Bennati wins on home roads in Toscana

Italy’s Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) went some way to making up for not being selected for the world championships by winning the Giro di Toscana close to his home in Arezzo.

Bennati beat Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) and US stagiaire Caleb Fairly (Garmin-Transitions) in a sprint finish.

The race was held in memory of the late Italian national coach Franco Ballerini. It started in the centre of Florence and then wound through the Chianti countryside before four finishing circuits in the town of Arezzo.

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Full Results
1Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo4:59:00
2Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 1 - Cell 2
3Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin - TransitionsRow 2 - Cell 2
4Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 3 - Cell 2
5Alessandro Proni (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 4 - Cell 2
6Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 5 - Cell 2
7Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) ISD - NeriRow 6 - Cell 2
8Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 7 - Cell 2
9Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 8 - Cell 2
10Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 9 - Cell 2
11Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 10 - Cell 2
12Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox0:00:05
13Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 12 - Cell 2
14Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 13 - Cell 2
15Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 14 - Cell 2
16Matteo Montaguti (Ita) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 15 - Cell 2
17Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - TransitionsRow 16 - Cell 2
18Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 17 - Cell 2
19Francesco Masciarelli. (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 18 - Cell 2
20Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Price - Custom BikesRow 19 - Cell 2
21Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & SaponeRow 20 - Cell 2
22Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) MicheRow 21 - Cell 2
23Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 22 - Cell 2
24Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 23 - Cell 2
25Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 24 - Cell 2
26Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 25 - Cell 2
27Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 26 - Cell 2
28Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 27 - Cell 2
29Stefan Schumacher (Ger) MicheRow 28 - Cell 2
30Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 29 - Cell 2
31Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Price - Custom Bikes0:00:10
32Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni GiocattoliRow 31 - Cell 2
33Patrick Schelling (Swi) Price - Custom BikesRow 32 - Cell 2
34Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 33 - Cell 2
35Stefano Borchi (Ita) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 34 - Cell 2
36Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 35 - Cell 2
37Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 36 - Cell 2
38Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 37 - Cell 2
39Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 38 - Cell 2
40Oleg Berdos (Mda) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 39 - Cell 2
41Jure Golcer (Slo) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 40 - Cell 2
42Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 41 - Cell 2
43Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamRow 42 - Cell 2
44Luca Zanasca (Ita) CDC - CavaliereRow 43 - Cell 2
45Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 44 - Cell 2
46Luca Solari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli0:00:40
47Davide Bonuccelli (Ita) CDC - CavaliereRow 46 - Cell 2
48Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 47 - Cell 2
49Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 48 - Cell 2
50Edoardo Girardi (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 49 - Cell 2
51Francesco Tizza (Ita) Carmiooro NGCRow 50 - Cell 2
52Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni GiocattoliRow 51 - Cell 2
53Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Androni GiocattoliRow 52 - Cell 2
54Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 53 - Cell 2
55Rafa^ Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone0:01:05
56Daniele Callegarin (Ita) CDC - CavaliereRow 55 - Cell 2
57Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 56 - Cell 2
58Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 57 - Cell 2
59Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin - TransitionsRow 58 - Cell 2
60Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 59 - Cell 2
61Martin Schöffmann (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec0:01:35
62Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 61 - Cell 2
63Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 62 - Cell 2
64Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 63 - Cell 2
65René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 64 - Cell 2
66Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) Vorarlberg - CorratecRow 65 - Cell 2
67Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-DoimoRow 66 - Cell 2
68Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Miche0:02:15
69Marcel Aregger (Swi) Price - Custom BikesRow 68 - Cell 2
70Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 69 - Cell 2
71Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) MicheRow 70 - Cell 2
72Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - TransitionsRow 71 - Cell 2
73Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions0:02:50

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