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Giro di Sardegna - 2.1
Italy, February 24-28, 2009
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Stage 3 - February 26: Oristano - Tortoli, 173.2km
Gatto nets first pro win
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Team ISD's Oscar Gatto took his first professional victory and gave his team its first win of the season in the Giro di Sardegna on Thursday. The 24-year-old from Treviso, Italy, also took over the lead in the general classification in the process.
Gatto sprinted to the win on stage three from a breakaway of 22 riders which was missing the morning's leader, dual stage winner Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre). Gatto now leads the overall classification by four seconds ahead of Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and World Champion Alessandro Ballan (Lampre).
"Winning is a beautiful feeling, one I almost forgot in the past two years as a professional" Gatto said. "Now I do not want to stop!"
The day's 173.2-kilometre stage featured a category two and a category one climb, but it was on a short uncategorised climb with 3km to go which the ISD team set a furious pace which dislodged Lorenzetto along with the majority of the peloton. While Gatto took his first victory ahead of Ballan and teammate Giovanni Visconti, the rest of the field struggled in over two minutes behind.
Gatto debuted in the pro ranks with the LPR team in 2006 as a stagiaire, and spent two winless seasons at Gerolsteiner before landing a contract with ISD.
"I want to say a special thanks to Luca Scinto, because he has always believed in me ... And I want to say thanks to all my teammates because they did an incredible job and I am happy to have achieved this victory. " (LW)
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- Oscar Gatto wins the third stage
- Lampre's riders were relaxed before the stage having already claimed the opening two stage wins.
- Italian Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) just missed out on a podium position.
- ISD worked hard throughout the stage to set up its riders for victory.
- Giovanni Visconti (ISD) leads a small group during the stage.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre - N.G.C.) wanted a stage win but he sure looked relaxed during the stage.
- Riders enjoyed a scenic day in the saddle, but had little time to take it in.
- The peloton heads inland after a run along the water.
- Podium (L-R): Alessandro Ballan (Lampre - N.G.C.), Oscar Gatto (ISD) Giovanni Visconti (ISD).
- Oscar Gatto (ISD) pays the price of his stage success.
- Oscar Gatto (ISD) pops the lid on celebrations after his stage win.
Results
1 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 4.31.37 (38.541 km/h) 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 5 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 6 Rodrigo Garcia Rena (Spa) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 7 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 9 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 12 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) Team Piemonte 13 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 14 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 15 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 17 Michal Golas (Pol) Amica Chips - Knauf 18 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 20 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.10 21 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 22 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.32 23 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.01 24 Javier Megias (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 25 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 26 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 28 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 29 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 30 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 32 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 33 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 34 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.03 35 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 9.34 36 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 37 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 38 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 39 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 40 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 41 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 42 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 43 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 44 Santo Anza (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 45 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 46 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 47 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 48 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. 49 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 50 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 51 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 52 Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 13.26 53 Edwin Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 54 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 55 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) Team Piemonte 56 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 57 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 58 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 59 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD 60 Alexander Gufler (Ita) Vorarlberg - Corratec 61 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 62 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 63 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 64 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 65 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 66 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Team Piemonte 67 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Amica Chips - Knauf 68 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Piemonte 69 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 70 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Amica Chips - Knauf 71 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 72 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 73 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 74 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 75 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 76 Simone Bruson (Ita) Team Piemonte 77 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 78 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 79 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 80 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 81 Richard England (Aus) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 82 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 83 Algirdas Mockus (Ltu) Team Piemonte 84 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 85 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 13.31 86 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 87 Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 19.00 88 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 89 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Amica Chips - Knauf 90 Chad Gerlach (USA) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 91 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 92 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Team Piemonte 93 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Team Piemonte 94 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 95 Matic Strgar (Slo) Vorarlberg - Corratec 96 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 97 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 98 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 99 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 100 Yury Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 101 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 102 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 103 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo DNF Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo DNF Sören Nissen (Den) Amore & Vita - McDonald's DNS Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas DNS René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec General classification after stage 3 1 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 13.12.30 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 0.04 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0.06 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 6 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 0.10 7 Michal Golas (Pol) Amica Chips - Knauf 8 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.15 9 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 0.16 10 Rodrigo Garcia Rena (Spa) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 11 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 12 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 13 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) Team Piemonte 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 16 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 17 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 19 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.26 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.07 21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.51 22 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.05 23 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.11 24 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 25 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.13 26 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.17 27 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 28 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 29 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.27 30 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 2.37 31 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.38 32 Javier Megias (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 33 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 4.50 34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 5.43 35 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 9.40 36 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9.50 37 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 38 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 39 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 10.07 40 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. 12.06 41 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 12.11 42 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 43 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 44 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 45 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 13.42 46 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 13.52 47 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 14.27 48 Santo Anza (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 49 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 14.47 50 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 15.57 51 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16.03 52 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 16.47 53 Simone Bruson (Ita) Team Piemonte 16.59 54 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 17.28 55 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Amica Chips - Knauf 18.59 56 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 19.08 57 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20.02 58 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 20.15 59 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 20.46 60 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Piemonte 21.12 61 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 21.20 62 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 21.30 63 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 21.32 64 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Team Piemonte 22.02 65 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 66 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 22.23 67 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 68 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 69 Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 22.57 70 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Amica Chips - Knauf 23.04 71 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 24.38 72 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 73 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 74 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 25.18 75 Edwin Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia 76 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 25.28 77 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD 26.59 78 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 79 Richard England (Aus) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 80 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 27.04 81 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 27.33 82 Alexander Gufler (Ita) Vorarlberg - Corratec 27.40 83 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 84 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) Team Piemonte 29.14 85 Algirdas Mockus (Ltu) Team Piemonte 86 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 29.22 87 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 30.19 88 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 30.21 89 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 30.52 90 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 32.12 91 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 32.33 92 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 93 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 33.07 94 Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 34.48 95 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Team Piemonte 96 Yury Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 97 Chad Gerlach (USA) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 98 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Team Piemonte 34.52 99 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Amica Chips - Knauf 34.55 100 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 101 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 34.57 102 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 36.47 103 Matic Strgar (Slo) Vorarlberg - Corratec 39.27
