2018 Gran Piemonte
Male Team 11 Oct

Gran Piemonte

191 Kilometers
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Participants list

  1. Winner Anacona
  2. Carlos Betancur
  3. Héctor Carretero
  4. Jaime Castrillo
  5. Nelson Oliveira
  6. Dayer Quintana
  7. José Joaquín Rojas
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TV

The race will be available across the continent on Eurosport 2, live from 2.45pm on Thursday 11th.
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Timetable

The start at Racconigi will be given at 11.55am on Thursday 11th October; the finish in Stupinigi is expected between 4.15pm and 4.40pm.
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Social Media

The race's official Twitter handle and hashtag are homonymous: @GranPiemonte and #GranPiemonte. At @Movistar_Team, you will also be able to follow the race through our behind-the-scenes content.

Route

Racconigi - Stupinigi (191km)
11 October

Analysis

Following a 2017 edition of the race which actually became the Italian Road Race Championships, with a much hillier route seeing Fabio Aru take his national bands and -reasonably- not allowing the Movistar Team presenting a full squad, the Telefónica-backed team will be back this year to the Gran Piemonte (Thursday 11th October), a race with over 100 editions and a route designed to offer the sprinters one of their final chances this season in Europe.

The route is particularly flat. It’s a 191km race between Racconigi, with its spectacular Castle, made part of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites, and the little village of Stupinigi, a locality inside Turin’s Nichelino, with no major hills in between. There’s only one significant ascent to Sella La Rezza, located around 50km from the start, and followed by a series of long, flat roads which shouldn’t be able to avoid -barring any splits, crashes or crosswinds- a bunch kick at the end.