34th Tirreno Adriatico - H.C.Italy, March 8-15, 20001999 Results Past Winners Starting List The Stages
Preview"We have a modern, dynamic and fast parcours, worthy of the cycling sport of 2000", says race manager Carmine Castellano of the race that starts in Sorrento at the Napolitan Gulf and ends in San Benedetto di Tronto, which means that it crosses the Italian "boot" in a more or less straight south-north direction. But with the windings along the way it will be a 1.242 kms course for eight days. A number of top riders will take part. The inevitable comparison with Paris - Nice this time favours the Italian event since the stars fell out one by one in France the line up in Sorrento will contain riders as no. 1 ranked Laurent Jalabert with team mates Abraham Olano and Davide Extebarria. Last years Paris - Nice winner Michael Boogerd will be there as will Erik Zabel, preparing for the Milan-San Remo with Jan Ullrich on the team. Mapei comes with last years winner of this event, Michele Bartoli. Question is if his knee is good enough for another victory. His lieutenant Paolo Bettini is waiting for his chance, while World Champion Oscar Freire comes along to test his aching back. Other top contenders: Davide Rebellin on a new team with Gontchar, Savoldelli and maybe Vainsteins. The sprinters: Cipollini, Blijlevens, Quaranta, McEwen and Svorada. The main contendersMapei-Quick Step 1 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) 4 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 6 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sports 11 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) 12 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) 13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Cantina Tollo 21 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) 23 Paolo Mondini (Ita) 26 Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cofidis 31 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 34 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 36 David Millar (Gbr) Crédit Agricole 43 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) 44 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 48 Jens Voigt (Ger) Farm Frites 55 Robbie McEwen (Aus) 57 Peter van Petegem (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 61 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) 62 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 65 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) 67 Roberto Petito (Ita) Festina-Lotus 72 Guiseppe Di Grande (Ita) 77 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Française des Jeux 82 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Lampre-Daikin 91 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 92 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 95 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 97 Jan Svorada (Cze) Linda McCartney Racing Team 101 Max Sciandri (Gbr) 102 Pascal Richard (Swi) Liquigas-Pata 111 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 112 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) 114 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2000 121 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) 122 Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin 131 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) 138 Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne 141 Nicklas Axelsson (Swe) 143 Vladimir Douma (Ukr) 146 Luca Cei (Ita) Rabobank 151 Michael Boogerd (Ned) 156 RolfSørensen (Den) 158 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Saeco Valli&Valli 162 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 167 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Telekom 171 Rolf Aldag (Ger) 172 Alberto Elli (Ita) 173 Gian MatteoFagnini (Ita) 174 Jens Heppner (Ger) 175 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) 176 Jan Ullrich (Ger) 177 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 178 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Polti 181 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) 182 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 186 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 191 Roman Vainsteins (Lat) 194 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 195 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali 201 Elio Aggiano (Ita) 203 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 213 Davide Extebarria (Spa) 215 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 218 Abraham Olano (Spa) Past Winners1966 Dino Zandegu (Ita) 1967 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1968 Giovanni Micheletto (Ita) 1969 Carlo Chiappano (Ita) 1970 Antoine Houbrechts (Bel) 1971 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1972 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1973 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1974 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1976 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1978 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1979 Knut Knudsen (Nor) 1980 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1981 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1982 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1983 Roberto Visentini (Ita) 1984 Tommy Prim (Swe) 1985 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1986 Luciano Rabottoni (Ita) 1987 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 1988 Erich Maechler (Swi) 1989 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1990 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1991 Herminio Diaz-Zabala (Spa) 1992 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 1993 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1994 Giorgio Furlan (Ita) 1995 Stefano Colage (Ita) 1996 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1997 Roberto Petito (Ita) 1998 Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Casino 1999 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei Mario Stiehl from Berlin compiles the winner's lists |