this on final ITT.
Top 15:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 3h42'47 | | 2 | Freek Van Rossem | D'Amico - UM Tools | + 2'21 | | 3 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | + 2'39 | | 4 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | + 2'53 | | 5 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | s.t. | | 6 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | + 3'19 | | 7 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | s.t. | | 8 | Giulio Masotto | Team Colpack | + 3'33 | | 9 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | + 4'32 | | 10 | Samuele Zoccarato | IAM Excelsior | + 4'55 | | 11 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 5'47 | | 12 | Matteo Bellia | Biesse Carrera | s.t. | | 13 | Rémi Capron | IAM Excelsior | + 6'41 | | 14 | Juan Fernando Calle | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Amateur | s.t. | | 15 | Valère Thiébaud | AKROS - Thömus | s.t. |
I just need to ride that last stage safe. Just that.
Monza (Autodromo)
I won Giro U23!
Top 15:
| 1 | Paolo Baccio | Team Colpack | 20'06 | | 2 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | + 2 | | 3 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | + 7 | | 4 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 10 | | 5 | Valère Thiébaud | AKROS - Thömus | + 21 | | 6 | Joab Schneiter | IAM Excelsior | + 37 | | 7 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | + 40 | | 8 | Liam Magennis | Drapac-Cannondale Holistic Development Team | + 48 | | 9 | Raul Rota | Equipo Lizarte | + 54 | | 10 | Giacomo Ballabio | IAM Excelsior | s.t. | | 11 | Giulio Masotto | Team Colpack | + 56 | | 12 | Wilson Estiben Peña | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | + 57 | | 13 | Reto Müller | Swiss Racing Academy | + 59 | | 14 | Jonas Döring | AKROS - Thömus | + 1'03 | | 15 | Laurin Bachmann | AKROS - Thömus | + 1'04 | | 25 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | + 1'29 |
I cannot simply believe it! I won 6 stages and every classification possible! Every! That was an awesome race for me, my frieds, my family, my team and my followers. I now take few days of break to show good form in national championships!
Final general classification:
| 1 | Claudio Rusconi | Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior | 29h22'54 | | 2 | Alessandro Covi | Team Colpack | + 4'02 | | 3 | Martí Marquez | Equipo Lizarte | + 5'09 | | 4 | Freek Van Rossem | D'Amico - UM Tools | + 5'27 | | 5 | Mauro Schmid | Swiss Racing Academy | + 6'27 | | 6 | Giulio Masotto | Team Colpack | + 7'10 | | 7 | Fabio Mazzucco | Sangemini - Trevigiani - MG.Kvis | + 7'38 | | 8 | Roger Adriá | Equipo Lizarte | + 8'09 | | 9 | Filippo Conca | Biesse Carrera | + 8'27 | | 10 | Samuele Zoccarato | IAM Excelsior | + 11'29 | | 11 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 12'19 | | 12 | Wilson Estiben Peña | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze | + 12'21 | | 13 | Matteo Sobrero | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | + 12'59 | | 14 | Jonas Döring | AKROS - Thömus | + 13'36 | | 15 | Alejandro Ropero | Kometa U23 | + 13'43 |
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