13th Giro delle Regioni - 2.Ncup

Italy, April 26-May 1, 2008

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Stage 2 - April 27: Cassino - Ferentino, 153.5km

Van Vinden in photo finish

In a photo finish sprint Dutchman Dennis Van Vinden beat Ben Swift of the Great Britain National Team. Sacha Modolo of the Italian B team took over the yellow with his third place in the bunch sprint.
The new leader, Modolo, scored his another third place, same place where he finished in stage 1. He said that"I was lacking courage... When we were going 70km/h, it was dangerous."
The race was marked by the escape of Oleh Opryshko of the Ukrainian National Team and Alessandro Colo, who rides for the Italian B squad. They were finally reeled in at kilometre 77, with 13 riders escaping and getting a maximum advantage of 50 seconds. After almost 100km covered, the break was brought back and Russian Dmitry Sokolov went off the front. The two-time European Champion got also brought back again, after 115km.
Despite several attempts of getting a break going it was the peloton which entered the final straightaway together and the mad dash to the line ensued.
Photography

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Dennis Van Vinden gives the thumbs up as he is satisfied with his stage 2 win.
The podium where Van Vinden in the centre is accompanied by runner-up Ben Swift (Great Britain, left) and Italian Sacha Modolo.
Sacha Modolo took over yellow from his compatriot Jacopo Guarnieri.
The youngsters have as many jerseys as the pros!
Results

1 Dennis Van Vinden (Ned) Dutch National Team            3.54.26 (39.286 km/h)
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain National Team                   
3 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian B National Team                    
4 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team                   
5 Thimas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team                 
6 Vitaly Buts (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                     
7 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Great Britain National Team             
8 Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Russian National Team                 
9 Pierpaolo De Negri (Ita) Italian A National Team              
10 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team                 
11 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team                     
12 Travis Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team                  
13 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danish National Team                 
14 Rob Rvijgh (Ned) Dutch National Team                         
15 Andrey Kyuev (Rus) Russian National Team                     
16 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                  
17 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team                     
18 Ronning Vinter Troels (Den) Danish National Team             
19 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Mixed Team                  
20 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team                     
21 Hichem Chabane (Alg) Mixed Team                              
22 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team                     
23 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Belgian National Team                    
24 Marcel Fischer (Ger) German National Team                    
25 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team                       
26 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Australian National Team             
27 Pavel Konchetkov (Rus) Russian National Team                 
28 Jozef Palcak (Svk) Slovakian National Team                   
29 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian B National Team              
30 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Italian B National Team               
31 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Italian A National Team             
32 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Italian B National Team               
33 Andi Bajc (Slo) Slovenian National Team                      
34 Edgaras Kovaliovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team            
35 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team                  
36 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team                      
37 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team                      
38 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team                    
39 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portuguese National Team               
40 Mirko Battaglini (Ita) Italian A National Team               
41 Aurelien Duval (Fra) French National Team                    
42 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team                 
43 Cesar Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team                   
44 Roman Maximov (Rus) Russian National Team                    
45 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Dutch National Team                     
46 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team                    
47 Christofer Juul-Jensen (Den) Danish National Team            
48 Damien Branaa (Fra) French National Team                     
49 Alessandro Colo' (Ita) Italian B National Team           0.13
50 David Piva (Bel) Belgian National Team                       
51 Samuel Coelho (Por) Portuguese National Team                 
52 Konrad Czajkowski (Pol) Polish National Team                 
53 Alessandro Mazzi (Ita) Italian A National Team               
54 Remi Cusin (Fra) French National Team                        
55 Egor Silin (Rus) Russian National Team                       
56 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Great Britain National Team             
57 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team               
58 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team                    
59 Rikke Dijkthoorn (Ned) Dutch National Team                   
60 Blel Kadri (Fra) French National Team                        
61 Artis Roze (Lat) Latvian National Team                       
62 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team                       
63 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team                             
64 Martin Mahdiar (Svk) Slovakian National Team                 
65 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team                     
66 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Belgian National Team               0.42
67 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team               2.08
68 Tomas Mice (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                    
69 Istvan Cziraki (Hun) Hungarian National Team             3.26
70 Mantas Bliakevieius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team       6.22
71 Yury Yazepchyk (Blr) Belarusian National Team            7.23
72 Clinton Avery (NZl) Mixed Team                               
73 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Slovakian National Team                    
74 Jakub Novak (Svk) Slovakian National Team                    
75 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team                  
76 Wout Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team                         
77 Philip Ries (Ger) German National Team                       
78 Dejan Bajt (Slo) Slovenian National Team                     
79 Daniel Oss (Ita) Italian A National Team                     
80 Johnny Walker (Aus) Australian National Team                 
81 Florian Frohn (Ger) German National Team                     
82 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Italian A National Team               
83 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Polish National Team                   
84 Hayden Josefski (Aus) Australian National Team           9.53
85 Zoltan Mecseri (Hun) Hungarian National Team                 
86 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team           14.16
87 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team              14.24
88 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Italian B National Team                   
89 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team        14.25
90 Marcel Kittel (Ger) German National Team                14.36
91 Gabor Fejes (Hun) Hungarian National Team                    
92 Aliaksei Sakavets (Blr) Belarusian National Team        15.16
93 Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenian National Team                     
94 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Belarusian National Team            
95 Enrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team              
96 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team               
97 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team               
98 Mykhailo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team             
99 Kanstantsin Shkredau (Blr) Belarusian National Team          
100 Aliaksander Sinelnikaua (Blr) Belarusian National Team      
101 Ricardo Pereira (Por) Portuguese National Team              
102 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain National Team              
103 Andriy Suravlov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team               
104 Patrik Tybor (Svk) Slovakian National Team                  
105 Radoslaw Kwiatkowski (Pol) Polish National Team             
106 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team                    
107 Gints Reinolds (Lat) Latvian National Team             26.37
108 Mark McNally (GBr) Great Britain National Team         27.49
DNF Artur Tarasau (Blr) Belarusian National Team                
DNF Rafaa Chtiqui (Tun) Mixed Team                              
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian B National Team             7.10.02
2 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team                   
3 Pierpaolo De Negri (Ita) Italian A National Team              
4 Dennis Van Vinden (Ned) Dutch National Team                   
5 Vitaly Buts (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                     
6 Thimas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team                 
7 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Great Britain National Team             
8 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team                      
9 Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Russian National Team                 
10 Hichem Chabane (Alg) Mixed Team                              
11 Andrey Kyuev (Rus) Russian National Team                     
12 Rob Rvijgh (Ned) Dutch National Team                         
13 Ronning Vinter Troels (Den) Danish National Team             
14 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team                     
15 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team                 
16 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team                       
17 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team                      
18 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Australian National Team             
19 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain National Team                  
20 Cesar Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team                   
21 Pavel Konchetkov (Rus) Russian National Team                 
22 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                  
23 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danish National Team                 
24 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Belgian National Team                    
25 Travis Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team                  
26 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team                  
27 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Mixed Team                  
28 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team                     
29 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team                     
30 Aurelien Duval (Fra) French National Team                    
31 Jozef Palcak (Svk) Slovakian National Team                   
32 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team                    
33 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team                      
34 Mirko Battaglini (Ita) Italian A National Team               
35 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Italian A National Team             
36 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian B National Team              
37 Marcel Fischer (Ger) German National Team                    
38 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Italian B National Team               
39 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Dutch National Team                     
40 Andi Bajc (Slo) Slovenian National Team                      
41 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Italian B National Team               
42 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team                 
43 Damien Branaa (Fra) French National Team                     
44 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portuguese National Team               
45 Christofer Juul-Jensen (Den) Danish National Team            
46 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team                    
47 Roman Maximov (Rus) Russian National Team                    
48 Samuel Coelho (Por) Portuguese National Team             0.13
49 David Piva (Bel) Belgian National Team                       
50 Konrad Czajkowski (Pol) Polish National Team                 
51 Artis Roze (Lat) Latvian National Team                       
52 Blel Kadri (Fra) French National Team                        
53 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team                    
54 Alessandro Colo' (Ita) Italian B National Team               
55 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team               
56 Remi Cusin (Fra) French National Team                        
57 Egor Silin (Rus) Russian National Team                       
58 Rikke Dijkthoorn (Ned) Dutch National Team                   
59 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Great Britain National Team             
60 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team                       
61 Mario Contreras (ESa) Mixed Team                             
62 Alessandro Mazzi (Ita) Italian A National Team           0.33
63 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team                 0.38
64 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Belgian National Team               0.42
65 Edgaras Kovaliovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team        1.14
66 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team               2.08
67 Tomas Mice (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team                    
68 Istvan Cziraki (Hun) Hungarian National Team             3.26
69 Mantas Bliakevieius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team       6.22
70 Martin Mahdiar (Svk) Slovakian National Team             7.10
71 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Italian A National Team           7.23
72 Johnny Walker (Aus) Australian National Team                 
73 Clinton Avery (NZl) Mixed Team                               
74 Wout Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team                         
75 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Polish National Team                   
76 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Slovakian National Team                    
77 Philip Ries (Ger) German National Team                       
78 Florian Frohn (Ger) German National Team                     
79 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team                  
80 Yury Yazepchyk (Blr) Belarusian National Team            8.37
81 Jakub Novak (Svk) Slovakian National Team                    
82 Daniel Oss (Ita) Italian A National Team                     
83 Hayden Josefski (Aus) Australian National Team           9.53
84 Zoltan Mecseri (Hun) Hungarian National Team            11.07
85 Dejan Bajt (Slo) Slovenian National Team                13.46
86 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Italian B National Team              14.24
87 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team                   
88 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team        14.25
89 Marcel Kittel (Ger) German National Team                14.36
90 Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenian National Team                15.16
91 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team                     
92 Patrik Tybor (Svk) Slovakian National Team                   
93 Radoslaw Kwiatkowski (Pol) Polish National Team              
94 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team           15.30
95 Enrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team         15.36
96 Aliaksander Sinelnikaua (Blr) Belarusian National Team       
97 Ricardo Pereira (Por) Portuguese National Team               
98 Andriy Suravlov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                
99 Mykhailo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team        16.50
100 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Belarusian National Team      18.54
101 Gabor Fejes (Hun) Hungarian National Team                   
102 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain National Team         19.25
103 Aliaksei Sakavets (Blr) Belarusian National Team       19.52
104 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team         22.13
105 Kanstantsin Shkredau (Blr) Belarusian National Team    22.43
106 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team         27.29
107 Mark McNally (GBr) Great Britain National Team         32.07
108 Gints Reinolds (Lat) Latvian National Team             32.47
 
Points classification
 
1 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian B National Team                  32 pts
2 Dennis Van Vinden (Ned) Dutch National Team                 30
3 Pierpaolo De Negri (Ita) Italian A National Team            27
4 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team                 26
5 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Italian A National Team              25
6 Vitaly Buts (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                   20
7 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain National Team                 20
8 Thimas Vedel Kvist (Den) Danish National Team               19
9 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Great Britain National Team           17
10 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team                   14
11 Hichem Chabane (Alg) Mixed Team                             9
12 Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Russian National Team               8
13 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team                6
14 Johnny Walker (Aus) Australian National Team                6
15 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team                    5
16 Cesar Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team                  4
17 Travis Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team                 4
18 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danish National Team                3
19 Samuel Coelho (Por) Portuguese National Team                3
20 Rob Rvijgh (Ned) Dutch National Team                        2
21 Andrey Kyuev (Rus) Russian National Team                    1
22 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Alessandro Colo' (Ita) Italian B National Team              10 pts
2 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                  8
3 Vitaly Buts (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                    4
4 Marcel Fischer (Ger) German National Team                    3
5 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team                 2
6 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain National Team                  1
7 Remi Cusin (Fra) French National Team                        1
8 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team                  1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Marcel Fischer (Ger) German National Team                   12 pts
2 Daniel Oss (Ita) Italian A National Team                     4
3 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team                  4
4 Aurelien Duval (Fra) French National Team                    3
5 Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Russian National Team                   3
6 Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Russian National Team                2
7 Artis Roze (Lat) Latvian National Team                       2
8 Salvatore Mancuso (Ita) Italian B National Team              2
9 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Italian B National Team                   1
10 Kanstantsin Shkredau (Blr) Belarusian National Team         1
11 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Polish National Team                  1
12 Alessandro Colo' (Ita) Italian B National Team              1