GP Costa degli Etruschi

Italy, February 2, 1997


Italian Biagio Conte from Team Scrigno, in a tight sprint achieved his first victory of the season by winning the Gran Premio Costa Etrusca, contested at Livorno over 157.5 Kms. Conte and his compatriots Baldato, Guidi and Balducci maintained a nice duel in the last few meters of the race, which made the judges go over the photo finish more than once to decide who the winner was. On the Italian national calendar and absent from the international calendar, as last year the GP of the Etruscan Coast preceded the first race on the international calendar, tomorrow's GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. Yesterday's (February 2) race was won in a sprint by Biagio Conte (Ita, Scrigno) with Fabio Baldato (Ita, MG) second. In a close sprint, Baldato was initially awarded first place.

Results, 157.5 kms:

 1. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno 		3.33.00 (44,366 km/h)
 2. Fabio Baldato (Ita) MG-Technogym
 3. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Scrigno
 4. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Refin
 5. Simone Zucchi (Ita) Amore e Vita 
 6. Sergio Previtali (Ita) Scrigno
 7. Gianmatteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco
 8. Filippo Meloni (Ita) Amore e Vita
 9. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Brescialat
10. Federico De Beni (Ita) Brescialat 	all s.t.