Trofeo Laigueglia 2020 [LAST 30 KM] (italian)

February 16, 2020

Trofeo Laigueglia 2020 – Laigueglia – Laigueglia : 203 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.

Giulio Ciccone (Italy National Team) won the Trofeo Laigueglia, soloing off the front of a late attack group on the hilly closing circuit on the Ligurian coast. The 25-year-old beat Biniam Girmay (Nippo Delko One Provence) and Diego Rosa (Arkéa-Samsic) by 31 seconds to secure the sixth win of his career.

The Italian had made it away with the duo and Marco Tizza (Amore & Vita-Prodir) on the second of four laps in Laigueglia, some 30km from the finish.

The quartet built up a strong lead over the hills, despite the efforts of Vini Zabù-KTM behind.

Ciccone, who usually rides for trade team Trek-Segafredo, took his chance 10km from the line on the final ascent of the Colla Micheri, staying away to the end to clinch victory on his first race day of the season.

“Leaving the mark at the first race of the year is a great feeling,” said Ciccone via Trek-Segafredo press release. “Honestly, I knew I was good at training camp, we worked very well there, and in the last few days, I’ve been fine-tuning the condition to be ready for this race. But having a good feeling and winning, of course, is not mathematical.

“When we started the climb for the last time, I knew it could be the right time to go solo. Rosa was pulling hard to make the selection, and I waited for his drop in speed to make my attack. From there to the finish line, there was still one more KOM and a tricky false flat stretch – that was the point that worried me the most.”

How it unfolded

The Trofeo Laigueglia marked the start of the Italian race season and the beginning of the season-long Coppa Italia competition. The 203km semi-classic is also the first one-day race of the newly introduced ProSeries calendar.

With two large hills en route in the form of Cima Paravenna and Testico, plus four laps of a hilly circuit to finish, the race usually sees puncheurs and climbers triumph.

A fast start saw the break of the day form after 33km of racing, with Antonio Di Sante (Sangemini-Trevigiani-MG. K Vis) and Matteo Basseggio (General Store-Essegibi-F.lli Curia) getting away and quickly building an eight-minute gap.

Back in the peloton, the Italian national team (Giulio Ciccone), Arkéa-Samsic (Diego Rosa), and Vini Zabù-KTM (Giovanni Visconti) worked at the front in service of their leaders.

At the 110km mark on Testico, Arkéa took over, swiftly bringing the gap down to three minutes. It would only fall from there, with the descent seeing another minute drop away.

As the leaders began the first of four laps of the final circuit, it was almost over. They were duly caught the first time up the Colla Micheri (2km at 8.2 per cent), while the Capo Mele – a fixture on Milan-San Remo – lay in wait.

Diego Rosa jumped away the second time up the climb, bringing Ciccone, Girmay and Tizza along for the ride.

The quartet enjoyed a 25-second lead as Vini Zabù led the chase. The next time up Micheri, Evgeny Shalunov (Gazprom-RusVelo) led a small group in pursuit with Lorenzo Rota (Vini Zabù-KTM), Davide Gabburo (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) and Andrea Vendrame (AG2R La Mondiale).

Tizza was the first to drop back from the lead group, and soon after there was movement off the front as Ciccone made his move on the final ascent of Micheri with 10km to go. Girmay and Rosa chased hard, but Ciccone enjoyed a 15-second advantage on the Capo Mele.

From there, it was simply a fight for the minor placings as Ciccone soloed home. Girmay out-sprinted Rosa for second, while Vendrame was best of the rest in fourth.

Results :
1 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Italy National Team 5:10:27
2 Biniam Hailu (Eri) Nippo Delko One Provence 0:00:32
3 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea – Samsic
4 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:17
5 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
6 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo
7 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:01:21
8 Marco Tizza (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir 0:01:48
9 Andreas Lorentz Kron (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:01:55
10 Filippo Conca (Ita) Biesse Arvedi
11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM 0:02:07
12 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
13 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom – RusVelo
14 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
15 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Biesse Arvedi
16 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
17 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Nippo Delko One Provence
19 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Nippo Delko One Provence
20 Dayer Quintana (Col) Team Arkea – Samsic
21 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
22 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM 0:02:11
23 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM 0:02:19
24 Matteo Busato (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
25 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Italy National Team 0:03:53
26 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic 0:05:35
27 Francesco Romano (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
28 Davide Casarotto (Ita) General Store – Essegibi – F.lli Curia
29 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
30 Daniel Smarzaro (Ita) General Store – Essegibi – F.lli Curia
31 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo
32 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Luca Raggio (Ita) Area Zero – D’Amico – UM Tools
34 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:38
36 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo
37 Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami – TSA – Marchiol 0:08:00
38 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:08:57
39 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
40 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
41 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:09:51
42 Paolo Totò (Ita) Work Service – Dynatek – Vega
43 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria
44 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
45 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
46 Ivan Martinelli (Ita) Area Zero – D’Amico – UM Tools
47 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom – RusVelo
48 Raffaele Radice (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.k Vis
49 Andrea Piccolo (Ita) Team Colpack – Ballan
50 Karel Vacek (Cze) Team Colpack – Ballan
51 Alessio Martinelli (Ita) Team Colpack – Ballan
52 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Riccardo Lucca (Ita) General Store – Essegibi – F.lli Curia
54 Marc Oliver Pritzen (RSA) NTT Continental Cycling Team
55 Samuele Rubino (Ita) NTT Continental Cycling Team
56 Michael Belleri (Ita) Biesse Arvedi
DNF Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom – RusVelo
DNF Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo
DNF Riccardo Bobbo (Ita) NTT Continental Cycling Team
DNF Mattia Guasco (Ita) NTT Continental Cycling Team
DNF Martin Lavrič (Slo) NTT Continental Cycling Team
DNF Leonardo Marchiori (Ita) NTT Continental Cycling Team
DNF Daniele Braidot (Ita) Italy National Team
DNF Luca Braidot (Ita) Italy National Team
DNF Luca Coati (Ita) Italy National Team
DNF Niccolò Ferri (Ita) Italy National Team
DNF Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Italy National Team
DNF Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Nippo Delko One Provence
DNF Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Nippo Delko One Provence
DNF Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Nippo Delko One Provence
DNF Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Nippo Delko One Provence
DNF Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
DNF Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
DNF Andrea Di Renzo (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
DNF Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
DNF Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Romain Le Roux (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
DNF Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
DNF Matteo Baseggio (Ita) General Store – Essegibi – F.lli Curia
DNF Zahiri Abderrahim (Mar) General Store – Essegibi – F.lli Curia
DNF Riccardo Tosin (Ita) General Store – Essegibi – F.lli Curia
DNF Sander Andersen (Den) General Store – Essegibi – F.lli Curia
DNF Michael Bresciani (Ita) Area Zero – D’Amico – UM Tools
DNF Nicholas Rinaldi (Ita) Area Zero – D’Amico – UM Tools
DNF Daniel Nastasi (Ita) Area Zero – D’Amico – UM Tools
DNF Nicolas Nesi (Ita) Area Zero – D’Amico – UM Tools
DNF Orlando Pitzanti (Ita) Area Zero – D’Amico – UM Tools
DNF Matteo Carboni (Ita) Biesse Arvedi
DNF Jacopo Menegotto (Ita) Biesse Arvedi
DNF Davide Plebani (Ita) Biesse Arvedi
DNF Stefano Taglietti (Ita) Biesse Arvedi
DNF Davide Baldaccini (Ita) Team Colpack – Ballan
DNF Giulio Masotto (Ita) Team Colpack – Ballan
DNF Tommaso Rigatti (Ita) Team Colpack – Ballan
DNF Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Team Colpack – Ballan
DNF Francesco Di Felice (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.k Vis
DNF Alessandro Marinozzi (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.k Vis
DNF Riccardo Ciuccarelli (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.k Vis
DNF Niccolo’ Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.k Vis
DNF Antonio Di Sante (Ita) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.k Vis
DNF Artur Sowinski (Pol) Sangemini – Trevigiani – Mg.k Vis
DNF Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Beltrami – TSA – Marchiol
DNF Simone Raccani (Ita) Beltrami – TSA – Marchiol
DNF Marco Grendene (Ita) Beltrami – TSA – Marchiol
DNF Massimo Orlandi (Ita) Beltrami – TSA – Marchiol
DNF Nicolo’ Parisini (Ita) Beltrami – TSA – Marchiol
DNF Matúš Štoček (Svk) Beltrami – TSA – Marchiol
DNF Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service – Dynatek – Vega
DNF Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service – Dynatek – Vega
DNF Dario Puccioni (Ita) Work Service – Dynatek – Vega
DNF Matteo Rotondi (Ita) Work Service – Dynatek – Vega
DNF Antonio Santoro (Ita) Work Service – Dynatek – Vega
DNF Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service – Dynatek – Vega
DNF Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria
DNF Matteo Gaido (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Ciprian Ioan Jitaru (Rom) Giotti Victoria
DNF Viktor Filutás (Hun) Giotti Victoria
DNF Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
DNF Raul-Antonio Sinza (Rom) Giotti Victoria
DNF Yukinori Hishinuma (Jpn) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Andrea Meucci (Ita) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Kristaps Pelcers (Lat) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNF Charly Petelin (Lux) Amore & Vita – Prodir
DNS August Jensen (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team