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Italian cross Championships: Cominelli and Barri fifth

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TX Active-Bianchi’s riders have been in the spotlight on the final day of the Italian Cyclo-cross Championship in Rome, on Sunday January 9th.

Following the outstanding win by Giorgio Rossi (Beginner) in Saturday’s event, today former Under23 Italian cyclo-cross Champion Cristian Cominelli finished fifth in the Elite classification (eighth overall).

Italian MTB Champion Federico Barri (sixteen year-old) took a good fifth place in his respective series, with team-mate Cristian Boffelli ending up in ninth.

Elite Men

1	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannodale Factory Racing	1:02:22
2	Marco Bianco (Ita) Centro Sportivo	0:00:02
3	Fabio Ursi (Ita) Centro Sportivo	0:00:04
4	Alessandro Gambino (Ita) Centro Sportivo	0:00:36
5	Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Tx Active Bianchi	0:00:59
6	Marco Ponta (Ita) Centro Sportivo	0:01:32
7	Thomas Paccagnella (Ita) Work Service Brenta	0:01:44
8	Rafael Visinelli (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Forest	0:02:49
9	Stefano Capponi (Ita) A.S.D. F. Moser Cycling	0:03:11
10	Carlo Corti Umberto (Ita) CBE Merida ASD	0:03:33
11	Alex Longhi Flavio (Ita) X-Team Teramo A.S.D.	0:04:15
12	Diego Retis (Ita) Velo Club Torre	0:04:23
13	Marco Forzini (Ita) As Tecnicolor Vernici	0:04:40
14	Pietro Pavoni (Ita) Team Co.Bo Pavoni	0:05:03
15	Gabriele Mercante (Ita) ASD GS Sorgente	0:05:37
16	Marco Segat (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli	0:05:49
17	Alessandro Grandi (Ita) Team Co.Bo Pavoni	0:06:51

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