Riccò takes Coppa Sabatini
Marcato and Bertagnolli complete podium
































Riccardo Riccò (Vacansoleil) took victory at the Coppa Sabatini after a battle between the Vacansoleil and ISD-Neri teams on the finishing circuit in Peccioli. Riccò outsprinted his teammate Marco Marcato and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androni) for the win, while a tired Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) came home in fourth.
Riccò’s success offered an uneasy reminder of the polemics that have engulfed Italian cycling in recent days. Anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri’s assertion that doping is widespread in the sport sparked huge debate earlier in the week and the controversial Riccò’s victory comes just a week after it was reported that anti-doping police had raided his Modena home.
The early part of the race was dominated by a four-man breakaway made up of Alessandro Proni (Acqua & Sapone), Leonardo Pinizzotto (Miche), Davide Bonuccelli (CDC) and Federico Canutti (Colnago-CSF). The quartet gained a maximum advantage of 3:50 before being swept up in the final 40km.
Oscar Pujol (Cervélo) and Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) were among the riders who attempted to escape in the closing stages but the peloton remained together. Italian champion Visconti was very active on the front in the final kilometres as he forced the pace on the front without managing to break clear.
The effects of Visconti’s journey back from the world championships in Australia were ultimately telling, however, and he was unable to make an impact in the finishing sprint. Instead, it was left to Riccò to take his first win for Vacansoleil by comfortably distancing his teammate Marcato in the closing metres, while Bertagnolli held on for third ahead of a flagging Visconti.
1 | Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 4:18:15 |
2 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Walt De Winter (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:09 |
13 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:10 |
14 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Androni Giocattoli | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) ISD - Neri | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Luca Solari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:00:24 |
24 | Francesco Tizza (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Luciano Barindelli (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Oleg Berdos (Mda) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Luca Zanasca (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Jure Golcer (Slo) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | 0:01:31 |
40 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | 0:02:13 |
44 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Tom Stubbe (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche | 0:02:25 |
47 | Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Eugenio Loria (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Elia Favilli (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro NGC | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Leopoldo Rocchetti (Ita) Miche | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
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