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13th GP Costa degli Etruschi - 1.1Italy, February 9, 20082007 Results Start List Results Past winners Petacchi claims fourth winTeam Milram's Alessandro Petacchi made it four in a row with his win at the GP Costa degli Etruschi on Saturday. The race serves as the Italian season opener. Gabriele Balducci (Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) and Francesco Chicchi (Team Liquigas) finished second and third in the final sprint. "It's always beautiful to win the debut because it gives you a morale boost and pushes you to work always harder," said Petacchi. "I felt very good. I have worked a lot harder this winter - on the bike, with specific training and activities that did not take my knee awhile to recover." The 34 year-old broke his kneecap during the Giro d'Italia in 2006 and suffered from the aftereffects of the injury for a long time. "Near the end, with about two kilometers remaining, I lost the draft of my team-mates because of the poor riding in front of me - I was afraid of falling. Then in the last curve, I made a big move and got back onto the wheel of my train. In the end I was flying to a good win." "For me, this race is world-class," said the second placed Balducci. "The team is happy with my condition. We demonstrated today the height of our form and rode well and with concentration." Dainius Kairelis of Team Ceramica Flamina dominated most of the race. After only 17 km, he took off on a solo breakaway, gaining a lead of up to 20 minutes on the peloton. The bunch let him stay away for 170 km, but at last the sprinters' teams tracked him down and he was swallowed up with only nine kilometers to go. Milram held things together through to the end, when it set up the winning sprint. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
Results 193 km1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.50.10 (39.908 km/h) 2 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 6 Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloword 8 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangimi - Kio Ene 11 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 12 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 14 Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil 15 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 16 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 17 Domenico Agosta (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 18 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes 19 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 20 Pierpaolo Tondo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 21 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 22 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 23 Miguel Angel Martinez (Fra) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 24 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 25 Donato Cannone (Ita) NGC Medical -OTC Indus.Porte 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 27 Frank Dressler (Ger) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 28 Roberto Cobo Gonzalez (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 29 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 30 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 31 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 32 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 33 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 34 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 35 Grega Bole (Slo) Adria Mobil 36 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 37 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Adria Mobil 38 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 39 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) NGC Medical -OTC Indus.Porte 40 Laurent Beuret (Swi) NGC Medical -OTC Indus.Porte 41 Zott Der SBR19830325 Centri Della Calzatura - Partizan 42 Shaun Davel (RSA) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 43 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Barloword 44 Vtautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 45 Michaèl Baer (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 46 Denis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 47 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 48 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 49 Sebastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 50 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura - Partizan 52 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 53 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 54 Luciano Andrè Pagliarini Mendoca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 55 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 57 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Radenska KD Financial Point 58 Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 59 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Adria Mobil 60 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 61 Artur Krol (Pol) Centri Della Calzatura - Partizan 62 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 63 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 64 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 65 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 66 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 67 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 68 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 69 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Adria Mobil 70 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 71 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 72 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 73 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 74 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Cinelli - OPD 75 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 76 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 77 Michael Stevenson M. (Swe) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 78 Bajc Andi (Slo) Radenska KD Financial Point 79 Jure Zrimek (Slo) Adria Mobil 80 Boris Shpilevskiy (Rus) Preti Mangimi - Kio Ene 81 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 82 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloword 83 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 84 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 85 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 86 Fabio Ciccarese (Ita) Cinelli - OPD 87 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 88 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 89 Fabio Giglioli (Ita) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 90 Soren Nissen (Den) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 91 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 92 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 93 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 94 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 95 Jure Zagar J. (Slo) Adria Mobil 96 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 98 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 99 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 100 Aleksander Kuschynski BRL19791027 Liquigas 101 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 102 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 103 Maurilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 104 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 105 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 106 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes 107 Bruno Rizzi (Ita) NGC Medical -OTC Indus.Porte 108 Andre Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 109 Steven Fogen (Lux) Preti Mangimi - Kio Ene 110 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Preti Mangimi - Kio Ene 111 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 112 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 113 Flrian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 114 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 115 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 116 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 117 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 118 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi - Kio Ene 119 Marco Ghiselli (Ita) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 120 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Barloword 121 Juan Pablo Dotti (Arg) Cinelli - OPD 122 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 123 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 124 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 125 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 126 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 127 Francesco Belotti (Ita) Barloword 128 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Preti Mangimi - Kio Ene 129 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 130 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 131 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 132 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 133 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 134 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 135 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 136 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi - Kio Ene Start list
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