2015 Gran Premio di Lugano

2015 Gran Premio di Lugano Fourmies - Grand Prix de Fourmies, 7 septembre 2014 (A08).JPG Niccolò Bonifazio, winner of the 2015 Gran Premio di Lugano 160 1 March 2015 1 184.9 km 4h 38' 08" Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 Francesco Gavazzi ITA NRI 2015 Matteo Montaguti ITA ALM 2015 2014 2016 The 2015 SuisseGas Gran Premio di Lugano was the 69th edition of the Gran Premio di Lugano road cycling race. The race took place on 1 March 2015 on a loop around the city of Lugano, Switzerland, starting and finishing on the shore of Lake Lugano. The defending champion from the 2014 Gran Premio di Lugano was Mauro Finetto (NRI 2015). While the terrain of the race was not particularly difficult, it was considered likely that the race would be fairly selective because the race came so early in the season, when riders were not in their best form. The most challenging climb was expected to be that of Collina d'Oro."Gran Premio di Lugano", al via anche Ivan Basso http://www3.varesenews.it/insubria/gran-premio-di-lugano-al-via-anche-ivan-basso-306954.html varesenews.it 25 February 2015 23 February 2015 Italian https://web.archive.org/web/20150226001007/http://www3.varesenews.it/insubria/gran-premio-di-lugano-al-via-anche-ivan-basso-306954.html 26 February 2015 dead The race was won by Niccolò Bonifazio (LAM 2015) in a sprint. Teams 14 teams were selected to take part; four were UCI WorldTeams, nine were Professional Continental teams and one was a Continental team. With eight riders per team allowed to enter the race, the maximum number of riders was 112.SuisseGas Gran Premio Città di Lugano 2015 - Classic http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/SuisseGas_Gran_Premio_Citta_di_Lugano_2015 ProCyclingStats 25 February 2015 WorldTeams 20em TTS 2015 LAM 2015 IAM 2015 ALM 2015 Professional Continental teams 20em NRI 2015 CSF 2015 AND 2015a VFN 2015 RVL 2015 MTN 2015 TNN 2015 COL 2015 CUL 2015 Continental teams ROT 2015 Race report The early part of the race saw a 17-man breakaway form. They built up a maximum lead of just over four minutes, before the breakaway split up after approximately 105 km 0 off. Jérôme Coppel (IAM 2015) and Nico Brüngger (ROT 2015) escaped from the rest of the group and built a small lead; a seven-man group formed behind them with the remainder of the breakaway swallowed up by the peloton, now led by RVL 2015. The chase group caught Coppel and Brüngger, and Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN 2015) made a solo attack, but after 155 km 0 off the race was brought back together. TTS 2015 led the pace through the final lap of the race, with Ivan Basso attacking on the climb. The climb, however, was shortened by roadworks and Basso was not able to build a sufficient lead. The race therefore came down to a sprint, and Niccolò Bonifazio (LAM 2015) took his first win of the year. Francesco Gavazzi (NRI 2015) was second with Matteo Montaguti (ALM 2015) the third Italian rider on the podium.Bonifazio fa suo il 69esimo Gran Premio Città di Lugano https://www.tio.ch/News/Sport/Altri-Sport/1020793/Bonifazio-fa-suo-il-69esimo-Gran-Premio-Citta-di-Lugano/ 1 March 2015 Italian 1 March 2015Ghisalberti Claudio GP Lugano, Bonifazio vince in volata https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/01-03-2015/niccolo-bonifazio-vince-gp-lugano-volata-secondo-gavazzi-terzo-montaguti-1001076689587.shtml 1 March 2015 Italian 1 March 2015SuisseGas Gran Premio Città di Lugano 2015 - Classic http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/SuisseGas_Gran_Premio_Citta_di_Lugano_2015 ProCyclingStats 1 March 2015 Race result 1 Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 4h 38' 08" 2 Francesco Gavazzi ITA NRI 2015 + 0" 3 Matteo Montaguti ITA ALM 2015 + 0" 4 Rasmus Guldhammer DEN CUL 2015 + 0" 5 Linus Gerdemann GER CUL 2015 + 0" 6 Franco Pellizotti ITA AND 2015a + 0" 7 Javier Mejías ESP TNN 2015 + 0" 8 Manuele Boaro ITA TTS 2015 + 0" 9 David Tanner AUS IAM 2015 + 0" 10 Damiano Cunego ITA VFN 2015 + 0" References External links https://www.veloclublugano.ch/ Category:Gran Premio di Lugano Gran Premio di Lugano Gran Premio di Lugano