82nd Coppa Bernocchi - 1.3

Italy, August 18, 2000

1999 Results    Past Winners

Baltic double

"I had a terrible hunger crisis three kilometres from the finish, I had no thought of winning", said Latvian Romans Vainsteins (Vini Caldirola) after winning the Coppa Bernocchi, the third and final part of the Trittico Regione Lombardia. Vainsteins fell exhausted to the ground after passing the finish line ahead of escape partner Lithuanian Raimondas Rumsas (Fassa Bortolo), 15 seconds ahead of a chasing group of twelve riders with Telekom's Giovanni Lombardi first.

The Baltic duo got the gap on the final climb of the Morazzone where Rumsas attacked and Vainsteins was the only one strong enough to follow. Before that Secchiari (Saeco) and another Latvian rider Belohvosciks (Lampre) had been on the attack most of the day. Their early breakway companion, Mobilvetta's Evgenij Berzin (remember him?) lost contact however when Fois (Colpack) and Serpellini (Lampre) caught the leaders.

Vainsteins also said after the race that he will leave Vini Caldirola after this season, not only on the money issue:

"I have several offers but I want to be on a team where I have the support needed to be a winner", he said and also pointed out that his two main goals for the season, the World Cup and the World Championships still were within reach.

Results - 207 km

1. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola       4.51.45 (42.612 kph)
2. Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo
3. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom        0.15
4. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-pata
5. Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
6. Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
7. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
8. Andrea Noè (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
9. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno
10. Francesco Secchieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli
11. Valentino Fois (Ita) Colpack
12. Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio
13. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
14. Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
15. Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step		    0.50
16. Evgueni Seniouchkine (Blr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
17. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
18. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
19. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
20. Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team
21. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
22. Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
23. Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli&Valli
24. Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar-Selle Italia
25. Andrea Nencini (Ita) Colpack
26. Felice Puttini (Swi) Alessio
27. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
28. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio
29. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
30. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
31. Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
32. Domenico Romano (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
33. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
34. Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
35. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
36. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
37. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance-Décathlon
38. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
39. Matteo Algeri (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
...
43. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
44. Davide Scalmana (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
45. Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) Colpack
46. Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Colpack
49. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
50. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
51. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
52. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo

Starters: 183
Finishers: 52

General classification Trittico Regione Lombardia:

1. Raimondas Rumsas (Lit)  Fassa Bortolo           17 pts
2. Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                  6
3. Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Nectar-Selle Italia       6
4. Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                5

Note, this classification is calculated from three races:

Tre Valle Varesine, Coppa Agostoni, and Coppa Bernocchi

Past Winners

1919 Ruggero Ferrario (Ita)
1920 Giovanni Tragella (Ita)
1921 Angelo Testa (Ita)
1922 Libero Ferrario (Ita)
1923 Libero Ferrario (Ita)
1924 Alfredo Dinale (Ita)
1925 Luigi Mainetti (Ita)
1926 Giuseppe Pancera (Ita)
1927 Giuseppe Pancera (Ita)
1928 Carlo Galluzzi (Ita)
1929 Allegro Grandi (Ita)
1930 Eugenio Gestri (Ita)
1932 Marco Giuntelli (Ita)
1933 B. Negri (Ita)
1934 Pietro Rimoldi (Ita)
1935 Gino Bartali (Ita)
1936 Enrico Mollo (Ita)
1937 Francesco Albani (Ita)
1938 Cino Cinelli (Ita)
1939 Adolfo Leoni (Ita)
1940 Aldo Bini (Ita)
1941 Serverino Canavesi (Ita)
1942 Glauco Servadei (Ita)
1944 Oreste Conte (Ita)
1945 Sergio Maggini (Ita)
1946 Osvaldo Bailo (Ita)
1947 Mario Ricci (Ita)
1948 Virgilio Salimbeni (Ita)
1949 Mario Ricci (Ita)
1950 Fiorenzo Crippa (Ita)
1951 Luigi Casola (Ita)
1952 Primo Volpi (Ita)
1953 Giorgio Albani (Ita) and Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita)
1954 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
1955 Renato Ponzini (Ita)
1956 Vasca Modena (Ita)
1957 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1958 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1959 Noé Conti (Ita)
1960 Giuseppe Fallarini (Ita)
1961 Arturo Sabbadin (Ita)
1962 Pierino Baffi (Ita)
1963 Aldo Moser (Ita)
1964 Gianni Motta (Ita)
1965 Adriano Durante (Ita)
1966 Rafaele Marcoli (Ita)
1967 Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
1968 Franco Bitossi (Ita)
1969 Giacinto Santambroggio (Ita)
1970 Pietro Guerra (Ita)
1971 Virginio Levati (Ita)
1972 Marino Basso (Ita)
1973 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1974 Francesco Moser (Ita)
1975 Enrico Paolini (Ita)
1976 Franco Bitossi (Ita)
1977 Carnelo Barone (Ita)
1978 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita)
1979 Valerio Lualdi (Ita)
1980 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1981 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1982 Silvano Contini (Ita)
1983 Palmiro Masciarelli (Ita)
1984 Vittorio Algeri (Ita)
1985 Johan Van de Velde (Ned)
1986 Roberto Gaggioli (Ita)
1987 Guido Bontempi (Ita)
1988 Guido Bontempi (Ita)
1989 Rolf Sörensen (Den)
1990 Davide Cassani (Ita)
1991 Giorgio Furlan (Ita)
1992 Charly Mottet (Fra)
1993 Rolf Sörensen (Den)
1994 Bruno Cenghialta (Ita)
1995 Stefano Zanini (Ita)
1996 Fabio Baldato (Ita)
1997 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)
1998 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti
1999 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas

Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin