24th Giro del Trentino - 2.2

Italy, April 24-27, 2000

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Stage 3 - April 26: Smarano Val di Non - Malcesine, 161 km

Savoldelli back to the top

He won the race last year, and used it as perfect preparation for the Giro d'Italia, where he finished 2nd overall. Today, Paolo Savoldelli did it again, winning solo from Smarano Val di Non to Malcesine, beating compatriots Roberto Sgambelluri (Vini Caldirola) and Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) by over half a minute, thereby moving into third overall.

158 riders started the stage, but not Liquigas team leader, Davide Rebellin who abandoned after yesterday claiming tiredness from a hard first part of the season. He intends on returning to the Giro d'Italia in a more rested state.

Again there was an early attack at 2.5 kilometres: Andrea Ferrigato (Fassa), Aggiano (Vitalicio), Piccoli (Lampre), Loda (Fassa), O’Neill (Panaria), Lanfranchi (Mapei) and Mancebo (Banesto) were included amongst the escapees. Then there was a serious fall at 10 kilometres: Mori (Saeco), Fioroni (Alexia Alluminio), Peschel (Gerolsteiner) and Mancebo who were taken to hospital. Peschel was found to have a wrist fracture and Mancebo suffered serious head injuries.

Alessandro Bertolini (Alessio), Marco Velo (Mercatone) and Alain Turicchia (Amica Chips) caught up to the break at kilometre 18, forming a group of 9 who gained a maximum advantage of 3.25". In the peloton, Fioroni and Mori withdrew as a result of their earlier crash. Laurent Roux (Mobilvetta) also abandoned due to a fall sustained before Mezzolombardo, as did Matthew White and Mauro Zanetti (VC) for other reasons.

The mountain prime at Palù di Giovo (61 km to) saw Lanfranchi, Piccoli and Bertolini take the points, while the bunch was still 2.58 behind. They were recaptured at kilometre 100 (Lagarina Villa) in time for the intermediate sprint, won by Svorada from Klemencic and Nauduzs.

Two more climbs followed: Campiano (km 136, won by Di Luca, from Basso and Miceli. The next was at kilometre 153 voer the same climb, and it was here that Savoldelli made his move, with Sgambelluri Piepoli in tow. The three had a small gap at the top to the bunch, but Savoldelli attacked on the descent into Malcesine, eventually beating Sgambelluri and Simoni by over half a minute.

It was not quite enough to displace Simone Borgheresi (Mercatone Uno) and Niklaas Axelsson (Panaria) who each have over 20 seconds advantage over Savoldelli with one stage to go.

Results

1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli                 3.48.23 (42.97 km/h)
2 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo Regain              0.25
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin                         0.35
4 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio-SGM
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo Regain
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Amica Chips
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
9 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step
10 Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Team Colpack
11 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio-SGM
12 Igor Gonzales De Galdeano (Esp) Vitalicio Seguros
13 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Esp) Banesto
14 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre Daikin
15 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto
16 Sergey Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas - Pata
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto
18 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Ceramica Gaerne
19 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips
21 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
22 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Amica Chips
23 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack                            0.49
24 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom
25 Filippo Baldo (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin                      1.08
26 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli&Valli                        1.28
27 William Chann Mc Rae (Usa) Mapei-Quick Step                1.35
28 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas - Pata
29 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti
30 Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Selle Italia-Nectar
31 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Esp) Vitalicio Seguros         3.10
32 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas - Pata
33 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas - Pata
34 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
35 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin
36 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin
37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
38 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Amica Chips
39 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Mobilvetta Rossin
40 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli&Valli
41 Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Alessio-SGM
42 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
43 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Amica Chips
44 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas - Pata
45 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo Regain                  4.03
46 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin                      4.12
47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre Daikin                          4.14
48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom
49 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin
50 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom

General classification after stage 3:

1 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom           11.17.22
2 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne               0.23
3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                  0.28
4 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                           0.46
5 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                          1.05
6 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain              1.11
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                         1.11
8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips                         1.11
9 Igor Gonzalez Galdeano Aranzabal (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros    1.12
10 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto                               1.13
11 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                         1.18
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                             1.21
13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                         1.22
14 Ivan Basso (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport                 1.34
15 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata                       1.36
16 Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Colpack                              2.02
17 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                        2.45
18 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport              2.47
19 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio-Banca SMG                      2.54
20 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step                 3.02
21 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom               3.05
22 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack                                 3.43
23 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      4.24
24 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio-Banca SMG                      4.35
25 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli                      5.09
26 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin                5.12
27 Volodymyr Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                       5.52
28 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         6.04
29 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli                    6.06
30 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                     6.09
31 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Deutsche Telekom-ARD               6.56
32 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom-ARD                7.17
33 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                                  7.19
34 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                 7.26
35 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Polti                                     8.17
36 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros         8.34
37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom-ARD                 8.44
38 Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Aguardiente Nectar        8.47
39 Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Alessio                             9.00
40 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    9.17
41 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano Aranzabal (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 9.20
42 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom               9.27
43 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                          9.30
44 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          9.42
45 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec              9.46
46 Felice Puttini (Swi) Alessio-Banca SMG                    10.22
47 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec               10.39
48 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                         10.52
49 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                          10.56
50 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain             11.01