April 20/12 13:12 pm - Giro del Trentino: Stage 4 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 04/20/12
Atapuma and Pozzovivo power to climber's victories
The 36th Giro del Trentino was pure climbers’ stuff. Colombian Darwin Atapuma scored a wonderful solo win on the Passo Pordoi in light snowy conditions, capping the first success of Claudio Corti’s new ambitious team Colombia Coldeportes. Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF), yesterday’s winner atop Punta Veleno, brilliantly dealt with his opponents’ attacks, making himself a very worthy overall winner of one of the hardest and most spectacular editions ever.
Darwin Atapuma winning Stage 4
Along with the pint-sized rider from Basilicata, Southern Italy, Damiano Cunego (Lampre) and Poland's Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) stepped on the podium after battling to the final line. Atapuma was the star of the day though, by distancing everyone with a strong attack with 400 metres to go, edging fellow countryman Carlos Betancur (Acqua&Sapone) and Pozzovivo himself in the day’s classification.”
“I grew up following Herrera’s great wins at the Tour de France, and it’s a dream to win on such a climb. I can guess how happy they are in Colombia right now… I came from a farmers’ family, so I know what fatigue is about… It’s an amazing result, as it’s also the first ever for my team, and I want to dedicate it to our manager Claudio Corti, because he made this great project possible” Atapuma commented.
Pozzovivo held his opponents under control to defend his overall leadership with authority. “It was very cold, for sure – Domenico explained – but legs were good so I knew I wasn’t going to blow this chance. It’s a great win for me, and also brings our team to a higher level as a whole. Colnago-CSF’s outfit is young but very ambitious, we showed we can hold our own even in team time trials, and we got a very strong sprinter like Modolo. I am sure we are a very strong team, and this win will help us to increase our confidence.”
Stage profile
More good news from Giro del Trentino came for Damiano Cunego, overall second 40” behind Pozzovivo and looking in excellent shape: next on are Liege – with strong ambitions – and the Giro. Despite being heavily distanced, Ivan Basso showed signs of progression day after day. Josè Rujano performed well too, while Roman Kreuziger’s effort was slightly below the early expectations. The biggest disappointment came from last year’s winner Michele Scarponi and by Danilo Di Luca, who never looked able to compete with the strongest men in the race.
Giro del Trentino press release
Results from the 4th and final stage of the Giro del Trentino in Italy
| Stage 4: Castelletto di Brenzone to Passo Pordoi Val di Fassa, 177 km | |
| 1 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 4:37:03 |
| 2 Carlos Albert Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone | at 0:03 |
| 3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:06 |
| 4 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:17 |
| 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | s.t. |
| 6 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 0:21 |
| 7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:30 |
| 8 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 1:06 |
| 9 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 1:20 |
| 10 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:27 |
| 11 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 1:37 |
| 12 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:40 |
| 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | 1:45 |
| 14 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:54 |
| 15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:03 |
| 16 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 2:04 |
| 17 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 2:12 |
| 18 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 2:17 |
| 19 Marc de Maar (Aho) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 2:21 |
| 20 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 2:25 |
| 21 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 2:27 |
| 22 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | |
| 23 Cayet Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale | both s.t. |
| 24 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:35 |
| 25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:44 |
| 26 Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 2:50 |
| 27 Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 3:24 |
| 28 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 3:56 |
| 29 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 4:02 |
| 30 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea | 4:12 |
| 31 Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 4:35 |
| 32 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 4:38 |
| 33 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 4:47 |
| 34 Jason McCartney (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 4:55 |
| 35 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 5:04 |
| 36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 5:28 |
| 37 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 5:33 |
| 38 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 6:07 |
| 39 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 6:15 |
| 40 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team NetApp | 6:50 |
| 41 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 42 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | both s.t. |
| 43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech powered by C10 | 6:52 |
| 44 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp | 6:53 |
| 45 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 7:05 |
| 46 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 7:10 |
| 47 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 48 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 7:45 |
| 49 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7:54 |
| 50 Simone Boifava (Ita) Team Idea | 9:43 |
| 51 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Esp) Utensilnord Named | 10:23 |
| 52 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Utensilnord Named | s.t. |
| 53 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 11:19 |
| 54 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col Colombia - Coldeportes | 12:05 |
| 55 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 12:39 |
| 56 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 13:37 |
| 57 Sergio Lagana (Ita) Utensilnord Named | |
| 58 Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 59 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 60 Davide Mucelli (Ita) Utensilnord Named | |
| 61 Fabio Piscopiello (Ita) Utensilnord Named | |
| 62 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 63 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 64 Flavio de Luna (Mex) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 65 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 66 Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 67 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 68 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 69 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp | |
| 70 Frederico Rocchetti (Ita) Utensilnord Named | |
| 71 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 72 Oleg Berdos (MDA) Utensilnord Named | |
| 73 Andreas Dietziker (Sui) Team NetApp | |
| 74 Ruslan Karimov (Uzb) Team Idea | |
| 75 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 76 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 77 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 78 Raymond Kunzli (Sui) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 79 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 80 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 81 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 82 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 83 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 84 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 85 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp | |
| 86 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 87 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 88 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp | |
| 89 Luca Dodi (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 91 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp | |
| 92 William Clarke William (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 93 Alessandro de Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 13:46 |
| 94 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 14:27 |
| 95 Bradley White (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 15:50 |
| 96 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 97 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 16:18 |
| 98 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 99 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp | |
| 100 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 101 Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 102 Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 103 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 104 Davide Frattini (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 105 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | all s.t. |
| DNF Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD | |
| DNF Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| DNF Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| DNF Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| DNF David Boily (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| DNF Stiven Fanelli (Ita) Utensilnord Named | |
| DNF Luca Barla (Ita) Team Idea | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 12:57:47 |
| 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | at 0:40 |
| 3 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:04 |
| 4 Carlos Albert Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone | 1:42 |
| 5 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 2:07 |
| 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | 2:33 |
| 7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:34 |
| 8 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 3:55 |
| 9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 4:01 |
| 10 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 4:05 |
| 11 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 4:27 |
| 12 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 5:03 |
| 13 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 5:05 |
| 14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 5:58 |
| 15 Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 6:20 |
| 16 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 6:47 |
| 17 Marc de Maar (Aho) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 7:08 |
| 18 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea | 7:27 |
| 19 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7:46 |
| 20 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 7:49 |
| 21 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 7:55 |
| 22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 7:59 |
| 23 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp | 8:39 |
| 24 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 8:47 |
| 25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 9:09 |
| 26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 9:27 |
| 27 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 10:40 |
| 28 Cayet Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale | 11:00 |
| 29 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 11:00 |
| 30 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 11:06 |
| 31 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 13:41 |
| 32 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 14:01 |
| 33 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 15:55 |
| 34 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 16:19 |
| 35 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 16:20 |
| 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | 16:39 |
| 37 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 17:17 |
| 38 Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 17:22 |
| 39 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech powered by C10 | 17:54 |
| 40 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team NetApp | 19:15 |
| 41 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 20:13 |
| 42 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 20:33 |
| 43 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 22:05 |
| 44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 24:33 |
| 45 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 24:40 |
| 46 Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Team Idea | 25:02 |
| 47 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Utensilnord Named | 26:10 |
| 48 Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 27:11 |
| 49 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 27:44 |
| 50 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | 29:21 |
| 51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 30:48 |
| 52 Jason McCartney (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 30:50 |
| 53 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 31:29 |
| 54 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 31:37 |
| 55 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Esp) Utensilnord Named | 32:09 |
| 56 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 32:31 |
| 57 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 32:46 |
| 58 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 33:03 |
| 59 Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea | 33:39 |
| 60 Raymond Kunzli (Sui) Spidertech powered by C10 | 34:34 |
| 61 Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 34:48 |
| 62 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 35:01 |
| 63 Luca Dodi (Ita) Team Idea | 35:32 |
| 64 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp | 35:44 |
| 65 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 35:55 |
| 66 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp | 36:33 |
| 67 Simone Boifava (Ita) Team Idea | 36:48 |
| 68 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col Colombia - Coldeportes | 37:10 |
| 69 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea | 37:53 |
| 70 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 38:01 |
| 71 Andreas Dietziker (Sui) Team NetApp | 38:15 |
| 72 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 38:43 |
| 73 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp | 38:47 |
| 74 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 38:50 |
| 75 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 40:15 |
| 76 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp | 40:44 |
| 77 Alessandro de Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli -Venezuela | 40:51 |
| 78 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp | 41:43 |
| 79 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 42:01 |
| 80 Davide Mucelli (Ita) Utensilnord Named | 42:27 |
| 81 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 42:40 |
| 82 Ruslan Karimov (Uzb) Team Idea | 42:53 |
| 83 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 42:58 |
| 84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 43:08 |
| 85 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | 45:21 |
| 86 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 46:11 |
| 87 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 46:25 |
| 88 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 46:45 |
| 89 Fabio Piscopiello (Ita) Utensilnord Named | 47:40 |
| 90 Frederico Rocchetti (Ita) Utensilnord Named | 47:40 |
| 91 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 47:52 |
| 92 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 48:34 |
| 93 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 48:35 |
| 94 Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | 49:28 |
| 95 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 51:04 |
| 96 Oleg Berdos (MDA) Utensilnord Named | 51:10 |
| 97 Flavio de Luna (Mex) Spidertech powered by C10 | 51:26 |
| 98 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 51:29 |
| 99 Davide Frattini (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 51:45 |
| 100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 51:49 |
| 101 Sergio Lagana (Ita) Utensilnord Named | 52:21 |
| 102 Bradley White (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 52:59 |
| 103 William Clarke William (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 57:40 |
| 104 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 57:51 |
| 105 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 58:47 |
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