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

Italy, June 9 - 18, 2000

Stage 6 - June 14: Rubiera - Recoaro Terme, 190 km

Break out the granny gears...

Stage 6 of the Baby Giro was a solid one with a category 2 climb followed by a cat 1 to the finish. Most of the teams were using a 25 tooth rear due to the steep last climb. The lead again changed and the Australian team lost 2 more riders. Baden Cooke stopped with tendon pain and Allan Davis with an oncomming infection. Scott Davis and Brad Davidson again performed well in the hills.

Results

1. Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei    4.29.16 (40.332 km/h)
2. Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Zoccorinese Vellutex	 0.49
3. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei	 1.27
4. Eugeny Petrov (Rus) Sanpellegrino		 1.44
5. Marius Sabaliauskas (Lit) Sintofarm		 1.45
6. Kim Kirchen (Lux) De Nardi		 	 2.01
7. Ramon Bianchi (Ita) Aqua Mg		 	 2.11
8. Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Pagnoncelli		 2.22
9. Dmitri Gainitdinov (Rus) San Paolo		 2.26
10. Dmitri Dementiev (Rus) Italfine		 2.51
11. Maurizio Varini (Ita) Sanpellegrino		 3.19
12. Re Dal Eliseo (Ita) Reda Baggioni		 3.40
13. Matteo Gigli (Ita) Valdarno		 	 3.46
14. Dmitri Parfimovitch (Rus) Fis Parolin	 4.02
15. Federico Morini (Ita) Olio Vezza		 4.04
...
38. Brad Davidson (Aus) Brunero 		10.02
51. Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National       13.40
116. Mark Roland (Aus) Australian National      21.55
117. Michael Rogers (Aus) Australian National   22.00

General classification after stage 6:

1. Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Trevigiani Mape    19.20.51
2. Marius Sabaliauskas (Lit) Sintofarm		 1.04
3. Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Pagnoncelli		 2.29
4. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei	 2.30
5. Eugeny Petrov (Rus) Sanpellegrino		 3.07
6. Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Zoccorinese Vellutex	 3.12
7. Ramon Bianchi (Ita) Aqua Mg		 	 3.45
8. Dmitri Gainitdinov (Rus) San Paolo		 3.54
9. Kim Kirchen (Lux) De Nardi		  	 4.28
10. Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Aqua Mg		 	 4.47
Results & reports courtesy of Danilo Vigano/Brian Stephens