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74th Giro del Veneto - 1.1
Italy, August 24, 2002
2001 Results Results Photography Past winners
Di Luca wins Giro del Veneto, looks ahead to Vuelta
By Chris Henry, Cyclingnews correspondent
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Danilo Di Luca (Saeco-Longoni Sport) outsprinted Laurent Dufaux (Alessio) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) to win the prestigious Giro del Veneto in northeastern Italy. For Di Luca the win helped ease the frustration of several brushes with victory in recent Italian one day races, such as the Tre Valli Varesine, where he finished second. Not to mention his second place in the 2001 edition of this race, where Di Luca lost in a photo finish to fellow Italian Giuliano Figueras.
"It's great to have finally won an important race," Di Luca said after the finish. "Especially after I should have won some of the other races in August. The team was great as usual and I can't complain about my fitness."
Di Luca managed to join a break which had already escaped on the climb of the Castelnuovo, including Hernan Buenahora (Cage Maglierie), Michael Rasmussen (CSC-Tiscali), and Laurent Dufaux. This leading group was in turn joined by Italian favorites Francesco Casagrande (Fasso Bortolo) and three time race winner Rebellin. After dropping Buenahora on the Roccolo climb, the five man winning move consolidated its lead, holding off the chase from behind, led by Zurich World Cup winner Dario Frigo.
Entering the Prato della Valle square, Di Luca started the sprint and held his lead until the line, beating Dufaux by a close but comfortable margin and raising his arms in victory. Rebellin completed the podium in third place, followed by Casagrande and Rasmussen. Just nine seconds later, Dufaux's Alessio teammate Andrea Ferrigato crossed the line to win the field sprint.
With his consistent performances in Italy this month, race winner Di Luca can look forward to the upcoming Vuelta with confidence. "The Giro del Veneto was my last race before the Vuelta... we've got big plans for the Spanish race. Simoni will be going for the overall and I'm looking for stage wins."
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Danilo Di Luca gets the better of Laurent Dufaux (Alessio, l) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
- Danilo Di Luca wins the sprint by a bike length- just enough to savour his victory
- Danilo Di Luca looking rather cool after his win
- Danilo Di Luca salutes the crowd from the podium
- Danilo Di Luca pops the cork and celebrates his victory
- The podium: (left to right) Laurent Dufaux, Danilo Di Luca, Davide Rebellin
- Race winner Di Luca shares the podium with Laurent Dufaux (Alessio) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
Results
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5.03.00 (39.564 km/h) 2 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 6 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 0.09 7 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 9 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 10 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini 11 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 13 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 14 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 16 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 17 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 18 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 19 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 20 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 21 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 22 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 23 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 24 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 25 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini 26 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Cage Maglierie 27 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Mercatone Uno 28 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 29 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita-Beretta 30 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner ... 39 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 41 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi Starters: 153 Classified: 101
Past winners
The first edition of this race was in 1909. There was no race in the years 1910-11, 1913-21, 1929, 1932-33, 1937, 1940, 1943-44, 1946, and 1997.
2001 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2000 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 1999 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Team Polti 1998 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Team Polti 1997 no event 1996 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1995 Flavio Vanzella (Ita) 1994 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 1993 Maximilian Sciandri (Ita) 1992 Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) 1991 Roberto Pagnin (Ita) 1990 Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) 1989 Roberto Pagnin (Ita) 1988 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 1987 Gerhard Zadrobilek (Aut) 1986 Maurizio Rossi (Ita) 1985 Claudio Corti (Ita) 1984 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 1983 Jesper Worre (Den) 1982 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) 1981 Giovanni Mantovani (Ita) 1980 Carmelo Barone (Ita) 1979 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1978 Valerio Lualdi (Ita) 1977 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1976 Alfio Vandi (Ita) 1975 Roland Salm (Swi) 1974 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1973 Franco Bitosssi (Ita) 1972 Enrico Paolini (Ita) 1971 Giancarlo Polidori (Ita) 1970 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1969 Mino Denti (Ita) 1968 Alberto Della-Torre (Ita) 1967 Luciano Galbo (Ita) 1966 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1965 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1964 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1963 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1962 Angelino Soler (Spa) 1961 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1960 Diego Ronchini (Ita) 1959 Rino Benedetti (Ita) 1958 Adriano Zamboni (Ita) 1957 Angelo Conterno (Ita) 1956 Giorgio Albani (Ita) 1955 Adolfo Grosso (Ita) 1954 Luciano Maggini (Ita) 1953 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1952 Adolfo Grosso (Ita) 1951 Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita) 1950 Luigi Casola (Ita) 1949 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1948 Luciano Maggini (Ita) 1947 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1945 Luigi Casola (Ita) 1942 Pierino Favalli (Ita) 1941 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1939 Adolfo Leoni (Ita) 1938 Secondo Magni (Ita) 1936 Renato Scorticati (Ita) 1935 Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) 1934 Aldo Canazza (Ita) 1931 Aldo Canazza (Ita) 1930 Aldo Canazza (Ita) 1928 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1927 Alfonso Piccin (Ita) 1926 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1925 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1924 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1923 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1922 Alfredo Sivocci (Ita) 1912 Giovanni Roncon (Ita) 1911 no event 1910 no event 1909 Pogliani (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
