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15th Trofeo Melinda - 1.1
Italy, August 31, 2006
2005 Results Results Past winners
Garzelli wins the Trofeo Melinda
Liquigas press release
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After a very demanding 194 kilometres, Stefano Garzelli has won the Trofeo Melinda. The Liquigas rider crowned an excellent performance from the whole team, who kept the race under control from beginning to end.
After Andrea Noè had done a lot of work early in the peace, Vincenzo Nibali and Franco Pellizotti took turns at the front of the race to protect Garzelli, who had also managed to conserve his energy. The rider from Varese attacked with five kilometres to go and only Milram's Giovanni Visconti stayed on his wheel. With three kilometres to go, Garzelli did most of the work till the final sprint, which he won with authority.
Said Garzelli: "I was going to keep in peak form as long as possible. I can say to have hit my goal. In truth, I feel better day by day. Today, like in the latest races, I've felt better in the last kilometres than at the beginning of the race. I must thank my team for their great support and I'm optimistic about next races."
Photography
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- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) crosses the line on his own to win the Trofeo Melinda.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) a comfortable winner.
- Time for some autumn sunshine.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) salutes the crowd.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) accepts his winner's trophy.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) proudly holds his winner's trophy aloft.
- The podium - (L to R) Giovanni Visconti (Team Milram, 2nd), Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas, 1st) and Santo Anzà (Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni, 3rd)
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas)
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas)
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) with Franco Ballerini.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) having a chat after his win.
- Giovanni Visconti (Team Milram) gets second place.
- Francesco Moser.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) driving on the front.
- The Liquigas team worked hard for Garzelli.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier-Duval) finished 15th.
- Giovanni Visconti (Team Milram)
- Giovanni Visconti (Team Milram)
- Santo Anza' (Selle Italia) gets third.
Results - 194.0 km
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 5.05.00 (38,163 km/h) 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 0.04 3 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia 0.08 4 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 0.11 5 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.14 6 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) C.B.Immobiliare-Univ.Caffe' 0.17 7 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.20 9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.22 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.23 11 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld 0.26 12 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Team Tenax Salmilano 0.29 13 Riccardo Ricco' (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.35 14 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team 3C Casalinghi Jet Androni 0.51 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 18 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 19 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.29 20 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.45 21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.15 22 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 4.53 23 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 25 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 5.42 26 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 6.04 27 Pedro Arreitunandia Quintero (Spa) Team Barloworld 7.41 28 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 9.35 29 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 30 Massimo Codol (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 31 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Otc Doors-Lauretana 32 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 33 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 34 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 38 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 39 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) C.B. Immobiliare-Universal Caffe' 40 Luca Solari (Ita) Team 3C Casalinghi Jet Androni Giocatt. 41 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 43 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 44 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 45 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 46 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 47 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 48 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 49 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Team Barloworld 50 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Started: 133 Finished: 51
Past Winners
2005 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 2004 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2003 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2002 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 2001 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2000 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata 1999 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola 1998 Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Ballan 1997 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1996 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1995 Pascal Richard (Swi) 1994 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) 1993 Stefano Della-Santa (Ita) 1992 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
