Italian Giovanni Visconti wins second Trittico Lombardo race from escape
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Ivan Basso (Liquigas)(Image credit: sirott)
Giovanni Visconti (ISD) wins the Coppa Agostoni.(Image credit: sirott)
Italy's Giovanni Visconti (ISD) wins the Coppa Agostoni in Lissone.(Image credit: sirott)
Giovanni Visconti (ISD) on the podium after his Coppa Agostoni win.(Image credit: sirott)
Giovanni Visconti (ISD) tops the Coppa Agostoni podium with Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre-NGC) and Francisco José Ventoso (CarmioOro - A-Style).(Image credit: sirott)
Italy's Ivan Basso (Liquigas)(Image credit: sirott)
Francisco José Ventoso (CarmioOro - A-Style) finished third in the Coppa Agostoni(Image credit: Sirotti)
World Champion Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-NGC)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Giovanni Visconti (ISD) celebrates his win.(Image credit: Riccardo Scanferla)
Giovanni Visconti (ISD) won a seven-man sprint to claim victory in the Coppa Agostoni.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Giovanni Visconti (ISD) sprinted to victory in the 63rd Coppa Agostoni.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Giovanni Visconti (ISD) is definitely pleased with his victory.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) signs some autographs prior to the start.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) grabs a drink.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) in action during the Coppa Agostoni.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Lampre teammates Adriano Malori and world champion Alessandro Ballan.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Emanuele Sella (Carmiooro - A Style) returned to racing after serving a one-year doping ban.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) would finish the day in 21st place.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) in the peloton.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Giovanni Visconti (ISD) leads the break.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Team Katusha awaits the start.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Italian national director Franco Ballerini chats with Leonardo Bertagnolli (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli).(Image credit: Sirotti)
Italian national director Franco Ballerini speaks with Ivan Basso (Liquigas).(Image credit: Sirotti)
Diego Caccia (Barloworld)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli heads the peloton.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Italian Giovanni Visconti (ISD) won the Coppa Agostoni today in Lissone, Italy, in a sprint of seven men. He won ahead of Italy's Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre-NGC) and Spain's Francisco José Ventoso (CarmioOro - A-Style).
"I don't know how many were coming from behind us, I am only happy to finish ahead of them," said Visconti.
The lead group finished with a 20-second lead over the field.
Michele Scarponi and Alessandro Bertolini (Diquigiovanni), Miguel Rubiano Chávez (Centri della Calzatura) and Pasquale Muto (Miche-Silver Cross) were also part of the seven-man escape.
Italian Muto joined the other six only in the final kilometre. He immediately went to the front to anticipate the sprint.
The race started Monza and ended in Lissone, covering 197.2 kilometres. It tackled the Lissolo climb six times, the final ascent occuring with approximately 20 kilometres to the finish. The escape of six formed on the fifth time up Lissolo.
Agostoni was Visconti's second win of the season, adding to his win in stage two of the Tour de Slovénie. Last year, he wore the leader's pink jersey in the Giro d'Italia for eight days and in 2007 he won the Italian Championships.
Santambrogio won yesterday's Tre Valli Varesine, the first of three races that make up the Trittico Lombardo. With his second place today he leads the overall classification. Tomorrow's 199.3-kilometre Coppa Bernocchi concludes the series.
"I had the team all behind me today," said Santambrogio. "It was great to have the world champion, Ballan, and all the rest of my teammates. I would have appreciated very much another victory, but Visconti, a very good cyclist, beat me in the sprint. Tomorrow I'll take part in Coppa Bernocchi in order to try to win the overall standing of Trittico Lombardo."
German Linus Gerdemann won the 2008 edition of the Coppa Agostoni.
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Results
1
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD
4:49:07
2
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Carmiooro - A Style
