2016 GP Costa degli Etruschi (1.1), Italy
21st edition: Sunday, February 7, 2016
GP Costa degli Etruschi podium history | 2015 edition | 2017 edition
Saturday, February 8, San Vincenzo - Donoratico, 190.6 km
Video of finish, with Italian commentary | Race photos | Course map
The Race: The GP Costa degli Etruschi is the traditional firing gun that starts the Italian pro racing season. The finishing city of Donoratico is a Tuscan town about fifty kilometers from Livorno.
Three riders gave it a shot in the race's early kilometers, but they were vacuumed up by the peloton, setting things up for a vigorous flight up the day's last climb.
The result was an eleven-man group headed for the finish. Of them, Grega Bole was the fastest.
Next Italian race will be the HC ranked Trofeo Laigueglia on the 14th. We'll head a bit north to Liguria for this race.
Complete Results:
Grega Bole wins the first race of the Italian pro season
190.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.760 km/hr
| 1 | BOLE Grega | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | 4hr 40min 36sec |
| 2 | GAVAZZI Francesco | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | st |
| 3 | ULISSI Diego | LAMPRE - MERIDA | st |
| 4 | FEDI Andrea | SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA | st |
| 5 | CICCONE Giulio | BARDIANI CSF | st |
| 6 | BOEV Igor | GAZPROM - RUSVELO | st |
| 7 | BUSATO Matteo | SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA | st |
| 8 | ZARDINI Edoardo | BARDIANI CSF | st |
| 9 | SCHUMACHER Stefan | CHRISTINA JEWELRY | st |
| 10 | RABITSCH Stephan | FELBERMAYR SIMPLON WELS | st |
| 11 | TONELLI Alessandro | BARDIANI CSF | st |
| 12 | VIGANO Davide | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | a 11sec |
| 13 | CONSONNI Simone | NAZIONALE ITALIA | a 18" |
| 14 | SANZ Enrique | SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA | st |
| 15 | DE NEGRI Pier Paolo | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | st |
| 16 | EIBEGGER Markus | FELBERMAYR SIMPLON WELS | st |
| 17 | FICARA Pierpaolo | AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP | st |
| 18 | CHIRICO Luca | BARDIANI CSF | st |
| 19 | TURRIN Alex | UNIEURO WILIER | st |
| 20 | STASH Mamyr | GAZPROM - RUSVELO | st |
| 21 | NYCH Artem | GAZPROM - RUSVELO | st |
| 22 | SAVITSKIY Ivan | GAZPROM - RUSVELO | st |
| 23 | GAZZARA Michele | NORDA - MG.K vis - VEGA | st |
| 24 | ZILIOLI Gianfranco | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | st |
| 25 | BONGIORNO Francesco | BARDIANI CSF | st |
| 26 | RATTO Daniele | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | st |
| 27 | TALIANI Alessio | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | st |
| 28 | GROSU Eduard | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | a 45" |
| 29 | ZHUPA Eugert | SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA | st |
| 30 | FILOSI Iuri | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | st |
| 31 | BELLETTI Manuel | SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA | st |
| 32 | ROTA Lorenzo | BARDIANI CSF | a 54" |
| 33 | DI FRANCESCO Gian Marco | NORDA - MG.K vis - VEGA | st |
| 34 | MUCELLI Davide | MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM | st |
| 35 | FRAPPORTI Marco | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | st |
| 36 | BOIVIN Guillaume | CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM | st |
| 37 | SELVAGGI Mirko | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | st |
| 38 | CARBONI Giovanni | UNIEURO WILIER | a 1min 0sec |
| 39 | PAPOK Siarhei | MINSK CYCLING CLUB | st |
| 40 | NIEMIEC Przemyslaw | LAMPRE - MERIDA | st |
| 41 | POZZATO Filippo | SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA | a 1'36" |
| 42 | STACCHIOTTI Riccardo | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | a 1'42" |
| 43 | PIRAZZI Stefano | BARDIANI CSF | a 2'16" |
| 44 | KLIMIANKOU Kanstantsin | MINSK CYCLING CLUB | a 3'56" |
| 45 | BALYKIN Ivan | GM EUROPA OVINI | st |
| 46 | VIEL Mattia | UNIEURO WILIER | st |
| 47 | WEISS Martin | TIROL CYCLING TEAM | st |
| 48 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian | TIROL CYCLING TEAM | st |
| 49 | VIOLA Michele | MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM | st |
| 50 | ROTONDI Matteo | GM EUROPA OVINI | st |
| 51 | SCHORN Daniel | FELBERMAYR SIMPLON WELS | st |
| 52 | BUTLER Chris | CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM | st |
| 53 | HALILAJ Redi | AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP | st |
| 54 | SOLOMENNIKOV Andrei | GAZPROM - RUSVELO | st |
| 55 | RAMANAU Raman | MINSK CYCLING CLUB | a 4'36" |
| 56 | MANDRYSCH John | CHRISTINA JEWELRY | a 4'50" |
| 57 | BALDI Francesco | D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA | st |
| 58 | SALVIETTI Niccolò | NORDA - MG.K vis - VEGA | st |
| 59 | NIKA Iltjan | D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA | st |
| 60 | GABAY Guy | CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM | st |
| 61 | GAFFURINI Nicola | NORDA - MG.K vis - VEGA | st |
| 62 | MALAGUTI Alessandro | UNIEURO WILIER | st |
| 63 | MALOVEC Lubos | CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM | st |
| 64 | MALUCELLI Matteo | UNIEURO WILIER | st |
| 65 | NIKOLAEV Sergey | GAZPROM - RUSVELO | st |
| 66 | SALVADOR Enrico | UNIEURO WILIER | st |
| 67 | BIEDERMANN Daniel | FELBERMAYR SIMPLON WELS | st |
| 68 | GANNA Filippo | NAZIONALE ITALIA | st |
| 69 | SCHIPFLINGER Florian | TIROL CYCLING TEAM | st |
| 70 | MINALI Riccardo | NAZIONALE ITALIA | st |
| 71 | BALLERINI Davide | NAZIONALE ITALIA | st |
| 72 | FRAPPORTI Mattia | UNIEURO WILIER | st |
| 73 | FREIBERGER Markus | TIROL CYCLING TEAM | st |
| 74 | AUER Daniel | FELBERMAYR SIMPLON WELS | st |
| 75 | STERBINI Simone | BARDIANI CSF | st |
| 76 | PAULUS Dennis | TIROL CYCLING TEAM | st |
| 77 | ZAKARIN Aydar | GAZPROM - RUSVELO | st |
| 78 | LUNARDON Paolo | AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP | st |
| 79 | SCHINNAGEL Johannes | FELBERMAYR SIMPLON WELS | a 8'12" |
| 80 | PIASKOWY Emanuel | CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM | a 8'32" |
| 81 | STRITZINGER Joshua | CHRISTINA JEWELRY | st |
| 82 | DI SANTE Antonio | GM EUROPA OVINI | a 9'57" |
| 83 | LEONE Davide | D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA | st |
| 84 | VIOLA Antonio | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | st |
| 85 | ZELLER Lukas | FELBERMAYR SIMPLON WELS | st |
| 86 | FRANKOVIC Mateo | MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM | st |
| 87 | CASTEGNARO Francesco | NAZIONALE ITALIA | st |
| 88 | DI GENOVA Pietro | D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA | st |
| 89 | GENOVESE Nicola | D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA | st |
| 90 | PIASHKUN Andrei | MINSK CYCLING CLUB | st |
| 91 | WALZEL Andreas | FELBERMAYR SIMPLON WELS | st |
| 92 | HISHINUMA Yukinori | AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP | st |
| DNF | CATTANEO Mattia | LAMPRE - MERIDA | |
| DNS | CONTI Samuele | SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA | |
| DNS | TROSINO Mirko | SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA | |
| DNS | DURASEK Kristijan | LAMPRE - MERIDA | |
| DNS | KOSHEVOY Ilia | LAMPRE - MERIDA | |
| DNS | MORI Manuele | LAMPRE - MERIDA | |
| DNS | LAMON Francesco | NAZIONALE ITALIA | |
| DNS | AFFINI Edoardo | NAZIONALE ITALIA | |
| DNS | TROIA Oliviero | NAZIONALE ITALIA | |
| DNS | NARDIN Alberto | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | |
| DNS | PACIONI Luca | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | |
| DNS | YAMAMOTO Genki | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | |
| DNS | KUSTADINCHEV Roman | GAZPROM - RUSVELO | |
| DNS | TECCHIO Marco | UNIEURO WILIER | |
| DNS | BRKIC Benjamin | TIROL CYCLING TEAM | |
| DNS | FANKHAUSER Clemens | TIROL CYCLING TEAM | |
| DNS | WACHTER Alexander | TIROL CYCLING TEAM | |
| DNS | ZAMPARELLA Marco | AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP | |
| DNS | CELANO Danilo | AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP | |
| DNS | BAZHKOU Stanislau | MINSK CYCLING CLUB | |
| DNS | IVASHKIN Anton | MINSK CYCLING CLUB | |
| DNS | AHIYEVICH Aleh | MINSK CYCLING CLUB | |
| DNS | PIASHKUN Aliaksei | MINSK CYCLING CLUB | |
| DNS | KISERLOVSKI Emanuel | MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM | |
| DNS | CERKEZ Josip | MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM | |
| DNS | REPSE Uros | MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM | |
| DNS | JABUKA David | MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM | |
| DNS | RIGO Paolo | MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM | |
| DNS | BORELLA Federico | GM EUROPA OVINI | |
| DNS | DI RENZO Andrea | GM EUROPA OVINI | |
| DNS | GALENO Fabrizio | GM EUROPA OVINI | |
| DNS | MAUTI Rossano | GM EUROPA OVINI | |
| DNS | ROSSI Gianmarco | GM EUROPA OVINI | |
| DNS | PAVLIC Marko | CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM | |
| DNS | TUREK Daniel | CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM | |
| DNS | LEMUS Luis Enrique | CYCLING ACADEMY TEAM | |
| DNS | NARDELLI Stefano | NORDA - MG.K vis - VEGA | |
| DNS | SCARTEZZINI Michele | NORDA - MG.K vis - VEGA | |
| DNS | GIULIANI Giacomo | NORDA - MG.K vis - VEGA | |
| DNS | OCCHIALINI Matteo | NORDA - MG.K vis - VEGA | |
| DNS | SCHULZE Julian | CHRISTINA JEWELRY | |
| DNS | FUSSNEGGER Moritz | CHRISTINA JEWELRY | |
| DNS | KAUTZ Kai | CHRISTINA JEWELRY | |
| DNS | LOEF Georg | CHRISTINA JEWELRY | |
| DNS | FIEK Arnold | CHRISTINA JEWELRY |
YouTube video of finish, with Italian commentary:
2016 GP Costa degli Etruschi Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
The teams were presented before the race. Here's Lampre-Merida. Clearly a cool morning.
Southeast-Venezuela
Looks like it's getting tme to race...
And indeed it's time to roll.
Winter racing in Tuscany
A Southeast-Venezuela rider leads the peloton.
The Nippo-Vini Fantini race service car.
Alessandro Tonelli leads a small escape
Grega Bole is the fastest man this day
And he gets the top step of the podium.
2016 GP Costa degli Etruschi map
2016 Costa degli Etruschi map