Sibiu Cycling Tour 2020 – Stage 3b [FULL STAGE] (romanian)

July 26, 2020

Sibiu Cycling Tour 2020 – Stage 3b – Sibiu – Sibiu : 109 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 domination on the final day of the Sibiu Cycling Tour with his second win of the race. The German sprinter was once again in a league of his own on stage 3b finishing ahead of his teammate Michael Schwarzmann and Eduard-Michael Grosu (Nippo Delko One Provence).

“Of course, I am super happy with this second win,” Ackermann said in a team press release. “Our lead-out worked really well today, therefore it wasn’t as hectic as usual. Schwarzi launched the sprint on the cobble section and I had a perfect line into the final corner. Basically, I just had to cross the finish, while Schwarzi was able to take second.”

Ackermann’s teammate Gregor Mühlberger finished safely in the main field to seal the overall win for this team. The Austrian won the stage 3a time trial in convincing fashion earlier in the day after putting over a full minute into all his GC rivals.

“It was a nice week of racing with great success for us,” Mühlberger said. “I am really happy how my legs turned after that period without racing. Especially in the ITT I felt really good. I think we are well prepared for the upcoming weeks. We started quite early to train together at our camp in Ötztal in June and that might pay off now.”

Mühlberger finished top of the GC standings with another Bora-hansgrohe rider, Patrick Konrad finishing second overall. Matteo Badilatti (Israel Start-Up Nation) completing the podium.

“In general, I am happy with my performance this week,” Konrad said. “It felt great to be back to racing again and I think the whole team showed that we did our homework the last weeks. In the [stage 3a] TT today I didn’t feel as comfortable as on the mountain stage, but that’s ok, it is early days in our new season. Congratulations to Gregor, he was really impressive today. Now we can celebrate a lot of wins and jerseys.”

If Bora had it all their own way throughout most of the race little changed on the final stage. The German team controlled the peloton and then chased down the final break before setting up Ackermann in the finale. The fact that they still had a full quota of riders for the leadout only emphasized their total control. When they accelerated through the cobbled streets inside the final few hundred metres the race shattered, leaving Ackermann and Schwarzmann plenty of time to celebrate a worthy 1-2.

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

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