The Italian Matteo Trentin, from UAE Team Emirates, won the Matteotti Cycling Trophy for the second time in his career, whose 74th edition was held this Sunday over 195 kilometers with start and finish in Pescara.
Trentin, 32 years old and which was already imposed in the 2019 edition, won the sprint ahead of Colombian Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) and Frenchman Valentin Perron (Total Energies). The Italian had not won since two years ago he won this same race. It is the fourth consecutive Italian victory in the Matteotti Trophy.
Jakobsen dominates in Belgium
Besides, the Dutch Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) achieved his sixth victory of the year this Sunday by winning the eighteenth edition of the Gooikse Pijl on a sprint, disputed over 199 kilometers between the Belgian towns of Halle and Gooik.
Jakobsen, who in the 2020 Tour of Poland suffered an accident, again showed his full recovery with a show of power at the Gooik goal, in which he beat his compatriot Danny van Poppel (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), who He defended the victory achieved in 2020, and the Belgian Jordi Meeus (BORA-hansgrohe), winner of this race in 2018. Before this triumph, the 25-year-old Dutchman won two stages of the Tour de Wallonia and three of the Vuelta a España this year..