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11th GP Costa degli Etruschi - 1.1
Italy, February 4, 2006
2005 Results Results Past winners
First test passed for Petacchi
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As expected, a bunch sprint concluded the 11th edition of the GP Costa degli Etruschi, the opening race of the Italian cycling calendar. And, as expected, the first appearance of Alessandro Petacchi in the colours of his new team Milram also saw the World class sprinter take the victory. The rider from La Spezia, who also won the race last year, beat a Lampre tandem composed by Daniele Bennati and Danilo Napolitano and thereby answered the questions regarding his form after the numerous victories conquered in Qatar by fellow fast man and World Champion Tom Boonen.
"Today was an important test," said Petacchi. "I felt very good after about 200 kilometres. Now, I will work hard to reach a better condition on the climbs."
The final sprint was a close one between the two Lampre riders and the man from team Milram. "Bennati and Napolitano tried to anticipate, so I had to come off their wheel already 250 metres before the finish line," Petacchi said. "For a moment, I was afraid I would lose, but then I progressively succeeded." In the GP Costa degli Etruschi’s list of honour, the Italian is now on the same level as Mario Cipollini and Yuri Mitlushenko, as all three have won the race twice.
Photography
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- Ivan Quaranta before the start
- Alessandro Petacchi makes sure everything is properly aligned
- Alessandro Petacchi gets ready to race
- Team Endeka ready to go
- Alessandro Petacchi whizzes by
- Danilo Napolitano (Lampre)
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre)
- Daniele Righi (Lampre)
- Denis Bertolini (Acqua & Sapone)
- Fabio Baldato (Tenax)
- Mirco Lorenzetto leads Alessandro Petacchi
- The race rolls through the Italian countryside
- Daniele Pietropolli (Tenax)
- Charly Wegelius and Liquigas attempt to take control
- Alessandro Petacchi and Anna Chiara
- Ouch
- Concentration.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) kicks off the season with a win
- Alessandro Petacchi celebrates
- Alessandro Petacchi is congratulated by team-mate Alberto Ongarato
- Fabio Sacchi (Milram) approves of his team-mate's win
- The podium - Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Caffita), Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram), and Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Caffita)
- Alessandro Petacchi on the podium. Take the money! Open the box!
- Alessandro Petacchi unleashes the podium bubbly
- Alessandro Petacchi relaxes after the race
- Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) after his first pro outing
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) wonders if he's left the gas on.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) at the start
- Roberto Petito and Fabio Baldato (Tenax)
- Team Milram
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
- Team Milram
- Przemyslaw Niemec (Miche) attacks
- Przemyslaw Niemec tries to escape.
- Charly Wegelius (Liquigas)
- Charly Wegelius leads the bunch
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre)
- Alessandro Petacchi leads on a descent
- Meet me on the avenue.
- Follow that car.
- The peloton
- Danilo Napolitano (Lampre)
- The peloton strings out
- Through the fields
- Alessandro Petacchi zips up against the late winter chill
- Alessandro Petacchi deep in the bunch
- Team Barloworld to the front
- Alessandro Petacchi
- All together mid-race
- The dash for the line
- Alessandro Petacchi realises he's done it
- Alessandro Petacchi starts to celebrate
- Alessandro Petacchi claims his first win of the season.
- Alessandro Petacchi
- Alessandro Petacchi
- Ouch
- The podium - Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Caffita), Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram), and Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Caffita)
- Alessandro Petacchi on the podium
- Alessandro Petacchi starts to shake it up
- Alessandro Petacchi is a very happy man
- Alessandro Petacchi and Anna Chiara
- Danilo Napolitano and Daniele Bennati (Lampre) after the race
Results 193 km
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.39.40 (41.381 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 5 Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 6 Domenico Loria (Ita) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 7 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 8 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 9 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 10 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 11 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 12 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 13 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) OTC Doors-Lauretana 14 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 15 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 16 Luciano A. Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Emanulele Rizza (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 18 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 19 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 20 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 0.04 21 Gluca Geremia (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 0.07 22 Da Dalto Mauro (Ita) Liquigas 0.08 23 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 24 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua Sapone 25 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.13 26 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.14 27 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 29 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 0.17 30 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 0.18 32 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 33 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 34 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 35 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 36 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 37 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.34 38 Anibal Borrajo (Arg) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 0.43 39 Javer Sainz Jimenez (Spa) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 40 Alessio Signego (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 41 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 42 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Ceramica Flaminia 43 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 0.48 44 Donato Cannone (Ita) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 45 Armando Rupa (Ita) Miche 46 Jakub Lorek (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 47 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.01 48 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 49 Luigi Sestili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1.06 50 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 51 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 52 Davide Bragazzi (Ita) Team Endeka 53 Matteo Lasurdi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 54 Artur Krol (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 55 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Team Tenax Salmilano 57 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone 58 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzb) Miche 59 Devis Miorin (Ita) Team Endeka 60 Daniele Migliorati (Ita) Team Endeka 61 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 62 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 63 Juan Pablo Magallanes A. (Mex) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 64 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 66 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 67 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 68 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 69 Simone Bruson (Ita) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 70 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 71 Davide Torosantucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 72 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone 73 Diego Genovesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 74 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 75 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 76 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 Gcarlo Ginestri (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 80 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 81 Alessio Ricciardi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 82 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 83 Antonio Quadranti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 84 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 85 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 87 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 88 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 89 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia 90 Alex Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 91 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 1.43 92 Alexander Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1.47 93 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 2.04 94 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 95 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 2.07 96 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 97 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 98 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 99 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 100 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Miche 101 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 102 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 2.23 103 Leonardo Caneschi (Ita) Miche 3.21 104 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone 3.23 105 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 3.44 106 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 4.16 107 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 108 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 5.09 109 Fabio Borghesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 5.11 110 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 111 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 6.29 112 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 113 Sergio Cuesta (Spa) Team Endeka Starters: 141 Classified: 113 Courtesy of Stephane David
Past winners
2005 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
2004 Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2003 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2002 Yuriy Metluschenko (Ukr) Colnago-Landbouwkrediet 2001 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) 2000 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 1999 Endrio Leoni (Ita) 1998 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 1997 Biago Conte (Ita) 1996 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita)
