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92nd Giro del Piemonte - 1.HC
Italy, October 13, 2005
2004 Results Results Past winners
Fischer strikes again
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Brazilian fast man Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) has triumphed in another bunch sprint in Italy, this time winning the 92nd Giro del Piemonte. The 26 year-old had a clear margin over Steven de Jongh (Rabobank) and Paride Grillo (Panaria), who filled out the other podium placings.
"It's an important victory: I was missing a classic win this year," said Fischer. "The team was crucial, in the finale they piloted me as I wanted. I still have acceptable condition, certainly after the World's I could have called it quits but instead I'm still here to win: this is a mark of my responsibility and reliability.
"I don't believe I have a big chance to win the Giro di Lombardia. The parcours is not suited to my characteristics, but I will try and I'll start with the objective of doing well and to finish off with a good result."
How it unfolded
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The start of the 176 km race was given at 10:42am by the Mayor of Asti, Vittorio Voglino, and sports assistant Giuseppe Passirono. 155 riders from 20 teams set off from the Place Campo del Palio d'Asti and the pace was rapid. The peloton stayed together for the first hour and averaged 43.3 km/h
On the first climb of the day en route to Camo, seven riders succeeded in escaping near the top: Alejandro Valverde, Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears), Emanuele Sella (Panaria), Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile), Carlos Sastre (CSC), Koos Moerenhout (Davitamon-Lotto) and Andriy Grivko (Domina Vacanze). The group cooperated well and by km 76, it had 1'53 on the peloton that was led by Lampre and Naturino. The average speed remained almost the same after two hours: 43.2 km/h.
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The gap didn't grow too much, and reached 2'25 by km 121 in Cherasco, as the peloton maintained a tight control over the situation. After three hours, the average was 42.1 km/h. On the climb of La Morra, the chase picked up, and by Novello (km 135), the gap was down to 1'40. Once it was down to a minute, Sella decided to attack on the Manforte d'Alba climb, taking Moerenhout, Gutierrez and Grivko with him. The four leaders had 15 seconds with 10 km to go, and although Sella tried to go alone at 8 km to go, the peloton swept everyone up.
In the finale, Fischer was too good for De Jongh and Grillo, with Alberto Ongarato (Fassa) and Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Panaria) rounding out the top five.
Photography
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- The rush to the line with Fischer in front
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) beats De Jongh and Grillo on the line
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) had a clear margin at the end
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) crosses the line to win
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) is congratulated by a teammate
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) likes to win
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) salutes from the podium
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) smiles on the podium
- Steven de Jongh (Rabobank) on the podium
- Paride Grillo (Panaria) reflects on his third place
- The podium (L to R): Steven De Jongh (2nd), Murilo Fischer (1st), and Paride Grillo (3rd)
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
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- A dip in the road
- The peloton on top of things
- Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas-Bianchi) with a teammate
- Marco Marzano (Lampre) on his own
- The break through the trees
- Emmanuele Sella (Panaria) making a move
- Emmanuele Sella (Panaria) leading the break
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) hurting a little
- Fischer, De Jongh, and Grillo dash for the line
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) beats De Jongh and Grillo to win the 92nd Giro del Piemonte
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) celebrates his win
- This is what the others saw
- Steven de Jongh (Rabobank) after finishing second
- Murilo Fischer (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) accepts his trophy
- Miss Piemonte checks out the situation
Results - 176 km
1 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 4.03.28 (43.37 km/h) 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 8 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 11 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 13 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Colombia-Selle Italia 15 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 17 Marco Gili (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 18 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 19 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 23 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 24 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 25 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 Marco Osella (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 27 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 28 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 29 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 33 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 34 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia 35 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 36 David Mcpartland (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.08 37 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 38 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 39 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 41 Luigi Sestili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 42 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 43 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 44 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 45 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 46 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 47 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 48 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 49 Ivan Degasperi (Ita) Team L.P.R. 50 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 51 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R. 52 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 53 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 54 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.14 56 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 59 Nicola Scattolin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 60 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 61 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 63 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 64 Konstantin Klyuev (Rus) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 65 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 66 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 67 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 68 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 69 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 71 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 72 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 74 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 75 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 76 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 77 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.21 78 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.27 79 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 80 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 81 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 82 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 83 Antonio Quadranti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 84 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 85 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 86 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 87 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 90 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 91 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.44 92 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 0.52 DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil DNF Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil DNF Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil DNF Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil DNF Santo Anza (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil DNF Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi DNF Juan Pablo Magallanes A. (Mex) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi DNF Stefano Boggia (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Massimiliano Martella (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Gianmario Rovaletti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Guido Trombetta (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Maurizio Varini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Kirill Golubev (Rus) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Domenico Quagliarello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNF Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC DNF Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNF Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC DNF Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita DNF Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. DNF Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Miche DNF Alberto Tacconi (Ita) Miche DNF Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Miche DNF Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Miche DNF Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche DNF Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare DNF Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF David John Betts (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNF Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNF Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team
Past winners
2004 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 2003 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2002 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2001 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 2000 Not held 1999 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1998 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 1997 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 1996 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1995 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1994 Nicola Miceli(Ita) 1993 Beat Zberg (Swi) 1992 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1991 Djamolidine Abdujaparov (Usb) 1990 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 1989 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1988 Rolf Gölz (Ger) 1987 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1986 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1985 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1984 Christian Jourdan (Fra) 1983 Guido Bontempi (Ita) 1982 Faustino Ruperez (Spa) 1981 Marino Amadori (Ita) 1980 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1979 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1978 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1974 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1973 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1971 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1970 Italo Zilioli(Ita) 1969 Marino Basso (Ita) 1967 Guido De Rosso (Ita) 1966 Rudi Altig (Ger) 1965 Romeo Venturelli (Ita) 1964 Willy Bocklant (Bel) 1963 Adriano Durante (Ita) 1962 Vito Taccone (Ita) 1961 Angelo Conterno (Ita) 1960 Alfredo Sabbadin (Ita) 1959 Silvano Ciampi (Ita) 1958 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1957 Silvano Ciampi (Ita) 1956 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1955 Giuseppe Minardi (Ita) 1954 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1953 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1952 Giorgio Albani (Ita) 1951 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1950 Alfredo Martini (Ita) 1949 Adolfo Leoni (Ita) 1948 Renzo Soldani (Ita) 1947 Vito Ortelli (Ita) 1946 Sergio Maggini (Ita) 1945 Secondo Barisone (Ita) 1942 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1941 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1940 Cino Cinelli (Ita) 1939 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1938 Pietro Rimoldi (Ita) 1937 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1936 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1935 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1934 Learco Guerra (Ita) 1933 Antonio Folco (Ita) 1932 Giuseppe Martano (Ita) 1931 Mario Cipriani (Ita) 1930 Ambrogio Morelli (Ita) 1929 Antonio Negrini (Ita) 1928 Marco Giuntelli (Ita) 1927 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1926 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1925 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 1924 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1923 Bartolomeo Aymo (Ita) 1922 Angelo Cremo (Ita) 1921 Giovanni Brunero (Ita) 1920 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1919 Costante Girar-dengo (Ita) 1918 Ugo Bianchi (Ita) 1917 Domenico Schierano (Ita) 1916 Francesco Cerutti (Ita) 1915 Natale Bosco (Ita) 1914 Giuseppe Santhia (Ita) 1913 Romolo Verde (Ita) 1912 Costante Costa (Ita) 1911 Mario Bruchera (Ita) 1910 Vincenzo Borgarello (Ita) 1908 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) 1907 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) 1906 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
