Coppa Bernocchi win aids Paolini's cause
By Gregor Brown published
Luca Paolini closer to place on Italian worlds team
Italian Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone) won the Coppa Bernocchi today in Legnano, Italy, ahead of German's Danilo Hondo (PSK Whirlpool) and Italy's Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre-NGC). Brit Steve Cummings (Barloworld) finished fourth in the sprint ahead of teammate Geraint Thomas.
"The race was fast and uncontrolled from the start, but we took it in hand," said Paolini. "Thanks to the team, they believed in me to the end. To win near home is nice, where I have lots of friends."
The 91st edition of the Coppa Bernocchi, 199.3 kilometres, started and ended in Legnano. It featured five climbs up the Morazzone.
The winning escape went free on the penultimate climb with Cummings and Thomas, Gasparotto and Enrico Magazzini (Lampre), Hondo, Paolini, Mauro Finetto (CSF Group-Navigare) and Alessandro Proni (ISD).
Thomas worked for teammate and last year's winner Cummings in the final kilometres, but Gasparotto and the others marked him. Hondo then initiated the final sprint that Paolini successfully closed for the win.
The race is an important race for selection in Italy's World Championships team. Team director Franco Ballerini will select the team September 14, 13 days before the race.
It was Paolini's second win of the season, after a stage in April's Settimana Lombarda.
Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre-NGC) won Tuesday's Tre Valli Varesine and finished second in yesterday's Coppa Agostoni, the first two of three races that make up the Trittico Lombardo. He won the overall classification thanks to his results.
1 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | 4:23:48 |
2 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author | |
3 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
4 | Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld | |
5 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld | |
6 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-N.G.C.) | |
7 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | |
8 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD | 0:02:23 |
9 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD | |
10 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld | |
11 | Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
12 | Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro - A-Style | |
13 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro - A-Style | |
14 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura | |
15 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas | |
16 | Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
17 | Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's | 0:05:23 |
18 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
19 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | |
20 | Zsolt Der (Srb) Centri della Calzatura | |
21 | Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld | |
22 | Davide D'angelo (Ita) Centri della Calzatura | |
23 | Matic Strgar (Slo) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
24 | Domenico Loria (Ita) Centri della Calzatura | |
25 | Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
26 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas | |
27 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
28 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | |
29 | Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
30 | Honorio Machado (Ven) Betonexpressz 2000 - Limonta | |
31 | Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
32 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
33 | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
34 | Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Nazionale Elettronica New Slot - Hadimec | |
35 | Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
36 | Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) ELK Haus | |
37 | Michael Baer (Swi) Nazionale Elettronica New Slot - Hadimec | |
38 | Claudio José Casas (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
39 | Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
40 | Diego Alejandro Tamayo Martinez (Col) Carmiooro - A-Style | |
41 | Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author | |
42 | Elias Schmäh (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
43 | Artur Krol (Pol) Centri della Calzatura | |
44 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
45 | Esad Hasanovic (Srb) Centri della Calzatura | |
46 | Serguei Gretchyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's | |
47 | Fabio Negri (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | |
48 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
49 | Harald Totschnig (Aut) ELK Haus | |
50 | Tom Criel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
51 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
52 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
53 | Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Centri della Calzatura | |
54 | Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's | |
55 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | |
56 | Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author | |
57 | Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - McDonald's | |
58 | Olegs Melehs (Lat) Meridiana - Kalev Chocolate Team | |
59 | Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) ELK Haus | |
60 | Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD | |
61 | Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
62 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas | |
63 | Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD | |
64 | Danilo Andrenacci (Ita) Nazionale Elettronica New Slot - Hadimec | |
65 | Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
66 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
67 | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
68 | Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | |
69 | Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
70 | Marco Corsini (Ita) Team Corratec | |
71 | Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
72 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha | |
73 | Laurent Beuret (Swi) Carmiooro - A-Style | |
74 | Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | |
75 | Ivan Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampr | |
76 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
77 | Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
78 | Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus | |
79 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | |
80 | Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author | |
81 | Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Orbea | |
82 | Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
83 | Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas | |
84 | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD | |
85 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld | |
86 | Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
87 | Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
88 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | |
89 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | |
90 | Sergio Lagana (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | |
91 | Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus | |
92 | Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus | |
93 | Roberto Antonio Richeze (Arg) Betonexpressz 2000 - Limonta | |
94 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
95 | Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | |
96 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
97 | Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
98 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
99 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld | |
100 | Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
101 | Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
102 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | |
103 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
104 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | |
105 | Rodrigo Garcia Rena (Spa) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
106 | Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro - A-Style | |
107 | Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
108 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | |
109 | Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
110 | Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Team Corratec | |
111 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
112 | Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
113 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
114 | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | |
115 | Eddy Serri (Ita) Meridiana - Kalev Chocolate Team |

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