Jonas Vingegaard wins Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

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Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won the overall title at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. The 24-year-old was part of a late-race attack during stage 5 and finished second in a two-up sprint behind stage winner Mikkel Honoré (Deceuninck-QuickStep). Shane Archbold (Deceuninck-QuickStep), who was part of the chase group, finished third.

Vingegaard won the overall classification while Honoré's stage win bumped him up to second place overall, 22 seconds back. Nick Schultz (Team BikeExchange) moved down a place on the final day finishing third place overall at 32 seconds back.

"My team did a really great job and caught the breakaway," Vingegaard said. "That was really nice to see. Getting away with Honoré was perfect for me. That meant I didn’t have to parry any attacks from the select group and I could ride full speed ahead. I am very happy with this victory. This gives a lot of confidence for the upcoming races."

The fifth and final stage at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali offered the field a 166.2km race across seven circuits that included the climb up Rocca delle Caminate, where the third, fifth and seventh ascents offered mountain points at the top.

After securing double stage wins on stages 2 and 4, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) started the day in the overall leader’s jersey with seven seconds in hand on Nick Schultz (Team BikeExchange) and Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers).

An early fall took down Amanue Ghebreigzabhier (Trek-Segafredo) and Sergio Henao (Team Qhubeka), but both reportedly got back up and into the main field.

The early breakaway included Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers), Mikkel Honorè (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Alessandro De Marchi (Israel Start-Up Nation), Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar Team), Giovanni Carboni (Bardiani-CSF Faizanè), Alejandro Osorio (Caja Rural Seguros) and Alessandro Fancellu (Eolo Kometa). On the third ascent of the Rocca delle Caminate, the breakaway held a three-minute gap with Osorio taking the maximum point over the top.

Honorè was the best placed rider on GC out of the breakaway group, only 26 seconds off Vingegaard’s lead. The lead group lost some time on the fourth ascent of the Rocca delle Caminate with the gap coming down to two minutes. Honorè picked up maximum mountain points on the fifth ascent and the gap stayed around two minutes.

On the penultimate lap, the breakaway was reduced to three riders. Honorè, Swift and De Marchi remained out in front as the others fell off pace, and the gap had been cut down to just one minute heading into the final lap, with Jumbo-Visma working to protect Vingegaard’s lead.

It was all back together ahead of the final climb of the Rocca delle Caminate, with Ben Hermans (Israel Start-Up Nation) taking the last set of mountain points over the top as a select group of 16 riders, including overall leader Vingegaard, moved clear of the rest of the field.

Also in the group were Honorè, Shane Archbold (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Javier Romo (Astana), Nick Schultz (BikeExchange), Juan Ayuso (Colpack Ballan), Jefferson Cepeda (Androni ), and Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural), among others.

Inside the last 10km, Vingegaard and Honorè pushed forward with a 10-second advantage on the 14 riders chasing, and that gap bloomed out to 25 seconds in the last four kilometres, and then 30 seconds with 2km to go. Honorè took the stage win in the two-way sprint with Vingegaard securing the top prize as the overall race winner.