Serri takes Miche's first

Eddy Serri took the first win of the season for Team Miche in the 81st Giro di Romagna. The 32 year-old Italian won the 201.8-kilometre race after the disqualification of Paride Grillo (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) for irregular sprinting. Marco Marcato (Team LPR) and Luca Paolini (Liquigas) finished second and third after the jury declassified the 25 year-old rider from Como.

"It was an instinctive gesture I made because I was at risk of crashing; it was without malice," explained Grillo to La Gazzetta dello Sport of the manoeuvre with 100 metres to the line. His left hand came off of his handlebars during the sprint.

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