Adriatica Ionica 2021 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

June 16, 2021

Adriatica Ionica 2021 – Stage 2 – Vittorio Veneto – Cima Grappa : 144,2 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.

Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo-Kometa) won stage 2 at Adriatica Ionica finishing atop the final ascent to Cima Grappa by seconds ahead of Astana-Premier Tech teammates Merhawi Kudus and Vadim Pronskiy.

“I knew I was okay and waited until the last mile to give it my all. Pronskiy and Kudus were ahead of me, I took them as a reference point and I managed to jump them in the final,” Fortunato said in a post-race interview.

The Eolo-Kometa rider, who won the Monte Zoncolan stage at the Giro d’Italia last month, now leads the overall classification at Adriatica Ionica by five seconds ahead of Kudus and nine seconds ahead of Pronskiy.

“I’m happy to wear the leader’s jersey, and tomorrow I’ll do everything I can to defend it in the gravel stage that will be run near my home. It will be nice to race there among my people and try to conquer the final success. My goal remains to do well in the Italian Championship in Imola,” he said.

Adriatica Ionica is a three-day race that concludes with a flat 149.5km stage from Ferrara to Comacchio on Thursday.

Results :
1 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 3:58:38
2 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:01
3 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:03
4 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:00:07
5 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:00:35
6 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:00:40
7 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:07
8 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:19
9 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:27
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:01:32
11 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi 0:01:45
12 Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:01
13 Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:02:03
14 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:02:13
15 Didier Norberto Merchan Cardona (Col) Colombia 0:02:43
16 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:03:09
17 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:03:34
18 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:03:43
19 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:04:16
20 Francesco Romano (Ita) Italy 0:04:39
21 Mattia Petrucci (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:05:12
22 Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:05:16
23 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:05:29
24 Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:06:01
25 German Dario Gomez Becerra (Col) Colombia 0:06:04
26 Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Colombia
27 Stefano Gandin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:07:31
28 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
29 Abderrahim Zahiri (Mar) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi 0:07:49
30 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:08:27
31 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega 0:09:33
32 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
33 Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:10:19
34 Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:10:55
35 Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:10:57
36 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Italy 0:11:17
37 Nikolay Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:11:43
38 Brandon Alejandro Rojas Vega (Col) Colombia 0:11:54
39 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:12:05
40 Oscar Daniel Tellez Reyes (Col) Colombiaa 0:12:49
41 Giulio Masotto (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:13:01
42 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:13:23
43 Doriand Percrule (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:13:37
44 Yaroslav Parashchak (Ukr) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali 0:13:46
45 Edgar Andres Pinzon Villalba (Col) Colombia
46 Elia Alessio (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:14:28
47 Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:15:41
48 Riccardo Verza (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:17:27
49 Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
50 Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:18:05
51 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:18:52
52 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:20:29
53 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
54 Ettore Pozza (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
55 Giosue’ Epis (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali 0:21:48
56 Nathan Smith (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:22:36
57 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:23:45
58 Andrea D’Amato (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
59 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:23:48
60 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:24:18
61 Paul Buschek (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:24:53
62 Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi 0:24:57
63 Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega 0:25:20
64 Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy 0:26:35
65 Matteo Zurlo (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
66 Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
67 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Italy
68 Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
69 Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
70 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
71 Florian Gamper (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
72 Michael Minali (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
73 Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
74 Luca Regalli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
75 Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega
76 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
77 Matteo Furlan (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
78 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
79 Pietro Aimonetto (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
80 Cristian Rocchetta (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
81 Davide Vignato (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
82 Kevin Pezzo Rosola (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
83 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
84 Manlio Moro (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
85 Matevz Govekar (Slo) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
86 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Italy 0:26:44
87 Matteo Donegà (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:28:23
88 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:30:03
89 Davide Cattelan (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
90 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
91 Jan Petelin (Lux) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
92 Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy 0:31:23
93 Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:31:29
94 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:31:30
95 Riccardo Bobbo (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega 0:31:41
96 Filippo Dignani (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega
97 Jan Dunnewind (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:32:00
98 Leslie Lührs (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:32:19
99 Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega 0:32:33
100 Andrea Debiasi (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:33:36
101 Riccardo Carretta (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
102 Francesco Lamon (Ita) Italy 0:33:38
103 Davide Boscaro (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:34:39
104 Davide Persico (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
105 Matteo Vettor (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:35:13
DNF Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Robbe Ceurens (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
DNF Johan Fernando Porras Caballero (Col) Colombia
DNS Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 8:00:30
2 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:05
3 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:09
4 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:00:17
5 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:00:45
6 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:00:50
7 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:17
8 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:29
9 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:37
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:01:42
11 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi 0:01:55
12 Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:11
13 Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:02:13
14 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:02:23
15 Didier Norberto Merchan Cardona (Col) Colombia 0:02:53
16 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:03:19
17 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:03:44
18 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:03:53
19 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:04:26
20 Francesco Romano (Ita) Italy 0:04:49
21 Mattia Petrucci (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:05:22
22 Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:05:26
23 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:05:39
24 Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:06:11
25 Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Colombia 0:06:14
26 German Dario Gomez Becerra (Col) Colombia
27 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:07:41
28 Stefano Gandin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
29 Abderrahim Zahiri (Mar) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi 0:07:59
30 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:08:37
31 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:09:43
32 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega
33 Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:10:29
34 Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:11:05
35 Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:11:07
36 Nikolay Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:11:53
37 Brandon Alejandro Rojas Vega (Col) Colombia 0:12:04
38 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:12:15
39 Oscar Daniel Tellez Reyes (Col) Colombiaa 0:12:59
40 Giulio Masotto (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:13:11
41 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:13:33
42 Doriand Percrule (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:13:47
43 Edgar Andres Pinzon Villalba (Col) Colombia 0:13:56
44 Yaroslav Parashchak (Ukr) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
45 Elia Alessio (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:14:38
46 Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:15:51
47 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Italy 0:16:09
48 Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:17:37
49 Riccardo Verza (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
50 Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:18:15
51 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:19:02
52 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:20:39
53 Ettore Pozza (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
54 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
55 Giosue’ Epis (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali 0:21:58
56 Nathan Smith (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:23:26
57 Andrea D’Amato (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali 0:23:55
58 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
59 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:23:58
60 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:24:28
61 Paul Buschek (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:25:03
62 Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi 0:25:07
63 Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega 0:25:30
64 Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy 0:26:35
65 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:26:41
66 Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:26:45
67 Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
68 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
69 Matteo Furlan (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
70 Florian Gamper (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
71 Luca Regalli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
72 Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
73 Cristian Rocchetta (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
74 Michael Minali (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali
75 Davide Vignato (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
76 Matteo Zurlo (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
77 Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
78 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
79 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
80 Manlio Moro (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
81 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Italy
82 Pietro Aimonetto (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
83 Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega
84 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Italy 0:26:54
85 Matevz Govekar (Slo) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:27:32
86 Matteo Donegà (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:28:33
87 Kevin Pezzo Rosola (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:29:57
88 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:30:13
89 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
90 Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:31:39
91 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:31:40
92 Filippo Dignani (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega 0:31:51
93 Riccardo Bobbo (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega
94 Jan Dunnewind (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:32:10
95 Davide Cattelan (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:32:11
96 Leslie Lührs (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:32:29
97 Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) Work Service Marchiol Vega 0:32:43
98 Riccardo Carretta (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:33:46
99 Andrea Debiasi (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
100 Davide Persico (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:34:43
101 Davide Boscaro (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:34:49
102 Matteo Vettor (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:35:23
103 Jan Petelin (Lux) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:36:10
104 Francesco Lamon (Ita) Italy 0:37:03
105 Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy 0:37:30