Soenens our top finisher in Italy

Race report | Saturday 29 March 2025 - 17:46

The young Belgian came close to another scoring another general classification top ten this season.

Forli – the town formerly ruled by the famous Caterina Sforza, one of the Renaissance’s most powerful women – welcomed the peloton, just like in recent years, for the final stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. It was an intense day of racing, animated in the first half by Pascal Eenkhoorn, in the breakaway for the third consecutive stage, and Federico Savino, whose efforts helped them stay at the front until the last 80 kilometers.

Once the catch was made, the peloton continued as one until they began climbing Rocca delle Caminate, the last ascent of the day. It was there that Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) attacked, taking a solo win in Forli, where a small group containing Viktor Soenens arrived some 40 seconds later. The 19-year-old Belgian – a member of the Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team – had another impressive outing, not just on Saturday, but throughout the entire week, and this helped him gradually move up on the general classification, where he finished 11th, just a couple of seconds behind the top ten.

“I’m really happy with this result. It’s nice to have the confirmation after Spain, especially in a race where the level was higher. It was good to ride with the World Tour team, learn from the more experienced riders. I am thankful and grateful for this result, and I’m looking forward to the next races”, said Viktor, who earlier this season took eighth overall and the best young rider jersey in O Gran Camiño.

 

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images

Race details

1 Jay Vine
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
3:11:04
2 Davide Donati
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies
0:33
3 Alexey Lutsenko
Israel - Premier Tech
0:33
4 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
0:33
5 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:33
6 Mattéo Vercher
Team TotalEnergies
0:33
7 Emil Herzog
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies
0:33
8 Lorenzo Nespoli
MBH Bank Ballan CSB
0:33
9 Giovanni Carboni
Unibet Tietema Rockets
0:33
10 Alessandro Fancellu
JCL Team UKYO
0:33
16 Thomas Pesenti
Soudal Quick-Step
0:33
19 Viktor Soenens
Soudal Quick-Step
0:33
22 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:33
26 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
2:44
27 Federico Savino
Soudal Quick-Step
2:44
83 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step
11:27
1 Ben Tulett
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
18:40:04
2 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:18
3 Igor Arrieta Lizarraga
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
0:23
4 Alexey Lutsenko
Israel - Premier Tech
0:26
5 Simone Velasco
XDS Astana Team
0:26
6 Mattéo Vercher
Team TotalEnergies
0:35
7 Giovanni Carboni
Unibet Tietema Rockets
0:38
8 Emil Herzog
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies
0:42
9 Alessandro Pinarello
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
0:45
10 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
0:47
11 Viktor Soenens
Soudal Quick-Step
0:53
18 Thomas Pesenti
Soudal Quick-Step
6:46
20 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
9:06
59 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
32:06
66 Federico Savino
Soudal Quick-Step
37:08
78 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step
43:53
1 Jay Vine
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
20 pt
2 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
17 pt
3 Ben Tulett
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
16 pt
4 Davide Donati
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies
13 pt
5 Simone Velasco
XDS Astana Team
11 pt
6 Paul Double
Team Jayco AlUla
10 pt
7 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
10 pt
8 Alexey Lutsenko
Israel - Premier Tech
9 pt
9 Igor Arrieta Lizarraga
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
8 pt
10 Mattéo Vercher
Team TotalEnergies
8 pt
18 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
1 Marc Cabedo Hernandez
JCL Team UKYO
26 pt
2 Jay Vine
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
26 pt
3 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step
21 pt
4 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
19 pt
5 Paul Double
Team Jayco AlUla
15 pt
6 Ben Tulett
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
10 pt
7 Marcel Camprubí Pijuan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
10 pt
8 Mathieu Burgaudeau
Team TotalEnergies
9 pt
9 Walter Calzoni
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
8 pt
10 Enea Sambinello
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
8 pt
14 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
5 pt
27 Thomas Pesenti
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
1 Igor Arrieta Lizarraga
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
18:40:27
2 Emil Herzog
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies
0:19
3 Alessandro Pinarello
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
0:22
4 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
0:24
5 Viktor Soenens
Soudal Quick-Step
0:30
6 Davide De Pretto
Team Jayco AlUla
2:16
7 Florian Samuel Kajamini
XDS Astana Team
6:12
8 Jarno Widar
Lotto Development Team
9:43
9 Jørgen Nordhagen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
15:50
10 Tijmen Graat
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
15:58
21 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
31:43
26 Federico Savino
Soudal Quick-Step
36:45
1 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 56:00:50
2 XDS Astana Team 9:46
3 Soudal Quick-Step 10:02
4 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies 15:24
5 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 21:06
6 Team TotalEnergies 23:00
7 Unibet Tietema Rockets 26:10
8 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 30:04
9 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 31:58
10 INEOS Grenadiers 32:30

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