70th Coppa Citta’ di Asti - 1.7.1.

Italy, May 4, 2004

Results

Australian team report

By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 coach

Only a week after Peter Dawson won a stage of the Giro Regioni, Aaron Kemps had his first win of the season in a bunch sprint. Today the AIS Mapei Aqua Australian team was in Asti for the Coppa Citta di Asti, run in pouring rain over 6 laps of a hilly circuit. The 200 rider field was split down to around 50 for the final run over wet cobbles to the finish. Aaron showed power and speed to win by 2 lengths from Daniele Colli making him the first foreigner to win the 70 year-old World Cup event.

Joining him in the Australian team for the event were Ashley Humbert (AIS/NSWIS), Richard Moffatt (AIS/NSWIS), Bernard Sulzberger and Nic Sanderson (AIS/VIS).

Results, 137 km

1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team        3.24.00 (40.294 km/h)
2 Daniele Colli (Ita) Zalf Desireè
3 Rino Zampilli (Ita) Grassi Colnago
4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Finauto
5 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Ped.Larigiano
6 Juan Paolo Magallanes (Mex) Saeco
7 Luis Fernando Macis (Mex) Mexican National Team
8 Aurelien Passeron (Fra) French National Team
9 Alessio Signiego (Ita) Promociclo
10 Manuel Quiriconi (Ita) Maltinti
11 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Bottoli Artoni
12 Diego Vailati Facchin (Ita) Viris Vigevano
13 Wojciech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team
14 Wilfred Marget (Ita) UC Trevigiani
15 Gianluca Massano (Ita) Camel Brunero

198 starters
 
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