24th Giro del Trentino - 2.2Italy, April 24-27, 2000Stage 3 - April 26: Smarano Val di Non - Malcesine, 161 kmSavoldelli back to the topHe 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.
Results1 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 |