5th GP Liberazione - 1.7.2

Italy, April 25, 2000

Late attack proves successful for Bernacci

20 year old Lorenzo Bernucci today won the fifth edition of the Italian U23 race, GP Liberazione - a 23 lap, 138 km circuit race. The race seemed likely to end in a bunch sprint, albeit reduced after just 68 of the 159 starters made it to the finish. However, Bernucci had other ideas as he attacked with less than a kilometre to go to win by a small margin from Graziano Gasparre (U.C. Bergamasca) and Spaniard Israel Nunez.

Results - 138 km

1. Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Vellutex			3.15.29 (42.357 km/h)
2. Graziano Gasparre (Ita) UC Bergamasca
3. Israel Nunez (Spa)
4. Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) S.Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni
5. Kuchinski (Blr)
6. Cristian Tosoni (Ita) Idem
7. Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Grassi Mapei
8. Andrey Fadrny (Cze) Mista 7 GS MG Aqua Mema 
9. Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Resine Ragnoli 
10. Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Vellutex Zoccorinese