Lobato wins Coppa Sabatini
By Cycling News
Spaniard takes victory after late surge
Juan Jose Lobato (Nippo-Vini Fantini) sprang a surprise to claim victory in the 2018 Coppa Sabatini, stealing a march on the field in the uphill finale of the Italian race.
The Spaniard, who was fired by LottoNL-Jumbo ahead of this season over an incident involving sleeping pills, claimed his first win for the Italian-Japanese Pro Conti team with a perfectly-timed effort in Pecciolo.
After a dramatic crash took out solo leader Vincenzo Albanese (Bardiani-CSF) in the final kilometre, Lobato caught the rest of the reduced peloton off guard and went from some 350 metres out. He opened a big gap and although he faded in the final metres he had done enough and was able to coast across the line.
Behind him, two-time winner Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) finished second, with recent Coppa Agostini and Giro della Toscana winner Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) in third.
"This year has been a difficult year for me, so this victory is very important for me, the most important, mentally ,that I’ve had for some time," he said. "I saw I could avoid the problem and the crash, and then I just went for it."
The late-season Tuscan race took the peloton on a lightly undulating 201.8km course, featuring six laps of a finish circuit. With the final kilometre of the circuit all uphill, it was always likely to be a battle between the punchy finishers. A six-man breakaway went away early on and contained: Fausto Masnada (Androni Giocattoli Sidermec), Emmanuel Morin (Cofidis), Sebastian Schonberger and Edoardo Zardini (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia), Nikolay Cherkasov (Gazprom-RusVelo), and Eduard Grosu (Nippo-Vini Fantini)
The sextet built up a lead of four minutes by the time they hit the local laps but were steadily reeled back in. Morin, Schonberger, and Grosu lost contact inside 50km to go, while Masnada dropped the remaining two and went solo with 40km to go.
The Italian was caught with 21km remaining, and was replaced by Giuseppe Fonzi (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia) in a counter-attack.
Fonzi was caught just over one lap to go, as AG2R set up a Romain Bardet attack and the Frenchman led down the short descent. He was joined briefly by Giovanni Visconti (Bahrain-Merida). Xandro Meurisse (Wanty Groupe Gobert), and Sebastian Henao (Team Sky), but Dimension Data dragged it back together.
A big left-hand turn led into the final kilometre, and Albanese rolled the dice with a long-ranger. He opened up a small gap but slid out on a left-hand bend just over 500 metres out. As the peloton skipped around him, Lobato sensed an opportunity and unleashed his vicious acceleration to claim a much-needed victory.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 4:41:40 |
2 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
3 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky | |
4 | Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | |
5 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
6 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
7 | Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
8 | Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
9 | Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
10 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
11 | Marco Tizza (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | |
12 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Italy | |
13 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
14 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | |
15 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy | |
16 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
17 | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
18 | Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | |
19 | David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
20 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
21 | Hayter Ethan (GBr) Team Sky | |
22 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | |
23 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:09 |
24 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
25 | Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
26 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | |
27 | Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Italy | |
28 | Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy | |
29 | Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | 0:00:15 |
30 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
31 | Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | |
32 | Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
33 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
34 | Ivan Martinelli (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
35 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
36 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | |
37 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
38 | José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
39 | Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
40 | Dario Puccioni (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | |
41 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
42 | Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Sky | |
43 | Emanuele Onesti (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
44 | Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
45 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | 0:00:23 |
46 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:27 |
47 | Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky | |
48 | Luca Pacioni (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | |
49 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
50 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:29 |
51 | Christian Scaroni (Ita) Italy | |
52 | Davide Casarotto (Ita) Italy | |
53 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 0:00:33 |
54 | Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:00:35 |
55 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
56 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
57 | Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | |
58 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
59 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
60 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | |
61 | Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
62 | Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
63 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
64 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates | |
65 | Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | |
66 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
67 | Nekrasov Denis (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | |
68 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
69 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky | |
70 | Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:01:00 |
71 | Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:01:05 |
72 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:09 |
73 | Ettore Carlini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
74 | Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 0:01:13 |
75 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
76 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | 0:01:23 |
77 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team | |
78 | Andrea Garosio (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
79 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
80 | Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
81 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
82 | Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Italy | |
83 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team | |
84 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
85 | Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 0:01:33 |
86 | Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 0:01:40 |
87 | Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 0:01:45 |
88 | Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:49 |
89 | Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
90 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates | 0:01:53 |
91 | Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
92 | Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 0:02:04 |
93 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
94 | Justin Alexander Oien (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:02:11 |
95 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:02:14 |
96 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
97 | Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Italy | 0:02:25 |
98 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:02:29 |
99 | Romain Le Roux (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
100 | Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
101 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
102 | Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data | |
103 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
104 | Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
105 | Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky | |
106 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 0:05:40 |
107 | Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:05:50 |
108 | Nicolò Garibbo (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
109 | Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
110 | Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
111 | Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | |
112 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | |
DNF | Alexander Konychev (Ita) | |
DNF | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
DNF | David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
DNF | Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain-Merida | |
DNF | Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Ben O'connor (Aus) Dimension Data | |
DNF | William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
DNF | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
DNF | Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
DNF | Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team | |
DNF | Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | |
DNF | Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team | |
DNF | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | |
DNF | Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
DNF | Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | |
DNF | Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | |
DNF | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | |
DNF | Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | |
DNF | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
DNF | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
DNF | Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
DNF | Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
DNF | Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
DNF | Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | |
DNF | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | |
DNF | Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo | |
DNF | Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | |
DNF | Elia Ciabocco (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | |
DNF | Matteo Draperi (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | |
DNF | Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | |
DNF | Attilio Viviani (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega | |
DNF | Francesco Bettini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
DNF | Angelo Raffaele (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord |
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