Giro d'Abruzzo - 2.5

Italy, May 2-7, 2000

1999 Results    Past Winners

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - May 2: Pescara-Spoltore, 158 km
  • Stage 2 - May 3: Casalincontrada-Casalincontrada. 164.5 km
  • Stage 3 - May 4: Tortoreto Lido-Tortoreto Paese, 164.5 km
  • Stage 4 - May 5: San Vito Chietino-San Vito Chietino, 163 km
  • Stage 5 - May 6: Cepagatti-Cepagatti, 168 km
  • Stage 6 - May 7: Porto Allegro Montesilvano - Tollo, 140 km

Stage 1 - May 2: Pescara-Spoltore, 158 km 

1 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola		     4.07.35
2 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
3 Andrei Tcherviakov (Rus) Cornix Invest Cycling Team
4 Evgueni Seniouchkine (Blr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
5 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Velutex Zoccorinese
6 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
7 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita-Giubileo 2000-Beretta	0.13
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain
9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
10 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips Tacconi Sport
11 Andrea Nencini (Ita) Colpack
12 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Selle Italia Nectar
13 Eliseo Dal Re (Ita) Reda Godo Baggioni
14 Kirilo Pospyeyev (Rus) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo
15 Simone Campagnari (Ita) Cornix Invest Cycling Team

Stage 2 - May 3: Casalincontrada-Casalincontrada. 164.5 km

New leader

Stage 2 of the Giro d'Abruzzo saw a new leader in the classification after Ceramica's Vladimir Duma won the stage and moved into the lead on a very hot day. Duma beat Mercatone-Uno's Daniele De Paoli (Ita) in a two up sprint, with Cermaica's Tom Leaper (Aus) a little further behind, and these three now hold the top three positions on GC.

Yesterday's winner, Gianluca Bortolami (Vini Caldirola) lost nearly 7 minutes, while Danilo Di Luca (Cantina Tollo) lost 8 minutes.

Results

1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne    3.52.41
2 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
3 Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne          0.06
4 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Spo    0.17
5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia
6 Andrei Tcherviakov (Rus) Cornix Invest Cycling    0.35
7 Aldo Zanetti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio               0.38
8 Kirilo Pospyeyev (Rus) Aran Cucine Cantina Tol    0.41
9 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin       0.51
10 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures

General classification after stage 2:

1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
2 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom      0.03
3 Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne          0.10
4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar-Sel    0.22
5 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport

Stage 3 - May 4: Tortoreto Lido-Tortoreto Paese, 164.5 km

Another new leader: Di Luca comes good

Despite suffering in yesterday's heat, Cantina Tollo's Danilo Di Luca made it clear that he could uphill today as he won the third stage of the Giro d'Abruzzo. The 164 kilometre stage from Tortoreto Lido to Tortoreto Paese was won by Di Luca from Besson Chaussures' Serguei Yakovlev although not before Fabio Roscioli (Costa de Almeria) made one of his trademark attacks for 115 kilometres.

Danilo Di Luca commented afterwards that his main objective in the tour was to win a stage, and he achieved that today. He has similar plans for the Giro, hoping to win a stage and maybe a pink jersey, but that remains to be seen. He credited his team with the victory today, as they had sheltered him until the final climb, where he was able to chase down and attack two Mercatone-Uno riders, Oscar Mason and Daniele De Paoli with less than a kilometre to go.

In the process though, De Paoli captured the leader's jersey from Vladimir Duma with three stages to go.

Results

1. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain		     4.14.25 (38.795 km/h)
2. Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures			0.07
3. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Colpack
4. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom			0.15
5. Simone Campagnari (Ita) Cornix Invest Cycling Team 		0.18

General classification after 3:

1. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
2. Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne			0.33
3. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
4. Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar-Selle Italia	0.39
5. Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne			0.43

Stage 3 - May 4: Tortoreto Lido-Tortoreto Paese, 164.5 km

Another new leader: Di Luca comes good

Despite suffering in yesterday's heat, Cantina Tollo's Danilo Di Luca made it clear that he could uphill today as he won the third stage of the Giro d'Abruzzo. The 164 kilometre stage from Tortoreto Lido to Tortoreto Paese was won by Di Luca from Besson Chaussures' Serguei Yakovlev although not before Fabio Roscioli (Costa de Almeria) made one of his trademark attacks for 115 kilometres.

Danilo Di Luca commented afterwards that his main objective in the tour was to win a stage, and he achieved that today. He has similar plans for the Giro, hoping to win a stage and maybe a pink jersey, but that remains to be seen. He credited his team with the victory today, as they had sheltered him until the final climb, where he was able to chase down and attack two Mercatone-Uno riders, Oscar Mason and Daniele De Paoli with less than a kilometre to go.

In the process though, De Paoli captured the leader's jersey from Vladimir Duma with three stages to go.

Results

Stage 4 - May 5: San Vito Chietino-San Vito Chietino, 163 km

Results

1 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures          4.18.54
2 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Besson Chaussures               0.19
3 Evgueni Seniouchkine (Blr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
4 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec           0.22
5 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
6 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
7 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
8 Fredy Excelino Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia
9 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne
10 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport

General classification after stage 4:

1 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom     16.34.23
2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne          0.33
3 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar-Selle     0.39
5 Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne             0.43

Stage 5 - May 6: Cepagatti-Cepagatti, 168 km

Results

1. Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Cantina Tollo          3.57.13
2. Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola
3. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Costa De Almeria
4. Volodimil Duma (Ukr) Panaria Gaerne
5. Mario Manzoni Mobilvetta Rossin
6. Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Gaerne
7. Andrej Tcherviakov (Rus) Cornix
8. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo
9. Michayl Precechtel (Rus) Joko Velamos
10. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips
11. Fredy Gonzales (Col) Selle Italia Nectar
12. Ruber Marin (Col) Selle Italia Nectar
13. Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola
14. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
15. Stare Matej (Slo) KK Sava


General classification after stage 5:

1. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno          20.31.36
2. Volodimil Duma (Ukr) Panaria Gaerne               0.33
3. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips
4. Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia              0.39
5. Tom Leaper (Aus) Panaria Gaerne                   0.43

Green Mountains jersey: Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa De Almeria

Azur Points jersey: Yakovlev Sergey (Kaz) Besson Chaussures

White Young Riders jersey: Ivano Pizzi (Ita)

Blue Foreigners jersey: Volodimil Duma (Ukr) Panaria Gaerne

Stage 6 - May 7: Porto Allegro Montesilvano - Tollo, 140 km

Results

1. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo

Final general classification:

1. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 	    23.48.12
2. Wladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Gaerne		0.33
3. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport

Past Winners 

1998 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Scrigno Gaerne
1999 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia