Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2021 – Stage 3 [Highlights] (italian)

March 25, 2021

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2021 – Stage 3 – Riccione – Riccione : 139 km

The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (English: International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) produced an aggressive sprint after being lead out by his Ineos Grenadiers teammates to take the stage 3 victory at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali on the Adriatic sea front in Riccione.

Shane Archbold (Deceuninck-QuickStep) was second, while Nick Schultz (Team BikeExchange) took third after a hard stage in the nearby hills.

Ineos Grenadiers snuffed out a solo attack by Antonio Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) with four kilometres to go and then set up the sprint battle for Hayter. It was Hayter’s first win of the season after three consecutive fifth places at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. It was his second with Ineos after taking the Giro dell’Appennino, also in Italy, last summer.

A bunch finish in Riccione allowed stage 2 winner Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) to retain his general classification lead. Following by one second for a three-way tie in second place are Ivan Sosa (Ineos Grenadiers), Hayter and Schultz. Ben Hermans of Israel Start-Up Nation is three seconds back in fifth place.

It is the second time Hayter has won a race in Riccione, taking the prologue on the first day of the 2019 under-23 version of the Giro d’Italia.

“It was a really good day for us. It was quite hard for the break to go, but I felt good and I was right at the front,” Hayter told Cycling Pro Net at the finish.

“I actually punctured coming into San Marino, and there was a little bit of panic there, but I got back on. The team did a perfect job for me. I almost got boxed in, but with some communication it was perfect.”

How it unfolded

162 riders took the start line in Riccione for stage 3 for a rolling day across two categorised climbs and 139 kilometres that would bring them back to the beachfront resort of Riccione. Ice on the road forced the organisers to remove the Monte Carpegna climb but it was still a testing day in the hills.

After 20 kilometres and entry into San Marino, a trio of riders got away from the peloton. Alejandro Osorio (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) bridged up to Rubio Reyes (Movistar) and Edoardo Zardini (Vini Zabù) to cement the first serious break. The group swelled to seven a few kilometres later, adding Nibali, Oiarbide Garik Bravo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Andrea Garosio (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè) and Manuel Senni (Italian National Team). They quickly opened a 55-second advantage.

The group would reach the only sprint contest of the stage on the same roads used for the individual time trial of the 2019 Giro d’Italia.

Jumbo-Visma set the pace at the front of the peloton protecting GC leader Vingegaard.

Manuele Boaro (Astana-Premier Tech) was the first rider to test his legs from the peloton, but was quickly reabsorbed, while the leaders extended the gap to six minutes.

Senni accelerated from his companions and had a 20-second gap by the 64km marker. He continued to push the gap to the beginning of the climb of Villaggio del Lago (9km at 6 per cent) to 50 seconds, but the group took up the chase, only Garosio losing contact.

The peloton chased Senni and the six-rider chase group, bringing the gap down to 3:10 with 70km to go.

Senni was the first rider to crest the first-category Villagrande climb, but with 60km to go was soon swallowed by the chasers, making it six in front of a fading Garosio and the peloton 1:45 back.

Senni attacked again on the descent, but was caught by an attentive Nibali, giving the twosome a slight 20-second advantage. It was short lived, as the seven came back together on the rolling roads back in San Marino with 45km to go.

Just seven kilometres later, Zardini launched a solo attack, but Nibali got on his wheel. The pair pushed the pace to make it a tandem ride towards the finish with a one-minute margin on the chasers with 25km to go. All the other original riders in the breakaway were caught as the sprinters left in the front group sensed their chance.

The final 16km were strewn with an abundance of short, steep climbs and Nibali surged ahead to attack them first. He had a 22 second margin over Zardini with 12km to go, but patience had run out for the peloton. Zardini was reeled in with 10km to go, and Nibali was in sight for the catch, aggressively driven by Ineos Grenadiers at the front of the chase.

A full force of black and red jerseys provided a launchpad at the finish for 22-year-old Hayter to take the victory.

Results :
1 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:49:21
2 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep
3 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
4 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
5 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
6 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
7 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
8 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
9 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
10 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
11 Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) Team Colpack Ballan
12 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
13 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Development Team DSM
14 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
15 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
16 Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
17 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
18 Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) Team Qhubeka
19 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Team Qhubeka
20 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
22 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
23 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
24 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
25 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange
26 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
27 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
28 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
29 Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo
30 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
31 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM
32 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
33 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
34 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
35 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
36 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
37 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
38 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
39 Abner González Rivera (PuR) Movistar Team
40 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
41 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
42 Kristian Javier Yustre Rodriguez (Col) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
43 Alexander Vdovin (Rus) Russia
44 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
45 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
46 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
47 Juan Diego Alba Bolivar (Col) Movistar Team
48 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
49 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos
50 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
51 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
52 Paul Double (GBr) Mg.k Vis VPM
53 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
54 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
55 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
56 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
57 Marco Frigo (Ita) Italy
58 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
60 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
61 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM
62 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
63 Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
64 Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
65 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:08
66 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team BikeExchange
67 Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
68 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Development Team DSM
69 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:19
70 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:29
71 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
72 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:00:35
73 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:37
74 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
75 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:53
76 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:01:19
77 Márton Dina (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
78 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi 0:01:48
79 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:08
80 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:26
81 Mathias Vacek (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:05:04
82 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:50
83 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:07:20
84 Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:10:14
85 Alessio Martinelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
86 Manuel Senni (Ita) Amore e Vita
87 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:10:22
88 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
89 Nicolo’ Parisini (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
90 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
92 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
94 Michel Heßmann (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
95 Paul Wright (NZl) Mg.k Vis VPM
96 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation
97 Anton Kuzmin (Kaz) Gazprom-RusVelo
98 Alex Tolio (Ita) Italy
100 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange
101 Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
102 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
103 Damiano Cima (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
104 Dmitrii Mukhomediarov (Rus) Russia
105 Mattia Petrucci (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
106 Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
107 Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team
108 Niccolo’ Salvietti (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
109 Andrea Piras (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
110 Santiago Umba Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
111 Luca Cretti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
112 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
113 Davide De Pretto (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
114 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
115 Drew Christensen (NZl) Team Qhubeka
116 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
117 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
118 Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
119 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
120 Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
121 Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
122 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
123 Leo Hayter (GBr) Development Team DSM
124 Abderrahim Zahiri (Mar) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
125 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep
126 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation
127 Francesco Carollo (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
128 Raffaele Radice (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
129 Guido Draghi (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
130 Lorenzo Balestra (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
131 Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
133 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
134 Nikita Bersenev (Rus) Russia
135 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
136 Davide Boscaro (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
137 Lorenzo Visintainer (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
138 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
139 Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy
142 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
143 Dominik Gorak (Pol) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
144 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
145 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
146 Erik Fetter (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
147 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
148 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
149 Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange
150 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
151 Mattia Guasco (Ita) Team Qhubeka
152 Gergely Szarka (Hun) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
153 Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
154 Michael Zecchin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
155 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
DNF Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Italy
DNF Tommaso Nencini (Ita) Italy
DNF Arseny Nikiforov (Rus) Russia
DNF Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Russia
DNF Nicolo Pencedano (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
DNF Francesco Della Lunga (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Luca Coati (Ita) Team Qhubeka

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:37:46
2 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:01
3 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
4 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
5 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:03
6 Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:10
7 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:11
8 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:14
9 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:00:20
10 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:31
11 Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:37
12 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:00:41
13 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
14 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:42
15 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
16 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:00:44
17 Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:00:46
18 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 0:00:51
19 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:55
20 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:00
21 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:04
22 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
23 Marco Frigo (Ita) Italy 0:01:06
24 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:08
25 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:09
26 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:23
27 Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:25
28 Paul Double (GBr) Mg.k Vis VPM 0:01:34
29 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:01:39
30 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
31 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:41
32 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
33 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:42
34 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM 0:01:44
35 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:45
36 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:47
37 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:48
38 Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) Team Colpack Ballan 0:01:49
39 Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) Team Qhubeka 0:01:53
40 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:01:54
41 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:02
42 Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:08
43 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:11
44 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:37
45 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:56
46 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:58
47 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:03:03
48 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
49 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:03:33
50 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:03:58
51 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:03:59
52 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:50
54 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:06
55 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Development Team DSM 0:05:34
56 Juan Diego Alba Bolivar (Col) Movistar Team 0:05:52
57 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:28
58 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:07:44
59 Abner González Rivera (PuR) Movistar Team 0:08:19
60 Alexander Vdovin (Rus) Russia 0:08:35
61 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:08:43
62 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:08:57
63 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:09:37
64 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:40
65 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:09:50
66 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi 0:10:13
67 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Team Qhubeka 0:12:14
68 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Development Team DSM 0:12:22
69 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:12:47
70 Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:13:18
71 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:37
72 Márton Dina (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:15:02
73 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:15:24
74 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:16:08
75 Alex Tolio (Ita) Italy 0:16:16
76 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:16:41
77 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:16:48
78 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:16:54
79 Kristian Javier Yustre Rodriguez (Col) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 0:17:13
80 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:17:30
81 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:17:41
82 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:18:03
83 Alessio Martinelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:18:32
84 Manuel Senni (Ita) Amore e Vita 0:18:55
85 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20:26
86 Mathias Vacek (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:20:28
87 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:20:30
124 Raffaele Radice (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
137 Andrea Piras (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
139 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
140 Dominik Gorak (Pol) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi