7th Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - 2.9.1

Italy, May 19-21, 2000

Stage 3 - May 21: Dro - Dro ITT, 3.1 km

Sundstedt prevails in TT & overall

By Alessandro Gretter

It was only 3.1 Km ITT but very difficult. Many corners, a lot of wind and in the finale, a 300 m long climb at 10% or greater made the difference.

Pia Sundstedt (Gas Sport) confirmed that she was the best cyclist of the moment. In fact she rode the stage at about 44 km/h, beating Boubnenkova and Ziliute who were both really fast over the flat part of the ITT. This gave her the final classification of the 7th edition of this Giro.

Teammate Fabiana Luperini had seemingly returned to the top, forgetting the troubles she faced in the previous months because of a doping investigation. Today, she took 4th place, finishing 2nd overall.

There were some good results for the English-speaking cyclists: the 20-year old British rider Ceris Gilfillan rode to a great 5th place winning the special classification for the Under 22s. Tracey Gaudry (Australia/Timex) was just behind at 12 seconds in 7th position. Additionally in the top 20 were Sara Carrigan (11th), Brit Megan Hughes (17th) and Alison Wright who was 20th.

Results

1. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team		     4.15.26 (43.765 km/h)
2. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino		0.03
3. Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Acca Due O-Lorena Camicie	0.04
4. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team		0.07
5. Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British Cycling Federation	0.11
6. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Acca Due O-Lorena Camicie	0.12
7. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) A.I.S. Australia/Timex
8. Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) Gas Sport Team		0.13
9. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum R.S.M.		0.15
10. Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Edilsavino 
11. Sara Carrigan (Aus) A.I.S. Australia/Timex
12. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Edilsavino		0.16
13. Priska Doppmann (Sui) Master Team-Carpe Diem	0.17
14. Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum R.S.M.		0.18
15. Lenka Ilavska (Svk)	Slovakian National Team		0.19
16. Joane Somarriba Arrola (Esp) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 	0.20
17. Megan Hughes (GBr) British Cycling Federation
18. Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) S.C. Michela Fanini
19. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Alfa Lum R.S.M.	
20. Alison Wright (Aus) A.I.S. Australia		0.21
26. Elizabeth Tadich (Aus) A.I.S. Australia		0.24
27. Jacinta Coleman (NZl) Team Nurnberger		0.25
30. Melanie Sear (GBr) British Cycling Federation	0.27
34. Susan Carter (GBr) British Cycling Federation	0.28
50.  Kym Shirley (Aus) A.I.S. Australia                 0.33

Final general classification:

1. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Gas Sport Team	             5.04.24
2. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team 		0.08
3. Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino		0.23
4. Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Acca Due O-Lorena Camicie	0.27
5. Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum R.S.M.		0.33
6. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Edilsavino		0.41
7. Joane Somarriba Arrola (Esp) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 	0.45
8. Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Alfa Lum R.S.M.		0.46
9. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Acca Due O-Lorena Camicie	1.08
10. Nicole Brandli (Swi) Red Bull			1.22
11. Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British Cycling Federation	2.21
12. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) A.I.S. Australia/Timex
13. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum R.S.M.	2.24
14. Priska Doppmann (Sui) Master Team-Carpe Diem	2.27
15. Lenka Ilavska (Svk)	Slovakian National Team		2.29
16. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 	2.30
17. Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 		2.33
18. Ruth Martinez (Spa) Spanish National Team
19. Jacinta Coleman (NZl) Team Nurnberger		2.34
20. Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum R.S.M.		2.37
24. Kim Shirley (Aus) A.I.S. Australia			2.52
31. Sara Carrigan (Aus)	A.I.S. Australia		6.26
56.  Alison Wright (Aus) A.I.S. Australia              15.50 
64.  Liz Tadich (Aus) A.I.S. Australia                 16.59