Ferrari wins ahead of photo finish for second
Riders withdraw in protest against unsecured course
Roberto Ferrari (De Rosa Stac Plastic) won the race ahead of Jure Kocjan (Carmiooro NGC). It was a photo finish for second place, with Giampaolo Cheula getting third but continuing Footon Servetto's strong season start. Maxime Bouet (AG2R-La Mondiale) was fourth.
The race was shortened by a lap after a car got on the course going in the opposite direction of the race and hit Simon Spilak. The course was apparently not properly secured, resulting in a mass protest by riders, a number of whom withdrew from the event.
About 50 riders continued in the race after the incident, including Damiano Cunego, Spilak's Lampre teammate.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | 3:40:19 |
2 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro NGC | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:00:08 |
9 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:00:23 |
11 | David Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Footon-Servetto | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) Itera-Katusha | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Price-Custom Bikes | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg-Corratec | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Dario David Cioni (Ita) Team Sky | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Marco Corti (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 0:00:43 |
21 | Edoardo Girardi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | 0:00:55 |
22 | Stefano Borchi (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Andi Bajc (Slo) Zheroquadro Radenska | 0:01:01 |
28 | David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto | 0:01:14 |
29 | Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | 0:01:24 |
31 | Peter Kusztor (Hun) Atlas Personal | 0:01:40 |
32 | Noe Gianetti (Swi) Footon-Servetto | 0:03:33 |
33 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Sky | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Florian Salzinger (Ger) Atlas Personal | 0:04:00 |
38 | Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Price-Custom Bikes | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia | 0:04:11 |
40 | Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic | 0:04:18 |
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