2007 Monte Paschi Eroica

2007 Monte Paschi Eroica 2007 UCI Europe Tour October 9 181 km 4h 42' 10" Alexandr Kolobnev RUS CSC 2007 Marcus Ljungqvist SWE CSC 2007 Mikhaylo Khalilov UKR FLM 2007 2008 The 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica was the first professional edition of the Monte Paschi Eroica bike race, later called Strade Bianche. It was raced on Tuesday 9 October 2007 in the province of Siena in Tuscany, Italy.Kolobnev wins Monte Paschi Eroica http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/kolobnev-wins-monte-paschi-eroica-88498 Cycling Weekly 30 November 2015 The race was won by Russian rider Alexandr Kolobnev, who completed a 40 km off on solo, narrowly staying ahead of his teammate Marcus Ljungqvist at the finish.Brown Gregor 1st Monte Paschi Eroica - 1.1 Italy, October 9, 2007. Kolobnev becomes the first to conquer Eroica. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/protour_oct07.php?id=road/2007/oct07/eroica07 Cycling News 29 November 2015 It held a 1.1 UCI rating on the 2007 continental calendar. The professional race was spun off the granfondo L'Eroica, a recreational bike race for vintage bikes, on the white gravel roads around Siena, an event that continues to this day.Brown Gregor First Monte Paschi Eroica presented http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/sep07/sep11news2 Cycling News 29 November 2015 The inaugural edition was the only time the race was held mid-week and in autumn; before moving to early March in 2008. Monte dei Paschi, the world's oldest still existing bank and headquartered in Siena, served as the race's title sponsor. As a newly created race, organizer RCS - Gazzetta dello Sport asked local Tuscan cycling icons Fiorenzo Magni and Paolo Bettini to promote the event.Bettini "padrino" della Monte Paschi Eroica http://www.gazzetta.it/montepaschieroica/2007/news10.shtml Gazzetta dello Sport 29 November 2015 Italian 2 October 2007 Route thumb|265px|right|The Piazza del Campo in Siena served as the finish location The race started in Gaiole in Chianti and ended in Siena, and was run entirely within the boundaries of the province of Siena, in southern Tuscany. The course ran over the undulating hills of the Chianti region and included seven sectors of gravel roads (strade bianche or sterrati), totaling 60 kilometres of dirt roads on a 181 km distance. The race finished on Siena's illustrious Piazza del Campo; the finish came after a particularly steep and narrow ascent over a roughly-paved road into the heart of the medieval city. Report Eight riders forced the decisive break on the sterrato climb to Montalcino at 107 km from the finish, facing the remaining four sectors of dirt road. Alexandr Kolobnev and Marcus Ljungqvist (Team CSC), Eros Capecchi (Liquigas), José Alberto Benítez and Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir), José Enrique Gutierrez (Team LPR), Jure Golčer (Tenax-Salmilano) and Ricardo Serrano (Tinkoff Credit Systems) were the men to fight out the race as it wound its way back north to Siena. Kolobnev used his Worlds' form to attack and drop his companions on the penultimate sector. The Russian kept his bike upright on the technical gravel descents that comprised the final strada bianca. After the final sector, 11 km from Siena, he held a 40-second advantage over the chase. Saunier put the most into the chase with two men but were discouraged by Ljungqvist sitting on. The Swede used his stored strength on the final stretches into Siena to attack and take second place behind his teammate Kolobnev. Results thumb|upright|right|Alexandr Kolobnev (pictured in 2011) won the inaugural edition Race result1st Monte Paschi Eroica (1.1) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Monte_Paschi_Eroica_2007 ProCyclingStats 29 November 2015 1 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS CSC 2007 4h 42' 10" 2 Marcus Ljungqvist SWE CSC 2007 + 3" 3 Mikhaylo Khalilov UKR FLM 2007 + 39" 4 Manuele Mori ITA SDV 2007 + 39" 5 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP LPR 2007 + 45" 6 José Alberto Benítez ESP SDV 2007 + 55" 7 Jure Golčer SLO Tenax 2007 + 58" 8 Ricardo Serrano ESP TCS 2007 + 3' 51" 9 Giairo Ermeti ITA Tenax 2007 + 4' 20" 10 Manuele Spadi ITA FLM 2007 + 4' 22" References External links www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/StradeBianche/it/ Category:2007 in road cycling Strade Bianche Category:Strade Bianche