2021 Giro di Sicilia

The 2021 Giro di Sicilia (known as Il Giro di Sicilia EOLO for sponsorship reasons^[1]) was the 25th edition of the Giro di Sicilia road cycling stage race and the second edition since its revival in 2019.^[2] The race was originally scheduled for April but had been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, which had also caused the cancellation of the 2020 edition.^[1][3]

2021 Giro di Sicilia

2021 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	28 September – 1 October 2021
Stages	4
Distance	712 km (442.4 mi)
Winning time	18h 09' 50"
Results
Winner  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (Trek–Segafredo)   Second  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Third  Alessandro Covi (ITA) (UAE Team Emirates) Points  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) (UAE Team Emirates) Mountains  Cristian Scaroni (ITA) (Gazprom–RusVelo) Youth  Alessandro Covi (ITA) (UAE Team Emirates)   Team Trek–Segafredo
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Teams

Five of the 19 UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI ProTeams, and seven UCI Continental teams made up the 20 teams that participated in the race.^[1][4] Amore & Vita and Zalf Euromobil Fior, with six riders each, were the only teams to not enter a full squad of seven riders. 133 riders started the race, of which 84 finished.^[5][6]

UCI WorldTeams

• Israel Start-Up Nation
• Movistar Team
• Team DSM
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
• Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Eolo–Kometa
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Rally Cycling
• Vini Zabù

UCI Continental Teams

• Amore & Vita
• D'Amico–UM Tools
• Giotti Victoria–Savini Due
• MG.K vis VPM
• Team Colpack–Ballan
• Work Service–Marchiol–Vega
• Zalf Euromobil Fior

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[1][7][8]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	28 September	Avola to Licata	179 km (111 mi)		Flat stage	Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)
2	29 September	Selinunte (Castelvetrano) to Mondello (Palermo)	173 km (107 mi)		Hilly stage	Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)
3	30 September	Termini Imerese to Caronia	180 km (110 mi)		Hilly stage	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
4	1 October	Sant'Agata di Militello to Mascali	180 km (110 mi)		Mountain stage	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Total			712 km (442 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

28 September 2021 — Avola to Licata, 179 km (111 mi)^[9]

Stage 1 Result[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates 4h 37' 21" 2  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 3  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 5  Filippo Fiorelli (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0" 6  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) Vini Zabù + 0" 7  Andrea Guardini (ITA) Amore & Vita + 0" 8  Manuel Belletti (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 9  Francesco Di Felice (ITA) MG.K vis VPM + 0" 10  Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates 4h 37' 11" 2  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 4" 3  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) UAE Team Emirates + 6" 4  Matteo Zurlo (ITA) Zalf Euromobil Fior + 7" 5  Charles-Étienne Chrétien (CAN) Rally Cycling + 8" 6  Davide Gabburo (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 9" 7  Jacopo Cortese (ITA) MG.K vis VPM + 9" 8  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 10" 9  Filippo Fiorelli (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 10" 10  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) Vini Zabù + 10"

Stage 2

29 September 2021 — Selinunte (Castelvetrano) to Mondello (Palermo), 173 km (107 mi)^[12]

Stage 2 Result[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates 4h 25' 41" 2  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 3  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) Vini Zabù + 0" 4  Emanuele Onesti (ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 0" 5  Manuel Belletti (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 6  Francesco Carollo (ITA) MG.K vis VPM + 0" 7  Samuele Zambelli (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0" 8  Nicolas Nesi (ITA) D'Amico–UM Tools + 0" 9  Omer Goldstein (ISR) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 10  Mattia Bais (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates 9h 02' 42" 2  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 14" 3  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 14" 4  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) Vini Zabù + 16" 5  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 6  Davide Gabburo (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 16" 7  Matteo Zurlo (ITA) Zalf Euromobil Fior + 17" 8  David de la Cruz (ESP) UAE Team Emirates + 18" 9  Charles-Étienne Chrétien (CAN) Rally Cycling + 18" 10  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 19"

Stage 3

30 September 2021 — Termini Imerese to Caronia, 180 km (110 mi)^[15]

Stage 3 Result[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 4h 42' 29" 2  Alessandro Covi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0" 4  Simone Velasco (ITA) Gazprom–RusVelo + 0" 5  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 0" 6  Cristian Scaroni (ITA) Gazprom–RusVelo + 0" 7  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 8  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 9  Alessio Martinelli (ITA) Team Colpack–Ballan + 0" 10  Niklas Eg (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 13h 45' 18" 2  Alessandro Covi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 7" 3  Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 9" 4  Davide Gabburo (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 9" 5  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 12" 6  Simone Velasco (ITA) Gazprom–RusVelo + 13" 7  Mattia Bais (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 13" 8  Alessio Martinelli (ITA) Team Colpack–Ballan + 13" 9  Cristian Scaroni (ITA) Gazprom–RusVelo + 13" 10  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 13"

Stage 4

1 October 2021 — Sant'Agata di Militello to Mascali, 180 km (110 mi)^[18]

Stage 4 Result[19][20] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 4h 24' 29" 2  Simone Ravanelli (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 49" 3  Alessandro Covi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 49" 4  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 49" 5  Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 49" 6  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 49" 7  Simone Velasco (ITA) Gazprom–RusVelo + 49" 8  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 49" 9  Thymen Arensman (NED) Team DSM + 49" 10  David de la Cruz (ESP) UAE Team Emirates + 49"

General classification after Stage 4[19][20] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 18h 09' 50" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 46" 3  Alessandro Covi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 49" 4  Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 55" 5  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 58" 6  Simone Velasco (ITA) Gazprom–RusVelo + 59" 7  Thymen Arensman (NED) Team DSM + 59" 8  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 59" 9  Niklas Eg (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 59" 10  Simone Ravanelli (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 1' 03"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Juan Sebastián Molano	Juan Sebastián Molano	Juan Sebastián Molano	Charles-Étienne Chrétien	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
2	Juan Sebastián Molano			Stefano Gandin	Matteo Moschetti
3	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde		Ben King	Alessandro Covi	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Vincenzo Nibali		Cristian Scaroni		Trek–Segafredo
Final		Vincenzo Nibali	Juan Sebastián Molano	Cristian Scaroni	Alessandro Covi	Trek–Segafredo

• On stage 2, Maximiliano Richeze, who was third in the points classification, wore the cyclamen jersey, because first-placed Juan Sebastián Molano wore the red-and-yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification and second-placed Vincenzo Albanese wore the white-and-blue jersey as the leader of the young rider classification. On stage 3, Jakub Mareczko wore the cyclamen jersey for the same reason, though with Matteo Moschetti wearing the white-and-blue jersey.

Final classification standings

Legend[21]
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[19][20]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	18h 09' 50"
2	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 46"
3	Alessandro Covi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 49"
4	Jhonatan Restrepo (COL)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 55"
5	Romain Bardet (FRA)	Team DSM	+ 58"
6	Simone Velasco (ITA)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 59"
7	Thymen Arensman (NED)	Team DSM	+ 59"
8	Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA)	Eolo–Kometa	+ 59"
9	Niklas Eg (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 59"
10	Simone Ravanelli (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 1' 03"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[19][20]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)	UAE Team Emirates	24
2	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	23
3	Alessandro Covi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	18
4	Romain Bardet (FRA)	Team DSM	16
5	Jhonatan Restrepo (COL)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	15
6	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	12
7	Simone Velasco (ITA)	Gazprom–RusVelo	11
8	Simone Ravanelli (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	10
9	Vincenzo Albanese (ITA)	Eolo–Kometa	10
10	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)	UAE Team Emirates	8

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[19][20]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Cristian Scaroni (ITA)	Gazprom–RusVelo	45
2	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	32
3	Ben King (USA)	Rally Cycling	30
4	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	30
5	Alessandro Covi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	21
6	David de la Cruz (ESP)	UAE Team Emirates	21
7	Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA)	Eolo–Kometa	19
8	Chris Hamilton (AUS)	Team DSM	19
9	Romain Bardet (FRA)	Team DSM	12
10	Antonio Nibali (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	12

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[19][20]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alessandro Covi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	18h 10' 39"
2	Thymen Arensman (NED)	Team DSM	+ 10"
3	Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA)	Eolo–Kometa	+ 10"
4	Mattia Bais (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 1' 30"
5	Omer Goldstein (ISR)	Israel Start-Up Nation	+ 2' 33"
6	Sergio Martín (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 3' 39"
7	Daniel Muñoz (COL)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 3' 56"
8	Alessio Martinelli (ITA)	Team Colpack–Ballan	+ 4' 30"
9	Raul Colombo (ITA)	Work Service–Marchiol–Vega	+ 5' 17"
10	Cristian Scaroni (ITA)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 10' 21"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[19][20]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Trek–Segafredo	54h 32' 05"
2	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 1' 52"
3	Team DSM	+ 5' 21"
4	Movistar Team	+ 9' 36"
5	Israel Start-Up Nation	+ 10' 10"
6	UAE Team Emirates	+ 11' 48"
7	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 16' 42"
8	Eolo–Kometa	+ 18' 14"
9	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 20' 48"
10	Rally Cycling	+ 30' 35"