Viviani takes sprint victory

Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the GP Nobili Rubinetterie - Coppa Citta di Stresa on Sunday, decided in a field sprint finale. The 22-year-old Italian outkicked Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) and Bernardo Riccio (d'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo) for his fourth win of the season.

A four-man break containing Federico Rocchetti (De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia), Krzystzof Szczawinski (Miche-Guerciotti), Dominik Hrinkow (Voralberg) and Rafaa Chtioui (Acqua & Sapone) was away for the bulk of the race and achieved a maximum advantage of 5:05, but was ultimately absorbed by the peloton with 14km remaining.

"It was a perfect sprint, in which everything was fine," said Viviani. "This is despite there being many other riders capable of victory. Having a team that believes in me, that works to give me the chance to win is like a double push. The responsibility to do well is a huge incentive."

Viviani competes on both the road and track, recently winning the 6 Giorni delle Rose six-day event with partner Jacopo Guarnieri, and utilizes his track experience in the frequently chaotic finishes to road races.

"It allows me to get on the right wheel without any problems in the final 10 kilometres. And now I'll return to the track for the European Championships."

Afterward the European Championships, Viviani will return once again to the road. "I expect a long trip in the United States, where I will attend races in Utah and Colorado and try to win stages. I just completed a block of training in the mountains where I achieved a good level of form.

"In late August I will return to Italy to try to earn a spot on the national team for the road world championships in Copenhagen. Our coach Bettini is extremely capable and attentive to young riders: it's up to me and my performances to convince him of being a part of the national team."

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Full Results
1Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale3:37:58
2Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 1 - Cell 2
3Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 2 - Cell 2
4Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 3 - Cell 2
5Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 4 - Cell 2
6Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 5 - Cell 2
7Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 6 - Cell 2
8Daniele Colli (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 7 - Cell 2
9Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 8 - Cell 2
10Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche - GuerciottiRow 9 - Cell 2
11Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi AventisRow 10 - Cell 2
12Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 11 - Cell 2
13Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISDRow 12 - Cell 2
14René Weissinger (Ger) Team VorarlbergRow 13 - Cell 2
15Kamil Zielinski (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 14 - Cell 2
16Gianluca Maggiore (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 15 - Cell 2
17Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) Amore & VitaRow 16 - Cell 2
18Matic Strgar (Slo) Team VorarlbergRow 17 - Cell 2
19Omar Sottocornola (Ita) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 18 - Cell 2
20Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 19 - Cell 2
21Luca Barla (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 20 - Cell 2
22Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 21 - Cell 2
23Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) WITRow 22 - Cell 2
24Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 23 - Cell 2
25Samuel Horstmann (Swi) Price Your BikeRow 24 - Cell 2
26Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi AventisRow 25 - Cell 2
27Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 26 - Cell 2
28Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 27 - Cell 2
29Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 28 - Cell 2
30Fausto Fognini (Ita) WITRow 29 - Cell 2
31Blaz Bonca (Slo) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 30 - Cell 2
32Jasmin Becirovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 31 - Cell 2
33Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 32 - Cell 2
34Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 33 - Cell 2
35Enrico Montanari (Ita) WITRow 34 - Cell 2
36Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi AventisRow 35 - Cell 2
37Patrik Moren (Swe) Amore & VitaRow 36 - Cell 2
38Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 37 - Cell 2
39Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 38 - Cell 2
40Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez (Col) WITRow 39 - Cell 2
41Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISDRow 40 - Cell 2
42Joël Eglin (Swi) Price Your BikeRow 41 - Cell 2
43Stefan Poll (Aut) Team VorarlbergRow 42 - Cell 2
44Niv Libner (Isr) Amore & VitaRow 43 - Cell 2
45Tomas Smolen (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 44 - Cell 2
46Lukas Kalt (Swi) Price Your BikeRow 45 - Cell 2
47Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 46 - Cell 2
48Andrea Piechele (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 47 - Cell 2
49Daniel Henggeler (Swi) Price Your BikeRow 48 - Cell 2
50Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 49 - Cell 2
51Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 50 - Cell 2
52Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Price Your BikeRow 51 - Cell 2
53Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Miche - GuerciottiRow 52 - Cell 2
54Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi AventisRow 53 - Cell 2
55Walter Gaston Trillini (Arg) Ora Hotels CarreraRow 54 - Cell 2
56Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 55 - Cell 2
57Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 56 - Cell 2
58Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Ora Hotels CarreraRow 57 - Cell 2
59Gianluca Randazzo (Ita) Miche - GuerciottiRow 58 - Cell 2
60Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche - GuerciottiRow 59 - Cell 2
61Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 60 - Cell 2
62Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 61 - Cell 2
63Dmitry Ignatyev (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 62 - Cell 2
64Anton Kaniuk (Ukr) Amore & VitaRow 63 - Cell 2
65Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 64 - Cell 2
66Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Price Your BikeRow 65 - Cell 2
67Dominik Brändle (Aut) Team VorarlbergRow 66 - Cell 2
68Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Miche - GuerciottiRow 67 - Cell 2
69Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 68 - Cell 2
70David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMCRow 69 - Cell 2
71Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 70 - Cell 2
72Edoardo Girardi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 71 - Cell 2
73Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 72 - Cell 2
74Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 73 - Cell 2
75Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team VorarlbergRow 74 - Cell 2
76Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi AventisRow 75 - Cell 2
77Leonid Krasnov (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 76 - Cell 2
78Paolo Bailetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 77 - Cell 2
79Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 78 - Cell 2
80Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 79 - Cell 2
81Davide Rebellin (Ita) Miche - GuerciottiRow 80 - Cell 2
82Ryohei Komori (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 81 - Cell 2
83Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISDRow 82 - Cell 2
84Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISDRow 83 - Cell 2
85Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 84 - Cell 2
86Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 85 - Cell 2
87Noe Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMCRow 86 - Cell 2
88Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Team VorarlbergRow 87 - Cell 2
89Kajetan Fricke (Ger) Team VorarlbergRow 88 - Cell 2
90Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 89 - Cell 2
91Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi AventisRow 90 - Cell 2
92Marco Corti (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 91 - Cell 2
93Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & SaponeRow 92 - Cell 2
94Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 93 - Cell 2
95Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 94 - Cell 2
96Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 95 - Cell 2
97Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 96 - Cell 2
98Michele Napoli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 97 - Cell 2
99Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 98 - Cell 2
100Matteo Fedi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 99 - Cell 2
101Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 100 - Cell 2
102Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Androni GiocattoliRow 101 - Cell 2
103Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 102 - Cell 2
104Pawel Charucki (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 103 - Cell 2
105Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi AventisRow 104 - Cell 2
106Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 105 - Cell 2
107Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 106 - Cell 2
108Kristian Forbord (Nor) Amore & VitaRow 107 - Cell 2
109Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 108 - Cell 2
110Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 109 - Cell 2
111Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISDRow 110 - Cell 2
112Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 111 - Cell 2
113Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 112 - Cell 2
114Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 113 - Cell 2
115Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 114 - Cell 2
116Alexandr Prishpetnyy (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 115 - Cell 2
117Stoen Bersven (Nor) Amore & VitaRow 116 - Cell 2
118Dmitriy Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 117 - Cell 2
119Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 118 - Cell 2
120Frederico Rocchetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 119 - Cell 2
121Simone Boifava (Ita) Ora Hotels CarreraRow 120 - Cell 2
122Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Ora Hotels CarreraRow 121 - Cell 2
123Sergei Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 122 - Cell 2
124Roberto Cesaro (Ita) Miche - GuerciottiRow 123 - Cell 2
125Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 124 - Cell 2
126Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 125 - Cell 2
127Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 126 - Cell 2
128Rafai Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & SaponeRow 127 - Cell 2
129Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 128 - Cell 2
130Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat PolkowiceRow 129 - Cell 2
131Alexander Zdanov (Rus) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 130 - Cell 2
132Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 131 - Cell 2
133Kohei Uchima (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 132 - Cell 2
134Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 133 - Cell 2
135Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 134 - Cell 2
136Aristide Ratti (Ita) WITRow 135 - Cell 2
137Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISDRow 136 - Cell 2
138Walter Proch (Ita) Ora Hotels CarreraRow 137 - Cell 2
139Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISDRow 138 - Cell 2
140Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - GuerciottiRow 139 - Cell 2
141Diego Alejandro Tamayo Martinez (Col) WITRow 140 - Cell 2
142Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISDRow 141 - Cell 2

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