83rd Giro d'Italia - GTItaly, May 13 - June 4, 2000Live Report16.44 CET - Garzelli passes the Intergiro after 20.3 kms still 1.40 ahead of Casagrande. He hasn't gained anything down from the first mountain. Now the second is waiting. Their times: 32.15 and 33.55. 16.50 CET - Piepoli (Banesto) finishes at 1.02.51. Eight riders left on the road. Simoni is reported to ride a little faster than Casagrande but he hasn't gained more than five seconds at the Intergiro. But he climbed the first mountain faster than the two others. 16.55 CET - Garzelli is reported to loose ground to Simoni and Casagrande. He is still ahead at seven kms to go but only 25 seconds, Simoni has taken more than half the gap and there is still a lot ofclimbing to do. And Casagrande is now only 49 behind the suffering Garzelli. More finishers: Noé gets 1.01.03, second so far, and Rubiera gets 1.03.04. Six riders left. 17.00 CET - They are closing in on Garzelli now. At five kms Casagrande was 42 seconds behind, there are 17 left to loose for Garzelli. Another report says the gap is more than a minute. In a couple of minutes we know… 17.04 CET - Simoni is first on the road. Tonkov has arrived at 1.04.13, let's forget him. The contradictory reports get their explanation. We got the overall gap. But Casagrande hasn't given up. Simoni's time: 1.02.15 17.07 CET - Garzelli comes in at an impressing 1.01.06. 17.11 CET - Casagrande won't make it, he comes in at 1.02.58. Second ovareall, well behind Garzelli but only six seconds ahead of Simoni. Please hit "refresh" or "reload" on your browser for the latest report |