Adriatica Ionica: Elia Viviani wins opening sprint
Italian beats Persico and Pacioni while riding for Italian national team
Elia Viviani won the opening stage of the 2021 Adriatica Ionica Race in northern Italy, beating Davide Persico (Colpack Ballan) and Luca Pacioni (Eolo Kometa) while riding for the Italian national team.
Viviani is using the three-day stage race as key preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games, where he is riding the Omnium, Team Pursuit and Madison on the track.
The opening stage started in Trieste and ended in Aviano. A break of five riders lead for much of the 185km stage. The racing was neutralised briefly when the break went the wrong way but they were swept up with four kilometres to race. At that point the Italian national team took control and lead out Viviani in the twisting finale.
Thanks to victory, Viviani is the first race leader. It is his second victory of 2021 after also winning the Cholet - Pays de la Loire race in France. Viviani will not ride the Tour de France with Cofidis, preferring to focus on his preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Stage 2 climbs up to Cima Grappa and is expected to shake up the overall classification before stage 3 covers a number of dirt roads between Ferrara and Comacchio.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy | 4:02:02 |
2 | Davide Persico (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
3 | Luca Pacioni (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
4 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
5 | Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
6 | Andrea D'Amato (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
7 | Davide Boscaro (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
8 | Matteo Furlan (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
9 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | |
10 | Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) IWD | |
11 | Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
12 | Robbe Ceurens (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | |
13 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation | |
14 | Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
15 | Florian Gamper (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
16 | Luca Regalli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
17 | Filippo Dignani (Ita) IWD | |
18 | Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
19 | Cristian Rocchetta (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
20 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
21 | Brandon Alejandro Rojas Vega (Col) Colombia | |
22 | Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
23 | Riccardo Bobbo (Ita) IWD | |
24 | Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
25 | Francesco Zandri (Ita) IWD | |
26 | Doriand Percrule (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
27 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech | |
28 | Leslie Lührs (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
29 | Oscar Daniel Tellez Reyes (Col) Colombiaa | |
30 | Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
31 | Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
32 | Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | |
33 | Davide Vignato (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
34 | Giosue' Epis (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
35 | Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
36 | Michael Minali (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
37 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
38 | Matteo Vettor (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
39 | Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
40 | Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
41 | Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
42 | Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
43 | Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) IWD | |
44 | Giulio Masotto (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
45 | Riccardo Carretta (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
46 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | |
47 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
48 | Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
49 | Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
50 | Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
51 | Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Colombia | |
52 | Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
53 | David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | |
54 | Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
55 | Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
56 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
57 | Nikolay Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
58 | Edgar Andres Pinzon Villalba (Col) Colombia | |
59 | German Dario Gomez Becerra (Col) Colombia | |
60 | Ettore Pozza (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
61 | Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
62 | Didier Norberto Merchan Cardona (Col) Colombia | |
63 | Matteo Zurlo (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
64 | Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
65 | Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
66 | Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
67 | Luca Rastelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
68 | Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
69 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek | |
70 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | |
71 | Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
72 | Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
73 | Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
74 | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
75 | Manlio Moro (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
76 | Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
77 | Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
78 | Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
79 | Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
80 | Paul Buschek (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
81 | Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
82 | Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
83 | Matteo Donegà (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
84 | Elia Alessio (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
85 | Andrea Debiasi (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
86 | Johan Fernando Porras Caballero (Col) Colombia | |
87 | Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
88 | Mattia Petrucci (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
89 | Abderrahim Zahiri (Mar) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
90 | Stefano Gandin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
91 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
92 | Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
93 | Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
94 | Pietro Aimonetto (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
95 | Francesco Romano (Ita) Italy | |
96 | Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | |
97 | Jan Dunnewind (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | |
98 | Riccardo Verza (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
99 | Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
100 | Yaroslav Parashchak (Ukr) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
101 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM | |
102 | Nathan Smith (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:00:40 |
103 | Federico Burchio (Ita) IWD | |
104 | Matevz Govekar (Slo) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | 0:00:47 |
105 | Davide Cattelan (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | 0:01:58 |
106 | Kevin Pezzo Rosola (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | 0:03:12 |
107 | Francesco Lamon (Ita) Italy | 0:03:15 |
108 | Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Italy | 0:04:42 |
109 | Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy | 0:05:57 |
110 | Jan Petelin (Lux) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy | 4:01:52 |
2 | Davide Persico (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | 0:00:04 |
3 | Luca Pacioni (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 0:00:06 |
4 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | 0:00:10 |
5 | Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
6 | Andrea D'Amato (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
7 | Davide Boscaro (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
8 | Matteo Furlan (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
9 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | |
10 | Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) IWD | |
11 | Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
12 | Robbe Ceurens (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | |
13 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation | |
14 | Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
15 | Florian Gamper (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
16 | Luca Regalli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
17 | Filippo Dignani (Ita) IWD | |
18 | Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
19 | Cristian Rocchetta (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
20 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
21 | Brandon Alejandro Rojas Vega (Col) Colombia | |
22 | Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
23 | Riccardo Bobbo (Ita) IWD | |
24 | Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
25 | Francesco Zandri (Ita) IWD | |
26 | Doriand Percrule (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
27 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech | |
28 | Leslie Lührs (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
29 | Oscar Daniel Tellez Reyes (Col) Colombiaa | |
30 | Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
31 | Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
32 | Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | |
33 | Davide Vignato (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
34 | Giosue' Epis (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
35 | Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
36 | Michael Minali (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
37 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
38 | Matteo Vettor (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
39 | Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
40 | Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
41 | Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
42 | Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
43 | Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) IWD | |
44 | Giulio Masotto (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
45 | Riccardo Carretta (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
46 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | |
47 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
48 | Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
49 | Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
50 | Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
51 | Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Colombia | |
52 | Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
53 | David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | |
54 | Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
55 | Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
56 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
57 | Nikolay Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
58 | Edgar Andres Pinzon Villalba (Col) Colombia | |
59 | German Dario Gomez Becerra (Col) Colombia | |
60 | Ettore Pozza (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
61 | Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
62 | Didier Norberto Merchan Cardona (Col) Colombia | |
63 | Matteo Zurlo (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
64 | Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
65 | Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
66 | Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
67 | Luca Rastelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
68 | Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
69 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek | |
70 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | |
71 | Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane' | |
72 | Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
73 | Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
74 | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
75 | Manlio Moro (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
76 | Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
77 | Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
78 | Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
79 | Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
80 | Paul Buschek (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | |
81 | Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
82 | Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
83 | Matteo Donegà (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
84 | Elia Alessio (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
85 | Andrea Debiasi (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
86 | Johan Fernando Porras Caballero (Col) Colombia | |
87 | Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
88 | Mattia Petrucci (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan | |
89 | Abderrahim Zahiri (Mar) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi | |
90 | Stefano Gandin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
91 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
92 | Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
93 | Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | |
94 | Pietro Aimonetto (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD | |
95 | Francesco Romano (Ita) Italy | |
96 | Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | |
97 | Jan Dunnewind (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | |
98 | Riccardo Verza (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | |
99 | Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM | |
100 | Yaroslav Parashchak (Ukr) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali | |
101 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM | |
102 | Federico Burchio (Ita) IWD | |
103 | Nathan Smith (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:00:50 |
104 | Matevz Govekar (Slo) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | 0:00:57 |
105 | Davide Cattelan (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior | 0:02:08 |
106 | Kevin Pezzo Rosola (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team | 0:03:22 |
107 | Francesco Lamon (Ita) Italy | 0:03:25 |
108 | Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Italy | 0:04:52 |
109 | Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy | 0:06:07 |
110 | Jan Petelin (Lux) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM |
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