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03.08.2008/Gianpaolo Cheula (Barloworld) took a very craved victory for his Team Barloworld in yesterday's 12th G.P. Nobili Rubinetterie , in Arona (Novara, Italy). The 29-year-old Italian rider was part of the decisive break which took off with about 40 kilometres to go.

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Bosisio, Cheula and Rizzi during the ceremony. (© Sirotti)

A break with Cheula, Bosisio and Rizzi was able to reach the finish line with a securing lead over the peloton, and Barloworld's Gianpaolo Cheula, with an impressive action, achieved a clear victory starting his sprint with 300 meters to go. LPR's Gabriele Bosisio came in  second, while Bruno Rizzi (NGC Medical -OTC Indus.Porte)completed the podium. The route provided 10 laps of a 16.5 km circuit, with a further last lap of 15 km, for a demanding and hilly race over 180 km.

"He [Cheula, editor] came out of the Tour de France with a very good shape - stated a satisfied Barloworld sports director Alberto Volpi - and today he showed it to everyone. The whole team Barloworld was perfect, as it was yesterday, but Cheula today looked unbeatable! I'm so happy with him because he is such a nice guy: he is a hard-working guy and an extraordinary team-mate. He's always helpful and reliable from January to October. He really deserved this victory."

CSC - Saxo Bank's  Jürgen Van Goolen took a nice fourth place after he chased the escapees on his own and managed to join them.

After a lengthy period with accidents and injuries it now looks as if the Belgian all-round rider is on the right track towards a great autumn.

”We took it a bit easy yesterday in order to save our strength for today's [saturday, editor] race, which is also very important to one of our sponsors, Nobili. We had guys all the way up front during most of the race but unfortunately Van Goolen only just made it to the front group as they hit the finishing stretch. He single-handedly closed a gap of 40 seconds to reach them so you gotta say that he appears to be ready after a difficult period. In the group behind we had Anders Lund, Lasse Böchmann and Volodymir Gustov so it was definitely a good day for us in Italy,” said CSC - Saxo Bank sports director Kim Andersen.

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Results GP Nobili Rubinetterie 2008
 
1 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                         4.45.18 (37.918 km/h)
2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                     
3 Bruno Rizzi (Ita) NGC Medical -OTC Indus.Porte                              0.02
4 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC Saxo Bank                                  0.15
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                    0.45
6 Daniele Calligarin (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura - Partizan                     
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                                 
8 Denis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka                                              
9 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross                                      
10 Andrea Masciarelli A (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffè Mokambo                       
11 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Preti Mangimi - Kio Ene                             
12 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                               
13 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                                          
14 Romans Sinicinas (Ltu) Cinelli - OPD                                          
15 David Tanner (Aus) Barloworld                                                  
16 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce                         
17 Francesco Reda (Ita) NGC Medical -OTC Indus.Porte                             
18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli       
19 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC Saxo Bank                                          
20 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli        
21 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
22 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross                                 
23 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) LPR Brakes - Ballan                                    
24 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                   
25 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC Saxo Bank

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