Diego Rosa continued Astana’s run of form in the late-season series of Italian one-day races, with victory at Milan-Turin. Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) came home in second after giving chase on the final climb while Rosa's teammate Fabio Aru took third place.
Astana took control of the bunch on the first of two late ascents of the Superga, setting a fast pace to bring back a number of speculative attacks, before shedding more off the back on the descent. The Kazakh team looked confident going into the final kilometres and, after nullifying yet more attacks, Rosa launched his move on the final climb with just over three kilometres to go.
There was some indecision in the bunch as to who would chase, and Wout Poels (Team Sky) finally made a move. After realising that this move was a dangerous one, Majka set off in chase. He caught Poels easily but Rosa was too far up the road already and he would have to settle for second. Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) looked good for third heading into the final kilometre but was caught and passed by Aru, clearly delighted for the victory of his teammate and domestique.
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“Today was a really nice race for me. I’m from Torino and there were lots of people here for me. The team is really strong at the moment. This is a very beautiful victory and in Torino it is perfect,” Rosa said after the stage. “Normally I work for the team but today was a good opportunity for me. Now I will look forward to Lombardia.”
How it happened
The 156-rider peloton rolled out of San Giuliano Milanese just after midday as the series of Italian one-day races continued ahead of Il Lombardia this weekend. The race saw a number of riders returning to action after length layoffs, notably Richie Porte, who has been out of competition since the end of the Tour de France. Tre Valli Varesine winner Vincenzo Nibali wouldn’t be riding, however.
Samuele Conti (Southeast), Alessandro Malaguti (Nippo Fantini), Nicolas Lefraçois (Novo Nordisk), Luca Chirico (Bardiani CSF) and Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN Qhubeka) got away after eight kilometres of racing. Averaging 45kph in the first hour, the breakaway had a lead of over five minutes at one point.
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