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52nd Coppa Sabatini - 1.2
Italy, September 23, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
Ullrich in form
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In a sure sign that he is ready for the World Championships next week, Jan Ullrich has taken the 52nd Coppa Sabatini in a three man sprint ahead of other World's candidates Franco Pellizotti (Alessio Bianchi) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank). "After I made my decision to start the road race and the time trial at the World's in Verona, these races increased in importance to me," said the German. "This win is a timely boost to my preparations."
The three escaped with 12 km to go on the last lap of the race. Pellizotti was the first to attack, followed by Ullrich and Boogerd. The finishing margin was 14 seconds to the next group, which was led home by Uros Murn (Phonak).
The 197 km race was otherwise dominated by a three man breakaway containing Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua&Sapone), Fortunato Baliani (Panaria) and Juan José Cobo Acebo (Saunier Duval). After gaining more than 11 minutes at one stage, Marzoli hung on for the longest and was away for 166 km.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Der Kaiser signing on for the day.
- Aren't one of you guys supposed to be retired?
- Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) looking happy and worried. Not an easy look to pull off.
- Ruggero Borghi (De Nardi) also 'doing a Casagrande'.
- Through the looking glass.
- The peloton uninterested in the three man break up ahead.
- The peloton make their way up a climb.
- The peloton make their way through the start/finish, with eventual winner Jan Ullrich (bottom right) moving towards the front of the pack.
- Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) putting down the power in the closing kilometres, eventually finishing eighth.
- Ivan Basso (Team CSC) finished in the second group, 14 seconds behind Ullrich.
- Everyone loves a winner. Except the losers.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) wins the 52nd Coppa Sabatini ahead of Franco Pellizotti (Alessio) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank)
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) celebrates his win
- The podium (L to R): Franco Pellizotti (2nd), Jan Ullrich (1st) and Michael Boogerd (3rd)
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) with his winner's trophy
Results - 197.7 km
1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 4.47.36 (41.425 km/h) 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14 5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola 9 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 10 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team LPR 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 13 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 14 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 15 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 17 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Fiave 21 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 22 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 23 Sergiy Adveyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax 25 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 0.22 27 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria 28 Marco Cavallari (Ita) Vini Caldirola 29 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.40 30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 31 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 32 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 34 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 35 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 36 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore e Vita-Beretta 37 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.00 38 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.10 39 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 40 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 41 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 42 Jure Golcer (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo-Fiave 43 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé 45 Mattia Turrina (Ita) Team LPR 46 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 49 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 50 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
Past winners
2003 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 2002 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2001 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2000 Andreij Tchmil (Bel) 1999 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 1998 Emmanuel Magnin (Fra) 1997 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1996 Bjarne Riis (Den) 1995 Davide Cassani (Ita) 1994 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1993 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1992 Stefano Zanini (Ita) 1991 Franco Chioccioli (Ita) 1990 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 1989 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1988 Claudio Corti (Ita) 1987 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1986 Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra) 1985 Marino Amadori (Ita) 1984 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1983 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 1982 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1981 Claudio Bortolotto (Ita) 1980 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1979 Leonardo Mazzantini (Ita) 1978 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1976 Piero Spinelli (Ita) 1975 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) 1974 Wilmo Franconi (Ita) 1973 Mauro Simonetti (Ita) 1972 Antoine Houbrechts (Bel) 1971 Roberto Poggiali (Ita) 1970 Gösta Pettersson (Swe) 1969 Romano Tumllereo (Ita) 1968 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1967 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1966 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1965 Luciano Armani (Ita) 1964 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1963 Dino Bruni (Ita) 1962 Giovanni Sabbadin (Ita) 1961 Dino Bruni (Ita) 1960 Graziano Battistini (Ita) 1959 Rino Benedetti (Ita) 1958 Giuseppe Pardini (Ita) 1957 Giambattista Gabelli (Ita) 1956 Idrio Bui (Ita) 1955 Angelo Miserocchi (Ita) 1954 Rino Benedetti (Ita) 1953 Primo Volpi (Ita) 1952 Primo Volpi (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
