Brixia Tour 2011: Stage 1 Results

Marco Frapporti (Colnago CSF Inox) took victory on the opening stage of the Brixia Tour after a 110km break in the company of Fortunato Baliani (D'Angelo & Antenucci Nippo).

The duo escaped just shy of 40km into the stage and collaborated well to remain clear all the way to the finish in Edolo. In the two-up sprint, Frapporti had too much for his fellow escapee to take the first leader’s jersey of the race and the third win of his professional career.

“It’s a great satisfaction that comes after such a long time,” said Frapporti, who hails from nearby Anfo. “Winning on home roads has a sweeter taste, it makes you feel good.”

Frapporti also paid tribute to the contribution the vanquished Baliani made to the success of the break. “I had an exceptional breakaway companion,” he admitted. “We shared the work equally, and at the finish I was the quicker.”

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	3:36:46
2	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	0:00:01
3	Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC	0:01:46
4	Paolo Bailetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
5	Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
6	Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone	0:01:48
7	Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:02:03
8	Matteo Fedi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
9	Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
10	Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling
11	Davide Rebellin (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
12	Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
13	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
14	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
15	Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Amore & Vita
16	Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
17	Sergio Pardilla Belllón (Spa) Movistar Team
18	Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
19	Michael Rasmussen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
20	Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling
21	Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
22	Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMC
23	Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling
24	Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche - Guerciotti
25	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
26	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
27	Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
28	Davide Torosantucci (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
29	Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
30	Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis	0:03:57
31	Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
32	Roberto Antonio Richeze (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera
33	Antonio Santoro (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
34	Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
35	Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
36	Michele Gaia (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
37	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
38	Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD
39	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	0:04:40
40	Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
41	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
42	Michael Reihs (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
43	Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
44	Marco Corti (Ita) Geox-TMC
45	Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
46	Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
47	Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
48	Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49	Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling
50	Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team
51	Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
52	Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
53	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
54	Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
55	Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
56	Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
57	Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team
58	Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
59	Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team
60	Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Miche - Guerciotti
61	René Joergensen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
62	Gianluca Randazzo (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
63	Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
64	Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling
65	Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD
66	Federico Rocchetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
67	Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
68	Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
69	Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
70	Simone Campagnaro (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
71	Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
72	Niv Libner (Isr) Amore & Vita
73	Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
74	Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
75	Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
76	Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
77	Anton Kaniuk (Ukr) Amore & Vita
78	Marchi Alessandro De (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
79	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
80	Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
81	Paolo Francesco Di (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
82	Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita
83	Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
84	Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
85	Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:04:59
86	Leopoldo Rocchetti (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti	0:05:57
87	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
88	Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti
89	Walter Proch (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera
90	Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD
91	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
92	Patrik Moren (Swe) Amore & Vita
93	Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD
94	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95	Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
96	Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
97	Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
98	Morgan Schmitt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:07:07
99	Fabio Piscopiello (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
100	Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Procycling
101	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:08:47
102	Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
103	Kristian Sobota (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
104	Michele Merlo (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia	0:11:22
105	Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
106	Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera
107	Simone Boifava (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera
108	Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti
109	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
110	Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
111	Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
112	Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
113	Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
114	Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
115	Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
116	Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
117	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
118	Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling
120	Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
121	Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
122	Marko Kump (Slo) Geox-TMC
123	Daniele Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC
124	Carlos Alberto Betancourt Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone
125	Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
126	Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Amore & Vita	0:12:37
127	Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:15:30
128	Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
129	Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
130	Alberto Contoli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
131	Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo
132	Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
133	Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
134	Bernardo Rizzo (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
135	Luca Ascani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
136	Angelo Furlan (Ita) Christina Watches-Ofone
137	Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera
138	Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
139	Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team
140	Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMC	0:20:39
141	Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
142	Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Geox-TMC
143	Philip Nielsen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
144	Gianluca Maggiore (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
145	Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
146	Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
147	Sergiy Hrechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita
148	Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) Amore & Vita
149	Walter Gaston Trillini (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera
150	Noè Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC
151	Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
152	Gytan Lilholt (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
153	Marc Hester (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
154	Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
155	Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
156	Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
157	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
158	Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo
DNF	Martin Lind (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone

General classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	3:36:34
2	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	0:00:04
3	Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC	0:01:54
4	Paolo Bailetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia	0:01:58
5	Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
6	Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone	0:02:00
7	Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:02:15
8	Matteo Fedi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
9	Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
10	Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling
11	Davide Rebellin (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
12	Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
13	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
14	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
15	Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Amore & Vita
16	Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
17	Sergio Pardilla Belllón (Spa) Movistar Team
18	Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
19	Michael Rasmussen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
20	Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling
21	Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
22	Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMC
23	Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling
24	Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche - Guerciotti
25	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
26	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
27	Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
28	Davide Torosantucci (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
29	Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
30	Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis	0:04:08
31	Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:04:09
32	Roberto Antonio Richeze (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera
33	Antonio Santoro (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
34	Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
35	Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
36	Michele Gaia (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
37	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
38	Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD
39	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	0:04:52
40	Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
41	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
42	Michael Reihs (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
43	Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
44	Marco Corti (Ita) Geox-TMC
45	Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
46	Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
47	Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
48	Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49	Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling
50	Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team
51	Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
52	Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
53	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
54	Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
55	Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
56	Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
57	Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team
58	Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
59	Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team
60	Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Miche - Guerciotti
61	René Joergensen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
62	Gianluca Randazzo (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
63	Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
64	Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling
65	Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD
66	Federico Rocchetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
67	Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
68	Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
69	Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
70	Simone Campagnaro (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
71	Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
72	Niv Libner (Isr) Amore & Vita
73	Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
74	Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
75	Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
76	Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
77	Anton Kaniuk (Ukr) Amore & Vita
78	Marchi Alessandro De (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
79	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
80	Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
81	Paolo Francesco Di (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
82	Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita
83	Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
84	Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
85	Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:05:11
86	Leopoldo Rocchetti (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti	0:06:09
87	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
88	Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti
89	Walter Proch (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera
90	Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD
91	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
92	Patrik Moren (Swe) Amore & Vita
93	Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD
94	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95	Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
96	Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
97	Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
98	Morgan Schmitt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:07:19
99	Fabio Piscopiello (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
100	Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Procycling
101	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:08:59
102	Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
103	Kristian Sobota (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
104	Michele Merlo (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia	0:11:34
105	Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
106	Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera
107	Simone Boifava (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera
108	Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti
109	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
110	Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
111	Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
112	Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
113	Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
114	Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
115	Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
116	Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
117	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
118	Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling
120	Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
121	Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
122	Marko Kump (Slo) Geox-TMC
123	Daniele Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC
124	Carlos Alberto Betancourt Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone
125	Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
126	Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Amore & Vita	0:12:49
127	Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:15:42
128	Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
129	Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
130	Alberto Contoli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
131	Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo
132	Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
133	Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
134	Bernardo Rizzo (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
135	Luca Ascani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
136	Angelo Furlan (Ita) Christina Watches-Ofone
137	Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera
138	Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
139	Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team
140	Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMC	0:20:51
141	Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
142	Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Geox-TMC
143	Philip Nielsen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
144	Gianluca Maggiore (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia
145	Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
146	Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
147	Sergiy Hrechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita
148	Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) Amore & Vita
149	Walter Gaston Trillini (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera
150	Noè Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC
151	Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
152	Gytan Lilholt (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
153	Marc Hester (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone
154	Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
155	Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis
156	Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
157	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
158	Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo

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