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3rd Mercatone Uno - Memorial Pantani - 1.2
Cesenatico, Italy, June 3, 2006
2005 Results Results Past winners
Bennati beats Mazzanti and Pidgorny
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Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) has beaten Luca Mazzanti (Panaria-Navigare) and Ruslan Pidgorny (Tenax-Salmilano) to win the third Memorial Pantani in Cesena. The three were 39 seconds ahead of the next group, led home by Nicola Scattolin (Androni Giocattoli-3C).
The day's early break saw Lampre-Fondital's cyclo-cross specialist Enrico Franzoi attacking with Cristian Bonfanti (Androni Giocattoli-3C), building up a maximum lead of 7'30 before being caught by the bunch. In the finale, Pidgorny attacked, and was caught by Mazzanti and Bennati, with the latter proving to have the best legs in the sprint.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The Pantani monument
- Paying tribute to Marco Pantani
- Cesena says 'Thanks Marco'
- Marco Pantani won't be forgotten
- The race passed through the military airport at Pisignano
- It was spread out through the airport
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital)
- Mirko Celestino (Milram) on a descent
- Perez Cuapio and Sella lead the Milram boys
- Mirko Celestino (Milram)
- Ruslan Pidgorny (Tenax) was the first to attack
- Luca Mazzanti (Ceramica Panaria) in pursuit
- Giuliano Figueras (Lampre-Fondital) on the front of the break
- Giuliano Figueras (Lampre-Fondital) sets the pace for Bennati
- Mirko Celestino (Milram) with Lampre's Figueras and Bennati in the break
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) beats Luca Mazzanti to win the Memorial Pantani
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) celebrates his win
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) celebrates his win
- A kiss for Bennati from his wife
- Thumbs up for Daniele Bennati
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) with his cup
- On the podium: Luca Mazzanti (2nd), Daniele Bennati (1st), and Ruslan Pidgorny (3rd)
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Remembering Pantani
- The Pantani monument
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) wins the 3rd Memorial Pantani
- The podium (L to R): Luca Mazzanti (2nd), Daniele Bennati (1st), and Ruslan Pidgorny (3rd)
Results - 176.6 km
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4.32.32 (38.880 km/h) 2 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Team Tenax Salmilano 0.02 4 Nicola Scattolin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 0.39 5 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 6 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 7 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 9 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 10 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 11 Donato Cannone (Ita) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 12 Timothy Jones (Zim) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 13 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 1.17 14 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 15 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 16 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 17 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 18 Devis Miorin (Ita) Team Endeka 19 Massimo Codol (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 20 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Miche 21 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 22 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 23 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 1.23 24 Domenico Quagliarello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 25 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.34 27 Alberto Milani (Ita) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 28 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 29 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 5.20 30 Artur Krol (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 31 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 32 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Hadimec 33 Jakub Lorek (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 34 Leonardo Caneschi (Ita) Miche 35 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzb) Miche 36 Matteo Lasurdi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 37 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 38 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 39 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 40 Luca Solari (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 41 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 42 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 43 Eddy Serri IT1 Miche 44 Davide Bragazzi (Ita) Team Endeka 8.08 45 Luigi Sestili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 46 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 47 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 48 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 49 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 10.44 50 Daniele Migliorati (Ita) Team Endeka 51 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 52 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 53 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 54 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 55 Fabio Borghesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 56 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec 57 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe'-C.B. Immobiliare 58 Seweryn Zenon Kohut (Pol) Miche 59 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 60 Drasutis Stundzia (Ltu) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 61 Diego Genovesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 62 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 63 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 64 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 65 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
Past winners
2005 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Caffita 2004 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco
