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Fassa Bortolo's Kim Kirchen has triumphed in the GP Chiasso, ridden in the Italian region of Switzerland. Kirchen beat Giuliano Figueras (Lampre - Caffita) and Michael Rogers (Quickstep) in a 22 man sprint, after being helped by his teammates Frigo and Gustov in the finale.
"I have really an excellent physical condition," said Kirchen. "Although the pain in the back reappears every so often, like last week, but fortunately it goes away again. I thank the team with all my heart that put me in the best position to be able to exploit my fast finish. Now I will aim to do well in Paris-Nice and in the second part of the Belgian classics.
"The guys raced with their head and with their legs," said Fassa Bortolo's team director Alberto Volpi. "Kirchen is in excellent shape and finished off a formidable piece of work by the team."
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4.28.48 (38.593 km/h) 2 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep 4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 7 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 10 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 13 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria 16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 17 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria 18 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 20 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 23 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria 0.10 24 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita - Beretta - Polska 1.03 25 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 26 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04 28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.47 29 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.26 31 Armando Rupa (Ita) Miche 32 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 4.16 33 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.28 37 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 43 Francesco Failli (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 44 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 45 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 47 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 48 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax 49 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 51 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 52 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 53 Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Miche 54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 55 Augustin Alonso Fernandez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 56 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 57 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 58 59 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 60 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep 61 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 62 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 63 64 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita Starters: 176 Classified: 64
2004 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2003 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria 2002 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 2001 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 2000 Giuliano Figueras (Ita)