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1st Giro della Provincia di Grosseto - 2.1
Italy, February 15-17, 2008
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Stage 2 - February 16: Campagnatico - Orbetello, 167km
Orbetello stage annulled
By Gregor Brown and Susan Westemeyer
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The second stage of the Giro della Provincia di Grosseto was annulled by the race jury following protest by the riders, who claimed the final kilometres too unsafe. The peloton approached the final kilometre together and did not contest the sprint.
The riders viewed the curves and narrow roads in the final kilometre as too dangerous, although the president of the organising group, Adriano Amici, disagreed. "The finale was the same that was proposed to the Italian cycling federation technical commission for approval," said Amici. "There were no variations ... The presence of dangerous curves in the final kilometre of this stage were communicated to the teams during the pre-race meeting on Thursday."
Team Silence-Lotto was not even able to protest because it did not start the stage. The Belgian formation of Volodymyr Bileka and Yaroslav Popovych had 16 of its bikes stolen overnight and were subsequently unable to race. According to the team, an "organised gang" broke the windows of a team car and pushed it away, giving them access to the team truck. They then took eight racing bikes, eight reserve bikes and a number of spare tires.
The stage was marked by an early escape with Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre), Laurent Mangel (Ag2r), Elias Schmaeh (Team Volksbank), Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Nicolas Hartmann (Cofidis) and Sergio Ghisalberti (Team Milram). The move started at kilometre 31 and lasted until 78, with a maximum advantage of 2'20".
During the last finishing circuit, the group remained together and crossed the line as one.
Italian Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas), winner of stage one, remains the overall leader with the final stage tomorrow – 184 kilometres, starting and ending in Grosseto.
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Rider roll out for the day.
- Sunny weather in stage two.
- Passage to the final kilometre.
- Riders approach the final kilometre – neutralized.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) talks with the Adriano Amici, president of the organising group.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- A sunny day for some.
- A small escape makes its way.
- The peloton rolls in stage two, from Campagnatico to Orbetello.
- Riders gather at the start.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) takes to the podium after the cancelled stage.
- Race leader Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) talks with the course director regarding the parcours' risks.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) puts on a classification jersey.
- Andrea Noè (Liquigas) in the team's train.
- Race leader Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) in the white jersey.
Results
Stage anulled General classification after stage 2 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8.37.42 2 Grega Bole (Slo) Adria Mobil 0.05 3 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 0.07 4 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.09 5 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 0.10 6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.12 7 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.13 8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 9 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 10 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 13 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 14 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 15 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 16 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 17 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 18 Luis Felipe Laverde (Col) CSF Group Navigare 19 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 20 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 21 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 22 Donato Cannone (Ita) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte 23 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 24 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 25 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 26 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 27 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 28 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 29 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Adria Mobil 30 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Adria Mobil 31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.30 32 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 0.37 33 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 1.19 34 Miguel Rubiano Chávez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 1.21 35 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.22 36 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis 37 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 38 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.23 39 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 40 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 41 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 42 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 43 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 44 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 45 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 47 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 48 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 49 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 50 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 51 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 52 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 53 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Ag2r-La Mondiale 54 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 55 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 56 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 57 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 58 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 59 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 60 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 61 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 62 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 63 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 64 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 65 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 66 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r-La Mondiale 67 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 68 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Ag2r-La Mondiale 69 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 70 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 71 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 72 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 73 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 74 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 75 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 76 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 77 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangimi 78 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 82 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 83 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 84 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 85 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte 86 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 87 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 88 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 89 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 90 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Hadimec-Nazionale Elettronica 91 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 92 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 93 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 94 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 95 Americo Novembrini (Col) Hadimec-Nazionale Elettronica 96 Julian Munoz (Col) Hadimec-Nazionale Elettronica 97 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Nippo-Endeka 98 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 99 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Radenska KD Financial Point 100 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 101 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 102 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 103 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 104 Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil 105 Francesco Reda (Ita) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte 106 Matej Gnezda (Slo) Radenska KD Financial Point 107 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 108 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 109 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 110 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 111 Juan Pablo Dotti (Arg) Cinelli-OPD 112 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 113 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 114 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 115 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 116 Santo Anzà (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 117 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 118 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 119 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Preti Mangimi 120 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 121 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Preti Mangimi 122 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo-Endeka 123 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 124 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Preti Mangimi 125 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 126 Stefan Koychev Hristov (Bul) Nippo-Endeka 127 Sören Nissen (Den) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 128 Florian Salzinger (Ger) Hadimec-Nazionale Elettronica 129 Uros Murn (Slo) Adria Mobil 130 Marino Palandri (Ita) Nippo-Endeka 3.12 131 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo-Endeka 132 Bruno Rizzi (Ita) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte 133 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.27 134 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.02 135 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 7.53 136 Zott Der (Srb) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 137 Jure Zagar (Slo) Adria Mobil 138 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Adria Mobil 139 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis 8.17 140 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 8.41 141 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Cinelli-OPD 142 Gianluca Cavalli (Ita) Cinelli-OPD 143 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte 8.44 144 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 145 Domenico Agosta (Ita) Nippo-Endeka 146 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Cinelli-OPD 147 Alexey Shchebelin (Rus) Cinelli-OPD 148 Bostjan Rezman (Slo) Radenska KD Financial Point 149 Andi Bajc (Slo) Radenska KD Financial Point 150 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangimi 9.42 151 Artur Krol (Pol) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 152 Alfonso Falzarano (Ita) Cinelli-OPD 10.30 153 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangimi 10.33 154 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 10.57 155 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 156 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 157 Esad Hasanovic (Srb) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 158 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 159 Marco Ghiselli (Ita) Hadimec-Nazionale Elettronica 160 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka 161 Fader Ardila (Col) Hadimec-Nazionale Elettronica 162 David Tratnik (Slo) Radenska KD Financial Point 163 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 11.21 164 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 12.46 165 Bálint Szeghalmi (Hun) Cinelli-OPD 166 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 167 Sante Di Nizio (Ita) Hadimec-Nazionale Elettronica 168 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Cinelli-OPD 169 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte 170 Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec-Nazionale Elettronica 171 Francesco Tizza (Ita) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte
