Visconti sprints to victory

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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) on the charge

Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) on the charge (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) wins the 2010 Classica Sarda Olbia-Pantogia

Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) wins the 2010 Classica Sarda🌳 Olbia-Pantogia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Desperation from Sabatini, great timing by Visconti

Desperation from Sabatini, great timing by Visco🎶nti (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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A passenger ship rears in the distance as the sprint heads for the finish

A passenger ship rears in the distance 🐬as the sprint heads for the finis🔯h (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri)

Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Lequatre (RadioShack) sits second wheel in the sprint

Lequatre (🌸RadioShack) sits second wheel in the sprint (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Visconti (ISD-Neri) drives for the line

Visconti (ISD-Neri) drives for the line (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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ISD-Neri's Simon Clarke and Giovanni Visconti with some very happy team staff

ISD-Neri's♋ Simon Clarke and Giovanni Visconti with some very happy team staff (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Visconti just held on to win after leading out the sprint

Visconti just💎 held on to win after leading out the sprint (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Visconti leads out

Visconti leads out (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Visconti is contratulated after his win

Visconti is contratulated after his win (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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There was no let up as the riders kept the tempo up throughout the race

There was no let up as the riders kept the tempo up ♔throughout the race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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The podium presentation: Fabio Sabatini (2nd, Liquigas-Doimo), Giovanni Visconti (1st, ISD-Neri) and Geoffroy Laquatre (3rd, RadioShack)

The podium presentation: Fabio Sabatini 𝔉(2nd, Liquigas-Doimo), Giovanni Visconti (1st, ISD-Neri)𓃲 and Geoffroy Laquatre (3rd, RadioShack) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) after a well taken win

Giovanni Vꦫisconti (ISD-Neri) after a well taken win (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Awesome scenery on the Italian isle

Awesome scenery on the Italian isle (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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RadioShack lead the front group

RadioShack lead the front group (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Vincenzo Nibali on the attack for Liquigas-Doimo

Vincenzo Nibali on the attack for Liquigas-Doimo (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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The pace was on throughout the race

The pace was on throughout the race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox)

Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Beautiful conditions greeted the peloton today

Beautiful conditions greeted the peloton today (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Visconti takes the win from a desperate Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Doimo)

Visconti tꦓakes the win from a desperate Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Doimo) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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The big lead group makes its way towards Sarga

The big lead group makes its way towards Sarga (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Giovann𝄹i Visconti (ISD-Neri) won the 2010 Classica Sarda Olbia-Pantogia with a precisely timed sprint on the Italian island of Sardegna on Sunday.

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Full Results
1Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD - Neri3:53:09
2Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 1 - Cell 2
3Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioshackRow 2 - Cell 2
4Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 3 - Cell 2
5Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-ServettoRow 4 - Cell 2
6Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese ViniRow 5 - Cell 2
7Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 6 - Cell 2
8Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioshackRow 7 - Cell 2
9Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 8 - Cell 2
10Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team KatushaRow 9 - Cell 2
11Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - Csf InoxRow 10 - Cell 2
12Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD - NeriRow 11 - Cell 2
13Massimo Giunti (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 12 - Cell 2
14Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-DoimoRow 13 - Cell 2
15Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team Radioshack0:00:03
16Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioshackRow 15 - Cell 2
17Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 16 - Cell 2
18Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 17 - Cell 2
19Michael Rasmussen (Den) Miche0:00:08
20Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini0:00:19
21Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:51
22Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia0:01:10
23Stefano Usai (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team0:06:59
24Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team KatushaRow 23 - Cell 2
25Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 24 - Cell 2
26Damiano Margutti (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 25 - Cell 2
27Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 26 - Cell 2
28Oleg Berdos (Mda) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 27 - Cell 2
29Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team KatushaRow 28 - Cell 2
30Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - Farnese ViniRow 29 - Cell 2
31Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 30 - Cell 2
32Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team KatushaRow 31 - Cell 2
33Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 32 - Cell 2
34Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 33 - Cell 2
35Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 34 - Cell 2
36Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 35 - Cell 2
37Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese ViniRow 36 - Cell 2
38Matteo Montaguti (Ita) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 37 - Cell 2
39David Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 38 - Cell 2
40Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - Farnese ViniRow 39 - Cell 2
41Didak Ortega (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 40 - Cell 2
42Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 41 - Cell 2
43Edwin Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) MicheRow 42 - Cell 2
44Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 43 - Cell 2
45Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioshackRow 44 - Cell 2
46Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioshackRow 45 - Cell 2
47Alberto Contoli (Ita) Colnago - Csf InoxRow 46 - Cell 2
48Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioshackRow 47 - Cell 2
49Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese ViniRow 48 - Cell 2
50Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 49 - Cell 2
51Fortunato Baliani (Ita) MicheRow 50 - Cell 2
52Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) MicheRow 51 - Cell 2
53Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - Csf InoxRow 52 - Cell 2
54Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - Csf InoxRow 53 - Cell 2
55Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 54 - Cell 2
56Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 55 - Cell 2
57Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Colnago - Csf InoxRow 56 - Cell 2
58Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - Csf InoxRow 57 - Cell 2
59Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues TelecomRow 58 - Cell 2
60Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues TelecomRow 59 - Cell 2
61Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues TelecomRow 60 - Cell 2
62Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & SaponeRow 61 - Cell 2
63Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues TelecomRow 62 - Cell 2
64Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues TelecomRow 63 - Cell 2
65Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 64 - Cell 2
66Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 65 - Cell 2
67Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 66 - Cell 2
68Luigi Gitto (Ita) MicheRow 67 - Cell 2
69Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-ServettoRow 68 - Cell 2
70Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-DoimoRow 69 - Cell 2
71Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - Csf InoxRow 70 - Cell 2
72Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues TelecomRow 71 - Cell 2
73Luca Celli (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 72 - Cell 2
74Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 73 - Cell 2
75Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 74 - Cell 2
76Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - Csf InoxRow 75 - Cell 2
77Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Lampre - Farnese ViniRow 76 - Cell 2
78Marcello Barth (Ger) German National TeamRow 77 - Cell 2
79Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) ISD - Neri0:14:42
80Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - Farnese ViniRow 79 - Cell 2
81Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 80 - Cell 2
82Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 81 - Cell 2
83Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 82 - Cell 2
84Emanuele Vona (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 83 - Cell 2
85Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 84 - Cell 2
86Jure Golcer (Slo) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 85 - Cell 2
87Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 86 - Cell 2
88Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioshackRow 87 - Cell 2
89Egor Silin (Rus) Team KatushaRow 88 - Cell 2
DNFThomas Patrick Faiers (GBr) Footon-ServettoRow 89 - Cell 2
DNFMichele Merlo (Ita) Footon-ServettoRow 90 - Cell 2
DNFOscar Gatto (Ita) ISD - NeriRow 91 - Cell 2
DNFRuggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & SaponeRow 92 - Cell 2
DNFFreddy Bichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues TelecomRow 93 - Cell 2
DNFPierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues TelecomRow 94 - Cell 2
DNFAlberto Loddo (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 95 - Cell 2
DNFFabio Taborre (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 96 - Cell 2
DNFAlessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 97 - Cell 2
DNFLuca Solari (Ita) Androni GiocattoliRow 98 - Cell 2
DNFCristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 99 - Cell 2
DNFGiogrio Brambilla (Ita) De Rosa - Stac PlasticRow 100 - Cell 2
DNFFilippo Baggio (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 101 - Cell 2
DNFAlessandro Maserati (Ita) Ceramica FlaminiaRow 102 - Cell 2
DNFPasquale Muto (Ita) MicheRow 103 - Cell 2
DNFRoberto Cesaro (Ita) MicheRow 104 - Cell 2
DNFSimone Campagnaro (Ita) MicheRow 105 - Cell 2
DNFHenning Bommel (Ger) German National TeamRow 106 - Cell 2
DNFStefan Schafer (Ger) German National TeamRow 107 - Cell 2
DNFErik Mohs (Ger) German National TeamRow 108 - Cell 2
DNFMarcello Kalz (Ger) German National TeamRow 109 - Cell 2
DNFMarkus Bauer (Ger) German National TeamRow 110 - Cell 2
DNFNicola D'Andrea (Ita) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 111 - Cell 2
DNFOlegs Melehs (Lat) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 112 - Cell 2
DNFJuraj Ugrinic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 113 - Cell 2
DNFBruno Radotic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen TeamRow 114 - Cell 2
DNFSerhy Hrechyn (Ukr) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 115 - Cell 2
DNFVladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 116 - Cell 2
DNFNicholas Sanderson (Aus) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 117 - Cell 2
DNFKonstantin Volik (Uzb) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 118 - Cell 2
DNFFausto Fognini (Ita) Amore & Vita - ConadRow 119 - Cell 2

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