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Godon wins Gran Piemonte after being dropped on the decisive climb
Dorian Godon won the 110th Gran Piemonte, beating Anthon Charmig and Alberto Bettiol in a sprint marred by two crashes inside the final 600 metres. He got there after being dropped on the final climb, while Isaac del Toro and Finn Fisher-Black rode clear up front. «I was completely dead at the end» — Dorian Godon.
What this means
Del Toro's bid for back-to-back solo Gran Piemonte wins, after his 2025 victory, ended with the peloton catching him and Fisher-Black inside the final 1.5km.
Del Toro attacked 18km from the finish on the La Morra climb and dropped everyone except Fisher-Black, with UAE Team Emirates-XRG having paced hard for the majority of the race to set it up. He briefly rode clear alone with 13km to go, 28 seconds ahead of the peloton, before Fisher-Black clawed back onto his wheel in the final 10km on the descent towards Bra. The two were caught with 1.5km remaining, handing the finish to the bunch. Charmig led out the sprint but was passed by Godon before the line, and two crashes in the closing 600 metres scrambled the group further. It was Godon's seventh win of 2026, taken after he had been dropped on the climb that decided the race.
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