Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2022 – Stage 5 [Highlights] (italian)

March 26, 2022

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2022 – Stage 5 – Casalguidi – Cantagrillo : 160 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.

Josef Cerny won stage 5 of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali on Saturday in Cantagrillo, crossing the line in Cantagrillo with teammate Rémi Cavagna for a QuickStep-AlphaVinyl 1-2 on the final day of the race.

The Czech rider had separated from a breakaway group on the hilly stage with just under 20 kilometres to go to gain his first victory of the year.

Cavagna, meanwhile, broke away from Omer Goldstein (Israel-Premier Tech) with 3km to go, who grabbed the final spot on the podium in third. Julius Van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) finished fourth.

All four riders were part of the original 10-rider breakaway that formed in the opening kilometres of the 160km day. The trio of Cerny, Cavagna and Goldstein broke clear at the front with 50km to go, and at one point saw Goldstein, who started the day 6:58 behind Eddie Dunbar, in the virtual GC lead as they gained more than nine minutes on the peloton.

4:23 after Cerny and Cavagna crossed the line in celebration, Eddie Dunbar (Ineos Grenadiers) finished in what remained of the peloton to claim the general classification title, a debut win in his five-year pro career. It was also the first stage race victory for Ineos Grenadiers this season.

“I think we proved from the first two stages that we had the strongest team here. Yeah, Ineos are very experienced when we have the leader’s jersey and putting in the correct strategy, and we did that today. We kept it under control. It was just up to me and Ben then[on last lap] to control the GC guys. We only had two guys to watch in Simon Carr and Hirschi. We let the breakaway go and that took the stress away from bonus seconds,” Dunbar told online outlet CyclingPro after the finish.

“It was a super team performance and I am very grateful to the team, they rode super all week. I’m happy I can finish it off and repay them with a victory.”

Not to be outdone by QuickStep, Ineos went 1-2 on the GC podium with Ben Tulett securing second overall, nine seconds down from his teammate. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) finished third overall, back 24 seconds.

“It’s been a super week for the team here, coming home with three jerseys – Tuesday’s win, Eddie winning the GC and myself coming in second. It’s been a very successful week for the team,” Tulett said at the finish press area.

“Today we were presented with a hard finishing stage, so I think we controlled it pretty well and maintained our position in the GC. We achieved our objectives.”

Tulett, who won stage 3, was recognised as the best young rider, while his teammate Hayter claimed the points classification. The winner of the mountain classification was Andrea Garosio (Biesse-Carrera).

How it unfolded
Warm temperatures and blue skies saw the peloton embark for 160 kilometres with the departure from Casalguidi, the hometown of former champion Franco Ballerini.

After some flat racing, the stage gears up with a wide road back to Casalguidi and then to Cantagrillo, and at kilometre 102.3 of the race the first of a trio of finish circuits began, each 19.3km in length and the main feature being climbs over Mungherino, a cat 2 ascent on the first two passes.

It was a stair-step climb with 8.1 per cent average on the opening 2.9km and then final kick up for 1.6km at 6.5 per cent. The final time up the ‘de Baco’ climb took place 12km from the finish, more than half of which downhill, and made it a springboard for any breakaway.

Five kilometres into the final matchup a group of 10 riders formed: Frederik Wandahl (Bora-Hansgrohe), Fabio Van den Bossche (Alpecin-Fenix), David Martin (Eolo-Kometa), Giovanni Carboni (Italy National Team), Jacopo Cortese (Mg.K Vis-Color for Peace-VPM), Julius van der Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), Omer Goldstein (Israel-Premier Tech), Tom Paquot and Johan Meens (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Josef Cerny and Rémi Cavagna (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl).

The group moved to an advantage of more than eight minutes after 75km of racing, and the time began to roll back on the climb to San Baronto, which was featured after a relatively flat section of the stage and the second phase gave way to climbing.

Cerny, Cavagna and Goldstein were the first from the lead group to attack, and with less than 50km remaining and pushed to an 18-second advantage for clear separation. The peloton, with race leader Dunbar protected by his Ineos Grenadiers teammates, were 8:15 back and riders began to splinter from the peloton.

As the leading trio grabbed the final KOM points across the Mungherino, their advantage from the peloton continued to grow to nine minutes with 30 kilometres to race. Cavanga and Cerny were more than 45 minutes in arrears of the race lead, but Goldstein started the day as the closest to GC leader Dunbar, 6:58 back, giving impetus to Ineos to get down to business headed to the final finish circuit.

Cerny gave it a go at the front just before 20km to go, Cavagna and Goldstein loosening the reins at the front, which allowed Van den Berg to join from the original breakaway group. While Cerny quickly gained 55 seconds to the trio, the peloton began to trim its margin to 7:50.

Van den Berg lost contact with Cavagna and Goldstein on the final climb and the pair drove on with 27 seconds between them and Cerny. With three kilometres to go, Cavagna moved to the front of the chase duo and dropped Goldstein. He would make it to his teammate with 500 metres to go and the pair rode across the line together.

Goldstein completed the stage in third, but lost any hopes of overtaking Dunbar as the Irishman finished 4:23 behind the stage winner in a bunch sprint, which was led by Natnael Tesfazion (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli).

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

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