GP Chiasso, Cat 1.4

1998 Results     Past Winners Chiasso, 136.5 kms: The GP Chiasso is the first of two days of racing centred on the town of Chiasso in Switzerland. The first day is usually scheduled to be over 153 kms starting in Chiasso but because of snow on the climb of Morbio the race was shortened by one lap (16.9 kms). All the top Italian teams take this race very seriously as a prelude to Milan-San Remo and all the top riders will be there. On Sunday, the riders race the Giro del Lago Maggiore. 1 Roman Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola 3.25.34 (39.841 km/h) 2 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne 0.54 3 David Millar (GB) Cofidis 4 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 5 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 6 Aldo Zanetti (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne 7 Simone Campagnari (Ita) Amica Chips 1.08 8 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola 1.08 9 Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 1.19 10 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Brescialat 1.22 11 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Selle Italia 2.41 12 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Post Swiss 5.30 13 Martin Elminger (Swi) Elite 2 5.43 14 Cedric Sermet (Fra) Elite 2 14.09 15 Dominique Favre (Swi) Elite 2 14.09 Started: 166 Finished: 15 Thanks to Thierry Luton from France for the results Past Winners 1995 Beat Huber (Swi) Amateur 1996 Federico Profeti (Ita) Glacial-Selle Italia 1997 Sergej Outchakov (Ukr) Team Polti 1998 Gianluca Bortalami (Ita) Festina-Lotus 153 kms at 3.48.44 (40.134) Note: in 1995 the winner was Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA) Brescialat, who was disqualified because of an unfair sprint. Mario from Berlin compiles the winner's lists