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76th Giro del Veneto - 1.1
Italy, August 21, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
Simoni back in winning form
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After a less than stellar season in 2004, Saeco's Gilberto Simoni has bounced back for a big win in the Giro del Veneto, beating Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo) and Massimo Giunti (Domina Vacanze) in a solo victory. It was Simoni's first win since stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia, and he was able to take advantage of his team's strength in numbers in the decisive 10 man breakaway that also included Damiano Cunego and Leonardo Bertagnolli.
Even though Simoni did not perform brilliantly in the Tour de France, he did come out of the Tour in form, ready to do well in the final part of the season. In the decisive part of the Giro del Veneto, Simoni showed he was riding well with an attack six kilometres from the finish, helped by Cunego and Bertagnolli. The move was chased down but Simoni went again in the last kilometre of the race and this time he was unstoppable and won alone.
"I'm very happy to have won, I needed a this victory," Simoni said. "During the most difficult moments of the last few months I never gave up and now I think I've got a great chance of getting the results I deserve."
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Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) celebrates as he crosses the line
- Gilberto Simoni and a very big grin
- Gilberto Simoni on the podium with an unfeasibly large trophy and bunch of flowers
- The podium - Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo), Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) and Massimo Giunti (Domina Vacanze)
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Gilberto Simoni accepts the congratulations of the crowd at the finish
Results - 206 km
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 5.28.22 (37.641 km/h) 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.13 3 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 7 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 8 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 9 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 10 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 0.45 12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Jure Golcer (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo-Fiave 15 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 0.58 16 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 17 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 18 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 19 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 20 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 21 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 22 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 23 Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 24 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 25 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 26 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 28 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 29 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 31 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 32 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 33 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 34 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 35 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 4.59
Past winners
2003 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 2002 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 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) 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. Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
