There was Asiatic breakaway for LAMPRE-MERIDA in the 2015 edition of the Gran Piemonte, which took place over 185 km from San Francesco al Campo to Ciriè.

The team which was directed by Marco Marzano was in fact represented in the front group of 13 riders by the Taiwanese champion Chun Kai Feng. Under the pouring rain, Feng and the other attackers waited no more than 10km to escape from the bunch, but despite a good cooperation among the 13 riders, the breakaway only got a maximum advantage of 2'15" because of the very high pace of the bunch which rode at an average speed of 45 km/h.

The breakaway was neutralized with 8km to go and the race seemed to be destined to a bunch sprint final, but the Belgian rider Bakelants did not agree in this solution, so he attacked at 5 km from the finish: his action turned out to be the winning one, the bunch could not bridge the gap and the fast wheels sprinted for second place.

Sacha Modolo was the first LAMPRE-MERIDA rider to cross the finish line, obtaining the 6th place.

"We appreciated the efforts by Feng, who joined a large breakaway, then there was a very good feeling between Modolo and Cimolai, when the latter helped the team mate," sports director Marzano explained. We were in the front positions of the bunch when Bakelants attacked: the bunch waited for a few seconds to react, the Belgian rider exploited his descending skills and skills in the series of wet turns in the final kilometers and so he could achieve the victory.

"We had good feedbacks from the four riders who will participate in Il Lombardia, namely Durasek, Mori, Polanc and Ulissi".