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| Linus Gerdemann won Agostini. (© Sirotti) |
Picture Gallery: Coppa Agostoni 2008
Gerdemann is still building up his form after breaking his femur and damaging knee ligaments in a crash at the Tirreno-Adriatico
race in March, but beat Italy’s Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) and Austrian national champion Christian Pfannberger
(Barloworld) to take the prestigious Italian summer one-day race.
The three broke away 12 kilometres from the
end of the hilly race held north of Milan. A group of chasers were only a few seconds behind but were unable to catch them
and Linus won the sprint to the line.
The 25 year-old German had hoped to win the Tre Valli Varesine race on Monday
but a front wheel punctured two kilometres from the finish ruined his chances. He got revenge just 24 hours later.
“Linus
was really unlucky in the Tre Valli race but made up for it with a perfect ride in the Coppa Agostoni,” Columbia's sports
director Valerio Piva said.
“The team protected and looked after him during most of the race and then he attack
on a key climb with 20kms to go. The race came back together but Linus, Bertagnolli and Pfannberger got away again and then
Linus was the best in the sprint."
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Race reports
Results Coppa Ugo Agostoni 2008
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Columbia
4.27.20 (42,419 km/h)
2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas
3 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloword
4 Francesco Reda
(Ita) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte
0.08
5 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura-Partizan
6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step
7 Raffaele Ferrara
(Ita) LPR Brakes-Ballan
8 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte
9 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche-Silver
Cross
10 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
11 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
12
Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce
13 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce
14
Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone Caffè Mokambo
1.58
15 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Cinelli - OPD
2.55
16 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
17 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
18 Dario Cataldo
(Ita) Liquigas
19 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka
20 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank
21 Alessandro Bertuola
(Ita) Preti Mangimi
22 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
23 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silvercross
24
Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
25 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe
Mokambo
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