Belletti gets the jump in Legnano
Colnago rider surprises Hondo, Cavendish
24-year-old Manuel Belletti scored what is perhaps his biggest career victory in the Coppa Bernocchi today. The Colnago-CSF Inox rider topped Danilo Hondo (Lampre) and Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) in the bunch sprint.
While Belletti nabbed his first Grand Tour stage in Cesenatico during the Giro d'Italia, that win was from a small breakaway while today's victory was taken over many of the sport's top sprinters.
"Only Petacchi was missing but all the other big sprinters were there. That makes it a special victory and hugely satisfying. It's a way of saying that I'm up there too in the bunch sprints," Belletti told Gazzetta dello Sport.
Cavendish did not seem too bothered about losing."It was a slightly strange sprint but it was only my second race after the Tour de France and so I can't complain. Next I've got the Vuelta."
Coppa Agostoni winner Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) secured victory in the Trittico Lombardo prize for the best results in the three one-day races. His special prize was a diamond worth 10,000 Euros.
1 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 4:43:35 |
2 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Domenico Loria (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Rafai Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro NGC | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Cristiano Benenati (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Transitions | 0:00:15 |
23 | Jose Antonio De Segovia Botella (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:00:32 |
24 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Davide Bonuccelli (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Giogrio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | 0:01:26 |
31 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Marino Palandri (Ita) Adria Mobil | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Pablo Torres Muino (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Conad | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | G. Luca Mirenda (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD - Neri | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Oleg Berdos (Mda) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Edoardo Girardi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Miche | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Alessandro Raisoni (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Michele Gaia (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | 0:01:35 |
77 | Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | 0:02:04 |
78 | Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Simone Campagnaro (Ita) Miche | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Miche | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
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