GP Friuli **Spoilers**
frenchfighter
Posts: 30,642
Serpa takes the win in a two up sprint with Pavel Brutt.
Terrible conditions means only 25 finished.
Cnews summary:
A snow shower just after the start in Pordenone quickly made a selection in the peloton, with a group of 31 forming up front as others began to retire. BMC missed the move and so took up the chase, with Evans doing a lot of the work. He rode to help teammate Mauro Santambrogio go across to front group and then headed to the showers.
The San Floriano climb reduced the front group to just 16 as the laps ticked down. Patxi Vila (De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia) went on the attack but was caught before the last time on the climb.
20 riders started the climb together but Serpa, Paterski, Spilak and Brutt got a gap over the top. They were joined by Vila and Klostergaard, with Stangelj, Bole and Tosatto not far behind.
Despite the dangerous conditions, Brutt and Serpa opened a gap on the descent to the finish in Gorizia and had a 16-second lead with five kilometres to go.
Brutt won the Clasica Sarda last Sunday in Sardinia but Serpa got the better of him in the sprint, winning by a bike length.
Photo: © Riccardo Scanferla
1 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 4:47:20
2 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
3 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:05
4 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:08
5 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD
6 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 0:00:25
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana
8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
9 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia 0:00:27
10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:00:31
11 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:33
12 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
13 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil
14 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Amore & Vita
15 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
16 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
17 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
18 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone
19 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD 0:03:06
20 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 0:05:10
21 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil
22 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
23 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli
24 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
25 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
Terrible conditions means only 25 finished.
Cnews summary:
A snow shower just after the start in Pordenone quickly made a selection in the peloton, with a group of 31 forming up front as others began to retire. BMC missed the move and so took up the chase, with Evans doing a lot of the work. He rode to help teammate Mauro Santambrogio go across to front group and then headed to the showers.
The San Floriano climb reduced the front group to just 16 as the laps ticked down. Patxi Vila (De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia) went on the attack but was caught before the last time on the climb.
20 riders started the climb together but Serpa, Paterski, Spilak and Brutt got a gap over the top. They were joined by Vila and Klostergaard, with Stangelj, Bole and Tosatto not far behind.
Despite the dangerous conditions, Brutt and Serpa opened a gap on the descent to the finish in Gorizia and had a 16-second lead with five kilometres to go.
Brutt won the Clasica Sarda last Sunday in Sardinia but Serpa got the better of him in the sprint, winning by a bike length.
Photo: © Riccardo Scanferla
1 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 4:47:20
2 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
3 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:05
4 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:08
5 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD
6 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 0:00:25
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana
8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
9 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia 0:00:27
10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:00:31
11 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:33
12 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Guerciotti
13 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil
14 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Amore & Vita
15 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
16 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
17 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
18 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone
19 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD 0:03:06
20 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 0:05:10
21 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil
22 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
23 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli
24 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
25 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
Contador is the Greatest
0
