Giro dell’ Emilia 2019 [LAST 25 KM]

October 5, 2019

Giro dell’ Emilia 2019 – Bologna – San Luca : 207,4 km

The Giro dell’Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race starts from Bologna, it generally takes a tour of Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park and ends in Bologna with 5 reps on the brutal climbing ring (Orfanelle climb, Montalbano climb and Casaglia downhill) of Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca. It is considered one of the most important and historical classic bicycle races of the calendarThe 2019 Giro dell’Emilia was the 103nd edition of the Giro dell’Emilia road cycling one day race. It was held on 5 October 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour as a 1.HC-ranked event.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) bounced back from a disappointing World Championships with victory at the Giro dell’Emilia. The Slovenian attacked late on the final ascent of the San Luca climb in Bologna to solo across the line and take his 12th win of 2019.

Michael Woods (EF Education First) took second place, having tried his own attack in the final kilometre. The Canadian was joined by his teammate Sergio Higuita after being dropped by Roglič, with Higuita taking third at the finish.

The victory is Roglič’s first one-day race success and recalls his success at the same venue back in May when he won the opening time trial of the Giro d’Italia.

The Slovenian, who had seen teammates Sepp Kuss, George Bennett and Antwan Tolhoek go on the attack on the finishing circuits earlier on, kept his powder dry until the final kilometre of the race, chasing down Woods before pushing on alone to the line.

“Last time I was here I won and today again, so I like San Luca, for sure,” said Roglič after the finish.

“If I’m alone in cycling, it’s hard to do something but our guys were really amazing. Actually, I didn’t feel really good, but I fight until the end for them and it’s nice to be able to win again here.

“My next race will be in Varese (Tre Valli Varesine) and then I’ll finish my season at Il Lombardia.”

How it unfolded

The 91st edition of the 207km semi-classic started and ended in Bologna, with a loop around the city encompassing several climbs. The main obstacle of the day would be climb to the Santuario della Madonna di San Luca in Bologna tough, with the steep double-digit slopes featuring five times – once for every lap of the finishing circuit.

A small group got away in the opening five kilometres without much resistance. Jacopo Mosca (Trek-Segafredo), Davide Ballerini (Astana) and Umberto Orsini (Bardiani-CSF) were the men to get away from the peloton, and by the race’s halfway mark the trio had amassed a lead of 11 minutes.

It was a fairly uneventful race for much of the day, with the action only really hotting up on the finishing circuits. By the time the break got back to Bologna, they were just four minutes up on the peloton.

Almost immediately, Mosca pushed on alone, taking advantage of the steep slopes to distance his companions. Further back, Diego Rosa (Team Ineos) put in an attack, forcing other teams to chase as Jumbo-Visma took on the responsibility.

Mosca stood strong alone as the remaining breakaway riders were brought back by the peloton, while further back Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates), George Bennett and Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma), Tsgabu Grmay (Mitchelton-Scott) and Hugh Carthy (EF Education) all got across to Rosa with 30km to race.

They didn’t last long though, thanks to the high pace behind blowing the peloton apart on the first ascent of San Luca. Ciccone hung on to attack, with Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) going with him.

Mosca was brought back the third time up San Luca, while Ciccone and Latour yo-yoed up front, maintaining a small gap. As the peloton neared the top, Tolhoek gave it a go, but quickly dropped back to help his team lead the way.

The lead duo had just 20 seconds on the peloton as they hit the penultimate climb of the day, with the peloton visible behind them but still some way off thanks to the steep slopes. With team leaders pushing the pace on the climb, it was all over for Ciccone and Latour as they crossed the line over the top.

More attacks came on the descent, as Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates), Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo) and Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) jumped away, followed by the Colombian duo of Higuita and Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott).

They pushed on at full pace heading into the final climb, but so did the peloton, and the quintet was duly caught 2km from the line. Further back, Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) struggled and was dropped off the back.

Rosa reappeared once more to briefly set the pace up front but couldn’t give much more before the attacks started. Woods was the first to go, jumping just before the flamme rouge and getting a small gap on the right-hand side of the road.

Then it was Roglič’s turn. The Vuelta winner flew out of the favourites group without anyone able to answer his effort. Woods tried, and briefly managed to hold the wheel, but soon afterwards he was gone, too.

And that was that. Over the final 700 metres or so it never looked like Roglič was in trouble, and despite the teamwork between Woods and Higuita, he never was. It was another win for Roglič, another addition to his palmarès towards the end of his best year yet.

Results :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo – Visma 5:08:08
2 Michael Woods (Can) Ef Education First 0:00:14
3 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Ef Education First
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek – Segafredo 0:00:16
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Uae Team Emirates 0:00:20
7 Pierre Latour (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:23
8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
9 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos 0:00:27
10 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:00:31
11 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama – Fdj 0:00:34
12 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:00:44
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma 0:00:45
14 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton – Scott
15 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama – Fdj 0:00:49
16 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos 0:00:53
17 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:00:58
18 Daniel Martin (Irl) Uae Team Emirates 0:01:07
19 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Team Ineos 0:01:24
20 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo – Visma 0:01:31
21 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Mitchelton – Scott 0:01:41
22 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir 0:02:21
23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:02:25
24 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:02:36
25 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo – Visma
26 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
27 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek – Segafredo 0:02:39
28 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma 0:02:42
29 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
30 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm 0:02:46
31 Mattia Bais (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli Asd 0:02:49
32 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani Csf 0:02:58
33 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm 0:03:07
34 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic 0:04:04
35 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:04:12
36 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:04:46
37 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:04:51
38 Tanel Kangert (Est) Ef Education First 0:05:02
39 Simon Clarke (Aus) Ef Education First
40 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
41 Clément Chevrier (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
42 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
43 Jaakko Hanninen (Fin) Ag2R La Mondiale
44 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
45 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos
46 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) Ef Education First
47 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:06:13
48 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama – Fdj 0:06:41
49 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain – Merida 0:06:44
50 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’ 0:06:52
51 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:06:55
52 Filippo Zana (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
53 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
54 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
55 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama – Fdj 0:07:09
56 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
57 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga 0:07:14
58 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:07:22
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:07:27
60 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton – Scott
61 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain – Merida
62 Mathias Frank (Swi) Ag2R La Mondiale
63 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:08:19
64 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’ 0:08:32
65 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:13:41
DNS Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNS Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
DNF Peter Stetina (USA) Trek – Segafredo
DNF Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo – Visma
DNF Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo – Visma
DNF Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
DNF Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
DNF Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
DNF Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
DNF Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Valerio Conti (Ita) Uae Team Emirates
DNF Marco Marcato (Ita) Uae Team Emirates
DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Uae Team Emirates
DNF Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Uae Team Emirates
DNF Jan Polanc (Slo) Uae Team Emirates
DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama – Fdj
DNF David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama – Fdj
DNF Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama – Fdj
DNF Lachlan Morton (Aus) Ef Education First
DNF Alex Howes (USA) Ef Education First
DNF Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
DNF Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
DNF Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
DNF Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain – Merida
DNF Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
DNF Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
DNF Aurélien Doleatto (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Romain Le Roux (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Jérémy Maison (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Davide Gabburo (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Bart De Clercq (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Ruben Dario Acosta Ospina (Col) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
DNF Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
DNF Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
DNF Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
DNF Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
DNF Evgeny Kobernyak (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Alexander Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
DNF Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
DNF Jon Irisarri Ricon (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
DNF Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
DNF Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani Csf
DNF Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani Csf
DNF Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani Csf
DNF Francesco Romano (Ita) Bardiani Csf
DNF Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani Csf
DNF Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
DNF Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
DNF Nicola Graziato (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
DNF Riccardo Ciuccarelli (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
DNF Dario Puccioni (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
DNF Niccolo’ Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
DNF Gianni Pugi (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
DNF Davide Appollonio (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Andrea Meucci (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Yukinori Hishinuma (Jpn) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Rubens Rosini (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Sebastian Alexander Castaño Muñoz (Col) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Matteo Domenicali (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Javier Ignacio Montoya Montoya (Col) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Nicolo’ Parisini (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Wilson Estiben Pena Molano (Col) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Felix James Meo (NZl) Team Colpack
DNF Lucio Pierantozzi (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Paul Double (GBr) Team Colpack
DNF Jalel Duranti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Filippo Rocchetti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Andrea Toniatti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria
DNF Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Giotti Victoria
DNF Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Alberto Amici (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Andrea Berzi (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Diego Bosini (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Jacopo Menegotto (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Matteo Carboni (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Raul Colombo (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Biesse Carrera