Viviani takes sprint victory
By Cycling News
Italian earns fourth win of season
Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the GP Nobili Rubinetterie - Coppa Citta di Stresa on Sunday, decided in a field sprint finale. The 22-year-old Italian outkicked Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) and Bernardo Riccio (d'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo) for his fourth win of the season.
A four-man break containing Federico Rocchetti (De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia), Krzystzof Szczawinski (Miche-Guerciotti), Dominik Hrinkow (Voralberg) and Rafaa Chtioui (Acqua & Sapone) was away for the bulk of the race and achieved a maximum advantage of 5:05, but was ultimately absorbed by the peloton with 14km remaining.
"It was a perfect sprint, in which everything was fine," said Viviani. "This is despite there being many other riders capable of victory. Having a team that believes in me, that works to give me the chance to win is like a double push. The responsibility to do well is a huge incentive."
Viviani competes on both the road and track, recently winning the 6 Giorni delle Rose six-day event with partner Jacopo Guarnieri, and utilizes his track experience in the frequently chaotic finishes to road races.
"It allows me to get on the right wheel without any problems in the final 10 kilometres. And now I'll return to the track for the European Championships."
Afterward the European Championships, Viviani will return once again to the road. "I expect a long trip in the United States, where I will attend races in Utah and Colorado and try to win stages. I just completed a block of training in the mountains where I achieved a good level of form.
"In late August I will return to Italy to try to earn a spot on the national team for the road world championships in Copenhagen. Our coach Bettini is extremely capable and attentive to young riders: it's up to me and my performances to convince him of being a part of the national team."
1 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 3:37:58 |
2 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
3 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
4 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
5 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
6 | Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
7 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
8 | Daniele Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
9 | Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | |
10 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche - Guerciotti | |
11 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
12 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
13 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
14 | René Weissinger (Ger) Team Vorarlberg | |
15 | Kamil Zielinski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | |
16 | Gianluca Maggiore (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
17 | Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) Amore & Vita | |
18 | Matic Strgar (Slo) Team Vorarlberg | |
19 | Omar Sottocornola (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
20 | Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
21 | Luca Barla (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
22 | Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
23 | Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) WIT | |
24 | Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
25 | Samuel Horstmann (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
26 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
27 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
28 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
29 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
30 | Fausto Fognini (Ita) WIT | |
31 | Blaz Bonca (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
32 | Jasmin Becirovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
33 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
34 | Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
35 | Enrico Montanari (Ita) WIT | |
36 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
37 | Patrik Moren (Swe) Amore & Vita | |
38 | Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
39 | Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
40 | Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez (Col) WIT | |
41 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
42 | Joël Eglin (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
43 | Stefan Poll (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | |
44 | Niv Libner (Isr) Amore & Vita | |
45 | Tomas Smolen (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | |
46 | Lukas Kalt (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
47 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
48 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
49 | Daniel Henggeler (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
50 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
51 | Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
52 | Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
53 | Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Miche - Guerciotti | |
54 | Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
55 | Walter Gaston Trillini (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera | |
56 | Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | |
57 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
58 | Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera | |
59 | Gianluca Randazzo (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti | |
60 | Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti | |
61 | Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
62 | Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
63 | Dmitry Ignatyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
64 | Anton Kaniuk (Ukr) Amore & Vita | |
65 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
66 | Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
67 | Dominik Brändle (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | |
68 | Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti | |
69 | Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
70 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
71 | Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | |
72 | Edoardo Girardi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
73 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
74 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
75 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team Vorarlberg | |
76 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
77 | Leonid Krasnov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
78 | Paolo Bailetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
79 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
80 | Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
81 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti | |
82 | Ryohei Komori (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
83 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
84 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
85 | Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
86 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
87 | Noe Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC | |
88 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Team Vorarlberg | |
89 | Kajetan Fricke (Ger) Team Vorarlberg | |
90 | Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
91 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
92 | Marco Corti (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
93 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone | |
94 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
95 | Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
96 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
97 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
98 | Michele Napoli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
99 | Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
100 | Matteo Fedi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
101 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
102 | Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | |
103 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
104 | Pawel Charucki (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | |
105 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
106 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
107 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
108 | Kristian Forbord (Nor) Amore & Vita | |
109 | Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
110 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
111 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
112 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
113 | Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
114 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
115 | Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
116 | Alexandr Prishpetnyy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
117 | Stoen Bersven (Nor) Amore & Vita | |
118 | Dmitriy Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
119 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
120 | Frederico Rocchetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
121 | Simone Boifava (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | |
122 | Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | |
123 | Sergei Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
124 | Roberto Cesaro (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti | |
125 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
126 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
127 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
128 | Rafai Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | |
129 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
130 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | |
131 | Alexander Zdanov (Rus) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
132 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
133 | Kohei Uchima (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
134 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
135 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
136 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) WIT | |
137 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
138 | Walter Proch (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | |
139 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
140 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti | |
141 | Diego Alejandro Tamayo Martinez (Col) WIT | |
142 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD |
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