A lively and fun race that awarded the 54th Castelletto Cervo Municipality Plate / Semperlux Grand Prix. Targa that flew to Colombia, thanks to the success of the Colpack Team rider, Nicolas Davide Gomez, sprinter in his second victory of the season after the one obtained at the Gp Primavera di Silvella di Cordignano. Over 150 kilometers raced in the first Biellese heat of the season which “certainly affected the legs of the riders”, as Fabio Marzaglia, one of the organizers of the Velo club Castelletto Cervo, comments. Ready, go and the race breaks up, recomposes itself and breaks down again until the final turn thanks to good and stubborn runners. Already in the course of the second lap after just 20 kilometers, seven leave which shortly after become twenty-one. This little platoon will love and agree for many laps, shaken only by the shots of Luca Cretti (Beltrami Tre colli) to take home the four flying goals of the day. The maximum advantage of the treads is just over a minute and a half and then slowly is nibbled also by the change of agreement between the fugitives who as the finish line approaches break up into a restricted cell of four. There are now less than ten kilometers to go and everyone is waiting for the winning shot of one of these musketeers at the finish line. On the other hand, from behind the Colpack puts Filippo Baroncini, the Italian time trial champion in the category, ahead of the pursuers. And on the straight that from San Giacomo leads to Castelletto Baroncini mends the tear and throws his teammate: in the last 500 tortuous meters Gomez is good at staying ahead of the others and closing with his arms raised with a bicycle ahead. «Filippo has done a job that only he can – comments Gomez – and I managed to stay ahead of everyone. Professionalism? For now we do not talk about it yet ». The jerseys of Piedmontese champions went to the Elite Marco Acevedo of the Overall and that for Under 23 to Damiano Valerio of Aries.
Order of arrival. 1º Nicolas David Gomez (Team Colpack Ballan) in 3h26’32 ”hourly average of 43,751; 2º Nicolò Parisini (Beltrami Tre colli); 3º Cristian Rocchetta (General store); 4º Edoardo Zambanini (Zalf Euromobil); 5º Michael Minali (Iseo Rime Carnovali); 6º Davide De Pretto (Beltrami Tre colli); 7º Marco Acevedo (Overall); 8º Javier Serrano Rodriguez (Biesse); 9º Ivan Yatsenko (Gazprom Rusvelo); 10ª Lorenzo Farinati (Named).