GP Industria & Artigianato - Larciano 2013: Results

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The podium: Patrik Sinkewitz, Mauro Santambrogio and Oscar Gatto (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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It was a gloomy day for the GP Larciano (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The peloton rolls through the start/finish (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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RusVelo leads the chase under the banner (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The peloton in full flight (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Taylor Phinney (BMC) in the bunch (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) leads Patrik SInkewitz in the breakaway (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) wins the GP Larciano (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) pushes the pace in the breakaway (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Patrik Sinkewitz just holds off the bunch (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Danilo Di Luca rounded out the top 10 (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) celebrates his win (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Garmin-Sharp riders gather at the start (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) claimed his first win of the season in Larciano as he won the GP Industria & Artigianato ahead of Patrick Sinkewitz (Meridiana) and his teammate Oscar Gatto.

Santambrogio’s Vini Fantini-Selle Italia squad took control of the race on the final climb of San Baronto and his new teammate Danilo Di Luca was prominent in setting the pace on the ascent. Approaching the summit, Santambrogio accelerated sharply and brought Sinkewitz clear of the peloton with him, while Steve Cummings (BMC) tried and failed to get across to them on the way down.

It soon became apparent that the two leaders would fight it out for the win, and when Sinkewitz overshot a bend two kilometres from the line, the way was paved for Santambrogio to take his maiden win for Vini Fantini-Selle Italia.

Sinkewitz recovered sufficiently to hang on for second place at 12 seconds, while Oscar Gatto prevailed in the eight-man sprint for third place two seconds later.

Danilo Di Luca, who only signed for Vini Fantini-Selle Italia on Thursday and who was riding his first race for over 200 days, finished 10th. The veteran, who was suspended after testing positive for CERA in 2009, is set to line up for the team at the Giro d’Italia.

Full Results
1	Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	4:49:21
2	Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Meridiana Kamen Team	0:00:12
3	Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	0:00:14
4	Ivan Rovny (Rus) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest
5	Andrea Fedi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest
6	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
7	Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia
8	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
9	Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
10	Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
11	Simone Campagnaro (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa	0:00:30
12	Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia
13	Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia
14	Matteo Fedi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest	0:00:40
15	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
16	Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
17	Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
18	Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin-Sharp
19	Federico Rocchetti (Ita) Utensilnord Ora24.eu
20	Marco Zamparella (Ita) Utensilnord Ora24.eu
21	Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) MTN-Qhubeka
22	Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) Lokosphinx
23	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
24	Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Utensilnord Ora24.eu
25	Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia
26	Floris Smeyers (Bel) Verandas Willems	0:01:30
27	Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo
28	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
29	Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Lokosphinx
30	Antonio Santoro (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest
31	Alexander Rybakov (Rus) RusVelo
32	Tomaz Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil
33	Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest
34	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo
35	Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
36	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka
37	Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
38	Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil
39	Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:01:50
40	Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
41	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:03:50
42	Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia
43	Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia
44	Robbie Squire (USA) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest	0:04:30
45	Nicola Dal Santo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Fondriest
46	Jean-Albert Carnevali (Bel) Verandas Willems
47	Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil
48	Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
49	Meron Russom (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka
50	Sergei Pomoshnikov (Rus) RusVelo
51	Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems
52	Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
53	Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka
54	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Adria Mobil
55	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Adria Mobil
56	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa
57	Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa
58	Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:06:00
59	Steven Caethoven (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty	0:08:30
60	Alessio Camilli (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa
61	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team
62	Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia