Giro della Toscana: Cummings wins opening stage
By Cycling News
Dimension Data rider wins from late break with Nibali, Bernal, and Backaert
Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) won the opening stage of the 2017 Giro della Toscana, escaping the peloton alongside Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Egan Bernal (Androni-Sidermec), and Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) in the final 25 kilometres before winning the four-up sprint.
Bernal crossed the line second, having followed Cummings down the left-hand side of the finishing straight, while Backaert took third place with Nibali on his wheel on the right-hand side.
Nibali's teammate Sonny Colbrelli led home the peloton for fifth place half a minute later.
For Cummings, there was vindication, perhaps, for turning down one of Great Britain's two time trial places at the recent World Championships in order to focus on the autumn racing in Italy. The Giro della Toscana, something of a home race for Cummings given he has lived in the Tuscany region for nearly a decade, offered two days of racing, though it was thought he might have to wait until the second day and its summit finish to try for a victory.
The opening stage in Pontedera - based on three laps of a 54km circuit and three laps of a 7.7km finishing circuit - was undulating but predicted to culminate in a bunch sprint, with Dimension Data bringing Mark Cavendish and Ryan Gibbons.
An early breakaway duly formed, featuring Roy Goldstein (Israel Cycling Academy), Josu Zabala (Caja Rural), Maximilian Kuen (Tirol Cycling Team) and Michele Scartezzini (Sangemini-MG. Kvis), and they opened up a lead of 2:30 at the half-way point, though it would never increase thereafter.
Goldstein was the first to be dropped, followed by Scartezzini, though a three-man counter attack from Fausto Masnada (Androni-Sidemec), Ilia Koshevoy (Wilier-Selle Italia) and Iuri Filosi (Nippo-Vini Fantini) meant there were five out front with just under 50km to go.
They were caught shortly before the start of the finishing laps, and Backaert wasted no time in attacking, with Cummings, Nibali and Bernal responding swiftly. They took 20 seconds onto the finishing laps and while the peloton split into two behind, they increased that to 43 seconds by the next crossing of the finish line.
UAE Team Emirates and Gazprom-Rusvelo were prominent in the chase, but they failed to eat into the gap as the quartet took the bell. With around half a minute going into the final few kilometres, they had to keep working together all the way to the finishing straight, whereupon Cummings delivered the telling kick.
The race continues and concludes on Wednesday with a more hilly 165km stage that features a double ascent to Volterra in the finale.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data | 4:21:39 |
2 | Egan Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli | |
3 | Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
4 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
5 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:12 |
6 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
7 | Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
8 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
9 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
10 | Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
11 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
12 | Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina | |
13 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
14 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
15 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
16 | Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
17 | Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
18 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
19 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
20 | Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
21 | Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
22 | Jonathan Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
23 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
24 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
25 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
26 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
27 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
28 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
29 | Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy | |
30 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
31 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
32 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | |
33 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
34 | Federico Canuti (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
35 | Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli | |
36 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
37 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
38 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
39 | Ettore Carlini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
40 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
41 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
42 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
43 | Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:00:21 |
44 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates | |
45 | Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
46 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Col) Androni Giocattoli | |
47 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
48 | Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
49 | Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
50 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
51 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
52 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:27 |
53 | Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
54 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:03:00 |
55 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
56 | Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
57 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
58 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
59 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates | |
60 | Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
61 | José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy | |
62 | Simone Bernardini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
63 | Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina | |
64 | Michele Gazzara (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
65 | Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
66 | Yonder Godoy (Ven) Wilier Triestina | |
67 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
68 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy | |
69 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
70 | Dan Craven (Nam) Israel Cycling Academy | |
71 | Daniel Martinez (Col) Wilier Triestina | |
72 | Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
73 | Oscar Pelegri Ferrandis (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
74 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
75 | Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
76 | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | |
77 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
78 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
79 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
80 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | |
81 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | |
82 | Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
83 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
84 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
85 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
86 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
87 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:03:15 |
88 | Niccolo' Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | 0:06:40 |
89 | Markus Wildauer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
90 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | |
91 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data | |
92 | Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina | |
93 | Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | |
94 | Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
95 | Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
96 | Enrico Salvador (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | |
97 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
98 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina | |
99 | Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina | |
100 | Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
101 | Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
102 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
103 | Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
104 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | |
105 | Josu Zabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
106 | Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data | |
107 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina | |
108 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
109 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
110 | Angelo Raffaele (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | 0:10:54 |
111 | Angelo Vitiello (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | 0:11:50 |
DNF | Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
DNF | Pietro Di Genova (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
DNF | Marcello Merlino (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
DNF | Francesco Petrini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
DNF | Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
DNS | Nicolas Samparisi (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data | 4:21:39 |
2 | Egan Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli | |
3 | Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
4 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
5 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:12 |
6 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
7 | Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
8 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
9 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
10 | Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
11 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
12 | Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina | |
13 | Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
14 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
15 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
16 | Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
17 | Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
18 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
19 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
20 | Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
21 | Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
22 | Jonathan Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
23 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
24 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
25 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
26 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
27 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
28 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
29 | Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy | |
30 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
31 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
32 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | |
33 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
34 | Federico Canuti (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
35 | Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli | |
36 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
37 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
38 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
39 | Ettore Carlini (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | |
40 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
41 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
42 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
43 | Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Israel Cycling Academy | 0:00:21 |
44 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates | |
45 | Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
46 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Col) Androni Giocattoli | |
47 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
48 | Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
49 | Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
50 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
51 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
52 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:27 |
53 | Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
54 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:03:00 |
55 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
56 | Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
57 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
58 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
59 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates | |
60 | Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
61 | José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy | |
62 | Simone Bernardini (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
63 | Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina | |
64 | Michele Gazzara (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
65 | Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
66 | Yonder Godoy (Ven) Wilier Triestina | |
67 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
68 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy | |
69 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
70 | Dan Craven (Nam) Israel Cycling Academy | |
71 | Daniel Martinez (Col) Wilier Triestina | |
72 | Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
73 | Oscar Pelegri Ferrandis (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
74 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
75 | Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
76 | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | |
77 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
78 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
79 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
80 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | |
81 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | |
82 | Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
83 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
84 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
85 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
86 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
87 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:03:15 |
88 | Niccolo' Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | 0:06:40 |
89 | Markus Wildauer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
90 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | |
91 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data | |
92 | Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina | |
93 | Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | |
94 | Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
95 | Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
96 | Enrico Salvador (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team | |
97 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Sangemini - Mg. K Vis | |
98 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina | |
99 | Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina | |
100 | Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
101 | Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
102 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
103 | Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
104 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | |
105 | Josu Zabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
106 | Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data | |
107 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina | |
108 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
109 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
110 | Angelo Raffaele (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | 0:10:54 |
111 | Angelo Vitiello (Ita) D'Amico Utensilnord | 0:11:50 |
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