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Colbrelli wins Coppa Bernocchi

Colbrelli secures a sprint victory, just ten days before the World Championship Road Race in Bergen

Sonny Colbrelli was very happy few minutes after his victory, "I didn’t win for some time and this success is like a liberation. I thank all the team and especially Niccolò Bonifazio who helped me a lot in the final part of the race”.

“I decided to launch my sprint with 250 meters to go, maybe it was early, but it was fine and behind me my rivals were a little stretched. I feel pretty good and this victory is also the result of the high-altitude training camp. I'm ready for the world challenge”.

“If you just look at him in the face," says his teammate Bonifazio, "you understand that Sonny is in really good shape. Today we all worked to help him and my job was to drive him in the last kilometer. It went well".

"Sonny was perfect" said SD Alberto Volpi, "but I want to emphasize all the work and commitment made by his teammates from the start to the finish line. It’s an important victory: only ten days are missing to the World Championship in Bergen”.

On the straight finish line in the center of Legnano, Colbrelii out sprinted Canadian Guillaume Boivin and Italian Sacha Modolo.

Colbrelli and Bonifazio will be back on the streets next Saturday for the Memorial Marco Pantani with departure and arrival at Cesenatico, on the Adriatic coast in Italy.

Coppa Bernocchi Top Ten

1 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 4:34:32 
2 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy   
3 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates   
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott   
5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy   
6 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates   
7 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe   
8 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy   
9 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA   
10 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli

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