Spaniard Francisco José Ventoso (CarmioOro - A-Style) won the GP Beghelli one-day race today in Monteveglio, Italy. He out-sprinted Giovanni Visconti (ISD) at the end of 185.6 kilometres.
Astana's Alexander Vinokourov attacked on the final climb inside the last 10km, but his efforts came to naught as the peloton came together for a bunch sprint with two kilometres to go.
The race covered the Zappolino climb in each of its closing 13.3-kilometre circuits, with the final climb 8.2 kilometres from the finish line.
An escape with Alexsandr Dyachenko (Astana), Dries Devenyns (Quick Step), Ermanno Capelli (Fuji-Servetto), Emanuele Sella (CarmioOro - A-Style) and Edwin Andrés Carvajal Jaramillo (Miche-Silver Cross) formed at 25 kilometres raced. They had 5'10" on the main group at kilometre 47.
The escape re-formed before the closing circuits. Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre-NGC), Murilo Fischer (Liquigas), Giovanni Visconti (ISD), Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone), Francesco Ginanni (Diquigiovanni), Daryl Impey (Barloworld) joined Dyachenko, Devenyns, Capelli and Sella. They had 58 seconds with three circuits to race.
Alexander Vinokourov (Astana), Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) and Simon Clarke (ISD) caught the escapees before the final Zappolino climb. Vinokourov led over the climb, followed 50 metres back by a group headed by Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC).
The main group caught Kazakhstan's Vinokourov after the descent and prepared itself for the sprint.
| 1 | Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Carmiooro - A-Style | 4:12:08 |
| 2 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Team Piemonte | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Eugenio Loria (Ita) Centri della Calzatura | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro - A-Style | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Amica Chips - Knauf | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana | 0:00:27 |
| 58 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas | 0:01:56 |
| 59 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| 72 | Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 73 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Lokomotiv | 0:02:15 |
| 74 | Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Centri della Calzatura | 0:09:38 |
| 75 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Liquigas | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - McDonald's | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita - McDonald's | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| 81 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
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