Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2022 – Stage 3 [Highlights] (italian)

March 24, 2022

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2022 – Stage 3 – San Marino – San Marino : 147 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.

Ben Tulett (Ineos Grenadiers) attacked in the final kilometre and won stage 3 of Settimana Coppi e Bartali on Thursday. In a head-to-head uphill battle of the three riders behind Tulett, race leader Eddie Dunbar (Ineos Grenadiers) took second place, 16 seconds back. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) outsprinted Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost) for the final spot on the podium.

It was the first pro victory on the road for 20-year-old Tulett, who had finished third just the day before. He moved to second overall in the GC standings, nine seconds behind teammate Dunbar. Hirschi moved to third overall, 24 seconds back, while Carr slotted in fourth position.

A reduced group of a dozen riders contested the final stretch of 5.7km to the finish, which averaged 7.6 per cent for a stiff end to day on the queen stage. Carr vaulted to the front with a vicious surge along with Dunbar with 3 kilometres to race. Sensing the urgency, Hirschi and Tulett moved together to catch the pair and then Tulett made his solo move.

“It feels amazing, to be honest. I can’t quite believe it. I’m really happy to come here and take the win, and of course Eddie coming in second and retain his overall classification. Now we have to keep it and defend the next days. We’re here with a strong team and we’re looking forward to the battle,” said Tulett at the finish.

“We knew it was going to explode on this final climb. I think we controlled the day as a team super good. I attacked with around two kilometres to go and just kept on going to the finish.”

How it unfolded
Stage 3 rolled up the valley by the Conca river with a first-category climb in the opening 30 kilometres at Serra San Marco, at 1,006 metres the highest point of the week. It marked the start of 4,000 metres of total elevation gain for the day. After a second climb at the 74.3km mark, the route moved to a circuit through San Marino, 18.2km each lap covered four times. A second climb on the circuit was the more demanding, 5.7km in length with 7.6 per cent gradient that led across the finish line.

In the first hour there were multiple attacks, but once the long descent was underway to the Marecchia Valley a break of seven riders took firm hold at the front – Mattia Cattaneo (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Mason Hollyman (Israel-Premier Tech), Tony Gallopin (Trek-Segafredo), Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Fenix), James Shaw ( EF Education-EasyPost), Edgar Andres Pinzon (Colombia Tierra de Atletas) and Andrea Garosio (Biesse-Carrera)

The front soon expanded its size to 11 when after 52 kilometres a group of four managed to bridge the gap – Antonio Nibali (Astana Qazaqstan), Alessandro Monaco (Giotti Victoria), Luca Covili (Bardiani CSF Faizanè) and Edoardo Zardini (Drone Hopper -Androni Giocattoli) – and the gap to the peloton soon moved to 4:28.

After another hour and a half as a solid group, Cattaneo was the first rider to launch an aggressive attack and soon opened a gap of more than 40 seconds on his breakaway companions with 50km to go.

After another 25 kilometres, Carosio was able to join Cattaneo as the pair worked together with a three-minute margin over the peloton, but Gallopin and Shaw soon joined from the chasers to make it a solid quartet on the penultimate ascent towards San Marino.

With 20km to go, Cattaneo was reported to go down and lost 30 seconds to his companions – Shaw, Gallopin and Garosio – who continued with 1:50 over a reduced peloton behind.

On the final circuit around San Marino, the race was back together with many of the favourites massing together, however, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) was not in the front group.

Just before the final climb, with 10km to go, Guy Niv (Israel-Premier Tech) launched an attack and opened a 14-second gap quickly. His push for glory was soon countered by Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) on the final ascent in San Marino.

With 3km to go the duo of Carr and race leader Dunbar vaulted to the front, raising the pace for Hirschi and Tulett to give chase and the four pushed together to the finish.

Results :
1 Ben Tulett (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 4:12:34
2 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:03
3 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:05
4 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:07
5 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:12
6 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:25
7 Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:38
9 Nicola Conci (Ita) Italy 0:00:51
10 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Drone Hopper – Androni Giocattoli
11 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:00
12 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:09
13 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
14 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Italy 0:01:12
15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
16 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:01:15
17 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
18 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:24
19 Johannes Staune-Mittet (Nor) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:01:26
20 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
21 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:02:00
22 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
23 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:02:05
24 Tanel Kangert (Est) BikeExchange-Jayco
25 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
26 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel-Premier Tech 0:03:14
27 German Dario Gomez Becerra (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano
28 Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
29 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:16
30 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:03:39
31 Jan Maas (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:05:03
32 Kenny Molly (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:05:16
33 Maximilian Stedman (GBr) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
34 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel-Premier Tech
35 Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
36 Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:05:39
37 Riccardo Ciuccarelli (Ita) Biesse-Carrera 0:07:10
38 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Biesse-Carrera
39 Juan Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Development Team 0:07:43
40 Harold Martin Lopez Granizo (Ecu) Astana Qazaqstan Development Team
41 Erik Fetter (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:09:32
42 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:31
43 James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
44 Dion Smith (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
45 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Italy
46 Michael Belleri (Ita) Biesse-Carrera 0:11:12
47 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:13:10
48 Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Development Team 0:14:55
49 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:15:43
50 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 0:16:45
51 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
52 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
53 Alessandro Santaromita Villa (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:16:46
54 Mason Hollyman (GBr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:18:19
55 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
56 Andrea Piras (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
57 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
58 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:22:36
59 Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
60 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
61 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
62 Anders Foldager (Den) Biesse-Carrera
63 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
64 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel-Premier Tech
65 David Martin Romero (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
66 Mattias Nordal (Den) Biesse-Carrera
67 Riccardo Carretta (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
68 Juan Diego Alba Bolivar (Col) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
69 Christian Danilo Pase (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
70 Cristian David Rico Lemus (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano
71 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
72 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
73 Daniel Viegas (Por) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
74 Giacomo Villa (Ita) Biesse-Carrera
75 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
76 Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
77 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
78 Nurbergen Nurlykhassym (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
79 Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
80 Francesco Carollo (Ita) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
81 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
82 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
83 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost
84 Gabriele Petrelli (Ita) Italy
85 Alessio Nieri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
86 Michael Vanni (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
87 Matteo Amella (Ita) Team Corratec
88 Giovanni Bortoluzzi (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
89 Adriano Brogi (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
90 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech
91 Loe Van Belle (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
92 Edgar Andres Pinzon Villalba (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano
93 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
94 Johan Meens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
95 Josef Cerny (Cze) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
96 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
97 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
98 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
99 Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Italy
100 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
101 Paul Wright (NZl) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
102 Omar El Gouzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
103 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe
104 Paul Double (GBr) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
105 Jacopo Cortese (Ita) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
106 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
107 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
108 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe
109 Cameron Meyer (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
110 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Italy
111 Marco Canola (Ita) Italy
112 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
113 Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
114 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
115 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
116 Simone Olivero (Ita) Team Corratec 0:26:08
117 Yeisson Ferney Casallas Rincon (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano
118 Andrea Biancalani (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli 0:26:30
119 Pietro Aimonetto (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli 0:26:34
120 Davide Finatti (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
121 Carloalberto Giordani (Ita) Biesse-Carrera
122 Matteo Freddi (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
DNS Joel Suter (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
DNS Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
DNS Sergio Meris (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNS Gidas Umbri (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNS Mattia Petrucci (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
DNS Davide Baldaccini (Ita) Team Corratec
DNS Jan Stöckli (Swi) Team Corratec
DNF Kevin Colleoni (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco
DNF Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Brandon Alejandro Rojas Vega (Col) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
DNF Matteo Lovera (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
DNF Brayan Vargas Hernandez (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano
DNF Rafael Steven Pineda Pineda (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano
DNF Gergely Szarka (Hun) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
DNF Jozsef-Attila Malnasi (Rom) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
DNF Daniel Savini (Ita) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
DNF Marco Murgano (Ita) Team Corratec
DNF Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers 12:37:11
2 Ben Tulett (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:09
3 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:24
4 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:30
5 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:45
6 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:48
7 Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:01
9 Nicola Conci (Ita) Italy 0:01:14
10 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:18
11 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:23
12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:01:35
13 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:01:38
14 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:47
15 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Italy 0:02:02
16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:17
17 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Drone Hopper – Androni Giocattoli 0:02:22
18 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:03:26
19 Johannes Staune-Mittet (Nor) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
20 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:03:56
21 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:00
22 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:04:05
23 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:04:17
24 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:04:30
25 Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:04:35
26 Tanel Kangert (Est) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:04:57
27 Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli 0:05:39
28 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel-Premier Tech 0:06:58
29 Kenny Molly (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:07:16
30 Maximilian Stedman (GBr) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm 0:07:57
31 German Dario Gomez Becerra (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano 0:11:44
32 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Italy 0:14:08
33 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:16:14
34 Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Development Team 0:17:09
35 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:18:02
36 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 0:18:17
37 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:18:51
38 Erik Fetter (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:19:46
39 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:20:14
40 Juan Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Development Team 0:23:27
41 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:24:30
42 Loe Van Belle (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:24:44
43 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:25:44
44 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel-Premier Tech
45 Mason Hollyman (GBr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:26:27
46 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Biesse-Carrera 0:29:40
47 Harold Martin Lopez Granizo (Ecu) Astana Qazaqstan Development Team 0:30:13
48 Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:30:39
49 Alessandro Santaromita Villa (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:32:30
50 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:33:01
51 James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
52 Dion Smith (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
53 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Italy 0:34:10
54 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 0:34:23
55 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:35:40
56 Jan Maas (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:36:37
57 Riccardo Ciuccarelli (Ita) Biesse-Carrera 0:37:19
58 Yeisson Ferney Casallas Rincon (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano 0:38:17
59 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:39:57
60 Andrea Piras (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli 0:40:49
61 Michael Belleri (Ita) Biesse-Carrera 0:41:21
62 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:44:33
63 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 0:45:06
64 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
65 Edgar Andres Pinzon Villalba (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano
66 Cristian David Rico Lemus (Col) Colombia Tierra De Atletas Gw Shimano
67 Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
68 Cameron Meyer (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
69 Marco Canola (Ita) Italy
70 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:47:36
71 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
72 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
73 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
74 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:48:19
75 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost 0:49:01
76 Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:52:45
77 Johan Meens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
78 Paul Wright (NZl) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
79 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:53:32
80 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
81 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel-Premier Tech 0:54:10
82 David Martin Romero (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
83 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
84 Anders Foldager (Den) Biesse-Carrera
85 Mattias Nordal (Den) Biesse-Carrera
86 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
87 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
88 Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Italy
89 Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
90 Nurbergen Nurlykhassym (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
91 Alessio Nieri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
92 Francesco Carollo (Ita) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
93 Gabriele Petrelli (Ita) Italy
94 Giovanni Bortoluzzi (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
95 Omar El Gouzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
96 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
97 Paul Double (GBr) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
98 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
99 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
100 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
101 Adriano Brogi (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 0:57:32
102 Matteo Freddi (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli 0:58:08
103 Riccardo Carretta (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek 0:58:41
104 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
105 Daniel Viegas (Por) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
106 Giacomo Villa (Ita) Biesse-Carrera
107 Christian Danilo Pase (Ita) Work Service – Vitalcare – Dynatek
108 Juan Diego Alba Bolivar (Col) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
109 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech
110 Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
111 Matteo Amella (Ita) Team Corratec
112 Jacopo Cortese (Ita) Mg.K Vis Colors For Peace Vpm
113 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
114 Michael Vanni (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
115 Matthew Walls (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe
116 Josef Cerny (Cze) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
117 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
118 Andrea Biancalani (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli 1:02:35
119 Pietro Aimonetto (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli 1:02:39
120 Carloalberto Giordani (Ita) Biesse-Carrera
121 Simone Olivero (Ita) Team Corratec 1:09:52
122 Davide Finatti (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 1:14:18