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1st Coppa dei Laghi - 1.1
Italy, March 25, 2006
21 year-old beats the best
By Anthony Tan
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A 21 year-old former track sprinter from Umbria has taken her biggest career victory after winning the first edition of the Coppa dei Laghi. Monia Baccaille, who rides for the Saccarelli Emu Marsciano team, took advantage of a late regrouping and used both speed and power to beat her more experienced rivals Diana Ziliute (Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan) and Svetlana Bubnenkova (Fenix Colnago) to the line. Another Italian, Tatiana Guderzo (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo), finished fourth.
"My first win at last!" exclaimed Baccaille, who hails from the town of Marciano in the Regione Umbria and is only in her second year as a professional on the road. "I started the final sprint from a long way out - but that's just what I like."
"This definitely is a great win by Monia," said a gracious second placegetter Diana Ziliute.
The race began in Salò at 9.30am, with 102 riders from 13 teams and 21 different nationalities represented. The peloton remained together until roughly 30 kilometres to go in the 105 kilometre event, when four riders - Fabiana Luperini, Susanne Ljungskog, Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel and Svetlana Bubnenkova - attacked on the climb of Lodrino. By the crest of the climb (km 81), a chase group of eight were 35 seconds behind, including Nicole Brändli, Andrea Graus, Edita Pucinskaite, Modesta Vzesniauskaite, Annette Beutler, Tatiana Guderzo, Cindy Pieters and Sharon Van Dromme.
On the descent, Luperini lost touch with the lead group while Melchers suffered an untimely puncture and was forced out of the picture. Ten kilometres from the finish, the two riders remaining from the original breakaway, Ljungskog and Bubnenkova, increased their advantage ever so slightly to a maximum 40 seconds, but the regrouping of the peloton with the first chase group put paid to their chances, leading to the pair's recapture just three kilometres from the finish in Idro.
In the sprint to the line, it was the ecstatic fresh face of Monia Baccaille (Saccarelli Emu Marsciano) who imposed her finishing speed on Diana Ziliute and a tiring Bubnenkova to earn her first professional career victory.
Results - 204 km
1 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 2.46.56 (37.740 km/h) 2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 3 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenix Colnago 4 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 5 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 6 Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel (Ned) Buitenopoort-Flexpoint Team 7 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No 8 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenopoort-Flexpoint Team 10 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 11 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) A.S. Team F.R.W. 12 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Buitenopoort-Flexpoint Team 13 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 14 Trine Hansen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 15 Veronica Leal Balderas (Mex) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 16 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 17 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 18 Volha Hayeva (Blr) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 19 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 20 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 21 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No 22 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 23 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Buitenopoort-Flexpoint Team 0.07 24 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 25 Evelyn Garcia (ESa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 26 Zulfiya Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 0.10 27 Chiara Rozzini (Ita) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 2.59 28 Clemida Fernandes Silva (Bra) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 3.04 29 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 30 Iturriagaechevarria M. Eneritz (Spa) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 31 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 32 Karin Aune (Swe) Michela Fanini Record Rox 33 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 34 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenopoort-Flexpoint Team 35 Maya Adamsen (Den) Fenix Colnago 36 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 37 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 38 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 39 Lise Christensen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 40 Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) Fenix Colnago 41 Eloide Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 42 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenopoort-Flexpoint Team 43 Miyoko Karami (Jpn) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 44 Monika Furrer (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 45 Rosane Kirch (Bra) Michela Fanini Record Rox 46 Martina Corazza TA A.S. Team F.R.W. 47 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 48 Laura Morfin (Mex) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 49 Eva Lechner (Ita) Fenix Colnago 6.09 50 Elena Andreeva (Rus) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 51 Miek Vyncke (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 52 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 53 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 54 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 55 Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) A.S. Team F.R.W. 56 Mette Ficher Andersen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 57 Rombouts Sandra (Ned) Buitenopoort-Flexpoint Team 58 Sabrina Bernardi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 59 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W. 60 Gessica Turato (Ita) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 61 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 62 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 63 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 64 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 6.20 65 Loes Sels (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 66 Alessandra D'ettore (Ita) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 7.45 67 Elena Stramoxsova (Rus) Fenix Colnago 8.02 68 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 69 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 70 Uenia Fernandes Da Silva (Bra) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 71 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 72 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 73 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 74 Anna Dal Ferro (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 75 Maria Fanucchi (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 76 Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 77 Ketty Manfrin (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W. 78 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Elk Haus No 79 Valeria Pintos (Arg) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 80 Katharina Blum (Ger) Elk Haus No 81 Katia Longhin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 82 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) Michela Fanini Record Rox 83 Lidia Arcangeli (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 84 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 85 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 86 Francesca Tognali (Ita) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 87 Francesca Andina (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 88 Ilaria Rinaldi (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 89 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 90 Indra Januleviciute (Ltu) A.S. Team F.R.W. 91 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W. 92 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No 93 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini 94 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 95 Lisa Bacchiavini (Ita) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 96 Aline Parsy (Fra) Fenix Colnago 97 Maria Cazzola (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 98 Karin Wieser (Aut) Elk Haus No 99 Samantha Profumo (Ita) SC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 102 starters 99 finished
