Bonifazio fastest in GP Lugano

Niccolò Bonifazio won his first race and Lampre-Merida's fifth of the season by out sprinting Francesco Gavazzi (Southeast) and Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r La Mondiale) at the GP Lugano. The 21-year-old Italian had five top-ten finishes prior to the UCI 1.1 race this season but with Przemyslaw Niemiec leading him out to perfection, Bonifazio proved to be the fastest after the 184.9km race.

"I'm very satisfied for this first seasonal victory, GP Lugano is a demanding race and so this result makes me happy," Bonifazio said. "The past season ended with many victories, so I could spend a calm winter and I trained with huge passion and with the aim of improving my skills.

The win was confirmation of Bonifazio's rising stock having claimed four wins his debut season as a professional, including three stages of the Tour of Hainan last October.

"2015 began in Australia and from there my condition has become better and better and now the level of my competitiveness is good, that's why today I could avoid being dropped on the climbs," Bonifazio added. "I thank the team that supported me and I share this joy with my team mates."

The undulating race saw a 17-rider group build a steady gap over the peloton early into the day. Lampre-Merida had placed Luka Pibernik in the break and were happy to leave the pace making to the other teams who decided one keeping them within a safe time gap. As the race was reaching its conclusion with 10km left to race, the break was reeled in with 10 rider then launching a counter attack on the final climb.

Riders in the group included Linus Gerdemann (Cult Energy Pro Cycling) and IAM Cycling duo Jonathan Fumeaux and Sébastien Reichenbach while MTN-Qhubeka's Natnael Berhane trying to force a solo move off the front, emulating the aggressive approach of teammate Daniel Teklehaimanot who claimed all three GPM's on offer

With the pace high as the sprinters teams worked to pull the move back, Tinkoff-Saxo were active in finale with Ivan Basso and Sergio Paulinho both testing their legs but to no avail as with five kilometre to go, the race was all back together with Valerio Conti and Niemiec setting a fast pace with the aim of delivering Bonifazio to victory who duly repaid the work done by his teammates by easily out sprinting his rivals on the lake front of Lugano.

Results

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Results
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre - Merida4:38:08
2Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) SoutheastRow 1 - Cell 2
3Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La MondialeRow 2 - Cell 2
4Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 3 - Cell 2
5Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 4 - Cell 2
6Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 5 - Cell 2
7Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo NordiskRow 6 - Cell 2
8Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff - SaxoRow 7 - Cell 2
9David Tanner (Aus) IAM CyclingRow 8 - Cell 2
10Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 9 - Cell 2
11Jan Bakelants (Bel) Ag2r La MondialeRow 10 - Cell 2
12Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM CyclingRow 11 - Cell 2
13Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff - SaxoRow 12 - Cell 2
14Elia Favilli (Ita) SoutheastRow 13 - Cell 2
15Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - MeridaRow 14 - Cell 2
16Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM CyclingRow 15 - Cell 2
17Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff - SaxoRow 16 - Cell 2
18Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale0:00:10
19Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Team ColombiaRow 18 - Cell 2
20Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Team Colombia0:00:15
21Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff - Saxo0:00:29
22Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 21 - Cell 2
23Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre - MeridaRow 22 - Cell 2
24Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka0:00:42
25Alex Cano Ardila (Col) Team ColombiaRow 24 - Cell 2
26Louis Meintjes (Rsa) MTN - Qhubeka0:00:44
27Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro TeamRow 26 - Cell 2
28Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM CyclingRow 27 - Cell 2
29Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM CyclingRow 28 - Cell 2
30Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - MeridaRow 29 - Cell 2
31Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling0:01:08
32Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre - Merida0:01:21
33Simone Ponzi (Ita) SoutheastRow 32 - Cell 2
34Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro TeamRow 33 - Cell 2
35Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN - QhubekaRow 34 - Cell 2
36Jonathan Fumeaux (Sui) IAM CyclingRow 35 - Cell 2
37Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Roth Skoda0:01:22
38Patrick Schelling (Sui) IAM CyclingRow 37 - Cell 2
39Roman Maikin (Rus) RusVeloRow 38 - Cell 2
40Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Tinkoff - Saxo0:01:40
41Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro TeamRow 40 - Cell 2
42Ivan Balykin (Rus) RusVelo0:01:52
43Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli0:02:15
44Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro TeamRow 43 - Cell 2
45Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 44 - Cell 2
46Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 45 - Cell 2
47Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Tinkoff - SaxoRow 46 - Cell 2
48Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre - MeridaRow 47 - Cell 2
49Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (Rsa) MTN - QhubekaRow 48 - Cell 2
50Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro Team0:03:00
51Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) SoutheastRow 50 - Cell 2
52Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro TeamRow 51 - Cell 2
53Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro TeamRow 52 - Cell 2
54Sebastián Molano (Col) Team Colombia0:07:37
55Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Team ColombiaRow 54 - Cell 2
56Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Team ColombiaRow 55 - Cell 2
57Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 56 - Cell 2
58Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 57 - Cell 2
59Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 58 - Cell 2
60Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff - SaxoRow 59 - Cell 2
61Nico Brüngger (Sui) Roth SkodaRow 60 - Cell 2
62Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - QhubekaRow 61 - Cell 2
63Lukas Jaun (Sui) Roth SkodaRow 62 - Cell 2
64Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN - QhubekaRow 63 - Cell 2
65Songezo Jim (Rsa) MTN - QhubekaRow 64 - Cell 2
66Pirmin Lang (Sui) IAM CyclingRow 65 - Cell 2
67Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo NordiskRow 66 - Cell 2
68Andrea Vaccher (Ita) Roth SkodaRow 67 - Cell 2
69Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - MeridaRow 68 - Cell 2
70Nick Dougall (Rsa) MTN - Qhubeka0:07:39
DNFMatteo Busato (Ita) SoutheastRow 70 - Cell 2
DNFRamon Carretero (Pan) SoutheastRow 71 - Cell 2
DNFJonathan Monsalve (Ven) SoutheastRow 72 - Cell 2
DNFMirko Tedeschi (Ita) SoutheastRow 73 - Cell 2
DNFEvgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff - SaxoRow 74 - Cell 2
DNFMattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre - MeridaRow 75 - Cell 2
DNFPatrick Gretsch (Ger) Ag2r La MondialeRow 76 - Cell 2
DNFNicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro TeamRow 77 - Cell 2
DNFCarlos Galviz (Ven) Androni GiocattoliRow 78 - Cell 2
DNFSimone Stortoni (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 79 - Cell 2
DNFFabio Taborre (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 80 - Cell 2
DNFManabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 81 - Cell 2
DNFShiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 82 - Cell 2
DNFGenki Yamamoto (Jpn) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 83 - Cell 2
DNFAntonio Nibali (Ita) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 84 - Cell 2
DNFIldar Arslanov (Rus) RusVeloRow 85 - Cell 2
DNFPetr Ignatenko (Rus) RusVeloRow 86 - Cell 2
DNFRoman Kustadinchev (Rus) RusVeloRow 87 - Cell 2
DNFArtem Nych (Rus) RusVeloRow 88 - Cell 2
DNFArtem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVeloRow 89 - Cell 2
DNFAndrei Solomennikov (Rus) RusVeloRow 90 - Cell 2
DNFScott Ambrose (NZl) Team Novo NordiskRow 91 - Cell 2
DNFCorentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo NordiskRow 92 - Cell 2
DNFKevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo NordiskRow 93 - Cell 2
DNFJoonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo NordiskRow 94 - Cell 2
DNFMartijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo NordiskRow 95 - Cell 2
DNFChristopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo NordiskRow 96 - Cell 2
DNFDaniel Martínez (Col) Team ColombiaRow 97 - Cell 2
DNFKarel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 98 - Cell 2
DNFGustav Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 99 - Cell 2
DNFChristian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 100 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Bresciani (Ita) Roth SkodaRow 101 - Cell 2
DNFAlberto Cecchin (Ita) Roth SkodaRow 102 - Cell 2
DNFYannick Eckmann (USA) Roth SkodaRow 103 - Cell 2
DNFGiacomo Tomio (Ita) Roth SkodaRow 104 - Cell 2

 

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