The Italian Davide Ballerini (Quick Step Alpha Vinyl) imposed its strength in the sprint as the winner of the 103rd edition of Bernocchi Cupcontested start and finish in Legnano with a route of 190.7 km, where he overtook World Champion Remco Evenepoel on the list of winners.
Tenth professional victory for Ballerini (Cantú, 28 years old) and number 47 for Quick Step of the season. The Italian ended the good work of his team in the last km, where he first looked for a breakaway with Alaphilippe who was very active and then he was more than the approach to the finish line and the sprint launch.
At the finish line, Ballerini showed his best profile and managed to impose the law of the strongest ahead of New Zealander Corbin Strong (Israel Premier Tech) and another transalpine runner, Stefano Oldani (Alpecin Deceuninck). Asturian Iván García Cortina (Movistar) raced into the match, reaching fifth place. All had a time of 4h.18.00, at an average of 44.3 km/hour.
The end of the sprint after a day marked by the battle from the start and the breakaways, both at the start and in places that host up to 7 climbs on the Little Stelvio (1.5 km at 6.6 percent), the last of the 33 goals.
At the start, a four-man escape with two Spaniards, Jon Barrenetxea (Caja Rural) and Francisco Muñoz (Eolo Kometa), joined Frenchman Alan Jousseaume (Total Energies) and Italian Giuliuo Massoto (Corratec) in the adventure. . The quartet had a huge difference of 8 minutes before starting to face a streak of 7 promotions.
The escape endured until it was dismantled 48 minutes from the finish line, when Alaphilippe managed to explode the race with his ambition and his desire to attack in search of victory. A celebration of escapes and pursuits began in which the Spaniard Ion Izagirre and the Colombian from Movistar Einer Rubio entered their different chapters.
A group with Alaphilippe, Rubio, Hirschi and Jhonatan Narvaez among others pushed hard to reach the finish line with the natural team, but the peloton, so revolutionized, did not allow the escape for victory. At 9 from the finish line, the crowd regrouped.
Quick Step and UAE faced their interests to win the 103rd edition of the Bernocchi Cup. The Emiratis with Matteo Trentin, the Belgians with Ballerini, always protected by his teammates. The work of the UAE was wasted by a misinterpretation of an island before the direct arrival, losing the command position of the sprint group.
Quick Step launched Ballerini, and he fired at the right moment to never look back. An attack that led him to the top of the podium and to declare himself successor to the record of Remco Evenepoel, teammate.
Source: La Verdad
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