19th Firenze - Pistoia - 1.3

Italy, October 23, 2004

2003 Results Results Past winners

Photography

All smiles from the first three placegetters.
Photo ©: Sirotti

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Ivan Basso (Team CSC) warms up.
Time to get down to business for Dario Cioni (Fassa Bortolo).
The Mick Rogers fan club.
Michael Rogers and his fiancee Alessia.
Breaking news: kangaroo spotted in Florence.
Time trial world champion Michael Rogers (Quick.Step.Davitamon, L) and Dario Cioni (Fassa Bortolo).
We're good mates, really we are...
Ivan Basso (Team CSC) finished 11th.
Yaroslav Popovych (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) will be riding in Discovery Channel colours in 2005, and finished 10th today.
Italian TT champ Dario Cioni (Fassa Bortolo) finished in fifth place.
Dario Cioni (Fassa Bortolo) guides his machine round a corner.
Swiss TT champ Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) finished fourth.
TT world champion Michael Rogers (Quick.Step.Davitamon) finished second today.
Michael Rogers (Quick.Step.Davitamon) looking resplendent in his rainbow jersey.
Place your bets...
Ukrainian Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) was a surprise winner.
The podium - (L to R) Michael Rogers (Quick.Step.Davitamon, 2nd), Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 1st), and Ondrej Sosenka (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo, 3rd).
All smiles from the first three placegetters.
And again.

Results - 33 km ITT

1 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres     39.45 (49.791 km/h)
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon            0.03
3 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo    0.32
4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                0.37
5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                0.46
6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                 0.52
7 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   1.07
8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                           1.30
9 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Barloword                      1.51
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago     1.55
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC

Past winners

2003 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
2002 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast  
2001 Nathan O'Neill (Aus)
1999 (2) Marco Velo
1998 Marco Velo (Ita)
1995 (2) Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
1994 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
1993 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita)
1992 (4) Tony Rominger (Swi)
1991 (3) Tony Rominger (Swi)
1990 (2) Lech Piasecki (Pol)
1989 (2) Tony Rominger (Swi)
1988 Tony Rominger (Swi)
1987 Helmut Wechselberger (Aut)
1986 Lech Piasecki (Pol)
1985 Rolf Gölz (Ger)


Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com