Memorial Marco Pantani 2019 [FULL RACE](italian)

September 21, 2019

Memorial Marco Pantani 2019 – Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole – Cesenatico : 194,7 km

The Memorial Marco Pantani is a professional road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The race has been organized since 2004 and serves as a memory of Marco Pantani. The race starts in Cesenatico, Pantani’s hometown, and follows a route towards his birthplace, Cesena. In 2007 the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013, the race was merged with the Giro della Romagna, a race in the same region.

Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) made it two wins in three days as he added victory Memorial Marco Pantani to his autumn Classics haul. The Kazakh attacked out of the peloton in the final kilometre to catch and pass a three-man break.

Diego Rosa (Team Ineos) took second place, while fellow escapee Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) finished third just in front of the charging peloton.

The pair had been in the break all day, and looked set to contest the win along with Alexis Guerin (Delko Marseille Provence), who jumped away from the peloton to join them on the finishing circuit in Cesenatico.

Their advantage edged down in the closing kilometres, from 40 seconds down to 15 under the flamme rouge, but Lutsenko, who had been active earlier in the day, left the peloton behind in the closing kilometre.

The 27-year-old, who won Thursday’s Coppa Sabatini with a 75km solo move, caught the break 500 metres from the line, pushing on with a sprint finish to take his tenth win of the season just metres ahead of the peloton.

How it unfolded

After two races apiece in Lombardy and Tuscany over the past week, the Autumn Classics headed east to the Adriatic coast and Marco Pantani’s birthplace of Cesenatico.

The 16th edition of the Memorial Marco Pantani saw the customary three ascents of the Montevecchio climb (4.3km at 7 per cent) parcelled out in the middle of the 199.8km race, which ends with a flat 35km run-in.

The combination of tough climbing and flat roads to the coast, ending with four and a half laps of the Cesenatico circuit, usually result in a small group contesting the victory.

The break of the day was established in the opening 20 kilometres, with eight men making it out front and gaining a 6:40 advantage by the 35km mark.

The men in question were Diego Rosa (Team Ineos), Simone Consonni (UAE Team Emirates), Mattia Bais (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), Quentin Pacher (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels), Romain Sicard (Total Direct Énergie), Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Romain Le Roux (Arkèa-Samsic) and Filippo Zana (Sangemini-MG.Kvis).

Their advantage continued to hover around the six-minute mark as the break tackled the early uncategorised climbs.

Androni stagiaire and runner-up at the Giro della Friuli-Venezia Giulia clearly had a point to prove on his fourth race day with the squad – the 22-year-old led the way over the first two ascents of Montevecchio.

At the midway point of the race, and with one climb remaining, the peloton had a four-minute gap to make up on the leaders, who had been whittled down by the hills.

Rosa, Bais and Martin were the last man standing from the break, with Bais dropping away on the final ascent of Montevecchio. He held on for third over the top though, sealing the mountain classification on the day.

Further back, just 1:30 down the road, attacks were flying as Carlos Betancur (Movistar) kicked off the action. Soon after Betancur was reabsorbed, Davide Formolo (Italy National Team) got away on the climb, and was joined by several others, including the in-form Alexey Lutsenko (Astana).

Rosa and Martin remained out front as the roads flattened out, and with 30km to race they were just 40 seconds up on the chasing group. Bahrain-Merida worked behind, on behalf of their sprinter Sonny Colbrelli.

Alexis Guerin (Delko Marseille Provence) jumped out of the peloton to join the duo with just over two laps – 20km – left to go. The trio worked well together, extending their advantage from 10 to over 40 seconds on the penultimate lap.

The seconds ticked down in the closing kilometres, from 40 down to 25 with 5km to the finish. The peloton had seemingly left it too late, trailing by 15 seconds as they headed into the final kilometre.

Lutsenko had other ideas though, charging away from the sprinter’s teams to catch the leaders, pushing on to another victory. It was a lot different to how he won the Coppa Sabatini, but the end result was the same.

Results :
1 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 4:50:26
2 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos
3 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
4 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
5 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
8 Alexis Guerin (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence
9 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Italy
10 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
11 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
12 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
13 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
14 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
15 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence
16 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First
17 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
18 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
19 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
20 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
21 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
22 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
23 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
24 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
25 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
26 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
27 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
28 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
29 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
30 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie
31 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence
32 Francesco Romano (Ita) Bardiani CSF
33 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
34 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
35 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Ineos
36 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
37 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
38 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Dimension Data
39 Davide Formolo (Ita) Italy
40 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
41 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:08
42 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Biesse Carrera 0:00:10
43 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF
44 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:00:11
45 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
46 Mattia Bais (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli Asd
47 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
48 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos
49 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:39
50 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Italy
51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
52 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
53 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
54 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:33
DNS Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Davide Cimolai (Ita) Italy
DNF Samuele Battistella (Ita) Italy
DNF Fabio Felline (Ita) Italy
DNF Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Italy
DNF Sean Bennett (USA) EF Education First
DNF Julius Van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First
DNF Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First
DNF Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First
DNF Matthew Walls (GBr) EF Education First
DNF James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First
DNF Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team
DNF Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data
DNF Jacques Willem Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data
DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) Team Dimension Data
DNF Jaco Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data
DNF Gino Mäder (Swi) Team Dimension Data
DNF Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
DNF Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
DNF Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia Ktm
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 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
DNF Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
DNF Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
DNF Maxime Cam (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
DNF Patrick Müller (Swi) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
DNF Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
DNF Maxime Chevalier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
DNF Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Marco Landi (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Angelo Tulik (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Bart De Clercq (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
DNF Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros Rga
DNF Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros Rga
DNF Mauricio Moreira (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros Rga
DNF Jon Irisarri Ricon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros Rga
DNF Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros Rga
DNF Eusebio Pascual Bonhome (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros Rga
DNF Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros Rga
DNF Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence
DNF Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence
DNF Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence
DNF Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence
DNF Maxime Jarnet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Jérémy Maison (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Davide Appollonio (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Kévin Boyer (Fra) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Rubens Rosini (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
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 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Paul Double (GBr) Team Colpack
DNF Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Davide Baldaccini (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Jalel Duranti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Jakob Dorigoni (Ita) Team Colpack
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 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 Leonardo Bonifazio (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-mg.k Vis
DNF Krzysztof Domin (Pol) Sangemini-Trevigiani-mg.k Vis
DNF Fabio Mazzucco (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 Nicola Graziato (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-mg.k Vis
DNF Filippo Zana (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-mg.k Vis
DNF Filippo Conca (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Matteo Bellia (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Matteo Carboni (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Michel Piccot (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Stefano Taglietti (Ita) Biesse Carrera