84th Tre Valli Varesine - 1.1

Italy, August 17, 2004

2003 Results Results Past winners

Trittico Lombardo

Tre Valli Varesine - August 17
Coppa Agostoni - August 18
Coppa Bernocchi - August 19

Wegmann at home in Italy

Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner)
Photo ©: Sirotti

A winning move made in the final kilometre of this year's Tre Valli Varesine, the first of three races in the Trittico Lombardo series, gave German Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) the victory ahead of defending champion Danilo Di Luca (Saeco). Wegmann, a surprise winner with teammate and classics specialist Davide Rebellin in the field, showed he could power clear on the flats as well as on the climbs. Wegmann once again found success on Italian soil after taking home the green jersey of best climber in this year's Giro d'Italia.

Over nearly 200km of racing, the victory came down to a group of four including Wegmann, Di Luca, Filippo Simeoni, and Vladimir Duma. As Wegmann opened a gap under the red kite, Di Luca looked to Simeoni to close it, but the Domina Vacanze rider had no answer and Di Luca could only watch as victory slipped from his grasp. The Saeco leader salvaged second place with his own acceleration to drop his companions, but the damage was done. Duma, meanwhile, put in a stronger sprint to take the final step of the podium from Simeoni.

Photography

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) leads the winning move
A rough day for some on the Varesine circuit
Defending champion Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) leads Wegmann and Petito
Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) tries to find time for a drink
Paolo Savoldelli (T-Mobile) shows he's returned to form with a tenth place
Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) wins alone ahead of Danilo Di Luca
Di Luca crosses the line, unable to repeat last year's win
Ukrainian Vladimir Duma (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) completes the podium
Rebellin sprints for sixth ahead of Tiralongo, Bertagnolii, Frigo, and Savoldelli
Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) comes in alone for 14th

Results - 197.9 km

1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     5.02.12 (39.113 km/h) 
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco)                              0.06 
3 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              0.16 
4 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze
5 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       0.21
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                       0.27 
7 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
8 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco
9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) T-Mobile 
11 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       0.33
12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
13 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
14 Fancesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 
15 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        0.44 
16 Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) Miche
17 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
18 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 
19 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile
20 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi
...
23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco
29 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile
36 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile

Past winners

2003 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco
2002 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 
2001 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco Macchine per Caffe 
2000 Massimo Donati (Ita)
1999 Sergio Barbero (Ita)
1998 Davide Rebellin (Ita)
1997 Roberto Caruso (Ita)
1996 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita)
1995 Roberto Caruso (Ita)
1994 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)
1993 Massimo Ghirotto (Ita)
1992 Massimo Ghirotto (Ita)
1991 Guido Bontempi (Ita)
1990 Pascal Richard (Swi)
1989 Gianni Bugno (Ita)
1988 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1987 Franco Ballerini (Ita)
1986 Guido Bontempi (Ita)
1985 Giovanni Mantovani (Ita)
1984 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita)
1983 Alessandro Paganessi (Ita)
1982 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita)
1981 Gregor Braun (Ger)
1980 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1979 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1978 Francesco Moser (Ita)
1977 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1976 Francesco Moser (Ita)
1975 Fabrizio Fabbri (Ita)
1974 Costante Conti (Ita)
1973 Enrico Paolini (Ita)
1972 Giacinto Santambroggio (Ita)
1971 Giancarlo Polidori (Ita)
1970 Gianni Motta (Ita)
1969 Marino Basso (Ita)
1968 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1967 Gianni Motta (Ita)
1966 Gianni Motta (Ita)
1965 Gianni Motta (Ita)
1964 Marino Vigna (Ita)
1963 Italo Zilioli (Ita)
1962 Giuseppe Ferrardi (Ita)
1961 Willy Vannitsen (Bel)
1960 Nino Defilippis (Ita)
1959 Dino Bruni (Ita)
1958 Carlo Nicolo (Ita)
1957 Germain Derijcke (Bel)
1956 Gastone Nencini (Ita)
1955 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
1954 Giorgio Albani (Ita)
1953 Nino Defilippis (Ita)
1952 Giuseppe Minardi (Ita)
1951 Guido De Santi (Ita)
1950 Antoni Bevilacqua (Ita)
1949 Nedo Logli (Ita)
1948 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
1947 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)
1946 Enrico Mollo (Ita)
1945 Adolfo Leoni (Ita)
1942 Luciano Succi (Ita)
1941 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
1940 Cino Cinelli (Ita)
1939 Olimpio Bizzi (Ita)
1938 Gino Bartali (Ita)
1937 Olimpio Bizzi (Ita)
1936 Cesare Del Cancia (Ita)
1935 Piero Chiappini (Ita)
1934 Severino Canavesi (Ita)
1933 Alfredo Bovet (Ita)
1932 Domenico Piomontesi (Ita)
1931 Luigi Giacobe (Ita)
1930 Albino Binda (Ita)
1929 Ambrogio Morelli (Ita)
1928 Battista Visconti (Ita)
1927 Renato Zanone (Ita)
1926 Mario Bonvicini (Ita)
1925 Giovanni Tizzoni (Ita)
1924 Libero Ferrario (Ita)
1923 F. Brusatori (Ita)
1922 Domenico Pieomontesi (Ita)
1921 Adriano Zamaga (Ita)
1920 R. Rosa (Ita)
1919 Piero Bestetti (Ita)

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