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Coppa Bernocchi: Legnano 199.3km

Coppa Bernocchi win aids Paolini's cause

By:
Gregor Brown
Published:
August 20, 2009, 14:02,
Updated:
August 21, 2009, 00:53

Luca Paolini closer to place on Italian worlds team

Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo)

Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo)

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Italian Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone) won the Coppa Bernocchi today in Legnano, Italy, ahead of German's Danilo Hondo (PSK Whirlpool) and Italy's Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre-NGC). Brit Steve Cummings (Barloworld) finished fourth in the sprint ahead of teammate Geraint Thomas.

"The race was fast and uncontrolled from the start, but we took it in hand," said Paolini. "Thanks to the team, they believed in me to the end. To win near home is nice, where I have lots of friends."

The 91st edition of the Coppa Bernocchi, 199.3 kilometres, started and ended in Legnano. It featured five climbs up the Morazzone.

The winning escape went free on the penultimate climb with Cummings and Thomas, Gasparotto and Enrico Magazzini (Lampre), Hondo, Paolini, Mauro Finetto (CSF Group-Navigare) and Alessandro Proni (ISD).

Thomas worked for teammate and last year's winner Cummings in the final kilometres, but Gasparotto and the others marked him. Hondo then initiated the final sprint that Paolini successfully closed for the win.

The race is an important race for selection in Italy's World Championships team. Team director Franco Ballerini will select the team September 14, 13 days before the race.

It was Paolini's second win of the season, after a stage in April's Settimana Lombarda.

Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre-NGC) won Tuesday's Tre Valli Varesine and finished second in yesterday's Coppa Agostoni, the first two of three races that make up the Trittico Lombardo. He won the overall classification thanks to his results. 

Results
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4:23:48  
2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author    
3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.    
4 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld    
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld    
6 Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-N.G.C.)    
7 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
8 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 0:02:23  
9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD    
10 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld    
11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    
12 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro - A-Style    
13 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro - A-Style    
14 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura    
15 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas    
16 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha    
17 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 0:05:23  
18 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
19 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini    
20 Zsolt Der (Srb) Centri della Calzatura    
21 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld    
22 Davide D'angelo (Ita) Centri della Calzatura    
23 Matic Strgar (Slo) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
24 Domenico Loria (Ita) Centri della Calzatura    
25 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
26 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas    
27 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.    
28 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
29 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator    
30 Honorio Machado (Ven) Betonexpressz 2000 - Limonta    
31 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator    
32 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    
33 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator    
34 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Nazionale Elettronica New Slot - Hadimec    
35 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.    
36 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) ELK Haus    
37 Michael Baer (Swi) Nazionale Elettronica New Slot - Hadimec    
38 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
39 Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
40 Diego Alejandro Tamayo Martinez (Col) Carmiooro - A-Style    
41 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author    
42 Elias Schmäh (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
43 Artur Krol (Pol) Centri della Calzatura    
44 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.    
45 Esad Hasanovic (Srb) Centri della Calzatura    
46 Serguei Gretchyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's    
47 Fabio Negri (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini    
48 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
49 Harald Totschnig (Aut) ELK Haus    
50 Tom Criel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator    
51 Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia    
52 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha    
53 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Centri della Calzatura    
54 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's    
55 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha    
56 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author    
57 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - McDonald's    
58 Olegs Melehs (Lat) Meridiana - Kalev Chocolate Team    
59 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) ELK Haus    
60 Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD    
61 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
62 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas    
63 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD    
64 Danilo Andrenacci (Ita) Nazionale Elettronica New Slot - Hadimec    
65 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.    
66 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
67 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator    
68 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
69 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
70 Marco Corsini (Ita) Team Corratec    
71 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    
72 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha    
73 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Carmiooro - A-Style    
74 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
75 Ivan Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampr    
76 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha    
77 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    
78 Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus    
79 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini    
80 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author    
81 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Orbea    
82 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator    
83 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas    
84 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD    
85 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld    
86 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
87 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
88 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini    
89 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD    
90 Sergio Lagana (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini    
91 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus    
92 Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus    
93 Roberto Antonio Richeze (Arg) Betonexpressz 2000 - Limonta    
94 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha    
95 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    
96 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto    
97 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto    
98 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto    
99 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld    
100 Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
101 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia    
102 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
103 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
104 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
105 Rodrigo Garcia Rena (Spa) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia    
106 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro - A-Style    
107 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
108 Simone Stortoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
109 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
110 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Team Corratec    
111 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas    
112 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
113 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
114 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
115 Eddy Serri (Ita) Meridiana - Kalev Chocolate Team