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Gran Premio dell'Insubria- 1.1
Switzerland, February 28, 2009
Gianni blasts again in Insubria
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Francesco Ginanni fired back Saturday in Lugano, Switzerland, with another important win in the GP Insubria only seven days after he triumphed in the Trofeo Laigueglia. The 23-year-old Diquigiovanni-Androni rider sprinted clear of Enrico Rossi (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) and Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) after 177 kilometres of racing.
He dedicated his win to the former director of the Italian sports newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport. "This win is dedicated to Candido Cannavò because he loved cycling," said Gianni.
Team Diquigiovanni controlled Insubria as it did in Laigueglia, specifically with Olympic silver medallist Davide Rebellin. Ginanni's teammate broke up the group in the final four kilometres on a climb and then led out Ginanni in the final 500 metres.
Ginanni is a hot favourite for the Milano-Sanremo, March 21, thanks to his recent wins. The Italian from Pistoia has five race wins in the last seven months. He won the Giro del Veneto, Tre Valli Varesine and GP Carnaghese all in August 2008.
Diquigiovanni worked hard for the Saturday's race win. The team pulled back an early three-man escape with David Loosli (Lampre-NGC), Ronny Scholz (Milram) and Fredrik Kessiakoff (Fuji-Servetto). The move lasted for 150 kilometres, at one point it had 7:45 over the main group.
The GP Insubria takes the place of the GP Chiasso, last held in 2007. (GB)
Results - 177km
1 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.12.51 (42km/h) 2 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 4 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura 5 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) CarmioOro - A-Style 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) Amica Chips-Knauf 9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-NGC 10 Ben Swift (GBr) Katusha 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 14 Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 15 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 16 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 17 Marcus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 19 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 20 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg-Corratec 21 Jure Kocjan (Slo) CarmioOro - A-Style 22 Edoardo Girardi (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 23 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram 24 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 26 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 27 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 28 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 29 Alexander Serov (Rus) Katusha 30 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 31 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 32 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 33 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 34 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 35 Peter Velits (Svk) Milram 36 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 37 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 38 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Katusha 39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Katusha 40 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 41 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 42 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 43 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 44 Peter Kusztor (Hun) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 45 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 46 Nico Keinath (Ger) Nazionale Elettronica - New Slot - Hadimec 47 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 48 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Gianluca Coletta (Ita) Centri della Calzatura 50 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 51 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri della Calzatura 52 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) PSK Whirlpool-Author 53 Christopher Duperrut (Swi) Nazionale Elettronica - New Slot - Hadimec 54 Marco Ghiselli (Ita) Nazionale Elettronica - New Slot - Hadimec 55 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 56 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Milram 57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 58 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Katusha 59 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Katusha 61 Michaël Bär (Swi) Nazionale Elettronica - New Slot - Hadimec 62 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 63 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 64 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 65 Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 66 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre-NGC 67 Dan Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 68 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 69 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 70 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 71 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 72 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 73 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 74 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 75 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 76 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis 77 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 78 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 79 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 80 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 81 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 82 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 83 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 84 Alessandro Raisoni (Ita) CarmioOro - A-Style 85 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 86 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 87 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 88 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 89 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 90 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis 91 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 0.22 92 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 0.23 93 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 94 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Katusha 95 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 96 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 97 Elias Schmäh (Swi) Vorarlberg-Corratec 98 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 99 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 0.27 100 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 101 Leopold König (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 102 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 103 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 104 Florian Salzinger (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 0.32 105 Marco Cattaneo (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 0.33 106 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 107 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg-Corratec 108 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 109 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-NGC 110 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 111 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 112 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 0.35 113 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.33 114 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 115 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 116 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 117 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Nazionale Elettronica - New Slot - Hadimec 0.35 118 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 1.11 119 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 120 Janick Wisler (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 121 Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 122 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 123 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC 124 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 125 Luca Fioretti (Ita) Centri della Calzatura 1.17 126 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 127 Sante Di Nizio (Ita) Nazionale Elettronica - New Slot - Hadimec 128 Danilo Andrenacci (Ita) Nazionale Elettronica - New Slot - Hadimec 129 Luigi Sestili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 130 Thomas Kvist (Den) Quick Step 131 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) CarmioOro - A-Style 132 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 133 Fabio Negri (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 134 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Milram 135 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 136 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 137 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 1.23 138 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg-Corratec 1.45 139 Artur Krol (Pol) Centri della Calzatura 140 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-NGC 141 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) CarmioOro - A-Style 142 Frank Scherzinger (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 143 Armando Camelo (Ita) Nazionale Elettronica - New Slot - Hadimec 1.52 144 Timo Honstein (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 1.59
