Giampaolo Caruso claims first win since 2009 with victory at Milano-Torino one-day race
Wednesday 1 October 2014 17:29, UK
Italy’s Giampaolo Caruso claimed his first victory since 2009 by winning the Milano-Torino one-day race.
The 34-year-old Katusha rider led alongside compatriot Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) going into the final 1km but attacked with 300m remaining and won by three seconds.
The race is used as a warm-up for Il Lombardia, the season’s fifth and final Monument, which takes place in northern Italy on Sunday.
Caruso said: "I am very happy. As I knew Nocentini is very strong in the sprint, I tried to anticipate and attacked with 300m to go. He followed me, but I had a second acceleration in my legs."
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), who is targeting a third successive Il Lombardia win, finished fifth, while Vuelta a Espana winner Alberto Contador was sixth.
Result
1 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha, 4:30:12
2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +3secs
3 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha, +9
4 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana, +13
5 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +14
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, +17
7 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Katusha, +19
8 Davide Rebllin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowice, +24
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing, +40
10 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli, +42
