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46th Trofeo Laigueglia - 1.1
Italy, February 21, 2009
2008 Results Results Past Winners
Ginanni takes Laigueglia over Pozzato
By Gregor Brown
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Francesco Ginanni of Diquigiovanni-Androni won the 46th Trofeo Laigueglia Saturday along the waterfront in Italy's Liguria region. The Italian benefited from an escape of teammate Michele Scarponi to conquer Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) and Enrico Rossi (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) in the sprint.
"It is a great victory, and I am happy to have crossed the line of Laigueglia ahead of some of the most talented riders," said Ginanni to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Scarponi aided Ginanni with an escape that forced the other teams to spend energy in their chase. Scarponi's move ended in the final kilometre of the 176.1-kilometre race.
Davide Rebellin, recent winner of two stages of the Vuelta a Andalucía, led-out for teammate Ginanni in the sprint of around 25 riders. The Corsa Ligure was the team's 11th win so far this season.
Ginanni captured his first win of his second year as a professional. He recently placed fourth in the GP Etruschi. Last year he won four races in total.
Results - 176.1km
1 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.33.02 (38,699km/h) 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha 3 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) CarmioOro - A-Style 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 6 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 7 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) Amica Chips-Knauf 9 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross 14 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 15 Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 16 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross 17 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 19 Rodrigo García (Spa) Miche - Silver Cross 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 21 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 23 Chris Froome (Ken) Barloworld 24 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 25 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 26 Dario Cioni (Ita) ISD 27 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 0.16 29 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.21 30 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 31 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Katusha 0.25 32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.44 33 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.07 34 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-NGC 35 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC 36 Anders Lund (Den) Saxo Bank 37 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 38 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 39 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 40 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) ISD 41 Ben Swift (GBr) Katusha 42 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 43 Jure Kocjan (Slo) CarmioOro - A-Style 44 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 45 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 46 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 47 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) Team Piemonte 49 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 50 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura 51 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 52 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 53 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 54 Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 55 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 56 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Katusha 57 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58 Iker Camaño (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 59 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 60 Sören Nissen (Den) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 61 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 62 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 63 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Katusha 64 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 65 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 66 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 67 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri della Calzatura 68 Tom Criel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 5.06 69 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 70 Simone Bruson (Ita) Team Piemonte 71 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 72 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 73 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 74 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 75 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 76 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 77 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg-Corratec 78 Edwin Andrés Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) Miche - Silver Cross 79 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 80 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 81 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Saxo Bank 82 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 83 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 84 Alexander Serov (Rus) Katusha 85 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 86 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 87 Daniele Colli (Ita) CarmioOro - A-Style 88 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 89 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 90 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 91 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Team Corratec 92 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 93 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD Number of starters: 179
Past winners
2008 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2007 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2006 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2005 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2004 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) 2003 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) 2002 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) 2001 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 2000 Daniele Nardello (Ita) 1999 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) 1998 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) 1997 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1996 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1995 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1994 Rolf Sorensen (Den) 1993 Lance Armstrong (USA) 1992 Sammy Moreels (Bel) 1991 Pascal Richard (Swi) 1990 Rolf Sorensen (Den) 1989 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) 1988 Paolo Cimini (Ita) 1987 Gilbert Glaus (Swi) 1986 Mauro Longo (Ita) 1985 Ron Kiefel (USA) 1984 Giuseppe Petito (Ita) 1983 Claudio Torelli (Ita) 1982 Teo De Rooy (Ned) 1981 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1980 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1979 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) 1978 Knut Knudsen (Nor) 1977 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1976 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1975 Giambattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1974 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1973 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1972 Wilmo Francioni (Ita) 1971 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1970 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1969 Claudio Michelotto (Ita) 1968 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1967 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1966 Antonio Bailetti (Ita) 1965 Marino Vigna (Ita) 1964 Guido Neri (Ita)
