106th Coppa Bernocchi (06.10.25)

[Dazed and Confused]

We are getting closer to the last Monument of the season, but here is another appetizer.

Some of the riders:

1	CICCONE Giulio	Lidl - Trek	1555	11
2	SCARONI Christian	XDS Astana Team	1208	23
3	VINE Jay	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	1127	28
4	BRENNAN Matthew	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1104	30
5	ARENSMAN Thymen	INEOS Grenadiers	1010	34
6	ROGLIČ Primož	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	1000	35
7	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	XDS Astana Team	929	38
8	ANDRESEN Tobias Lund	Team Picnic PostNL	845	41
9	ARANBURU Alex	Cofidis	820	43
10	PELLIZZARI Giulio	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	793	46
11	CARAPAZ Richard	EF Education - EasyPost	785	48
12	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	745	53
13	HINDLEY Jai	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	730	60
14	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	703	64

PCS startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/coppa-bernocchi/2025/startlist

A nice mixture of riders with different skillset should be able to win this, at least on paper.

 

[AlfaLum]

Perfect opportunity for yet another wonderkid to win on Italian soil. Brennan my favourite for this one.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Live now, 56 kms to go. On the tube.

View: https://youtu.be/kXWuxhyILHk


Group of 5 with 20s.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Bling Matthews and sep kuss together in a group ahead of the peloton!!!! What a matchup!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Are my eyes deceiving me or is that Michael Matthews making a threatening front group instead of his usual high risk strategy of easily winning the sprint behind!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

V$ne will have to do most of the work in the chase group. Also Quinn Simmons is trying to get with the action up front.

 

[yaco]

Are my eyes deceiving me or is that Michael Matthews making a threatening front group instead of his usual high risk strategy of easily winning the sprint behind!

Bling has no choice because Jayco has been awful in the last few one-day races. Vine has to stop riding at the front as it serves no purpose.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Are my eyes deceiving me or is that Michael Matthews making a threatening front group instead of his usual high risk strategy of easily winning the sprint behind!

After his near death experience at altitude camp his life flashed before his eyes and he realized what he had missed out on. Next year we will see him making anticipatory attack in Flanders to be ahead of the favourites going onto the koppemberg!!!

In seriousness I'm very happy that he's racing again

 

[yaco]

Why doesn't Kuss drop back from the lead group to help Brennan bridge across.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Brennan decided to be aggressive instead of waiting to get attacked, will need to be doing this sort of thing next year as he won't be as underestimated as he has been at points. The element of surprise is gone and he knows he will need more than just his sprint to beat Magnier and De Lie, who I think will be his main rivals in the next few years. Obviously others will probably emerge too.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I hope G2 makes it across and that Movistar will get revenge for yesterday. I demand satesfatsion.

 

[RedheadDane]

I hope G2 makes it across and that Movistar will get revenge for yesterday. I demand satesfatsion.

That was bad...

Kuss with the - accidental? - attack.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Kuss riding carefully not to drop the group by an accident.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That was bad...

And I once again managed to curse a rider.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Group correctly realised they can't be having Sepp Kuss throwing in attacks on a flat one day race just on principle, wouldn't be able to go home and look your family and friends in the eye if you let that one get away.

 

[Potomac]

In my eyes Brennan is such a heavy favorite, I wouldn't take a turn if I was in the lead group, It's up to Kuss to haul them to the line.

 

[Samamba]

UNO X going all out in peloton to make sure Cofidis doesn't get too much points on them

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

UNO X going all out in peloton to make sure Cofidis doesn't get too much points on them

Also having 0 riders in a 12 man front group is a bad situation…

 

[postmanhat]

Fair bit of

In my eyes Brennan is such a heavy favorite, I wouldn't take a turn if I was in the lead group, It's up to Kuss to haul them to the line.

Looks like no one is. They're getting caught very quickly by one Uno and a Bahrain rider.

Edit - looks like Kuss has dropped off, so maybe they'll start working now.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Is there a single scenario in which Brennen doesn't win?

 

[Samamba]

Also having 0 riders in a 12 man front group is a bad situation…

It's to be expected with this team and their form right now. They just aren't good enough for most of these classics with Johannessen out of form. All about trying to minimize damage to Cofidis, try to maybe win some points in Binche and Paris Tours and then pray Cofidis doesn't close the gap in Asia (I think they will tbh).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is there a single scenario in which Brennen doesn't win?

There are more than one.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

There are more than one.

Well Fausto is not on the startlist so that's one ruled out. He is a bit of a coppa bernocchi specialist

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

It's to be expected with this team and their form right now. They just aren't good enough for most of these classics

Have you not heard of Markus Hoelgaard? He should definitively fight for top 5 in races like this.

 

[Samamba]

Is there a single scenario in which Brennen doesn't win?

He's 1v10 in the front group. This is far from ideal.