Stage 1, Sorrento - Sorrento, 133 kms:1. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Scrigno 3.27.35 (37.50) 2. Lars Michaelsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites s.t. 3. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale s.t. 4. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank s.t. 5. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 6. Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 7. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio 8. Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 9. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 10. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 11. Angelo Canzonieri (Ita) Ballan 12. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Polti 13. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Mapei 14. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 15. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan 16. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei 17. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina 18. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 19. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 20. Stefano Colage (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio 21. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Ros Mary - Amica Chips 22. Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Casino 23. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom-ARD 24. Andrea Paluan (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 25. Maurizio Molinari (Ita) Ros Mary - Amica Chips 28. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 29. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Cofidis 30. Luca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 36. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei 37. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Asics 38. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics 41. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei 44. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Polti 45. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina 49. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina 53. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 57. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Ballan 59. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Cofidis 82. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.00 84. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti 91. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 6.06 96. Piotre Ugrumov (Rus) Ballan 7.34 104. Horrillo Munoz (Spa) 9.22 111. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei 11.31 113. Pascal Richard (Swi) Casino 127. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 139. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Vini Caldirola 141. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei 156. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 157. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 161. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Ballan 168. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom 169. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Polti 181. Angelo Citracca (Ita) Kross 16.23 Started 184, Finished 181 Retired: Bettini, Gontchenkov (Ukr) and Jan Ullrich (Ger) Brief Report The big news from Stage 1 of the Tirreno-Adriatico is that 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich (Telekom) abandoned soon after the peloton set out. He has been suffering from the flu for several days and got off his bike after only 35 kms into the stage at the foot of the main difficulty for the day - the 600 metre Côte Picco Sant'Angelo. He was soon in the team car. Gabriele Balducci won the stage in a mass sprint. |