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Marc Hirschi (UAE Staff Emirates) continued his unbelievable run of success, profitable the Memorial Marco Pantani in Italy on Saturday.
The Swiss rider has gained his final 5 races, since beginning his summer time marketing campaign on the Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa. On Thursday, he gained the Coppa Sabatini with a protracted solo breakaway. He gained the Memorial Marco Pantani in a dash after a two-rider assault was caught inside the ultimate kilometre.
Hirschi beat Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar) and Vincenzo Albanese (Arkéa-B&B Inns) within the dash within the centre of Marco Pantani’s hometown of Cesenatico.
Hirschi is anticipated to trip Sunday’s Trofeo Matteotti additional down the Adriatic coast after which subsequent week’s five-day Tour de Luxembourg earlier than the World Championships in Zurich on Sunday, September 29.
“Luck is on my aspect in the meanwhile, so it is good to proceed my profitable sequence,” Hirshi stated post-race. “It was a tricky race. We managed it from the beginning after which we opened the race early.
“Baroncini attacked and it was a superb state of affairs for us, with three guys and doubtless one of many quickest guys there, then with three others behind within the peloton.
“We tried to dam however sadly we caught Baroncini with like 300 metres to go, so we modified the plan and I sprinted. I used to be a bit fortunate, I adopted the heels and got here from the again. There was quite a lot of headwind and so the hole opened, and I may get by way of ultimately and win once more.”
The 195km one-day Italian race as soon as once more remembered the previous Giro d’Italia and Tour de France winner, beginning inland in Cesena and ending in Cesenatico after 5 circuits of the Diolaguardia climb. The ultimate 50km have been on flat roads to the coast after which coated a brief ending circuit.
Filippo Turconi (VF Bardiani Csf Faizanè) Ivan Romeo (Movistar) Simon Carr (EF Schooling-EasyPost) and Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies) shaped an early break after which Diego Ulissi (UAE) Giulio Pellizzari (VF Bardiani Csf Faizanè) and Gregor Muhlberger (Movistar) additionally tried a transfer on the Diolaguardia climb, as UAE Staff Emirates performed out completely different techniques.
The trio have been caught with 72km to go, on the Diolaguardia, and so Baroncini (UAE) Matteo Vercher (Whole Energies) Marco Brenner (Tudor) attacked on the descent. Vercher was dropped on the final climb and the 2021 under-23 world champion and the present German nationwide champion rode to Cesenatico collectively.
Regardless of some blocking by UAE Staff Emirates, the peloton lastly obtained organised over the last five-kilometre lap of Cesenatico and caught Baroncini and Brenner in sight of the end line.
As they consoled one another with a handshake, Hirsch emerged from the wheels, waited for the correct second after which accelerated previous Albanese and Milesi to win but once more.
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