Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2.9.1Italy, June 25-July 9, 2000Main Page Marion Clignet's report Results Previous stage Stage 12b - July 8: Abano Terme-Abano Terme ITT, 12.8 km
A win for Cappellotto saves some faceThe weather had cleared for the penultimate stage, a 12.8km ITT, containing a steep 'berg' rising 240m in altitude, forcing riders to grovel in the 25 cog. The best time was produced by GAS sport rider, Alessandra Cappellotto, who clocked 20.14 for the 12.8 km. She beat a pair of Edilsavino riders, Valentina Polkhanova and Svetlana Boubnenkova, with Giro leader, Joane Somarriba (Alfa Lum) finishing in 8th spot. This was good enough to clinch the overall win, with a relatively straightforward stage tomorrow. Kym Shirley produced the best time for the Australians, posting the second fastest time of the day, when she crossed, and finally placing 13th, 1.34 behind Alessandra Cappellotto. Sara Carrigan overshot a corner on the fast, technical descent and had to deviate through a shopfront to avoid hitting the concrete barricade at 60km/h+ ! Sara recovered to record the 26th fastest time. Both Hayley Rutherford and Alison Wright rode standard bikes, Rutherford putting out plenty of power on the stock bike and finishing a very impressive 30th !, while Wright was content to ride tempo, as she was not in contention for GC. Tomorrow is the final stage, 97km starting and finishing in Abano Terme, near Padova. Report by Mark Carter, AIS Women's team Marion Clignet's reportToday really sucked. This morning finished in an absolute downpour. Could've taken off with a little less than a km to go but my team mate had good legs and i wanted to lead her out for the sprint. We both were a little nervous about the downpour so that ended that. As for the time trial...4km flat with 2km false flat big ring type followed by an absolute effing wall for 2.6km. At the midway point I had the fastest time and then dropped my chain 3 times causing me to have to climb the hardest part in my 19. Arhhhhhhhh! Could this mean I'll have more motivation for tomorrow...or next week's World Cup? Results1. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 20.14 2. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Edilsavino 0.09 3. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 0.21 4. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfa Lum 0.31 5. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team 0.35 6. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team 0.37 7. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum 0.39 8. Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Team Alfa Lum 0.46 9. Priska Doppmann (Swi) Master Team-Carpe Diem 0.54 10. Nicole Brändli (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.05 11. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 1.11 12. Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 1.19 13. Kym Shirley (Aus) AIS Australia 1.34 14. Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Box 1.38 15. Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Gas Sport Team 1.41 16. Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team 1.46 17. Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.47 18. Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.54 19. Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti 20. Bogumila Matusiak (Hun) Hungarian National Team 1.58 21. Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Team Alfa Lum 2.02 22. Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita) Gas Sport Team 23. Olga Svirshchuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 2.07 24. Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 2.08 25. Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edilsavino 2.14 26. Sara Carrigan (Aus) AIS Australia 2.26 27. Catherine Marsal (Fra) Edilsavino 2.29 28. Rosalisa La Pomarda (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti 29. Marion Clignet (Fra) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 2.32 30. Hayley Rutherford (Aus) AIS Australia 2.38 31. Tetyana Andryuschenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 2.46 32. Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti 2.50 33. Natalia Kischuk (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box 34. Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box 35. Anette Beuttler (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.07 36. Alexandra Koliaseva (Rus) Team Alfa Lum 37. Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Edilsavino 38. Alessandra d 'Ettore (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 3.08 39. Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem 3.11 40. Silvia Parietti (Ita) Edilsavino 3.15 41. Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum 3.20 42. Sandra Wampfler (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.26 43. Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol 3.27 44. Marion Brauen (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.31 45. Debby Mansveld (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 3.32 46. Kerry Helmuth (USA) Master Team-Carpe Diem 3.33 47. Shani Bloch (Isr) Figurella Dream Team 3.37 48. Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Box 3.40 49. Valentina Parisi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 3.41 50. Yevgeniya Vyshtskaya (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 3.48 51. Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Team Alfa Lum 3.57 52. Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 53. Anna Farina (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box 4.06 54. Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Team Aliverti 4.24 55. Irene Puccioni (Rus) Edilsavino 4.28 56. Alison Wright (Aus) AIS Australia 4.31 57. Karin Gruber (Aut) Austrian National Team 4.43 58. Andrea Purner (Aut) Austrian National Team 4.46 59. Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box 4.51 60. Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem 4.53 61. Olga Mikhalovskaia (Rus) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti 5.07 62. Michaela Brunngraber (Aut) Austrian National Team 5.15 63. Regina Schleicher (Ger) Team Alfa Lum 5.23 64. Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 5.26 65. Nadia Zuccherelli (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa dei Venti 5.32 66. Sara Savino (Ita) Edilsavino 5.40 67. Monica Dal Col (Ita) Team Aliverti 6.12 68. Anna Bogoluckaj (Hun) Hungarian National Team 6.15 69. Anna Podkovzun (Hun) Hungarian National Team 6.16 70. Ingrid Dullnig (Aut) Austrian National Team 6.34 71. Diana Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team 6.50 General classification after stage 12 b 1. Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Team Alfa Lum 29.54.18 2. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 2.05 3. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum 2.21 4. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Edilsavino 2.36 5. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 3.18 6. Nicole Brändli (Swi) Swiss National Team 4.50 7. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 6.40 8. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team 8.55 9. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team 9.05 10. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfa Lum 10.47 11. Rosalisa La Pomarda (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti 12.20 12. Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 16.42 13. Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Team Alfa Lum 17.10 14. Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 17.35 15. Kym Shirley (Aus) AIS Australia 21.18 16. Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti 23.11 17. Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 26.06 18. Priska Doppmann (Swi) Master Team-Carpe Diem 28.15 19. Bogumila Matusiak (Hun) Hungarian National Team 28.18 20. Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol 29.31 21. Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Box 30.13 22. Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box 34.03 23. Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team 42.29 24. Sara Carrigan (Aus) AIS Australia 42.48 25. Alexandra Koliaseva (Rus) Team Alfa Lum 45.37 26. Silvia Parietti (Ita) Edilsavino 49.15 27. Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Team Alfa Lum 51.10 28. Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Edilsavino 51.32 29. Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum 53.03 30. Catherine Marsal (Fra) Edilsavino 54.10 31. Marion Clignet (Fra) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 55.44 32. Natalia Kischuk (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box 55.49 33. Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita) Gas Sport Team 57.35 34. Olga Svirshchuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 57.56 35. Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.00.05 36. Sandra Wampfler (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.03.19 37. Shani Bloch (Isr) Figurella Dream Team 1.03.34 38. Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Gas Sport Team 1.03.45 39. Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti 1.04.51 40. Alessandra d 'Ettore (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 1.06.27 41. Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem 1.06.45 42. Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Box 1.09.27 43. Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edilsavino 1.14.23 44. Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 1.19.31 45. Andrea Purner (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.23.40 46. Alison Wright (Aus) AIS Australia 1.24.29 47. Marion Brauen (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.26.19 48. Yevgeniya Vyshtskaya (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.27.04 49. Tetyana Andryuschenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.30.30 50. Diana Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.31.36 51. Kerry Helmuth (USA) Master Team-Carpe Diem 1.31.47 52. Anette Beuttler (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.33.18 53. Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena 1.35.08 54. Sara Savino (Ita) Edilsavino 1.37.06 55. Debby Mansveld (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 1.42.08 56. Hayley Rutherford (Aus) AIS Australia 1.42.19 57. Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem 1.46.56 58. Valentina Parisi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 1.47.31 59. Anna Farina (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box 1.56.47 60. Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Team Aliverti 1.57.35 61. Silvia Zoller (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.58.07 62. Michaela Brunngraber (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.58.13 63. Irene Puccioni (Rus) Edilsavino 1.59.25 64. Regina Schleicher (Ger) Team Alfa Lum 2.00.05 65. Olga Mikhalovskaia (Rus) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti 2.08.07 66. Ingrid Dullnig (Aut) Austrian National Team 2.15.52 67. Karin Gruber (Aut) Austrian National Team 2.21.43 68. Anna Bogoluckaj (Hun) Hungarian National Team 2.31.15 69. Nadia Zuccherelli (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa dei Venti 2.33.35 70. Anna Podkovzun (Hun) Hungarian National Team 2.33.54 71. Monica Dal Col (Ita) Team Aliverti 2.35.30 |