He wins with his arms raised, leaving behind his two companions of adventure.
Aleksandr Riabushenko is the winner of the 90th edition of the Piccolo Giro di Lombardia, an international road race reserved for under-23s, managed and set up impeccably by the Oggiono Velo Club.
Autumn day in that of Oggiono, but the public of great occasions, immediately warms the cycling environment. At 12 o'clock the street from Viale Vittoria with the presence of 183 competitors with the presence (novelty of this edition) of the Australian national team.
The decisive action came on the last ascent of Marconaga in Ello, where the Belarusian detached his two escape companions - the Swiss Gino Maeder (Vc Mendrisio) and Andrea Cacciotti (Hopplà Petroli Firenze) - with whom he had animated the final of competition. The three remain together also on the Colle Brianza, while behind the group of pursuers is thinning. It is on the rise of Marconaga of Ello that you decide the race with the attack launched in two shots by Riabushenko that takes off and runs solo the last 6 kilometers of the race arriving in triumph in Viale Vittoria greeted by the applause of two wings of crowds.
In the sprint for the second place Cacciotti precedes the Swiss Maeder with a delay of 5 with the French Aurelien Paret Paintre who wins the sprint of the group to 11.
TOP 3
1° Aleksandr Riabushenko
2° Andrea Cacciotti
3° Gino Maeder
