Visconti powers to GP Insubrica victory
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 | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:01 |
4 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Luca Ascani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Blaz Furdi (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Fortunato Baliani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC | 0:00:14 |
28 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team Vorarlberg | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:00:16 |
32 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:18 |
35 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Paolo Bailetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:00:29 |
42 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Team Vorarlberg | 0:00:32 |
47 | Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Laurent Beuret (Swi) Atlas Personal | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Daniel Henggeler (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Marco Haller (Aut) Adria Mobil | 0:00:46 |
55 | Alexander Prishpetniy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Peter Kusztor (Hun) Atlas Personal | 0:00:49 |
57 | Marco Corti (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:51 |
59 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Felix Rinker (Ger) Atlas Personal | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Luca Barla (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Kristian Forbord (Nor) Amore & Vita | 0:01:20 |
70 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Niv Libner (Isr) Amore & Vita | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Amore & Vita | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Pirmin Lang (Swi) Atlas Personal | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Federico Rocchetti (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Dominik Brändle (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Michele Merlo (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Cristiano Benenati (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Florian Salzinger (Ger) Atlas Personal | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | David Rosch (Ger) Atlas Personal | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Stefan Poll (Aut) Team Vorarlberg | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Vorarlberg | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Geox-TMC | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Enrico Peruffo (Ita) Team Vorarlberg | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Matteo Fedi (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia | 0:02:33 |
102 | Andrea Grendene (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Simone Campagnaro (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Blaz Jarc (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Champion System | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Jan Keller (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jure Zagar (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lukas Kalt (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ivan Boutellier (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Loic Aubert (Swi) Price Your Bike | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Domenico Agosta (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michele Napoli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bruno Radotic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luca Solari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roger Beuchat (Swi) Champion System | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joris Boillat (Swi) Champion System | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Holger Burkhardt (Ger) Champion System | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Champion System | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Gollmann (Aut) Champion System | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Amore & Vita | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrik Moren (Swe) Amore & Vita | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Amore & Vita | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Peter Erdin (Swi) Atlas Personal | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
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