2021 Coppa Sabatini

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| name = 2021 Coppa Sabatini

| image = 2021 UCI Europe Tour
2021 UCI ProSeries

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| date = 16 September 2021

| stages = 1

| distance = 210.82{{sfn|Brochure|2021|p=1}}

| unit = km

| time = 5h 14' 20"

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| first = Michael Valgren

| first_nat = DEN

| first_team = {{UCI team code|EFN|2021}}

| second = Sonny Colbrelli

| second_nat = ITA

| second_team = {{UCI team code|TBV|2021}}

| third = Mathieu Burgaudeau

| third_nat = FRA

| third_team = {{UCI team code|TDE|2021b}}

| previous = 2020

| next = 2022

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The 2021 Coppa Sabatini (also known as the Gran Premio città di Peccioli{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/competition-details/2021/ROA/64699|title=Coppa Sabatini - Gran Premio città di Peccioli|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=16 September 2021}}) was the 69th edition of the Coppa Sabatini road cycling one day race, which was held on 16 September 2021 as part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries calendars.{{cite web|url=https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/voorbeschouwing-coppa-sabatini-2021/|title=Voorbeschouwing: Coppa Sabatini 2021|language=Dutch|trans-title=Preview: Coppa Sabatini 2021|publisher=Wielerflits|date=15 September 2021|access-date=16 September 2021}}

The race's hilly route covered {{convert|210.82|km}} in and around Peccioli, located in the Province of Pisa in Tuscany, and had three parts, each of which started and finished in Peccioli.{{cite web|url=https://movistarteam.com/en/races/race/2021-coppa-sabatini|title=2021 Coppa Sabatini|publisher={{UCI team code|MOV men|2021}}|access-date=16 September 2021}} The first part was a {{convert|47.83|km|adj=on}} circuit that featured the hills of Montefoscoli, Terricciola, Lajatico, and the Piazza del Popolo hill in Peccioli. Riders then took on five laps of a {{convert|25.21|km|adj=on}} circuit with all the aforementioned hills except Lajatico. The race concluded with three laps of a {{convert|12.29|km|adj=on}} circuit, which finished atop the Via Mazzini hill in Peccioli.{{sfn|Brochure|2021|pp=4-6}}

With around {{convert|35|km}} to go, as the peloton was beginning the first of three laps of the final circuit, a group of eight riders made a decisive move, attacking from the peloton. Neilson Powless ({{UCI team code|EFN|2021}}) was the first to try a solo attack, but he was brought back with under {{convert|3|km}} to go. In the final kilometre, Gianni Moscon ({{UCI team code|IGD|2021}}) tried to accelerate away but was quickly closed down, before Powless's teammate Michael Valgren, winner of the Giro della Toscana the day before, made what would be the winning acceleration. Only Sonny Colbrelli ({{UCI team code|TBV|2021}}), the recently crowned European road race champion, was able to follow Valgren. In the finishing straight, Valgren continued to accelerate, distancing Colbrelli for the victory. From the rest of the contending octet, Mathieu Burgaudeau ({{UCI team code|TDE|2021b}}) finished third.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/coppa-sabatini-2021/elite-men/results/|title=Valgren wins again at Coppa Sabatini 2021|first=Stephen|last=Farrand|publisher=CyclingNews|date=16 September 2021|access-date=16 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/michael-valgren-toont-hoogvorm-met-winst-in-coppa-sabatini/|title=Michael Valgren toont hoogvorm met winst in Coppa Sabatini|language=Dutch|trans-title=Michael Valgren shows great form with victory in Coppa Sabatini|publisher=Wielerflits|date=16 September 2021|access-date=16 September 2021}}