2019 Milano-Torino (HC), Italy
100th edition: Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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Milano (Magenta) - Torino (Superga), 179 km
Michael Woods wins the 100th edition of Milano-Torino.
Weather at 1:30 PM, local time: It was raining at the start in Milano, but in the finish city of Torino it was 16C (60F), cloudy, with the wind from the northeast a 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain was forecast.
The race: 145 riders began the oldest race on the international calender at 12:10. Non starters: Grega Bole (Bahrain-Merida) and Brent Van Maer (Lotto-Soudal).
Here's the organizer's race summary:
Canada’s Michael Woods (EF Education First), a former world-class runner, claimed his first one-day race victory at the world’s oldest classic, Milano-Torino, the same event in which he announced himself as a pro cyclist with a second place three years ago. He outclassed Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) and Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) up the hill to the Superga Basilica ahead of Saturday’s Il Lombardia on the day he’ll turn 33.
The winner Michael Woods said in the post-race press conference: “I was questioning whether or not I should go hard, considering the weather conditions and Il Lombardia being a big goal of mine on Saturday, but at the same time, the finish suited me so well that it was hard to pass on the opportunity to go for the win today. I knew I was on a really good day, this climb favours somebody who attacks and is really offensive. That was the way to put everyone else under pressure and try to discourage them, and I think it really worked out. After what I achieved here, I’ll be considered a favourite for Il Lombardia but I haven’t made the top 10 in that race yet, so my first goal will be to make the podium and win it later in my career.”
Alejandro Valverde, second, said: “Michael Woods is a worthy winner but I also want to thank my team for the great work they’ve done. I’ve waited for my time to produce my effort. I would have liked to win. But we’re quite happy with the second place. I’ve missed the win by very little. I’ve lacked a bit of confidence. If we analyse the week of racing with a fifth place, a second place, yesterday’s bad luck and today’s second place again, it means I’m ready for Il Lombardia on Saturday.”
Adam Yates, third, said: “It would have been better to be on the top step but I tried my best and the team was really good today, especially Jack Haig. Heading to the final climb, he did a massive pull to position me and I always had the guys around me to keep me safe for the final. Everyone knew Michael Woods would be one of the guys to beat today. He showed he has the best legs, especially for this climb. I congratulate him. He played it perfectly. Il Lombardia on Saturday will be a complete different race than today. Today was pretty pan flat before the final. On Saturday it’ll be a more tiring race from start to finish. I’ll give my best and I hope I’ll pull off a result.”
Complete Results:
179 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.173 km/hr
| 1 | Michael Woods | EF Education First | 4hr 3min 48sec |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
| 3 | Adam Yates | Mitchelton-Scott | @ 5sec |
| 4 | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto-Soudal | 10'' |
| 5 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 6 | Egan Bernal | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 7 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | 23'' |
| 8 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana | 33'' |
| 9 | Kevin Rivera | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 10 | Enric Mas | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 38'' |
| 11 | Ion Izagirre | Astana | s.t. |
| 12 | Jack Haig | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 13 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | 40'' |
| 14 | Rafal Majka | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 15 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana | s.t. |
| 16 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 17 | Víctor de la Parte | CCC Team | 43'' |
| 18 | Davide Formolo | Bora-hansgrohe | 46'' |
| 19 | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | 59'' |
| 20 | Diego Rosa | Team INEOS | 1' 11'' |
| 21 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 22 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 23 | Simon Geschke | CCC Team | 1' 22'' |
| 24 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 25 | Rui Costa | UAE-Team Emirates | 1' 34'' |
| 26 | Carlos Betancur | Movistar | 1' 36'' |
| 27 | Steff Cras | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 28 | Fausto Masnada | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 29 | Riccardo Zoidl | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain-Merida | 1' 42'' |
| 31 | Aliaksandr Riabushenko | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 32 | Simone Ravanelli | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 1' 44'' |
| 33 | Peter Stetina | Trek-Segafredo | 1' 45'' |
| 34 | Philippe Gilbert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2' 00'' |
| 35 | Francesco Bongiorno | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 2' 20'' |
| 36 | Tanel Kangert | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 37 | Gino Mäder | Dimension Data | 2' 35'' |
| 38 | Rubén Fernández | Movistar | 3' 06'' |
| 39 | Hugo Houle | Astana | s.t. |
| 40 | Simone Petilli | UAE-Team Emirates | 3' 24'' |
| 41 | Davide Gabburo | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 3' 50'' |
| 42 | Robert Power | Team Sunweb | 4' 04'' |
| 43 | Mattia Bais | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 4' 56'' |
| 44 | Sebastian Schönberger | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 5' 05'' |
| 45 | Elie Gesbert | Arkea-Samsic | 5' 23'' |
| 46 | Tomasz Marczynski | Lotto-Soudal | 5' 26'' |
| 47 | Danilo Wyss | Dimension Data | 5' 48'' |
| 48 | Kilian Frankiny | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 49 | Mikel Nieve | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 50 | Luca Covili | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 51 | Jérémy Maison | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 52 | Jonathan Caicedo | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 53 | Daniel Muñoz | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 54 | Alex Howes | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 55 | Laurens ten Dam | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | 6' 29'' |
| 57 | Dario Cataldo | Astana | 7' 16'' |
| 58 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | s.t. |
| 59 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 60 | Damien Howson | Mitchelton-Scott | 7' 56'' |
| 61 | Domen Novak | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 62 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | 8' 02'' |
| 63 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-Merida | 8' 33'' |
| 64 | Davide Martinelli | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 65 | Aurélien Doleatto | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 66 | Sander Armée | Lotto-Soudal | 9' 03'' |
| 67 | Lukasz Owsian | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 68 | Rory Sutherland | UAE-Team Emirates | 9' 06'' |
| 69 | Enrico Battaglin | Katusha-Alpecin | 9' 11'' |
| 70 | Matteo Fabbro | Katusha-Alpecin | 9' 15'' |
| 71 | Giovanni Carboni | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 72 | Romain Hardy | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 73 | Daniel Navarro | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 74 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 75 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 76 | Pavel Kochetkov | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 77 | Michael Valgren | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 78 | Rémi Cavagna | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 79 | Edoardo Zardini | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 9' 47'' |
| 80 | Filippo Zaccanti | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 81 | Roberto González | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 11' 35'' |
| 82 | Jaime Castrillo | Movistar | 13' 10'' |
| 83 | Amaël Moinard | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 84 | Carlos Barbero | Movistar | s.t. |
| 85 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 86 | Antonio Nibali | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 87 | Jaco Venter | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 88 | Valerio Agnoli | Bahrain-Merida | 13' 46'' |
| 89 | Joan Bou | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 15' 10'' |
2019 Milano-Torino map & profile
2019 Milano-Torino map
2019 Milano-Torino profile
Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
The CCC Team is presented during the race start ceremonies.
And here's Groupama-FDJ. It was raining in Milan at the start.
World Champion Mads Pedersen gets his rainbow-decorated bike for the race start. He did not finish the race
The peloton on the Superga climb.
William Bonnet enjoying the gentle slope of the Superga climb.
Mads Pedersen on the Superga ascent
Mikel Nieve
Michael Woods beats Alejandro Valverde to win Milano-Torino.
Winner Michael Woods enjoys his victory.
The podium, from left: Alejandro Valverde (2nd), Michael Woods & Adam Yates (3rd)
Start list with back numbers, October 8, 2019:
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 1 | PEDERSEN Mads |
| 2 | BERNARD Julien |
| 3 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca |
| 4 | CICCONE Giulio |
| 5 | EG Niklas |
| 6 | MOLLEMA Bauke |
| 7 | STETINA Peter |
| ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC | |
| 11 | MASNADA Fausto |
| 12 | BAIS Mattia |
| 13 | RIVERA Kevin |
| 14 | CATTANEO Mattia |
| 15 | FLOREZ Miguel |
| 16 | MUÑOZ Daniel |
| 17 | RAVANELLI Simone |
| ASTANA | |
| 21 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
| 22 | CATALDO Dario |
| 23 | GIDICH Yevgeniy |
| 24 | GREGAARD WILSLY Jonas |
| 25 | HOULE Hugo |
| 26 | IZAGUIRRE Gorka |
| 27 | IZAGUIRRE Ion |
| BAHRAIN-MERIDA | |
| 31 | PERNSTEINER Hermann |
| 32 | AGNOLI Valerio |
| 33 | ARASHIRO Yukiya |
| 34 | BOLE Grega |
| 35 | GARCIA Ivan |
| 36 | NIBALI Antonio |
| 37 | NOVAK Domen |
| BARDIANI-CSF | |
| 41 | BARBIN Enrico |
| 42 | CARBONI Giovanni |
| 43 | COVILI Luca |
| 44 | ORSINI Umberto |
| 45 | ROMANO Francesco |
| 46 | ROTA Lorenzo |
| 47 | SAVINI Daniel |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 51 | FORMOLO Davide |
| 52 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
| 53 | BUCHMANN Emanuel |
| 54 | MAJKA Rafal |
| 55 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor |
| 56 | SAGAN Juraj |
| 57 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian |
| CCC TEAM | |
| 61 | OWSIAN Lukasz |
| 62 | DE LA PARTE Victor |
| 63 | GESCHKE Simon |
| 64 | PAUWELS Serge |
| 65 | ROSSKOPF Joey |
| 66 | TEN DAM Laurens |
| 67 | ZOIDL Riccardo |
| DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP | |
| 71 | GILBERT Philippe |
| 72 | CAPECCHI Eros |
| 73 | CAVAGNA Rémi |
| 74 | MARTINELLI Davide |
| 75 | JUNGELS Bob |
| 76 | KNOX James |
| 77 | MAS NICOLAU Enric |
| EF EDUCATION FIRST | |
| 81 | HIGUITA Sergio |
| 82 | BROWN Nathan |
| 83 | CAICEDO Jonathan |
| 84 | HOWES Alex |
| 85 | KANGERT Tanel |
| 86 | MORTON Lachlan |
| 87 | WOODS Michael |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| 91 | GAUDU David |
| 92 | BONNET William |
| 93 | MADOUAS Valentin |
| 94 | MOLARD Rudy |
| 95 | MORABITO Steve |
| 96 | FRANKINY Kilian |
| 97 | ROUX Anthony |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| 101 | WELLENS Tim |
| 102 | ARMEE Sander |
| 103 | BENOOT Tiesj |
| 104 | MARCZYNSKI Tomasz |
| 105 | MERTZ Rémy |
| 106 | VANENDERT Jelle |
| 107 | VAN MOER Brent |
| MITCHELTON-SCOTT | |
| 111 | YATES Adam |
| 112 | AFFINI Edoardo |
| 113 | BOOKWALTER Brent |
| 114 | HAIG Jack |
| 115 | HOWSON Damien |
| 116 | NIEVE Mikel |
| 117 | SCHULTZ Nicholas |
| MOVISTAR | |
| 121 | VALVERDE Alejandro |
| 122 | BARBERO Carlos |
| 123 | BETANCUR Carlos |
| 124 | CASTRILLO Jaime |
| 125 | FERNANDEZ Rubén |
| 126 | LANDA Mikel |
| 127 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha |
| NERI SOTTOLI-SELLE ITALIA | |
| 131 | BONGIORNO Francesco |
| 132 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo |
| 133 | GABBURO Davide |
| 134 | GONZÁLEZ Roberto |
| 135 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian |
| 136 | VELASCO Simone |
| 137 | ZARDINI Edoardo |
| NIPPO-VINI FANTINI | |
| 141 | ACOSTA Ruben |
| 142 | BAGIOLI Nicola |
| 143 | BOU Joan |
| 144 | CANOLA Marco |
| 145 | NAKANE Hideto |
| 146 | OSORIO Alejandro |
| 147 | ZACCANTI Filippo |
| ARKEA-SAMSIC | |
| 151 | BARGUIL Warren |
| 152 | DOLEATTO Aurélien |
| 153 | GESBERT Elie |
| 154 | HARDY Romain |
| 155 | LE ROUX Romain |
| 156 | MAISON Jérémy |
| 157 | MOINARD Amaël |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 161 | KREUZIGER Roman |
| 162 | GASPAROTTO Enrico |
| 163 | VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 164 | MÄDER Gino |
| 165 | VALGREN Michael |
| 166 | VENTER Jacobus |
| TEAM INEOS | |
| 171 | BERNAL Egan |
| 172 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan |
| 173 | DUNBAR Eddie |
| 174 | GANNA Filippo |
| 175 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao |
| 176 | ROSA Diego |
| 177 | SOSA Ivan |
| KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
| 181 | BATTAGLIN Enrico |
| 182 | CRAS Steff |
| 183 | FABBRO Matteo |
| 184 | KOCHETKOV Pavel |
| 185 | HOLLMANN Juri |
| 186 | NAVARRO Daniel |
| 187 | ZAKARIN Ilnur |
| TEAM SUNWEB | |
| 191 | KELDERMAN Wilco |
| 192 | HINDLEY Jai |
| 193 | FROHLINGER Johannes |
| 194 | HAMILTON Chris |
| 195 | HIRSCHI Marc |
| 196 | POWER Robert |
| 197 | SALMON Martin |
| UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 201 | MORI Manuele |
| 202 | FARIA Rui |
| 203 | DALLA VALLE Nicolas |
| 204 | OLIVEIRA Ivo |
| 205 | PETILLI Simone |
| 206 | RIABUSHENKO Aliaksandr |
| 207 | SUTHERLAND Rory |