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Stage 4, Oberwald/Obergoms - Varese, 208 kms:1. JALABERT Laurent (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4.59.42 2. ZBERG Beat (Swi) Rabobank 3. GARZELLI Stefano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 4. RIIS Bjarne (Den) Team Deutsche Telekom 5. DUMA Vladimir (Ukr) Scrgino-Gaerne 6. REBELLIN Davide (Ita) Team Polti 7. CASAGRANDE Francesco (Ita) Cofidis 8. LOMBARDI Giovanni (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 9. VETSCH Patrick (Swi) Team Post Swiss 10. PUTTINI Felice (Swi) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 11. BELLI Wladimir (Ita) Festina-Lotus 12. FONDRIEST Maurizio (Ita) Cofidis 13. RINERO Christophe (Fra) Cofidis 14. VAN HEESWIJK Max (Ned) Rabobank 15. NOE Andrea (Ita) Asics-CGA 16. DOTTI Fausto (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 17. MEIER Roland (Swi) Cofidis 18. TOSATTO Mattéo (Ita) Ballan 19. HEPPNER Jens (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 20. JEKER Fabian (Swi) Festina-Lotus 21. AEBERSOLD Niki (Swi) Team Post Swiss 22. NARDELLO Daniele (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 23. MALBERTI Fabio (Ita) Asics-CGA 24. DE PAOLI Daniele (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 25. BOUVARD Gilles (Fra) Casino 26. GASPERONI Cristian (Ita) Amore e Vita 27. TRONCA Amilcare (Ita) Ballan 28. ZBERG Markus (Swi) Team Post Swiss 29. PERON Andrea (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 30. MENGIN Christophe (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 31. POZZI Oscar (Ita) Asics-CGA 32. UGRUMOV Piotre (Rus) Ballan 33. GOTTI Ivan (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 34. RICHARD Pascal (Swi) Casino 35. DUFAUX Laurent (Swi) Festina-Lotus 36. HEULOT Stéphane (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 37. ULLRICH Jan (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 38. DONATI Massimo (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 39. MERCKX Axel (Bel) Team Polti 40. FRIGO Dario (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 41. CHRISTEN Josef (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 42. LUTTENBERGER Peter (Aus) Rabobank 43. TONKOV Pavel (Rus) Mapei-Bricobi 44. GAUMONT Philippe (Fra) Cofidis 45. BALDO Filippo (Ita) Ballan 46. DIAZ JUSTO Rafael (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 47. SHEFFR Aleksandr (KAZ) Asics-CGA 48. FARESIN Gianni (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 49. CATTAI Stefano (Ita) Ballan 50. HOTZ Franz (Swi) Team Post Swiss 51. BUSCHOR Philipp (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale 52. CODOL Massimo (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 53. BRUYNEEL Johan (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 54. DIAZ ZABALA Herminio (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 55. PIEPOLI Leonardo (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 56. HUSER Rolf (Swi) Team Post Swiss 57. BELLUOMINI Luca (Ita) Scrgino-Gaerne 58. ATIENZA URENDEZE Daniel (Spa) Team Polti 59. GARCIA CASAS Felix M. (Spa) Festina-Lotus 60. CANADA GARCIA David (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 61. PUGLIOLI Mirko (Ita) Amore e Vita 62. SIMEONI Filippo (Ita) Asics-CGA 63. MISSAGLIA Gabriele (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 64. CALI Vincent (Fra) Casino 65. JAKSCHE Jörg (Ger) Team Polti 66. JONES Timothy (Zim) Amore e Vita 67. BESSY Frédéric (Fra) Casino s.t. 68. AGNOLUTTO Christophe (Fra) Casino 0.40 69. LADDOMADA Michele (Ita) Scrgino-Gaerne 0.51 70. SCIANDRI Maximilian (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 0.55 71. PELLICIOLI Oscar (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 1.28 72. FINESSO Stefano (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 1.28 73. BONTEMPI Fabrizio (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 1.28 74. MOOS Alexandre (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale 1.28 75. FERRARI Diego (Ita) Asics-CGA 1.28 76. BOURQUENOUD Pierre (Swi) Team Post Swiss 1.28 77. ALDAG Rolf (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.28 78. BALLERINI Franco (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.28 79. VON FLÜE Daniel (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 1.28 80. OTXOA PALACIOS Ricardo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.28 81. ZANETTI Aldo (Ita) Scrgino-Gaerne 1.28 82. HERNANDEZ BERTAN Jaime (Spa) Festina-Lotus 1.28 83. BASSONS Christophe (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.28 84. BALDINGER Dirk (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.28 85. ZABEL Erik (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.28 86. DALL'OLIO Davide (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 2.42 87. BORGHERESI Simone (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 2.42 88. MUELLER Roland (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 2.42 89. WIRZ Guido (Swi) Team Post Swiss 2.42 90. DIAZ DE OTAZU Luis Maria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.42 91. ETXEBARRIA ALKORTA David (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.42 92. WAUTERS Marc (Bel) Rabobank 2.42 93. LELLI Massimiliano (Ita) Cofidis 2.42 94. DEN BAKKER Maarten (Ned) Rabobank 2.42 95. PETITO Roberto (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 2.42 96. PADRNOS Pavel (Cze) Saeco-Cannondale 2.42 97. BARBERO Sergio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 2.42 98. CHIAPPUCCI Claudio (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 2.42 99. BERTOLINI Alessandro (Ita) Cofidis 2.42 100. CHECCHIN Stefano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 2.42 101. BONETTI Enrico (Ita) Asics-CGA 2.42 102. URIA GONZALES José Manuel (Spa) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 2.42 103. CHELI Simone (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 2.42 104. MAZZOLENI Eddy (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 2.42 105. SVORADA Jan (Cze) Mapei-Bricobi 2.42 106. CHASSOT Richard (Swi) Team Post Swiss 2.42 107. SCHAFFRATH Jan (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.42 108. MONCOUTIE David (Fra) Cofidis 2.42 109. JAERMANN Rolf (Swi) Casino 2.42 110. LUPI Emmanuele (Ita) Amore e Vita 2.42 111. BALZI Fabio (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 3.06 112. ZUMSTEG Lukas (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 4.17 113. RENGGLI Marcel (Swi) Team Post Swiss 4.17 114. DEKKER Erik (Ned) Rabobank 5.03 115. LAURENT Thierry (Fra) Festina-Lotus 10.21 116. GUESDON Frédéric (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 10.21 117. MAGNIEN Emmanuel (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 10.21 118. ROKIA Anthony (Fra) Team Polti 10.21 119. THEMANN Michael (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 10.21 120. SACCHI Fabio (Ita) Team Polti 10.21 121. ONGARATO Alberto (Ita) Ballan 10.21 122. MCEWEN Robbie (Aus) Rabobank 10.21 123. STREEL Marc (Bel) Casino 10.21 124. VANZELLA Flavio (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 10.21 125. NAPOLITANO Maximiliano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 10.21 126. CREPALDI Mirco (Ita) Team Polti 10.21 127. BRASI Rossano (Ita) Team Polti 10.21 128. ONGARATO Rodolfo (Ita) Ballan 10.21 129. MILLAR David (GB) Cofidis 10.21 130. GUIDI Leonardo (Ita) Team Polti 10.21 131. VOGONDY Nicolas (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 10.21 132. GROENENDAAL Richard (Ned) Rabobank 10.21 133. VAN BON Leon (Ned) Rabobank 10.21 134. BARNSLEY Christopher (NZL) Ericsson Villiger 10.21 135. WESEMANN Steffen (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 10.21 136. GALETTI Alessio (Ita) Amore e Vita 10.21 137. GOEHRING Christoph (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 10.21 138. CONTE Biagio (Ita) Scrgino-Gaerne 10.21 139. GRAF Urs (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 10.21 140. HEULE Christian (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 10.21 141. BERZIN Eugeni (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 10.21 142. GARCIA ALONSO Marcelino (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 10.21 143. BONGIONI Alessio (Ita) Asics-CGA 10.21 144. SCOPSI Manuel (Ita) Amore e Vita 10.21 145. PIOVACCARI Giusvan (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 10.21 146. DE PASQUALE Maurizio (Ita) Amore e Vita 10.21 147. CASTALDO Nicola (Ita) Amore e Vita 10.21 148. PATUELLI Andrea (Ita) Amore e Vita 10.21 149. AUS Lauri (Est) Casino 10.21 150. ROSCIOLI Fabio (Ita) Asics-CGA 10.21 GC after Stage 4
1. REBELLIN Davide (Ita) Team Polti 13.22.34 2. JALABERT Laurent (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.17 3. ZBERG Beat (Swi) Rabobank 0.26 4. GARZELLI Stefano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 0.35 5. BELLI Wladimir (Ita) Festina-Lotus 0.44 6. GARCIA CASAS Felix M. (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.44 7. LUTTENBERGER Peter (Aus) Rabobank 0.45 8. CASAGRANDE Francesco (Ita) Cofidis 0.46 9. NOE Andrea (Ita) Asics-CGA 0.46 10. TONKOV Pavel (Rus) Mapei-Bricobi 0.52 11. GOTTI Ivan (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 0.57 12. PIEPOLI Leonardo (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 1.19 13. BUSCHOR Philipp (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale 1.25 14. JEKER Fabian (Swi) Festina-Lotus 1.26 15. MEIER Roland (Swi) Cofidis 1.29 16. RIIS Bjarne (Den) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.35 17. PERON Andrea (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 1.36 18. SHEFFR Aleksandr (KAZ) Asics-CGA 1.41 19. AEBERSOLD Niki (Swi) Team Post Swiss 1.44 20. UGRUMOV Piotre (Rus) Ballan 1.46 21. ULLRICH Jan (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.03 22. TRONCA Amilcare (Ita) Ballan 2.05 23. DUFAUX Laurent (Swi) Festina-Lotus 2.20 24. FARESIN Gianni (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 2.26 25. ATIENZA URENDEZE Daniel (Spa) Team Polti 2.37 26. ZBERG Markus (Swi) Team Post Swiss 3.08 27. CATTAI Stefano (Ita) Ballan 3.10 28. HEULOT Stéphane (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.13 29. HOTZ Franz (Swi) Team Post Swiss 3.21 30. PUTTINI Felice (Swi) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 3.23 31. DOTTI Fausto (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 3.24 32. POZZI Oscar (Ita) Asics-CGA 3.26 33. FRIGO Dario (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 3.35 34. DE PAOLI Daniele (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 3.38 35. JAKSCHE Jörg (Ger) Team Polti 3.51 36. VETSCH Patrick (Swi) Team Post Swiss 3.52 37. BOUVARD Gilles (Fra) Casino 3.53 38. BALDO Filippo (Ita) Ballan 3.54 39. JONES Timothy (Zim) Amore e Vita 4.09 40. MISSAGLIA Gabriele (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 4.16 41. BESSY Frédéric (Fra) Casino 4.17 42. RINERO Christophe (Fra) Cofidis 4.20 43. RICHARD Pascal (Swi) Casino 4.32 44. BELLUOMINI Luca (Ita) Scrgino-Gaerne 4.33 45. CALI Vincent (Fra) Casino 4.47 46. HEPPNER Jens (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.52 47. CHRISTEN Josef (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 5.01 48. SIMEONI Filippo (Ita) Asics-CGA 5.27 49. MENGIN Christophe (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 5.34 50. DUMA Vladimir (Ukr) Scrgino-Gaerne 5.46 51. AGNOLUTTO Christophe (Fra) Casino 5.48 52. BOURQUENOUD Pierre (Swi) Team Post Swiss 5.52 53. HUSER Rolf (Swi) Team Post Swiss 6.07 54. BARBERO Sergio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 6.16 55. MERCKX Axel (Bel) Team Polti 6.31 56. PADRNOS Pavel (Cze) Saeco-Cannondale 6.50 57. FONDRIEST Maurizio (Ita) Cofidis 6.54 58. LADDOMADA Michele (Ita) Scrgino-Gaerne 7.01 59. BALDINGER Dirk (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 7.03 60. CHASSOT Richard (Swi) Team Post Swiss 7.17 61. PELLICIOLI Oscar (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 7.28 62. CODOL Massimo (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 7.35 63. NARDELLO Daniele (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 7.38 64. DONATI Massimo (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 7.43 65. GASPERONI Cristian (Ita) Amore e Vita 7.44 66. CANADA GARCIA David (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 8.35 67. BORGHERESI Simone (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 8.45 68. BRUYNEEL Johan (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 9.15 69. MOOS Alexandre (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale 9.49 70. DIAZ JUSTO Rafael (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 10.09 71. VAN HEESWIJK Max (Ned) Rabobank 10.33 72. MAZZOLENI Eddy (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 10.39 73. DIAZ ZABALA Herminio (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 10.46 74. BASSONS Christophe (Fra) Festina-Lotus 11.09 75. ALDAG Rolf (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 11.11 76. PUGLIOLI Mirko (Ita) Amore e Vita 11.31 77. SCIANDRI Maximilian (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 11.56 78. URIA GONZALES José Manuel (Spa) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 12.05 79. DIAZ DE OTAZU Luis Maria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12.14 80. RENGGLI Marcel (Swi) Team Post Swiss 12.47 81. JAERMANN Rolf (Swi) Casino 13.12 82. CHIAPPUCCI Claudio (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 13.24 83. CHELI Simone (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 13.37 84. MONCOUTIE David (Fra) Cofidis 13.45 85. OTXOA PALACIOS Ricardo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 14.01 86. PETITO Roberto (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 14.03 87. DALL'OLIO Davide (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 14.10 88. LUPI Emmanuele (Ita) Amore e Vita 14.27 89. MALBERTI Fabio (Ita) Asics-CGA 14.40 90. FINESSO Stefano (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 15.10 91. TOSATTO Mattéo (Ita) Ballan 15.28 92. BONTEMPI Fabrizio (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 16.25 93. BALLERINI Franco (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 16.30 94. ZABEL Erik (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 16.44 95. WIRZ Guido (Swi) Team Post Swiss 16.57 96. DEN BAKKER Maarten (Ned) Rabobank 17.28 97. MUELLER Roland (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 17.30 98. CHECCHIN Stefano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 17.40 99. FERRARI Diego (Ita) Asics-CGA 17.40 100. ZANETTI Aldo (Ita) Scrgino-Gaerne 18.04 101. HERNANDEZ BERTAN Jaime (Spa) Festina-Lotus 18.16 102. BALZI Fabio (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips 18.25 103. GAUMONT Philippe (Fra) Cofidis 18.37 104. WAUTERS Marc (Bel) Rabobank 18.39 105. PATUELLI Andrea (Ita) Amore e Vita 18.47 106. LOMBARDI Giovanni (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 19.29 107. BERZIN Eugeni (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 20.52 108. VOGONDY Nicolas (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 21.02 109. VON FLÜE Daniel (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 21.19 110. LELLI Massimiliano (Ita) Cofidis 21.46 111. BONETTI Enrico (Ita) Asics-CGA 21.57 112. SCHAFFRATH Jan (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 22.00 113. ETXEBARRIA ALKORTA David (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 22.09 114. SVORADA Jan (Cze) Mapei-Bricobi 22.25 115. DE PASQUALE Maurizio (Ita) Amore e Vita 23.03 116. BERTOLINI Alessandro (Ita) Cofidis 23.07 117. DEKKER Erik (Ned) Rabobank 23.32 118. ZUMSTEG Lukas (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 24.15 119. GUESDON Frédéric (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 25.06 120. GARCIA ALONSO Marcelino (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 25.19 121. GALETTI Alessio (Ita) Amore e Vita 25.27 122. GROENENDAAL Richard (Ned) Rabobank 26.12 123. SACCHI Fabio (Ita) Team Polti 26.27 124. CREPALDI Mirco (Ita) Team Polti 26.32 125. BONGIONI Alessio (Ita) Asics-CGA 26.52 126. GUIDI Leonardo (Ita) Team Polti 26.59 127. ROSCIOLI Fabio (Ita) Asics-CGA 27.40 128. GRAF Urs (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 28.05 129. BRASI Rossano (Ita) Team Polti 28.18 130. VANZELLA Flavio (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 29.12 131. VAN BON Leon (Ned) Rabobank 29.18 132. NAPOLITANO Maximiliano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 29.30 133. STREEL Marc (Bel) Casino 29.37 134. AUS Lauri (Est) Casino 29.39 135. CASTALDO Nicola (Ita) Amore e Vita 29.48 136. HEULE Christian (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 30.12 137. ROKIA Anthony (Fra) Team Polti 30.15 138. GOEHRING Christoph (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 30.27 139. PIOVACCARI Giusvan (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 30.34 140. MAGNIEN Emmanuel (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 30.40 141. WESEMANN Steffen (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 31.16 142. LAURENT Thierry (Fra) Festina-Lotus 31.18 143. CONTE Biagio (Ita) Scrgino-Gaerne 31.22 144. ONGARATO Alberto (Ita) Ballan 31.28 145. MCEWEN Robbie (Aus) Rabobank 31.31 146. ONGARATO Rodolfo (Ita) Ballan 31.53 147. THEMANN Michael (Swi) Ericsson Villiger 32.09 148. BARNSLEY Christopher (NZL) Ericsson Villiger 32.25 149. SCOPSI Manuel (Ita) Amore e Vita 32.38 150. MILLAR David (GB) Cofidis 37.15 As it happened The As it Happened is emailed from the official WWW service and edited by www.cyclingnews.com.
11.51 km 0 The 4th stage leading from Oberwald to Varese (Italy), 208.8 km in length starts. 11.54 Weather: Blue skies and no wind on the Nufenen pass. Temperature: 15 to 18 degrees Celsius. 11.57 km 4.3 The entire field is in Ulrichen. 12.11 km 11.5 On ascending the Nufenen Pass, 7 kilometers before the Isostar Mountain Prize, everything remains unchanged. 12.44 km 16.5 2 kilometers before the Isostar Mountain Prize on the Nufenen Pass, the field is still together. 12.51 km 17.5 A kilometer away from the Isostar Mountain Prize, Anthony Rokia and Aleanre Gontchenkov fall back behind the rest of the field. 12.55 km 18.5 Isostar Mountain Prize Results in Nufenen: 1st: Garelli (Ita) 2nd: Jalabert (Fra) 3rd: Casagrande (Ita) 4th: Bessy (Fra) 5th: Tonkov (Rus) 12.56 km 19 Russian rider Gontchenkov gives up the race due to a stomach disorder. 13.00 km 20 The last rider is now only 30 seconds behind the first rider. 13.02 km 29.4 In All'Acqua, the field is 13 minutes behind schedule. 13.09 13 riders attack. Chase has begun within the field. Distance is approx. 50m. 13.12 km 47 The field catches up with the 15-man group leading. 13.15 Seven riders have taken the lead. 13.22 The field catches up with the 7-man group leading. 13.27 km 59 Nine riders have attacked. 13.34 km 60 The nine-man group: Agnolutto (Fra), Schaffrath (Ger), Mengin (Fra), Diaz de Otazu (Spa), De Pasquale (Ita), Renggli (Swi), Cattai (Ita), Moos (Swi), and McEwen (Aus) leads by one minute. 14.01 km 79 Winterthur Sprint Results in Bianca: 1st: Robbie McEwen (Aus) 2nd: Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) 3rd: Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) 14.12 km 91.8 In Claro, the field is 8 minutes behind schedule. The nine-man group is leading the field by 1.36 minutes. 14.27 km 100.4 Credit Suisse Sprint Results in Bellinzona on the Piazza del Sole: 1st: McEwen (Aus) 2nd: Moos (Swi) 3rd: Cattai (Ita) 14.29 km 102 Lead of the nine-man group is now only 57 seconds. 14.36 km 108 After a breakaway which lasted over a stretch of 55 kilometers, the field catches up with seven of the nine riders in the group leading. The Italian duo De Pasquale and Cattai now lead on their own. 14.41 km 109 The field also catches up with the two-man lead. 14.41 km 110 The four riders Marco Saligari (Ita), Gianluca Bortolami (Ita), Bruno Boscardin (Swi), and Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita) give up the race. 15.21 km 145 Claudio Chiappucci (ITA) broke away from the field and now leads by 18 seconds. 15.24 km 145.7 Lukas Zumsteg (CH) breaks away from the field and catches up with Chiapucci. 15.30 km 149 First Zumsteg, then the Dutchman Erik Dekker catch up with Chiapucci. The trio leads the field by 29 seconds. 15.41 km 157 Given the fact that the temperature's 30 degrees Celsius, the riders are really thirsty. 15.49 km 161 Results in Gemonio: 1st: Dekker, 2nd: Zumsteg, 3rd: Chiappucci. 16.09 km 176 Erik Dekker takes on the major work load in the three-man group leading. 16.11 km 180 Dekker has stepped up the pace and is going for it alone. He already has a lead of ten seconds on Zumsteg and Chiappucci. 16.12 km 180.5 The field catches up with Chiappucci and Zumsteg. Dekker's lead is now 23 seconds. 16.16 km 181 Isostar Mountain Prize results (race in the proximity of Varese): 1st: Dekker (NL), 2nd: Garzelli (ITA), 3rd: Bertolini (ITA). 16.22 km 187 The two Italian cyclists, Pugliolo and Balzi, have caught up with Dekker. This three-man group is now leading the field by 8 seconds. 16.29 km 189 Balzi On His Own The field has caught up with Dekker and Pugliolo. Italian rider Balzi has broken away and now leads the field by 14 seconds. 16.36 km 194 Balzi's breakaway did not last for all too long before the field caught up with him. 16.41 km 204 Italian rider Sciandri has broken away from the field; but his lead is still quite small. 16.45 km 206 Isostar Mountain Prize Thanks to a sprinting effort, Lelli (ITA) wins the Mountain Prize in Varese. 16.46 km 206.5 The escapees are caught with the Telecom Team is leading the field. 16.48 km 208.8 A sprint decides the winner in Varese: 1st: Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2nd: Beat Zberg (Swi) 3rd: Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 16.53 Overall ranking remains unchanged: 1st: Rebellin 2nd: Jalabert 3rd: Beat Zberg 17.00 Mountain Prize Ranking Stefano Garzelli (ITA) takes Davide Rebellin's position as Mountain Prize leader. |