Adriatica Ionica: Elia Viviani wins opening sprint

Elia Viviani (Italy) wins the opening stage of the Adriatica Ionica Race

(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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.

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Results
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

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General classification after stage 1
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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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.