Viviani takes sprint victory
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 | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Daniele Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche - Guerciotti | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | René Weissinger (Ger) Team Vorarlberg | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Kamil Zielinski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Gianluca Maggiore (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) Amore & Vita | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Matic Strgar (Slo) Team Vorarlberg | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Omar Sottocornola (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Luca Barla (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) WIT | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Samuel Horstmann (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Fausto Fognini (Ita) WIT | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Blaz Bonca (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Jasmin Becirovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Enrico Montanari (Ita) WIT | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Patrik Moren (Swe) Amore & Vita | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez (Col) WIT | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Joël Eglin (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Stefan Poll (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Niv Libner (Isr) Amore & Vita | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Tomas Smolen (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Lukas Kalt (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Daniel Henggeler (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Miche - Guerciotti | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Walter Gaston Trillini (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Gianluca Randazzo (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Dmitry Ignatyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Anton Kaniuk (Ukr) Amore & Vita | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Dominik Brändle (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Edoardo Girardi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team Vorarlberg | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Leonid Krasnov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Paolo Bailetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Ryohei Komori (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Noe Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Team Vorarlberg | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Kajetan Fricke (Ger) Team Vorarlberg | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Marco Corti (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Michele Napoli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Matteo Fedi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Pawel Charucki (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Kristian Forbord (Nor) Amore & Vita | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Alexandr Prishpetnyy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Stoen Bersven (Nor) Amore & Vita | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Dmitriy Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Frederico Rocchetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Simone Boifava (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Sergei Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Roberto Cesaro (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Rafai Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Alexander Zdanov (Rus) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Kohei Uchima (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) WIT | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Walter Proch (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Guerciotti | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Diego Alejandro Tamayo Martinez (Col) WIT | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
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