Marco Brenner surprises bunch with late attack on opening stage of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2024
CyclingTuesday, 19 March 2024 at 16:39
Marco Brenner has taken victory in a bunch sprint on stage 1 and moved into an early overall lead at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2024.
After four men had made the break of the day, they were all back in the bunch with around 12km to go to the finish line. With a downhill in the final few kilometres, the expected sprint finish was set to decide the day and the first man into the leader's jersey.
Marco Brenner tried his luck with a late move though and surprisingly, the German managed to hold off the bunch in spectacular style, taking the win ahead of a photo finish that decided second and third in the sprint. Eventually proving to be Matteo Malucelli and Jenno Berckmoes.
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- I wonder if UCI or broadcast's right licensing body actually foot the bill. Or do they act like IOC reaping the rewards and let the hosting country takes the loss?
KerisVroom15-03-2025 - That made me smile Suipedali. Nice one!Cyclingsbestfan14-03-2025
- Even if Pogi has 5s on top of Poggio, he's getting caught on descent unfortunately. And it's extremely unlikely that he will have morevappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- If Pogi can drop him, then he will winabstractengineer14-03-2025
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- "He apparently thought it was completely fine." Nothing broken and no concussion, that's as completely fine as it gets in cyclingvappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- Better safe than sorry. At least his injuries are a lot less severe than they were last year.
santiagobenites14-03-2025 - Well spotted :-)Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- One thing Jonas Vingegaard has in common with Hinault is that they are moaners, although I couldn't see Jonas giving a demonstrator a right hander!Suipedali14-03-2025
- They are surprisingly rare on the pro circuit, around our area, one in four races finishes of with a really steep 500m climb at the end.Mistermaumau14-03-2025