Ulissi triumphs at G.P. Costa degli Etruschi
Belletti and Gavazzi round out podium
On the heels of a solid Tour Down Under campaign, Diego Ulissi (UAE Abu Dhabi) made his Italian racing debut in style Sunday, winning the G.P. Costa degli Etruschi in Donoratico, near where he grew up.
The 27-year-old attacked on the Torre Segalari climb less than 15km from the finish and held out to the line in slippery conditions, finishing comfortably 14 seconds ahead of the pack.
"My attack on the climb was very good and I succeeded in strengthening my advantage in the descent, which I know very well," Ulissi said.
"It's good to win so early in the season, especially after having been competitive in the debut in Australia."
Wilier Triestina's Manuel Belletti won the sprint for second, with Francesco Gavazzi (Androni Giocattoli) taking third.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | 4:32:24 |
2 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:00:14 |
3 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Davide Mucelli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Mikel Aristi (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Eduard Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Thery Schir (Swi) Team Vorarlberg | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Alessio Taliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:15 |
16 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | 0:00:16 |
18 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:17 |
20 | Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Wilier Triestina | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Yonder Godoy (Ven) Wilier Triestina | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Nicola Genovese (Ita) D'amico Utensilnord | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Filippo Rocchetti (Ita) Nazionale Italia | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Patrick Schelling (Swi) Team Vorarlberg | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Michele Gazzara (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Angelo Raffaele (Ita) D'amico Utensilnord | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Stanislau Bazhkou (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Fabio Tommassini (Ita) D'amico Utensilnord | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Davide Orrico (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Andrea Cacciotti (Ita) Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896 | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Davide Pacchiardo (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Daniel Auer (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Mattia Viel (Ita) Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896 | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Max Wörner (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Jonas Engel (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Matteo Rotondi (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Antonio Di Sante (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Alexander Wachter (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | David Galarreta Ugarte (Spa) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Nicolas Samparisi (Ita) D'amico Utensilnord | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Francesco Bettini (Ita) Nazionale Italia | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Gian Friesecke (Swi) Team Vorarlberg | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Eric Alfaro Dufour (Spa) 0711 / Cycling | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | John Anderson Rodriguez (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Team Vorarlberg | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Daniel Lehner (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Nicolas Nesi (Ita) Nazionale Italia | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Edward Ravasi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Bruno Maltar (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Enrico Salvador (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Antonio Parrinello (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Imerio Cima (Ita) Nazionale Italia | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Benjamin Brkic (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Ettore Carlini (Ita) D'amico Utensilnord | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Niccolò Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Team Vorarlberg | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Patrick Jäger (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Uroš Repše (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Marco Molteni (Ita) Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896 | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Adriano Brogi (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Sergio Vega Merodio (Spa) Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896 | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Paolo Prandini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Kanstantsin Klimiankou (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Hendrik Hamm (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Raman Ramanau (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Simone Bernardini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Sebastian Lander (Den) GM Europa Ovini | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Martin Laas (Est) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Andrea Ruscetta (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oliviero Troia (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Valerio Conti (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matteo Draperi (Ita) Wilier Triestina | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gilbert Ducournau (Ven) Wilier Triestina | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | João Almeida (Por) Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896 | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Riccardo Cenghialta (Ita) Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896 | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stanimir Cholakov (Bul) Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896 | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896 | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthias Mangertseder (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Schlemmer Lukas (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oleksandr Golovash (Ukr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Siarhei Papok (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Bernardinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Redi Halilaj (Alb) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Uri Martins Sandoval (Mex) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yovcho Yovchev (Bul) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Josep Miralles Rigo (Spa) Amore & Vita - Selle SMP p/b Fondriest | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Zsolt Dér (Hun) Team Vorarlberg | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Manuel Bosch (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnold Fiek (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Moritz Fußnegger (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yannick Mayer (Ger) 0711 / Cycling | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Tizza (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Jabuka (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesco Lamon (Ita) Nazionale Italia | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Seid Lizde (Ita) Nazionale Italia | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stefano Moro (Ita) Nazionale Italia | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gianfranco Visconti (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcello Merlino (Ita) D'amico Utensilnord | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesco Petrini (Ita) D'amico Utensilnord | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samuele Simoncini (Ita) D'amico Utensilnord | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Aleh Ahiyevich (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Federico Sartor (Ita) Nazionale Italia | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
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