Cyclingpost.com - Cunego wins Trentino, stage for Richeze

Cunego wins Trentino, stage for Richeze

By Jonathan Roorda
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:35:40

ARCE, Apr 27 (CP) - Argentinian Maximiliano Richeze has won the final stage in the Giro del Trentino, while the overall win went to Damiano Cunego.

The fourth and final stage was 164 kilometers long and went from Toscolano Maderno to the town of Arce.

Christian Murro and Ivan De Nobile tried an attack but the two Italians were kept on a leash by the peloton.

At the finish, Richeze was faster than Luca Paolini and Krzysztof Szczawinski. Damiano Cunego finished in the pack to secure his overall victory.

Stage results:

1. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg-PAN) 3h40'40"
2. Luca Paolini (Ita-LIQ) s.t.
3. Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol-MIE) s.t.
4. Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr-FLM) s.t.
5. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita-CLM) s.t.
6. Borut Bozic (Slo-LPR) s.t.
7. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita-ASA) s.t.
8. Daniele Pietropolli (Ita-TEN) s.t.
9. Emiliano Donadello (Ita-CLM) s.t.
10. Gianluca Geremia (Ita-FLM) s.t.

General classification:

1. Damiano Cunego (Ita-LAM) 16h22'20"
2. Michele Scarponi (Ita-ASA) 0'18"
3. Luca Mazzanti (Ita-FLM) 0'40"
4. Thomas Rohregger (Aut-ELK) 0'42"
5. Franco Pellizotti (Ita-LIQ) 0'45"
6. Fortunato Baliani (Ita-PAN) 0'54"
7. Andrea Noè (Ita-LIQ) 1'12"
8. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita-LIQ) s.t.
9. Yauhen Sobal (Blr-CEO) 1'17"
10. Massimo Giunti (Ita-MIE) 1'28"

Mountains classification:

Robert Kiserlovski (Cro-ADR)

Young riders classification:

Vincenzo Nibali (Ita-LIQ)

Teams classification:

Liquigas (Ita)

Results by Sébastien Toussaint