Coppa Bernocchi 2021 [FULL STAGE]

October 4, 2021

Coppa Bernocchi 2021 – Legnano – Legnano : 197,15 km

At 102-years-old, Coppa Bernocchi is one of the oldest and most historic Classics in Italy. It has also been a mainstay on Italy’s ‘Autumnal Classics’ calendar ever since its first edition in 1919 and has seen some of the sport’s most legendary names. Coppa Bernocchi has fallen as the final race of the three since the Trittico Lombardo was first established and, unlike the other two, it has typically been dominated by the sprinters. That said, we have also seen a handful of Classics specialists triumph in this particular race.

Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) added another solo exhibition to his repertoire on Monday, winning the Coppa Bernocchi by almost two minutes.

The 21-year-old Belgian, who placed fifth at the Giro dell’Emilia two days prior, bounced back in the latest autumn Italian one-day race to underline his form ahead of Saturday’s Il Lombardia.

In soaking wet conditions in northern Italy, Evenepoel got himself into a high-class six-man breakaway that only formed after more than 60km of frantic racing, before leaving them all behind some 31km from the line.

On a largely flat run-in, his advantage grew all the way to the finishing straight, where he gave a thumbs-up to the cameras before raising his arms wide as he coasted across the line.

Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) took second place at 1:50, outsprinting Evenepoel’s teammate Fausto Masnada as Deceuninck-QuickStep put two riders on the podium.

Samuele Battistella (Astana-Premier Tech) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) trailed home half a minute later, followed by the final member of that breakaway group, Antonio Puppio (Qhubeka-NextHash).

The peloton, which was summoned to a halt to allow the rampaging Evenepoel to lap them on the final circuit, eventually finished more than 10 minutes down, with Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) taking the sprint for seventh place.

The Coppa Bernocchi took place over 197km, with a flat opening 50km followed by six laps of a hillier 16.8km circuit and, finally, three laps of a flat 5.8km finishing loop around Legnano.

The peloton was still in one piece as they hit the first circuit but the twin climbs of San Pancrazio – 0.5km at 8.6 per cent – and Piccolo Stelvio – 1.5km at 6.5 per cent – combined to split the race. Evenepoel was once again aggressive from range and drew out a quality six-man group.

Over the subsequent five laps, they established an advantage of five minutes which, as they moved on towards the final circuit, was sufficient for them to share the spoils.

The question was which one of them would take top spot but Evenepoel quickly answered that with an acceleration on the undulating terrain ahead of the finishing circuit. He was quickly away and only sailed further into the distance.

He took his lead out to a whopping 2:30 before Masnada, who had been a passenger in the group behind, attacked in the final kilometres. Covi went with him and ultimately dispatched him in the sprint for second place, but this was a one-man show and a statement of intent ahead of the final Monument of the season.

Results :
1 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:26:13
2 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:49
3 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:50
4 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:02:25
5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:26
6 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Team Qhubeka 0:02:55
7 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:27
8 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
9 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies
10 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
11 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
12 Andreas Stokbro (Den) Qhubeka NextHash
13 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
14 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe
15 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
16 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
18 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
19 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
20 Filippo Tagliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
21 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
22 Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
23 Federico Burchio (Ita) IWD
24 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
25 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
26 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
27 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
28 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
29 Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
30 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
31 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo
32 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
33 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
34 Dayer Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
35 Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Euskaltel- Euskadi
36 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
37 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
38 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
39 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash
40 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo
41 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
42 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
43 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
44 Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
45 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
46 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
47 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
48 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
49 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore e Vita
50 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo
51 Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis
52 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
53 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
54 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
55 Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
56 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange
57 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
58 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
59 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
60 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
61 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
62 Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
63 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
64 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange
65 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
66 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
67 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:08:37
68 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
69 Emil Vinjebo (Den) Qhubeka NextHash 0:08:39
70 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
71 Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:08:44
72 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:08:52
73 Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:08:57
74 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies
75 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange
76 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
77 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
78 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
79 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
80 Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
81 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
82 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
83 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe
84 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
85 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
86 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
87 William Barta (USA) EF Education-Nippo
88 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
89 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
90 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
92 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
93 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
94 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
95 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Qhubeka NextHash
96 Jason Osborne (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep
97 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
99 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
100 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
DNF Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
DNF Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
DNF Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis
DNF Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis
DNF Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
DNF Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
DNF Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation
DNF Robin Plamondon (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
DNF Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange
DNF Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
DNF Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Felix Groß (Ger) Rad-net Rose Team
DNF Leonardo Marchiori (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Pablo Garcia Frances (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Josu Etxeberria Azpilikueta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
DNF Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
DNF Jokin Aranburu Arruti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Iker Ballarin Manso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Donavan Grondin (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Alexandre Geniez (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies
DNF Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
DNF Gregorio Ferri (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
DNF Giulio Masotto (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
DNF Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
DNF Davide Appollonio (Ita) Amore e Vita
DNF Vladislav Zubar (Ukr) Amore e Vita
DNF Paolo Totò (Ita) Amore e Vita
DNF Giacomo Cassarà (Ita) Amore e Vita
DNF Mattia Benedetti (Ita) Amore e Vita
DNF Lorenzo Peschi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNF Andrea Piras (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNF Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNF Matteo Freddi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNF Marco Grendene (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNF Luca Cretti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNF Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Luca Rastelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Francesco CalI’ (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Riccardo Bobbo (Ita) IWD
DNF Filippo Dignani (Ita) IWD
DNF Christian Danilo Pase (Ita) IWD
DNF Raul Colombo (Ita) IWD
DNF Francesco Zandri (Ita) IWD