24th Giro del Trentino - 2.2Italy, April 24-27, 2000Stage 4 - April 27: Malcesine-Arco di Trento, 166.3 kmBorgheresi nails TrentinoAn important victory in terms of the Giro d'Italia was gained today by Mercatone Uno's Simone Borgheresi after he won the overall classification of the 24th Giro del Trentino. A teammate of Marco Pantani, who seems a) very unlikely to start in the Giro and b) if he does, then he'll definitely not be in form, Borgheresi may help to fill the gap left by Mercatone's main man. The last stage saw a field of 143 starters take on the 166 kilometres from Malcesine to Arco di Trento. Amongst those who didn't sign on included Luca Scinto (Mapei) and Zimbabwean Timothy Jones (Mobilvetta). Jones' teammate, Mirko Gualdi was the first rider to get the ball rolling, with an attack after just 10 kilometres. He was joined by Andrea Tonti (Cantina Tollo) and Alain Turicchia (Amica Chips), and later by Nicola Miceli (Alessio) at the 48 kilometre point. The quartet established a handy lead of over a minute which grew to a maximum of three minutes at the 90 kilometre point, where they lost Gualdi. At 35 kilometres to go, Miceli attacked the other two (Turicchia and Tonti) and they were rapidly caught by the bunch. Miceli still had a minute and a half with 18 kilometres to travel, but he had to over come the second category climb in Cavastro (732m). At the summit, he had 48 seconds on Filippo Simeoni (Amica Chips) with Marco Fincato (Fassa Bortolo) a little further behind. On the descent and beyond, the Deutsche Telekom team started to chase and Micel and the others were finally caught with 20 kilometres to go. An immediate counterattack saw Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo), Chann McRae (Mapei) and Alexander Shefer (Alessio) gain 22 seconds on the peloton in fairly quick time. This was enough advantage (just) for them to take the stage, and the honours went to Frigo in front of McRae and Shefer. The bunch was led home by Fassa Bortolo's Fabio Baldato. With that, Simone Borgheresi defended his leader's jersey, while Miceli's efforts earned him the KOM green jersey. Andris Nauduzas (Lat, Aguardiente) won the blue points jersey, while Rene Haselbacher (Aut, Gerolsteiner) won the best young rider.
Results
1. Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.13.37
2. William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
3. Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Alessio
4. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.03
5. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
6. René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
7. Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
8. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
9. Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
10. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
11. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
12. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio
13. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
14. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD
15. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
16. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
17. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Deutsche Telekom-ARD
18. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
19. Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
20. Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
21. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
22. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
23. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
24. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit CCC
25. Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
26. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
27. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio
28. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto
29. Ivan Basso (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
30. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
31. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips
32. Igor Gonzalez Galdeano Aranzabal (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
33. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
34. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
35. Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
36. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
37. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack
38. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
39. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
40. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
41. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano Aranzabal (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
42. Volodymyr Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
43. Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
44. Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto
45. Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
46. Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
47. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom-ARD
48. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
49. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
50. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Colpack
51. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
52. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
53. Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Colpack
54. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto
55. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Polti
56. Nathan O.Neill (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
57. Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
58. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step
59. Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros
60. Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata
61. Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
62. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto
63. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
64. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto
65. Filippo Baldo (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
66. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Polti
67. Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
68. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
69. Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Aguardiente Nectar
70. Felice Puttini (Swi) Alessio
71. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain 0.11
72. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 0.26
73. Eugeni Berzin (Rus) Mobilvetta-Rossin 0.28
74. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 0.37
75. Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport 0.45
76. Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD
77. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 0.47
78. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain 2.03
79. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.11
80. Jose Manuel Uria Gonzales (Spa) Polti 3.05
81. Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
82. Moris Sammassimo (Ita) Colpack
83. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Polti
84. Gianni Gobbini (Ita) Colpack
85. Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
86. Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
87. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Polti
88. Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
89. Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
90. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom-ARD
91. Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
92. Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
93. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
94. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD
95. Andris Nauduzas (Lat) Aguardiente Nectar
96. Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Amica Chips
97. Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar
98. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli
99. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
100. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
101. Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
102. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Polti
103. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
104. Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli
105. Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
106. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
107. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD
108. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
109. Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
110. Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa-Bortolo
111. Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar
112. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
113. Branko Filip (Slo) Gerolsteiner
114. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
115. Milan Kadlec (Cze) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
116. Raul A. Montana Herrera (Col) Aguardiente Nectar
117. José Jaime Gonzalez Pico (Col) Aguardiente Nectar
118. Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 10.27
119. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti
120. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Alessio
121. Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Alessio
122. Artur Krasins (Pol) MAT-Ceresit CCC
123. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.25
124. Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) MAT-Ceresit CCC
125. Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
126. Alessio Girelli (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar
127. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
128. Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
129. Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
130. Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
131. Andrea Tonti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
132. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
133. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
Final general classification:
1. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 15.31.02
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
8. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips
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. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 2.54
19. William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 2.56
20. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3.05
21. Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport 3.29
22. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack 3.43
23. Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4.24
24. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 5.09
25. Volodymyr Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 5.52
26. Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 6.04
27. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 6.09
28. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 6.56
29. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto 7.19
30. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 7.26
31. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 8.01
32. Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 8.11
33. Milan Kadlec (Cze) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin 8.14
34. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Polti 8.17
35. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 8.44
36. Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Aguardiente Nectar 8.47
37. Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Alessio 8.56
38. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 9.08
39. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.17
40. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano Aranzabal (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 9.20
41. Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9.30
42. Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.42
43. Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 9.46
44. Felice Puttini (Swi) Alessio 10.22
45. Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 10.39
46. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 10.56
47. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain 11.01
48. Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 11.28
49. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 11.35
50. Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 11.36
51. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Polti 11.42
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