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21st Firenze - Pistoia - 1.1
Italy, October 27, 2007
2005 Results Results Past winners
Neo-pro Shpilevsky takes first
By Gregor Brown
Neo-Professional Boris Shpilevsky has taken his first win with the 21st Firenze-Pistoia time trial. Riding for Continental Team Kie-Ene-DMT, the 25 year-old Russian bettered noted crono-man Italian Dario Cioni (Predictor-Lotto) and Italian Road Champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick.Step - Innergetic). World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic) finished in sixth in the final race of the Italian road season.
Shpilevsky's other notable placing came earlier this year in the Giro di Toscana – he finished third behind Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas).
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Bettini, looking focused.
- Bettini, on a rare occassion with out the world championship jersey.
- Shpilevskiy comes into the finish.
- Shpilevskiy was a deserving winner today.
- Shpilevskiy is number 1 today.
- Bettini congratulates the podium.
- Shpilevskiy and his DS Levati.
- World and Italian champion greet the crowd.
- Savio poses with Bertolini before the start..
- Savio and his top rider this year, Bertolini.
- Bertolini has the European tour wrapped up.
- Bertolini focuses before rolling out of the start.
- Shpilevskiy on the starting ramp.
- Shpilevskiy waiting to start.
Results - 35.5 km
1 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Kio-Ene-DMT 44.48 (47,53 km/h) 2 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 0.01 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic 0.13 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.19 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.37 6 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Cinelli-Endeka-OPD 1.36 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic 1.42 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.43 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 1.59 10 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram 2.04 11 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 2.06 12 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano 2.07 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 2.18 14 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 2.49 15 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic 3.01 16 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic 3.21 17 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick.Step - Innergetic 3.25 18 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.30 19 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 3.31 20 Luca Sabatino (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano 4.11 21 Slawomyr Bury (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 5.26 22 Alessio Signego (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 5.27 23 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.53 24 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 6.03 25 Artur Krol (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 6.04
Past winners
2005 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 33km in 41.18.06 (47.941 km/h) 2004 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 2003 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2002 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 2001 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) 1999 (2) Marco Velo 1998 Marco Velo (Ita) 1995 (2) Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1994 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1993 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1992 (4) Tony Rominger (Swi) 1991 (3) Tony Rominger (Swi) 1990 (2) Lech Piasecki (Pol) 1989 (2) Tony Rominger (Swi) 1988 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1987 Helmut Wechselberger (Aut) 1986 Lech Piasecki (Pol) 1985 Rolf Gölz (Ger) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
