Renzi big beneficiary of Italy vote, tops poll for premier

ROME (Reuters) - The big winner in Italy's election was populist leader Beppe Grillo, but young Florence mayor Matteo Renzi is emerging as a less obvious beneficiary of a huge protest vote that threatens to destroy the old political system.

Renzi, a telegenic, 38-year-old American-style politician who toured Italy in a camper van before Grillo did the same in his campaign, is the opposite of colourless centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani, the election's biggest loser.