Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2.9.1

Italy, June 25-July 9, 2000

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Stage 8 - July 4: Bardonechhia-Bardonecchia, 104 km

Pucinskaite excellent in the mountains

The Giro moved West today to Bardonecchia, right on the French/Italian border in the Alps. The day was cooler up in the mountains, while the rest of Italy suffered a heatwave and bushfires in the south.

The stage began with a 21km neutral zone across to Modane in France, through a 15km tunnel ! Once the racing was under way the Australians focused a two pronged attack. Wright to take the first sprint and then the first serious day in the mountains for Shirley.

Wright made it over a short 1km climb, enroute to the sprint and Debby Mansveld was also up to the challenge. The remainder of the Dutch team led the sprint out, which Mansveld took from Wright, with Mansveld's teammate Brunen taking third.

The road then turned skywards for a 10km ascent over the Col du Mont Cenis. A group of 18 formed on this climb, with all of the hitters, including the maglia rosa, Sommarriba, the maglia verde, Pucinskaite, the maglia marone, Boubenokova and the maglia bianca, Brandle. Kym Shirley crested the top one and half minutes down, with Carrigan a further two minutes behind.

Pregnolato was descending like a demon and dropped her six rider bunch to catch over a minute in the space of five minutes, on Shirley. Once Shirley had another rider to descend with she started to flow faster through the remainder of the descent, which was 30km from the crest of the Col !

On the final 40km grind back up to Bardonecchia, Shirley reeled in Linberg [who was one spot ahead of Shirley on GC in 10th], as Fanini rider Stahurskaia bridged the gap up to the duo. With 12km to go Shirley attacked the pair and pushed hard to the finish.

The initial group of 18 split on this climb, in the end it was Pucinskaite who won the uphill sprint from Boubnenkova and Alessandra Cappellotto.

Report by Mark Carter, with the AIS Women's team

Results

1 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum                3.24.07 (32.802 km/h)
2 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino
3 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team
4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team                    0.03
5 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Team Alfa Lum                      0.05
6 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team
7 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena          0.09
8 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Edilsavino                    0.14
9 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team
10 Rosalisa La Pomarda (Ita) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
11 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team                   0.28
12 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfa Lum                    2.47
13 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team        5.19
14 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti
15 Bogumila Matusiak (Hun) Hungarian National Team
16 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Master Team-Carpe Diem
17 Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team
18 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Team Alfa Lum                     5.33
19 Kym Shirley (Aus) Australian National Team              7.21
20 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol             8.03
21 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Rox     8.10
22 Alexandra Koliaseva (Rus) Team Alfa Lum                12.03
23 Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox
24 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team
25 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team        13.35
26 Olga Svirshchuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team          13.38
27 Natalia Kischuk (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox
28 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Edilsavino
29 Marion Clignet (Fra) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
30 Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Rox
31 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
32 Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox
33 Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edilsavino                           13.47
34 Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team
35 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
36 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Edilsavino
37 Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita) Gas Sport Team
38 Fatima Blazquez (Spa) Team Alfa Lum
39 Yevgeniya Vyshtskaya (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team     13.53
40 Shani Bloch (Isr) Figurella Dream Team
41 Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Gas Sport Team
42 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum                       21.19
43 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
44 Tetyana Andryuschenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
45 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team
46 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) Swiss National Team
47 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
48 Marion Brauen (Swi) Swiss National Team
49 Andrea Purner (Aut) Austrian National Team
50 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
51 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti          21.24
52 Viktoria Kachmarskay (Ukr) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti     24.35
53 Ingrid Dullnig (Aut) Austrian National Team
54 Michaela Brunngraber (Aut) Austrian National Team
55 Nadia Zuccherelli (Ita) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
56 Kerry Helmuth (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem
57 Alison Wright (Aus) Australian National Team
58 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Australian National Team
59 Karin Gruber (Aut) Austrian National Team
60 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
61 Anna Farina (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox
62 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Team Alfa Lum
63 Barbara Del Vai (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Box
64 Olga Mikhalovskaia (Rus) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti
65 Irene Puccioni (Rus) Edilsavino
66 Valentina Parisi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
67 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Edilsavino
68 Tunde Kosztyv (Hun) Hungarian National Team
69 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Team Aliverti
70 Diana Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team
71 Anna Podkovzun (Hun) Hungarian National Team
72 Sara Savino (Ita) Edilsavino
73 Silvia Zoller (Swi) Swiss National Team
74 Anna Bogoluckaj (Hun) Hungarian National Team
75 Alessandra D'Ettore (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena
76 Monica Dal Col (Ita) Team Aliverti
77 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
78 Irene Erra (Ita) Team Aliverti

DNS Clara Beligni (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
DNS Monica Ceccon (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem

General classification after stage 8:

1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Team Alfa Lum                  21.28.12
2 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team              0.43
3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum                    0.54
4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino                    1.14
5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Edilsavino                    1.48
6 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena          1.53
7 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team                       2.12
8 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team                 2.43
9 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfa Lum                     3.30
10 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team                   3.34
11 Rosalisa La Pomarda (Ita) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti       3.52
12 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team                   4.37
13 Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team               10.17
14 Kym Shirley (Aus) Australian National Team             10.44
15 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol            11.20
16 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team       11.34
17 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Team Alfa Lum                    11.56
18 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti                 12.32
19 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Rox    12.41
20 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Master Team-Carpe Diem           14.44
21 Bogumila Matusiak (Hun) Hungarian National Team        14.52
22 Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team                    18.07
23 Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox      18.28
24 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum                       18.59
25 Alexandra Koliaseva (Rus) Team Alfa Lum                19.57
26 Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox       20.00
27 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team           20.45
28 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Edilsavino                       21.52
29 Fatima Blazquez (Spa) Team Alfa Lum                    23.22
30 Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita) Gas Sport Team                 23.31
31 Natalia Kischuk (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox        24.59
32 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Edilsavino                       26.55
33 Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Gas Sport Team              28.12
34 Marion Clignet (Fra) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena           30.57
35 Olga Svirshchuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team          33.16
36 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem             33.31
37 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti          33.38
38 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) Swiss National Team              34.57
39 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Edilsavino                      35.17
40 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team        35.42
41 Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Rox           37.29
42 Alessandra D'Ettore (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena      38.28
43 Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edilsavino                           39.53
44 Shani Bloch (Isr) Figurella Dream Team                 40.34
45 Alison Wright (Aus) Australian National Team           47.02
46 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena         50.23
47 Andrea Purner (Aut) Austrian National Team             50.26
48 Marion Brauen (Swi) Swiss National Team                55.21
49 Tetyana Andryuschenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team    56.23
50 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti        56.57
51 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team              58.02
52 Kerry Helmuth (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem             58.33
53 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                 58.52
54 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena      59.47
55 Yevgeniya Vyshtskaya (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team  	1.01.39
56 Sara Savino (Ita) Edilsavino                        	1.01.50
57 Diana Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team                	1.05.32
58 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol             	1.06.05
59 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Australian National Team    	1.06.41
60 Barbara Del Vai (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox     	1.07.54
61 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem       	1.13.42
62 Valentina Parisi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team         	1.16.28
63 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Team Aliverti               	1.19.41
64 Anna Farina (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox         	1.19.48
65 Silvia Zoller (Swi) Swiss National Team             	1.22.45
66 Michaela Brunngraber (Aut) Austrian National Team   	1.23.47
67 Irene Puccioni (Rus) Edilsavino                     	1.24.09
68 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Team Alfa Lum               	1.24.49
69 Olga Mikhalovskaia (Rus) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti    	1.33.31
70 Ingrid Dulling (Aut) Austrian National Team         	1.40.49
71 Tunde Kosztyv (Hun) Hungarian National Team         	1.42.11
72 Karin Gruber (Aut) Austrian National Team           	1.43.12
73 Viktoria Kachmarskay (Ukr) Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti  	1.45.06
74 Anna Bogoluckaj (Hun) Hungarian National Team       	1.53.57
75 Anna Podkovzun (Hun) Hungarian National Team        	1.54.34
76 Nadia Zuccherelli (Ita) Oliviero Rosa Dei Venti     	1.55.19
77 Irene Erra (Ita) Team Aliverti                      	1.55.31
78 Monica Dal Col (Ita) Team Aliverti                  	1.55.38


Points classification:

1. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino                     151 pts
2. Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum                           89
3. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                79
4. Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Team Alfa Lum                 61
5. Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Box        55
6. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum                      53
7. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena            46
8. Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                   46
9. Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box          42
10. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Team Alfa Lum                      41

Mountains classification:

1. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum                      32 pts
2. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                24
3. Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                    8
4. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino                       7
5. Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team                         4
6. Alexandra Koliaseva (Rus) Team Alfa Lum                     4
7. Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Team Alfa Lum                  3
8. Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team                       2
9. Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team            1
10. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team                         1

Sprints classification:

1. Debby Mansveld (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                    38 pts
2. Alison Wright (Aus) AIS Australia                          26
3. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino                      13
4. Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem                 10
5. Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol                 6
6. Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team            5
7. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                 5
8. Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                    4
9. Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                      4
10. Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Team Alfa Lum                 4

Young riders classification:

1. Nicole Brändli (Swi) Swiss National Team                 21.30.55
2. Oksana Sapryikina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Box           15.45
3. Sara Carrigan (Aus) AIS Australia                           18.02
4. Silvia Parietti (Ita) Edilsavino                            24.12
5. Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Team Oliviero-Rosa Dei Venti          30.55
6. Alessandra d'Ettore (Ita) G.S.F Acca Due O Lorena           35.45
7. Shani Bloch (Isr) Figurella Dream Team                      37.51
8. Alison Wright (Aus) AIS Australia                           44.19
9. Hayley Rutherford (Aus) AIS Australia                     1.03.58
10. Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team-Carpe Diem            1.10.59