The 32nd edition of the Tour of Trentino came to an end Friday with a
178-kilometre ride from
Lavarone to Peio Terme. In spite of the demanding
parcours the stage ended in a sprint of top overall contenders, with
Stefano Garzelli taking his second victory in a couple days, and
finally getting some great results after the record number (7) of second
place finishes he collected earlier in the season.
The Italian veteran from Varese was not the only rider with a reason to
smile (and in Garzelli's case, stage victory was his only reason,
for on the other side of he coin the "Water & Soap" boys just lost all of
their chances to take part in the upcoming Giro d'Italia...) anyway: so
was Vincenzo Nibali, who snatched a top ten spot in the stage
ranking and notably claimed overall victory in the race.
Garzelli and
Pozzovivo figured alongside him on the race podium while Jure Golcer
dropped to fourth place overall. Pozzovivo and Emanuele Sella climbed the
podium as members of the teams classification winner, CSF Group-Navigare,
and the latter also triumphed in the KOM standings. Hubert Krys of Poland
and Ceramiche Flaminia was the surprise winner in the Hot Spot Sprints
competition.
Prior to the last sprint, Friday's closing leg saw Salvatore "Totò"
Commesso, now racing with the Preti Mangimi outfit, back to ancient glory
(well, sort of) as he made the "breakaway of the day" together with
felllow Italian and former World Champion (as an U23) Leonardo Giordani (Ceramiche
Flaminia-Bossini Docce) plus France's Alexandre Blain (Cofidis). It took
just three kilometres for the trio to have enough of staying inside the
field and to go clear on their own.
They gained up to 04'45" over the gruppo, but Blain's and Commesso's
hopes (if any) for glory evaporated on the Mendola slopes. Giordani stayed
clear longer instead; but, after a solo chase by Paolo Bettini didn't bear
fruit, was caught by Gabriele Bosisio (Team LPR) first, about a dozen
kilometres from the line, and the rest of the bunch soon later. Bosisio
took over the status of solo frontrunner, but the guy himself had to wave
white a flag with just two thousand meters to go.
Next on the attack was Palmiro Masciarelli, but CSF-Navigare's Domenico
Pozzovivo followed the move and, in the last 500 metres, gave it a shot
at shaking up the leader board a little bit. The latter was a serious GC
threat indeed, such that the same Nibali had to counter.
Stefano Garzelli takes the final stage fo the Giro denying the CSF duo
Baliani and Sella. Photo © Fotoreporter Sirotti
Successfully. Garzelli managed to stay with the overall leader, and the other top
finishers, and eventually benefited from The Shark's lack of interest in
stage victory.
Stefano Garzelli celebrates his stage win with the pretty Trentino lasses.
Photo © Fotoreporter Sirotti
Stage 4 (Lavarone to Peio Terme, 178,6 km): Top
10 Results
1. Stefano Garzelli (Ita - Acqua & Sapone-Mokambo) - 04h42'56'' (37.853
kph)
2. Fortunato Baliani (Ita - CSF Group-Navigare) - s.t.
3. Emanuele Sella (Ita - CSF Group-Navigare) - s.t.
4. Mauricio Soler (Col - Barloworld) - s.t.
5. Eddy Ratti (Ita - Team Nippo-Endeka) - s.t.
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita - CSF Group-Navigare) - s.t.
7. José Serpa (Col - Diquigiovanni-Androni) - s.t.
8. Gilberto Simoni (Ita - Diquigiovanni-Androni) - s.t.
9. Sylvester Szmyd (Pol - Lampre) - s.t.
10. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita - Liquigas) - at 06"
Complete stage results
HERE (pdf file)
Vincenzo Nibali Overall winner with his trophy. Photo © Fotoreporter Sirotti
32nd Giro del Trentino: Final GC - Top 15 Places
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita - Liquigas) - 14h01'09''
2. Stefano Garzelli (Ita - Acqua & Sapone-Mokambo) - at 15''
3. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita - CSF Group-Navigare) - at 31''
4. Jure Golcer (Slo - Team LPR) - at 33''
5. Francesco Bellotti (Ita - Barloworld) - at 34''
6. Fortunato Baliani (Ita - CSF Group-Navigare) - at 43''
7. Emanuele Sella (Ita - CSF Group - Navigare) - at 48''
8. Sylvester Szmyd (Pol - Lampre) - at 50''
9. José Serpa (Col - Diquigiovanni-Androni) - at 51"
10. Evgeni Petrov (Rus - Tinkoff Credits System) - at 58''
11. Eddy Ratti (Ita - Nippo - Endeka) - at 01'03''
12. Gilberto Simoni (Ita - Diquigiovanni-Androni) - at 01'06''
13. Danius Kairelis (Lit - Flaminia-Bossini Docce) - at 01'13''
14. Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro - Adria Mobil) - at 01'18''
15. Franco Pellizotti (Ita - Liquigas) - at 01'27''
Nibali and the jersey winners on the final podium. Photo © Fotoreporter Sirotti
Full final standings
HERE (pdf file)
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32nd Giro del Trentino - Stage One
* 32nd
Giro del Trentino - Stage Two
* 32nd
Giro del Trentino - Stage Three
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