As it happened: Trofeo Binda decided in bunch sprint despite multiple late attacks

Hello and welcome to CyclingNews’ live report of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2025

The lineup is truly amazing with almost every big star name on the starlist aside from the pure sprinters as well as world champion Lotte Kopecky, Tour de France champion Kasia Niewiadoma, Lorena Wiebes and Marlen Reusser. 

The riders have completed sign on and are getting ready for the neutral start in Luino.

Visma-Lease a Bike lineup with a superb squad which includes the rider with the join most victories at this race (four), Marianne Vos. The three-time road world champion comes to this race to open her 2025 season after a return to cyclocross racing in the winter. 

Alongside Vos is Pauline Ferrand-Prevot who comes in off the back of an impressive Strade Bianche podium as well as cyclocross world champion, Fem van Empel as three young talents of Marion Bunel, Maud Oudeman and Rosita Reijnhout.

Neutral start

The riders have begun the neutralised start. 

152km to go

The official start is given and the racing begins for the 51st Trofeo Alfredo Binda!

For now, the peloton is all together with no early moves. 

The peloton is going at a fairly brisk pace at the start of the day with the average speed just under 40kph. 

140km to go

Everything is still all together. 

20km in and the peloton is all together as the race nears the only limb that isn’t on the circuit today, the 6.1km long Masciago Primo which has a gentle average of 3.9% in gradient. 

The peloton is currently being led by Visma-Lease a Bike, Fenix-Deceuninck, FDJ-Suez and Picnic-PostNL for their leaders as the race is still all together. 

Onto the climb of Masciago Primo goes the race with 125km of racing to go. 

Fem van Empel (Visma-Lease a Bike) wins the first QoM sprint on the Masciago Primo. There is a mountains competition today and the cyclocross world champion has put herself in with a chance of taking it with that…