Marco Pinotti took his sixth Italian time trial title, using his experience and aptitude against the clock to complete a dominant weekend for his BMC team that secured the road race title on Saturday with Ivan Santaromita.
Pinotti has fought back from a nasty broken collarbone injury and was overlooked for a place in the BMC line-up for the Tour de France but dominated the hilly 39km time trial, beating Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole-Csf Inox) and Adriano Malori Lampre-Merida), 2012 winner Dario Cataldo (Team Sky) was fourth after being stung on the ear by a wasp during his ride.
Pinotti set a time of 49:04, with Pirazzi finishing in 50:15, Malori in 50:32 and Cataldo in a time of 50:47. He was fastest by 40- seconds at the time split and continued to gain time on his rivals all the way to the finish.
"It was a nice course, tough but fast," Pinotti said.
"I thought about retiring when I had my accident but after the initial tough moment, I put a circle around the date of June 23 on the calendar. Here I am!"
Pinotti spent last week with the Italian national team and his victory in the tricolore time trial should seal him a place in the Italian team for the world road race championships in Florence in September.
Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:49:04 |
| 2 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 0:01:11 |
| 3 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:01:28 |
| 4 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling | 0:01:42 |
| 5 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Tinkoff | 0:01:50 |
| 6 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 0:01:52 |
| 7 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:02:08 |
| 8 | Gianluca Leonardi (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Desiree Fior | 0:02:36 |
| 9 | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 0:02:41 |
| 10 | Nicola Da Santo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | 0:03:02 |
| 11 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowicw | 0:03:04 |
| 12 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 0:03:45 |
| 13 | Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Team Nippo | 0:03:47 |
| 14 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:04:24 |
| 15 | Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 0:04:31 |
| 16 | Patrick Facchini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 0:04:36 |
| 17 | Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 0:05:15 |
| 18 | Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Team Nippo | 0:05:55 |
| 19 | Donato De Ieso (Ita) Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 0:05:57 |
| 20 | Christian Delle Stelle (Ita) Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 0:07:24 |
| 21 | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | 0:08:12 |
| 22 | Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox |
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