Colnago strikes twice: Modolo wins the Coppa Bernocchi, Kocjan dom­i­nates in Limousin

Colnago bikes secured a rare dou­ble vic­tory on one day, with Sacha Modolo win­ning the Coppa Bernocchi race in Italy and Jure Kocjan win­ning stage three of the Tour du Limousin in France. Both rid­ers won sprint fin­ishes, ensur­ing that their Colnago bikes were first across the line.

Kocjan used his pow­er­ful sprint to win the hilly 189km stage in the heart of France. He also took back the race leader’s yel­low jer­sey thanks to a 10-second time bonus, giv­ing him a great chance of over­all vic­tory. Like most of his Team Type 1 – Sanofi team­mates, the tal­ented Slovenian rides a Colnago M10 S bike.

Modolo won after a per­fect lead out from his Colnago-CSF Inox team­mates. The Italian team chased down the break­away of the stage and con­trolled late moves before Sonny Colbrelli set up Modolo per­fectly and even man­aged to take sec­ond place. Modolo used his black Colnago C59 Italia Team Edition to take his first big win of the sum­mer and silence his critics.

“We rode a per­fect race,” Modolo said. “It wasn’t easy because the other teams didn’t want to help us very much and that’s why I even went in a break­away on the last lap. Were a young team and when we get upset, we fight back. I’ve been crit­i­cised a lot recently and I wanted to prove that I’m not a bad rider.”