Covi 9th at Gran Piemonte

Alessandro Covi was the best placed of UAE Team Emirates in the reduced sprint of about thirty riders where Ivan Cortina (Movistar) proved the quickest at Gran Piemonte.

The race, 198 km from Omegna to Beinasco, experienced its crucial moment on the ramps of the climb of Il Pilonetto (3.3 km at 7.9% average gradient with a brow at 59 km from the finish), with the group split in two.

At the head of the race, 33 cyclists remained, including UAE Team Emirates rider Vegard Stake Laengen and Alessandro Covi: in the sprint that concluded the race, the Italian rider took 9th place.
Hirschi, on the other hand, was involved, fortunately without consequences, in a crash that occurred as he approached the final stages of the race.

UAE Team Emirates will face their next big objective on Italian soil on Saturday 8 October, lining up at the start of Il Lombardia with a change from the already announced line-up: Alessandro Covi will take the place of Jan Polanc.

In addition to the aforementioned Covi, the Emirati team will count on João Almeida, Davide Formolo, Marc Hirschi, Rafal Majka, Tadej Pogačar and Diego Ulissi.

Results

1. Ivan Cortina (Movistar) 4h21’44 ”
2. Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious) s.t.
3. Alexis Vuillermoz (Total Energies) s.t.
9. Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) s.t.