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94th Giro del Piemonte - 1.HC

Italy, October 16, 2008

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Bennati takes sprinters' season finale

By Gregor Brown in Lagnasco, Italy

Daniel Bennati (Team Liquigas)
Photo ©: Roberto Bettini

Italy's Daniel Bennati of Team Liquigas won the last appointment on the sprinters' calendar, the 94th Giro del Piemonte, ahead of Italian Luca Paolini (Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) and Belarusian Alexandre Usov (AG2R La Mondiale). The Italian classic ended appropriately in a sprint after 199 kilometres of racing from Nove Ligure to Lagnasco.

"It's [a result of] the combination of hard work and good condition," Bennati, 28, said to Cyclingnews of the victory. The rider from Arezzo, Toscana, won the race's last edition in 2006.

The race departed from Nove Ligure at 10:47. A two-man escape highlighted the early morning. Italian Sergio Laganà (LPR Brakes) and Belgian Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) went free at kilometre 30. The duo built its maximum advantage of 8'45" by kilometre 56.

Alessandro Petacchi's LPR Brakes team did the muscle work to keep the group under control. By kilometre 163, 36 kilometres to Lagnasco, the day's move was finished.

LPR Brakes ceased control of the group when Petacchi, recent winner of GP Beghelli, lost contact on the claim of Morra at 55 kilometres remaining. He trailed behind the race by seven minutes in the finale.

"We continued to pull, regardless of Petacchi being dropped," said Bennati.

There were a few escape attempts in the closing 15 kilometres, but Liquigas kept control. CSF Group and Acqua Sapone aided in the work. In the final kilometres, Paolini's team made its presence felt with Liquigas.

"I am sorry for the team; we worked hard in the last ten kilometres. Liquigas has a strong sprinter, but I am content with my second place," said Paolini. "Bennati was strong; he is a pure sprinter."

Usov made a preemptive strike before the final left-hand bend at 150 metres out.

"I tried with a long move from 500 metres out," he said. "The strongest rider won and Luca [Paolini] is a good rider, he has already won this race. Content? Yes, even if my legs were not perfect."

Usov will end his race on Saturday with RCS Sport's final race of the year, the Giro di Lombardia. The 242-kilometre Monument takes in the Madonna del Ghisallo, a 8.6km climb to the sanctuary dedicated to cyclists.

Bennati concluded his year with a win – a season that included seven total wins, with three stages and the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia.

"I will work immediately on my foot problem which was bothering me at the Giro d'Italia. Surgery? I don't know."

Photography

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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

• Daniel Bennati (Team Liquigas) sprints to victory.
• World and Italian champ next to each other (Alessandro Ballan left and Filippo Simeoni (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce)
• Sammy Sanchez with golden armwarmers to remind everyone he is the Olympic champ.
• Sanchez and Ballan before the start
• The start at the museum of champions
• Ballan heads out
• Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) rolls out
• The field heads downhill
• The field comes rolling down
• Daniele Bennati during the race
• Francesco Bellotti (Barloworld) in the bunch
• In the vineyards
• The peloton in the pretty Italian fall
• Ballan in action
• Alessandro Ballan aggressive to honour his jersey.
• Ballan gets a feed
• Sammy Sanchez rolled down his golden sleeves and got to work.
• Ballan in the vineyards
• Simeoni at the take-off
• Simeoni signs in
• Luca Paolini (Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) smiles on.
• Liquigas used the ped crossing
• Almost harvest time for sprinters and winegrower.
• The sprint for the line
• Bennati edged out Paolini who is not smiling anymore.
• Manuele Mori (Scott-American Beef) is happy to have the season done and over with.
• Adriano Angeloni (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) powers over the Italian roads.
• Bennati victorious

Results - km

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                             4.57.15  (40.168 km/h)
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
5 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step
6 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare
7 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre
8 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
9 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre
10 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce
11 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram
12 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
13 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
14 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
15 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce
16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
18 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
19 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
20 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia
21 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan
22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Scott - American Beef
23 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
24 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
25 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto
27 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
28 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
29 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
30 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
31 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
32 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce
33 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
34 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step
35 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
36 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
38 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
39 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia
40 Christian Meier (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
41 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
42 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram
43 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana
44 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
45 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
46 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto
47 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce
49 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld
50 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
51 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
52 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia
53 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia
55 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
56 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
57 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
58 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
59 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
60 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre
61 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
62 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
63 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
64 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems
65 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef
66 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
67 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
68 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems
69 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
70 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld
71 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
72 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
73 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
74 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
75 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
76 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld
77 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                     0.15
78 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan
79 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
80 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
81 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
82 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
83 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
84 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
85 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram
86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia
87 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto
88 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
89 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
90 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
91 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce
92 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld
93 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld
94 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
95 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
96 Chris Horner (USA) Astana
97 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
98 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
99 Luigi Sestili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce
100 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce
101 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
102 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre
103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step
104 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
105 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step
106 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram
107 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
108 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana
109 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
110 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
111 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef
112 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
113 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto
114 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
115 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia
116 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
117 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
118 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas
119 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef
120 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
121 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
122 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step
123 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas
124 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
125 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
126 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
127 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
128 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
129 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
130 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan
131 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan                                     12.41
132 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan
133 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan
134 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
135 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre
136 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram
137 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre
138 Scott Davis (Aus) Team Columbia
139 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram
140 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
141 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
142 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
143 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan
144 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
DNF Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
DNF Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce
DNF Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
DNF Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
DNF Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
DNF Michael Friedman (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
DNF Huub Duijn (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
DNF Luboš Pelánek (Cze) Lampre
DNF Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step
DNF Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef
DNF Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef
DNF Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef
DNF Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
DNF Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto
DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto
DNF Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto
DNF Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia
DNF Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
DNF Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
DNF Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram
DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre

Past winners

2007 ---
2006 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             176km in 4.11.45
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