4th International Women's Tour of Tuscany

Italy, 14-19 September, 1999

1998 Results     Route Map     Teams     Past Winners      Karen Kurreck's Race Diary

The Stages:

  1. September 14 - Stage 1 - Montecatini - Montecatini 4.1Km
  2. September 15 - Stage 2 - Firenze - Pisa 115Km
  3. September 16 - Stage 3 - Prato - Volterra 114.2Km
  4. September 17 - Stage 4 - Borgo a Mozzano - Borgo a Mozzano 101Km
  5. September 18 - Stage 5/1 - Segromigno in Piano - Altopascio 63Km
  6. September 18 - Stage 5/2 - Circuit of Campi Bisenzio 50.6Km
  7. September 19 - Stage 6 - Campi Bisenzio - Campi Bisenzio 85Km

Preview:

With increasing popularity the "Giro Della Toscana" begins in Montecatini on Tuesday 14 September. Some of the best known names in the world will be participating in this event including Tour de France winner's and World Champion Diana Ziliute, Edita Pucinskaite, Fabiana Luperini, Alessandra Cappellotto, Rasa and Iolanta Polikeviciute, Valentina Polkanove and Giro d'Italia winner's Joanna Sommariba, Svetlana Boubnenkova, Tatiana Stijakina, pia Sundstedt, Fany Lecourtois, Cathrine Marshal and Zinaida Stahurskaia to name but a few.

Athletes from 20 nations form the 24 teams that take part in this race which remembers the ill-fated Michela Fanini. Particularly on Saturday where a special memorial takes place.

Complete Starting List

GAS SPORT TEAM				ACCA DUE O LORENA LITUANIA
1.Valeria Cappellotto (Ita)	  	10.Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu)
2.Fabiana Luperini (Ita)		11.Zita Urbonaite (Ltu)
3.Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita)		12.Zulfia Zabirova (Ltu)
4.Moira Tarraran (Ita)			13.Zinaida Stahurskaia (Ltu)
5.Viviana Fadini (Ita)			
6.Giorgia Giacometti (Ita)
7.Pia Sundstedt (Fin)
8.Vera Hohlfeld (Ger)

MICHELA FANINI RECORD BOX		EDIL SAVINO
17.Fany Lecourtois (Fra)		25.Sara Savino (Ita)
18.Natalia Kishcuk (Ukr)		26.Greta Zocca (Ita)
19.Svetlana Gigileva (Ukr)		27.Nada Cristofoli (Ita)
20.Marika Murer (Swi)			28.Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita)
21.Katia Longhin (Ita)			29.Karen Kurreck (Usa)
22.Silvia Parietti (Ita)		30.Catherine Marsal (Fra)
23.Lorella Guidotti (Ita)		31.Anke Erlank (Rsf)
24.Nicla Fogagnolo (Ita)

ACCA DUE O LORENA MISTA			TEAM SELENE RAMA MISTA
33.Roberta Bonanomi (Ita)		41.Vera Carrera (Ita)
34.Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita)		42.Elisa Neri (Ita)
35.Sara Felloni (Ita)			43.Marilisa Riva (Ita)
36.Linda Visentin (Ita)			44.Chiara Mariani (Ita)
37.Marion Clignet (Fra)			45.Antonella Bellutti (Ita)
38.Belem Guerrero (Mex)			46.Giovanna Troldi (Ita)

VELO SPORT PRIMAVERA OLIVIERO		S.C MASTER MOLTENI
49.Tania Belvederesi (Ita)		57.Sigrid Corneo (Ita)
50.Letizia Giardinelli (Ita)		58.Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita)
51.Valentina Karpenko (Ukr)		59.Barbara Delvai (Ita)
52.Deira Mari (Ita)			60.Ljudmila Corneo (Ita)
53.Oksana Saprykina (Ukr)		61.Elena Biancossi (Ita)
54.Patrizia Zulato (Ita)		62.Samanta Loschi (Ita)
55.Olga Mikhalovskaia (Ukr)		63.Verusca Casella (Ita)
56.Elisabeth Gonzales			64.Claudia Marietta (Ita)

G.S.F SELENA RAMA			TEAM ALIVERTI
65.Alessandra D'Ettorre (Ita)		73.Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita)
66.Tamara Farnocchia (Ita)		74.Rasa Mazeikyte (Ltu)
67.Serena Gazzini (Ita)			75.Gitana Groudite (Ltu)
68.Irene Puccioni (Ita)			76.Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu)
69.Barbara Rifici (Ita)			77.Fulvia Camisa (Ita)
70.Simona Sagramoni (Ita)		78.Ilaria Pacini (Ita)
					79.Weringa Raudonyte (Ltu)
					80.Valentina Poli (Ita)

TEAM LUCCA B.B.M			G.C MIMOSA REP.CEKA
81.Sabrina Bonosso (Ita)		89.Sarka Vichova (Cze)
82.Mirna Meini (Ita)			90.Miluse Flaskova (Cze)
83.Anna Toschi (Ita)			91.Eva Fortova (Cze)
84.Alberta Baiocchi (Ita)		92.Kristina Obrucova (Cze)
85.Rita Vada (Ita)			93.Radana Novotna (Cze)
86.Sabrina Raggiante (Ita)		94.Radka Spesna (Cze)
87.Valentina Parisi (Ita)			
88.Clara Beligni (Ita)

ALFA LUM				RUSSIA
97.Tania Beck (Ger)			105.Valentina Polkhanova (Rus)
98.Fatima Blazquez-Lozano (Spa)		106.Alexandra Koliaseva (Rus)
99.Paola Ferretti (Ita)			107.Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus)
100.Simona Grossi (Ita)			108.Svetlana Razenkova (Rus)
101.Regina Schleicher (Ger)		109.Gulnara Ivanova (Rus)
102.Daniela Veronesi (Smr)		110.Valentina Gerassimova (Rus)
					111.Elena Tchalich (Rus)
					112.Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus)

GREAT BRITAIN				OMT-LORINA
113.Sara Symington (Gbr)		121.Isabelle Carro (Fra)
114.Ceris Gilfillan (Gbr)		122.StŽphanie Reymond (Fra)
115.Angela Hunter (Gbr)			123.Karine Mšbes (Swi)
116.Ruth Elway (Gbr)			124.Estelle Lehmann (Fra)
117.Michelle Ward (Gbr)			125.Natalia Yuganiuk (Ukr)
118.Caroline Cook (Gbr)			126.Magali Pache (Swi)
					127.SŽverine Prior (Fra)

NURNBERGER-EMMI				SWAM HOOCH
129.Barbara Heeb (Swi)			137.Lenka Ilavska (Svk)
130.Silvia Zoller (Swi)			138.Alena Barillova (Svk)
131.Diana Rast (Swi)			139.Tamara Poliakova (Svk)
132.Anja Albasini (Swi)			140. Maria Kolarikova (Svk)
133.Carolin Dietmann (Ger)		141.Janete Bohmova (Svk)
134.Kerstin Rein (Ger)			142.Marcia Hostakova (Svk)
					143.Sari Saarelainen (Fin)

LITUANIA				UKRAINE PINK BYKE
145.Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu)		153.Natalia Murenka (Ukr)
146.Iolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu)		154.Chuzhinova (Ukr)
147.Liuda Triabaite (Ltu)		155.Karpenko (Ukr)
148.Erika Vilunaite (Ltu)		156.DNS
149.Jurgita Masiliunaite (Ltu)		57.Bydovitska (Ukr)
150.Rita Narbutyte (Ltu)		158.Tatiana Stiaikina (Ukr)

Past Winners

1996	Barbara Heeb (Swi)
1997	Imelda Chiappa (Ita)
1998	Valeria Cappellotto (Ita)