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60th GP Lugano - 1.1
Switzerland, March 4, 2007
2006 Results Results Past winners
Mazzanti blasts back
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Luca Mazzanti (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) gave himself a belated birthday gift by winning the 60th GP di Lugano. Exactly one month after his 33rd birthday, the Italian from Bologna turned out a sprint in Switzerland to blast Pedro Arreitunandia (Barloworld) and Evgeni Petrov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and make up for the near miss in yesterday's GP Chiasso.
24 hours prior, Mazzanti realized his form when he was narrowly beaten by Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner). This time the 11th year pro set matters correct, and added to a palmarès that includes victories in the Giro del Trentino and Giro d'Oro.
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- The bunch head out for a 175-kilometers in Switzerland.
- The sun was shining in Lugano on Sunday.
- Riders' seasons are just getting started around the globe.
- Barloworld puts heat on the front end of the pack.
- Luca Mazzanti (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) wins the GP Lugano.
- A hot sprint behind put Tinkoff's Evgeni Petrov in second.
- Luca Mazzanti (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) salutes the crowd.
- Mazzanti on the podium.
- The final podium.
- A piece of hardware for Mazzanti's mantlepiece.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Switzerland in spring - not a bad place for a bike ride.
- Oscar Gatto (Gerolsteiner) drives the bunch in the closing stages.
- Luca Mazzanti (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) takes the win.
- Mazzanti celebrates with Barloworld's Pedro Arreitunandia behind.
- Mazzanti had a great weekend with third in yesterday's GP Chiasso and victory today.
- The podium (l-r): Pedro Arreitunandia (Barloworld), Luca Mazzanti (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) and Evgeni Petrov (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
Results - 172 km
1 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.18.58 (39.851 km/h) 2 Pedro Arreitunandia Quintero (Spa) Barloworld 3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 8 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 9 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 10 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 0.03 11 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 12 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 14 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 15 Micula De Matteis (Ita) Tenax - Menikini 16 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 17 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.27 20 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax - Menikini 21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 24 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax - Menikini 25 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 26 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 27 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 28 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 31 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 32 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Aurum Hotels 33 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 34 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 35 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 37 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 41 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43 Santo Anza (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 44 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 45 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 2.19 48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 49 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 50 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe' - Ecopterol 54 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.30 55 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) OTC Doors - Lauretana 5.05 56 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) OTC Doors - Lauretana 57 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 58 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 59 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team L.P.R. 60 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 61 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 62 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 64 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 65 Jaime Castaneda (Col) Lampre - Fondital 66 Jure Golcer (Slo) Tenax - Menikini 67 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 68 David Mcpartland (Aus) Hadimec 69 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 70 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 72 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 75 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 76 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 77 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax - Menikini 78 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 79 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.56 81 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 84 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 85 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 88 Laurent Arn (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 89 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 90 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 92 Simone Bruson (Ita) OTC Doors - Lauretana 93 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 94 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 97 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 98 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 99 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 100 Enrico Rossi (Ita) OTC Doors - Lauretana 101 Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) OTC Doors - Lauretana 102 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) OTC Doors - Lauretana 103 Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 104 Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec 105 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 106 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 108 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Volksbank 109 Guiseppe Ribolzi (Swi) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei 110 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 111 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe' - Ecopterol
Past winners
(The GP Lugano was formerly the GP d'Apertura di Lugano) 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 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
