Tour of Sicily 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

September 30, 2021

Tour of Sicily 2021 – Stage 3 – Termini Imerese – Caronia : 180 km

The Giro di Sicilia is a four-day stage race held entirely on, you guessed it, Sicily – an island in the Mediterranean Sea just south of Italy. The race is one of the oldest on the cycling calendar, having hosted its first edition way back in 1907. Despite being so old, the race has only run 24 times and has experienced a number of long hiatuses. The longest of these was between 1977 and 2019. In 2019 the race was revived, and assigned a 2.1 rating by the UCI, placing it firmly alongside other third tier stage races. Since being revived the Giro di Sicilia has only hosted one edition, but it’s back this year and promises to be bigger and better than ever. This year’s race will follow a slightly different route, with four unpredictable medium-mountain stages that’ll suit the all-rounders.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won stage 3 of the Giro di Sicilia on Thursday, hitting stride in the final two corners of the last 100 metres of the 180km race from Termini Imerese to Caronia. Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) finished second, followed by Jhonathan Restrepo (Androni-Giocattoli) in third.

The podium of the stage also reflected the new trio in the general classification lead, Valverde with seven seconds over Covi, and another two in front of Restrepo. With his second place finish, Covi will wear the white jersey as leader of the young riders classification. Ben King (Rally Cycling) is the mountains classification leader and Juan Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates), who won the first two stages, leads the points classification.

The eight-rider break of the day had a lead of 3:55 with 75km to go – David González (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA), Samuele Rivi (EOLO-Kometa), Damiano Cima (Gazprom-RusVelo), Paul Double (Mg.k Vis VPM), Alex Tolio (Zalf Euromobil Fior), Francesco Zandri (Work Service Marchiol Vega), Davide Orrico (Vini Zabù) and King. All efforts were pulled back when the pace was lifted by the Movistar-led charge, which reduced the field to 30 riders, and set up the win for Valverde.

It was his third victory of the season for Valverde, who returned to racing one month after he crashed and broke his collarbone in the Vuelta a España.

“So happy to have achieved this victory! We came here today with an aim at claiming the victory, and we succeeded – even if the end of the day was a bit unexpected. It was unfortunate to lost control of the bike over those cables, but I think it won’t be too serious, Valverde said in a team statement after the finish.

“It’s a victory that brings me so much peace of mind, knowing now that I’m doing OK. I’ve been able to train well these past few weeks, I recovered fast and I showed again today I’m fine. My goal, both here in Sicilia and in the next few days, is to gain some racing form to be up there for Il Lombardia.”

Results :
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 4:42:29
2 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
3 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
4 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
5 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM
6 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
7 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
8 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
9 Alessio Martinelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
10 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
12 Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
13 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling
14 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
15 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
16 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:10
17 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
18 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
19 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
20 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
21 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
22 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:27
23 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
24 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
25 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:34
27 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
29 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
30 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore e Vita
31 Nathan Brown (USA) Rally Cycling 0:00:47
32 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
33 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:01:13
34 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
35 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:18
36 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
37 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:40
38 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
39 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM
40 Asbjorn Hellemose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:19
41 Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling
42 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:02:50
43 Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM
44 Mason Hollyman (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:03:13
45 Paul Double (GBr) Mg.k Vis VPM
46 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:03:27
47 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:04:01
48 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:26
49 Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:41
50 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
51 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
52 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
53 Alex Tolio (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:04:59
54 Sergio Meris (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan 0:11:15
55 Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
56 Kristian Javier Yustre Rodriguez (Col) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
57 Abner González Rivera (PuR) Movistar Team
58 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
59 Riccardo Verza (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
60 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
61 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
62 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo
63 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
64 Damiano Cima (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
65 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally Cycling
66 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
67 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Rally Cycling
69 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
70 Giacomo Cassara (Ita) Amore e Vita 0:16:03
71 Paolo Toto (Ita) Amore e Vita
72 Matteo Zurlo (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
73 Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) D’Amico um Tools
74 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
75 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
76 Adriano Brogi (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
77 Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
78 Iker Ballarin Manso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
79 Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
80 Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
81 Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
82 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
83 Mattia Benedetti (Ita) Amore e Vita
84 Jokin Aranburu Arruti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
85 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
86 Niccolo Salvietti (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
87 Nicolas Nesi (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
88 Francesco Di Felice (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
89 Nikolay Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
90 Jacopo Cortese (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
91 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
92 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates
93 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
94 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
95 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
96 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
97 Alberto Serrano Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
98 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
99 Francesco Carollo (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
100 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
101 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
102 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
103 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
104 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
105 Giovanni Bortoluzzi (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
106 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling
107 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
108 Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
109 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
110 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Rally Cycling
111 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
112 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
113 Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
114 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation
115 Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali 0:18:30
116 Stefano Gandin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
117 Fabio Di Guglielmo (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
118 Paul Wright (NZl) Mg.k Vis VPM
119 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
120 Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
121 Eric Paties Montagner (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:19:37
122 Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:19:59
123 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:20:07
124 Paolo Simion (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
125 Daniel Smarzaro (Ita) D’Amico um Tools 0:20:30
126 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 13:45:18
2 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:07
3 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:09
4 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
5 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:00:12
6 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:00:13
7 Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
8 Alessio Martinelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
9 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
11 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
12 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
13 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
14 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
15 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling
16 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:23
17 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
18 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
19 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
20 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
21 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
22 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:40
23 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
24 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
25 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:45
27 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore e Vita 0:00:47
28 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
29 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
30 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
31 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:01:00
32 Nathan Brown (USA) Rally Cycling
33 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:01:20
34 Davide Orrico (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:01:26
35 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:31
36 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:51
37 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:53
38 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM
39 Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling 0:02:32
40 Asbjorn Hellemose (Den) Trek-Segafredo
41 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:03:03
42 Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM
43 Paul Double (GBr) Mg.k Vis VPM 0:03:26
44 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:03:40
45 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:04:14
46 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:39
47 Mason Hollyman (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:42
48 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:04:54
49 Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
51 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
52 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 0:05:02
53 Alex Tolio (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:05:12
54 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Rally Cycling 0:11:26
55 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:11:28
56 Riccardo Verza (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
57 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
58 Kristian Javier Yustre Rodriguez (Col) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
59 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
60 Abner González Rivera (PuR) Movistar Team
61 Damiano Cima (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
62 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally Cycling
63 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
64 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
65 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66 Sergio Meris (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
67 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo
68 Nicola Plebani (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
69 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:13:07
70 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:15:56
71 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:10
72 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:16:12
73 Matteo Zurlo (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 0:16:13
74 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:16:16
75 Francesco Di Felice (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
76 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
77 Nicolas Nesi (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
78 Jokin Aranburu Arruti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
79 Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
80 Alberto Serrano Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
81 Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) D’Amico um Tools
82 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
83 Francesco Carollo (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
84 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
85 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
86 Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) D’Amico um Tools
87 Paolo Toto (Ita) Amore e Vita
88 Stefano Di Benedetto (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
89 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
90 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
91 Adriano Brogi (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
92 Edoardo Faresin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
93 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
94 Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
95 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
96 Nikolay Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
97 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
98 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
99 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates
100 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM
101 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
102 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling
103 Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:16:46
104 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Rally Cycling 0:17:38
105 Jacopo Cortese (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM 0:17:54
106 Giacomo Cassara (Ita) Amore e Vita 0:18:11
107 Mattia Benedetti (Ita) Amore e Vita
108 Giovanni Bortoluzzi (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek
109 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:35
110 Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo-Rime-Carnovali 0:18:43
111 Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Team Colpack Ballan
112 Stefano Gandin (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior
113 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria Savini Due
114 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Brado KTM 0:20:16
115 Paolo Simion (Ita) Giotti Victoria Savini Due 0:20:20
116 Fabio Di Guglielmo (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM 0:20:22
117 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:20:43
118 Eric Paties Montagner (Ita) Work Service-Marchiol-Dynatek 0:21:45
119 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:22:48
120 Niccolo Salvietti (Ita) Mg.k Vis VPM
121 Iker Ballarin Manso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
122 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
123 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation