Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2.9.1

Italy, June 25-July 9, 2000

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Stage 2 - June 27: Este - Este, 95.4 km

Van Moorsel and Farm Frites dominant

Another fine sunny day greeted riders in the Giro today. Racing was around Este (near Padova), featuring two sprints and two 3km climbs, with the stage start and finish in Este.

The early tempo was steady, before the first sprint which was won by the blue jersey, Debby Mansveld. This then led directly onto the first climb, featuring some steep switchback corners, where the GAS team did exactly that. The group splintered, with three of the Australians making the front group, Kym Shirley, Sara Carrigan and Margaret Hemsley. They were soon joined by Alison Wright after a swift descent on the tightly twisted road.

The tempo was not quite as fierce on the second climb, with the GAS team again controlling the tempo. A group of six were tailed off near the top, including Wright and the Italian National Champion Pregnolato. The second sprint came at 69km covered, with the blue sprinter's jersey no where to be seen after the climb. Alison Wright took the second sprint to move up to third in the sprint classification.

On the final run back into Este, it was the maglia rosa of Van Moorsel who hit the front with one kilometre to go. Alison held second wheel out of the final corner with only 200 metres remaining, however she clipped the barricade and lost valuable ground. Van Moorsel led the charge all the way up the final straight to take her second stage win in as many days, retaining her pink leader's jersey. Alison Wright was the best of the Australians, finishing 8th, with Sara Carrigan finishing 12th. Kym Shirley and Margaret Hemlsey also finished in the front bunch, which was rather a select group, after the two climbs during the stage.

Tomorrow's stage is 94.3km from Cittadella to Valdobbiandene in the Padova/Treviso region, and another group finish expected.

Report by Mark Carter, who is with the Australian team in the Giro.

Kristy Scrymgeour's report

Today's 95 km stage started off easily with 35km of flat at a relatively relaxed pace. Then we hit the first of two major obstacles for the day - a 4km climb where the GAS team got on the front and hammered over the top. Pucinskaite got the mountain sprint from Alessandra Cappellotto and then Pregnolato. Kym and Margaret got over the top with the bunch and Sara and Alison managed to chase back on by the start of the next climb which was only 10km away.

GAS once again set the pace but without quite the same vigour as the last climb and so the bunch regrouped not long after the mountain sprint. We then had 40km of attacks and counter attacks without anything staying away for very long. The last few k's were hectic as they always are. Margaret did a good job covering all the attacks, while Sara and Alison waited for the bunch sprint. Van Moorsel got on the front with one km to go and just kept going. Unbelievably she led from that far out and still won! Ali was put into the barriers on the final corner, although still managed to get back up there for 8th, and Sara came 13th.

We wont mention that Kristy had a "shocka" and finished about 10mins down in the back group. Too many hills for her! Bring on the Time Trial. Tomorrow, according to the race book, the terrain is not too challenging, so hopefully we can play a bit of a part, and get Ali up for the sprints, as she is now 3rd in the Sprint Classification. Maybe we'll also have something more exciting to write about.

Results

1 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 2.35.04 (36.91 km/h)
2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
3 Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Gas Sport Team
4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino
5 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum
6 Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box
7 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Edilsavino
8 Alison Wright (Aus) AIS Australia
9 Alessandra D'Ettore (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
10 Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edilsavino
11 Alexandra Koliaseva (Rus) Team Alfa Lum
12 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
13 Sara Carrigan (Aus) AIS Australia
14 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Box
15 Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team
16 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team
17 Nicole Brandle (Swi) Swiss National Team
18 Kym Shirley (Aus) AIS Australia
19 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfa Lum
20 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
21 Vera Hohfeld (Ger) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
22 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team
23 Diana Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team
24 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
25 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) Swiss National Team
26 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Edilsavino
27 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Team Alfa Lum
28 Bogumila Matusiak (Hun) Hungarian National Team
29 Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team
30 Natalia Kischuk (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box
31 Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box
32 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
33 Susanne Ljijngskog (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol
34 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum
35 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) AIS Australia
36 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Master Team-Carpe Diem
37 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team
38 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti
39 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team
40 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Team Alfa Lum
41 Vera Carrara (Ita) Team Aliverti
42 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Edilsavino
43 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Edilsavino
44 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Team Alfa Lum
45 Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita) Gas Sport Team
46 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol
47 Rosalisa La Pomarda (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
48 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti      6.10
49 Marion Clignet (Fra) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
50 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
51 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
52 Neringa Raudonyte (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
53 Andrea Purner (Aut) Austrian National Team
54 Shani Bloch (Isr) Figurella Dream Team
55 Olga Svirshchuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
56 Kerry Helmuth (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
57 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
58 Marion Brauen (Swi) Swiss National Team
59 Sara Savino (Ita) Edilsavino
60 Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Box
61 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) AIS Australia
62 Valentina Parisi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
63 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) AIS Australia
64 Marika Murer (Swi) Swiss National Team                    9.21
65 Tracey Bowyer (Aus) Michela Fanini Record Box
66 Barbara Del Vai (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box
67 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
68 Anna Farina (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box              10.22
69 Olga Mikhalovskaia (Rus) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
70 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
71 Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
72 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
73 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Team Alfa Lum
74 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Team Aliverti
75 Sabrina Bonoso (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
76 Liz Tadich (Aus) AIS Australia
77 Raffaella Russo (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
78 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
79 Clara Beligni (Ita) Figurella Dream Team                 12.48
80 Viktoria Kachmarskay (Ukr) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
81 Valentina Poli (Ita) Team Aliverti
82 Anna Bogoluckaj (Hun) Hungarian National Team
83 Daniela Mollica (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
84 Ingrid Dullnig (Aut) Austrian National Team
85 Yevgeniya Vyshtskaya (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
86 Irene Puccioni (Rus) Edilsavino
87 Monica Dal Col (Ita) Team Aliverti
88 Anna Podkovzun (Hun) Hungarian National Team
89 Stefania Martucci (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
90 Irene Erra (Ita) Team Aliverti
91 Michaela Brunngraber (Aut) Austrian National Team
92 Nadia Zuccherelli (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
93 Tetyana Andryuschenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
94 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) AIS Australia
95 Tunde Kosztyv (Hun) Hungarian National Team
96 Marianna Gergely (Hun) Hungarian National Team
97 Monica Ceccon (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
98 Silvia Zoller (Swi) Swiss National Team
99 Karin Gruber (Aut) Austrian National Team
100 Doris Posch (Aut) Austrian National Team
101 Rita Vada (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
102 Paola Bresolin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem

General classification after stage 2:

1 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol l4.56.50
2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
3 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum
4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino
5 Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box
6 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Box
7 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team
8 Sara Carrigan (Aus) AIS Australia
9 Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Gas Sport Team
10 Alexandra Koliaseva (Rus) Team Alfa Lum
11 Nicole Brandle (Swi) Swiss National Team
12 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfa Lum
13 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
14 Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team
15 Kym Shirley (Aus) AIS Australia
16 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
17 Vera Hohfeld (Ger) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
18 Diana Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team
19 Natalia Kischuk (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box
20 Alessandra D'Ettore (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
21 Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team
22 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
23 Bogumila Matusiak (Hun) Hungarian National Team
24 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Team Alfa Lum
25 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Edilsavino
26 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum
27 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
28 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team
29 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) Swiss National Team
30 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Master Team-Carpe Diem
31 Vera Carrara (Ita) Team Aliverti
32 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) AIS Australia
33 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Edilsavino
34 Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box
35 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team
36 Susanne Ljijngskog (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol
37 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti
38 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Team Alfa Lum
39 Rosalisa La Pomarda (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
40 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Team Alfa Lum
41 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team
42 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol
43 Alison Wright (Aus) AIS Australia                         1.05
44 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Edilsavino
45 Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edilsavino
46 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Edilsavino
47 Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita) Gas Sport Team
48 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti      6.10
49 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
50 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
51 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
52 Marion Brauen (Swi) Swiss National Team
53 Marion Clignet (Fra) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
54 Neringa Raudonyte (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
55 Shani Bloch (Isr) Figurella Dream Team
56 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) AIS Australia
57 Andrea Purner (Aut) Austrian National Team
58 Olga Svirshchuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team             7.15
59 Valentina Parisi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
60 Kerry Helmuth (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
61 Sara Savino (Ita) Edilsavino
62 Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Box
63 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) AIS Australia
64 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team           9.21
65 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena        10.22
66 Liz Tadich (Aus) AIS Australia
67 Marika Murer (Swi) Swiss National Team                   10.26
68 Barbara Del Vai (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box          11.00
69 Anna Farina (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box              11.27
70 Olga Mikhalovskaia (Rus) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
71 Sabrina Bonoso (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
72 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
73 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Team Aliverti
74 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
75 Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
76 Tracey Bowyer (Aus) Michela Fanini Record Box            12.18
77 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Team Alfa Lum                    12.42
78 Ingrid Dullnig (Aut) Austrian National Team              13.53
79 Tetyana Andryuschenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
80 Irene Puccioni (Rus) Edilsavino
81 Silvia Zoller (Swi) Swiss National Team
82 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) AIS Australia                    14.27
83 Stefania Martucci (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti     15.00
84 Michaela Brunngraber (Aut) Austrian National Team        15.08
85 Monica Ceccon (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
86 Yevgeniya Vyshtskaya (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team       15.20
87 Viktoria Kachmarskay (Ukr) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti  15.45
88 Raffaella Russo (Ita) Figurella Dream Team               19.32
89 Karin Gruber (Aut) Austrian National Team                21.02
90 Doris Posch (Aut) Austrian National Team                 21.18
91 Clara Beligni (Ita) Figurella Dream Team                 21.58
92 Anna Bogoluckaj (Hun) Hungarian National Team
93 Monica Dal Col (Ita) Team Aliverti
94 Irene Erra (Ita) Team Aliverti
95 Anna Podkovzun (Hun) Hungarian National Team
96 Marianna Gergely (Hun) Hungarian National Team
97 Valentina Poli (Ita) Team Aliverti                       22.54
98 Daniela Mollica (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
99 Nadia Zuccherelli (Ita) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
100 Tunde Kosztyv (Hun) Hungarian National Team
101 Rita Vada (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
102 Paola Bresolin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem

Points classification:

1 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol       50 pts
2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena                  36
3 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum                             32
4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino                        26
5 Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box            19

Mountains classification:

1 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum                        17 pts
2 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                  11
3 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team                         2
4 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena                   2
5 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team                            1

Sprints classification:

1 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                      15 pts
2 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem                    7
3 Alison Wright (Aus) AIS Australia                             6
4 Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                    3
5 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino                         3

Best young rider:

1 Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box      4.56.50
2 Sara Carrigan (Aus) AIS Australia
3 Nicole Brandle (Swi) Swiss National Team
4 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
5 Alessandra D'Ettore (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena