Pozzovivo wins the Giro del Trentino

Colnago CSF Inox’s Domenico Pozzovivo was today crowned the over­all win­ner of the 2012 Giro del Trentino, fol­low­ing an epic final stage in freez­ing cold conditions.

Italian-born Pozzovivo fin­ished third at the end of the 4^th stage, close to the top of the 2239m high Passo Pordoi – com­pet­ing in heavy snow.

With the final stage start­ing from a Spring-like Castelletto Di Brenzone on Lake Garda, the 177.5km stage was won by Colombia-Coldeportes rider Darwin Atapuma, three sec­onds ahead of Acqua & Sapone’s Carlos Betancur, six sec­onds in front of third place Pozzovivo.

A nat­ural born climber, Pozzovivo rode his Colnago M10 through the 23 hair­pins of the final climb, con­trol­ling the race in heavy snow.  Attacking the last kilo­me­tre, Pozzovivo demon­strated why he was the over­all win­ner of the Giro del Trentino.

The final clas­si­fi­ca­tion of the Giro del Trentino saw the Colnago spon­sored Pozzovivo fin­ish­ing 40” ahead of Damiano Cunego and 1’04” in front of Sylvester Szymd.

Ahead of the final stage, Pozzovivo said win­ning “Would be the most beau­ti­ful vic­tory of my life,” and as the Giro d’Italia looms closer, Pozzovivo’s dom­i­na­tion of the Giro del Trentino high­lights the Colnago rider’s excit­ing dis­play of form.