30th Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Elite/Under 23 - 2.6Italy, June 9 - 18, 2000Main page Results Previous StageStage 8 - June 16: Baselga Di Pine' - S Vendemiano, 151 kmReportToday was a much easier stage and the riders took advantage of that for the first hour or so but the race hotted up after 50km. The original break of 27 riders was brought back with 30km remaining when another group of 17 including Mick Rogers escaped. They stayed away and a group of 3 got clear at the finish to win. Mick was 11th and the GC stayed the same. Results1 Mirko Biondi (Ita) Reda Baggioni 3.13.50 (44.994 km/h) 2 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 3 Niki Giussani (Ita) Edile Rosa 4 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Eddy Mercx Boys 0.02 5 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Sanpellegrino 6 Maurizio Bachini (Ita) Bedogni 7 Re Dal Eliseo (Ita) Reda Baggioni 8 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Casprini Shoes 9 Fabio Mazzer (Ita) Zalf Fior 10 Federico Morini (Ita) Olio Vezza 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Australian National 12 Morgan Mangili (Ita) Italfine 13 Jan Kruzic (Svk) De Nardi-Montegrappa 14 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys 15 Petr Sestak (Cze) Seat Kona ... 34 Mark Roland (Aus) Australian National 1.20 73 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National 95 Brad Davidson (Aus) Brunero General classification after stage 8: 1 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei 26.49.21 2 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Pagnoncelli 1.04 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei 1.05 4 Marius Sabalauskas (Ltu) Sintofarm 1.52 5 Ramon Bianchi (Ita) MG Aqua 3.48 ... 30 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National 28.04 40 Brad Davidson (Aus) Brunero 42.01 72 Michael Rogers (Aus) Australian National 1.08.46 76 Mark Roland (Aus) Australian National 1.11.36 Results/reports courtesy of Daniel Vigano/Brian Stephens |