Ruffoni wins Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
Pozzato takes second place, Keukeleire third
Nicola Ruffoni (Bardiani-CSF) won the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli on Sunday ahead of Filippo Pozzato (Wilier Trestina-Southeast) and Jens Keukeleire (Orica-BikeExchange).
“Most of the credit for today’s win belongs to my teammates” said Ruffoni. “Our goal in the morning was to create the right conditions for a sprint and I was the appointed leader, but the finale was a really hard challenge for my legs. When the peloton split, we were 35 riders in the leading group. Orica started an incredible forcing to put the sprinters out of the game. Teammates supported me on the final steep climb, then took me in the leading positions. I had to sprint at least in third position I would take the win. Simion and Colbrelli managed the final km in the best way. At 250 Sonny [Colbrelli] was first and I was second. At 150 meters I opened the gas and crossed the line."
The men's 196.3km race started and finished in Montegeglio, and is a series of end-of-season races held in Italy. An initial breakaway included seven riders: Christian Eiking (FDJ), Yuma Koishi (Nippo-Vini Fantini), Diego Rubio (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA), Alberto Nardin (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec), Artur Ershov (Gazprom - RusVelo), Thierry Hupond (Delko Marseille Provence Ktm) and Andrea Ruscetta (GM Europe).
Rubio and Nardin were the last remaining of the breakaway with 1:40 minutes ahead of the field with 55km to go. But that gap was cut in half, down to 55 seconds with under 40km to the line.
Ten kilometres later, the field was completely back together, which led the way for a large 12-rider breakaway to set off but with several riders from Orica-BikeExchange in that move, it was doomed to fail, and the field was back together with 13km to go.
More attacks came from Kristian Sbaragli and Jaco Venter, while Nick Dougall and Ryan Gibbons tried to bridge across. But the main field reeled in all breakaway attempts in the closing kilometres as team with sprinters hunted the stage win.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 4:25:21 |
2 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast | |
3 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange | |
4 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
5 | Simone Consonni (Ita) | |
6 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha | |
7 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe GOrica-BikeExchangert | |
8 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data | |
9 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange | |
10 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
11 | Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | |
12 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
13 | Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
14 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast | |
15 | Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:02 |
16 | Grega Bole (Slo) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
17 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
18 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) | |
19 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
20 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
21 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
22 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
23 | Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
24 | Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Southeast | |
25 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:00:05 |
26 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | |
27 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | |
28 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe GOrica-BikeExchangert | |
29 | Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
30 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
31 | Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) | 0:00:13 |
32 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
33 | Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:16 |
34 | Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast | 0:00:37 |
35 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
36 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange | 0:00:46 |
37 | Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-BikeExchange | 0:01:21 |
38 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:03:11 |
39 | Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:28 |
40 | Ivan Balykin (Rus) GM Europa Ovini | |
41 | Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
42 | Miguel Angel Benito Diez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
43 | Matteo Rotondi (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | |
44 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
45 | Antonio Di Sante (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | |
46 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
47 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ | |
48 | Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
49 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
50 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ | |
51 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
52 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | |
53 | Maxime Cam (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
54 | Víctor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
55 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) | |
56 | Rémy Rochas (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
57 | Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | |
58 | Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
59 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre - Merida | |
60 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
61 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
62 | Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
63 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Wilier Triestina-Southeast | |
64 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
65 | Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
66 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ | |
67 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
68 | Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
69 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
70 | Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | |
71 | Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | |
72 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
73 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | |
74 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange | |
75 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | |
76 | Oliviero Troia (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
77 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 0:03:34 |
78 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
79 | Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | |
80 | Jens Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
81 | Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
82 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange | |
83 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 | |
84 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
85 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
86 | Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data | |
87 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty - Groupe GOrica-BikeExchangert | |
88 | Jorge Arcas Pena (Spa) Movistar Team | |
89 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | |
90 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team | |
91 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
92 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | |
93 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
94 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
95 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
96 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
97 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
98 | Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
99 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
100 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
101 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
102 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
103 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
104 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Tinkoff Team | |
105 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) | |
106 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | |
107 | Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
108 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | |
109 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 | |
110 | Cyrille Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
111 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 0:03:43 |
112 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast | 0:06:44 |
113 | Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) | 0:06:46 |
114 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | |
115 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
116 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | |
117 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | |
118 | Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
119 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | |
120 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:06:51 |
DNF | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
DNF | Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling | |
DNF | Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
DNF | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo | |
DNF | Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
DNF | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ | |
DNF | Jérémy Maison (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | |
DNF | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data | |
DNF | Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data | |
DNF | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data | |
DNF | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
DNF | Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
DNF | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - Merida | |
DNF | Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team | |
DNF | Nurbolat Kulimbetov (Kaz) | |
DNF | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
DNF | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
DNF | Taylor Eisenhart (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
DNF | Floris Gerfs (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
DNF | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | |
DNF | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Movistar Team | |
DNF | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | |
DNF | Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | |
DNF | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange | |
DNF | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange | |
DNF | Riccardo Minali (Ita) | |
DNF | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
DNF | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
DNF | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
DNF | Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
DNF | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
DNF | Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
DNF | Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
DNF | Daniel Martínez (Col) Wilier Triestina-Southeast | |
DNF | Yonder Godoy (Ven) Wilier Triestina-Southeast | |
DNF | Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
DNF | Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
DNF | Diego Rubio (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
DNF | Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
DNF | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
DNF | Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
DNF | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
DNF | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
DNF | Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | |
DNF | Alexander Evtushenko (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | |
DNF | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | |
DNF | Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | |
DNF | Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | |
DNF | Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
DNF | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
DNF | Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | |
DNF | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | |
DNF | Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | |
DNF | Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
DNF | Frédéric Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
DNF | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
DNF | Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
DNF | Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
DNF | Felix Grossschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
DNF | Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
DNF | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
DNF | Rossano Mauti (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | |
DNF | Filippo Fortin (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | |
DNF | Federico Burchio (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | |
DNF | José Alberto Marquez Moreno (Spa) GM Europa Ovini | |
DNF | Andrea Ruscetta (Ita) GM Europa Ovini | |
DNF | Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe GOrica-BikeExchangert | |
DNF | Marinus Cornelis Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe GOrica-BikeExchangert | |
DNF | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe GOrica-BikeExchangert | |
DNS | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
DNS | Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
DNS | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 |
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