Petacchi wins GP degli Etruschi sprint
Italian veteran wins for a sixth consecutive year
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the GP degli Etruschi race in Tuscany on Saturday for the sixth consecutive season.
Petacchi recently turned 36 but won two stages at the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria last week and shows no sign of slowing down.
He used his trademark long sprint to win again, beating fellow Italians Alberto Loddo (Androni-Diquigiovanni) and Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Doimo). Mattia Gavazzi (Colnago-CSF Inox) and Oscar Gatto (ISD-Neri) were fourth and fifth.
Petacchi's Lampre teammates gave him a perfect lead out on the flat and fast finish. He accelerated away along the barriers but Loddo and Sabatini went on his left and almost beat him. Petacchi had to throw his bike at the line but got it by a few inches. Only then could he celebrate the third win of his 2010 season.
"I wanted to win again what is becoming a bit of a tradition for me and I wanted to win in front of lots of my friends. Yet again my new teammates worked really well and I only had to worry about the sprint," Petacchi said.
"I went a bit early but I had the strength to get it. Now I've got two more days at a training camp and then some time at home before my next race: the Trofeo Laigueglia (on February 20)."
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 4:53:00 |
2 | Alberto Loddo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Giogrio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Filippo Baggio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Baptiste Plackaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Andi Bajc (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Roberto Cesaro (Ita) Miche | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Manuele Caddeo (Ita) Zheroquadro Radenska | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:04 |
29 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | David Tratnik (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | 0:00:07 |
36 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Tom Van Den Haute (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:00:11 |
40 | Klemen Stimulak (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | 0:00:15 |
41 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Enrico Zen (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Price - Custom Bikes | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD - Neri | 0:00:17 |
51 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Alessio Signego (Ita) Team Nippo | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Oleg Berdos (Mda) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Jure Golcer (Slo) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Leonardo Pinizzotto (Ita) Miche | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Edwin Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) Miche | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Stefano Borchi (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Vincenzo Garofolo (Ita) Team Nippo | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD - Neri | 0:00:31 |
76 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | 0:00:32 |
77 | Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:35 |
78 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Luigi Gitto (Ita) Miche | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | G. Luca Mirenda (Ita) ISD - Neri | 0:00:41 |
82 | Samuel Horstmann (Swi) Price - Custom Bikes | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Price - Custom Bikes | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:00:42 |
85 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Bostjan Rezman (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Edoardo Girardi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Fabrizio Lucciola (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD - Neri | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Francesco Tizza (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Diego Genovesi (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Alberto Contoli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:01:00 |
102 | Andrea Noe (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | 0:01:20 |
103 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Price - Custom Bikes | 0:02:00 |
105 | Andreas Rutishauser (Swi) Price - Custom Bikes | 0:02:30 |
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