84th Coppa Bernocchi - 1.3

Italy, August 22, 2002

2001 Results Results Past winners

Trittico Lombardo

Tre Valli Varesine - August 20
Coppa Agostoni - August 21
Coppa Bernocchi - August 22

First season win for Nardello

Kung Fu Dani
Photo: © Sirotti

Daniele Nardello (Mapei-Quick Step) has won his first race since the Italian championships in 2001, taking the 84th edition of the Coppa Bernocchi, the third and final race in the Trittico Lombardo. Nardello attacked the leading group in the final kilometre of the 199 km race, to beat Gianluca Bortolami (Tacconi Sport) and Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo).

The decisive move came on the 4th of 5 laps of the Valle Olona circuit, which included the tough climb of the "Piccolo Stelvio". A leading group of 15 formed, including Nardello and his teammates Paolini and Tafi, Bortolami, Bossoni and Radaelli (Tacconi), Tosatto and Gustov (Fassa), Commesso (Saeco), Bertolini (Alessio), Giunti and Masciarelli (Acqua e Sapone), Murn (Mobilvetta), Garcia Calvo (Relax Fuenlabrada), and Santiago Botero (Kelme).

Mapei and Tacconi Sport had the strength in numbers, and when Mapei's Paolini attacked on the final 15 km circuit in Legnano, the others had to chase. It was all together for the finale, when Nardello launched his winning move under the 1 km to go banner.

"This year I have been close to victory on a number of occasions, but for one reason or another I have not succeeded. This success repays me for all the effort I have put in during these last few months."

Mapei's triumph was twofold, as Eddy Ratti, the winner of the Tre Valli Varesini, claimed the overall classification in the Trittico Lombardo.

Photography

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Kung Fu Dani - Daniele Nardello (Mapei-Quick Step) gives a victory salute very similar to that of Erik Dekker after his four stage wins at the 2001 Tour de France
Daniele Nardello (Mapei-Quick Step) clenches his fist as he crosses the line for a very timely win
Daniele Nardello (Mapei-Quick Step) stands proudly on the podium, arms aloft
The podium - Daniele Nardello (Mapei-Quick Step, middle) wins the Coppa Bernocchi ahead of Gianluca Bortolami (Tacconi Sport-Emmegi, left) an Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo, right)
Daniele Nardello (Mapei-Quick Step) is congratulated on his win. But please, no more gifts!
Eddy Ratti (Mapei-Qucik Step), the winner of the Tre Valli Varesini, claimed the overall classification in the Trittico Lombardo

Results - 199 km

1 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step          4.28.42 (44.592 km/h)
2 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 
3 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 
4 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 
5 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 
6 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 
7 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini 
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 
9 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 
10 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 
11 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 
12 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 
13 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Kelme 
14 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 
15 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 
16 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia     3.54
17 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 
18 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) Amore e Vita-Beretta 
19 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno 
20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                        4.26
21 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita-Beretta 
22 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 
23 Igor Kranjec (Slo) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 
24 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 
25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 
26 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 
27 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 
28 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 
29 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 
30 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 
...
38 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme 
47 Andrea Noè (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 
59 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 
75 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 
100 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index-Alexia 
  
Starters: 168  
Classified: 100

Past winners

2001 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Alessio
2000 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola
1999 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas
1998 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti
1997 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)
1996 Fabio Baldato (Ita)
1995 Stefano Zanini (Ita)
1994 Bruno Cenghialta (Ita)
1993 Rolf Sörensen (Den)
1992 Charly Mottet (Fra)
1991 Giorgio Furlan (Ita)
1990 Davide Cassani (Ita)
1989 Rolf Sörensen (Den)
1988 Guido Bontempi (Ita)
1987 Guido Bontempi (Ita)
1986 Roberto Gaggioli (Ita)
1985 Johan Van de Velde (Ned)
1984 Vittorio Algeri (Ita)
1983 Palmiro Masciarelli (Ita)
1982 Silvano Contini (Ita)
1981 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1980 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1979 Valerio Lualdi (Ita)
1978 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita)
1977 Carnelo Barone (Ita)
1976 Franco Bitossi (Ita)
1975 Enrico Paolini (Ita)
1974 Francesco Moser (Ita)
1973 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1972 Marino Basso (Ita)
1971 Virginio Levati (Ita)
1970 Pietro Guerra (Ita)
1969 Giacinto Santambroggio (Ita)
1968 Franco Bitossi (Ita)
1967 Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
1966 Rafaele Marcoli (Ita)
1965 Adriano Durante (Ita)
1964 Gianni Motta (Ita)
1963 Aldo Moser (Ita)
1962 Pierino Baffi (Ita)
1961 Arturo Sabbadin (Ita)
1960 Giuseppe Fallarini (Ita)
1959 Noé Conti (Ita)
1958 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1957 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1956 Vasca Modena (Ita)
1955 Renato Ponzini (Ita)
1954 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
1953 Giorgio Albani (Ita) and Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita)
1952 Primo Volpi (Ita)
1951 Luigi Casola (Ita)
1950 Fiorenzo Crippa (Ita)
1949 Mario Ricci (Ita)
1948 Virgilio Salimbeni (Ita)
1947 Mario Ricci (Ita)
1946 Osvaldo Bailo (Ita)
1945 Sergio Maggini (Ita)
1944 Oreste Conte (Ita)
1942 Glauco Servadei (Ita)
1941 Serverino Canavesi (Ita)
1940 Aldo Bini (Ita)
1939 Adolfo Leoni (Ita)
1938 Cino Cinelli (Ita)
1937 Francesco Albani (Ita)
1936 Enrico Mollo (Ita)
1935 Gino Bartali (Ita)
1934 Pietro Rimoldi (Ita)
1933 B. Negri (Ita)
1932 Marco Giuntelli (Ita)
1930 Eugenio Gestri (Ita)
1929 Allegro Grandi (Ita)
1928 Carlo Galluzzi (Ita)
1927 Giuseppe Pancera (Ita)
1926 Giuseppe Pancera (Ita)
1925 Luigi Mainetti (Ita)
1924 Alfredo Dinale (Ita)
1923 Libero Ferrario (Ita)
1922 Libero Ferrario (Ita)
1921 Angelo Testa (Ita)
1920 Giovanni Tragella (Ita)
1919 Ruggero Ferrario (Ita)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com