Il Giro d'Abruzzo 2025 | Stage 1: Highlights

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15/04/2025

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00:00The second ever edition in the modern iteration of the Giro d'Abruzzo and a

00:08testing 151 kilometres uphill downhill and then towards an uphill finish in

00:15Crecchio. An opportunity for a puncher to take the first stage perhaps and to

00:21take the leader's jersey in the Giro d'Abruzzo. A mixture of young Italian

00:27teams, continental teams from the home country, an international field as well

00:31as a smattering of top world tour talent rolling out for 151 kilometres on stage

00:37one from Czerny. The flag dropping at kilometre zero eventually and the

00:43expected attacks coming from a number of the Italian continental teams looking to

00:48make their mark on the race and get up the road represent their teams. Palti visit

00:53Malta, one of the first teams to try and force a breakaway and prize a group clear

00:58from a very active peloton in the opening phase of the race. It was then that

01:02Davide Basso of the SC Padovani polo cherry back team went off the front and held a

01:08small advantage over the peloton but he too was caught back in until eventually a

01:13breakaway of three made it up the road including his teammate Matteo Zollo who

01:18took the only categorised climb of the day ahead of Diego Bracalente and Christian

01:23Ramelli. Behind it was a combination of Anto Marche, Israel, UAE team Emirates

01:29working behind to control the brake and then disaster for Ramelli the youngest of

01:34the riders in the breakaway who overcooked a corner on a tricky descent and at

01:39exactly the same spot about three minutes later one of the Japanese riders from

01:44Anto Marche, Wonti also went down. That left just two riders up the road working

01:50together to hold on to a shrinking advantage as Stevie Williams among the

01:54other race favourites behind got ready for the action. The peloton controlling the

01:59breakaway and giving them very little chance. They got to the intermediate

02:03sprint of the day at Ripra Teatina and it was once again Matteo Zollo who got there

02:08ahead of his breakaway companion. David de la Cruz of Israel though picking up one

02:13bonus second for third place at the intermediate sprint on GC. Then there was

02:18a counter-attack from Ben Granger who for a while was stuck in between a peloton

02:22closing in on the front of the race at the two riders in the remains of the

02:27breakaway who were eventually just outside 30 kilometres to go caught by

02:31Ivo Olivera riding now for UAE team Emirates and the race favourite for the day

02:36Alessandro Covey. Stevie Williams surprisingly dropped early on and as UAE team

02:43Emirates just stalled that allowed a counter-attack of some seven or eight

02:46riders to go clear.

02:47They worked well together and eventually they were joined by another group of

02:52riders off the front of a peloton that was being controlled by one rider and one

02:57rider alone from Israel Premier Tech. At this point the race chaotic two distinct

03:01groups going up the road and it was time for UAE team Emirates to seize control of

03:06affairs. With five kilometres to go Bruna Heragots and Ivo Olivera had control of the

03:12race for UAE team Emirates approaching the final climb of 1.3 kilometres steep as

03:18well to the finish line in Crecchio. Alessandro Covey then putting his troops on the

03:23front and it was Bruna Heragots who took them through the Flamme Rouge at one

03:27kilometre to go and then the indefatigable Ivo Olivera got to the front and

03:32delivered a masterful ascent to place his team leader Alessandro Covey exactly

03:37where he wanted to be with 250 metres to go. Covey then blasting away from the

03:42rest a spirited showing from Filippo Fiorelli in second place but the gap was

03:48significant and Covey took his first victory in any kind of race for over

03:52three years. His last victory coming in 2022 at the Giro d'Italia. Covey then the

03:58winner ahead of Fiorelli and Alessandro Fancellu from the JCT team. The new

04:05leader then Alessandro Covey by four seconds ahead of Fiorelli and Fancellu

04:08at six seconds all the rest at ten seconds and of course this being stage

04:14one Covey also heads the point stands. The king of the mountains Matteo Zollo on

04:20the only categorised climb of the day he scored five points and the best young

04:24rider Alessandro Fancellu 24 years of age leads the way in the young rider

04:28competition.

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