53rd Coppa Agostini, Cat 1.2

1998 Results     Past Winners Report: Italian Massimo Donati (Vini Caldirola) who recently won the GP de Camaiore (August 4) repeated his success in the 53rd Coppa Agostini, the second race in the traditional Italian Tryptique in the month of August (Tre Valle Varèsines, Coppa Agostoni and the Coppa Bernocchi). Donati, won alone after attacking with great force in the last 5 kms with the help of his team-mate Francesco Casagrande, who while strong allowed Donati to move away. Donati, acknowledging the help from Casagrande said: "Francesco is a very modest champion and he was equally strong today. The attack with 5 kms to go was planned before the race. I was to attack and my captain (Casagrande) was to cover the move." Before ensuring that Donati got away successfully, Casagrande took his own chances and went away alone with around 25 kms to go but was soon brought back into the peloton. He said: "The finish was still a long distance to ride and I did not think I could reissue the challenge and attack again." Lissone, 199 kms: AVS: 42.234 km/h 1. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola 4.49.34 2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Telekom 0.55 3. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola 0.55 4. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Team Polti 0.55 5. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 2.27 6. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Selle Italia 2.27 7. Felice Puttini (Swi) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria 2.27 8. Maximilian Sciandri (GB) La Française des Jeux 2.27 9. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.27 10. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Liquigas 2.27 11. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 2.27 12. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola 2.27 13. Alessandro Varocchi (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips 2.27 14. Stefano Cattai (Ita) Team Polti 2.27 15. Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) KRKA 2.27 16. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.27 17. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.27 18. David Delrieu (Fra) Casino 2.27 19. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 2.27 20. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.27 21. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti 2.27 22. Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Selle Italia 2.27 23. Andrea Patuelli (Ita) Amore e Vita 2.27 24. Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.27 25. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 2.27 33. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 2.27 36. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 2.27 39. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 2.27 46. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 2.27 47. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Liquigas 2.27 Started: 166 Finished: 49 Past Winners 1946 Luigi Casola (Ita) 1947 Franco Fanti (Ita) 1948 Luigi Malabrocca (Ita) 1949 Antonio Ausenda (Ita) 1950 Giorgio Albani (Ita) 1951 Renzo Accordi (Ita) 1952 Ezio Bicocca (Ita) 1953 Andrea Barro (Ita) 1954 Aldo Moser (Ita) 1955 Lino Pizzoferato (Ita) 1956 Silvano Tessari (Ita) 1957 Carlo Zorzoli (Ita) 1958 Giaccobe Boggian (Ita) 1959 Michele Gismondi (Ita) 1960 Pietro Chiodini (Ita) 1961 Giovanni Bettinelli (Ita) 1963 Jaime Alomar (Spa) 1964 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1965 Tommso De Pra (Ita) 1966 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1967 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1968 Giovanni Micheletto (Ita) 1969 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1970 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1971 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1972 Mauro Simonetti (Ita) 1973 Arnoldo Caverzasi (Ita) 1974 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1976 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1977 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1978 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1979 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) 1980 Cees Priem (Ned) 1981 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1982 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1983 Alfons De Wolf (Bel) 1984 Franco Chioccioli (Ita) 1985 Acacio Da Silva (Por) 1986 Marino Amadori (Ita) 1987 Bruno Leali (Ita) 1988 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1989 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) 1990 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1991 Davide Cassani (Ita) 1992 Stefano Colage (Ita) 1993 Davide Cassani (Ita) 1994 Oscar Pelliccioli (Ita) 1995 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1996 Filippo Casagrande (Ita) 1997 Massimo Apollomio (Ita) 1998 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin