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Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe won the men’s elite round of the Cycling World Championship, only reaching the finish line at the “Enzo e Dino Ferrari” Autodrome. France wins a World Cup again after 23 years (ninth transalpine gold in history). According to the Belgian van Aert, third the Swiss Hirschi. Best of Italians Damiano Caruso, 10th
Julian Alaphilippe It is the new rainbow jersey: the Frenchman won the men’s elite round of the Cycling World Championship with a shot that left the void behind him, about 11 km from the finish line, entering the Autodromo circuit “Enzo e Dino Ferrari by himself. “. “from Imola. Moving is the dedication to his recently deceased father and the liberating tears to the sound of the Marseillaise. On the podium also the Belgian van Aert -very favorite on the eve- and the Swiss Marc Hirschi. Italy -who did not win the World title since 2008, with Alessandro Ballan in Varese- he tried, but had to surrender to the dizzying pace of the last stages of the race: the first of the Azzurri was the player from Ragusa Damiano Caruso (10 °), immediately behind Vincenzo Nibali. France returns to the top of the world 23 years after the last time, since the success of Laurent Brochard in 1997.
The chronicle of the race
The track designed for the Italian world edition is decidedly demanding, in the style of the great classics, starting and finishing (slightly downhill) from the “Enzo e Dino Ferrari” circuit. A route of 28.8 kilometers, which will be repeated nine times, with two very treacherous climbs: the Mazzolano and the Galisterna climb, both 2.7 km long with slopes between 6 and 14%. For a total of 5 thousand meters of altitude. Perfect for finisseurs. To try the world to climb the ct Davide Cassani trust the captain Vincenzo Nibali: next to “Shark” there is Diego Ulissi, Giovanni Visconti, Fausto Masnada, Damiano Caruso, Alberto Bettiol, Andrea Bagioli me Gianluca Brambilla (Matteo Fabbro and Nicola Conci the two reserves). Clouds hang over Imola, but the asphalt will remain dry for most of the race, which opens immediately with an escape of eight riders, who have turned into two (the German Jonas Koch and the Norwegian Torsten Traeen) at about 80 km from the finish line. Shortly after, the fugitives of the day joined the group, which remained compact until the age of -40, when the Slovenian Tadej pogacar extends and accumulates a 25 ”lead. Belgium, France, Spain and Italy progressively recover the solitary action of the fresh 21-year-old Tour winner and it is Nibali who ignites the race, at -20, closely followed by Caruso and Masnada. But the Shark -and his companions- must surrender in the ascent to Gallisterna, climbed at a crazy pace by the favorites van Aert (BEL), Hirschi (SVI), Kwiatkowski (POL), Fuglsang (DAN), Roglic (SLO), Matthews ( AUSTRALIA), Valverde (SPA), Schachmann and indeed Alaphilippe, which 11 kilometers from the goal “shoots” the winning shot and flies to win the gold.
The order of arrival of the Cycling World Championships, Elite men’s event
1st Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
2nd Wout van Aert (BEL)
3rd Marc Hirschi (ALL)
4th Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)
5th Jakob Fuglsang (DAN)
6th Primoz Roglic (SLO)
7th Michael Matthews (AUSTRALIA)
8 ° Alejandro Valverde (SPA)
9 Maximilian Schachmann (Germany)
10th Damiano Caruso (ITA)
