Coppa Agostoni- 1.2
Italy, August 17, 2000
1999
Results Past Winners
Ullrich takes his first
big season win
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Jan
the man
Photo: © AFP
After his fourth place yesterday, Jan "Der Kaiser" Ullrich went to
the top of the podium today in the second race of the Trittico Lombardo
series (three days in Lombardy). He won the 54th edition of the Coppa
Agostoni, beating breakaway companions, Denis Lunghi (Colpack) and Filippo
Simeoni (Amica Chips) in the final sprint after a successful attack
with two kilometres to go. It was his first road race win of the season,
his only other success being the Freibuger Nacht Criterium.
The 197 kilometre race finished with five circuits around Lissone,
and it was on the second last of these Gotti and Simeoni set off in
pursuit of Gianluca Tonetti. They were chased by Ullrich, Missaglia,
Dufaux, Pozzi, Lunghi and Spruch and that was the race. Riders like
Bartoli, Di Luca, Donati, Freire and Garzelli were left behind in the
next group.
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On
the podium
Photo: © AFP
On the last climb, the trio of Gotti, Simeoni and Tonetti had 10 seconds
on the next five riders, but with 30 kilometres to go, the eight joined
together. Teammates Pozzi and Simeoni worked together to get one of
them in the final break, and Simeoni was the lucky one, or not as it
turned out. With 9 kilometres to go, Simeoni and Lunghi attacked and
Ullrich was the only one to try and chase, leaving the other five behind.
Then, with a couple of kilometres left, Ullrich caught the pair and
it was all over for them, as the German has an impressive sprint when
required.
The other two were disappointed at losing, but not surprised given Ullrich's
condition at the moment. "He is a great champion," said Simeoni. Ullrich
now leads the overall Trittico Lombardo classification, with one race
to go, the Copppa Bernocchi tomorrow. However, he will not gain any more
points there as he is opting not to race the finale, choosing instead
to ride the Meisterschaft von Zürich on Sunday. He has enjoyed his Italian
outing however, being impressed with the crowds that he commented were
"nearly as big as in Germany."
Results - 197 km
1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.51.50 (40.503 km/h)
2. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack
3. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi
4. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi 0.14
5. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli&Valli
6. Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Nectar-Selle Italia
7. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 0.46
8. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti
9. Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Panaria-Gaerne 4.12
10. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
11. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
12. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
13. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
14. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
15. Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo
16. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Colpack
17. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
18. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
19. Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
20. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
21. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
22. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9.05
23. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
24. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems
25. Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
26. Fabio Marchesini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
27. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
28. Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
29. Domenico Romano (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
30. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
31. Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney
32. Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Alessio
33. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
34. Andrea Tonti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
35. Renzo Ragnetti (Ita) Cantanhede
36. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio
37. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Polti
38. Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli&Valli
39. David George (RSA) US Postal Service
40. Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems
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43. Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
45. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
47. Andrea Nencini (Ita) Colpack
51. Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
53. Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
55. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
56. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
60. Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
61. Luca Belluomini (Ita) MAT-Ceresit CCC
62. Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Colpack
63. Filippo Baldo (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
64. David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
65. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
Trittico Lombardo classification after two races:
1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 23 points
2. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola 16
3. Daniele Di Paoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo 13
4. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Polti 11
5. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas 10
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
1999 Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola
Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin
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