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91st Giro del Piemonte - 1.1
Italy, October 14, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
Davis takes biggest career win
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Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) has capitalised on his good late season form by winning the 91st Giro del Piemonte in a bunch sprint. Davis crossed the line ahead of Fassa Bortolo's Alberto Ongarato and Francesco Chicchi. It was Davis's fifth win of the season and certainly the biggest win of his career so far and the second in a row for Liberty after Marcos Serrano's success in Milano-Torino yesterday.
How it unfolded
152 riders left the start in Alba at 11:10am, with Gerolsteiner's Danilo Hondo the only non-starter. After four kilometres, Lotto-Domo's Thierry Marichal attacked, and was joined by his teammate Gorik Gardeyn a couple of kilometres later. By kilometre 38, the pair had a 3'10 lead over the peloton, even though the first hour was relatively slow at 34.2 km/h.
The gap grew quickly and by Salere (km 61) it was up to 9'15, with the average speed lifting to 36.1 km/h after two hours of racing. The peloton had already begun to chase and at km 88, Marichal was dropped by Gardeyn and went back to the bunch. Gardeyn only had 3'15 lead by that stage and his break concluded at km 102 when he was caught.
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A series of tentative attacks and counter-attacks followed, but the Liberty Seguros led peloton did not let anything get away. The average had lifted to 37.3 km/h after three hours and got faster as the race neared its finish, as Fassa Bortolo also moved to the front to help Liberty Seguros set the pace. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) and Steve Zampieri (Vini Caldirola) attacked with 16 km to go, but the pair could only stay away for 7 km until they were caught. Roberto Petito (Fassa Bortolo) also had a try with 2 km left, but he was swept up. The sprint saw Allan Davis repay the work of Liberty Seguros by taking a big win, several bike lengths ahead of Ongarato and Chicchi.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) in a contemplative mood
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) wins the 91st Giro del Piemonte ahead of Alberto Ongarato and Francesco Chicchi (Fassa Bortolo)
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) wins the 91st Giro del Piemonte
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) celebrates
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) smiles with his trophy
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) enjoying the moment
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) on the podium flanked by Francesco Chicchi (L, 3rd) and Alberto Ongarato (R, 2nd)
Results - 186 km
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4.39.23 (39.945 km/h) 2 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 5 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 9 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11 Francisco Josè Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 13 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 14 Asle Arvesen Kurt (Nor) Team CSC 15 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 20 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 0.05 22 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Claude Lebeau Jean (Bel) Gerolsteiner 27 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 28 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30 Matej Jurko (Svk) De Nardi 31 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 32 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 33 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 34 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 35 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 36 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 37 José Vincente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.11 38 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco 0.13 39 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 42 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 43 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.16 44 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 46 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 47 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 48 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 49 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 50 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 52 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 53 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 54 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 55 Sergiy Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 59 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 60 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 62 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 63 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 64 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 65 Marco Cavallari (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 66 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 0.25 67 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 68 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 70 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 72 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 73 Tomaz Nose (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 75 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 77 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 79 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 80 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) T-Mobile Team 81 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 82 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.31 83 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 84 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.34 87 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 88 Manuel Garate Cepa Juan (Spa) Lampre 89 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 90 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 91 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 92 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 93 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Josè Cobo Acebo Jaun (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros 96 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 97 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 98 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 99 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 100 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 0.39 101 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 103 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 104 Luca Celli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.43 105 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 106 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 107 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 109 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 0.45 110 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 111 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 112 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 113 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 114 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.57 115 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 116 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 1.00 118 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05 119 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 3.10
Past winners
2003 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2002 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2001 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 2000 Not held 1999 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1998 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 1997 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 1996 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1995 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1994 Nicola Miceli(Ita) 1993 Beat Zberg (Swi) 1992 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1991 Djamolidine Abdujaparov (Usb) 1990 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 1989 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1988 Rolf Gölz (Ger) 1987 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1986 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1985 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1984 Christian Jourdan (Fra) 1983 Guido Bontempi (Ita) 1982 Faustino Ruperez (Spa) 1981 Marino Amadori (Ita) 1980 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1979 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1978 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1974 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1973 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1971 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1970 Italo Zilioli(Ita) 1969 Marino Basso (Ita) 1967 Guido De Rosso (Ita) 1966 Rudi Altig (Ger) 1965 Romeo Venturelli (Ita) 1964 Willy Bocklant (Bel) 1963 Adriano Durante (Ita) 1962 Vito Taccone (Ita) 1961 Angelo Conterno (Ita) 1960 Alfredo Sabbadin (Ita) 1959 Silvano Ciampi (Ita) 1958 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1957 Silvano Ciampi (Ita) 1956 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1955 Giuseppe Minardi (Ita) 1954 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1953 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1952 Giorgio Albani (Ita) 1951 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1950 Alfredo Martini (Ita) 1949 Adolfo Leoni (Ita) 1948 Renzo Soldani (Ita) 1947 Vito Ortelli (Ita) 1946 Sergio Maggini (Ita) 1945 Secondo Barisone (Ita) 1942 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1941 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1940 Cino Cinelli (Ita) 1939 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1938 Pietro Rimoldi (Ita) 1937 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1936 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1935 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1934 Learco Guerra (Ita) 1933 Antonio Folco (Ita) 1932 Giuseppe Martano (Ita) 1931 Mario Cipriani (Ita) 1930 Ambrogio Morelli (Ita) 1929 Antonio Negrini (Ita) 1928 Marco Giuntelli (Ita) 1927 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1926 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1925 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 1924 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1923 Bartolomeo Aymo (Ita) 1922 Angelo Cremo (Ita) 1921 Giovanni Brunero (Ita) 1920 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1919 Costante Girar-dengo (Ita) 1918 Ugo Bianchi (Ita) 1917 Domenico Schierano (Ita) 1916 Francesco Cerutti (Ita) 1915 Natale Bosco (Ita) 1914 Giuseppe Santhia (Ita) 1913 Romolo Verde (Ita) 1912 Costante Costa (Ita) 1911 Mario Bruchera (Ita) 1910 Vincenzo Borgarello (Ita) 1908 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) 1907 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) 1906 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
