The Time Trial can hardly be called a contest as Paolo Savoldelli cruised to victory - he even caught and passed Danilo di Luca!!
1
Paolo Savoldelli
CARLSBERG
48'57
2
Dario David Cioni
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 30
3
Marco Velo
FED-EX
+ 1'05
4
Vincenzo Nibali
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
5
Marco Pinotti
CARLSBERG
+ 1'11
6
Marzio Bruseghin
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 1'19
7
Pietro Caucchioli
AGRITUBEL
+ 1'37
8
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
+ 1'48
9
Manuel Quinziato
TEAM FLOGAS
s.t.
10
Rinaldo Nocentini
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 1'50
11
Franco Pellizotti
TELEFONICA
+ 1'58
12
Filippo Pozzato
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT
+ 1'59
13
Dario Cataldo
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 2'01
14
Domenico Pozzovivo
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
+ 2'07
15
Danilo Di Luca
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 2'08
16
Riccardo Ricco'
MAGENTA TREFOIL
+ 2'09
17
Giovanni Visconti
CARREFOUR CYCLING
s.t.
18
Sergio Ghisalberti
DESIGNA KØKKEN
+ 2'14
19
Roberto Petito
TEAM FLOGAS
+ 2'21
20
Enrico Gasparotto
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
21
Paolo Bettini
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 2'23
22
Alessandro Ballan
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
s.t.
23
Mauro Santambrogio
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
24
Luca Mazzanti
TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS
+ 2'26
25
Damiano Cunego
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 2'30
26
Emanuele Sella
TELEFONICA
+ 2'31
27
Leonardo Piepoli
CYCLING24 - HONDA
s.t.
28
Marco Osella
UNE ORBITEL
s.t.
29
Davide Rebellin
CYCLING24 - HONDA
+ 2'33
30
Eddy Mazzoleni
CYCLING24 - HONDA
+ 2'44
31
Gilberto Simoni
CARLSBERG
s.t.
32
Mirko Lorenzetto
FED-EX
+ 2'47
33
Gianpaolo Caruso
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
34
Daniele Bennati
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
35
Stefano Garzelli
TEAM FLOGAS
+ 2'49
36
Lorenzo Bernucci
CARLSBERG
+ 2'56
37
Matteo Priamo
BARLOWORLD
+ 2'57
38
Luca Paolini
CARLSBERG
+ 3'00
39
Fabio Sabatini
CYCLING24 - HONDA
s.t.
40
Ruggero Marzoli
CARLSBERG
+ 3'10
41
Marco Marzano
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 3'13
42
Elia Rigotto
FED-EX
+ 3'16
43
Cristiano Salerno
BARLOWORLD
+ 3'20
44
Massimiliano Maisto
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 3'21
45
Mauro Da Dalto
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 3'35
46
Massimilliano Mori
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 3'40
47
Fabio Sacchi
FED-EX
+ 3'56
48
Roberto Ferrari
TEAM FLOGAS
+ 4'00
49
Benedetto Monterastelli
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
+ 4'04
50
Giuliano Figueras
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
51
Matteo Carrara
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
s.t.
52
Paolo Tiralongo
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 4'06
53
Francesco Gavazzi
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
54
Davide Viganò
AGRITUBEL
+ 4'07
55
Andrea Moletta
VOLKSBANK
s.t.
56
Moris Possoni
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 4'11
57
Alberto Ongarato
FED-EX
s.t.
58
Alessandro Cortinovis
FED-EX
+ 4'14
59
Mirko Celestino
FED-EX
+ 4'15
60
Cesare Di Maggio
TELEFONICA
+ 4'17
61
Santo Anza
DESIGNA KØKKEN
+ 4'25
62
Fortunato Baliani
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
+ 4'33
63
Salvatore Commesso
BARLOWORLD
+ 4'36
64
Andrea Tonti
MAGENTA TREFOIL
+ 4'39
65
Enrico Degano
BARLOWORLD
s.t.
66
Jean-Luc Gnanhouan
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
67
Paride Grillo
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
+ 4'43
68
Ivano Lo Cicero
FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI
+ 4'49
69
Marco Zanotti
UNE ORBITEL
+ 4'51
70
Francesco Chicchi
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 4'52
71
Angelo Furlan
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
72
Marino Prestia
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
73
Danilo Napolitano
TEAM FLOGAS
+ 4'55
74
Alberto Loddo
TELEFONICA
+ 5'00
75
Claudio Corioni
CARLSBERG
+ 5'05
76
Alessandro Petacchi
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
+ 5'07
77
Mauro Facci
CARREFOUR CYCLING
+ 5'11
78
Francesco Bellotti
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
+ 5'12
79
Paolo Bossoni
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 5'13
80
Crescenzo D'Amore
DESIGNA KØKKEN
+ 5'15
RR
A hilly rating for the mostly flat course. The ending should provide the drama.
A break of 13 forms and looking at the make up of it, it could be ominous. 3 Gazetta riders, 2 Flogas riders, 2 Fed-Ex riders and most of the big teams all represented.
With 45km to go to the front end of the peleton reaches the start of the hills, 7'32 behind the leaders. The likes of Ricco, Ballan and Pozzatto have already been dropped.
Di Luca and Rebellin have soon ridden away from the peleton but refuse to work with each other.
After 2 of the main 3 steep climbs, 13 has become 6.
Mori, Quinziato, Sacchi, Commesso, Corioni and Maisto.
6 soon becomes 4 as they head towards the final ascent.
Onto the final hill, Rebellin gets away from Di Luca but both are caught. Rebellin is seen at the front urging the rest of the riders to help chase the break.
Up in the break, Maisto has been dropped and then Sacchi and Quinziato put in an attack that gets rid of Mori.
But Mori riders the descent very hard and catches up in time for the sprint.
But as quickly as he caught them, Mori soon explodes and falls away again. Its Sacchi v Quinziato.
And its no contest whatsoever, Sacchi is the new Italian champion!
Quinziato takes 2nd, while Corioni comes through for 3rd.
Maisto and Napolitano from the breakaway lead home the first group to contain pre-race favourites, Bettini, Pellizotti and Nocentini.
Cunego is behind this group and Di Luca is even further back, finishing with Rebellin. He looks in poor form ahead of the Worlds and Lombardia.
