Gran Piemonte: victory for Andrea Bagioli
The blue beats Hirschi and Aranburu in a narrow sprint

The blue beats Hirschi and Aranburu in a narrow sprint
Andrea Bagioli wins the Gran Piemonte trophy , a 152 km professional race from Borgofranco d'Ivrea to Favria, beating Hirschi and Aranburu in the sprint. Fourth place for Martin who had tried to anticipate in the last kilometre.
The action taken about 17 km from the finish line by Marc Hirschi was decisive and he managed to take away the leading quartet. Behind them a trio made up of Ganna , Rui Costa and Zimmermann fails to close the gap and closes at 11".
ARRIVAL ORDER:
1 BAGIOLI Andrea Soudal - Quick Step 3:20:25
2 HIRSCHI Marc UAE Team Emirates ,,
3 ARANBURU Alex Movistar Team ,,
4 MARTIN Guillaume Cofidis 0:02
5 GANNA Filippo INEOS Grenadiers 0:11
6 COSTA Rui Intermarché - Circus - Wanty ,,
7 ZIMMERMANN Georg Intermarché - Circus - Wanty,,
8 MARCELLUSI Martin Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè 0:16
9 TEJADA Harold Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
10 TIBERI Antonio Bahrain - Victorious ,,
Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency
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