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Stan Van Tricht (Alpecin Deceuninck) gained the Coppa Bernocchi one-day race in northern Italy after being a part of the 155km breakaway.
The 25-year-old Belgian was nonetheless sturdy when different riders joined the assault after which performed the finale completely to take his first profession victory.
Bart Lemmen (Visma-Lease a Bike), who was additionally one of many first riders to assault, was caught with only a kilometre to go. Late attacker Pavel Sivakov (UAE Group Emirates) was closed down after which Van Tricht closed the hole on Neilson Powless (EF Training-EasyPost) to remain on the entrance and win.
Alex Baudin (Decathlon AG2R) was second and Roger Adrià (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was third. Powless was fourth.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Fast-Step) tried to cross to the assault with 80 km to go however was chased down by Primož Roglič’s Pink Invoice-Bora-Hansgrohe teammates. He and the opposite big-name riders completed within the peloton at 1:27, maybe serious about Tuesday’s Tre Valli Varesine, once they face Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates).
Van Tricht has nonetheless to trip a Grand Tour after two seasons with Soudal Fast-Step and this 12 months at Alpecin Deceuninck however clearly has the pace and tactical expertise for one-day races.
“It was a troublesome season however I do know I would discovered the legs in the previous few weeks. Then immediately I rode an ideal race by being within the breakaway. On the finish, I needed to be sensible, be certain that I stayed with the group after which go for the dash,” he defined.
“I used to be within the entrance as a result of there have been sturdy groups attacking. It was a powerful break and we might trip away and we knew we might go far, particularly with the rain, which makes it higher for the breakaway.
“I knew that I maybe had one of the best dash within the group but it surely’s troublesome with the fellows coming from behind. I had a great wheel on Roger Adrià after which I noticed Powless go and I knew I needed to react instantly.”
The way it unfolded
The Coppa Bernocchi is the second race of the ‘Trittico Lombardo’ collection that ends with Tuesday’s Tre Valli Varesine. One of the best rider of the three races historically wins a diamond as a particular prize.
The a hundred and fifth version of the Coppa Bernocchi began in Legnano with a trip north after which seven laps of the Valle Olona circuit earlier than a quick trip again to the end in Legnano.
The assaults got here as quickly because the race director’s automobile accelerated away. Lemmen was one of many first riders to assault and was a part of the primary actual break after 15km. Van Tricht was additionally trying to find a possibility, as had been Anthony Perez (Cofidis), Pierre Latour (Whole Energies) and Alessandro Pinarello (VF Bardiani Csf Faizanè).
The peloton allow them to go and the 5 opened a five-minute hole as they started the seven laps of the Valle Olona circuit to the east of Milan Malpensa airport. The 17km circuit included the Piccolo Stelvio and Caramamma climbs, with the native crowds gathering on the hairpins of the Piccolo Stelvio.
Throughout the fourth climb of Piccolo Stelvio, with 80 km to race, Evenepoel made a shock assault to attempt to cross to the breakaway after his Soudal Fast-Step teammates massed on the entrance and break up the peloton.
Mauri Vansevenant managed to go together with him and Marc Hirschi and Pavel Sivakov joined (UAE Group Emirates) them. Their hole to the break was right down to 2:40 on the summit of the Piccolo Stelvio, with the peloton at 3:00.
Nonetheless, Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe missed the transfer and so chased at pace. When the big-name quartet was caught, Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe despatched Adrià in a counter-attack and Sivakov, Baudin and Powless joined him.
On the final climb of the Piccolo Stelvio, Lemmen attacked alone, opening a niche on the survivors of the break, with Adrià, Sivakov, Baudin and Powless at 55 seconds.
The chasers ultimately got here along with 27 km to race, making a chase of six, with Pinarello and Van Tricht surviving the high-speed surges by Adrià, Sivakov, Baudin and Powless. The peloton was at virtually two minutes and so with no likelihood of victory.
Lemmen used his time-trialling prowess to carry off the well-organised chase. The hole was simply 20 seconds with 15km to go and 13 seconds with 5 kilometres to go however Lemmen refused to surrender and briefly appeared to have an opportunity of victory.
The rising highway to the final kilometre proved an excessive amount of for Lemmen and he was caught as they turned a nook underneath the flamme rouge. Sivakov tried a late assault however was quickly pulled again. Then Powless tried his hand inside the ultimate 5 hundred metres.
The American received a niche however Van Tricht took a danger, chased him down after which powered on to guide out the dash. No person might match his pace so Van Tricht celebrated his well-deserved first skilled victory in Legnano.
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