Bronzini wins GP Liberazione
First victory in rainbow jersey for reigning world champ
Giorgia Bronzini (Colavita Forno d'Asolo) won the GP Liberazione, outkicking Alona Andruk (Diadora-Pasta Zara) and Monia Baccaille (SC MCipollini Giordana), both the Italian national champion and defending race champion, in the field sprint finale in Crema, Italy.
It was an emotional victory for the 27-year-old Italian as she not only won her first race as reigning world champion, but the win occurred on home soil.
"The team did an exceptional job in the sprint," said Bronzini. "I was looking for the win. I went close several times in Holland and Belgium.
"That I finally managed to break the ice today is all due to my teammates. I thanked them personally one-by-one because they raced at the front from the first to last kilometre. Then came the first win with this jersey in a race that inspires me. This day has a very special emotion."
Despite finishing as runner-up, Andruk was pleased with her result. "I tried hard and I was side-by-side with Bronzini through to the finish line. I was beaten by a few centimetres. For me it was the culmination of a great race, to be beaten by one of the strongest sprinters in the world is like winning."
1 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | 3:01:00 |
2 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Diadora - Pasta Zara | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Vaiano Solaristech | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Belinda Goss (Aus) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Gauss | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Federica Primavera (Ita) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Vania Rossi (Ita) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Eleonora Spaliviero (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Diadora - Pasta Zara | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Rossella Callovi (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Yelizaveta Bochkarova (Ukr) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Lelizaveta Oshurkova (Ukr) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Yulia Blindyuk (Rus) SC MCipollini Giordana | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Alessia Martini (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Gloria Presti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Anne-Marie Schmitt (Lux) Lointek | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Viktoriya Vologdina (Ukr) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Carly Hibberd (Aus) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Sara Grifi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Chiara Vanni (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Gauss | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Chiara Nadalutti (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Sylwia Kapusta (Pol) Gauss | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Suzie Godart (Lux) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Alessandra D'Ettorre (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Petra Zrimšek (Slo) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Emma Marcelli (Ita) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Lointek | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Samantha Galassi (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Anna Nagirna (Ukr) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Ziva Verbic (Slo) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Urša Pintar (Slo) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Lorena Foresi (Ita) Gauss | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Karin Aune (Swe) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Martina Ruzickova (Cze) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Alena Sitsko (Blr) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Elena Valentini (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Katarzyna Sosna (Ltu) Vaiano Solaristech | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Alenka Novak (Slo) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Silvia Moroni (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Stefania Baldi (Ita) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Francesca Faustini (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Gauss | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Oksana Kashchishina (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Giada Borgato (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Giulia Ronchi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Laura Basso (Ita) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto Honda Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Alessia Quarta (Ita) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Vaiano Solaristech | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Colavita Forno d'Asolo | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Tjaša Rutar (Slo) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Bridie O'Donnell (Aus) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Monica Ceccon (Ita) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Andreja Godec (Slo) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Francesca Cauz (Ita) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Elena Chiarelli (Ita) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Jennifer Hohl (Swi) SC MCipollini Giordana | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Amy Cure (Aus) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) SC MCipollini Giordana | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
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