Sonny Colbrelli wins in style!

Manama : What a win! I’m really happy for myself and my team,” was the first comment of today’s 197 km long stage winner Sonny Colbrelli, after a fabulous sprint in the finish of Brabantse Pijl race. But he couldn’t have done it without the help of his teammates that carried out excellent work throughout the whole race.

The 57th edition of Brabantse Pijl race was the final one of this season’s Flanders Classics. A race with 20 hills and a race with a character is how the locals call it.

BAHRAIN MERIDA riders started the race highly motivated, with Sonny Colbrelli as their first leader and Enrico Gasparotto as the second. All of them were aware of their role and importance of helping the leaders to achieve a good result. Just a few kilometers after the start a group of 6 riders went in a breakaway and held an approximate gap of 3 minutes along the way. But after 120 km the breakaway was caught and the BAHRAIN MERIDA riders took all in their hands.

Enrico Gasparotto, Grega Bole and Sonny Colbrelli with continuous support from Ivan Garcia, Luka Pibernik and Meiyin Wang, gave their best for the big victory of Sonny Colbrelli. At 3 laps to finish, each 20 km long, Grega Bole took over the new breakaway group of 10 riders and Sonny Colbrelli was just behind him. Enrico Gasparotto was at the front of the peloton with support of Luka Pibernik, Ivan Garcia and Meiyin Wang. Each member of BAHRAIN MERIDA Team was very aware and energetic. Bole and Gasparotto kept eyes on Gilbert and finally at the last few hundred meters to the finish, Sonny showed his great strength, style and class in a fabulous sprint. He took second stage victory this season and repaid all the hard work for every member of the BAHRAIN MERIDA team.

“I was nervous during the race because I did not want the peloton to caught us and in the sprint I was worried that I’d lost it because Vakoc squeezed me into the barriers, but finally I found the space and managed to win. My aim was to do well today and then on Sunday on Amstel Gold Race. Let’s see, how it will go,” said Sonny after the race, his mind already on the next challenge.