PODIO REGALE ALLA PRIMA DEL TOUR OF BRITAIN: GREIPEL SU EWAN E GAVIRIA
Alcuni dei bei nomi tra i velocisti del movimento ciclistico si sono dati appuntamento in terra di Albione per il locale Tour. Ad aggiudicarsi la prima tappa è stato il “gorilla” Greipel che ha regolato Ewan e Gaviria, saliti sul podio di giornata.
In questa domenica di inizio settembre piena di appuntamenti ciclistici, ha preso il via con la Pembrey Country Park – Newport l’edizione 2018 dell Tour of Britain. Dei 175 km di gara sono stati decisivi più o meno gli ultimi sette. È stata in quest’ultimo tratto che la corsa si è accesa, anche per la presenza prossimità del traguardo del muro di Belmont Hill, 800 metri al 9,3%. In quek punto si portavano in testa alla corsa Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors), Jonathan Hivert (Direct Énergie), Bob Jungels (Quick Step Floors) e Mads Würtz Schmidt (Team Katusha-Alpecin). Questo quartetto, ben assortito, faceva ipotizzare che questa prima tappa se la fossero giocata loro ed in particolare Jungels che, grazie all’aiuto di Alaphilippe, forzava l’andatura provando l’azione solitaria. La galoppata del corridore lussemburghese terminava però sotto l’arco dell’ultimo chilometro, imboccato dai team dei velocisti già organizzati nei vari treni.
La prima delle ruote veloci a uscire al vento era Fernando Gaviria (Quick Step Floors), che faceva così da punto di riferimento per i rimontanti André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) e Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton Scott), che lo precederanno anche nell’ordine d’arrivo. A completare la top ten troviamo Gabriel Cullaigh (Team Wiggins), Jurgen Roelandts (BMC Racing Team). Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Ethan Hayter (Gran Bretagna), Paolo Simion (Bardiani CSF), Vincenzo Albanese (Bardiani CSF) e Wout Poels (Team Sky).
Domani è in programma un’insidiosa frazione collinare di 175 km disegnata sulle strade della Cornovaglia, da Cranbrook a Barnstaple, superando sette brevi ascese la più impegnativa delle quali è la Challacombe Hill (1900 metri al 9,1%), da affrontare ad una ventina di chilometri dal traguardo.
Mario Prato
ORDINE D’ARRIVO
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 4:00:54
2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
3 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) Quick – Step Floors
4 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins
5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bmc Racing Team
6 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
7 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain
8 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani Csf
9 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani Csf
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
11 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
12 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
13 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb
14 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
15 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Dimension Data
16 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain
17 Rick Zabel (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
18 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Joseph Nally (GBr) Great Britain
20 Emils Liepins (Lat) One Pro Cycling
21 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin
22 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
23 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
24 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
25 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
26 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
27 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
28 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data
30 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Jlt Condor
31 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
32 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
33 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Bmc Racing Team
34 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani Csf
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
36 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data
37 Taylor Phinney (USA) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
38 Jonathan Mould (GBr) Jlt Condor
39 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Team Wiggins
40 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
42 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
43 Stefan Küng (Swi) Bmc Racing Team
44 Fred Wright (GBr)
45 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
46 Maximilian Stedman (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
47 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Lokosphinx
48 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick – Step Floors
49 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
50 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick – Step Floors
51 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
52 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
53 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon Eisberg
54 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Development Team Sunweb
55 Matthew Teggart (Irl) Team Wiggins
56 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bmc Racing Team
57 Mads Schmidt Würtz (Den) Team Katusha Alpecin
58 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
59 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data
60 Edmund Bradbury (GBr) Jlt Condor
61 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
62 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
63 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
64 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
65 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
66 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Bmc Racing Team
67 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
68 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) One Pro Cycling
69 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani Csf
70 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Quick – Step Floors
71 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
72 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani Csf
73 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick – Step Floors
74 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
75 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
76 Miles Scotson (Aus) Bmc Racing Team
77 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
78 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
79 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Mitchelton – Scott
80 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
81 Stephen Williams (GBr) Great Britain
82 Primož Roglic (Slo) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
83 Joey Walker (GBr) Team Wiggins
84 Alistair Slater (GBr) Jlt Condor
85 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
86 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
87 James Oram (NZl) One Pro Cycling
88 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
89 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
90 Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
91 Jaco Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data
92 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:00:25
93 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:00:53
94 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton – Scott
95 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani Csf 0:02:26
96 Thomas Baylis (GBr) One Pro Cycling
97 Christopher Latham (GBr) One Pro Cycling
98 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
99 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
100 George Pym (GBr) Madison Genesis
101 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:03:55
102 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
103 Alex Paton (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
104 Dexter Gardias (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
105 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data
106 Peter Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling
107 Thomas Moses (GBr) Jlt Condor
108 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins
109 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
110 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:04:47
111 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
112 Rory Townsend (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
113 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick – Step Floors
114 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
115 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
116 Mark Downey (Irl) Team Wiggins
117 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Great Britain
118 Graham Briggs (GBr) Jlt Condor 0:05:38
119 José Fernandes (Por) W52/Fc Porto 0:06:38
CLASSIFICA GENERALE
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 4:00:44
2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott 0:00:04
3 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) Quick – Step Floors 0:00:06
4 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins 0:00:10
5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bmc Racing Team
6 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
7 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain
8 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani Csf
9 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani Csf
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
11 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
12 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
13 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb
14 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
15 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Dimension Data
16 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain
17 Rick Zabel (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
18 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Joseph Nally (GBr) Great Britain
20 Emils Liepins (Lat) One Pro Cycling
21 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin
22 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
23 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
24 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
25 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
26 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
27 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
28 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data
30 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Jlt Condor
31 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
32 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
33 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Bmc Racing Team
34 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani Csf
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
36 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data
37 Taylor Phinney (USA) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
38 Jonathan Mould (GBr) Jlt Condor
39 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Team Wiggins
40 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
42 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
43 Stefan Küng (Swi) Bmc Racing Team
44 Fred Wright (GBr)
45 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
46 Maximilian Stedman (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
47 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Lokosphinx
48 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick – Step Floors
49 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
50 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick – Step Floors
51 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
52 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
53 Ryan Christensen (NZl) Canyon Eisberg
54 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Development Team Sunweb
55 Matthew Teggart (Irl) Team Wiggins
56 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bmc Racing Team
57 Mads Schmidt Würtz (Den) Team Katusha Alpecin
58 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
59 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data
60 Edmund Bradbury (GBr) Jlt Condor
61 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
62 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
63 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
64 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
65 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
66 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Bmc Racing Team
67 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
68 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) One Pro Cycling
69 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani Csf
70 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Quick – Step Floors
71 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
72 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani Csf
73 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick – Step Floors
74 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
75 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
76 Miles Scotson (Aus) Bmc Racing Team
77 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
78 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
79 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Mitchelton – Scott
80 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
81 Stephen Williams (GBr) Great Britain
82 Primož Roglic (Slo) Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
83 Joey Walker (GBr) Team Wiggins
84 Alistair Slater (GBr) Jlt Condor
85 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
86 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
87 James Oram (NZl) One Pro Cycling
88 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
89 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
90 Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
91 Jaco Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data
92 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:00:35
93 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:01:03
94 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton – Scott
95 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani Csf 0:02:36
96 Thomas Baylis (GBr) One Pro Cycling
97 Christopher Latham (GBr) One Pro Cycling
98 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
99 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
100 George Pym (GBr) Madison Genesis
101 Thomas Moses (GBr) Jlt Condor 0:04:01
102 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:04:05
103 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
104 Alex Paton (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
105 Dexter Gardias (GBr) Canyon Eisberg
106 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data
107 Peter Williams (GBr) One Pro Cycling
108 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins
109 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
110 Matthew Bostock (GBr) Great Britain 0:04:50
111 Rory Townsend (GBr) Canyon Eisberg 0:04:53
112 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:04:55
113 Mark Downey (Irl) Team Wiggins 0:04:56
114 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:04:57
115 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick – Step Floors
116 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
117 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
118 Graham Briggs (GBr) Jlt Condor 0:05:48
119 José Fernandes (Por) W52/Fc Porto
Greipel torna a vincere sulle strade del Giro della Gran Bretagna (Getty Images)