 With the team 's merger with Team RadioShack already announced , the traditional season @-@ closing weekend in Italy at the Giro del Piemonte and the Giro di Lombardia effectively figured to comprise the team 's final races under this guise . At the Giro del Piemonte , Bennati made each of the day 's selections , first a 31 @-@ rider group that formed at the 85 km ( 53 mi ) to go mark and then a 14 @-@ rider break in the race 's final kilometer . He could manage only seventh in the uphill final sprint , however . 
