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Elite Men: Monteveglio 195.8km

Ventoso out-sprints Visconti for GP Beghelli win

By:
Gregor Brown
Published:
October 11, 2009, 15:18,
Updated:
October 11, 2009, 18:55

Vinokourov's aggression fruitless once more

Francisco José Ventoso (CarmioOro - A-Style) wins GP Beghelli

Francisco José Ventoso (CarmioOro - A-Style) wins GP Beghelli

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Spaniard Francisco José Ventoso (CarmioOro - A-Style) won the GP Beghelli one-day race today in Monteveglio, Italy. He out-sprinted Giovanni Visconti (ISD) at the end of 185.6 kilometres.

Astana's Alexander Vinokourov attacked on the final climb inside the last 10km, but his efforts came to naught as the peloton came together for a bunch sprint with two kilometres to go.

The race covered the Zappolino climb in each of its closing 13.3-kilometre circuits, with the final climb 8.2 kilometres from the finish line.

An escape with Alexsandr Dyachenko (Astana), Dries Devenyns (Quick Step), Ermanno Capelli (Fuji-Servetto), Emanuele Sella (CarmioOro - A-Style) and Edwin Andrés Carvajal Jaramillo (Miche-Silver Cross) formed at 25 kilometres raced. They had 5'10" on the main group at kilometre 47.

The escape re-formed before the closing circuits. Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre-NGC), Murilo Fischer (Liquigas), Giovanni Visconti (ISD), Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone), Francesco Ginanni (Diquigiovanni), Daryl Impey (Barloworld) joined Dyachenko, Devenyns, Capelli and Sella. They had 58 seconds with three circuits to race.

Alexander Vinokourov (Astana), Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) and Simon Clarke (ISD) caught the escapees before the final Zappolino climb. Vinokourov led over the climb, followed 50 metres back by a group headed by Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC).

The main group caught Kazakhstan's Vinokourov after the descent and prepared itself for the sprint.

Full Results
1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Carmiooro - A-Style 4:12:08  
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD    
3 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    
5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step    
6 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha    
7 Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia    
8 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia    
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.    
10 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura    
11 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
12 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld    
13 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad    
14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram    
15 Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Team Piemonte    
16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad    
17 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha    
18 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's    
19 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step    
20 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank    
21 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank    
22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step    
23 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank    
24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale    
25 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld    
26 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto    
27 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank    
28 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale    
29 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale    
30 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
31 Eugenio Loria (Ita) Centri della Calzatura    
32 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad    
33 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha    
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha    
35 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto    
36 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro - A-Style    
37 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas    
38 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
39 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank    
40 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
41 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank    
42 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana    
43 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad    
44 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step    
45 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram    
46 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram    
47 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha    
48 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.    
49 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    
50 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha    
51 Simon Clarke (Aus) Amica Chips - Knauf    
52 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    
53 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
54 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad    
55 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
56 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana    
57 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:00:27  
58 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas 0:01:56  
59 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.    
60 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia    
61 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana    
62 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad    
63 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld    
64 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    
65 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank    
66 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale    
67 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
68 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale    
69 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank    
70 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank    
71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas    
72 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
73 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Lokomotiv 0:02:15  
74 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Centri della Calzatura 0:09:38  
75 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Liquigas    
76 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - McDonald's    
77 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita - McDonald's    
78 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step    
79 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto    
80 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini    
81 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank    
82 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale    
83 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini