The Belgian Philippe Gilbert was victorious in 2009 and 2010 and the Italian Daniele Bennati in 2006 and 2008: both are chasing the trio of wins in this special edition of the GranPiemonte NamedSport - the hundredth - organised by RCS Sport/La Gazzetta dello Sport, in collaboration with the Region of Piedmont.

 

The two riders lead a squad of very aggressive contenders, such as the Belgian Jan Bakelants (winner of last year’s edition), the Colombian Fernando Gaviria, the Spaniard Mikel Landa, the Russian Alexander Kolobnev and the Italians Giovanni Visconti, Sonny Colbrelli, Sacha Modolo, Giacomo Nizzolo (this year’s winner of the Red Jersey at the Giro d’Italia and of the Coppa Bernocchi) and Filippo Ganna (individual pursuit World Champion). The latter two will race for the Italian national team.

THE COURSE
The route is mostly flat. Starting in Diano d’Alba and running slightly uphill, the course drops into Alba and runs across part of the Po Plain and Montferrat. The first 160km run on flat, relatively wide roads, crossing a few city centres in-between – such as Asti, Casale Monferrato, Santhià and Ivrea. Past Ivrea, the route takes in the Alice Superiore climb (7km with an average 5% gradient) and heads for the final sector across Castellamonte and San Giorgio Canavese, leading to the finish slightly uphill until Piazza del Castello.

 

ALM	AG2R LA MONDIALE
1	BAKELANDTS Jan
2	BERARD Julien
3	BONNAFOND Guillaume
4	COSNEFROY Benoit
5	DOMONT Axel
6	ROCHAS Rémy
7	GAUTIER Cyril
8	MONTAGUTI Matteo
D.S.	JURDIE Julien
AND	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - SIDERMEC
11	BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
12	FRAPPORTI Marco
13	GAVAZZI Francesco
14	NARDIN Alberto
15	PELLIZOTTI Franco
16	RATTO Daniele
17	TVETCOV Serghei
18	VIGANO Davide
D.S.	SAVIO Gianni
AST	ASTANA PRO TEAM
21	AGNOLI Valerio
22	CAPECCHI Eros
23	FOMINYKH Daniil
24	MALACARNE Davide
25	SMUKULIS Gatis
26	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan
27	BIZHIGITOV Zhandros
28	KULIMBETOV Nurbolat
D.S.	ZANINI Stefano
BAR	BARDIANI CSF
31	BARBIN Enrico
32	BOEM Nicola
33	COLBRELLI Sonny
34	MAESTRI Mirco
35	ROTA Lorenzo
36	SIMION Paolo
37	TONELLI Alessandro
38	VELASCO Simone
D.S.	ZANATTA Stefano
BMC	BMC RACING TEAM
41	BOOKWALTER Brent
42	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
43	GERTS Floris
44	GILBERT Philippe
45	SCHÄR Michael
46	VLIEGEN Loic
47	WYSS Danilo
48	ZABEL Rick
D.S.	SCIANDRI Maximilian
CJR	CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA
51	ARROYO DURAN David
52	GONCALVES Domingos Andre
53	GONCALVES José
54	MOLINA Antonio
55	PARDILLA BELLON Sergio
56	PRADES REVERTE Eduard
57	SAEZ Hector
58	VILELA Ricardo
D.S.	GOICOECHEA Eugenio
CDT	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC PRO C.T.
61	BETTIOL Alberto
62	BRESCHEL Matti
63	CARDOSO Andre Fernando S.M.
64	KOREN Kristjan
65	SKJERPING Kristoffer
66	SKUJINS Toms
67	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
68	ZEPUNKTE Ruben
D.S.	GUIDI Fabrizio
CCC	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
71	DE LA PARTE Victor
72	GROSSCHARTNER Felix
73	HIRT Jan
74	OWSIAN Lukasz
75	PATERSKI Maciej
76	PONZI Simone
77	REBELLIN Davide
78	SAMOILAU Branislau
D.S.	WADECKI Piotr
COF	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
81	BAGOT Yohan
82	COUSIN Jerome
83	EDET Nicolas
84	HARDY Romain
85	JEANNESSON Arnold
86	MATE MARDONES Luis Angel
87	MOLARD Rudy
88	ROSSETTO Stéphane
D.S.	ROUS Didier
EQS	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP
91	CONTRERAS Rodrigo
92	DE PLUS Laurens
93	GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
94	RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel
95	SABATINI Fabio
96	SERRY Pieter
97	STYBAR Zdenek
98	TRENTIN Matteo
D.S.	BRAMATI Davide
GAZ	GAZPROM - RUSVELO
101	BOEV Igor
102	ERSHOV Artur
103	EVTUSHENKO Alexander
104	KOLOBNEV Alexandr
105	MAIKIN Roman
106	NIKOLAEV Sergey
107	SHALUNOV Evgeny
108	SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey
D.S.	DEVOTI Michele
LAM	LAMPRE - MERIDA
111	BONO Matteo
112	CATTANEO Mattia
113	DURASEK Kristijan
114	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto
115	MODOLO Sacha
116	MORI Manuele
117	PETILLI Simone
118	POLANC Jan
D.S.	MARZANO Marco
MOV	MOVISTAR TEAM
121	AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey
122	ANACONA GOMEZ Winner
123	BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos A.
124	CARAPAZ Richard
125	MALORI Adriano
126	MORENO BAZAN Javier
127	QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney
128	VISCONTI Giovanni
D.S.	GARCIA ACOSTA Jose Vicente
ITA	NAZIONALE ITALIANA
131	NIZZOLO Giacomo
132	AFFINI Edoardo
133	ALBANESE Vincenzo
134	COLEDAN Marco
135	CONSONNI Simone
136	GANNA Filippo
137	MINALI Riccardo
138	PASQUALON Andrea
D.S.	CASSANI Davide
NIP	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI
141	CUNEGO Damiano
142	BERLATO Giacomo
143	BISOLTI Alessandro
144	BOLE Grega
145	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
146	FILOSI Iuri
147	GROSU Eduard Michael
148	YAMAMOTO Genki
D.S.	GIULIANI Stefano
KAT	TEAM KATUSHA
151	KOCHETKOV Pavel
152	KOZONCHUK Dmitry
153	LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto
154	MACHADO Tiago
155	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin
156	SILIN Egor
157	TAARAMAE Rein
158	VICIOSO ARCOS Angel
D.S.	COZZI Claudio
SKY	TEAM SKY
161	DEIGNAN Philip
162	HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
163	KNEES Christian
164	LANDA MEANA Mikel
165	LOPEZ GARCIA David
166	PUCCIO Salvatore
167	STANNARD Ian
168	SWIFT Ben
D.S.	ARVESEN ASLE Kurt
TNK	TINKOFF
171	BASKA Erik
172	BENNATI Daniele
173	BOARO Manuele
174	GOGL Michael
175	SAGAN Juraj
176	TOSATTO Matteo
177	VALGREN Michael
178	BALLERINI Davide
D.S.	MICHAELSEN Lars
WIL	WILIER TRIESTINA - SOUTHEAST
181	ANDRIATO Rafael
182	BELLETTI Manuel
183	BERTAZZO Liam
184	BUSATO Matteo
185	FEDI Andrea
186	MARECZKO Jakub
187	POZZATO Filippo
188	ZHUPA Eugert
D.S.	SCINTO Luca