Ginanni spoils Lampre's party
Gavazzi and Pietropolli forced to settle for second and third
Androni Giocattoli's Francesco Ginanni flew to victory in the 47th edition of the Trofeo Laigueglia on Saturday afternoon, his second win at the race in as many seasons.
In a large bunch finish the Italian dashed to an impressive sprint win on Laigueglia's Via Roma, ahead of Lampre duo Francesco Gavazzi and Daniele Pietropolli. With Lampre's main sprinter Alessandro Petacchi ruled out prior to the event with a stomach virus, Ginanni admitted afterwards he was able to take maximum benefit from his rivals' experience in rapid finales.
"I took the wheel of Gavazzi," said Ginanni. "Lampre was well organized for the final sprint, with several men present at the front. For my part I tried not to miss any moves and I'm really happy it worked out so well in the end. "
Ginanni's triumph at the end of the 183 kilometre journey around the seaside region followed on from victory in the same event last year. His success today was also his first victory of the season and his first since August at the GP Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese.
The great escape is foiled
The passage of the race was marked by a nine-man group that escaped on the back of a spirited early acceleration by De Rosa-Stac Plastic's Damiano Caruso.
Caruso was joined by Donato Cannon (Ceramica Flaminia), Paolo Longo Borghini (ISD-Neri), Stefano Pirazzi (Colnago-CSF Inox), Luca Zanasca (CDC-Knight), Pasquale Muto (Miche), Alexandre Pichot (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Guillamme Bonnafond (Ag2r-La Mondiale) and René Mandri (Ag2r-La Mondiale).
After 71 kilometres the group had lost just one of its number - Zanasca - and had built up a buffer of 6:30 over the peloton behind. The man who started it all, Caruso, remained aggressive as he claimed three of the four climber's primes on offer.
However, despite their strong co-operation, a determined peloton worked hard to shut down the escape. A series of counter-attacks were dealt with the same response from a fifty-strong main group as the race drove towards a sprint finale.
Taking advantage of the well-drilled Lampre outfit, Francesco Ginanni (Androni Giocattoli) unleashed his own sprint to seal victory on the Via Roma, where he dedicated his win to the late Italian national cycling coach, Franco Ballerini.
"I dedicate my win not only Franco Ballerini but also to his entire family: his wife Sabrina and their children Gian Marco and Matteo," said an emotional Ginanni at the finish in Laigueglia.
1 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 4:48:15 |
2 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro NGC | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Enrico Zen (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita - Conad | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Edwin Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) Miche | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Andrea Noe (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Michael Rasmussen (Den) Miche | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Massimo Giunti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:09 |
47 | Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | 0:00:17 |
48 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:25 |
49 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Luca Ascani (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | 0:00:59 |
51 | Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - Conad | 0:01:49 |
52 | Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD - Neri | 0:02:02 |
53 | Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amore & Vita - Conad | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:58 |
57 | David Tratnik (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | 0:04:03 |
58 | Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Davide D'Angelo (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Davide Torosantucci (Ita) CDC - Cavaliere | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Vincenzo Garofolo (Ita) Team Nippo | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD - Neri | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:58 |
76 | David Tratnik (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | 0:05:03 |
77 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Stefano Borchi (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro NGC | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Luca Solari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
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