Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile, Cat 2.9.1

Italy, June 30-July 11, 1999

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Spanish rider Joana Somarriba won the 10th Giro d'Italia Femminile after finishing the last stage safely. She follows Fabiana Luperini who won the last four editions of the pink race. This year Luperini retired before the start of stage 7 because of health problems.

The foreign riders completely dominated the race (the Italians won only four stages, including the victory of San Marino rider Veronesi). Joana Somarriba, particularly, was dominant and left no room open for any counter moves against her. From Stage 7 (Chieri-Moncalieri), it was already obvious that it would be very difficult for anyone to beat the rider who hails from Bilbao. It is a real triumph for her team Alfa Lum-William Aurora, directed by former professional rider William Dazzani. The team got the pink jersey, three stage wins (Veronesi Stage 5, Somarriba Stage 10a and Rocca Stage 11), the second overall position to Russian Svetlana Boubnenkova, and third overall to Daniela Veronesi. Veronesi was also the winner of the mountain's competition.

Joana Somarriba, born in Bilbao on August 11, 1972, has a very special story to tell. In 1992, she was very ill as a consequence of an infection. Is seemed that she would be paralyzed for the rest of her life. But with her extraordinary courage she came back to racing two years later. Winning the Giro was her best result so far. The President of the Spanish Cycling Federation was present to follow the last stage and congratulate her at the end. The only action in the last stage came at the 3 kms to go mark when Gabriella Pregnolato attaked alone and she went on to win. She also won the first stage in Misano Adriatico.

Stage 12, Chiuppano - Piovene Rocchette, 115 kms:

 1. Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie      2.53.26
 2. Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team			 0.09
 3. Nada Cristofoli (Ita) Edilsavino				 0.09
 4. Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista	 0.09
 5. Svetlana Boubnkova (Rus) Alfa Lum-William Aurora		 0.09
 6. Oksana Sapoykina (Ukr) Velo Sport Primavera			 0.09
 7. Sara Felloni (Ita) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista		 0.09
 8. Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team				 0.09
 9. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team			 0.09
10. Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australia				 0.09
11. Gitana Groudite (Ltu) Team Aliverti CDE			 0.09
12. Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002				 0.09
13. Heidi Van de Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002			 0.09
14. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Selene Rama Mista			 0.09
15. Sonia Rocca (Ita) Alfa Lum-William Aurora			 0.09
16. Priska Doppmann (Swi) Gas Sport Team 			 0.09
17. Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team		 0.09
18. Kym Shirley (Aus) Australia					 0.09
19. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Alfa Lum-William Aurora		 0.09
20. Alison Wright (Aus) Australia				 0.09
21. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista	 0.09
22. Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista	 0.09
23. Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista	 0.09
24. Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista 	 0.09
25. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team 				 0.09

Final GC after Stage 12 

 1. Joane Sommariba (Spa) Alfa Lum-William Aurora	     29.17.40
 2. Svetlana Boubnkova (Rus) Alfa Lum-William Aurora 		 3.23
 3. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Alfa Lum-William Aurora		 3.26
 4. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista	 6.28
 5. Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista	 6.49
 6. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team				 7.24
 7. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Selene Rama Mista			 7.45
 8. Heidi Van de Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 			 9.22
 9. Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 		10.25
10. Nicole Brandli (Swi) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista Swiss 	11.30
11. Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 			11.45
12. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 		11.55
13. Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista 	11.58
14. Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista 	14.30
15. Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Michela Fanini Valvole Record 	18.45
16. Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita) Edilsavino 				19.48
17. Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 			20.03
18. Nada Cristofoli (Ita) Edilsavino 				24.53
19. Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team 			25.45
20. Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Master Automazione Molteni 		26.19
21. Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista 	29.56
22. Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Alfa Lum-William Aurora 	30.53
23. Oksana Sapoykina (Ukr) Velo Sport Primavera 		32.36
24. Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie Mista 	33.47
25. Natalia Kishchuk (Ukr) Michela Fanini Valvole Record  	35.35

Overall Mountains:

 1. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfa Lum-William Aurora		   26
 2. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie		   24
 3. Joane Sommariba (Spa) Team Alfa Lum William Aurora		   23
 4. Fatima Blasquez Lozano (Spa) Team Alfa Lum William Aurora 	   14
 5. Zulfja Zabirova (Rus) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie 		   13
 6. Edita Boubnenkova (Rus) Team Alfa Lum William Aurora	    6
 7. Zinaida Stahurskaya (Blr) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie		    4
 8. Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie 		    4
 9. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Selene Rama 			    2
10. Sigrid Corneo (Ita) S.C. Master Automazione Molteni		    2
11. Murenka Yulya (Ukr) Ukraine					    2
12. Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie		    2

Overall Points:

 1. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Team Alfa Lum William Aurora 	  119
 2. Zinaida Stahurskaya (Blr) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie 	  114
 3. Joane Somarriba (Spa) Team Alfa Lum William Aurora 		  110
 5. Zoulfjia Zabirova (Rus) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie 		   97
 4. Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team 			   94
 6. Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie 	   84
 7. Nada Cristofoli (Ita) Edilsavino 			   	   82
 8. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie 		   77
 9. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team 				   69
10. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfalum William Aurora 		   65

Best Foreign Rider:

 1. Joane Somarriba (Spa) Team Alfa Lum William Aurora       32.11.24
 2. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Team Alfa Lum-William Aurora 	 3.23
 3. Daniela Veronesi (RSM) Team Alfa Lum William Aurora		 3.26
 4. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie 		 6.28
 5. Zoulfiaja Zabirova (Rus) Acca Due O Lorena Camicie 		 6.49
 6. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team 				 7.24
 7. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Selene Rama Mista 	        	 7.45
 8. HeidiVan De Vyver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                      9.22
 9. Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine - Pink Bike Team 	        10.25
10. Nicole Brandly (Swi) Acca Due O Lorena Mista Svizzera       11.30

Best Under-23 Rider:

 1. Tatiana Stiajkina (Rus) Selene Rama Mista                32.19.09
 2. Nicole Brandli (Swi) Mista Acca Due O Lorena Svizzera 	 3.45
 3. Oksana Saprykina (Ukr) Primavera Oliviero Sport 		24.51
 4. Gitana Groudyte (Ltu) Team Aliverti CDE Elettromeccanica 	30.23
 5. Larissa Ciuenco (Blr) Mista Acca Due O Lorena Svizzera	43.14
 6. Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australia 				48.43
 7. Alison Wright (Aus) Australia 			      1.01.45
 8. Serena Gazzini (Ita) G.S. Selene Rama Mista		      1.02.50
 9. Yulier Rodriguez (Cub) Mista Acca Due O Lorena Svizzera   1.04.32
10. Alessandra D.Ettorre (Ita) Selene Rama Mista  	      1.17.57