The Tour de Mirabelle (France) of the Biesse Carrera begins with a third place for Davide Donati. The young man from Brescia, winner of the Gp Liberazione in Rome, climbed onto the podium in the Verdun time trial prologue (5.3 km) which today kicked off the class 2.2 stage race which will end on Sunday 26 May in Damelevières. The test against time saw the success of the Dutch cross-country skier Pim Ronhaar who covered the distance in 6’20” ahead of the Swiss Bogli by 3″ and Donati, author of an excellent performance. Seventeenth place for Etienne Grimod at 10″.
“I time it – says the Lombard runner – It’s a specialty that I like and that suits me. The course was short and fast, but I noticed how it was also technical in some corners, so I paid attention to making the best of them. Overall, I got very close to my expected time and was able to run it well. I’m happy with this result and also with having worn the jersey of the best young player.”
“We started very well – says the sports director Marco Milesi – all the guys expressed themselves positively in this first time trial, then we know that Donati is particularly skilled in the fight against time. Now we will look for a stage victory and to try to defend the jersey of best youngster.”
ORDER OF ARRIVAL
1 RONHAAR Pim Baloise Trek Lions 00:06:20
2 BÖGLI Noah Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 03
3 DONATI Davide Biesse-Carrera + 03
4 NILSSON-JULIEN Oscar AVC Aix-en-Provence + 04
5 SAUNDERS Tristan Team BridgeLane + 04
6 PUTZ Sebastian Tirol KTM Cycling Team + 04
7 IZQUIERDO Clement AVC Aix-en-Provence + 04
8 CROCKETT Finn VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 05
9 BEZZA Quentin Philippe Wagner-Bazin + 06
10 HOPPEZAK Vincent Netherlands Track Team + 06
11 VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem Netherlands Track Team + 07
12 HOLTHER Trym Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme + 08
13 MIKUTIS Aivaras Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 + 08
14 WALTON Jonas Team Ecoflo Chronos + 08
15 DE JONG Timo VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 09
16 PLUTO Martin BEAT Cycling Club + 09
17 GRIMOD Etienne Biesse-Carrera + 10
18 KLUGE Roger Rad-Net Osswald + 11
19 GODFROID Olivier Baloise Trek Lions + 11
20 GUÉRIN Alexis Philippe Wagner-Bazin + 1
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