Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2021 – Stage 4 [Highlights] (italian)

March 26, 2021

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2021 – Stage 4 – San Marino – San Marino : 97,8 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.

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) charged up the final climb into San Marino to win stage 4 of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali on Friday, while retaining the overall lead for a third consecutive day.

Javier Romo (Astana-Premier Tech) finished second, Nick Schultz (Team BikeExchange) was third, and stage 3 winner Ethan Hayter rolled across the line in fourth.

Earning the bonus seconds at the line, the 24-year-old Dane heads into the final stage on Saturday with a seven-second advantage over Schultz on the GC lead, with Hayter 11 seconds back.

The final 2.4km climb with a 6.8 per cent gradient to the Piazzale dello Stradone proved decisive. From a 35-rider group, Romo, just 10 seconds out of the GC lead, launched an attack in the final kilometer. But an attentive Vingegaard took the reins in pursuit of the young Spaniard and made the pass on the climb to secure his second win of the week.

“It is again a nice victory for me and the team. I could not have done it without the rest of the team,” Vingegaard said after the victory.

“I knew I could win this stage. That is why I reacted on every attack in the final kilometres, also to stay in the front. In the sprint I finally had enough left to win the stage. Tomorrow I expect a heavy stage, but I will do everything to win the final classification.”

How it unfolded

Under bright, blue skies in San Marino, the peloton began work promptly on the penultimate stage of the Coppi e Bartali with a flurry of attacks just five kilometres into the 154.8km journey. The first 100km would take riders on two laps around San Marino, then route them on six laps of 9km each. In total, there would be more than 4,000 metres of climbing with seven passes across Mount Titan.

The first large lap saw an ebb and flow of attacks, which resembled the stage’s up and down profile, and eventually set up with an 11-rider group – Manuele Boaro (Astana), Abner Gonzalez (Movistar), Tzomin Juaristi and Xabier Mikel Azparren (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Edoardo Zardini (Vini Zabù), Johnatan Cañaveral (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane), Alejandro Osorio (Caja Rural Seguros), Guy Niv (Israel Start-Up Nation), Antonio Nibali (Trek-Segafredo), Eduardo Sepulveda (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), and Cristian Scaroni (Gazprom RusVelo).

With just under 100km to race, Ineos Grenadiers found Sebastian Henao off his bike due to a puncture and Carlos Rodriguez off due to a fall. Both riders were able to rejoin the peloton, as the pace on the second lap through the San Marion region had subsided.

Once the circuitous smaller loops, mountain classification leader Márton Dina (Eolo-Kometa) fought his way to the lead group for a time. Behind, Jumbo-Visma paced the peloton for Vingegaard, and saving energy for the ensuing climbs.

By the end of the third closing lap, the front group was reduced to eight riders – Zardini, Boaro, Nibali, Osorio, Sepulveda, Scaroni, Niv and Juaristi. Shortly thereafter, Osorio began to show wear and tear.

On the final lap, Spaniards Hector Carretero (Movistar) and Oier Lazkano (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) broke free at the front for a short time, only to be outdistanced by a surge of GC contenders, including Romo and Vingegaard.

Results :
1 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 4:26:37
2 Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
3 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
4 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
5 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
6 Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) Team Colpack Ballan
7 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:02
8 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
9 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos
10 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
11 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
12 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
13 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM
14 Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo
15 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
16 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:05
17 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:07
18 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:00:09
19 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:00:13
20 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:14
21 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
22 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:19
23 Paul Double (GBr) Mg.k Vis VPM 0:00:30
24 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:31
25 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:00:37
26 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:00:40
27 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
28 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Development Team DSM
29 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:00:47
30 Marco Frigo (Ita) Italy
31 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
32 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
33 Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) Team Qhubeka 0:01:04
34 Alexander Vdovin (Rus) Russia 0:01:06
35 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:19
36 Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:30
37 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:02:07
38 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:02:08
39 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:09
40 Kristian Javier Yustre Rodriguez (Col) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 0:02:20
41 Manuel Senni (Ita) Amore e Vita 0:03:28
42 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:35
43 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team BikeExchange
44 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
45 Nicolo’ Parisini (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli 0:03:41
46 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:51
47 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
48 Juan Diego Alba Bolivar (Col) Movistar Team
49 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:04
50 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:22
51 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:04:27
52 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:28
53 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation
54 Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:05:47
55 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:06:31
56 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
57 Guido Draghi (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM 0:06:56
58 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
59 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
60 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
61 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
62 Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
63 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
64 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
65 Erik Fetter (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
66 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
69 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
70 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:08:40
71 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:09:31
72 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep
73 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange
74 Lorenzo Balestra (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
75 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
76 Abderrahim Zahiri (Mar) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
77 Paul Wright (NZl) Mg.k Vis VPM 0:09:57
78 Abner González Rivera (PuR) Movistar Team
79 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
80 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:19
81 Gleb Syritsa (Rus) Russia 0:10:59
82 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Development Team DSM 0:11:09
83 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
84 Mattia Petrucci (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:11:51
85 Alessio Martinelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
86 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
87 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
88 Mattia Guasco (Ita) Team Qhubeka
89 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Team Qhubeka
90 Luca Cretti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
91 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
92 Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
93 Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team
94 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
95 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
96 Drew Christensen (NZl) Team Qhubeka 0:13:45
97 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:13:47
98 Anton Kuzmin (Kaz) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:14:48
99 Damiano Cima (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:15:01
100 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
101 Lorenzo Visintainer (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
102 Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
103 Mathias Vacek (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo
104 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
105 Cristian Rocchetta (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
106 Dominik Gorak (Pol) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
107 Leo Hayter (GBr) Development Team DSM 0:15:08
108 Dmitrii Mukhomediarov (Rus) Russia 0:15:15
109 Michael Zecchin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:15:55
110 Raffaele Radice (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM 0:16:07
111 Francesco Carollo (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
112 Michel Heßmann (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:16:24
113 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:17:32
114 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:19:56
115 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
116 Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
117 Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
118 Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy
119 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
120 Niccolo’ Salvietti (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
121 Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
122 Andrea Piras (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
123 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
124 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
125 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
126 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
127 Alex Tolio (Ita) Italy
128 Márton Dina (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
129 Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
130 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
131 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep
132 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation 0:20:01
133 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 0:27:12
134 Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
135 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:33:14
136 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
137 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 0:34:29
DNF Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
DNF Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
DNF Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange
DNF Santiago Umba Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
DNF Nikita Bersenev (Rus) Russia
DNF Ivan Smirnov (Rus) Russia
DNF Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNF Davide De Pretto (Ita) Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
DNF Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
DNF Gergely Szarka (Hun) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
DNF Davide Boscaro (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
DNS Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
DNF Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store-f.lli Curia-Essegibi
DNF Gergely Szarka (Hun) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
DNF Davide Boscaro (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNF Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
DNS Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek

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