Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli's
Alessandro
Bertolini got a second straight win in the Giro dell'Appennino
one-day "classic" in northern Italy. The past season the man from
Trentino soloed to the line to clinch victory, this time he found
one rider able to match his power. At least until the final
straight, where Bertolini couldn't help but pipping fellow Italian
Eddy Ratti.
Bertolini nips Ratti for the repeat victory. Photo ©
2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti
The race kicked off at Novi Ligure (Alessandria province of
Piedmont), in the "homeland" of Campionissimi like Fausto
Coppi and Costante Girardengo. Nothing worthy of mention occurred
until Francesco Masciarelli attacked on the Bocchetta climb. A group
of seven chasers formed behind him, while the future race winner was
in a second gruppo, trailing the guy by close to 01'30". But
Bertolini did very fine on the Bocchetta descent and got across to
join the first chase group.
The man himself drove the pursuit on the Castagnola slopes, with
the gap being cut down to half a minute. Masciarelli got caught at
the foot of the next hilly thing, the Passo dei Giovi, then Ratti
and Bertolini made the gap on the final descent into Pontedecimo, a
small place near Genoa that hosted today's finishing line. Britain's
Christopher Froome (Barloworld) filled in the remaining top three
spot at ten seconds. The Colombian Miguel Angel Rubiano Chávez led
home the next chase group over a minute behind the winner.
Alessandro celebrates his second win in the race on the podium.
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2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti
Podium: Eddy Ratti, Alessandro Bertolini and Christian Froome
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2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti
69th Giro dell'Appennino UCI 1.1
200 km - 4:45:35
1. BERTOLINI Alessandro SDA 4h45'35" 80
2. RATTI Eddy NEP 48
3. FROOME Chris BAR 10" 40
Alessandro Bertolini and Serramenti PVC manager Gianni "Il Principe"
Savio
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2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti
4. RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel CZP 01'03" 36
5. SZMYD Sylwester LAM 01'03" 32
6. PFANNBERGER Christian BAR 01'03" 28
7. GIUNTI Massimo MIE 01'03" 24
8. ANZA Santo SDA 01'03" 20
9. PELANEK Lubos LAM 01'03" 16
10. CARUSO Giampaolo FLM 01'03" 12
11. ZANASCA Luca CZP 01'03" 8
12. FAILLI Francesco ASA 01'56" 5
13. TIZZA Francesco NGC 01'56" 5
14. SESTILI Luigi FLM 01'56" 5
15. PIDGORNYY Ruslan LPR 01'56" 5
16. PIERFELICI Luca ASA 01'56" 5
17. POZZOVIVO Domenico CSF 01'56" 5
18. RUDASKOV Sergey COS 02'55" 5
19. CATALDO Dario LIQ 02'55" 5
20. CANNONE Donato NGC 02'55"
Italian road champion Filippo Simeoni finishes out of the top 20.
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2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti
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