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Visconti seals UCI Europe Tour title

By:: Richard Tyler
Published:: October 19, 2009, 10:22,
Updated:: October 19, 2009, 10:50
Edition:: First Edition Cycling News, Monday, October 19, 2009

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Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri)

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Italian claims pro continental title with strong finish at Italian races

Italian Giovanni Visconti has claimed the International Cycling Union's (UCI) 2009 Europe Tour. The ISD-Neri rider sealed the overall title with a series of podium results in the final races of the UCI's Europe Tour calendar to finish clear of Kenny van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and Jimmy Casper (Besson Chaussures – Sojasun).

Van Hummel had led the Europe Tour since May, but Visconti's second place finishes at the Coppa Sabatini and GP Beghelli provided him with enough points to overtake both the Dutchman and Casper in the final two weeks of the series calendar. He finished the season with 638 points, 37 points clear of Van Hummel (601 points) and 63 points in front of Casper (575 points).

Sunday's Chrono des Nations marked the final race of the UCI Europe calendar. Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov won the event, however, with Visconti, Van Hummel and Casper absent, the individual time trial had little effect on the final overall rankings.

Agritubel closed their final season as a professional team with victory in the team rankings. The French squad finished ahead of Dutch team Vacansoleil and the now disbanded Portuguese team Liberty Seguros, who finished third.

Italy, France and Spain were the top-three nations in the competition for pro-continental teams.

UCI Europe Tour - Individual Rankings
1	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD	638	pts
2	Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano	601
3	Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun	575
4	Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel	488
5	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes Farnese Vini	469
6	David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel	446
7	Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo	377
8	Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros	366
9	Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Liberty Seguros	360
10	Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Team Designa Kokken	348
11	Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team	348
12	Martin Pedersen (Den) Team Capinordic	338
13	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Carmiooro - A Style	332
14	Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur	326
15	Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce	325
16	Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	320
17	Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli	318
18	Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team	315
19	Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros	312
20	Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller	307
21	Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura	303
22	Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea	302
23	Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel	299
24	Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce	297
25	Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Verandas Willems	295
26	Grega Bole (Slo) Adria Mobil	291
27	Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse	279
28	Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author	275
29	Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista	268
30	Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes Farnese Vini	266
31	Kris Boeckmans (Bel)	252
32	Egor Silin (Rus)	238
33	Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli	237
34	Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team	228
35	Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia	225
36	Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago	223
37	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare	221
38	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	219
39	Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	217
40	Tejay Van Garderen (Usa) Rabobank Continental	214
41	Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author	210
42	Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce	209
43	Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	209
44	Candido Joaquim Venda Moreira Barbosa (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira	209
45	Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare	204
46	Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago	201
47	Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo	200
48	Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team	196
49	Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel	193
50	Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV- Pinarello RT	193
51	Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's	191
52	Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli	190
53	Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel	188
54	Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team	187
55	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura	185
56	Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun	177
57	Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli	175
58	Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro - A Style	174
59	Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	174
60	Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel	171
61	Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil	168
62	Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team Capinordic	167
63	Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow	166
64	Peter Sagan (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida	162
65	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare	161
66	Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental	161
67	Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun	161
68	Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia	158
69	Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros	158
70	Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia	157
71	Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	157
72	Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika	156
73	Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano	155
74	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Team Designa Kokken	153
75	Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus	153
76	Vitaliy Popkov (Ukr) ISD-Sport-Donetsk	153
77	Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel	152
78	Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice	152
79	Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel	151
80	Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Radenska Kd Financial Point	150
81	Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	150
82	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus)	148
83	David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira	148
84	Ruslan Podgornyy (Ukr) ISD	145
85	Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Heraklion - Nessebar	141
86	Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental	140
87	Gasper Svab (Slo) Sava	139
88	Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse	139
89	Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano	139
90	Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Rock Racing	137
91	Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervelo Test Team	136
92	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD	135
93	Jan Ghyselinck (Bel)	135
94	Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	135
95	Simon Zahner (Swi)	134
96	Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas	134
97	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi	134
98	Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo	134
99	Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	132
100	Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld	132

UCI Europe Tour - Team Rankings
1	Agritubel (France)	2088	pts
2	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team (Netherlands)	1499
3	Liberty Seguros (Portugal)	1326
4	Cervélo (Switzerland)	1261
5	Team Isd (Italy)	1250
6	Skil-Shimano (Netherlands)	1224
7	Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli (Venezuela)	1210
8	Besson Chaussures (France)	1208
9	Lpr Brakes Farnese Vini (Ireland)	1121
10	Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce (Ireland)	1029
11	Rabobank Ct (Netherlands)	973
12	Centri Della Calzatura (Italy)	955
13	Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo (Italy)	907
14	Team Capinordic (Denmark)	897
15	Team Designa Kokken (Denmark)	829
16	Adria Mobil (Slovenia)	828
17	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator (Belgium)	817
18	Csf Group - Navigare (Ireland)	792
19	Carmiooro - A Style (Italy)	783
20	Psk Whirlpool - Author (Czech Republic)	761
21	Bretagne - Schuller (France)	708
22	Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia (San Marino)	671
23	Barloworld (Great Britain)	657
24	Andalucia Cajasur (Spain)	615
25	Landbouwkrediet - Colnago (Belgium)	604
26	Palmeiras Resort / Tavira (Portugal)	530
27	Elk Haus (Austria)	516
28	Verandas Willems (Belgium)	515
29	Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse (Germany)	503
30	Auber - 93 (France)	485
31	An Post - Sean Kelly Team (Ireland)	481
32	Cycling Club Bourgas (Bulgaria)	478
33	Madeinox (Portugal)	477
34	Contentpolis-Ampo (Spain)	472
35	Ccc (Poland)	456
36	Loborika (Croatia)	436
37	Joker Bianchi (Norway)	433
38	Mroz Continental Team (Poland)	423
39	Orbea (Spain)	417
40	Katyusha Continental Team (Russia)	402
41	Xacobeo Galicia (Spain)	401
42	Continental Team Differdange (Luxembourg)	390
43	Lkt Team Brandenburg (Germany)	388
44	Team Isd Ct (Ukraine)	376
45	Roubaix Lille Metropole (France)	374
46	Rock Racing (United States)	370
47	Sava (Slovenia)	358
48	Dhl - Author (Poland)	345
49	Moscow (Russia)	344
50	Betonexpressz 2000 - Limonta (Hungary)	307
50	Palmans Cras (Belgium)	307
52	Van Vliet Ebh Elshof (Netherlands)	305
53	Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's (United States)	302
54	Dukla Trencin Merida (Slovakia)	293
55	Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes (Colombia)	286
56	Thüringer Energie Team (Germany)	271
57	Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei (Switzerland)	251
58	Vorarlberg - Corratec (Austria)	225
59	Team Kuota - Indeland (Germany)	224
60	Sp. Tableware-Gatsoulis Bikes (Greece)	217
61	Team Ais (Australia)	215
62	Radenska Kd Financial Point (Slovenia)	208
63	Bmc Racing Team (United States)	201
64	Candi Tv - Pinarello Rt (Great Britain)	193
65	Centro Cilismo De Loule - Louletano (Portugal)	192
66	Heraklion - Nessebar (Greece)	185
67	Boyaca Es Para Vivirla (Colombia)	181
68	Andorra-Grandvalira (Andorra)	172
69	Paredes Rota Dos Moveis (Portugal)	158
70	Rapha - Condor (Great Britain)	154
70	Sparebanken Vest - Ridley (Norway)	154
72	Heizomat Mapei (Germany)	142
73	Barbot - Siper (Portugal)	139
74	Team Piemonte (Lithuania)	133
75	Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht (Belgium)	124
76	Meridiana - Kalev Chocolate Team (Estonia)	123
77	Tusnad Cycling Team (Romania)	117
78	Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon (Spain)	116
79	Cycling Team Jo Piels (Netherlands)	106
80	Rc Arbö Wels Gourmetfein (Austria)	101
81	Ac Sparta Praha (Czech Republic)	99
82	Bkcp (Belgium)	94
83	Letua Cycling Team (Malaysia)	92
83	Glud & Marstrand Horsens (Denmark)	92
85	Halfords (Great Britain)	85
85	Team Concordia - Vesthimmerland Procycling (Denmark)	85
87	Trek Livestrong (United States)	78
88	Praties (Australia)	76
89	Nazionale Elettronica New Slot - Hadimec (Switzerland)	71
90	Krolstone Continental Team (Netherlands)	69
91	Utensilnord (Poland)	64
91	Eqa - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design (Japan)	64
93	Ck Windoor's Pribram (Czech Republic)	63
94	Team Neotel - Stegcomputer (South Africa)	62
95	Team Trek Adecco (Norway)	52
95	Legia - Felt (Poland)	52
97	Bluewater - Cycling For Health (Denmark)	51
97	Ktm - Junkers (Austria)	51
99	Continental Team Milram (Germany)	51
100	Seven Stones (Germany)	48
101	Drapac (Australia)	46
101	Josan Isorex Mercedes Benz Aalst-Ct (Belgium)	46
103	Cinelli-Down Under (Australia)	44
104	Amica Chips - Knauf (San Marino)	36
105	Revor-Jartazi Cyclingteam (Belgium)	34
106	Worldofbike.Gr (Greece)	30
106	Bissell Pro Cycling (United States)	30
106	Team Stenca Trading (Denmark)	30
109	Ride Sport Racing (Australia)	28
110	Profel Continental Team (Belgium)	26
110	Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team (China)	26
112	Azad University Iran (Iran)	21
113	Motomat Delo Revije (Slovenia)	17
114	Fidea Cycling Team (Belgium)	16
115	Lotto - Bodysol (Belgium)	13
116	Team Energi Fyn (Denmark)	12
116	Kelly Benefit Strategies (United States)	12
116	Sunweb Pro Job Cycling Team (Belgium)	12
119	Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol (Austria)	11
120	Kuban (Russia)	10
121	Doha Team (Qatar)	8
121	Magnus Maximus (Sweden)	8
121	Petrochemical Tabriz Cycling Team (Iran)	8
124	Plowman Craven (Great Britain)	6
125	Savings & Loans Cycling Team (Australia)	5

UCI Europe Tour - Nation Rankings
1	Italy	3538	pts
2	France	3159
3	Spain	2259
4	Netherlands	2114
5	Germany	2101
6	Slovenia	1854
7	Belgium	1805
8	Russia	1534
9	Portugal	1455
10	Poland	1297
11	Ukraine	1128
12	Great Britain	1088
13	Denmark	1022
14	Norway	847
15	Switzerland	655
16	Estonia	621
17	Austria	578
18	Slovakia	561
19	Croatia	539
20	Bulgaria	507
21	Sweden	478
22	Hungary	450
23	Latvia	447
24	Serbia	378
25	Czech Republic	274
26	Lithuania	250
27	Ireland	222
28	Luxembourg	221
29	Greece	211
30	Turkey	198
31	Moldova	191
32	Belarus	157
33	Israel	140
33	Albania	140
35	Romania	128
36	Finland	100
37	Liechtenstein	3