Vittoria italiana al 91° Giro delle Fiandre

Il sole, quest’anno, ha reso la 91^ edizione del Giro delle Fiandre ancora più bella, soprattutto per i colori italiani. Il bel tempo ha forse reso la gara più facile, anche se parlare di facile, in una gara del genere, è forse fuori luogo. Molte, come sempre, le cadute; a farne le spese sia gregari che atleti di primo piano: tra questi Eric Zabel e Tom Boonen. Il primo è stato costretto al ritiro, il secondo, pur avendo fortemente battuto il gomito ed un ginocchio ha continuato la gara. Paolo Bettini si è messo subito in mostra, sempre nelle prime posizioni, ma la svolta della gara c’è stata sul penultimo muro. Tom Boonen, rientrato nel gruppo di testa, nonostante la caduta, lo ha affrontato davanti a tutti, dietro di lui Alessandro Ballan e Paolo Bettini; a metà del muro, Ballan scatta con una progressione impressionante e né Boonen ne Bettini riescono a tenergli la ruota; così, Alessandro Ballan, giunge alla sommità in testa, da solo, seguito a pochi metri dal belga Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto), l’unico che aveva saputo rispondere alla sua progressione. Alessandro a questo punto ha preferito aspettare Hoste ed insieme hanno collaborato per mantenere un esiguo distacco sul gruppo. Dieci, venti secondi sugli inseguitori, questo il distacco che il duo di testa è riuscito a mantenere, nonostante dietro prima Filippo Pozzato, poi Luca Paolini, abbiano cercato di ricucire lo strappo. Anche Paolo Bettini ci ha provato, ma invano. I due di testa così si giocavano la vittoria allo sprint: il belga è stato bravo a rimanere a ruota di Ballan fino agli ultimi metri, ed infatti lo ha sorpreso con uno bello scatto ai 150 metri dall’arrivo, ma forse non aveva più tanta energia, non quanta Alessandro che caparbiamente è riuscito a rispondere all’avversario, recuperando il piccolo distacco e superandolo proprio sul traguardo. Per lui, che molto ha faticato per passare professionista, una grande vittoria. Al traguardo ha dedicato la vittoria alla squadra, che lo ha aiutato moltissimo, ed alla famiglia; visibilmente deluso il secondo classificato, Leif Hoste; più soddisfatto Luca Paolini, che nonostante una caduta ai meno 60 km all’arrivo, è riuscito ad ottenere un ottimo risultato, anche se ammette che nel finale sperava di riuscire a prendere Ballan. Filippo Pozzato ha dichiarato di non essere stato in ottima forma, pur avendo provato a staccarsi dal gruppo, ma le gambe non erano quelle dei giorni migliori. Chi si sentiva in forma era Paolo Bettini, ma ha dichiarato di non essere riuscito a prendere la fuga buona, ed ha rimandato la vittoria alla prossima volta. Non andranno iscritti negli annali della corsa, ma una menzione la meritano senza dubbio Fabian Cancellara, che a lungo ha cercato la fuga, ma ha dovuto desistere per mancanza di compagni che lo aiutassero, ed Enrico Franzoi, a lungo in testa con il primo gruppo di fuggitivi, che poi è stato ripreso quando mancavano circa 20 km alla fine. Di seguito l’ordine di arrivo:                 

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          6.10.15 (41.97 km/h)

2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       

3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.05

4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                            

5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                                 

6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                               0.13

7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                              

8 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          

9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         

10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      0.35

11 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              

12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                                 

13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                       

14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        

15 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             

16 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 

17 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                       

18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                          

19 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 

20 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              0.42

21 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                           0.48

22 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                     1.32

23 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                      

24 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       

25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             

26 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                  

27 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram                                          

28 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  

29 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                         

30 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    

31 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram                                           

32 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                       

33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance                                  

34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 

35 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                            

36 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                             

37 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  

38 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                               

39 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    

40 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 

41 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                       

42 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                   

43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                

44 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                             

45 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       

46 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                   

47 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        

48 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                      

49 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                           

50 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                      

51 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              

52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     

53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      

54 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     

55 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                          

56 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 

57 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                            

58 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                           

59 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          

60 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 2.57

61 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  

62 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                                  

63 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 

64 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             

65 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              

66 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                                  

67 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                                    

68 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          

69 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             

70 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  

71 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     

72 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                      

73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   

74 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         

75 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            6.50

76 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 

77 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             

78 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             6.55

79 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                            

80 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             

81 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             

82 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   

83 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             

84 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                          7.10

85 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  

86 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                          

87 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     

88 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   

89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance                                  

90 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                          

91 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                

92 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                         

93 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  

94 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                9.47

95 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   10.22

96 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            

97 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    

98 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   

99 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        

100 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           

101 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     12.37

102 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   

103 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                         

104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                 

105 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                   

106 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   

107 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 

108 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis                                         

109 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        

110 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             

111 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       

112 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                        

113 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                       

114 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            

115 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                        

116 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             

DNF Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                           

DNF Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              

DNF Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   

DNF Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                       

DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                        

DNF Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                        

DNF Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                                    

DNF Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                       

DNF José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            

DNF Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  

DNF Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  

DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                

DNF Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             

DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                

DNF Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

DNF Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                

DNF Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   

DNF Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              

DNF Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 

DNF Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              

DNF David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               

DNF Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        

DNF Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         

DNF Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              

DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              

DNF Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                              

DNF Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                                   

DNF Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                               

DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance                                 

DNF Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                                    

DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                

DNF Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              

DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis                                        

DNF Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                           

DNF Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis                                        

DNF Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              

DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  

DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               

DNF Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                    

DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          

DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        

DNF Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            

DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    

DNF Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    

DNF Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        

DNF Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    

DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                          

DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                        

DNF Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                                      

DNF Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile                                         

DNF Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                        

DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       

DNF Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                        

DNF Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram                                              

DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                          

DNF Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                        

DNF Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         

DNF Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                      

DNF Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                              

DNF Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                          

DNF Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                                

DNF Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel                                

DNF Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                                 

DNF Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            

DNF Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        

DNF Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             

DNF Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        

DNF Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           

DNF James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner               

DNF Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                        

DNF Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                    

DNF Robert Wagner (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   

DNF Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   

DNF Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                

DNF Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 

DNF Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        

DNF Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         

DNF Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         

DNF Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               

DNF Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           

DNF Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  

DNF Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                  

DNF Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                            

DNF David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                                           

Marcella Crisanti