Giorgia Bronzini (Colavita Forno d'Asolo) won the GP Liberazione, outkicking Alona Andruk (Diadora-Pasta Zara) and Monia Baccaille (SC MCipollini Giordana), both the Italian national champion and defending race champion, in the field sprint finale in Crema, Italy.
It was an emotional victory for the 27-year-old Italian as she not only won her first race as reigning world champion, but the win occurred on home soil.
"The team did an exceptional job in the sprint," said Bronzini. "I was looking for the win. I went close several times in Holland and Belgium.
"That I finally managed to break the ice today is all due to my teammates. I thanked them personally one-by-one because they raced at the front from the first to last kilometre. Then came the first win with this jersey in a race that inspires me. This day has a very special emotion."
Despite finishing as runner-up, Andruk was pleased with her result. "I tried hard and I was side-by-side with Bronzini through to the finish line. I was beaten by a few centimetres. For me it was the culmination of a great race, to be beaten by one of the strongest sprinters in the world is like winning."
| 1 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | 3:01:00 |
| 2 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Diadora - Pasta Zara | |
| 3 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | |
| 4 | Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Vaiano Solaristech | |
| 5 | Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team | |
| 6 | Belinda Goss (Aus) | |
| 7 | Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Gauss | |
| 8 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 9 | Federica Primavera (Ita) | |
| 10 | Vania Rossi (Ita) | |
| 11 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) | |
| 12 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | |
| 13 | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | |
| 14 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss | |
| 15 | Eleonora Spaliviero (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech | |
| 16 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Diadora - Pasta Zara | |
| 17 | Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) | |
| 18 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss | |
| 19 | Rossella Callovi (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | |
| 20 | Yelizaveta Bochkarova (Ukr) | |
| 21 | Lelizaveta Oshurkova (Ukr) | |
| 22 | Yulia Blindyuk (Rus) SC MCipollini Giordana | |
| 23 | Alessia Martini (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech | |
| 24 | Gloria Presti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 25 | Anne-Marie Schmitt (Lux) Lointek | |
| 26 | Viktoriya Vologdina (Ukr) | |
| 27 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek | |
| 28 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | |
| 29 | Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek | |
| 30 | Carly Hibberd (Aus) | |
| 31 | Sara Grifi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | |
| 32 | Chiara Vanni (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech | |
| 33 | Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Gauss | |
| 34 | Chiara Nadalutti (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team | |
| 35 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) | |
| 36 | Sylwia Kapusta (Pol) Gauss | |
| 37 | Suzie Godart (Lux) | |
| 38 | Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | |
| 39 | Alessandra D'Ettorre (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | |
| 40 | Petra Zrimšek (Slo) | |
| 41 | Emma Marcelli (Ita) | |
| 42 | Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Lointek | |
| 43 | Samantha Galassi (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | |
| 44 | Anna Nagirna (Ukr) | |
| 45 | Ziva Verbic (Slo) | |
| 46 | Urša Pintar (Slo) | |
| 47 | Lorena Foresi (Ita) Gauss | |
| 48 | Karin Aune (Swe) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | |
| 49 | Martina Ruzickova (Cze) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | |
| 50 | Alena Sitsko (Blr) | |
| 51 | Elena Valentini (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team | |
| 52 | Katarzyna Sosna (Ltu) Vaiano Solaristech | |
| 53 | Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 54 | Alenka Novak (Slo) | |
| 55 | Silvia Moroni (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech | |
| 56 | Stefania Baldi (Ita) | |
| 57 | Francesca Faustini (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | |
| 58 | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Gauss | |
| 59 | Oksana Kashchishina (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | |
| 60 | Giada Borgato (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | |
| 61 | Giulia Ronchi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 62 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss | |
| 63 | Laura Basso (Ita) | |
| 64 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 65 | Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto Honda Team | |
| 66 | Alessia Quarta (Ita) | |
| 67 | Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Vaiano Solaristech | |
| 68 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | |
| 69 | Tjaša Rutar (Slo) | |
| 70 | Bridie O'Donnell (Aus) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 71 | Monica Ceccon (Ita) | |
| 72 | Andreja Godec (Slo) | |
| 73 | Francesca Cauz (Ita) | |
| 74 | Elena Chiarelli (Ita) | |
| 75 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 76 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 77 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | |
| 78 | Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team | |
| 79 | Jennifer Hohl (Swi) SC MCipollini Giordana | |
| 80 | Amy Cure (Aus) | |
| 81 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana |
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