Tibor del Grosso (Alpecin-Deceuninck Growth) out-sprints Wilmar Paredes (Workforce Medellín) for the Gran Premio NYC victory (Picture credit score: marcoquezada.com)
Workforce Medellín leads the peloton, which included two UCI ProTeams – VF Group Bardiani -CSF Faizanè and Workforce Corratec-Vini Fantini (Picture credit score: marcoquezada.com)
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UCI 2.1 males’s podium at Gran Premio NYC 2024 (L to R): Wilmar Paredes (Workforce Medellín) in second, winner Tibor del Grosso (Alpecin-Deceuninck Growth), Johannes Adamietz (Lotto Dstny Growth) third(Picture credit score: marcoquezada.com)
Tibor del Grosso scored his first victory for Alpecin-Deceuninck Growth with a late kick to the road on the Gran Premio New York Metropolis on Sunday. Wilmar Paredes (Workforce Medellín) completed second within the choose group of 4 riders, with Johannes Adamietz forward of Lotto Dstny Growth teammate Milan Donie for third, all with the identical time 3:04:20.
The breakaway quartet moved away on the northern-most part of the 136.3km course after the 2 back-to-back climbs close to Harriman State Park in picturesque Rockland County, New York. Main the chase was VF Group-Bardani CSF-Faizanè.
The small group constructed a margin edging in direction of a full minute on the Route 9W return into New Jersey on the Palisades cliffs overlooking the Hudson River.
The course kicked up with 3.2km to go, however there wasn’t sufficient organisation within the chase group of 5 riders to shut the hole. The ultimate punch to the end line in Fort Lee was led by the Lotto Dstny duo, with Paredes not in a position to match the acceleration to the road by Del Grosso, the reigning U23 males’s cyclocross world champion.
Gran Premio NYC, the one UCI 1.2 highway race remaining on the US calendar this season, was held on the identical course because the long-standing mass participation race GFNY World Championship NYC. Each occasions began at daybreak on the enduring George Washington Bridge, the world’s busiest bridge, and used a hilly course throughout New Jersey and New York.
The highest Canadian within the area was Laurent Gervais, who completed eighth for Challenge Echelon Racing, whereas CS Velo’s Joshua Lebo and Will Cooper had been the highest US riders in 18th and twentieth, respectively.
Within the beginner occasion, former WorldTour professional Brent Bookwalter completed first within the males’s 40-44 division, his time 3:30:17.
