Team Polti VisitMalta wraps up the Giro d’Abruzzo with a breakaway and a top-10 finish

Team Polti VisitMalta concludes the Giro d’Abruzzo with another performance marked by strong visibility. On the hills of the Teramo province, it takes around fifty kilometres for the breakaway to form. Gabriele Raccagni and Davide De Cassan feature in some of the earlier moves, before Alessandro Tonelli makes it into the right one: a group of eight riders. With 19 km to go, two riders accelerate and go on to contest the win. The Polti VisitMalta man drops back to the bunch to support Samuele Zoccarato, Alex Martín and the rest of the squad in protecting Fernando Tercero and Ludovico Crescioli.
At the finish line, Oliveira (UAE) outsprints Bax (Q36.5) and in the sprint behind them Crescioli takes 5th place. In the general classification, won by Zimmermann (Intermarché) Tercero secures 9th overall.

Tonelli: “We were present in every early move. In the breakaway I was part of, we all worked well together until the final stages and I managed to hold on over both KOMs at Sparazzano. Unfortunately I couldn’t stay on the wheel of the two attackers, but I’m happy with the legs I showed — and with the top-10 results from Ludovico in the stage and from Fernando in the GC.”

Sports director Stefano Zanatta: “We started with full determination to be in the mix from the gun and to join the decisive move. Alessandro made it in on merit, rode alongside quality opponents and gave everything — there’s nothing to regret. We’re also one of the few teams to finish this Giro d’Abruzzo with no DNFs, which confirms the strong condition we’re in.”