13th Giro del Medio Brenta, Cat 1.5

Italy, July 11 1998


1997 Results    

Brief:

Matteo Tosatto (Ballan), 24 years, won the 13th Giro del Medio Brenta after a solo breakaway with a gap of 1.08 to Emanuele Lupi (Amore e Vita), and amateur Nicholas Ramacciotti (MBM Rose) and Amilcare Tronca (Ballan). These four riders went away at the 90 kms mark on the hairpin curves that went to the Gpm di Marotte. The main peloton did not organise any pursuit and the quartet successfully escaped. With 10 kms left to ride, Tosatto attacked his 3 partners and they could not respond. He stayed away and scored his first victory as a has professional.

Of the 161 starters, only 34 finished. Michele Bartoli (Asics-CGA) was one of them, having his first race since the Giro. Bartoli fell 200 meters from the finish but was unhurt and will start in the 16º Giro d'Oro open, which starts and finishes in Ponte Arche (Trento). The race over 170 kms includes 5 climbs over Stenico.

Villa del Conte, 148 kms:

 1. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Ballan			     3.30.00 (42.151)
 2. Emanuele Lupi (Ita) Amore e Vita 			1.08
 3. Nicola Ramacciotti (Ita) MBM Rosa
 4. Amilcare Tronca (Ita) Ballan
 5. Mancini (Ita) 					2.18
 6. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Kross-Selle Italia 		3.02
 7. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas
..
10. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Polti
17. Piotre Ugrumov (Rus) Ballan
19. Valentino Fois (Ita) Vini Caldirola
24. Luca Scinto (Ita) Asics-CGA
25. Alessandro Calzolari (Ita) Ros Mary
26. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas
28. Filippo Baldo (Ita) Ballan
30. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics-CGA
33. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Vini Caldirola		s.t.

Started: 161
Finished: 34