The 2021 Gran Piemonte was the 105th edition of the
Gran Piemonte
The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...
road cycling
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one day race. It was held in the
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region of northwestern Italy on 7 October 2021 as part of the
2021 UCI Europe Tour
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and the
2021 UCI ProSeries
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calendars.
After the
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editions featured hilly routes, the race was expected to favour the sprinters for the first time since
2018
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. The race along the southern edge of the
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started in
Rocca Canavese
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and headed northeast. Among the slightly undulating terrain, there was only one major hill on the course,
La Serra
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, which was at an average gradient of 5.2 percent, and crested at into the race. The final featured two long false flat sections. The first false flat section finished at the top of an unmarked hill with around to go. After a short descent, riders then took on the second false flat section, which led to the finish in
Borgosesia
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The largest town in the Valsesia, it is crossed by the Sesia River.
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Matthew Walls
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Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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() held off
Giacomo Nizzolo
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() with a bike throw on line to win the race, while
Olav Kooij
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Kooij rode for the Forte U19 Cycling Team and Willebrord Wil Vooruit as a junior, before signing for the for their inaugura ...
(), who had crashed just inside the final , rebounded to finish third.
This was the first of two victories within an hour of each other for , as
Jordi Meeus won his own sprint at
Paris–Bourges
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shortly thereafter.
Teams
13 of the 19
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s made up the 21 teams that participated in the race. With six riders each, , , , and , were the only teams to not enter a full squad of seven riders. , , and were also reduced to six riders after each team had one non-starter. A total of 140 riders started the race, of which 136 finished.
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Result
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Gran Piemonte
The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...
Gran Piemonte
The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...
Gran Piemonte
The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...
Gran Piemonte
The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...
Rocca Canavese