Nibali nails Appennino win
By Gregor Brown published
Vicenzo's victory a pre-Tour boost
Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) gave an indication of his form ahead of the Tour de France with victory in the Giro dell'Appennino Wednesday. He attacked from nearly 50 kilometres out to win the race solo in Pontedecimo, Italy, 47 seconds ahead of Leonardo Bertagnolli (Diquigiovanni) and Marco Marzano (Lampre-NGC).
I have tried a similar action other times this season, but until now I was not able to pull off the win," said Nibali.
He dedicated the win to his grandmother, Carmela. She died in April when Nibali was at Spain's País Vasco stage race.
1 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 4:48:33 |
2 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:47 |
3 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre | |
4 | Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross | |
5 | Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross | |
6 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
7 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce | |
8 | Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare | |
9 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare | |
10 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD-Sport-Donetsk | 0:01:01 |
11 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan | |
12 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre | 0:01:05 |
13 | Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
14 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
15 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 0:01:17 |
16 | Bruno Rizzi (Ita) Team Utensilnord | 0:01:29 |
17 | Francesco Tizza (Ita) CarmioOro - A-Style | 0:03:48 |
18 | Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's | 0:03:57 |
19 | Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes | |
20 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross | |
21 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) LPR Brakes | |
22 | Donato Cannone (Ita) Betonexpressz 2000 - Limonta | |
23 | Edwin Andres Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) Miche - Silver Cross | |
24 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld | |
25 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas | |
26 | Yauheni Sobal (Blr) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan | |
27 | Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Team Utensilnord | |
28 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld | 0:06:39 |
29 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas | |
30 | Emanuele Vona (Ita) ISD-Sport-Donetsk | |
31 | Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross | |
32 | Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
33 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
34 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare | |
35 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce | |
36 | Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce | |
37 | Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld | |
38 | Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Team Utensilnord | |
39 | Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
40 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
41 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
42 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | |
43 | Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
44 | Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:10:21 |
45 | Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica | |
46 | Davide Torosantucci (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan | |
47 | Sören Nissen (Den) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's | |
48 | Dario Cioni (Ita) ISD-Sport-Donetsk | |
49 | Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group Navigare | |
50 | Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's | 0:13:13 |

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