The French Nans Peters (AG2R Citroën) single-handedly prevailed in the 60th edition of the Laigueglia trophyan Italian one-day event held over a distance of 201.3 with a start and finish line in the Liguria town that gives the race its name.
Nans Peter (Grenoble, 28 years old), stage winner in the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia with breakaways, repeated the formula to win the Laigueglia Trophy under heavy rain, almost two and a half years after of his last victory at the “Grande Boucle”, then at Loudenvielle.
The French cyclist, who ended the drought for French riders in Laigueglia, since the last winner was Pascal Chanteur 25 years ago, reached the remaining finish line with a time of 5:08:29, 45 seconds ahead of his teammate. italian team Andrea Vendrame and Alessandro Covi (UAE Emirates), both in a group of 5 chasing runners.
The race was decided on the last circuit that had to be given 4 laps with the most climbs on the Colla Micheri (1.9 km at 8.6% and a maximum slope of 14. First there was a breakaway made up of eight Italians and a Belgian who endured the adventure until the first climb, when he attacked Lorenzo Rota (Interarché) to be alone.
broken was struck by Benoît Cosnefroy, Nans Peters, Andrea Vendrame, Natnael Tesfatsion, Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Andrea Piccolo and Alberto Bettiol. One of them, Nans Petersattacked under heavy rain after crowning the height with a descent compromised by weather conditions.
The Frenchman braced himself and courage and managed to open a one-minute lead in a quartet consisting of Gregoire, Champoussin, Covi and Vendrame. Advantage that Peters knows how to manage to reach the Ligurian town successfully, where he scored his third memorable victory as a professional, adding to Vendrame the double for his squad.
Source: La Verdad
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