Marco Canola achieved the 4th position on the 3rd stage of Colorado Classic at the end of the stage marked again by the rain. Another TOP 5 for the #OrangeBlue rider who will ride on the tomorrow stage with the Most Aggressive rider jersey.
12 August 2017, Colorado Classic – Stage 3.
Another TOP 5 placement for NIPPO Vini Fantini team engaged in America at Colorado Classic. Marco Canola achieved the 4th place at the end of a strong race that had been made difficult by the rain. The #OrangeBlue rider, the winner of first KOM, will ride the last stage in Denver wearing the “Orange” jersey, as most aggressive rider. This jersey demonstrating again the determination of the next NIPPO Vini Fantini leader. Great stage also for Ivan Santaromita, that remains in the first chase group and helps Marco Canolafor the final sprint, and Yuma Koishi. The Japanese rider took part in the first breakaway but crashed and was picked up by the peloton.
THE RACE
The third stage of Colorado Classic 2017 was held in Denver, in a 127,5 kilometres circuit with 2 KOM to climb. The top three rider in the general ranking started the stage within few seconds of each other, for that reason the peloton was attentive to any attack. At the start of Coal Creek mountain 13 riders, including the #OrangeBlue Yuma Koishi,decided to attack gaining 20 second from the rest of the group. The escapees doesn’t cooperate well and 3 riders attack again to became the new leaders. Marco Canolabefore and other 4 riders, including Manuel Senni and Serghei Tvetcov, bridged across from the peloton and joined up with the leaders. Marco Canola won the first KOM but at the start of the second climb Senni and Tvetcov attacked and this was decisive for the end of the stage. The #OrangeBlue rider, helped by Ivan Santaromita came from the back in the chase group, achieved the 4th place at the end of the sprint.
THE DECLARATION OF THE RIDER
Marco Canola comments with this words the stage: “I felt really good, for that reason I joined the leaders on the first climb and I won the KOM. The front of the race went really fast and me with Ivan Santaromita did our best to close the gap. At the second clip the Senni and Tvetcov attack was decisive”. The #OrangeBlue rider is confident for next races: “I’ll do my best on tomorrow final stage to achieve important result. I’m sure that this American tour give me the physical condition to get results in the final part of the season”.
Tomorrow in Denver the NIPPO Vini Fantini team will be committed on the final stage of Colorado Classic. The race will be LIVE on Eurosport from 21:30.
STAGE RANKING
1 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly-Maxxis
2 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
3 Travis Mccabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
4 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
5 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
7 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
8 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
9 Miguel Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
10 Jhonatan Narváez (Ecu) Axeon Hagens Berman