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20.10.2007/ Damiano Cunego won the final Pro-Tour race of the 2007, the Giro di Lombardia today. Cadel Evans won the overall of the 2007 UCI Pro-Tour.

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Damiano Cunego won the Giro di Lombardia (picture: Cyclingheroes)

Traditionally, the Tour of Lombardy is decided in the final fifty kilometers. Seven adventurers were allowed to jump away in the run-up to that. Matteo Tosatto (Quickstep) was by far the strongest but he was naturally also caught up with.

An elite group of a little over ten cyclists that started the concluding climb, the San Fermo della Battaglia, together. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) laid the foundation for his victory there by responding swiftly to Riccardo Ricco's (Saunier Duval) needling. He was the only one to do so.

The lead the two Italians established, however, was not so large that the others did not have a chance anymore. In the descent, Samuel Sanchez brought himself and his competitors back on the duo's trail. Everything seemed to turn out okay when Ricco and Cunego came to a standstill in the final kilometer. The same thing happened in the first chasing group with riders like Thomas Dekker (Rabobank), Samuel Sanchez (Euskatel), Andy Schleck (CSC) and Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto). Cunego easily defeated his compatriot in the sprint between the two.

The two fastest riders were also the course's two best riders. CSC's Frank Schleck was also one of them but he put himself out of the race in the finale by not paying attention for one second. He then crashed and blew his chances. Bad luck for the Danish team that had a tight grip on the race.

"It was my own fault and of course I'm really upset about what happened. Sometimes you end up crashing - that's the name of the game. Everyone could see that we had the strongest team and I definitely had a realistic chance of winning. But it wasn't meant to happen, I guess. At least Andy was strong out there today and got a great result," said the unlucky Fränk Schleck after the race.

"For most of the day we managed to control the race the way we'd planned, so it's a big shame that Fränk crashed like that at the end. Our plan was to make the race as tough as possible and at the same time have several potentials for the victory in the end. We succeeded, but without Fränk it was difficult to finish the job. You can't plan against that sort of thing, but we did manage to show our diversity as a team with skills to dominate the big classics," said CSC team manager Bjarne Riis.

Rabobank team manager Erik Breukink was satisfied. "Thomas [Dekker] rode a strong finale. And running into stronger opponents can happen. I am also really satisfied with Robert Gesink. He finished in the group behind Thomas. That is pretty good for someone in his first Tour of Lombardy."

Cadel Evans won overall of the 2007 UCI Pro Tour. Evans ended the season with 247 points, 50 more than Italy's Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) who became second. Tour de France winner Alberto Contador is the number three of this years Pro-Tour.

Evans best result was without any doubt 2nd at Tour de France, but he also finished 2nd at Dauphiné Libéré, 4th at the Vuelta, 6th of Giro di Lombardia and 7th of Paris-Nice.

Results

1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              5.52.48 (41.16 km/h)
2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.10
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             
5 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                       
7 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                           
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            
9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic                      0.16
10 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                     
11 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  0.19
13 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        0.25
14 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     0.46
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
16 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia        
17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                               1.12
18 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team LPR                                     1.34
19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.36
20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
21 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                                           
22 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                                      
23 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick.Step - Innergetic                            
24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                           
26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                        1.48
27 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano                                 1.51
28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                              2.41
29 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                   
30 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                  2.50
31 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             3.39
32 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 4.12
33 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     4.38
34 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      4.51
35 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia      5.17
36 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia   
37 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                          
38 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
39 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                   7.38
40 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prévoyance                                8.13
41 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                             8.20
42 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                
43 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
44 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
45 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                           
46 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                  
47 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
48 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis                                         
49 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance                                      
50 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
51 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
52 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       
53 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                         
54 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               
55 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano                                
56 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
57 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                         
59 Miculà De Matteis (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano                                
60 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick.Step - Innergetic                           
61 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano                              
62 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                    
63 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                         
64 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia     
65 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                
66 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                    
67 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                                      
68 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                            12.31
69 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                                   
70 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
71 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                    
72 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
73 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
74 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram                                           
75 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                          
76 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                          
77 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                  
78 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                             
79 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
80 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
81 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                        
82 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic                            
83 Jure Golcer (Slo) Tenax-Salmilano                                  12.34
84 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano                                 
85 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram                                        
86 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                       12.37
87 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                                 
88 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
89 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      
90 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                            
91 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
92 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
93 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                                    
94 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
95 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
96 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
97 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel                                 
98 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Team LPR                                       
99 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
100 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic                      12.49
102 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic                            
103 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic                           
104 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole

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