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70th Giro del Lazio - 1.HC
Italy, September 18, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
Another big one for Flecha
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A month after winning the Championship of Zurich, one day specialist Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) has added another big triumph to his palmares. The Spaniard with Argentinean roots won a 22 rider group sprint ahead of Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) and Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile). The group had escaped on the third climb of the day with 55 km to go, and remained intact until the finish.
"I'm beginning to get a taste of winning in a sprint," joked Flecha after the finish. "We had four Fassas in the 22 and we were first looking at reducing the selection, as Ferretti had told us to do when we started the finishing circuits. But then we saw the tight cohesion of our breakaway companions, so we decided to bet everything on a sprint. Ferretti asked me how I felt about doing the sprint and I answered him yes. My teammates did an exceptional job in the finale because there were so many attempts to attack. In the last kilometre, Bertagnolli attacked and I followed him. With 500m to go, I turned and saw Savoldelli jump. I managed to get behind him and I jumped with about 150m to go.
"After the Tour de France I found the condition that I was looking for for some time and in the Championship of Zurich, part of the World Cup, and the Giro del Lazio, I won the right prize after a year of hard work. And then yesterday I turned 27, and even though it's a little delayed, I have received a gift."
How it unfolded
176 riders started the race shortly after midday, with Niklas Axelsson (Barloworld) the only non-starter. The opening hour was typically Italian and slow, with just 30.2 km covered. The attacks started in the second hour, but everything was neutralised with the riders covering 40.6 km. The first mountain sprint at Palestrina was taken by Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) ahead of Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa), Leonardo Giordani (De Nardi), Gianni Faresin (Gerolsteiner) and Marco Fertonani (Phonak). On the descent (km 107), Marco Serpellini (Gerolsteiner) attacked and immediately gained ground, reaching a 1'53 lead in just eight kilometres.
Serpellini was still alone as he crested the day's second GPM at Rocca Priora (km 124) with 1'06 ahead of Przemyslaw Niemec (Miche) and 2'12 ahead of Emanuele Sella (Panaria) and the peloton. Niemec was caught by the peloton on the Campi di Annibale (km 140), with Serpellini surviving to the top with a 25 second lead over Gilberto Simoni (Saeco), then Dario Frigo (Fassa), Leonardo Bertagnolli (Saeco) and Luca Mazzanti (Panaria) and 17 others. Serpellini was caught and a lead group of 22 formed with Basso (CSC), Nocentini (Acqua e Sapone), Noè (Alessio), Sella, Mazzanti (Panaria), Giordani (De Nardi), Giunti, Kolobnev, Simeoni (Domina Vacanze), Bruseghin, Flecha, Frigo, Petito (Fassa), Faresin, Serpellini (Gerolsteiner), Barbero (Lampre), Fertonani (Phonak), Bertagnolli, Simoni (Saeco), Missaglia (Lampre), Savoldelli and Ullrich (T-Mobile).
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On the finishing circuit in Nettuno, the attacks were started individually by Giordani, Frigo and Sella. Each time they were caught. The first time across the line it was Simoni and Kolobnev with a 0'05 advantage over the rest of the group, which was led by the four Fassa Bortolo riders. On the second lap, the group stayed together and had built up a 2'48 advantage over the main peloton. Fassa, having the numbers, kept it together for the third and final lap, hoping to lead out Flecha for the sprint.
The only disruption came when Savoldelli attacked with 500m to go, but was caught with 200m out by Flecha, who held off Simoni and Ullrich to win the 70th Giro del Lazio. Marco Serpellini took out the climber's trophy.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) wins the 70th Giro del Lazio
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) after finishing second in the Giro del Lazio
- A happy Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) with his trophy
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) salutes from the podium
- The podium (L to R): Gilberto Simoni (2nd), Juan Antonio Flecha (1st) and Jan Ullrich (3rd)
Results - 196 km
1 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4.44.53 (41.280 km/h) 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 6 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 8 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 11 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) T-Mobile Team 13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 14 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 19 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 0.03 21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 0.08 22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 0.25 23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.56 24 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 25 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 26 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 27 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 29 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 30 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 33 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 34 Gene Michael Bates (Aus) Saeco 35 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 36 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 37 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 38 Graziano Recinella (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 39 Sergiy Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 40 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 41 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 42 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 43 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 44 Francesco Failli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 45 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 46 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 47 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 48 Francisco Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 49 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 50 David Mcpartland (Aus) Tenax 51 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 Danilo Andreacci (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 53 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 54 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 57 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 59 Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 61 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 62 Roman Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 65 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 66 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 68 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 71 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 72 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 75 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 76 Jaun Josè Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 79 Santo Anza' (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 80 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 81 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 82 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 83 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 84 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 85 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 86 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 87 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 88 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 89 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 90 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 91 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 92 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 93 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 94 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 95 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 96 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 97 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 98 Arnas Diaz (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Massimiliano Martella (Ita) Miche Starters: 176 Classified: 99
Past winners
2003 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2002 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2001 Massimo Donati (Ita) Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola 2000 Max Sciandri (Gbr) 1999 Sergio Barbero (Ita) 1998 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1997 Alessandro Baronti (Ita) 1996 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1995 Pascal Richard (Swi) 1994 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1993 Pascal Richard (Swi) 1992 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1991 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1990 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1989 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1988 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1987 Roberto Pagnin (Ita) 1986 Urs Zimmermann (Swi) 1985 Bruno Leali (Ita) 1984 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1983 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1982 Dag-Erik Pedersen (Ned) 1981 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1980 Bernt Johansson (Swe) 1979 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1978 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1977 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1976 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1974 Roberto Poggiali (Ita) 1973 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) 1972 Martin Van den Bossche (Bel) 1971 Franco Mori (Ita) 1970 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1969 Falviano Vicentini (Ita) 1968 Giancarlo Polidori (Ita) 1967 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1966 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1965 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1964 Bruno Mealli (Ita) 1963 Adriano Durante (Ita) 1962 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1961 Bruno Mealli (Ita) 1960 Giuseppe Fallarini (Ita) 1959 Diego Ronchini (Ita) 1958 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1957 Ercole Baldini (Ita) 1956 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1955 Loretto Petrucci (Ita) 1954 Angelo Conterno (Ita) 1953 Giorgio Albani (Ita) 1952 Dante Rivola (Ita) 1951 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1950 Annibal Brasola (Ita) 1949 Virgilio Salimbeni (Ita) 1948 Pitro Giudici (Ita) and Ugo Tognarelli (Ita) 1947 Michele Motta (Ita) 1946 Zoarino Guidi (Ita) 1945 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1943 Quirino Tocaccelli (Ita) 1942 Osvaldo Bailo (Ita) 1941 Adolfo Leoni (Ita) 1940 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1939 Mario Vicini (Ita) 1938 Cesare Del Cancia (Ita) 1937 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1936 Rinaldi Gerini (Ita) 1935 Giuseppe Martano (Ita) 1934 Renato Scorticati (Ita) 1933 Giovanni Valetti (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
