30th Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Elite/Under 23 - 2.6

Italy, June 9 - 18, 2000

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Stage 3 - June 11: Ravenna - Ozzano Dell'emilia, 164 km

Ferrara wins first mountain stage

Today was the first hilly day of the Baby Giro. The stage was from Ravenna to Ozzano dell. Emilia, near Bologna. There were 5 catergory 2 climbs, 3 of which were the same climb on the finish circuit. Rain plagued the riders and the slipery conditions resulted in numerous crashes including the race leader. The race split and the GC was turned upside down, as Mapei's Raffaele Ferra won ahead of MG Aqua's Pavel Zerzan.

The Australian riders did not have a great day, with Scott Davis being the highest finisher at 52nd. Their aim now is a stage win.

Results

1 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei 	      4.14.28 (38.669 km/h)
2 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) MG Aqua 				 0.03
3 Simone Fadini (Ita) Gaverina 
4 Guido Balbis (Ita) Resine Ragnoli 
5 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Sintofarm 
6 Mazzoleni Renzo (Ita) Pagnoncelli
7 Solari Luca (Ita) Sanpellegrino
8 Ginestri Gincarlo (Ita) Zalf Fior
9 Matveyev Serghey (Ukr) Zoccorinese
10 Oras Allan (Ukr) Bedogni				 1.00
...
52 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National 		 2.45
60 Brad Davidson (Aus) Brunero 				 8.52
65 Michael Rogers (Aus) Australian National 		12.29
103 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National 		17.38
106 Mark Roland (Aus) Australian National 
145 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australian National 		20.03
163 Sean Sullivan (Aus) De Nardi 			20.03

DNF Nic Brown (Aus) Australian National
DNF Andrew Stadler (Aus) Australian National

General classification after stage 3:

1 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) MG Aqua 			      8.17.03
2 Simone Fadini (Ita) Gaverina 				 0.03
3 Rafaele Ferrara (Ita) Travigiani Mapei 
4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Vellutex 
5 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Sintofarm 			 0.05
6 Luca Solari (Ita) Sanpellegrino 			 0.06
7 Guido Balbis (Ita) Resine Ragnoli 			 0.09
8 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Pagnoncelli 			 
9 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Zalf Fior 			 0.13
10 Matteo Tinelli (Ita) Italfine 			 0.58
...
52 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National 		 2.56
60 Brad Davidson (Aus) Brunero 				 9.00
64 Michael Rogers (Aus) Australian National 		12.27
95 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National 		17.45
96 Mark Roland (Aus) Australian National 		17.46
124 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australian National 		20.00
130 Sean Sullivan (Aus) de Nardi 			20.12

Results/report courtesy of Danilo Vigano/Brian Stephens