Giro dell'Emilia 2010: Results

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Robert Gesink holds up his trophy for winning the Giro dell'Emila (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Dan Martin (Garmin-Transitions) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) celebrates his win in the Giro dell'Emilia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Dan Martin (Garmin-Transitions) lights it up on the climb (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Dan Martin forces a selection in the Giro dell'Emilia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) celebrates victory at the 2010 Giro dell'Emilia (Image credit: Riccardo Scanferla)

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Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (ISD) was one of the early attackers. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Jakob Fuglsang on the move in the Giro dell'Emilia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The peloton heads out from Bologna (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank) ended up 11th after an aggressive ride. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Patrik Sinkewitz (ISD-Neri) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Riccardo Ricco (Vacansoleil) came in 9th. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Xavier Tondo (Cervelo) was 8th (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF Inox) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Alexander Kolobnev (Katusha) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) wins the Giro dell'Emilia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Acqua & Sapone in the Italian sun (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The Astana team line-up for the race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The Androni Giocattoli celebrate success in the Italian Cup competition (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The Carmiooro-NGC team (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The CDC - Cavaliere team (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The De Rosa-Stac Plastic team (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Colnago - CSF INOX (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Garmin-Transitions on the start podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Lampre-Farnese Vini (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The Miche on the start podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Androni Giocattoli is the Campione d'Italia 2010 (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Robert Gesink gets a special jersey and a trophy (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The podium of the Giro dell'Emilia: Dan Martin, Robert Gesink and Michele Scarponi (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The Giro dell'Emilia took over the centre of Bologna for a spectacualr start to the race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Riccardo Riccò (Vacansoleil) heads to the sign on podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The Giro dell'Emilia peloton rolls out from the centre of Bologna (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) signs on before the start (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Italian national champion Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) before the start (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) celebrates victory (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Geisnk emerges from the shadows to win the Giro dell' Emilia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) managed to distance Dan Martin (Garmin-Transition) on the tough uphill finish (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) beats Dan Martin (Garmin-Transitions) and Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) hits the line first at the Giro dell'Emilia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) celebrates victory with a drink (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Dan Martin (Garmin-Transitions) attacks on the San Luca climb (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Vuelta a Espana winner Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) signs on (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Robert Gesink of Rabobank took his third victory of the season, wining the Giro dell'Emilia for the second consecutive year. He won the uphill finish fought out between a front group of 14-riders on the last climb of San Luca overlooking Bologna. Gesink finished one second ahead of Daniel Martin (Garmin-Transitions) and nine seconds ahead of Michele Scarponi (Diquigiovanni-Androni).

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The group, which included Ricardo Ricco (Vacansoleil) and Vuelta a Espana winner Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), got away on the final of four laps of the tough finishing circuit. Martin was very active in the lead group on the climb and Ricco’ looked to have a good chance of victory but struggled in the final kilometre.

The early part of the race was marked by break from Ran Margaliot (Footon Servetto), Sebastian Fournet Fayard (CarmioOro NGC) and Eugenio Loria (CDC Cavaliere), who built up a lead of nearly 11 minutes. After they were caught again, there were a number of break attempts which met with varying success.

Full results
1	Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank	4:49:14
2	Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions	0:00:01
3	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:00:09
4	Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha	0:00:11
5	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	0:00:13
6	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox	0:00:16
7	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun	0:00:24
8	Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervelo Test Team	0:00:40
9	Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:00:50
10	Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) ISD - Neri	0:00:54
11	Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank	0:01:14
12	Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:01:17
13	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
14	Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank	0:01:26
15	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
16	Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:01:33
17	Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche
18	Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
19	Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo
20	Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	0:01:37
21	Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
22	Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	0:01:45
23	Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
24	Alessandro Proni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
25	Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
26	Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
27	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
28	Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
29	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic
30	Emanuele Sella (Ita) Carmiooro NGC
31	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:02:10
32	Luca Zanasca (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere
33	Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
34	Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana
35	Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto	0:02:18
36	Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur-Sojasun	0:02:25
37	Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team	0:02:30
38	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
39	Thomas Danielson (Usa) Garmin - Transitions
40	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia
41	Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Androni Giocattoli	0:03:02
42	Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	0:03:08
43	Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone
44	Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
45	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD - Neri	0:03:15
46	Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
47	Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto	0:03:36
48	Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia
49	Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
50	Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:04:31
51	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
52	Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
53	Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli	0:05:30
54	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
55	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank	0:06:08
56	Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox	0:07:59
57	Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
58	Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
59	Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche
60	Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61	Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
62	Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
63	G. Luca Mirenda (Ita) ISD - Neri
64	Francesco Tizza (Ita) Carmiooro NGC
65	Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
66	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic
67	Davide Bonuccelli (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere
68	Oleg Berdos (Mda) De Rosa - Stac Plastic
69	Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
70	Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
71	Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri
72	Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo
73	Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
74	Luciano Barindelli (Ita) Carmiooro NGC
75	Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana