Classica Sarda Olbia-Pantogia 2010: Results

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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) on the charge (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) won the 2010 Classica Sarda Olbia-Pantogia with a precisely timed sprint on the Italian island of Sardegna on Sunday.

The Italian outpaced a fast finishing compatriot Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Doimo) and Frenchman Geoffroy Laquatre (RadioShack) to secure his first victory of the season.

The frantic finale came at the end of an equally frenetic race. The first hour of the 187.6 kilometre event saw a strong breakaway group of 31 riders, which included Visconti, cover 49.8-kilometres.

Despite the size and strength of the group up the road, the peloton refused to give up. The maximum advantage of the escapees reached after 52 kilometres at a shade under three minutes.

However, the tempo in the front group meant that with 10 kilometres to race the group had been whittled down considerably. Visconti was left with Robert Kiserlovski (Liquigas - Doimo), Janez Barikovic, Geoffroy Lequatre and Markel Irizar (all Team RadioShack), Michele Scarponi (Androni - Giocattoli) and Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago - CSF Inox).

As the kilometre banner approached, 12 riders managed to connect with the leaders and it appeared that the breakaway's day would be spoiled.

But in spite of the late arrivals, Visconti timed his run to perfection, opening an early sprint that none of his rivals could top.

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Full Results
1	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD - Neri	3:53:09
2	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team Radioshack	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD - Neri	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Massimo Giunti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team Radioshack	0:00:03
16	Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Michael Rasmussen (Den) Miche	0:00:08
20	Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini	0:00:19
21	Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	0:00:51
22	Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia	0:01:10
23	Stefano Usai (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team	0:06:59
24	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Damiano Margutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Oleg Berdos (Mda) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - Farnese Vini	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) ISD - Neri	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	David Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-Servetto	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Didak Ortega (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD - Neri	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Edwin Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) Miche	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Alberto Contoli (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Radioshack	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Conad	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Miche	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Conad	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Luigi Gitto (Ita) Miche	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Luca Celli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - Csf Inox	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Marcello Barth (Ger) German National Team	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) ISD - Neri	0:14:42
80	Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Meridiana Kamen Team	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Emanuele Vona (Ita) ISD - Neri	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 84 - Cell 2
86	Jure Golcer (Slo) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team Radioshack	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 88 - Cell 2
DNF	Thomas Patrick Faiers (GBr) Footon-Servetto	Row 89 - Cell 2
DNF	Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon-Servetto	Row 90 - Cell 2
DNF	Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD - Neri	Row 91 - Cell 2
DNF	Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	Row 92 - Cell 2
DNF	Freddy Bichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	Row 93 - Cell 2
DNF	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	Row 94 - Cell 2
DNF	Alberto Loddo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	Row 95 - Cell 2
DNF	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	Row 96 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	Row 97 - Cell 2
DNF	Luca Solari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	Row 98 - Cell 2
DNF	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 99 - Cell 2
DNF	Giogrio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 100 - Cell 2
DNF	Filippo Baggio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia	Row 101 - Cell 2
DNF	Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia	Row 102 - Cell 2
DNF	Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche	Row 103 - Cell 2
DNF	Roberto Cesaro (Ita) Miche	Row 104 - Cell 2
DNF	Simone Campagnaro (Ita) Miche	Row 105 - Cell 2
DNF	Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team	Row 106 - Cell 2
DNF	Stefan Schafer (Ger) German National Team	Row 107 - Cell 2
DNF	Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team	Row 108 - Cell 2
DNF	Marcello Kalz (Ger) German National Team	Row 109 - Cell 2
DNF	Markus Bauer (Ger) German National Team	Row 110 - Cell 2
DNF	Nicola D'Andrea (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team	Row 111 - Cell 2
DNF	Olegs Melehs (Lat) Meridiana Kamen Team	Row 112 - Cell 2
DNF	Juraj Ugrinic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team	Row 113 - Cell 2
DNF	Bruno Radotic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team	Row 114 - Cell 2
DNF	Serhy Hrechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Conad	Row 115 - Cell 2
DNF	Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - Conad	Row 116 - Cell 2
DNF	Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Amore & Vita - Conad	Row 117 - Cell 2
DNF	Konstantin Volik (Uzb) Amore & Vita - Conad	Row 118 - Cell 2
DNF	Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amore & Vita - Conad	Row 119 - Cell 2