Battaglin sprints to Sabatini win

Enrico Battaglin (Colnago CSF-Inox) took victory at the Coppa Sabatini on Thursday with a powerful sprint finish in Peccioli. Still a month shy of his 22nd birthday, the trainee delivered an assured display to see off the challenge of Davide Rebellin (Miche-Guerciotti) and Dani Moreno (Katusha) to take his first win in the professional ranks.

Ultimately, Battaglin’s greatest challenge came from a man 19 years his senior, as Rebellin picked his way through the bodies behind to come home in second place. The veteran has enjoyed a rich vein of form on the domestic calendar since returning from a two-year suspension for CERA use earlier this summer.

After the finish, Battalgin’s directeur sportif Bruno Reverberi explained that he had instructed his young charge to shadow Giovanni Visconti in the finale. “It was a finish that was suited to him, we told him to stay calm until the line and to mark Visconti closely,” he said. “Winning with a trainee is a great satisfaction: Battaglin’s win will have surprised everyone a little, but not us, because we know his quality.”

Visconti ultimately finished fourth, and confessed that he had shown his hand too soon and then erred in tracking a move by Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) on the final lap.

“I wanted to force it myself on the second last lap, and in the finale I replied to Pozzato’s forcing. But then in the final metres, I didn’t have the legs,” Visconti admitted.

The early stages of the race were dominated by a break composed of Rafa Chtioui (Acqua e Sapone), Alessandro Brambilla (Colnago) and Davide Torosantucci (D'Angelo & Antenucci Nippo).

When they were swept up, Rigoberto Uran (Sky) made a solo break for victory on the finishing circuit, but the Colombian was left red-faced when he mistakenly raised his arms in celebration with a lap still to race. He was caught shortly afterwards, and in spite of some determined pressing from Pozzato, it all came down to a group finish, where Battaglin emerged to deny Rebellin the win.

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox4:55:06
2Davide Rebellin (Ita) Miche - GuerciottiRow 1 - Cell 2
3Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha TeamRow 2 - Cell 2
4Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 3 - Cell 2
5Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky ProcyclingRow 4 - Cell 2
6Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky ProcyclingRow 5 - Cell 2
7Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche - GuerciottiRow 6 - Cell 2
8David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMCRow 7 - Cell 2
9Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 8 - Cell 2
10Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox0:00:06
11Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky ProcyclingRow 10 - Cell 2
12Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMCRow 11 - Cell 2
13Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 12 - Cell 2
14Alexander Zdanov (Rus) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 13 - Cell 2
15Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha TeamRow 14 - Cell 2
16Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Geox-TMCRow 15 - Cell 2
17Edoardo Girardi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 16 - Cell 2
18Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky ProcyclingRow 17 - Cell 2
19Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 18 - Cell 2
20Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISDRow 19 - Cell 2
21Fausto Fognini (Ita) WIT0:00:13
22Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team AstanaRow 21 - Cell 2
23Oleg Berdos (Mda) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 22 - Cell 2
24Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone0:00:16
25Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana0:00:19
26Matteo Di Serafino (Ita) Androni Giocattoli0:00:22
27Andrea Piechele (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 26 - Cell 2
28Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez (Col) WIT0:00:24
29Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD0:00:29
30Giuseppe Di Salvo (Ita) Miche - GuerciottiRow 29 - Cell 2
31Paolo Bailetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia0:00:33
32Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team0:00:39
33Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISDRow 32 - Cell 2
34Luca Zanasca (Ita) WIT0:00:44
35David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Geox-TMCRow 34 - Cell 2
36Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & SaponeRow 35 - Cell 2
37Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team AstanaRow 36 - Cell 2
38Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF InoxRow 37 - Cell 2
39Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 38 - Cell 2
40Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Pro Team AstanaRow 39 - Cell 2
41Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMCRow 40 - Cell 2
42Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD0:00:51
43Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 42 - Cell 2
44Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 43 - Cell 2
45Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team AstanaRow 44 - Cell 2
46Aristide Ratti (Ita) WIT0:00:57
47Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox0:01:02
48Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone0:01:08
49Damiano Margutti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia0:01:09
50Frederico Rocchetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica FlaminiaRow 49 - Cell 2
51Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky ProcyclingRow 50 - Cell 2
52Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team AstanaRow 51 - Cell 2
53Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team0:01:12
54Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team0:01:24
55Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - NippoRow 54 - Cell 2
56Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Pro Team Astana0:01:29
57Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Pro Team AstanaRow 56 - Cell 2
58Luca Solari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli0:01:45
59Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana0:01:50
60Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD0:02:08
61Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 60 - Cell 2
62Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri SottoliRow 61 - Cell 2
63Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox0:02:14
64Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti0:02:43
65Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 64 - Cell 2
66Marco Corti (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 65 - Cell 2
67Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team AstanaRow 66 - Cell 2
68Antonio Santoro (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 67 - Cell 2
69Ramon Domene Reyes (Spa) Androni GiocattoliRow 68 - Cell 2
70Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) Katusha Team0:04:26
71Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 70 - Cell 2
72Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMCRow 71 - Cell 2
73Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre - ISDRow 72 - Cell 2

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