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Giro del Trentino, Italy

Stage 4, Puegnago del Garda - Arco di Trento, 162.4K

21 April

Bennati and Cunego Take Final Day

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A double day for Lampre-Fondital: Daniele Bennati struck back after illness to win the final stage and Damiano Cunego safely finished in the leader's jersey to take the overall of the Giro del Trentino. The GC win was a repeat of Cunego's 2004 win, before he went on to win the Giro d'Italia one month later.

Today's stage was one for the escapees to have a go: the GC looked to be secure with Cunego, and the lack of any final mountains meant there was room for lesser-knowns to go free. Four men made a bid for freedom at 82K: Vladimir Duma (Universal Caffè-CB Immobiliare), Devis Miorin (Team Endeka), Simon Spilak (Adria Mobil) and Stefano Boggia (Ceramica Flaminia).

Their move was hunted down by the Lampre-Fondital squadra on the closing circuits: the first time around they had 40", the second it was down to 20". Two kilometers remaining it was only Duma who was hanging on, and with -500m he was crushed, paving the way for a sprint showdown.

Bennati made the sprint look so easy, raising his arms in victory, but also against the bronchopneumonia that had kept him down since before the Milano-Sanremo. A nice topping to the Lampre-Fondital cake, which for filling included another stage win via Cunego and of course, the overall honors of the Giro del Trentino.

Results: 3:48'45"
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Panaria-Navigare
3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi
4 Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) Miche
5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
6 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
7 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi
8 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's
9 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Miche
10 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano
11 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
12 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
13 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
14 Aníbal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Universal Caffè-CB Immobiliare
15 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi
16 Bruno Bertolini (Ita) Adria Mobil
17 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
18 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) OTC Doors-Lauretana
19 Santo Anzà (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni
20 Donato Cannone (Ita) Universal Caffè-CB Immobiliare
21 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team LPR
22 Jamie Burrow (GBr) OTC Doors-Lauretana
23 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
24 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
25 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
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Final GC:
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16:28'25"
2 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 0.04
3 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.08
4 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0.10
5 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 0.14
6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 0.22
7 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 0.27
8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.37
9 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.43
10 Tomaz Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil
11 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 0.53
12 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.57
13 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Tenax-Salmilano 1.16
14 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Acqua & Sapone 1.20
15 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 1.51
16 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Barloworld 2.04
17 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team LPR
18 Marco Osella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 2.16
19 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax-Salmilano 2.30
20 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
21 Santo Anzà (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3.37
22 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 3.39
23 Miguel Rubiano Chávez (Col) Panaria-Navigare 5.14
24 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 5.19
25 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 6.03
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