Trofeo Laigueglia 2019 [LAST 35 KM]

February 17, 2019

Trofeo Laigueglia 2019 – Laigueglia – Laigueglia : 203,7 km

The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi. In 2015, it was held as a 1.HC event.

Simone Velasco (Nero Sottoli – Sella Italia – KTM) won the Trofeo Laigueglia through a long solo effort, conquering the climbs and taking every risk on the rolling course. Nicola Bagioli (Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizane) won the sprint from small group for second, with Matteo Sobrero of the Italian national team taking third.

It was the first professional career win for the 23-year-old Velasco. He jumped from the peloton with three others as the race entered the first lap of the closing circuit and soon took off for his near 50km solo effort.

A group of seven got away within the first 20km of this hilly race. Jonas Aaen (Riwal Readynez), Michael Piccot (Biesse Carrera), Giulio Masotto (Team Colpack), Andrea Ferrari (Iseo Serrature Rime Carnovali), Evgeny Kobernyak (Gazprom Rusvelo), Federico Burchio ( D’Amico UM Tools) and Emanuele Amadio (Ct Friuli) quickly established a large gap.

The early gap of 7:25 slowly dropped, and as they hit the halfway point, their lead had been whittled down to three and a half minutes. But from there it started dropping rapidly.

After 141km, the break was over, as the four leaders were caught by a group of about 40 riders, and soon the whole peloton came back together.

As they entered the first lap of the closing circuit, four riders got away: Simone Velasco (Neri Sottoli), Alexander Cataford (Israel Cycling Academy), Andrea Toniatti (Colpack), and Jacopo Mosca (D’Amico-UM Tools). Velasco then took off solo.

The Italian took every risk on the descents of the Colla Micheri, included on each lap. Toniatti was dropped, and Cataford and Mosca joined forces in pursuit of the leader. Velasco maintained about a 25 second lead on the chase group, which had grown to six, with the peloton another minute behind them.

With 21km to go, Velasco had 21 seconds on the climb, with the chase group now back to Cataford, Mosca, Giulio Ciccone (Italy National Team) and Matteo Monteguti ( Androni Giacattoli – Sidermac).

Velasco’s gap had dipped to under 20 seconds at one point, giving hope to the pursuers, but he dug deep and pulled it back to more than 30 seconds. AG2R led a furious chase up the final climb, as Velasco continued to pull away.

Killian Frankiny of Groupama-FDJ had moved up and formed a new chase group with Ciccone and Nicola Bagioli (Nippo Vini Fantini Faizane).

Velasco held doggedly to his lead, looking back numerous times in the final kilometer, as if he could not believe he saw no chasers. He had plenty of time for an enthusiastic celebration as he crossed the line for the victory, before giving in to tears of joy.

Results :
1 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 5:10:21
2 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:00:42
3 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Dimension Data Continental
4 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
5 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
7 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
8 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
9 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:18
11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
12 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
13 Romain Hardy (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
14 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
15 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
16 Ivan Martinelli (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
17 Davide Botta (Ita) Team Colpack
18 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
19 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
20 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
21 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:01:22
22 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:24
23 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:02:35
24 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:39
25 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
26 Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis 0:03:14
27 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore & Vita
28 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
29 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
30 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
31 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
32 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
33 Simone Zandomeneghi (Ita) Iseo Serrature-Rime-Carnovali
34 Andrea Toniatti (Ita) Team Colpack
35 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
36 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:16
37 Moreno Moser (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
38 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
39 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:46
40 Mattia Bais (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:03:57
41 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
42 Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:58
43 Matteo Busato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
44 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
45 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Biesse Carrera
46 Filippo Conca (Ita) Biesse Carrera 0:04:36
47 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Team Colpack
48 Denis Marian Vulcan (Rom) Giotti Victoria
49 Florian Vachon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
50 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
51 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
52 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
53 Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
54 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
55 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
56 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
57 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
58 Filippo Bertone (Ita) Iseo Serrature-Rime-Carnovali
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
60 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
61 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
62 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
63 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Biesse Carrera
64 Filippo Zana (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
65 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Team Colpack
66 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:46
67 Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 0:06:15
68 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:06:58
69 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
70 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
71 Lorenzo Delcó (Swi) Biesse Carrera 0:07:22
72 Filippo Tagliani (Ita) Italy 0:09:44
73 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Cezary Grodzicki (Ita) Italy
DNF Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Romain Le Roux (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Brice Feillu (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
DNF Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Evgeny Kobernyak (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
DNF Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Luca Raggio (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
DNF Jonas Aaen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
DNF Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
DNF Nicolai Philip Brochner Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
DNF Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Alberto Amici (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Matteo Bellia (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Michel Piccot (Ita) Biesse Carrera
DNF Federico Burchio (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
DNF Roman Kustadinchev (Rus) D’Amico Um Tools
DNF Orlando Pitzanti (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
DNF Angelo Raffaele (Ita) D’Amico Um Tools
DNF Paolo Baccio (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Jalel Duranti (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Giulio Masotto (Ita) Team Colpack
DNF Emanuele Amadio (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
DNF Davide Bais (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
DNF Alberto Giuriato (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
DNF Massimo Orlandi (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli ASD
DNF Marco Bernardinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Deins Kanepejs (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Andrea Meucci (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Kristaps Pelcers (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir
DNF Ottavio Dotti (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Tommaso Fiaschi (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Matteo Furlan (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Wilson Estiben Pena Molano (Col) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Matús Stocek (Svk) Beltramitsa Hoppla’ Petroli Firenze
DNF Mattia Baldo (Ita) Iseo Serrature-Rime-Carnovali
DNF Andrea Ferrari (Ita) Iseo Serrature-Rime-Carnovali
DNF Nicholas Rinaldi (Ita) Iseo Serrature-Rime-Carnovali
DNF Mirco Sartori (Ita) Iseo Serrature-Rime-Carnovali
DNF Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Iseo Serrature-Rime-Carnovali
DNF Daniel Crista (Rom) Giotti Victoria
DNF Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria
DNF Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Simone Sterbini (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Leonardo Bonifazio (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
DNF Antonio Di Sante (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
DNF Gianni Pugi (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis
DNF Niccolo’ Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini-Trevigiani-Mg.K Vis