Gavazzi wins Giro della Toscana
Italian beats Rovny and Phinney
Mattia Gavazzi (Androni Venezuela) won the Giro della Toscana after he out-sprinted Ivan Rovny (Ceramica-Flaminia) and Taylor Phinney (BMC) in Arezzo. It was the Italian’s second victory of the 2013 campaign after he won the final stage of the Tour de San Luis in January.
The undulating race was run off at an average speed in excess of 42.5kph with nobody succeeding in breaking clear of the sizable front group on the finishing circuit and it all came down to a bunch finish.
Taylor Phinney opened his effort from distance after shutting down a late attack, but although he forced Gavazzi to open his sprint earlier than he had planned, the Androni-Venezuela man had enough in the tank to grab the win.
“Giairo Ermeti was my last man and his lead-out was anticipated so I was forced to go for a long sprint,” Gavazzi said. “But I’m feeling good and I’m hanging on well on the climbs too. At the Giro d’Italia, I want to win a stage and get to the finish in Brescia.”
For his part, Phinney was able to draw positives from his performances on the exacting course just one week shy of the Giro d’Italia. “I closed a bit of a gap to a guy who went early, with about 300 meters to go. I came around him with about 100 meters to go, but unfortunately, I didn't quite have enough gas to hold off Gavazzi and Rovny,” he said. “It's a really nice feeling to be back at the front of a race like that, though, especially since it was full gas all day, up and down."
Danilo Di Luca finished 6th in his second race with Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, for whom he signed last week after sitting out the early part of the season. Di Luca, who served a suspension for a positive test for CERA in 2009 is set to line up at the Giro d’Italia.
1 | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 4:42:03 |
2 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Federico Rocchetti (Ita) Utensilnord Ora24.eu | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Marco Zamparella (Ita) Utensilnord Ora24.eu | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Matteo Fedi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Peter Kusztor (Hun) Utensilnord Ora24.eu | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) Lokosphinx | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) RusVelo | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Antonio Santoro (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Sergio Ferrari (Bel) Verandas Willems | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin-Sharp | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:45 |
39 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:01:01 |
41 | Jean-Albert Carnevali (Bel) Verandas Willems | 0:01:11 |
42 | Meron Russom (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Utensilnord Ora24.eu | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Floris Smeyers (Bel) Verandas Willems | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin-Sharp | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Marco Corti (Ita) Colombia | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Nippo-De Rosa | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Christopher Deguelle (Bel) Verandas Willems | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Lokosphinx | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Ilya Gorodnichev (Rus) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Enrico Rossi (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Alessandro Mazzi (Ita) Utensilnord Ora24.eu | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Robbie Squire (USA) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest | 0:01:43 |
59 | Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita | 0:01:51 |
60 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:02:21 |
61 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Anton Mikailov (Isr) Amore & Vita | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Igor Boev (Rus) RusVelo | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Sergei Pomoshnikov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Simone Campagnaro (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Alexander Serov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:02 |
69 | Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:04:25 |
71 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Thomas Degand (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Nippo-De Rosa | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Tomaz Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Antonio Testa (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Lokosphinx | 0:06:02 |
84 | Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | David Boily (Can) Amore & Vita | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin-Sharp | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Nicola Dal Santo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Will Routley (Can) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Sharp | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
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