2015 Trofeo Laigueglia (1.1), Italy

52nd edition: Thursday, February 19, 2015

Trofeo Laigueglia podium history | 2014 edition | 2016 edition
Race Photos |

Laigueglia - Laigueglia, 192 km

Davide Cimolai wins the 2015 Trofeo Laigueglia.

The Race: Laigueglia is a small city in Italy's Ligurian province, on the coast, not too far from the French border. The Trofeo Laiguelgia has several climbs and is generally considered the first race of the Italian season.

With the challenging terrain it's not surprising four riders were able to escape in the race's early kilometers. Cannodale-Garmin did a lot of the work chasing the escapees.

The race leaves the coast and heads into the Ligurian hills and by the time the race had come back to the coast the break was caught. But the challenging terrain broke up the peloton. Twenty-four riders remained to contest the sprint and twenty-five year-old Lampre-Merida talent Davide Cimolai prevailed.

That makes the third year in a row Lampre-Merida has won the Trofeo Laigueglia. Impressive.

Complete Results: 192 km raced at an average speed of 39.213 km/hr

Race Photos (posted below results) |

1	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE MERIDA	4hr 53min 47sec
2	GAVAZZI Francesco	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
3	TCATEVICH Aleksei	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
4	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
5	FELLINE Fabio	NAZIONALE  ITALIANA	s.t.
6	TULIK Angelo	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
7	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
8	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	CULT ENERGY	s.t.
9	PETILLI Simone	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
10	MEGIAS LEAL Javier	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
11	HIVERT Jonathan	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
12	MOSER Moreno	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
13	FINETTO Mauro	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
14	PELLIZOTTI Franco	ANDRONI  GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
15	GERDEMANN Linus	CULT ENERGY	s.t.
16	CUNEGO Damiano	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
17	SILIN Egor	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
18	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
19	VICIOSO ARCOS Angel	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
20	ATAPUMA HURTADO Darwin	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
21	MARTIN Daniel	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
22	SPILAK Simon	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
23	STORTONI Simone	ANDRONI  GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
24	NIEMIEC Przemyslaw	LAMPRE MERIDA	s.t.
25	ZAKARIN Ilnur	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 15sec
26	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	@ 31sec
27	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 1min 24sec
28	PEDRAZA MORALES Walter Ferna	COLOMBIA	s.t.
29	WEGMANN Fabian	CULT ENERGY	s.t.
30	BERARD Julien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
31	SANTORO Antonio	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
32	MONSALVE Yonattah	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
33	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	LAMPRE MERIDA	s.t.
34	MOHORIC Matej	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
35	RAMIREZ CHACON Brayan Stiven	COLOMBIA	s.t.
36	PARRINELLO Antonino	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
37	SARMIENTO TUNARROSA Cayeta	COLOMBIA	s.t.
38	PIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
39	FONSECA Armindo	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
40	VORGANOV Eduard	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
41	VACHON Florian	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
42	BROWN Nathan	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
43	SENNI Manuel	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
44	GAZZARRA Michele	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
45	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
46	VIGANO Davide	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
47	NARDELLI Stefano	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
48	ROSSKOPF Joseph	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
49	FILOSI Iuri	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
50	DUCHESNE Antoine	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
51	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
52	RAVASI Edward	NAZIONALE  ITALIANA	s.t.
53	REDA Francesco	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
54	GATTO Oscar	ANDRONI  GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
55	FAVILLI Elia	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
56	ROTA Lorenzo	UNIEURO WILIER	@ 1min 30sec
57	HERNANDEZ Jaramillo	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
58	MONDORY Lloyd	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
59	BISOLTI Alessandro	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
60	VOECKLER Thomas	TEAM EUROPCAR	@ 2min 21sec
61	QUEMENEUR Perrig	TEAM EUROPCAR	@ 2min 51sec
62	BELLETTI Manuel	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
63	LEDANOIS Kevin	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	@ 4min 53sec
64	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
65	KING Benjamin	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
66	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE MERIDA	@ 6min 33sec
67	MORI Manuele	LAMPRE MERIDA	s.t.
68	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE MERIDA	s.t.
69	DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano	ANDRONI  GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
70	BANDIERA Marco	ANDRONI  GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
71	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	ANDRONI  GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
72	COUSIN Jerome	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
73	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN	s.t.
74	FEILLU Romain	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	@ 7min 24sec
75	BRUN Frédéric	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
76	PETACCHI Alessandro	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
77	FERRAROTTI Alessandro Mario (ITA	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
78	HUREL Tony	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
79	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
80	MALAGUTI Alessandro	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
81	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE MERIDA	s.t.
82	PICHOT Alexandre	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
83	TIZZA Marco	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
84	MARTÍNEZ Daniel	COLOMBIA	s.t.
85	CASTIBLANCO CUBIDES Jorge C	COLOMBIA	s.t.
86	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE MERIDA	s.t.
87	PAREDES Jonathan	COLOMBIA	s.t.
88	GARBY Marc	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
89	MOLANO Sebastián	COLOMBIA	s.t.
90	LARSSON Gustav	CULT ENERGY	s.t.
91	KOCHETKOV Pavel	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
92	PANTOJA TOBAR Darwin Ferney (C	COLOMBIA	s.t.
93	TROIA Oliviero	NAZIONALE  ITALIANA	s.t.
94	APPOLLONIO Davide	ANDRONI  GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
95	BROGI Adriano	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
96	CIAVATTA Paolo	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
97	SANNINO Giuseppe	NAZIONALE  ITALIANA	s.t.
98	DI FRANCESCO Gian Marco	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
99	GAFFURINI Nicola	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
100	REIHS Michael	CULT ENERGY	s.t.
101	VINTHER Troels Ronning	CULT ENERGY	s.t.
102	ZANGERLE Joel	CULT ENERGY	s.t.
103	GIAMPAOLO Moreno	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
104	MAGER Christian	CULT ENERGY	@ 7min 30sec
105	CASTAGNARO Francesco	NAZIONALE  ITALIANA	@ 10min 21sec
106	CAPELLI Luca	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
107	PIECHELE Andrea	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
108	DI SANTE Antonio	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
109	RUFFONI Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
110	TURGOT Sébastien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
111	DANIEL Maxime	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
112	CHINELLO Fabio	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
113	RUSCETTA Andrea	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
114	STERBINI Simone	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
115	CACCIOTTI Andrea	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
116	NIBALI Antonio	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
117	BELKOV Maxim	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
118	TECCHIO Marco	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
119	CAVASIN Daniele	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
120	DONATO Riccardo	NAZIONALE  ITALIANA	s.t.
121	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.

Race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The Bretagne-Seche Environnement team is presented before the race's start.

Matteo Montaguti with his mother and father (and dog!) before the start.

The peloton on the Ligurian Coast.

Colombian rider Joanthan Paredes on a climb.

Europcar rider Thoas Voeckler descends.

Rick Zabel

Davide Cimolai wins

The 2015 Trofeo Laigueglia podium, from left: Francesco Gavazzi, winner Davide Cimolai and Alexey Tcatevitch