Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2.9.1Italy, June 25-July 9, 2000Main Page Previous stage Kristy Scrymgeour's report
Stage 2 - June 27: Este - Este, 95.4 km
Van Moorsel and Farm Frites dominantAnother 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 reportToday'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. Results1 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 |