Adriatica Ionica 2021 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

June 15, 2021

Adriatica Ionica 2021 – Stage 1 – Trieste – Aviano : 185,3 km

This Italian stage-race may have only started out in 2018, but it has wasted none of this time in establishing itself as one of the most refreshing multi-day races on the European calendar. Its creator, the former World Champion Moreno Argentin, has grand plans for the event and is aiming – within the next five years – to extend it to 10 days and have it travel through the Balkans before drawing to a dramatic close in Athens, Greece. Currently the race runs for four to five days, tackling stages all across Italy’s eastern coast. It’s the days in the high-mountains of the Dolomites, however, that have dictated the overall winners of the last two editions . This year’s race promises to be even bigger and better than the last edition with more and more big-names set to make their debut appearance at the race.

Elia Viviani won the opening stage of the 2021 Adriatica Ionica Race in northern Italy, beating Davide Persico (Colpack Ballan) and Luca Pacioni (Eolo Kometa) while riding for the Italian national team.

Viviani is using the three-day stage race as key preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games, where he is riding the Omnium, Team Pursuit and Madison on the track.

The opening stage started in Trieste and ended in Aviano. A break of five riders lead for much of the 185km stage. The racing was neutralised briefly when the break went the wrong way but they were swept up with four kilometres to race. At that point the Italian national team took control and lead out Viviani in the twisting finale.

Thanks to victory, Viviani is the first race leader. It is his second victory of 2021 after also winning the Cholet – Pays de la Loire race in France. Viviani will not ride the Tour de France with Cofidis, preferring to focus on his preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Stage 2 climbs up to Cima Grappa and is expected to shake up the overall classification before stage 3 covers a number of dirt roads between Ferrara and Comacchio.

Results :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy 4:02:02
2 Davide Persico (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
3 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
4 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
5 Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
6 Andrea D’Amato (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
7 Davide Boscaro (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
8 Matteo Furlan (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
9 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
10 Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) IWD
11 Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
12 Robbe Ceurens (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk
13 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
14 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
15 Florian Gamper (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
16 Luca Regalli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
17 Filippo Dignani (Ita) IWD
18 Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
19 Cristian Rocchetta (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
20 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
21 Brandon Alejandro Rojas Vega (Col) Colombia
22 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
23 Riccardo Bobbo (Ita) IWD
24 Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
25 Francesco Zandri (Ita) IWD
26 Doriand Percrule (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
27 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech
28 Leslie Lührs (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
29 Oscar Daniel Tellez Reyes (Col) Colombiaa
30 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
31 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
32 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
33 Davide Vignato (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
34 Giosue’ Epis (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
35 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
36 Michael Minali (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
37 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
38 Matteo Vettor (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
39 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
40 Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
41 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
42 Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
43 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) IWD
44 Giulio Masotto (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
45 Riccardo Carretta (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
46 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
47 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
48 Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
49 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
50 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
51 Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Colombia
52 Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
53 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
54 Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
55 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
56 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
57 Nikolay Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
58 Edgar Andres Pinzon Villalba (Col) Colombia
59 German Dario Gomez Becerra (Col) Colombia
60 Ettore Pozza (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
61 Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
62 Didier Norberto Merchan Cardona (Col) Colombia
63 Matteo Zurlo (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
64 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
65 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
66 Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
67 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
68 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
69 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
70 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
71 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
72 Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
73 Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
74 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
75 Manlio Moro (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
76 Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
77 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
78 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
79 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
80 Paul Buschek (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
81 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
82 Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
83 Matteo Donegà (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
84 Elia Alessio (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
85 Andrea Debiasi (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
86 Johan Fernando Porras Caballero (Col) Colombia
87 Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
88 Mattia Petrucci (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
89 Abderrahim Zahiri (Mar) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
90 Stefano Gandin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
91 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
92 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
93 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
94 Pietro Aimonetto (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
95 Francesco Romano (Ita) Italy
96 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
97 Jan Dunnewind (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
98 Riccardo Verza (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
99 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
100 Yaroslav Parashchak (Ukr) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
101 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
102 Nathan Smith (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:40
103 Federico Burchio (Ita) IWD
104 Matevz Govekar (Slo) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:00:47
105 Davide Cattelan (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:01:58
106 Kevin Pezzo Rosola (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:03:12
107 Francesco Lamon (Ita) Italy 0:03:15
108 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Italy 0:04:42
109 Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy 0:05:57
110 Jan Petelin (Lux) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM

General Classification after Stage 1 :