26th Settimana Bergamasca Open, April 16-21

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Among the pro riders: Abdujaparov, Tonkov, Faresin, Konysjev, Simoni, Piepoli, Colage, Nelson 'Cacaito' Rodriguez, Fornaciari, Di Renzo and Celestino.

17 amateur teams with 11 national Under 23-squads: Bielorussia, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands and the Italian national track selection.

Stage 1 Bergamo-Rota Imagna                             151 km
Stage 2 Albese-Albese                                   142 km
Stage 3 Almenno San Bartolomeo-Roncola (Mountain ITT)   7,4 km
Stage 4 Zogno-Zogno                                     140 km
Stage 5 Flero-Flero                                     178 km
Stage 6 Bergamo-Bergamo                                 129 km

Stage 5 has three GPM: Madonna della Neve, Colle S. Eusebio and Colle della
Maddalena.

Stage 1 Bergamo-Rota Imagna 151 km:

 1. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo     3.26.24 (43,895 km/h)
 2. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme
 3. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil
 4. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita)
 5. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Glacial-Selle Italia
 6. Stefano Colage (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta
 7. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta      all s.t.
 8. Andrej Teteriuk (Kaz) Aki-Gipiemme            + 0.16
 9. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil            s.t.
10. Valentino Fois (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil          + 0.25

Overall:

 1. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo     3.26.14
 2. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme           + 0.03
 3. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil            + 0.07
 4. Stefano Colage (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta           s.t.
 5. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita)                       + 0.10
 6. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Glacial-Selle Italia
 7. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta
 8. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil          + 0.24
 9. Andrej Teteriuk (Kaz) Aki-Gipiemme            + 0.26
10. Valentino Fois (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil          + 0.35

Stage 2 Albese-Albese 142 km:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil         3.24.39 (41,632 km/h)
 2. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme         + 0.59
 3. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita-amateur)
 4. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil
 5. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo    all s.t.

Overall:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil         6.54.54
 2. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme         + 0.59
 3. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo    + 1.02
 4. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita-amateur)             + 1.09

Stage 3 Almenno San Bartolomeo-Roncola (Mountain ITT) 7,4 km:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil               18.05 (24,553 km/h)
 2. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil            + 0.42
 3. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo        + 0.56
 4. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Glacial-Selle Italia        + 0.58
 5. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta         + 1.00

Overall:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil             7.08.55
 2. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo        + 1.58
 3. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil            + 2.08
 4. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta         + 2.12
 5. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme             + 2.17

Stage 4 Zogno-Zogno 140 km:

 1. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta     3.17.47 (42,471 km/h)
 2. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil             s.t.
 3. Stefano Colage (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta        + 0.02
 4. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme            s.t.
 5. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil           s.t.
 6. Nelson Rodriguez (Col) Selle Italia-Glacial    s.t.
 7. Castaldo (Ita-amateur)                       + 1.18
 8. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 9. Roberto Menegotto (Ita) Ideal
10. Michele Poser (Ita) Ideal                   all s.t.

Overall:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil            10.26.36
 2. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta         + 2.08
 3. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil            + 2.16
 4. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme             + 2.25
 5. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo        + 3.22
 6. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita-amateur)                 + 3.50
 7. Stefano Colage (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta           + 3.59
 8. Nelson Rodriguez (Col) Selle Italia-Glacial     + 4.36
 9. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Glacial-Selle Italia        + 5.11
10. Andrej Teteriuk (Kaz) Aki-Gipiemme              + 5.51.

Stage Five - Zogno - Zogno 140 km:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil            4.22.19
 2. Nelson Rodriguez (Col) Selle Italia-Glacial    + 1.39
 3. Roberto Menegotto (Ita) Ideal                  + 1.43

Overall:

Stage 6 Bergamo-Bergamo 120 km:

 1. Michele Zamboni (Ita-amateur)                 2.29.49 (48,064 km/h)
 2. Simone Biasci (Ita) Saeco
 3. Roberto Pelliconi (Ita) Amore e Vita
 4. Klemencic (Slo-amateur)
 5. Collinelli (Ita-amateur)
 6. Ivan Raimondi (Ita) San Marco Group
 7. Sacchetti (Ita-amateur)
 8. Paolo Voltolini (Ita) Ideal
 9. Campanari (Ita-amateur)
10. Colleoni (Ita-amateur)                        all s.t.

Final overall:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Panaria-Vinavil            17.18.33
 2. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Refin-Mobilvetta         + 4.04
 3. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme             + 4.21
 4. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil            + 4.42
 5. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo        + 5.18
 6. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita-amateur)                 + 5.46
 7. Nelson Rodriguez (Col) Selle Italia-Glacial     + 6.19
 8. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Selle Italia-Glacial        + 7.07
 9. Roberto Menegotto (Ita) Ideal                   + 8.02
10. Andrej Teteriuk (Kaz) Aki-Gipiemme              +10.03.