HOME WHERE THE HEART (AND GLORY) IS FOR FORMOLO
Bassano del Grappa - For the second year in a row, the world’s number one-ranked team, UAE Team Emirates, turned the Veneto Classic into a demonstration of their collective might, as a late attack on the Contrà Soarda climb launched Davide Formolo to a solo victory ahead of team-mate Marc Hirschi and Jayco-AlUla’s local boy, Filippo Zana. As expected, the 196.2km race had turned into a war of attrition over the spectacular, undulating course through the hills around Bassano del Grappa - including four ascents of the Rosina climb and the Tisa ‘wall’, plus the Diesel Farm gravel section. Born in Negrar, just a few valleys to the west of Bassano, Formolo is a former Giro d’Italia stage winner and runner-up in two of cycling’s toughest and most historic one-day races, Strade Bianche and Liège-Bastogne-Liège - but today’s is the most [...]
