Mauro Schmid wins Coppi e Bartali

Mauro Schmid became the first Swiss rider to add his name to the roll of honour at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, wrapping up the general classification of the 38th edition thanks to a rock-solid display on the stage 5 individual time trial in Carpi, won by teammate Rémi Cavagna.
It’s the second stage race success in the career of the 23-year-old from Bülach, and it follows the one he took last year at the Belgium Tour, in his first season with the Wolfpack. Schmid enjoyed an excellent week in Italy, showing amazing consistency over the event’s five stages, concluding every single one of these in the top 10, so it came as no surprise that in addition to the GC win, he also received the points jersey.
“It feels special that my first win of the year came in the form of a stage race. I wasn’t sure I could survive the climbs, but I went better than expected these days. Two stages and the GC – we couldn’t be happier!”, Mauro said after delivering the squad’s 17th victory of the season. “I suffered a bit today, because I went too hard in the middle part and this made me nervous, but I calmed down near the finish because in the end I had quite some seconds left in the overall standings. It was a hard week, but we can be proud of how we rode as a team.”
Rémi Cavagna capped off Soudal Quick-Step’s great outing at Coppi e Bartali the same way he started the whole thing, with a victory. After attacking from the peloton and producing an outstanding solo effort to capture the opening stage, the “TGV of Clermont-Ferrand” now took the spoils in the time trial, where nothing and no one could stop him from racking up his tenth pro victory.
We are all super happy with how things went for us this week!
“This time trial was my biggest goal here. It was a technical course, but I didn’t take any risks and just pushed hard on the straight roads so I could gain seconds there. I’m delighted with this performance, which netted my first ITT victory of the season after that close second in Algarve. The fact that Mauro finished first in the GC is the cherry on the cake. I feel the form is there and now I look forward to Pais Vasco”, said Rémi, the only rider to average more than 50km/h in Saturday’s time trial.
Photo credit: ©Sirotti
Race details
1 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
22:12 |
2 |
Michael Hepburn Team Jayco AlUla |
0:18 |
3 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
0:19 |
4 |
Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:25 |
5 |
Leo Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:27 |
6 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:29 |
7 |
Mathias Vacek Trek - Segafredo |
0:35 |
8 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:41 |
9 |
Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers |
0:42 |
10 |
James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost |
0:43 |
22 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:16 |
28 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:25 |
66 |
William Junior Lecerf Soudal - Quick Step |
2:19 |
1 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
16:19:55 |
2 |
James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost |
0:16 |
3 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
0:22 |
4 |
Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost |
1:06 |
5 |
Leo Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
1:19 |
6 |
Domenico Pozzovivo Israel - Premier Tech |
1:35 |
7 |
Ben Zwiehoff BORA - hansgrohe |
1:52 |
8 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
1:55 |
9 |
Walter Calzoni Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
1:57 |
10 |
Gianluca Brambilla Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
2:10 |
16 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:07 |
38 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
22:41 |
39 |
William Junior Lecerf Soudal - Quick Step |
22:58 |
56 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
41:48 |
96 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:15:24 |
1 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
28 pt |
2 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
13 pt |
3 |
Domenico Pozzovivo Israel - Premier Tech |
12 pt |
4 |
James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost |
11 pt |
5 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
10 pt |
6 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
10 pt |
7 |
Alexis Guerin Bingoal WB |
10 pt |
8 |
Walter Calzoni Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
10 pt |
9 |
Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost |
7 pt |
10 |
Felix Engelhardt Team Jayco AlUla |
7 pt |
1 |
Alexis Guerin Bingoal WB |
28 pt |
2 |
Lennert Teugels Bingoal WB |
24 pt |
3 |
Marco Murgano Team Corratec |
23 pt |
4 |
Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia GW Shimano-Sidermec |
16 pt |
5 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
14 pt |
6 |
Andrea Garosio EOLO-Kometa |
12 pt |
7 |
Florian Lipowitz BORA - hansgrohe |
10 pt |
8 |
Alessandro Fancellu EOLO-Kometa |
10 pt |
9 |
Veljko Stojnić Team Corratec |
8 pt |
10 |
Luca Covili Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
8 pt |
11 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
8 pt |
13 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
5 pt |
15 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
4 pt |
1 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
16:20:17 |
2 |
Leo Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:57 |
3 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
1:33 |
4 |
Walter Calzoni Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
1:35 |
5 |
Tijmen Graat Jumbo-Visma |
1:50 |
6 |
Felix Engelhardt Team Jayco AlUla |
1:59 |
7 |
Johannes Staune-Mittet Jumbo-Visma |
2:31 |
8 |
Fernando Tercero Lopez EOLO-Kometa |
2:46 |
9 |
Davide Piganzoli EOLO-Kometa |
4:43 |
10 |
Florian Lipowitz BORA - hansgrohe |
5:17 |
16 |
William Junior Lecerf Soudal - Quick Step |
22:36 |
22 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
41:26 |
1 | EF Education-EasyPost | 49:00:46 |
2 | Jumbo-Visma | 6:30 |
3 | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 12:10 |
4 | Soudal - Quick Step | 13:19 |
5 | EOLO-Kometa | 14:34 |
6 | Israel - Premier Tech | 18:03 |
7 | Trek - Segafredo | 20:10 |
8 | Bingoal WB | 22:39 |
9 | BORA - hansgrohe | 34:48 |
10 | Team Jayco AlUla | 35:44 |