2015 Gran Premio di Lugano
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 2015 Gran Premio di Lugano
| image = Fourmies - Grand Prix de Fourmies, 7 septembre 2014 (A08).JPG
| image_caption = Niccolò Bonifazio, winner of the 2015 Gran Premio di Lugano
| image_size = 160
| date = 1 March 2015
| stages = 1
| distance = 184.9
| unit = km
| time = 4h 38' 08"
| speed = 39.89
| first = Niccolò Bonifazio
| first_nat = ITA
| first_natvar =
| first_team = {{UCI team code|LAM|2015}}
| second = Francesco Gavazzi
| second_nat = ITA
| second_natvar =
| second_team = {{UCI team code|NRI|2015}}
| third = Matteo Montaguti
| third_nat = ITA
| third_natvar =
| third_team = {{UCI team code|ALM|2015}}
| previous = 2014
| next = 2016
}}
The 2015 SuisseGas Gran Premio di Lugano was the 69th edition of the Gran Premio di Lugano road cycling race. The race took place on 1 March 2015 on a loop around the city of Lugano, Switzerland, starting and finishing on the shore of Lake Lugano. The defending champion from the 2014 Gran Premio di Lugano was Mauro Finetto ({{UCI team code|NRI|2015}}).
While the terrain of the race was not particularly difficult, it was considered likely that the race would be fairly selective because the race came so early in the season, when riders were not in their best form. The most challenging climb was expected to be that of Collina d'Oro.{{cite web|title="Gran Premio di Lugano", al via anche Ivan Basso|url=http://www3.varesenews.it/insubria/gran-premio-di-lugano-al-via-anche-ivan-basso-306954.html|website=varesenews.it|accessdate=25 February 2015|date=23 February 2015|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226001007/http://www3.varesenews.it/insubria/gran-premio-di-lugano-al-via-anche-ivan-basso-306954.html|archive-date=26 February 2015|url-status=dead}}
The race was won by Niccolò Bonifazio ({{UCI team code|LAM|2015}}) in a sprint.
Teams
14 teams were selected to take part; four were UCI WorldTeams, nine were Professional Continental teams and one was a Continental team. With eight riders per team allowed to enter the race, the maximum number of riders was 112.{{cite web|title=SuisseGas Gran Premio Città di Lugano 2015 - Classic|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/SuisseGas_Gran_Premio_Citta_di_Lugano_2015|website=ProCyclingStats|accessdate=25 February 2015}}
=WorldTeams=
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- {{UCI team code|TTS|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|LAM|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|IAM|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|ALM|2015}}
{{div col end}}
= Professional Continental teams =
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- {{UCI team code|NRI|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|CSF|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|AND|2015a}}
- {{UCI team code|VFN|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|RVL|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|MTN|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|TNN|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|COL|2015}}
- {{UCI team code|CUL|2015}}
{{div col end}}
= Continental teams =
- {{UCI team code|ROT|2015}}
Race report
The early part of the race saw a 17-man breakaway form. They built up a maximum lead of just over four minutes, before the breakaway split up after approximately {{convert|105|km|0|abbr=off}}. Jérôme Coppel ({{UCI team code|IAM|2015}}) and Nico Brüngger ({{UCI team code|ROT|2015}}) escaped from the rest of the group and built a small lead; a seven-man group formed behind them with the remainder of the breakaway swallowed up by the peloton, now led by {{UCI team code|RVL|2015}}. The chase group caught Coppel and Brüngger, and Daniel Teklehaimanot ({{UCI team code|MTN|2015}}) made a solo attack, but after {{convert|155|km|0|abbr=off}} the race was brought back together. {{UCI team code|TTS|2015}} led the pace through the final lap of the race, with Ivan Basso attacking on the climb. The climb, however, was shortened by roadworks and Basso was not able to build a sufficient lead. The race therefore came down to a sprint, and Niccolò Bonifazio ({{UCI team code|LAM|2015}}) took his first win of the year. Francesco Gavazzi ({{UCI team code|NRI|2015}}) was second with Matteo Montaguti ({{UCI team code|ALM|2015}}) the third Italian rider on the podium.{{cite web|title=Bonifazio fa suo il 69esimo Gran Premio Città di Lugano|url=http://www.tio.ch/News/Sport/Altri-Sport/1020793/Bonifazio-fa-suo-il-69esimo-Gran-Premio-Citta-di-Lugano/|accessdate=1 March 2015|language=Italian|date=1 March 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Ghisalberti|first1=Claudio|title=GP Lugano, Bonifazio vince in volata|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/01-03-2015/niccolo-bonifazio-vince-gp-lugano-volata-secondo-gavazzi-terzo-montaguti-1001076689587.shtml|accessdate=1 March 2015|language=Italian|date=1 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=SuisseGas Gran Premio Città di Lugano 2015 - Classic|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/SuisseGas_Gran_Premio_Citta_di_Lugano_2015|website=ProCyclingStats|accessdate=1 March 2015}}
Race result
{{cyclingresult start}}
{{cyclingresult|1|Niccolò Bonifazio|ITA|{{UCI team code|LAM|2015}}|4h 38' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|2|Francesco Gavazzi|ITA|{{UCI team code|NRI|2015}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult|3|Matteo Montaguti|ITA|{{UCI team code|ALM|2015}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult|4|Rasmus Guldhammer|DEN|{{UCI team code|CUL|2015}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult|5|Linus Gerdemann|GER|{{UCI team code|CUL|2015}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult|6|Franco Pellizotti|ITA|{{UCI team code|AND|2015a}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult|7|Javier Mejías|ESP|{{UCI team code|TNN|2015}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult|8|Manuele Boaro|ITA|{{UCI team code|TTS|2015}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult|9|David Tanner|AUS|{{UCI team code|IAM|2015}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult|10|Damiano Cunego|ITA|{{UCI team code|VFN|2015}}|+ 0"}}
{{cyclingresult end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official|http://www.veloclublugano.ch/}}