The swiss Marc Hirschiof the UAE Emirates team, won this Thursday alone in the 71st edition of the Sabatini Cup, which will be held on 198.9 kilometers from the start and finish in the city of Peccioli in Italy, and did it ahead of Frenchman Pavel Sivakov ( INEOS Grenadiers ) and his teammate the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.
Hirschi, 25, sealed his thirteenth professional victory and sixth this season by crossing the finish line two seconds ahead of Sivakov, winner the day before the Giro de la Toscana, and 18 of the trio of rider led by Pogacar.
The Swiss and the Frenchman abandoned a group of escapees, formed with only 50 kilometers to go, and 13 remained. In the final battle for victory between the two, Hirschi was the strongest to win by a two-second margin.
In the sprint for the podium, Pogacar defeated the Frenchman Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) and the Kazakh Alexey Lutsenko (Astana). Behind, in 2:10, is the Italian Walter Calzoni (Q36.5 Pro), and in 2:17 is the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost).
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Source: La Verdad
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