2017 GP Canton Aargau/d'Argovie (HC), Switzerland
54th edition: Thursday, June 8, 2017
GP Canton Aargau podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition | Start list
Leuggern - Leuggern, 188.7 km
The race: Here's the story from second-place John Degenkolb's Trek-Segafredo team.
John Degenkolb sprinted to second in the GP du canton d'Argovie Thursday and just missed giving Trek-Segafredo a repeat win in the Swiss race after Giacomo Nizzolo claimed victory in 2016.
Trek-Segafredo, with Degenkolb a pre-race favorite, did the bulk of the work controlling a four-man breakaway during the 189-kilometer race around Gippingen.
With the quartet holding a five-minute lead, Gregory Rast and Mads Pedersen went to work and trimmed the gap back to three minutes.
"We expected lots of attacking at the start, but it didn't really happen," said director Kim Andersen. "Four guys got away, and the teams all looked to us to control since on paper we had the best sprinter. When they had 4-5 mins, Rasty and Mads worked to bring the break back down to 3mins, and then later Bora Hansgrohe helped.
"In the last two laps there were some attacks on the climb, and we still had five guys, so it was perfect. We had a good lead out, we saved Jasper (Stuyven) and he did a great job, but John was not directly on his wheel, he was behind by one or two positions, and in the end that was enough to miss the win. Yes, yet another time second!"
In the final two laps of the 18.9-kilometer course the breakaway group was down to a 30-second lead and after a few attacks on the climb were also neutralized in the final rounds, everything was back to one large group.
With two trusted, strong lead-out men in Koen de Kort and Jasper Stuyven, Trek-Segafredo went to work in setting up Degenkolb for the sprint. When the final kick unfolded on the short uphill to the line, Degenkolb found himself a little too far behind and, although he was gaining ground in the last 100 meters, ran out of real estate to overtake Sacha Modolo (UAE Emirates).
"The race was great teamwork today, we took the responsibility, and in the end, almost everything went perfect," said Degenkolb. "It's a shame that I had to come into the sprint from a little too far back...of course it's very frustrating to be again second, but in the Tour de Suisse I will have more chances. I'm looking forward to that! The team was amazing today; big compliments to them!"
The Tour de Suisse begins Saturday and Degenkolb, who added that his feeling was good today, will look to kick things off with a strong prologue, a six-kilometer time trial suited to explosive, powerful riders.
"I felt pretty good for coming straight from a training period," said Degenkolb, whose last race was at the Tour of California. "I am very happy about that, and my next target is the prologue on Saturday."
Complete Results:
188.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.505 km/hr
| 1 | Sacha MODOLO | UAE Abu Dhabi | 4hr 26min 22sec |
| 2 | John DEGENKOLB | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 3 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 4 | Michael ALBASINI | Orica-Scott | @ 1sec |
| 5 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 6 | Baptiste PLANCKAERT | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 7 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 8 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 9 | Oscar GATTO | Astana | s.t. |
| 10 | Sam BENNETT | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 2sec |
| 11 | Fabian LIENHARD | Vorarlberg | s.t. |
| 12 | Mattia FRAPPORTI | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 13 | Igor BOEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 14 | Jhonatan RESTREPO | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 15 | Matti BRESCHEL | Astana | s.t. |
| 16 | Colin Chris STÜSSI | Roth-Akros | s.t. |
| 17 | Thomas SPRENGERS | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 18 | Dries VAN GESTEL | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 19 | Simone ANTONINI | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | @ 3sec |
| 20 | Hugo HOULE | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 21 | Cyrille THIÈRY | Switzerland | s.t. |
| 22 | Preben VAN HECKE | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 23 | Julien BERARD | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 24 | Xandro MEURISSE | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 25 | Kristian SBARAGLI | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 26 | Roland THALMANN | Roth-Akros | 4 |
| 27 | Evgeny SHALUNOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | 5 |
| 28 | Ondrej CINK | Bahrain-Merida | 6 |
| 29 | Silvan DILLIER | BMC | s.t. |
| 30 | Dmitriy GRUZDEV | Astana | s.t. |
| 31 | Fabien DOUBEY | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 32 | François BIDARD | Ag2r La Mondiale | 7 |
| 33 | Marino KOBAYASHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 34 | Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | 8 |
| 35 | Reto HOLLENSTEIN | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 36 | Jasper STUYVEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 37 | Artem NYCH | Gazprom-Rusvelo | 10 |
| 38 | Matteo BADILATTI | Switzerland | 11 |
| 39 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 12 |
| 40 | Valerio CONTI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 41 | JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 42 | Valentin BAILLIFARD | Roth-Akros | s.t. |
| 43 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 44 | Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 45 | Simone PETILLI | UAE Abu Dhabi | 13 |
| 46 | Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY | Bahrain-Merida | 14 |
| 47 | Mekseb DEBESAY | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 48 | Daniil FOMINYKH | Astana | s.t. |
| 49 | Javier MORENO BAZAN | Bahrain-Merida | 15 |
| 50 | Alessandro BISOLTI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 16 |
| 51 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | 17 |
| 52 | Damiano CARUSO | BMC | s.t. |
| 53 | Arman KAMYSHEV | Astana | 18 |
| 54 | IVAN RAMIRO SOSA | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 55 | Francesco GAVAZZI | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 56 | Stefan KÜNG | BMC | s.t. |
| 57 | Andrea vendrame | Androni Giocattoli | 20 |
| 58 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | 22 |
| 59 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | 25 |
| 60 | Moreno MOSER | Astana | 28 |
| 61 | Ivan GARCIA CORTINA | Bahrain-Merida | 30 |
| 62 | Christophe RIBLON | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 63 | Ángel VICIOSO ARCOS | Katusha Alpecin | 31 |
| 64 | Samuel SANCHEZ | BMC | 43 |
| 65 | Marko KUMP | UAE Abu Dhabi | 50 |
| 66 | Matej MOHORIC | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 67 | Benjamin KING | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 68 | Cesare BENEDETTI | Bora-hansgrohe | 51 |
| 69 | Koen DE KORT | Trek-Segafredo | 57 |
| 70 | Jarlinson PANTANO | Trek-Segafredo | 57 |
| 71 | Lukas PÖSTLBERGER | Bora-hansgrohe | 58 |
| 72 | Gregor MÜHLBERGER | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 73 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | +1:14 |
| 74 | Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI | Bahrain-Merida | +1:31 |
| 75 | Lachlan MORTON | Dimension Data | +1:34 |
| 76 | Kevin VAN MELSEN | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1:51 |
| 77 | Mark MCNALLY | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | +1:52 |
| 78 | Mario SPENGLER | Switzerland | +1:54 |
| 79 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | +2:04 |
| 80 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 81 | Nico DENZ | Ag2r La Mondiale | +2:07 |
| 82 | Marco HALLER | Katusha Alpecin | +2:08 |
| 83 | Dmitriy KOZONTCHUK | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 84 | Frederik VEUCHELEN | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 85 | Thery SCHIR | Vorarlberg | +2:09 |
| 86 | Manuel BOSCH | Vorarlberg | +4:01 |
| 87 | Mitch DOCKER | Orica-Scott | +4:06 |
| 88 | Jonathan FUMEAUX | Roth-Akros | s.t. |
| 89 | Lukas RÜEGG | Switzerland | +4:07 |
| 90 | Sam BEWLEY | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 91 | Nick DOUGALL | Dimension Data | +4:08 |
| 92 | Nicola BAGIOLI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 93 | Tom BOHLI | BMC | s.t. |
| 94 | Luca PACIONI | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
| 95 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 96 | Andrei SOLOMENNIKOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +5:36 |
| 97 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 98 | Niels KNIPP | Switzerland | s.t. |
| 99 | Sondre HOLST ENGER | Ag2r La Mondiale | +6:01 |
| 100 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | +6:27 |
| 101 | Gediminas BAGDONAS | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 102 | Damian LÜSCHER | Roth-Akros | +6:28 |
| 103 | Jaco VENTER | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 104 | Gian FRIESECKE | Vorarlberg | +8:32 |
| 105 | Lukas SPENGLER | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 106 | Sergey NIKOLAEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 107 | Timo GÜLLER | Switzerland | +21:03 |
| 108 | Lukas JAUN | Roth-Akros | s.t. |
Start list with back numbers, June 7, 2017:
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 1 | VAN POPPEL Boy |
| 2 | RAST Grégory |
| 3 | PEDERSEN Mads |
| 4 | PANTANO Jarlinson |
| 5 | DE KORT Koen |
| 6 | BERNARD Julien |
| 7 | DEGENKOLB John |
| 8 | STUYVEN Jasper |
| ORICA - SCOTT | |
| 11 | ALBASINI Michael |
| 12 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 13 | POWER Robert |
| 14 | CORT NIELSEN Magnus |
| 15 | EDMONDSON Alexander |
| 16 | DOCKER Mitchell |
| 17 | BEWLEY Sam |
| 18 | KLUGE Roger |
| BMC | |
| 21 | BOHLI Tom |
| 22 | DILLIER Silvan |
| 23 | CARUSO Damiano |
| 24 | KÜNG Stefan |
| 25 | SANCHEZ Samuel |
| 26 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan |
| 27 | SENNI Manuel |
| 28 | VLIEGEN Loïc |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 31 | POSTLBERGER Lukas |
| 32 | BASKA Erik |
| 33 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
| 34 | BENNETT Sam |
| 35 | PIMENTA José Joao |
| 36 | MUHLBERGER Gregor |
| 37 | PELUCCHI Matteo |
| ASTANA | |
| 41 | BRESCHEL Matti |
| 42 | FOMINYKH Daniil |
| 43 | GATTO Oscar |
| 44 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
| 45 | KAMYSHEV Arman |
| 46 | LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel |
| KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
| 51 | HALLER Marco |
| 52 | TAARAMAE Rein |
| 53 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
| 54 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto |
| 55 | RESTREPO Jhonatan |
| 56 | MATHIS Marco |
| 57 | SPILAK Simon |
| 58 | VICIOSO Angel |
| BAHRAIN - MERIDA | |
| 61 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo |
| 62 | CINK Ondrej |
| 63 | GARCIA CORTINA Ivan |
| 64 | GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam |
| 65 | IZAGUIRRE Jon |
| 66 | MORENO BAZAN Javier |
| 67 | GASPAROTTO Enrico |
| 68 | AGNOLI Valerio |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 71 | MORTON Lachlan David |
| 72 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 73 | DOUGALL Nick |
| 74 | KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi |
| 75 | VENTER Jacobus |
| 76 | DEBESAY Mekseb Abrha |
| 77 | KING Benjamin |
| 78 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| UAE - TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 81 | CONSONNI Simone |
| 82 | CONTI Valerio |
| 83 | FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto |
| 84 | KUMP Marko |
| 85 | ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin |
| 86 | MOHORIC Matej |
| 87 | MODOLO Sacha |
| 88 | PETILLI Simone |
| AG2R-LA MONDIALE | |
| 91 | BAGDONAS Gediminas |
| 92 | BÉRARD Julien |
| 93 | DENZ Nico |
| 94 | BIDARD François |
| 95 | FRANK Mathias |
| 96 | HOLST ENGER Sondre |
| 97 | HOULE Hugo |
| 98 | RIBLON Christophe |
| ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | |
| 101 | BALLERINI Davide |
| 102 | FRAPPORTI Mattia |
| 103 | GAVAZZI Francesco |
| 104 | MASNADA Fausto |
| 105 | PACIONI Luca |
| 106 | SOSA Ivan Ramiro |
| 107 | TALIANI Alessio |
| 108 | VENDRAME Andrea |
| GAZPROM - RUSVELO | |
| 111 | BOEV Igor |
| 112 | ERSHOV Artur |
| 113 | MAIKIN Roman |
| 114 | NIKOLAEV Sergey |
| 115 | NYCH Artem |
| 116 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy |
| 117 | SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey |
| 118 | SHALUNOV Evgeny |
| NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | |
| 121 | DE NEGRI Pier Paolo |
| 122 | CANOLA Marco |
| 123 | BAGIOLI Nicola |
| 124 | FILOSI Iuri |
| 125 | MARANGONI Alan |
| 126 | KOBAYASHI Marino |
| 127 | BISOLTI Alessandro |
| 128 | UCHIMA Kohei |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 131 | DE GENDT Aimé |
| 132 | DE KETELE Kenny |
| 133 | LIETAER Eliot |
| 134 | SPRENGERS Thomas |
| 135 | VAN GESTEL Dries |
| 136 | VAN HECKE Preben |
| 137 | FARAZIJN Maxime |
| 138 | WALLAYS Jens |
| WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 141 | ANTONINI Simone |
| 142 | BAUGNIES Jérôme |
| 143 | DEVRIENDT Tom |
| 144 | DOUBEY Fabien |
| 145 | MEURISSE Xandro |
| 146 | PASQUALON Andrea |
| 147 | VAN MELSEN Kevin |
| 148 | VEUCHELEN Frederik |
| SWITZERLAND | |
| 151 | PAGE Dylan |
| 152 | SPENGLER Lukas |
| 153 | THIERY Cyrille |
| 154 | RÜEGG Lukas |
| 155 | BADILATTI Matteo |
| 156 | SPENGLER Mario |
| 157 | CAIROLI Luca |
| 158 | GÜLLER Timo |
| ROTH - AKROS | |
| 161 | FUMEAUX Jonathan |
| 162 | BAILLIFART Valentin |
| 163 | JAUN Lukas |
| 164 | LANG Pirmin |
| 165 | LÜSCHER Damian |
| 166 | REUTIMANN Matthias |
| 167 | STÜSSI Colin |
| 168 | THALMANN Roland |
| TEAM VORARLBERG | |
| 171 | SCHELLING Patrick |
| 172 | LIENHARD Fabian |
| 173 | SCHIR Théry |
| 174 | FRIESECKE Gian |
| 175 | BALDAUF Sébastian |
| 176 | HONIG Reinier |
| 177 | JÄGER Patrick |
| 178 | ZURITA MARTINEZ Francesc |