
Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
Stage 2) Riccione - Sogliano al Rubicone
Italy
Wednesday 24 March 2021
163.5 km
Vansevenant moves up in Coppi e Bartali GC

In his first race since winning the GP Industria & Artigianato, Mauri Vansevenant showed again his offensive nature, lighting up the hard stage 2 between Riccione and Sogliano al Rubicone with a powerful attack launched just as the road was beginning to rise inside twelve kilometers to go. Joined by Juan Ayuso (Team Colpack Ballan), the Belgian quickly opened a 25-second gap on the peloton, which was numbering two dozen or so riders, including his Deceuninck – Quick-Step teammate Mikkel Honoré.
With the flamme rouge in sight, Mauri dropped his companion and entered the final kilometer with 13 seconds in hand, but the four-man chasing group closed in rapidly on the tough slopes to the finish and caught him a frustratingly 200 meters from the line. The all-out effort he had put in until then began took its toll and the 21-year-old couldn’t be in contention for the victory, which went to Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), who also pulled on the leader’s jersey that Mark Cavendish sported on Wednesday.
“I attacked because nobody was controlling in the final part of the stage and I sensed it could be the right moment to make a move. I went clear together with another guy with more than ten kilometers to go and on the climb I could dispatch him thanks to a strong acceleration. At one point, I had 20 seconds on the chasers, but they came back with 200-250 meters to go. Finishing in the top 10 it’s a good result, but I’m a bit disappointed having come so close to another victory today”, explained Mauri, who is seventh in the general classification of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, just 11 seconds off the lead.
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Race details
1 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Team Jumbo-Visma |
4:17:43 |
2 |
Iván Ramiro Sosa Cuervo INEOS Grenadiers |
0:00 |
3 |
Nick Schultz Team BikeExchange |
0:04 |
4 |
Ben Hermans Israel Start-Up Nation |
0:04 |
5 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:04 |
6 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:10 |
7 |
Ilan Van Wilder Team DSM |
0:10 |
8 |
Marco Brenner Team DSM |
0:10 |
9 |
Sergio Henao Montoya Team Qhubeka |
0:10 |
10 |
Javier Romo Astana - Premier Tech |
0:10 |
13 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:13 |
101 |
Mark Cavendish
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
14:55 |
114 |
Shane Archbold
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
15:58 |
143 |
Ian Garrison
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
18:53 |
1 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Team Jumbo-Visma |
6:48:25 |
2 |
Iván Ramiro Sosa Cuervo INEOS Grenadiers |
0:01 |
3 |
Ben Hermans Israel Start-Up Nation |
0:03 |
4 |
Nick Schultz Team BikeExchange |
0:05 |
5 |
Javier Romo Astana - Premier Tech |
0:10 |
6 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:11 |
7 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:11 |
8 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:14 |
9 |
Kevin Colleoni Team BikeExchange |
0:20 |
10 |
Sergio Henao Montoya Team Qhubeka |
0:31 |
92 |
Mark Cavendish
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
14:52 |
114 |
Shane Archbold
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
16:54 |
124 |
Ian Garrison
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
18:54 |
1 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Team Jumbo-Visma |
10 pt |
2 |
Jakub Mareczko Vini Zabù |
10 pt |
3 |
Iván Ramiro Sosa Cuervo INEOS Grenadiers |
8 pt |
4 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
8 pt |
5 |
Mark Cavendish
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
8 pt |
6 |
Nick Schultz Team BikeExchange |
6 pt |
7 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
6 pt |
8 |
Ben Hermans Israel Start-Up Nation |
5 pt |
9 |
Luca Coati Team Qhubeka |
5 pt |
10 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
3 pt |
1 |
Márton Dina EOLO-Kometa |
16 pt |
2 |
Mattia Petrucci Team Colpack Ballan |
11 pt |
3 |
Raffaele Radice Mg.k Vis VPM |
11 pt |
4 |
Francesco Zandri Work Service Marchiol Vega |
10 pt |
5 |
Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun Euskaltel - Euskadi |
4 pt |
6 |
Emil Dima Giotti Victoria - Savini Due |
4 pt |
7 |
James Piccoli Israel Start-Up Nation |
3 pt |
8 |
Ian Garrison
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
3 pt |
9 |
Edoardo Zardini Vini Zabù |
2 pt |
10 |
Lorenzo Fortunato EOLO-Kometa |
2 pt |
12 |
Mark Cavendish
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Javier Romo Astana - Premier Tech |
6:48:35 |
2 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:01 |
3 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:01 |
4 |
Kevin Colleoni Team BikeExchange |
0:10 |
5 |
Ilan Van Wilder Team DSM |
0:31 |
6 |
Marco Brenner Team DSM |
0:31 |
7 |
Alessandro Fancellu EOLO-Kometa |
0:36 |
8 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
0:41 |
9 |
Natnael Tesfatsion Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec |
0:45 |
10 |
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec |
0:50 |
57 |
Ian Garrison
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
18:44 |
1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 20:02:40 |
2 | Team DSM | 1:20 |
3 | Astana - Premier Tech | 1:21 |
4 | Trek - Segafredo | 1:22 |
5 | Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 1:40 |
6 | Team BikeExchange | 2:57 |
7 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2:58 |
8 | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 3:02 |
9 | EOLO-Kometa | 3:14 |
10 | Israel Start-Up Nation | 4:34 |