March 25, 2016 (Gatteo, Italy) – Rally Cycling continued its stellar European campaign with a second place finish in stage 1b of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi E Bartali – an 11 km team time trial in Gatteo, Italy. In a unique format, the team was broken into two 4-man squads and placed in separate start groups. In the first group was the Rally Cycling squad of Jesse Anthony, Evan Huffman, Pierrick Naud and Danny Pate. The quartet worked well together and set a blistering time of 15:26. The time would stand for most of the day until the Gazprom-RusVelo team, second from last to start, went 12 seconds faster.

“Knowing the route was a big advantage going into the TTT,” said Anthony. “Team Director Pat McCarty spent a lot of time with us pre-riding the course.  Knowing when to relax through the technical sections and where to go full gas helped a lot. All of Rally Cycling has worked hard to make sure we had everything we needed to be prepared for this race. Everyone’s hard work contributed to this result.”

Rally Cycling’s second squad consisted of Rob Britton, Adam De Vos, Eric Young and Tom Zirbel. The four riders powered around the course in a time of 15:34 for ninth place. The result gave Rally Cycling two spots in the top ten and sets the team up well for a run at the general classification. Anthony sits in fourth place at 13 seconds back and Pate is seventh at 16 seconds down. Britton and De Vos are in 20th and 21st place at 20 seconds.

“It’s always hard to finish second, but this is an impressive result by our guys,” said Performance Manager Jonas Carney. “After winning a couple of races in our first week in Europe we had a rough patch with crashes and illness. The guys never stopped fighting and working together as a team. Today, along with the wins in Croatia and Portugal, proves Rally Cycling can compete at a high level in Europe.”

Stage 2 of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi E Bartali is a tough, hilly 154.7 km route from Riccione to Sogliano al Rubicone. It will be the first chance for the general classification riders to stake their claim for an overall victory. The team will ride in support of Anthony, Britton, De Vos and Pate. Stage three will be a flat 172 km ride into the town of Calderara di Reno and will provide sprinter Eric Young a chance to grab his second European win of 2016. The fourth and final stage features three different loops around the city of Pavullo. Each loop consists of at least one major climb, making for a challenging finale.

Rally Cycling for Settimana Internazionale Coppi E Bartali (UCI 2.1)

Jesse Anthony
Rob Britton
Adam De Vos
Evan Huffman
Pierrick Naud
Danny Pate
Eric Young
Tom Zirbel

Results
1. Gazprom-RusVelo 0:15:14
2. Rally Cycling 0:12
3. Unieuro Wilier 0:13
4. Southeast – Venezuela 0:17
5. Italy 0:18
6. Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
7. Team Trefor
8. Team Sky 0:19
9. Rally Cycling 0:20
10. Team Sky 0:21
11. Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:24
12. Gazprom-RusVelo 0:25
13. Norda-MG.Kvis Vega 0:27
14. Synergy Baku Cycling Project 0:28
15. Nippo – Vini Fantini
16. Cycling Academy Team 0:30
17. Bardiani – CSF 0:35
18. Kolss BDC Team 0:37
19. Team Wiggins 0:38
20. GM Europa Ovini 0:41
21. Tirol Cycling Team 0:44
22. Kolss BDC Team
23. Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling 0:45
24. Synergy Baku Cycling Project
25. Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:48
26. Amore & Vita – Selle SMP 0:50
27. Unieuro Wilier 0:51
28. Southeast – Venezuela 0:52
29. d’Amico – Bottecchia
30. Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club 0:53
31. Adria Mobil 0:55
32. Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club 0:57
33. Norda-MG.Kvis Vega 1:00
34. Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
35. Bardiani – CSF
36. Dimension Data for Qhubeka 1:02
37. Cycling Academy Team 1:07
38. Dimension Data for Qhubeka 1:08
39. Team Trefor 1:10
40. Meridiana Kamen Team 1:15
41. Tirol Cycling Team 1:19
42. Team Wiggins 1:23
43. d’Amico – Bottecchia 1:25
44. Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 1:28
45. Meridiana Kamen Team 1:37
46. GM Europa Ovini 1:55
47. Adria Mobil 1:59
48. Italy 2:02
49. Amore & Vita – Selle SMP 2:03
50. Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling 2:13

GC after Stage 1b

1. Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 2:29:34
2. Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
3. Davide Plebani (Ita) Unieuro Wilier  0:10
4. Jesse Anthony (USA) Rally Cycling  0:12
5. Mauro Finetto (Ita) Unieuro Wilier  0:13
6. Andrea Fedi (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela  0:14
7. Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling  0:16
8. Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
9. Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela  0:17
10. Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Esp) Southeast – Venezuela
11. Daniel Mart’nez (Col) Southeast – Venezuela
12. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Italian National Team  0:18
13. Mads WŸrtz Schmidt (Den) Team Trefor
14. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
15. Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
16. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
17. Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
18. Alex Peters (Gbr) Team Sky  0:19
19. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky
20. Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling  0:20
21. Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
22. Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky  0:21
23. Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky
24. Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise  0:22
25. Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Team Sky  0:23
26. Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise  0:25
27. Mads Baadsgaard Rahbek (Den) Team Trefor
28. Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
29. Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
30. Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
31. Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
32. Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
33. Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Norda-MG.Kvis Vega 0:27
34. Michele Gazzara (Ita) Norda-MG.Kvis Vega
35. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cycling Academy Team
36. Daniele Colli (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:28
37. Grega Bole (Slo) Nippo – Vini Fantini
38. Matej Mugerli (Slo) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
39. Matija Kvasina (Cro) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
40. Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
41. Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Unieuro Wilier 0:30
42. Daniel Turek (Cze) Cycling Academy Team
43. Mihkel R_im (Est) Cycling Academy Team
44. Chris Butler (USA) Cycling Academy Team 0:32
45. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:35
46. Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
47. Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF
48. Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Kolss BDC Team 0:37
49. Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr) Kolss BDC Team
50. Oleksandr Prevar (Ukr) Kolss BDC Team
51. Jake Kelly (Gbr) Team WIGGINS 0:38
52. Scott Davies (Gbr) Team WIGGINS
53. Mark Christian (Gbr) Team WIGGINS
54. Daniel Pearson (Gbr) Team WIGGINS
55. Filippo Fortin (Ita) GM Europa Ovini
56. Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:40
57. Ivan Balykin (Rus) GM Europa Ovini 0:41
58. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:43
59. Matteo Spreafico (Ukr) Kolss BDC Team 0:44
60. Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Kolss BDC Team
61. Patrick Bosman (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
62. Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
63. Sebastian Sch_nberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
64. Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling
65. Josip Rumac (Cro) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 0:45
66. Elchin Asadov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
67. Antonio Nibali (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:48
68. Redi Halilaj (Alb) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP 0:50
69. Uri Martins (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
70. Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
71. Marco Tecchio (Ita) Unieuro Wilier 0:51
72. Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Unieuro Wilier
73. Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Norda-MG.Kvis Vega 0:52
74. Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Esp) Southeast – Venezuela
75. Marco Tizza (Ita) d’Amico – Bottecchia
76. Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) d’Amico – Bottecchia
77. Antonino Casimiro Parrinello (Ita) d’Amico – Bottecchia
78. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club 0:53
79. Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club
80. Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil 0:55
81. Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil
82. Domen Novak (Slo) Adria Mobil
83. Edgar Lemos Pinto (Por) Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club 0:57
84. Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF 1:00
85. Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
86. Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
87. Gian Marco Di Francesco (Ita) Norda-MG.Kvis Vega
88. Niccolo Salvietti (Ita) Norda-MG.Kvis Vega
89. Amanuel Ghbrzigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data for Qhubeka 1:02
90. Guy Sagiv (Isr) Cycling Academy Team 1:07
91. Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Cycling Academy Team
92. Marko Pavlic (Slo) Cycling Academy Team
93. Jayde Julius (RSA) Dimension Data for Qhubeka 1:08
94. Metkel Eyob (Eri) Dimension Data for Qhubeka
95. Andreas Hyldgaard Jeppesen (Den) Team Trefor 1:10
96. Niklas Eg (Den) Team Trefor
97. Michele Viola (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 1:12
98. Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 1:13
99. Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Unieuro Wilier 1:15
100. Elia Favilli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
101. Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
102. Antonio Santoro (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
103. Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 1:16
104. Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team 1:19
105. Dennis Paulus (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
106. Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini 1:23
107. Samuel Lowe (Gbr) Team WIGGINS
108. James Knox (Gbr) Team WIGGINS
109. Liam Holohan (Gbr) Team WIGGINS
110. Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 1:28
111. Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil 1:38
112. Francesco Rosa (Ita) Italian National Team 1:39
113. Josè Alberto Marquez Romero (Esp) GM Europa Ovini 1:55
114. Fabio Chinello (Ita) d’Amico – Bottecchia 1:56
115. Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP 1:58
116. Jon Bozic (Slo) Adria Mobil 1:59
117. Gorazd Per (Slo) Adria Mobil
118. Matej Drinovec (Slo) Adria Mobil
119. Davide Pacchiardo (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 2:00
120. Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Italian National Team 2:02
121. Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP 2:03
122. Eugenio Bani (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
123. Xabier Zandio Echaide (Esp) Team Sky
124. Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Italian National Team 2:05
125. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:12
126. Alexander Wachter (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team 2:22
127. Matteo Rotondi (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 2:31
128. Alexander Serov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 2:40
129. Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
130. Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 2:45
131. Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling 2:52
132. Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Unieuro Wilier 2:53
133. Filippo Ganna (Ita) Italian National Team 2:58
134. Mark Sehested Pedersen (Den) Team Trefor
135. Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling 3:01
136. Daniel Foder (Den) Team Trefor 3:05
137. Ruben Pols (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 3:06
138. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 3:08
139. Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Kolss BDC Team 3:17
140. Federico Burchio (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 3:21
141. Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Kolss BDC Team 3:24
142. Andrii Bratashchuk (Ukr) Kolss BDC Team
143. Mathias Krigbaum (Den) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling
144. Oleksandr Surutkovych (Ukr) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 3:25
145. Edward Ravasi (Ita) Italian National Team 3:27
146. Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 3:28
147. Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
148. Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 3:32
149. Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
150. Tom Zirbel (USA) Rally Cycling
151. Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club 3:33
152. Marlen Zmorka (Ukr) Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club
153. Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club 3:37
154. Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club 3:39
155. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data for Qhubeka 3:42
156. Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data for Qhubeka
157. Matteo Occhialini (Ita) Norda-MG.Kvis Vega 3:43
158. Wojciech Migdal (Pol) Cycling Academy Team 3:47
159. Jens Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 3:56
160. Florian Schipflinger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team 3:59
161. Mario Stock (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
162. Iltjan Nika (Alb) d’Amico – Bottecchia 4:05
163. Francesco Baldi (Ita) d’Amico – Bottecchia
164. Fabio Tommassini (Ita) d’Amico – Bottecchia
165. Nicola Genovese (Ita) d’Amico – Bottecchia
166. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 4:08
167. Raffaele Radice (Ita) Norda-MG.Kvis Vega 4:14
168. Uros Repse (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team 4:17
169. Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
170. Evgeny Zverkov (Rus) Norda-MG.Kvis Vega 4:24
171. Federico Borella (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 4:35
172. Xhuliano Kamberaj (Alb) Skydive Dubai Racing – Al Ahli Club 4:42
173. Marco Maronese (Ita) Italian National Team
174. Marco Zamparella (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP 4:43
175. Florian Nowak (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling 4:50
176. Julian Schulze (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling 4:53
177. Paolo Lunardon (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP 4:59
178. Enrico Salvador (Ita) Unieuro Wilier 5:58
179. Andrea Ruscetta (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 6:19
180. Christian Moberg Jurgensen (Den) Team Trefor 6:21
181. Georg Loef (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling 6:34
182. Maksym Averin (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 6:35
183. Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini 6:38
184. Shameeg Salie (RSA) Dimension Data for Qhubeka 6:56
185. Thomas Nybo Riis (Den) Team Trefor 7:03
186. Till Drobisch (Nam) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling 7:19
187. David Jabuka (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 7:25
188. Matej Mesojedec (Slo) Adria Mobil 7:59
189. Kai Kautz (Ger) Christina Jewelry Pro Cycling 8:01
190. Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling 9:49