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93rd Giro del Piemonte - 1.HC
Italy, October 12, 2006
2005 Results Results Past winners
Bennati closes season with ninth win
By Gregor Brown
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Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) closed out the season by taking the 93rd edition of the Giro del Piemonte. The Italian from Arezzo scored his ninth success of the year by sprinting clear of Swiss Gregory Rast (Phonak) and Aussie Gene Bates (Team LPR). It was not redemption for Saturday's miss in Paris-Tours, but the classical pre-race for Lombardia was enough to put a smile on Benna's face.
"In the last kilometre I was behind," explained Bennati to La Gazzetta dello Sport after the win. "I was able to come back, avoiding the crash of Corioni. ... It went well and I want to dedicate the win to my teammates and to Michele Gobbi. ... I will take a relaxed vacation; next year thinking of doing well in the classics like Sanremo, Flanders and Hamburg."
How it unfolded
2006 was the 100th year of Piemonte; starting in 1906, the race was won by Italian Gerbi. The attacks were quick to start from the partenza in Asti. Valerio Agnoli (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) and Damien Monier (Cofidis) went clear at kilometre 11. The duo built up to nine minutes by the race's highest point, Mango (521m), but over the following kilometres a group of four was to reel them in.
Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile), Eddy Ratti (Naturino-Sapore di Mare), Joaquím Rodríguez and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) worked to make made contact with the duo. By kilometre 115, losing Rodríguez, we had a quintet. Valverde, along with his Caisse teammates may not have been out to win the race but they made a good test run for the Saturday's big one, the Giro di Lombardia.
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With Benna's Lampre-Fondital team in full flight, the five were crushed by day's last peak, the Monforte d'Alba. Dropping from 480 to 167 meters in 20 km, the finish in Alba was going to be fast. Sure enough, the big sprint guns rose to the front on Via Ognissanti. Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Paride Grillo (Panaria-Navigare) looked to be the biggest threats to Benna, but the Italian pushed to the fore while Rast and Bates nabbed the podium spots.
Photography
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- The sprint revs up
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) looks confident
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) with earned win
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) loosening the shoes
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and teammate celebrate
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) back to racing
- Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak salutes crowd
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) with flowers
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) enjoying the spoils
- Gene Bates (Team LPR) after with third place
- The podium Ruggero Marzoli, Marinangeli and Riccò
- Podium Gregory Rast (Phonak), Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Gene Bates (Team LPR)
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) opening the bubbly
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) lets the bubbly fly
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Peloton follows early on in race
- Peloton rolls through the hills
- The peloton climbs through hills
- The gruppo deep in the vineyards
- The gruppo rides and enjoys views
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) was testing his form in an escape
Results - 176 km
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.11.45 2 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Gene Michael Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R. 4 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 8 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.01 12 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 13 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 0.02 14 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.03 16 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Marco Osella (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 18 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 19 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 20 David Mcpartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 0.04 21 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.05 22 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 23 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 24 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.06 26 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 27 David Canada García (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 29 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.07 31 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 32 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 33 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 34 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 35 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 36 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 37 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 38 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 39 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 40 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 41 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 42 Konstantin Klyuev (Rus) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 0.09 45 Iñigo Chaurreau Bernardez(Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 46 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 47 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 50 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 0.10 51 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 52 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 53 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.11 55 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 58 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.12 60 Luca Solari (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 61 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 62 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 63 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 64 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 65 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 66 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.13 67 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 68 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 69 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 70 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 71 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.14 72 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 73 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 0.15 75 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.20 76 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 77 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 78 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 79 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.21 80 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 81 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.22 82 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.24 83 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 84 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 85 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.25 86 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 87 Felix Rafael Cárdenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 88 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 0.26 89 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 4.38 90 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 4.40 91 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 92 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.42 93 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 94 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 95 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.43 96 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4.53 97 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.29 98 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 99 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 100 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzb) Miche 6.30 101 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.32 102 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 103 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 104 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6.33 105 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Team Tenax Salmilano 106 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 6.34 107 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 6.35 108 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 8.29 109 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 9.06 110 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone DNF Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone DNF Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Acqua e Sapone DNF Pedro Arreitunandia Quintero (Spa) Barloworld DNF Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld DNF Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld DNF James Lewis Perry (RSA) Barloworld DNF Stefano Boggia (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Massimiliano Martella (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia DNF Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas DNF Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Leonardo Caneschi (Ita) Miche DNF Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Miche DNF Seweryn Zenon Kohut (Pol) Miche DNF Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche DNF Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare DNF Antonio Quadranti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare DNF Rino Zampilli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare DNF Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Victor Hugo Peña Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Domenico Agosta (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni DNF Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni DNF Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni DNF Diego Nosotti (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni DNF Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC DNF Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNF Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. DNF Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram DNF Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano DNF Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano DNF Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team DNF Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team
Past winners
2005 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 2004 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 2003 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2002 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2001 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 2000 Not held 1999 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1998 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 1997 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 1996 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1995 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1994 Nicola Miceli(Ita) 1993 Beat Zberg (Swi) 1992 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1991 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Usb) 1990 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 1989 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1988 Rolf Gölz (Ger) 1987 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1986 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1985 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1984 Christian Jourdan (Fra) 1983 Guido Bontempi (Ita) 1982 Faustino Ruperez (Spa) 1981 Marino Amadori (Ita) 1980 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1979 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1978 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1974 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1973 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1971 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1970 Italo Zilioli(Ita) 1969 Marino Basso (Ita) 1967 Guido De Rosso (Ita) 1966 Rudi Altig (Ger) 1965 Romeo Venturelli (Ita) 1964 Willy Bocklant (Bel) 1963 Adriano Durante (Ita) 1962 Vito Taccone (Ita) 1961 Angelo Conterno (Ita) 1960 Alfredo Sabbadin (Ita) 1959 Silvano Ciampi (Ita) 1958 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1957 Silvano Ciampi (Ita) 1956 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1955 Giuseppe Minardi (Ita) 1954 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1953 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1952 Giorgio Albani (Ita) 1951 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1950 Alfredo Martini (Ita) 1949 Adolfo Leoni (Ita) 1948 Renzo Soldani (Ita) 1947 Vito Ortelli (Ita) 1946 Sergio Maggini (Ita) 1945 Secondo Barisone (Ita) 1942 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1941 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1940 Cino Cinelli (Ita) 1939 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1938 Pietro Rimoldi (Ita) 1937 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1936 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1935 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1934 Learco Guerra (Ita) 1933 Antonio Folco (Ita) 1932 Giuseppe Martano (Ita) 1931 Mario Cipriani (Ita) 1930 Ambrogio Morelli (Ita) 1929 Antonio Negrini (Ita) 1928 Marco Giuntelli (Ita) 1927 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1926 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1925 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 1924 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1923 Bartolomeo Aymo (Ita) 1922 Angelo Cremo (Ita) 1921 Giovanni Brunero (Ita) 1920 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1919 Costante Girar-dengo (Ita) 1918 Ugo Bianchi (Ita) 1917 Domenico Schierano (Ita) 1916 Francesco Cerutti (Ita) 1915 Natale Bosco (Ita) 1914 Giuseppe Santhia (Ita) 1913 Romolo Verde (Ita) 1912 Costante Costa (Ita) 1911 Mario Bruchera (Ita) 1910 Vincenzo Borgarello (Ita) 1908 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) 1907 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) 1906 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
