Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2022 – Stage 4 [Highlights] (italian)

March 25, 2022

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2022 – Stage 4 – Montecatini – Montecatini : 158,7 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.

Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Fenix secured a hard-fought victory on stage 4 at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.

After muscling his way into an earlier breakaway that was caught inside the final 10km of the race, van der Poel had enough left in the tank to sprint for the day’s win ahead of runner-up Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) and Remy Mertz (Bingoal Pauwels) in third place in Montecatini Terme.

Van der Poel finished third at Milan-San Remo last week in what was an impressive return to racing after working on rehabilitation from a lingering back injury through the early months of 2022.

In another display of strength and early-season form at Coppi e Bartali, van der Poel bridged across to an early-race breakaway and then made his own solo attack on the circuit’s Vico climb before being caught on the last lap by the peloton led by Israel-Premier Tech.

Mauro Schmid (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) and Nicola Conci (Italy) counter-attacked but they too were reeled back in by the bunch and van der Poel proved the strongest rider of the day taking the sprint in Montecatini.

With no change to the top three in the overall classification, Eddie Dunbar (Ineos Grenadiers) leads the GC into the final stage with his teammate Ben Tulett at nine seconds back and Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) at 24 seconds.

How it unfolded
Stage 4 at Coppi e Bartali offered the peloton 158.7km of hilly circuit racing. The route began with three shorter 15km circuits that started and finished at Montecatini with a climb over the Vico (3.1km at 5.4 per cent) on each lap.

The fourth lap was a longer version of the circuit at 40km and featured an ascent of the Goraiolo (15km with an average grade of 4.8 per cent). The race then routed back onto the original short 15km circuits for the final laps five through eight, including the Vico ascent, before finishing in Montecatini.

A six-rider breakaway emerged early in the stage that included Luc Wirtgen (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Samuele Rivi (Eolo-Kometa), Andrea Piras (Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli), Andrea Garosio (Biesse Carrera), Emil Dima (Giotti Victoria-Savini Due) and Paul Wright (MG K Vis-Colors For Peace-VPM). They pushed their lead out to three minutes but Ineos Grenadiers, protecting Eddie Dunbar in the overall leader’s jersey along with runner-up Ben Tulett, brought the gap down to a more manageable 2:30 60km into the stage.

After the ascent of the mid-race Goraiolo, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) livened the race even more with an attack 100km into the stage, upon reaching the start of the final four shorter circuits.

The Dutchman quickly crossed the gap and joined the six initial breakaway riders, adding much needed horsepower to their efforts, and pushing the lead out to 3:30 on the chasing field.

The high pace across the punchy circuits shed Piras, Dima and Wright from the breakaway with only van der Poel, Wirtgen, Rivi and Garosio at the front of the race. Although the numbers reduced in the breakaway, the quartet managed to maintain a two-minute gap on the field pulled by BikeExchange-Jayco inside 30km, two circuits, from the finish line.

Their gap was slashed in half with 20km to go, and sensing an imminent catch, van der Poel launched a solo attack with 11km to go, at first holding a lead of 35 seconds. His time off the front came to an end, as he was caught inside 10km from the line on the final circuit.

Stage 1 winner Mauro Schmid (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) and Nicola Conci (Italy) counter-attacked and quickly gained 10 seconds on the chasing field. They held a slim lead in the closing 4km as the main field barrelled toward the finish behind.

Into the last kilometre, Schmid and Conci desperately pushed on the pedals but the pair were caught as the bunch sprint began, with van der Poel still strong and coming down the centre of the road to take another impressive victory.

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

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