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6th GP Chiasso - 1.3
Switzerland, February 28, 2004
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Pellizotti wins Swiss opener
Italian rider Franco Pellizotti (Alessio-Bianchi) has won the opening race on the Swiss calendar, the 6th GP Chiasso in a two man sprint against Leonardo Bertagnoli (Saeco). The pair escaped with 60 km to go in the 165 km race, which was run in very cold conditions. Frenchman Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) finished third, 13 seconds behind the two leaders.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The peloton rounds a corner in a very cold edition of the GP Chiasso
- Franco Pellizotti gives a victory salute
- Brrrr
- A small break escapes in the early stages
- Acqua e Sapone takes charge
- The breakaway working together through the snowy streets
- Franco Pellizotti (Alessio-Bianchi) mid-race, contemplating whether he can win this one
- Mirko Celestino (Saeco) working hard on the front
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) tests his legs with a strong turn off the front
- The chasers
- Franco Pellizotti realises he's got it, just ahead of Leonardo Bertagnoli (Saeco)
- Franco Pellizotti celebrates as he crosses the line
- A very happy Franco Pellizotti after his win
- Franco Pellizotti smiles from the podium
- The podium - (L to R) Leonardo Bertagnoli (Saeco), Franco Pellizotti (Alessio-Bianchi) and Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis)
Results - 165.7 km
1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 4.14.35 2 Leonardo Bertagnoli (Ita) Saeco 3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.13 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.22 5 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta 0.24 6 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 11 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 12 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 14 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 16 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 18 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 19 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 1.07 21 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.30 22 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23 Ruslan Gryshenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Cirian Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 26 Luca Solari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 27 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 28 Dmitri Gaynitdinov (Rus) Team ICET 29 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta 30 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita Beretta 32 Ruggiero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 33 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 35 Jure Golcer (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 36 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 37 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 2.59 39 Danil Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.12 40 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 41 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 42 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 43 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.36 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.43 45 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 46 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.56 48 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Team Nippo 49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 51 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 54 Javier Gonzalez (Col) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
Past winners
2003 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria 2002 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 2001 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 2000 Giuliano Figueras (Ita)
