34th Tirreno Adriatico - H.C.
Italy, March 8-15, 2000
Main Page Results
Stage 8 - March 15: San
Benedetto d Tronto - S. Benedetto d Tronto, 166 km
Olano wraps up finale
Spanish cyclist, Abraham Olano (ONCE) has finished on top of the standings
in Tirreno-Adriatico today after the fairly sluggish last stage ended
in a sprint. This surpasses his other victory in the Tour of the Valencian
community two weeks ago, and again it was due to his time trialling
prowess.
He gained the jersey on stage 5, 26.5 km Asoli Piceno time trial and
never looked in trouble afterwards, especially with such a strong team
to support him. With Laurent Jalabert finishing in fourth place, the
ONCE team had a tight grip on the race. Olano was certainly consistent
during this race, and this is one of the 'weaknesses' he has suffered
in the major tours.
The final stage - 166 km around San Benedetto del Tronto was not at
all animated. Telekom's Jan Ullrich did not start, under instructions
from team director Walter Godefroot who said that he "needs more rest".
The only escape was a three man break containing Russian, Vitaly Kokorín
and Diego Ferrari (both Amica Chips) and Gianluca Sironi (Vini Caldirola)
who attacked after 108 km, but could only manage a two minute lead.
When they were within 30 km of the finish, Kokorín was dropped and the
two Italians pressed on ahead. However, they were caught wit 4 km to
go by the sprinters teams.
The final sprint saw a battle between the Telekom and Saeco teams,
but in the end it was Latvian Romans Vainsteins who took the honours
from Mario Cipollini. Michaelsen (FdJ) finished third in front of Zabel,
who will have two days to recover before this weekend's Milan-San Remo.
Results
1. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola 4.34.52 (35.581 km/h)
2. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli
3. Lars Michaelsen (Den) Francaise des Jeux
4. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
5. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti
6. Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
7. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
8. KAndreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites
9. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
10. Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin
11. Ciaran Power (Irl) Linda McCartney Racing Team
12. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
13. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti
14. Igor Astarloa Askasibar (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
15. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
16. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros
17. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
18. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux
19. Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
20. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
Final general classification:
1. Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE.-Deutsche Bank 33.17.36
2. Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 0.10
3. J. Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.18
4. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once 0.38
5. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.46
6. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole 0.52
7. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.55
8. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 1.02
9. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain 1.04
10. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.23
11. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.26
12. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 1.31
13. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.33
14. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.46
15. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 1.52
16. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.04
17. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 2.12
18. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 2.14
19. Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain 2.20
20. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 2.25
21. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2.32
22. Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno 2.37
23. Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 2.39
24. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina 2.43
25. Petro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips 2.53
26. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.56
27. Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney Racing Team 3.00
28. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3.07
29. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3.15
30. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 3.16
31. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 3.18
32. Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Panaria Gaerne 3.28
33. Rolf Sørensen (Den) Rabobank 3.30
34. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom-ARD 3.48
35. Chris Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole 4.00
36. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips 4.02
37. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom-ARD 4.05
38. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 4.15
39. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 4.19
40. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 4.32
41. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 4.51
42. Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 4.54
43. Jaime Javier Hernandez (Spa) Festina 4.56
44. Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 5.16
45. Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno 5.23
46. Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 5.30
47. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti
48. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 6.01
49. Raimondas Rumsas (lit) Fassa Bortolo 6.08
50. Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 6.14
51. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank 7.04
52. Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank 7.05
53. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom-ARD 7.08
54. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 7.55
55. Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 10.53
56. Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 11.40
57. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno 11.52
58. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 11.59
59. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips 12.42
60. Gianmatteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom-ARD 12.44
61. Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 13.10
62. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16.06
63. Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria-Gaerne 18.13
64. Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 18.23
65. Xavier Jan (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 20.22
66. Alberto Elli (Ita) Telekom-ARD 22.01
67. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin 22.42
68. Tom Leaper (Aus) Panaria Gaerne 22.54
69. David Etxebarria (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank 22.56
70. Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Linda McCartney RT 23.43
71. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 26.06
72. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 27.19
73. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 30.12
74. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.05
75. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 31.21
76. Ciaran Power (Irl) Linda McCartney Racing Team 34.08
77. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 35.37
78. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 38.07
79. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Amica Chips 40.05
80. Lars Michaelsen (Den) Francaise des Jeux 41.06
81. Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 41.14
82. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli&Valli 41.54
83. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Amica Chips 41.55
84. Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina 41.58
85. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina 44.39
86. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.51
87. Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Panaria Gaerne 46.16
88. Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 46.34
89. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Mercatone Uno 47.52
90. Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 48.13
91. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 49.21
92. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Once-Deutsche Bank 50.55
93. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 51.42
94. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank 52.01
95. Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 52.10
96. Domenico Romano (Ita) Panaria Gaerne 52.41
97. Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 52.44
98. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom-ARD 52.46
99. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 53.22
100. Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 53.23
101. Franck Pencolé (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53.37
102. Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Amica Chips 54.24
103. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 54.30
104. Marcel Gono (Aus) Crédit Agricole 55.24
105. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55.40
106. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 55.52
107. Bjørnar Vestøl (Nor) Linda McCartney Racing Team 57.12
108. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno 57.30
109. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 57.32
110. Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 57.57
111. Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 58.36
112. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 58.50
113. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips 59.05
114. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 59.07
115. Devis Miorin (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin 59.36
116. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 1.00.50
117. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 1.00.51
118. Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.03.03
119. Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.04.50
120. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 1.05.09
121. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Vall 1.06.58
122. Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.07.23
123. Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1.07.55
124. Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 1.08.40
125. Daniel Clavero (Spa) Team Polti 1.09.08
126. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 1.09.29
127. Gian Mario Ortenzi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1.09.33
128. Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1.10.40
129. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.11.22
130. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1.11.42
131. David Lefèvre (Fra) Cofidis 1.11.59
132. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 1.12.02
133. Franck Perque (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 1.12.49
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