Per sempre Alfredo (1.1) Italy
2nd edition, Sunday, March 20, 2022
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Florence - Sesto Fiorentino, 172.7 km
Marc Hirschi finishes three seconds ahead of his nearest chasers.
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The race: Here's the report from winner Marc Hirschi's UAE Team Emriates.
Marc Hirschi made an emotional return to racing today , with victory on his first day of competition this year at Per Sempre Alfredo Classic in Italy. Hirschi broke clear with 8km to go, to cross the line solo taking the 20th win of the season for UAE Team Emirates.
The 23 year-old had been out of action for the first months of the season having undergone hip surgery in the autumn of 2021. After several months of rehabilitation and training at altitude in Sierra Nevada, Spain, Hirschi is now back to winning ways.
Hirschi: “I’m really delighted with this win, it means a lot. I’ve worked so hard together with my team over the past months to come back and it makes me really happy to do it like this.
I have to thank my team for their confidence and for all the work they’ve done in getting me to this point. Watching the team achieving everything they have this season was huge motivation while I was on the sidelines and it feels great to be back with them in the peloton again.”
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Complete results:
172.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.305 km/hr
| 1 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 4hr 23min 38sec |
| 2 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | @ 3sec |
| 3 | Remy Mertz | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB | s.t. |
| 4 | Alessandro Fedeli | Italia | s.t. |
| 5 | Thomas Pesenti | Beltrami TSA Tre Colli | s.t. |
| 6 | Luc Wirtgen | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB | 0:04 |
| 7 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 8 | Andrea Garosio | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
| 9 | Nicola Conci | Italia | 0:07 |
| 10 | Kevin Colleoni | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:15 |
| 11 | Filippo Fiorelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 0:48 |
| 12 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 0:56 |
| 13 | Alexander Cepeda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 0:58 |
| 14 | Sergio Meris | Colpack-Ballan | 1:00 |
| 15 | Benjamin King | Human Powered Health | 1:11 |
| 16 | Marco Canola | Italia | s.t. |
| 17 | Kenny Molly | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB | s.t. |
| 18 | Francesco Busatto | General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia | 1:20 |
| 19 | Nicolo Parisini | Team Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 20 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan Development | s.t. |
| 21 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 1:22 |
| 22 | Giovanni Carboni | Italia | s.t. |
| 23 | Germán Dario Gómez | Colombia-Tierra de Atletas-GW | s.t. |
| 24 | Antonio Tiberi | Italia | s.t. |
| 25 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 26 | Natnael Tesfazion | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 1:28 |
| 27 | Gavin Mannion | Human Powered Health | 1:40 |
| 28 | Alessandro Monaco | Giotti Victoria Savini Due | 1:50 |
| 29 | Nicola Venchiarutti | Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek | s.t. |
| 30 | Johan Meens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB | 2:06 |
| 31 | Anders Foldager | Biesse-Carrera | 2:10 |
| 32 | Alessandro Baroni | Colpack-Ballan | s.t. |
| 33 | Daniel Savini | MG.K vis-Colors for Peace-VPM | s.t. |
| 34 | Sergio Garcia | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 35 | Cristian Rico | Colombia-Tierra de Atletas-GW | 2:21 |
| 36 | Martin López | Astana Qazaqstan Development | 2:42 |
| 37 | Tom Paquot | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB | 2:53 |
| 38 | Kristian Aasvold | Human Powered Health | 3:28 |
| 39 | Alessandro Santaromita | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 3:45 |
| 40 | Andrea Piras | Beltrami TSA Tre Colli | s.t. |
| 41 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4:58 |
| 42 | Tanel Kangert | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 43 | Chad Haga | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 44 | Davide Baldaccini | Team Corratec | 5:21 |
| 45 | Milan Menten | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB | s.t. |
| 46 | Raul Colombo | Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek | s.t. |
| 47 | Marco Tizza | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB | s.t. |
| 48 | Giacomo Villa | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
| 49 | Marco Murgano | Team Corratec | s.t. |
| 50 | Samuele Carpene | General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia | s.t. |
| 51 | Michael Belleri | Biesse-Carrera | s.t. |
| 52 | Edoardo Faresin | Zalf Euromobil Désirée Fior | s.t. |
| 53 | Giovanni Bortoluzzi | Work Service-Vitalcare-Dynatek | s.t. |
| 54 | Alessandro Iacchi | Team Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 55 | Karim Raviele | Colpack-Ballan | s.t. |
| 56 | Walter Calzoni | Gallina Ecotek Lucchini Colosio | s.t. |
| 57 | Francesco Di Felice | Gallina Ecotek Lucchini Colosio | s.t. |
| 58 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 59 | Juan Diego Alba | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 6:21 |
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