2017 Gran Premio Città di Peccioli -
Coppa Sabatini (1.1), Italy
65th edition: September 28, 2017
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Peccioli - Peccioli, 195.90 km
Andrea Pasqualon wins the 2017 Coppa Sabatini
The race: Here's the report from winner Andrea Pasqualon's Wanty-Groupe Gobert team:
On Thursday Andrea Pasqualon sprinted to a redeeming first season victory in Coppa Sabatini (1.1, 28/09). Seven riders formed an early breakaway and rode to a maximum advantage of 6 minutes. With 10 kilometers to go they were caught by the chasing pack. Wanty-Groupe Gobert believed in the chances of Andrea Pasqualon, who finished 2nd here last year.
The Italian was brought to the sprint in ideal circumstances by his teammates. This year Andrea could change the result. In the sprint he was able to beat Colbrelli, Gavazzi and Ulissi in order to take his first 2017 victory, his first one in the Wanty-Groupe Gobert colours. With this win Pasqualon extends the impressive victory series of the team, which has closed 7 wins in the last 9 days. Guillaume Martin finished 7th and raised his arms when he crossed the finish line.
Andrea Pasqualon:
"Today was just fantastic. This morning I woke up with a good feeling and strong legs. In the team meeting sports director Steven De Neef gave me the leader's role and my teammates wanted to commit to this job. The team worked 100% perfect for me all day long. They chased the breakaway and put me in a good position for the sprint."
"In the final uphill kilometer I was ideally placed in the wheel of Colbrelli. I launched my sprint with 250 meters to go and Colbrelli wasn't able to pass me anymore."
"I worked very hard and it was important to bring home today's victory after a lot of top 5 sprints. It was fantastic to bring my young kid on the podium. I also win the Challenge Alfredo Martini (classification of the three past Italian race days) before Martin."
"On Saturday I will work for Martin in Giro dell'Emilia. I think he will be one of the best climbers at the start. I myself want to take a good result on Sunday in GP Beghelli. But first we will celebrate this victory with the team and staff. The team spirit is great here, that is very important for me!"
Complete Results:
195.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.378 km/hr
| 1 | Pasqualon, Andrea | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 4hr 44min 4sec |
| 2 | Colbrelli, Sonny | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 3 | Gavazzi, Francesco | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 4 | Ulissi, Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 5 | Prades, Eduard | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 6 | Viviani, Elia | Sky | s.t. |
| 7 | Martin, Guillaume | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 8 | Canola, Marco | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 9 | Gaffurini, Nicola | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | s.t. |
| 10 | Cattaneo, Mattia | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 11 | Busato, Matteo | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 12 | Boivin, Guillaume | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 13 | De Negri, Pierpaolo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 14 | Fonseca, Armindo | Fortuneo-Oscaro | s.t. |
| 15 | Schönberger, Sebastian | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Bouet, Maxime | Fortuneo-Oscaro | @ 10sec |
| 17 | Carlini, Ettore | D'Amico-Utensilnord | s.t. |
| 18 | Visconti, Giovanni | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 19 | Velasco, Simone | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 20 | Totò, Paolo | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | + 00' 12'' |
| 21 | Gasparotto, Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 22 | Barbin, Enrico | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 23 | Trusov, Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | + 00' 16'' |
| 24 | Canuti, Federico | D'Amico-Utensilnord | + 00' 18'' |
| 25 | Bernal, Egan | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 26 | Krizek, Matthias | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Page, Dylan | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 28 | Berlato, Giacomo | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 29 | Atapuma, Darwin | UAE-Team Emirates | + 00' 25'' |
| 30 | Filosi, Iuri | Nippo-Vini Fantini | + 00' 28'' |
| 31 | Teklehaimanot, Daniel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 32 | Lagutin, Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 33 | Rodríguez, Cristian | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 34 | Lastra, Jonathan | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 35 | Kuen, Maximilian | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 36 | Godoy, Yonder | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | + 00' 32'' |
| 37 | Albanese, Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 38 | Eyob, Metkel | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 39 | Wildauer, Markus | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Scartezzini, Michele | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | + 00' 38'' |
| 41 | Backaert, Frederik | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | + 00' 40'' |
| 42 | Frapporti, Marco | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | + 00' 43'' |
| 43 | Masnada, Fausto | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 44 | Wiśniowski, Łukasz | Sky | + 00' 51'' |
| 45 | Turek, Daniel | Israel Cycling Academy | + 00' 55'' |
| 46 | Martínez, Daniel | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | + 00' 56'' |
| 47 | Bole, Grega | Bahrain-Merida | + 00' 58'' |
| 48 | Salvietti, Niccolò | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | + 01' 08'' |
| 49 | Puccioni, Dario | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | s.t. |
| 50 | Sessler, Nicolas | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 51 | Salvador, Enrico | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 52 | Sepúlveda, Eduardo | Fortuneo-Oscaro | + 01' 11'' |
| 53 | Cunego, Damiano | Nippo-Vini Fantini | + 01' 12'' |
| 54 | Santaromita, Ivan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 55 | Frapporti, Mattia | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 56 | Delaplace, Anthony | Fortuneo-Oscaro | s.t. |
| 57 | Orsini, Umberto | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 58 | Ferrari, Fabricio | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 59 | Butler, Chris | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 60 | Tonelli, Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 61 | Ballerini, Davide | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 62 | Belletti, Manuel | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 63 | Meurisse, Xandro | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 64 | Antonini, Simone | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 65 | Doubey, Fabien | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 66 | Feillu, Brice | Fortuneo-Oscaro | s.t. |
| 67 | Minnaard, Marco | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 68 | Riabushenko, Aleksandr | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 69 | Bongiorno, Manuel | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | s.t. |
| 70 | Boev, Igor | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 71 | Sbaragli, Kristian | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 72 | Zardini, Edoardo | Bardiani-CSF | + 01' 32'' |
| 73 | Đurasek, Kristijan | UAE-Team Emirates | + 01' 35'' |
| 74 | Debesay, Mekseb | Dimension Data | + 01' 38'' |
| 75 | Gazzara, Michele | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | + 01' 40'' |
| 76 | Gérard, Arnaud | Fortuneo-Oscaro | + 01' 42'' |
| 77 | Porsev, Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | + 01' 45'' |
| 78 | Vachon, Florian | Fortuneo-Oscaro | + 01' 50'' |
| 79 | Fortin, Filippo | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 80 | Gamper, Patrick | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Bernardini, Simone | Sangemini-MG.Kvis | + 01' 56'' |
| 82 | Elissonde, Kenny | Sky | + 02' 03'' |
| 83 | Rosa, Diego | Sky | s.t. |
| 84 | Mosca, Jacopo | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 85 | Pellizotti, Franco | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 86 | Napolitano, Danilo | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | + 02' 31'' |
| 87 | Nibali, Antonio | Bahrain-Merida | + 02' 38'' |
| 88 | Cavendish, Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 89 | Geoghegan, Tao | Sky | + 02' 52'' |
| 90 | Dibben, Jonathan | Sky | s.t. |
| 91 | Craven, Dan | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 92 | Räim, Mihkel | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 93 | Vendrame, Andrea | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 94 | Kobayashi, Marino | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 95 | Mori, Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | + 03' 14'' |
| 96 | Andreetta, Simone | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 97 | Sterbini, Simone | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 98 | Raffaele, Angelo | D'Amico-Utensilnord | s.t. |
| 99 | Boswell, Ian | Sky | + 03' 30'' |
| 100 | Diaz, José | Israel Cycling Academy | + 04' 16'' |
| 101 | Zabala, Josu | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 102 | Pelegrí, Óscar | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 103 | Vorobyev, Anton | Gazprom-RusVelo | + 04' 31'' |
| 104 | Van Zyl, Johann | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 105 | Kozonchuk, Dmitry | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 106 | Sagiv, Guy | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 107 | Nikolaev, Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 108 | Nakane, Hideto | Nippo-Vini Fantini | + 04' 41'' |
Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Before the race start Team Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec is presented
Mark Cavendish heads to the start.
The day's breakaway
The peloton climbs through a town
I believe this is the peloton climbing into Peccioli
Andrea Pasqualon is the fastest man of the day.
Right after the race, Andrea Pasqualon with his wife and baby.
Winner Andrea Pasqualon gets the bouquet.
Start list list with back numbers, September 27, 2017:
| BAHRAIN-MERIDA | |
| 1 | COLBRELLI Sonny |
| 2 | PELLIZOTTI Franco |
| 3 | GASPAROTTO Enrico |
| 4 | NIBALI Antonio |
| 5 | NIBALI Vincenzo |
| 6 | BOLE Grega |
| 7 | VISCONTI Giovanni |
| 8 | GAROSIO Andrea |
| TEAM SKY | |
| 11 | BOSWELL Ian |
| 12 | DIBBEN Jonathan |
| 13 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao |
| 14 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz |
| 15 | VIVIANI Elia |
| 16 | KENNAUGH Peter |
| 17 | ROSA Diego |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 21 | CAVENDISH Mark |
| 22 | DLAMINI Nicholas |
| 23 | DOUGALL Nick |
| 24 | EISEL Bernhard |
| 25 | EYOB Metkel |
| 26 | NIYONSHUTI Adrien |
| 27 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| 28 | TEKLEHAYMANOT Daniel |
| UAE - TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 31 | ULISSI Diego |
| 32 | BONO Matteo |
| 33 | DURASEK Kristijan |
| 34 | GANNA Filippo |
| 35 | MEINTJES Louis |
| 36 | MORI Manuele |
| 37 | RIABUSHENKO Aliaksandr |
| 38 | ZURLO Federico |
| WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA | |
| 41 | BELLETTI Manuel |
| 42 | BUSATO Matteo |
| 43 | FLOREZ Miguel Eduardo |
| 44 | GODOY Yonder |
| 45 | RODRÍGUEZ Cristian |
| 46 | ZHUPA Eugert |
| 47 | MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe |
| 48 | MOSCA Jacopo |
| BARDIANI-CSF | |
| 51 | ALBANESE Vincenzo |
| 52 | ANDREETTA Simone |
| 53 | BARBIN Enrico |
| 54 | ORSINI Umberto |
| 55 | STERBINI Simone |
| 56 | TONELLI Alessandro |
| 57 | VELASCO Simone |
| 58 | ZARDINI Edoardo |
| ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC | |
| 61 | GAVAZZI Francesco |
| 62 | BERNAL Egan Arley |
| 63 | BALLERINI Davide |
| 64 | CATTANEO Mattia |
| 65 | FRAPPORTI Mattia |
| 66 | FRAPPORTI Marco |
| 67 | MASNADA Fausto |
| 68 | VENDRAME Andrea |
| NIPPO-VINI FANTINI | |
| 71 | CUNEGO Damiano |
| 72 | CANOLA Marco |
| 73 | DE NEGRI Pier Paolo |
| 74 | FILOSI Iuri |
| 75 | KOBAYASHI Marino |
| 76 | BERLATO Giacomo |
| 77 | NAKANE Hideto |
| 78 | SANTAROMITA Ivan |
| WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 81 | ANTONINI Simone |
| 82 | BACKAERT Frederik |
| 83 | DOUBEY Fabien |
| 84 | MARTIN Guillaume |
| 85 | MEURISSE Xandro |
| 86 | MINNAARD Marco |
| 87 | NAPOLITANO Danilo |
| 88 | PASQUALON Andrea |
| GAZPROM-RUSVELO | |
| 91 | PORSEV Alexander |
| 92 | SAVITSKY Ivan |
| 93 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy |
| 94 | TRUSOV Nikolai |
| 95 | NIKOLAEV Sergey |
| 96 | VOROBYEV Anton |
| 97 | BOEV Igor |
| 98 | SHALUNOV Evgeny |
| CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | |
| 101 | PRADES E Eduard |
| 102 | FERRARI Fabricio |
| 103 | PAGE Dylan |
| 104 | ZABALA Josu |
| 105 | BUTLER Chris |
| 106 | LASTRA Jonathan |
| 107 | BENITO Miguel Angel |
| 108 | CELANO Danilo |
| FORTUNEO-OSCARO | |
| 111 | BOUET Maxime |
| 112 | DELAPLACE Anthony |
| 113 | FONSECA Armindo |
| 114 | GERARD Arnaud |
| 115 | SEPULVEDA Eduardo |
| 116 | VACHON Florian |
| 117 | FEILLU Brice |
| ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | |
| 121 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| 122 | CRAVEN Dan |
| 123 | DÍAZ José Manuel |
| 124 | RÄIM Mihkel |
| 125 | SAGIV Guy |
| 126 | TUREK Daniel |
| 127 | NIV Guy |
| 128 | SESSLER Nicolas |
| D'AMICO-UTENSILNORD | |
| 131 | CANUTI Federico |
| 132 | CARLINI Ettore |
| 133 | DI GENOVA Pietro |
| 134 | MERLINO Marcello |
| 135 | PETRINI Francesco |
| 136 | RAFFAELE Angelo |
| 137 | SAMPARISI Nicolas |
| 138 | VITIELLO Angelo |
| SANGEMINI-MG.KVIS | |
| 141 | BERNARDINI Simone |
| 142 | BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel |
| 143 | GAFFURINI Nicola |
| 144 | GAZZARA Michele |
| 145 | PRANDINI Paolo |
| 146 | SALVIETTI Niccolò |
| 147 | SCARTEZZINI Michele |
| 148 | TOTÒ Paolo |
| TIROL CYCLING TEAM | |
| 151 | BRKIC Benjamin |
| 152 | FORTIN Filippo |
| 153 | FREIBERGER Markus |
| 154 | GAMPER Patrick |
| 155 | KRIZEK Matthias |
| 156 | KUEN Maximilian |
| 157 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian |
| 158 | WILDAUER Markus |