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56th Coppa Sabatini - 1.1
Italy, October 9, 2008
2007 Results Results Past winners
Khalilov continues hot streak with Sabatini
By Gregor Brown
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Ukraine's Mikhaylo Khalilov, 33, showed his form is red-hot with victory in the 56th Coppa Sabatini. It was the third victory in recent weeks, adding to GP Prato and Memorial Cimurri. Italians Filippo Pozzato of Team Liquigas and Stefano Garzelli of Team Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo finished second and third, respectively.
Organisers held the race on a circuit around Peccioli in Toscana, Italy. The final three 12.2-kilometre loops completed a course totalling 199 kilometres.
Khalilov of Team Ceramica Flaminia escaped on the final uphill run to Peccioli. He followed an attack by Acqua Sapone's Francesco Failli on a small group led by Liquigas for Pozzato. Pozzato rapidly closed on Khalilov in the final 200 metres from the final corner, but fell slightly short of victory.
Luigi Sestili represented Team Ceramica Flaminia in the day's escape. The Italian joined Yauhen Sobal of Team Tinkoff Credit Systems and Ángel Madrazo of Team Scott-American Beef in a move that gained up to 11:12 over the peloton by kilometre 40.
The peloton caught the escape at kilometre 151 and made way for diverse – unsuccessful – counter-attacks. Liquigas was prominent as it worked for Pozzato.
Photography
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- Paolo Bettini, now an ex-professional, arrives for the start of the Coppa Sabatini by personal aircraft.
- Tinkoff Credit Systems presented.
- Team Rabobank ready to race the Coppa Sabatini.
- Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce
- Barloworld presented for the Coppa Sabatini.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and teammate Filippo Pozzato at the start.
- Liquigas ready for the 56th Coppa Sabatini.
- Scott-American Beef
- Nippo-Endeka
- Two-time World Champion Paolo Bettini greets Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), l-r.
- Berik Kupeshov (Astana)
- Michele Scarponi (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
- Riders roll out for the start of the 56th Coppa Sabatini.
- Patrice Piemontesi (NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte)
- Riders climb early on in the Coppa Sabatini
- The 56th Coppa Sabatini ... riders facing an early obstacle.
- Luigi Sestili (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce)
- Ángel Madrazo (Scott-American Beef)
- Eddy Ratti (Nippo-Endeka)
- Alessandro Proni (Quick Step)
- Christian Pfannberger (Barloworld)
- Manuele Mori (Scott-American Beef)
- Italy's Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) rides in the Professional Continental ProTour leader's jersey
- Francesco Failli (Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo)
- Scott Davis (Columbia)
- The season spins to a close.
- The cycling world keeps spinning.
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare)
- Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes)
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) shows grit in the race's finale.
- Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes) not on his terrain.
- Alexandr Kolobnev (CSC-Saxo Bank)
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld)
- Giampaolo Caruso (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce)
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) shows off the German national champ jersey.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) on his way to a second place.
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step)
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas)
- Ukraine's Mikhaylo Khalilov of Team Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce, 33, wins the Coppa Sabatini over Italy's Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas), l.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) discusses the finale with teammate Daniele Bennati.
- Ukraine's Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) on top for the day with Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), l & r.
- Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) tops the podium with Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), l & r.
Results - 199km
1 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 4.56.30 (40.270km/h) 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.01 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC Saxo Bank 6 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan 10 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 11 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 12 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 14 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC Saxo Bank 17 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 19 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.15 20 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 21 Donato Cannone (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 0.33 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Scott - American Beef 23 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef 26 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 27 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 28 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Endeka 29 Bruno Rizzi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 30 Jurgen Goolen (Bel) Team CSC Saxo Bank 31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 32 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC Saxo Bank 34 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 0.47 36 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 37 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team CSC Saxo Bank 38 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 39 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 40 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 41 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.54 42 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 43 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan 0.58 44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC Saxo Bank 45 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 47 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 48 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 49 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 50 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 51 Damiano Margutti (Ita) Nippo-Endeka 52 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.11 53 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia 54 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.19 56 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 1.21 57 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 1.27 59 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 60 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 61 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 62 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 1.37 63 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 64 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.46 65 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.51 66 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 1.56 67 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 68 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 69 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 70 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 2.05 71 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.08 72 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 73 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan 74 Sergio Lagana (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan 2.19 75 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan 76 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.33 77 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 2.38 78 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.42 79 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 2.50 80 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 5.59 81 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 82 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team CSC Saxo Bank 83 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 84 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 85 Stefan Koychev Hristov (Bul) Nippo-Endeka 86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 87 Luigi Sestili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 88 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 89 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 90 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 91 Scott Davis (Aus) Team Columbia 92 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 93 Francesco Tizza (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 94 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 95 Vincenzo Garofolo (Ita) Nippo-Endeka 96 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 97 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 98 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 99 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo-Endeka
Past winners
2007 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic in 5.11.24 (38.092 km/h) 2006 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 197.7 km in 4.55.43 (40.113 km/h) 2005 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2004 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 2003 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 2002 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2001 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2000 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 1999 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 1998 Emmanuel Magnin (Fra) 1997 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1996 Bjarne Riis (Den) 1995 Davide Cassani (Ita) 1994 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1993 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1992 Stefano Zanini (Ita) 1991 Franco Chioccioli (Ita) 1990 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 1989 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1988 Claudio Corti (Ita) 1987 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1986 Jean-François Bernard (Fra) 1985 Marino Amadori (Ita) 1984 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1983 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 1982 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1981 Claudio Bortolotto (Ita) 1980 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1979 Leonardo Mazzantini (Ita) 1978 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1976 Piero Spinelli (Ita) 1975 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) 1974 Wilmo Franconi (Ita) 1973 Mauro Simonetti (Ita) 1972 Antoine Houbrechts (Bel) 1971 Roberto Poggiali (Ita) 1970 Gösta Pettersson (Swe) 1969 Romano Tumllereo (Ita) 1968 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1967 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1966 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1965 Luciano Armani (Ita) 1964 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1963 Dino Bruni (Ita) 1962 Giovanni Sabbadin (Ita) 1961 Dino Bruni (Ita) 1960 Graziano Battistini (Ita) 1959 Rino Benedetti (Ita) 1958 Giuseppe Pardini (Ita) 1957 Giambattista Gabelli (Ita) 1956 Idrio Bui (Ita) 1955 Angelo Miserocchi (Ita) 1954 Rino Benedetti (Ita) 1953 Primo Volpi (Ita) 1952 Primo Volpi (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
