Visconti powers to GP Insubrica victory
By Cycling News
Italian champion wins in Varese
Italian national champion Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli) confirmed he is in excellent early season form by winning the GP Insubrica raced in southern Switzerland and northern Italy on Saturday.
Visconti won the uphill finish in the centre of Varese ahead of Jure Kocjan (Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis) and fellow Italian Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale).
Matteo Montagutti (AG2R La Mondiale) and Philipp Mamos (Amore & Vita) formed the early break of the day, with Montagutti winning the special prime awarded in memory of the late Aldo Sassi in Valmorea.
The break was caught before the last lap of a finishing circuit in Varese. Local resident Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) made a strong attack but then Visconti took control and won with his arms in the air.
“I'm happy. The work that I have done in Qatar and Oman is paying off," said Visconti. "Despite the change in temperature (from 28-30C of Qatar to 8-10C of Insubrica), I felt good and I was able to finish off the work done by the team, who put me at the front for the finale. The uphill finish was perfect for me.”
Visconti is now confident about his chances of Tirreno-Adriatico, his first big goal of the season.
“This victory arrived at the best possible moment, because it gives me confidence for the next step up in the season, for the RCS Sport organised races,” he said. “They’re my real big goals of the season.
“I have to dedicate this success to my family, who I really missed during the 22 days in Qatar and Oman, and to the team. We are a wonderful group, and if we have won races, it’s for this reason.”
Visconti will ride the GP Lugano on Sunday and then get ready for the Strade Bianche race on the dirt roads of Tuscany and then Tirreno-Adriatico.
“Next Saturday it’s time for Eroica. I want to do something there, then in Tirreno-Adriatico and Milan – Sanremo. I can't deny it, but I don't want to make any promises either. We’ll see what happens during the races,” he said.
1 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 3:48:57 |
2 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
3 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:01 |
4 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
5 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
6 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
7 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
8 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
9 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:04 |
10 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | 0:00:05 |
11 | Edoardo Girardi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | 0:00:06 |
12 | Tomaz Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
13 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
14 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
15 | Luca Ascani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
16 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
17 | Blaz Furdi (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
18 | Fortunato Baliani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
19 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
20 | David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
21 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD | |
22 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
23 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
24 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | |
25 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD | |
26 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
27 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC | 0:00:14 |
28 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
29 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team Vorarlberg | |
30 | Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
31 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:00:16 |
32 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
33 | Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
34 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:18 |
35 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
36 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:00:20 |
37 | Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Price Your Bike | 0:00:26 |
38 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
39 | Paolo Bailetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
40 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
41 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:00:29 |
42 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
43 | Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
44 | Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
45 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
46 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Team Vorarlberg | 0:00:32 |
47 | Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
48 | Manuele Caddeo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:37 |
49 | Reinbert Cornelis Wielinga (Ned) Itera - Katusha | 0:00:42 |
50 | Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | |
51 | Laurent Beuret (Swi) Atlas Personal | |
52 | Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
53 | Daniel Henggeler (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
54 | Marco Haller (Aut) Adria Mobil | 0:00:46 |
55 | Alexander Prishpetniy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
56 | Peter Kusztor (Hun) Atlas Personal | 0:00:49 |
57 | Marco Corti (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
58 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:51 |
59 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
60 | Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMC | 0:00:53 |
61 | Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System | 0:00:57 |
62 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
63 | Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
64 | Felix Rinker (Ger) Atlas Personal | |
65 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
66 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
67 | Luca Barla (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
68 | Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
69 | Kristian Forbord (Nor) Amore & Vita | 0:01:20 |
70 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
71 | Niv Libner (Isr) Amore & Vita | |
72 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
73 | Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Amore & Vita | |
74 | Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:01:27 |
75 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 0:01:35 |
76 | Dmitriy Ignatiev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
77 | Pirmin Lang (Swi) Atlas Personal | |
78 | Mirco Saggiorato (Swi) Atlas Personal | 0:01:50 |
79 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:04 |
80 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
81 | Federico Rocchetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
82 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
83 | Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
84 | Dominik Brändle (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | |
85 | Michele Merlo (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
86 | Cristiano Benenati (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | |
87 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
88 | Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
89 | Florian Salzinger (Ger) Atlas Personal | |
90 | David Rosch (Ger) Atlas Personal | |
91 | Stefan Poll (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | |
92 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
93 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
94 | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
95 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Vorarlberg | |
96 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
97 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Geox-TMC | |
98 | Enrico Peruffo (Ita) Team Vorarlberg | |
99 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
100 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
101 | Matteo Fedi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | 0:02:33 |
102 | Andrea Grendene (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
103 | Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
104 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
105 | Simone Campagnaro (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
106 | Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita | |
107 | Blaz Jarc (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
108 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
109 | Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Champion System | |
110 | Jan Keller (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
111 | Stoen Bersven (Nor) Amore & Vita | 0:06:13 |
112 | Norberto Wilches (Col) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:06:22 |
DNF | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
DNF | Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD | |
DNF | Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD | |
DNF | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
DNF | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
DNF | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
DNF | Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
DNF | Jure Zagar (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
DNF | Lukas Kalt (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Ivan Boutellier (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Loic Aubert (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
DNF | Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
DNF | Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
DNF | Domenico Agosta (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
DNF | Michele Napoli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
DNF | Bruno Radotic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | |
DNF | Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
DNF | Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
DNF | Luca Solari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
DNF | Roger Beuchat (Swi) Champion System | |
DNF | Joris Boillat (Swi) Champion System | |
DNF | Holger Burkhardt (Ger) Champion System | |
DNF | Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Champion System | |
DNF | Daniel Gollmann (Aut) Champion System | |
DNF | Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Amore & Vita | |
DNF | Patrik Moren (Swe) Amore & Vita | |
DNS | Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Amore & Vita | |
DNS | Peter Erdin (Swi) Atlas Personal |
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