1997 Results
Past Winners
Brief:Polti's Davide Rebellin won the 78th edition of the Tre Valli Varesine after attacking twice at strategic points of the race. He had been in a breakaway of 5 riders and with 3 kms to go he put the hammer down and only Giuseppe Di Grande (Mapei-Bricobi) and Max Sciandri (La Francaise des Jeux) could respond. They never caught him however and with less than a km left to ride he attacked again and held the gap until the finish line.He told the press afterwards that: "I left at the right moment and when I saw them coming back at me, I just gave everything I had. Now I need to concentrate on preparing for the end of the season and the world championships." The Tre Valli Varesine is part of a 3 race series held in late August in the region north of Milan. They were traditionally preparation for the Worlds which used to be at the end of August. The next race is on Thursday - the 52nd Coppa Agostoni which uses the Monza car racing circuit, and then the 80th Coppa Bernocchi which is raced around the corner at Legnano. The only other news was that top Cofidis rider Francesco Casagrande was withdrawn from the race by his team after the failure of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) to quickly resolve the scandal surrounding his positive drugs test. He has been found positive to high levels of testosterone after tests following the Tour of Romandie and he is now to appear before CONI next Tuesday. But if you think there will be a decision quickly - forget it. The initial committee has already said it will pass the matter to another commission of CONI and then onto the Italian Cycling Federation, who has the final decision responsibility. Cofidis, obviously getting a lot of bad press on the continued participation of Casagrande, have said he is no longer riding for them until the matter is finalised. If he is suspended he will be sacked. Casagrande told the press after Cofidis had dropped him from the race that: "The team have asked me not to compete in any race until the federation have taken a decision -- that means waiting until the middle of September. And not riding until September means goodbye to the rest of the season. It would do me enormous damage. I will see my lawyers about whether to take any action against the team. This decision is also grounds for cancelling our contract since the team are violating my right to work. I consider myself free to sign for other teams -- I don't want to stay with Cofidis." Borgomanero to Varese, 192 kms:1. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Polti 4.30.54 (42.569) 2. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 0.02 3. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 0.04 4. Stefano Cattai (Ita) Ballan 0.28 5. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 0.29 6. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Polti 1.21 7. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.32 8. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 1.34 9. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno 2.05 10. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 2.22 11. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 12. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 13. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola 14. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics 2.30 15. Pasquale Santoro (Ita) Krka 3.01 16. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 3.05 17. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Polti 3.24 18. Andrea Peron (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 19. Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 20. Luca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 21. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 3.29 22. Urs Graf (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger 3.56 23. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 4.18 24. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 25. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 29. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 13.32 34. Massimo Gimondi (Ita) Amore e Vita 39. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Ros Mary 43. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 44. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 51. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Cofidis 64. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 65. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 71. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Ballan 89. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics 90. Luca Scinto (Ita) Asics 95. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 13.32 Started: 163 Finished: 95 Retired: 68 Past Winners1919 Piero Bestetti (Ita) 1920 R. Rosa (Ita) 1921 Adriano Zamaga (Ita) 1922 Domenico Pieomontesi (Ita) 1923 F. Brusatori (Ita) 1924 Libero Ferrario (Ita) 1925 Giovanni Tizzoni (Ita) 1926 Mario Bonvicini (Ita) 1927 Renato Zanone (Ita) 1928 Battista Visconti (Ita) 1929 Ambrogio Morelli (Ita) 1930 Albino Binda (Ita) 1931 Luigi Giacobe (Ita) 1932 Domenico Piomontesi (Ita) 1933 Alfredo Bovet (Ita) 1934 Severino Canavesi (Ita) 1935 Piero Chiappini (Ita) 1936 Cesare Del Cancia (Ita) 1937 Olimpio Bizzi (Ita) 1938 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1939 Olimpio Bizzi (Ita) 1940 Cino Cinelli (Ita) 1941 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1942 Luciano Succi (Ita) 1945 Adolfo Leoni (Ita) 1946 Enrico Mollo (Ita) 1947 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1948 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1949 Nedo Logli (Ita) 1950 Antoni Bevilacqua (Ita) 1951 Guido De Santi (Ita) 1952 Giuseppe Minardi (Ita) 1953 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1954 Giorgio Albani (Ita) 1955 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1956 Gastone Nencini (Ita) 1957 Germain Derijcke (Bel) 1958 Carlo Nicolo (Ita) 1959 Dino Bruni (Ita) 1960 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1961 Willy Vannitsen (Bel) 1962 Giuseppe Ferrardi (Ita) 1963 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1964 Marino Vigna (Ita) 1965 Gianni Motta (Ita) 1966 Gianni Motta (Ita) 1967 Gianni Motta (Ita) 1968 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1969 Marino Basso (Ita) 1970 Gianni Motta (Ita) 1971 Giancarlo Polidori (Ita) 1972 Giacinto Santambroggio (Ita) 1973 Enrico Paolini (Ita) 1974 Costante Conti (Ita) 1975 Fabrizio Fabbri (Ita) 1976 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1977 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1978 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1979 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1980 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1981 Gregor Braun (Ger) 1982 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) 1983 Alessandro Paganessi (Ita) 1984 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) 1985 Giovanni Mantovani (Ita) 1986 Guido Bontempi (Ita) 1987 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 1988 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1989 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1990 Pascal Richard (Swi) 1991 Guido Bontempi (Ita) 1992 Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) 1993 Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) 1994 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1995 Roberto Caruso (Ita) 1996 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) 1997 Roberto Caruso (Ita)Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin |