Schmid extends his buffer

Mauro Schmid defended his overall lead at this week’s Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, after a complicated stage 3 which took the peloton to Forli – the town of Caterina Sforza, one of Renaissance Italy’s most influential and powerful women.
Monte Cavallo (4.7km, 7.2%) with its tricky gravel roads sections was the day’s main attraction, the hardest climb on a circuit that the peloton had to tackle several times. It was there with 20 kilometers to go that three riders jumped clear, just as the gradient stiffened, opening a hefty gap over the stretched-out peloton. Mauro found himself part of the reduced chasing group, taking some long pulls on the descent to claw back time as the leading trio was driving hard to expand their advantage.
An old-school finish, on the Forli velodrome, awaited the riders at the end of Thursday’s 140 kilometers, and it was Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) who prevailed there, 25 seconds clear of the chasers. Schmid concluded in fifth place, enough to keep the leader’s jersey ahead of the penultimate stage – in addition to the points one – and even increase his lead over the next rider in the general classification to eight seconds.
Photo credit: ©Sirotti
Race details
1 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
3:29:06 |
2 |
Domenico Pozzovivo Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
3 |
Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost |
0:00 |
4 |
Felix Engelhardt Team Jayco AlUla |
0:25 |
5 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:25 |
6 |
Walter Calzoni Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
0:25 |
7 |
Natnael Tesfatsion Trek - Segafredo |
0:25 |
8 |
Milan Vader Jumbo-Visma |
0:25 |
9 |
Leo Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:25 |
10 |
Floris De Tier Bingoal WB |
0:25 |
37 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:20 |
63 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
8:39 |
64 |
William Junior Lecerf Soudal - Quick Step |
8:39 |
69 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:07 |
116 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
20:31 |
126 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
20:31 |
1 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:51:36 |
2 |
Walter Calzoni Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
0:08 |
3 |
James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost |
0:12 |
4 |
Gianluca Brambilla Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
0:15 |
5 |
Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost |
0:36 |
6 |
Domenico Pozzovivo Israel - Premier Tech |
0:37 |
7 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
0:38 |
8 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
0:57 |
9 |
Natnael Tesfatsion Trek - Segafredo |
1:10 |
10 |
Felix Engelhardt Team Jayco AlUla |
1:13 |
19 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:03 |
41 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:34 |
48 |
William Junior Lecerf Soudal - Quick Step |
20:04 |
59 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
26:10 |
77 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
38:02 |
118 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:00:33 |
1 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
20 pt |
2 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
10 pt |
3 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
10 pt |
4 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
10 pt |
5 |
Walter Calzoni Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
10 pt |
6 |
Domenico Pozzovivo Israel - Premier Tech |
8 pt |
7 |
Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost |
7 pt |
8 |
Natnael Tesfatsion Trek - Segafredo |
6 pt |
9 |
Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
6 pt |
10 |
James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost |
5 pt |
1 |
Marco Murgano Team Corratec |
23 pt |
2 |
Didier Merchan GW Shimano-Sidermec |
21 pt |
3 |
Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia GW Shimano-Sidermec |
16 pt |
4 |
Lennert Teugels Bingoal WB |
14 pt |
5 |
Andrea Garosio EOLO-Kometa |
12 pt |
6 |
Alessandro Fancellu EOLO-Kometa |
10 pt |
7 |
Alexis Guerin Bingoal WB |
8 pt |
8 |
Veljko Stojnić Team Corratec |
8 pt |
9 |
Luca Covili Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
8 pt |
10 |
Florian Lipowitz BORA - hansgrohe |
8 pt |
11 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
5 pt |
17 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Walter Calzoni Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
11:51:44 |
2 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
0:30 |
3 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
0:49 |
4 |
Felix Engelhardt Team Jayco AlUla |
1:05 |
5 |
Leo Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
1:05 |
6 |
Tijmen Graat Jumbo-Visma |
1:05 |
7 |
Johannes Staune-Mittet Jumbo-Visma |
1:05 |
8 |
Fernando Tercero Lopez EOLO-Kometa |
1:13 |
9 |
Alex Martín Gutiérrez EOLO-Kometa |
2:00 |
10 |
Mathias Vacek Trek - Segafredo |
2:23 |
19 |
William Junior Lecerf Soudal - Quick Step |
19:56 |
23 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
26:02 |
1 | EF Education-EasyPost | 35:35:27 |
2 | Jumbo-Visma | 2:12 |
3 | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 5:05 |
4 | Trek - Segafredo | 6:37 |
5 | EOLO-Kometa | 6:43 |
6 | BORA - hansgrohe | 11:21 |
7 | Israel - Premier Tech | 11:22 |
8 | Team Jayco AlUla | 12:11 |
9 | Bingoal WB | 12:37 |
10 | Soudal - Quick Step | 12:52 |