GP Bruno Beghelli 2019 [LAST 25 KM]

October 6, 2019

GP Bruno Beghelli 2019 – Monteveglio – Monteveglio : 199,3 km

The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (also known as GP Beghelli) is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Monteveglio, near the city of Bologna, Italy. From 2005 to 2013, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, while in 2014 it was upgraded to 1.HC. It was first held in 1996, after the disappearance of the Milano–Vignola.

Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) won the GP Bruno Beghelli, sprinting to victory from a seven-man escape group that broke away from the peloton in the closing kilometres of the race.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) took second, while Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) rounded out the podium at the end of a frantic finale to the race, which saw near non-stop attacks on the closing laps of the Monteveglio circuit.

Colbrelli’s victory is not his first success at the race, having also sprinted to victory from a 37-man group in 2015, when he rode for Bardiani-CSF. He made it away with six others just 4km from the finish and, with the help of teammate Iván García Cortina, managed to hold off the Astana-led peloton to contest the victory.

With the group populated by non-sprinters such as Haig, 2018 race winner Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), a face-off between Valverde and Colbrelli always looked the most likely outcome, and so it proved, with the Italian getting the best of the Movistar man.

“The tactics in the final with Iván were perfect,” said Colbrelli after the race. “We took control of the race because we were on the front from the start. I had to pay my teammates back with a nice win.

“It was a very tough race witha lot of attacks and counter-attacks. We decided to take the initiative and bring Iván García to the finish. That worked, and it was a victory for me and the whole team.”

How it unfolded

The second part of a weekend double-header in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the 24th GP Bruno Beghelli was a chance for those puncheurs who were beaten by Primož Roglič at Saturday’s Giro dell’Emilia.

The 199km race, took in 60km of rolling roads before ten laps of a finishing circuit around the town of Monteveglio. The 1.5km, 5.3 per cent climb of Zappolino featured on the circuit, with the peloton having to tackle it ten times before the flat finish.

Early on, a three-man break got away, with Stepan Kuriyanov (Gazprom-RusVelo), Tommaso Fiaschi (Beltrami TSA-Hopplà-Petroli Firenze) and Emil Dima (Giotti Victoria-Palomar) making the move, an ultimately unthreatening breakaway.

The trio built up a large lead early on, with their advantage reached 11 minutes after 30km of racing. Once they reached the circuit, however, the gap started gradually falling as various teams – including Bahrain-Merida and UAE Team Emirates – worked on the front of the peloton.

With 75km to go on the fifth time up the climb, the leaders were reduced to two as Fiaschi couldn’t keep up. The break’s advantage dipped under a minute for the first time 20km later, and they didn’t last much longer out front.

Forty kilometres from the finish, Kuriyanov and Dima were brought back, setting up the final three climbs for around 80 riders who remained in the peloton.

The situation didn’t stay settled for long though, as seven riders jumped away from the peloton inside the 30km to go mark. George Bennett and Neilson Powless (Jumbo-Visma), Iván Sosa and Gianni Moscon (Team Ineos), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Edoardo Affini (Mitchelton-Scott), Hugo Houle (Astana) got away on the climb and quickly built a gap of 15 seconds to the peloton.

The group were soon caught, as Movistar worked at the front of the peloton, and with 20km to race it was all back together. UAE Team Emirates led the way onto the final lap, as attacks still flew up front, with Powless and Moscon trying to get away once again.

On the final climb of the Zappolino, Martin jumped away, but couldn’t make a move stick. He did, however, get away with a small group 4km from the line, and was quickly joined by Mollema, Haig, Valverde, Gaudu, García Cortina and Colbrelli out front.

Despite the best efforts of Astana chasing behind, the seven men would go on to contest the finish, with Cortina driving the group along on behalf of Colbrelli. In the end, it would come down to a sprint, and unsurprisingly it was a battle between Colbrelli and Valverde for the honours.

The Italian clinched it, easily outpacing the veteran Spaniard to grab his third win of the season.

Results :
1 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 4:35:59
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
4 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama – Fdj
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek – Segafredo
6 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
7 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Bahrain – Merida 0:00:05
8 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:07
9 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Ef Education First
10 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
11 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
12 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton – Scott
13 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott
14 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
15 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) Uae Team Emirates
16 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
17 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
18 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek – Segafredo
19 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
20 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
21 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
22 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Movistar Team
23 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
24 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Ef Education First
25 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
26 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
27 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani Csf
28 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
29 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
30 Dario Puccioni (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
31 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
32 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
33 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama – Fdj
34 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
35 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
36 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
37 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani Csf
38 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
39 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
40 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama – Fdj
41 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek – Segafredo
42 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos
43 Mattia Bais (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli Asd
44 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Biesse Carrera
45 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos
46 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
47 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton – Scott
48 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
49 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
50 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
51 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir
52 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
53 Alexander Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
54 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
55 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton – Scott
56 Jaakko Hanninen (Fin) Ag2R La Mondiale
57 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:00:15
58 Kaden Groves (Aus) Seg Racing Academy
59 Clément Chevrier (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
60 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo – Visma
61 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
62 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani Csf
63 Jérémy Maison (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
65 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Team Ineos
66 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
67 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
68 Francesco Romano (Ita) Bardiani Csf
69 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama – Fdj 0:00:20
70 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos
71 Manuele Mori (Ita) Uae Team Emirates 0:00:25
72 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
73 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic 0:00:30
74 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:01:09
75 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:11
76 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:16
77 Marco Marcato (Ita) Uae Team Emirates 0:01:18
78 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria 0:01:41
79 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo – Visma
80 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita – Prodir
81 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain – Merida
82 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria
83 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama – Fdj
84 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
85 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
86 Nicola Graziato (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
87 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
88 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
89 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
90 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
91 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
92 Jon Irisarri Ricon (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
93 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama – Fdj
94 Rui Oliveira (Por) Uae Team Emirates 0:03:48
95 Matthew Walls (GBr) Ef Education First
96 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
97 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek – Segafredo 0:04:29
98 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani Csf
99 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
100 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain – Merida
101 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Ef Education First
DNS Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNS Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
DNS Gianni Pugi (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
DNS Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
DNF Floris De Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo – Visma
DNF Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
DNF Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo – Visma
DNF Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
DNF Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Tirol Ktm Cycling Team
DNF Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Uae Team Emirates
DNF Oliviero Troia (Ita) Uae Team Emirates
DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama – Fdj
DNF Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) Ef Education First
DNF Daniel Mclay (GBr) Ef Education First
DNF Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Ef Education First
DNF Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
DNF Pierre Latour (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
DNF Mathias Frank (Swi) Ag2R La Mondiale
DNF Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain – Merida
DNF Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos
DNF Aurélien Doleatto (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Romain Le Roux (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Andrea Bartolozzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
DNF Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
DNF Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane’
DNF Alexandr Kulikovskiy (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
DNF Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani Csf
DNF Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani Csf
DNF Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
DNF Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
DNF Riccardo Ciuccarelli (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
DNF Niccolo’ Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.K Vis
DNF Davide Appollonio (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Yukinori Hishinuma (Jpn) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Andrea Meucci (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Sebastian Alexander Castaño Muñoz (Col) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Matúš Štoček (Svk) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Tommaso Fiaschi (Ita) 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 Paul Double (GBr) Team Colpack
DNF Jalel Duranti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Lucio Pierantozzi (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 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