Italians Longo, Calvetti win opening stage of Tour de la Ville D'Aoste

Italian Tony Longo (Full Dynamix) took the lead after winning stage 1 of the inaugural Tour de la Ville d'Aoste. The 6.5km time trial began and ended in the centre of Aosta.

Longo's win came shortly after he finished 16th and as the top Italian at the Houffalize World Cup in Belgium, in 16th place. He has previously won a silver medal in the team relay and the under 23 cross country at the World Championships.

Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Gruppo Sportivo Foresta) and Johannes Schweiggel (Silmax Cannondale Racing) rounded out the top three spots.

In the women's race, Italian Serena Calvetti (Team Gebi Sistemi) defeated Japan's Rie Katayama (Team La Pomme Look) and Switzerland's Sofia Pezzati (Team Wittwer) for the stage win and chance to be the first leader in the race.

Favorite Ukraine Alla Boyko, winner of junior world championship cross country in 2007, slipped with 300m to go and finished fourth.

Stage 2 will happen on Friday, May 14 from Aosta. It will run through the Tsatelet nature reserve and travel to Saint Christophe. The 5.5km course will be repeated five times.

Full Results

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Women
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Serena Calvetti (Ita) Team Gebi Sistemi0:15:47
2Rie Katayama (Jpn) Team La Pomme Look0:00:11
3Sofia Pezzati (Swi) Team Wittwer0:00:31
4Alla Boyko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:00:32
5Martina Giovanniello (Ita) CBE Merida ASD0:00:40
6Evgenia Belozerova (Rus) Russia National Team0:00:43
7Elena Gogoleva (Rus) Russia National Team0:00:43
8Marta Pastore (Ita) Team Gebi Sistemi0:01:07
9Daria Zaytseva (Rus) Karofilm0:02:01
10Chiara Pastore (Ita) Team Gebi Sistemi0:09:17
11Jelena Petrova (Lat) Cyprus Cycling Federatio0:18:13
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Men
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Tony Longo (Ita) Team Full-Dynamix0:13:18
2Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Foresta0:00:01
3Johannes Schweiggl (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:00:02
4Carlo Corti Umberto (Ita) CBE Merida ASD0:00:06
5Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta-Corratec0:00:07
6Magnus Darvell (Swe) Team Kalas0:00:14
7Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:14
8Samuele Porro (Ita) Lissone MTB ASD0:00:15
9Michael Pesse (Ita) CBE Merida ASD0:00:20
10Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.0:00:20
11Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) Team Full-Dynamix0:00:23
12Nicolas Jeantet (Ita) ISD Cycling Team0:00:25
13Alessandro Gambino (Ita) MTB Brondello Esercito0:00:27
14Mattias Nilsson (Swe) Team Kalas0:00:28
15Sergji Rysenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:00:29
16Mike Felderer (Ita) Team Full-Dynamix0:00:29
17Alexey Medvedev (Rus) Elettroveneta-Corratec0:00:30
18Joris Massaer (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racin0:00:31
19Anton Gogolev (Rus) Russia National Team0:00:31
20Markus Loisl (Aut) Team Austria0:00:32
21Maxim Gogolev (Rus) Russia National Team0:00:32
22Luca Braidot (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Foresta0:00:32
23Thomas Paccagnella (Ita) Elettroveneta-Corratec0:00:37
24Johann Pallhuber (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:00:38
25Oleksand Gerashchenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:00:39
26Martino Di Pierdomenico (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.0:00:41
27Rubens Valeriano (Bra) Team Brazil0:00:41
28Sebastian Jam Batchelor (GBr) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:42
29Henrique Da Silv'Avancini (Bra) ISD Cycling Team0:00:42
30Martin Loo (Est) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:43
31Dmytro Titarenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling TeamRow 30 - Cell 2
32Sherman Trezza (Bra) Team Brazil0:00:44
33Roberto Giacobazzi (Ita) CBE Merida ASD0:00:45
34Dries Govaerts (Bel) Team Saeco0:00:46
35Massimiliano Milan (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:00:46
36Filippo Blanc (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:00:47
37Davide Miguel Rodrigues (Por) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:47
38Robert Kircher (Aut) Team Austria0:00:48
39Monsalve Fab Castaneda (Col) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:50
40Slomi Haimy (Isr) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:50
41Ricardo Pscheidt (Bra) Team Brazil0:00:50
42Maurizio Tasca (Ita) Lissone MTB ASD0:00:53
43Alessio Zamuner (Ita) A.S. Roma Ciclismo0:00:53
44Periklis Ilias (Gre) ISD Cycling Team0:00:54
45Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team La Pomme Look0:00:58
46Brice Scholtes (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racin0:00:59
47Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Russia National Team0:01:00
48Dmitry Medvedev (Rus) Elettroveneta-Corratec0:01:00
49Alessandro Fontana (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Foresta0:01:01
50Artem Orlov (Rus) Russia National Team0:01:03
51Francesco Niccoli (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.0:01:04
52Mykhaylo Batsutsa (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:01:04
53Davide Finetto (Ita) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:01:06
54Roberto Crisi (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.0:01:08
55Rafael Visinelli (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Foresta0:01:11
56Lucian Logigan (Rom) Romania Cycling Federati0:01:13
57Pascal Hossay (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racin0:01:14
58Davide Coato (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:01:16
59Filippo Barazzuol (Ita) MTB Brondello0:01:17
60Volodymyr Zinovkyn (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:01:19
61Mattia Penna (Ita) Dayco ASD0:01:33
62Edivando De Souza Cruz (Bra) Team Brazil0:01:34
63Nicola Juganaru Razvan (Rom) Romania Cycling Federati0:01:39
64Paolo Montoya (CRc) MTB Brondello0:01:42
65Vittorio Oliva (Ita) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:01:44
66Denis Jacquemin (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racin0:01:47
67Joris Bagnol (Fra) Team La Pomme Look0:01:56
68Daniel Rosioru (Rom) Romania Cycling Federati0:01:58
69Renato Reinaudo (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:02:06
70Alexander Tchiupin (Cyp) Cyprus Cycling Federatio0:02:30
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Team Full-Dynamix0:40:47
2CBE Merida0:00:19
3Elettroveneta Corratec0:00:22
4Silmax Cannondale Racing Team 10:00:34
5Gs Forestale0:00:52
6Sport Club ISD0:00:55
7Infotre-Lee Cougan0:01:02
8ISD Cycling Team0:01:12
9Russia National Team0:01:15
10Hard Rock Frw0:01:40
11Team Brazil0:02:13
12Bi&Esse0:02:21
13GT Brondello0:02:34
14Silmax Cannondale Racing Team 20:03:17
15Romania0:03:58
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Women general classification after stage 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Serena Calvetti (Ita) Team Gebi Sistemi0:15:47
2Rie Katayama (Jpn) Team La Pomme Look0:00:11
3Sofia Pezzati (Swi) Team Wittwer0:00:31
4Alla Boyko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:00:32
5Martina Giovanniello (Ita) CBE Merida ASD0:00:40
6Evgenia Belozerova (Rus) Russia National Team0:00:43
7Elena Gogoleva (Rus) Russia National Team0:00:43
8Marta Pastore (Ita) Team Gebi Sistemi0:01:07
9Daria Zaytseva (Rus) Karofilm0:02:01
10Chiara Pastore (Ita) Team Gebi Sistemi0:09:17
11Jelena Petrova (Lat) Cyprus Cycling Federatio0:18:13
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Men general classification after stage 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Tony Longo (Ita) Team Full-Dynamix0:13:18
2Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Foresta0:00:01
3Johannes Schweiggl (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:00:02
4Carlo Corti Umberto (Ita) CBE Merida ASD0:00:06
5Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta-Corratec0:00:07
6Magnus Darvell (Swe) Team Kalas0:00:14
7Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:14
8Samuele Porro (Ita) Lissone MTB ASD0:00:15
9Michael Pesse (Ita) CBE Merida ASD0:00:20
10Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.0:00:20
11Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) Team Full-Dynamix0:00:23
12Nicolas Jeantet (Ita) ISD Cycling Team0:00:25
13Alessandro Gambino (Ita) MTB Brondello Esercito0:00:27
14Mattias Nilsson (Swe) Team Kalas0:00:28
15Sergji Rysenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:00:29
16Mike Felderer (Ita) Team Full-Dynamix0:00:29
17Alexey Medvedev (Rus) Elettroveneta-Corratec0:00:30
18Joris Massaer (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racin0:00:31
19Anton Gogolev (Rus) Russia National Team0:00:31
20Markus Loisl (Aut) Team Austria0:00:32
21Maxim Gogolev (Rus) Russia National Team0:00:32
22Luca Braidot (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Foresta0:00:32
23Thomas Paccagnella (Ita) Elettroveneta-Corratec0:00:37
24Johann Pallhuber (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:00:38
25Oleksand Gerashchenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:00:39
26Martino Di Pierdomenico (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.0:00:41
27Rubens Valeriano (Bra) Team Brazil0:00:41
28Sebastian Jam Batchelor (GBr) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:42
29Henrique Da Silv'Avancini (Bra) ISD Cycling Team0:00:42
30Martin Loo (Est) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:43
31Dmytro Titarenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling TeamRow 30 - Cell 2
32Sherman Trezza (Bra) Team Brazil0:00:44
33Roberto Giacobazzi (Ita) CBE Merida ASD0:00:45
34Dries Govaerts (Bel) Team Saeco0:00:46
35Massimiliano Milan (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:00:46
36Filippo Blanc (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:00:47
37Davide Miguel Rodrigues (Por) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:47
38Robert Kircher (Aut) Team Austria0:00:48
39Monsalve Fab Castaneda (Col) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:50
40Slomi Haimy (Isr) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:00:50
41Ricardo Pscheidt (Bra) Team Brazil0:00:50
42Maurizio Tasca (Ita) Lissone MTB ASD0:00:53
43Alessio Zamuner (Ita) A.S. Roma Ciclismo0:00:53
44Periklis Ilias (Gre) ISD Cycling Team0:00:54
45Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team La Pomme Look0:00:58
46Brice Scholtes (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racin0:00:59
47Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Russia National Team0:01:00
48Dmitry Medvedev (Rus) Elettroveneta-Corratec0:01:00
49Alessandro Fontana (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Foresta0:01:01
50Artem Orlov (Rus) Russia National Team0:01:03
51Francesco Niccoli (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.0:01:04
52Mykhaylo Batsutsa (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:01:04
53Davide Finetto (Ita) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:01:06
54Roberto Crisi (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.0:01:08
55Rafael Visinelli (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Foresta0:01:11
56Lucian Logigan (Rom) Romania Cycling Federati0:01:13
57Pascal Hossay (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racin0:01:14
58Davide Coato (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:01:16
59Filippo Barazzuol (Ita) MTB Brondello0:01:17
60Volodymyr Zinovkyn (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team0:01:19
61Mattia Penna (Ita) Dayco ASD0:01:33
62Edivando De Souza Cruz (Bra) Team Brazil0:01:34
63Nicola Juganaru Razvan (Rom) Romania Cycling Federati0:01:39
64Paolo Montoya (CRc) MTB Brondello0:01:42
65Vittorio Oliva (Ita) Infotre-Lee Cougan0:01:44
66Denis Jacquemin (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racin0:01:47
67Joris Bagnol (Fra) Team La Pomme Look0:01:56
68Daniel Rosioru (Rom) Romania Cycling Federati0:01:58
69Renato Reinaudo (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing0:02:06
70Alexander Tchiupin (Cyp) Cyprus Cycling Federatio0:02:30
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Teams general classification after stage 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Team Full-Dynamix0:40:47
2CBE Merida0:00:19
3Elettroveneta Corratec0:00:22
4Silmax Cannondale Racing Team 10:00:34
5Gs Forestale0:00:52
6Sport Club ISD0:00:55
7Infotre-Lee Cougan0:01:02
8ISD Cycling Team0:01:12
9Russia National Team0:01:15
10Hard Rock Frw0:01:40
11Team Brazil0:02:13
12Bi&Esse0:02:21
13GT Brondello0:02:34
14Silmax Cannondale Racing Team 20:03:17
15Romania0:03:58

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