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62nd GP Lugano - 1.1
Switzerland, March 1, 2009
2008 Results Results Past winners
Pauriol claims second Grand Prix in Lugano
On-form Rebellin misses out
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Rémi Pauriol of team Cofidis claimed his second win Sunday thanks to another Grand Prix, the GP Lugano. The Frenchman out-sprinted escape companion Davide Rebellin on the rain-soaked arrival. The Italian of team Diquigiovanni added a second place to his season palmarès that already includes two stage wins in the Vuelta a Andalucía.
"On the descent, in the rain, my muscles froze up," Rebellin told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "So I found myself helpless in the sprint."
Rebellin was very active in the race. He joined the move including Pauriol and his Cofidis teammate, Amaël Moinard, after their former companions – Linus Gerdemann (Milram) and Philip Deignan (Cervélo TestTeam) – faded from the front. He did not risk it all on the wet and dangerous descent down towards Lago di Lugano.
Remaining only with Pauriol, he led out the sprint because he feared the chase group led by Australian Simon Gerrans (Cervélo TestTeam). "If they caught us it would have been worse off."
Rebellin proved his form yesterday when he played a hand in teammate Francesco Ginanni's win in the GP Insubria. His second in the 178-kilometre race behind the winner of the GP Marseillaise race proved he to be ready for his March objectives: Tirreno-Adriatico, March 11 to 17, and Milano-Sanremo, March 21.
"I will aim for a stage in Tirreno-Adriatico. With the new climb [of Le Mànie in Milano-Sanremo] the finale is harder and lends itself to attacks."
Rebellin turned professional in 1992. His highest placing in Milano-Sanremo is fourth, which he achieved in 1995 and 2008.
Pauriol, professional full time since 2006, had two other race wins: 2006's Tour de Wallonie stage four and Route Adélie de Vitré. (GB)
Results - 178.5km
1 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis 4.34.46 (38.979km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 4 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 5 Peter Velits (Svk) Milram 6 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 7 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 8 Ben Swift (GBr) Katusha 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 12 Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 14 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 15 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis 16 Dan Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 17 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 18 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram 19 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 20 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Eric Berthou (Fra) CarmioOro - A-Style 22 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 23 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 24 Paul Brousse (Fra) CarmioOro - A-Style 25 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 26 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 27 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 28 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Katusha 29 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 31 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 32 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri della Calzatura 33 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 34 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Katusha 37 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Katusha 38 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 39 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 40 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-NGC 41 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 42 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura 43 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 44 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 45 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Milram 46 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) CarmioOro - A-Style 47 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) CarmioOro - A-Style 48 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 49 Marcus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 50 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Jure Kocjan (Slo) CarmioOro - A-Style 52 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 53 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg-Corratec 54 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
Past winners
2008 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 2007 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2006 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2005 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 2004 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2003 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2002 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 2001 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step (The GP Lugano was formerly the GP d'Apertura di Lugano) U23 2000 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) 1999 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) 1998 Luca Bianucci (Ita) 1997 Michele Rezzani (Ita) Elite 1996 Amilcare Tronca (Ita) 1995 Stefano Colage (Ita) 1994 Andrea Chiurato (Ita) 1993 Roberto Caruso (Ita) 1992 Steffen Rein (Ger) 1991 Pascal Jaccard (Swi) 1990 Marco Vitali (Ita) 1989 Gilles Delion (Fra) 1988 Marco Vitali (Ita) 1987 Thomas Wegmüller (Swi) 1986 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 1985 Gody Schmutz (Swi) 1984 Benno Wiss (Swi) 1983 Chris Wreghitt (GBr) 1982 Marco Vitali (Ita) 1981 Josef Fuchs (Swi) 1980 Gilbert Glaus (Swi) ... 1946 Ernst Stettler (Swi) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com and Ernst Bretchser
