Sibiu Cycling Tour 2020 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE] (romanian)

July 25, 2020

Sibiu Cycling Tour 2020 – Stage 2 – Sibiu – Sibiu : 179,8 km

The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organised with the support of the local council as well as the regional council of Sibiu. Held entirely around the city, the race normally runs over four days including a prologue on the cobbled streets of the city, and two climbing stages, one on the Transfăgărăşan Road to Balea Lac and a second to the mountain resort of Paltinis.

Pascal Ackermann continued Bora-Hansgrohe’s run of success in the Sibiu Tour, profiting from a well-timed lead-out from mountains classification leader and stage 1 winner Gregor Mühlberger to take out a reduced bunch sprint.

Rudy Barbier (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Riccardo Stacchiotti (Vini Zabu’ KTM) rounded out the top three. Ackermann’s teammate Patrick Konrad finished with the front group to hold onto the race lead for a second day, with Mühlberger remaining in second overall.

It was Ackermann’s third win of the 2020 season, with a stage of the UAE Tour and the Clasica Almeria on his palmares before the coronavirus stopped the road season in March.

“I’m really happy to restart my season with another victory but I’m also a bit disappointed because my lead-out guy crashed with 25km to go and I still don’t know how he is,” Ackermann said of Rüdiger Selig, who ran into a vehicle and crashed.

Mühlberger did a fine job to help him in the finale but Ackermann said it was a bad situation without his trusted last man. “We had a lot of bad luck – we also had Konrad puncture at the last climb. We had a plan to go full gas on the final climb but we had to wait. We restarted, and then we had the crash. We’re just happy to have won the race today.”

The sprint was hectic without any team able to take full control. Nippo Delko One Provence tried to lead for Eduard Grosu and Vini Zabu’ for Stacchiotti but everyone was lacking teammates after Bora-Hansgrohe exploded the peloton on the final climb. Only Grosu had a man left and Ackermann honed in on his wheel.

“It was really hectic because it was a small group and nobody had a lead-out train. I didn’t know which wheel I should take, then I switched from one to the other. With 300m to go I went full gas. I think it was a good sprint but a long one,” Ackermann said.

How it unfolded

The third day of the Sibiu Tour started out under a steady rain with riders hiding in their team cars before finally emerging to start the 181.2km loop from Sibiu northeast to Nocrich and Agnita for the first sprints.

Sprint classification leader Pawel Bernas (Mazowsze Serce Polski) kicked off the first attack, bringing along Yehor Dementyev (Team Novak), Emil Dima (Giotti Victoria), Meindert Weulink (A Bloc CT), and Tomasz Budzinski (Wibatech Merx) and the five riders began carving out a solid gap over the rain-soaked peloton. Bernas claimed the first two intermediate sprints and, his job done, sat up and went back to the bunch, leaving Dementyev, Dima, Weulink and Tomasz Budzinski to go it alone with almost three minutes on the field.

With 94km to go the peloton stopped at a level crossing for a minute, giving the breakaway a bit more time but still it was no threat to the lead of Konrad as the best-placed rider, Budzinski, was almost 14 minutes behind in the general classification.

The skies began to clear up and, as the quartet rode into the hilly final 40km with two classified climbs, their lead began to evaporate as did their ranks, with Budzinski the first to get dropped on the Cisnadioara. By the time the remaining three hit the final climb, the Calugarul they were back in the bunch. Mühlberger put in a stinging attack that split the peloton, taking the mountain points at the top.

Konrad, who had a mechanical before the top, made his way back to the front on the descent with a select group of around 15 riders. Bora-Hansgrohe continued to apply pressure but a chasing group rejoined to bring the number of riders at the front to 35 with 5km to go. Mühlberger marked the attacks for Konrad, keeping the bunch together under the 1km to banner.

Israel Start-Up Nation led out the sprint before Mühlberger put in another surge to lead out Ackermann who won the stage with ease.

Results :
1 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:58:58
2 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation
3 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
4 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo Delko Provence
5 Adam Toupalík (Cze) Elkov-Kasper
6 Patryk Stosz (Pol) Voster ATS Team
7 Pawel Bernas (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
8 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
9 Lars Kulbe (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
10 Petr Kelemen (Cze) CCC Development Team
11 Szymon Krawczyk (Pol) CCC Development Team
12 Adriaan Janssen (Ned) A Bloc CT
13 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) Voster ATS Team
14 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
15 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation
16 Robin Froidevaux (Swi) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus
17 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Voster ATS Team
18 Szymon Tracz (Pol) CCC Development Team
19 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
20 Gabriele Petrelli (Ita) Friuli Asd
21 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
22 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir
23 Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
24 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
25 Michal Schlegel (Cze) Elkov-Kasper
26 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Romania
27 Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
28 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
29 Piotr Pekala (Pol) CCC Development Team
30 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
31 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
32 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation
33 Karel Hník (Cze) Elkov-Kasper
34 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid
35 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
36 Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
37 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:10
38 Michal Podlaski (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
39 Matteo Busato (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:00:15
40 Manuel Zobrist (Swi) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus 0:00:55
41 Ivar Slik (Ned) A Bloc CT
42 Matteo Rotondi (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
43 Johannes Hodapp (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
44 Dario Puccioni (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
45 Stijn Appel (Ned) A Bloc CT
46 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
47 Nicolas Nesi (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
48 Erik Bergström Frisk (Swe) Bike Aid
49 Jeen De Jong (Ned) A Bloc CT
50 Mateusz Grabis (Pol) Voster ATS Team
51 Kacper Walkowiak (Pol) CCC Development Team
52 Martin Nessler (Ita) Friuli Asd
53 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
54 Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
55 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
56 Valère Thiébaud (Swi) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus
57 Jan Bárta (Cze) Elkov-Kasper
58 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
59 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Elkov-Kasper
60 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria
61 Dominik Gorak (Pol) CCC Development Team
62 Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Friuli Asd
63 Davide Bais (Ita) Friuli Asd
64 Anatolii Budiak (Ukr) Wibatech Merx
65 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
66 Mel Van der Veekens (Ned) A Bloc CT
67 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
68 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
69 Ivan Martinelli (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
70 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
71 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir
72 Antonio Zullo (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir
73 Riccardo Marchesini (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir
74 Antoine Debons (Swi) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus
75 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid
76 Michel Gießelmann (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:01:19
77 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
78 Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid
79 Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid
80 Wojciech Sykala (Pol) Voster ATS Team
81 Valter Ghigino (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
82 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Giotti Victoria
83 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) Elkov-Kasper
84 Per Christian Münstermann (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
85 Charly Petelin (Lux) Amore e Vita-Prodir
86 Jon Knolle (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
87 Marcin Budzinski (Pol) Wibatech Merx
88 Dusan Kalaba (Srb) Meridiana Kamen Team
89 Luca Raggio (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
90 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Start-Up Nation
91 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:01:37
92 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
93 Viktor Filutás (Hun) Giotti Victoria 0:04:29
94 Meindert Weulink (Ned) A Bloc CT 0:05:10
95 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
96 Yehor Dementyev (Ukr) Team Novak
97 Tomasz Budzinski (Pol) Wibatech Merx
98 Karol Kuklewicz (Pol) Wibatech Merx
99 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
100 Antonio Barac (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
101 Iustin-Ioan Vaidian (Ita) Romania
102 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Nippo Delko Provence
103 Rémi Capron (Fra) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus
104 Andrea Meucci (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir
105 Simone Sanò (Ita) Team Novak
106 Balazs Rozsa (Rou) Team Novak
107 Thomas Devaux (Fra) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus
108 Daniel Crista (Ita) Romania
109 Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Voster ATS Team
110 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation
111 Paolo Totò (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
112 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
113 Matija Lojen (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:10:08
114 Adi-Narcis Marcu (Ita) Romania
115 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria
116 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:17
117 Filippo Ferronato (Ita) Friuli Asd 0:12:08
118 Lorenzo Marenzi (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:15:34
119 Andrei Cosmin Bidilici (Ita) Romania
120 Ciprian Ioan Jitaru (Rom) Giotti Victoria
121 Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid
122 Valentin Plesea (Ita) Romania
123 András Szentpéteri (Hun) Team Novak 0:17:58
DNF Nicholas Rinaldi (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
DNF Michael Bresciani (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
DNF Pawel Szostka (Pol) Wibatech Merx

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 8:54:52
2 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:03
3 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:53
4 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence 0:01:20
5 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:02:40
6 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) Voster ATS Team 0:03:38
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:04:40
8 Karel Hník (Cze) Elkov-Kasper 0:04:45
9 Petr Kelemen (Cze) CCC Development Team 0:05:21
10 Robin Froidevaux (Swi) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus 0:05:28
11 Erik Bergström Frisk (Swe) Bike Aid 0:05:35
12 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:05:39
13 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir 0:05:40
14 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid 0:05:43
15 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega 0:06:05
16 Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:06:30
17 Michal Schlegel (Cze) Elkov-Kasper 0:06:32
18 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:07:32
19 Davide Bais (Ita) Friuli Asd 0:07:36
20 Antoine Debons (Swi) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus 0:08:00
21 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:08:17
22 Piotr Pekala (Pol) CCC Development Team
23 Jan Bárta (Cze) Elkov-Kasper 0:08:37
24 Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:08:49
25 Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:09:18
26 Matteo Busato (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:09:34
27 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid 0:09:43
28 Luca Raggio (Ita) D’Amico um Tools 0:09:46
29 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria 0:09:55
30 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:10:11
31 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence 0:10:56
32 Anatolii Budiak (Ukr) Wibatech Merx 0:11:11
33 Michal Podlaski (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski
34 Dario Puccioni (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega 0:11:15
35 Szymon Tracz (Pol) CCC Development Team 0:11:31
36 Marcin Budzinski (Pol) Wibatech Merx
37 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Romania 0:11:34
38 Jeen De Jong (Ned) A Bloc CT 0:11:58
39 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Elkov-Kasper 0:12:54
40 Antonio Zullo (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir 0:13:06
41 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:15:25
42 Gabriele Petrelli (Ita) Friuli Asd 0:15:40
43 Adam Toupalík (Cze) Elkov-Kasper 0:16:14
44 Dominik Gorak (Pol) CCC Development Team 0:16:23
45 Michel Gießelmann (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:16:48
46 Ivan Martinelli (Ita) D’Amico um Tools 0:16:57
47 Kacper Walkowiak (Pol) CCC Development Team 0:17:04
48 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Voster ATS Team 0:17:38
49 Viktor Filutás (Hun) Giotti Victoria 0:17:43
50 Martin Nessler (Ita) Friuli Asd 0:18:14
51 Paolo Totò (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega 0:18:19
52 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:18:27
53 Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Friuli Asd 0:18:36
54 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:18:46
55 Patryk Stosz (Pol) Voster ATS Team 0:18:54
56 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo Delko Provence 0:19:00
57 Tomasz Budzinski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:19:09
58 Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Voster ATS Team 0:19:43
59 Stijn Appel (Ned) A Bloc CT 0:19:48
60 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Nippo Delko Provence 0:20:08
61 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega 0:20:49
62 Meindert Weulink (Ned) A Bloc CT 0:21:20
63 Mateusz Grabis (Pol) Voster ATS Team 0:21:45
64 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria 0:21:52
65 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:22:38
66 Szymon Krawczyk (Pol) CCC Development Team 0:23:09
67 Adriaan Janssen (Ned) A Bloc CT 0:23:16
68 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence 0:24:22
69 Matteo Rotondi (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega 0:24:38
70 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Giotti Victoria 0:25:08
71 Wojciech Sykala (Pol) Voster ATS Team 0:25:13
72 Pawel Bernas (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:25:22
73 Andrea Meucci (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir
74 Riccardo Marchesini (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir 0:25:25
75 Valère Thiébaud (Swi) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus 0:25:32
76 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) Elkov-Kasper 0:25:33
77 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria 0:27:30
78 Mel Van der Veekens (Ned) A Bloc CT 0:27:48
79 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:28:42
80 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:28:48
81 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:28:58
82 Lars Kulbe (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:29:16
83 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:29:25
84 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:29:28
85 Manuel Zobrist (Swi) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus 0:29:46
86 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:29:47
87 Thomas Devaux (Fra) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus 0:29:52
88 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:29:53
89 Jon Knolle (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:30:04
90 Valter Ghigino (Ita) D’Amico um Tools 0:30:12
91 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
92 Nicolas Nesi (Ita) D’Amico um Tools 0:30:21
93 Dusan Kalaba (Srb) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:30:25
94 Johannes Hodapp (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:30:26
95 Per Christian Münstermann (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW 0:30:31
96 Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega 0:30:45
97 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence 0:30:56
98 Ivar Slik (Ned) A Bloc CT 0:31:13
99 Simone Sanò (Ita) Team Novak 0:31:51
100 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Amore e Vita-Prodir 0:33:23
101 Charly Petelin (Lux) Amore e Vita-Prodir 0:33:51
102 Adrian Banaszek (Pol) Mazowsze Serce Polski 0:34:19
103 Yehor Dementyev (Ukr) Team Novak 0:34:21
104 Daniel Crista (Ita) Romania 0:34:24
105 Antonio Barac (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:34:31
106 Balazs Rozsa (Rou) Team Novak 0:35:00
107 Karol Kuklewicz (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:38:37
108 Adi-Narcis Marcu (Ita) Romania 0:39:32
109 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:39:37
110 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:40:05
111 Rémi Capron (Fra) Akros-Excelsior-Thömus 0:40:06
112 Iustin-Ioan Vaidian (Ita) Romania 0:40:32
113 Matija Lojen (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:40:45
114 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:41:55
115 Justin Wolf (Ger) Bike Aid 0:47:19
116 András Szentpéteri (Hun) Team Novak 0:47:24
117 Andrei Cosmin Bidilici (Ita) Romania 0:47:35
118 Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid 0:47:59
119 Filippo Ferronato (Ita) Friuli Asd 0:48:00
120 Ciprian Ioan Jitaru (Rom) Giotti Victoria 0:48:42
121 Valentin Plesea (Ita) Romania 0:50:35
122 Matthias Schnapka (Ger) Bike Aid 1:20:26
123 Lorenzo Marenzi (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 1:20:41