Rochester International Classic, World Cup Round 7

Great Britain, August 18, 1997

Report

A late solo burst from Italian Andrea Tafi gave him victory in the seventh round of cycling's World Cup on Sunday. Tafi escaped from four co-leaders in the final 14 kms of the 242 kms Rochester Classic to finish 43 seconds ahead of Andrea Ferrigato, who outsprinted Gianluca Bortolami to complete a clean sweep for Italy.

With three of the 10 rounds still to come, Denmark's Rolf Sorensen is still the overall leader. Tafi's success made him the sixth Italian to win the British round in the last eight years.

Full Results - 242 kms:

  1. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei	  	6.07.42 (39,49 km/h)   100 pts
  2. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Roslotto       0.43 		70 pts
  3. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina           		50
  4. Stephane Heulot (Fra) FDJ                  		40
  5. Andrea Vatteroni (Ita) Scrigno             		36
  6. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) FDJ	   0.49 		32
  7. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco            0.55 		28
  8. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei               		24
  9. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto       		20
 10. Alberto Elli Casino (Ita)                  		16
 11. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Cofidis           		15
 12. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno (Ita)           		14
 13. Rolf Sörensen Rabobank (Den)               		13
 14. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto                  		12
 15. Bo Hamburger (Den) TVM                     		11
 16. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom            		10
 17. Henk Vogels Gan (Aus)                       		 9
 18. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto                   		 8
 19. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat          		 7
 20. George Hincapie (Usa) US Postal            		 6
 21. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                 		 5
 22. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ                  		 4
 23. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Festina               		 3
 24. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei                    		 2
 25. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM                		 1
 26. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Festina
 27. Mauro Gianetti (Sch) FDJ
 28. Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJ 
 29. Massimimiano Gentili (Ita) Cantina 
 30. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Roslotto 
 31. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti
 32. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG 
 33. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal
 34. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto
 35. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 
 36. Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Scrigno 
 37. Brian Holm (Den) Telekom
 38. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
 39. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Saeco           	1.00
 40. Andrea Peron (Ita) FDJ
 41. Angelo Lecchi (Ita) MG 
 42. Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Brescialat
 43. Nicola Loda (Ita) MG
 44. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco          	1.04
 45. Luca Scinto (Ita) MG                 	1.09
 46. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Gan             	1.13
 47. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal      	3.29
 48. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM
 49. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina
 50. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) MG
 51. Lars Michaelsen (Den) TVM            	7.55
 52. Daniele Sgnaolin (Ita) Roslotto      	7.57
 53. Carlo Marino Bianchi (Ita) Asics 
 54. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) MG 
 55. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Asics 
 56. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Scrigno
 57. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto           	9.40
 58. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina
 59. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat
 60. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Polti
 61. Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Polti
 62. David Lefevre (Fra) Casino 
 63. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Roslotto 
 64. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Asics 
 65. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank
 66. Michel Lafis (Swe) Telekom
 67. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto
 68. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 
 69. Guiseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti
 70. Guiseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco 
 71. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 
 72. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Scrigno 
 73. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto
 74. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
 75. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM
 76. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM
 77. Marco Bellini (Ita) Asics 
 78. Carlo Finco (Ita) MG 
 79. Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Scrigno 
 80. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco 
 81. Hendrik Van Dijck (Bel) TVM)
 82. Nicola Ramacciotti (Ita) Cantina 
 83. Remigius Lupeikis (Lit) US Postal
 84. Christophe Horner (Usa) FDJ
 85. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Cantina

140 starters, 85 finishers

Abandons

Museeuw, Johan
Peeters, Wilfried
Steels, Tom
Bomans, Carlo
Zanini, Stefano
Pozzi, Oscar
Bongiorni, Alessio
Bonetti, Enrico
Barthe, Stephane
Pontier, Frederic
Richard, Pascal
Streel, Marc
Breukink, Erik
Groenendaal, Richard
Van Bon, Leon
Vierhouten, Aart
Zen, Marco
Konyshev, Dmitri
Kokorine, Vitali
Den Bakker, Maarten
Baranowski, Dariusz
Mercier, Scott
Derame, Pascal
Gragus, Eddy
Casarotto, Davide
Rossato, Mirko
Frigo, Dario
Canzonieri, Angelo
Boardman, Christopher
Lemarchand, Francois
Pretot, Arnaud
Sunderland, Scott
Crepaldi, Mirco
Gualdi, Mirko
Fontanelli, Fabiano
Fleischer, Thomas
Wauters, Marc
Vanzella, Flavio
Desbiens, Laurent
Moreau, Francis
Andreu, Frankie
Capelle, Christophe
Plaza, David
Thibout, Bruno
Belli, Wladimir
Arazzi, Francesco
Gelfi, Luca
Bruseghin, Marzio
Dolci, Andrea
Pierdomenco, Germano
Pozzi, Alessandro
Brochard, Laurent
Tebaldi, Valerio
Moreau, Christophe
Rous, Didier

World Cup standings (after seven rounds):

  1. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank        225 pts
  2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG            196
  3. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei             190
  4. Beat Zberg (Sch) Mercatone          120
  5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once         114
  6. Max Sciandri (Gbr) FDJ              113
  7. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto           112
  8. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto           106
  9. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ           105
 10. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom           100
 10. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom            100
 10. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJ          100
 13. David Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno        98
 14. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino            96
 15. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei            95
 16. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) Gan         94
 17. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Roslotto      90
 17. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto 90
 19. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina     86
 20. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno            6