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94th Giro di Lombardia - CDM
Italy, October 21, 2000
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The Giro di Lombardia is traditionally the last Classic of the year and is considered one of the monuments of cycling along with Milan San-Remo, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. In its 94th year in 2000, the race is conducted between the cities of Varese and Bergamo and is 258 kilometres in length.
Starting from Varese Town Hall at 10:10am, it undulates through the provinces of Varese, Como, and Lecco for the first 120 kilometres, taking in the 10 km, 780m climb of the Madonna di Ghisallo. This climb at 75 kilometres is too early to be decisive, but attacks are often made on its upward slopes or its twisty decsent.
The parcours remains largely flat until kilometre 160, when the riders hit the 750m Col de Gello climb. This is merely a prelude to the highest point on the route, the 962m Selvino climb with its summit at 60 kilometres to go. While this may be still too far out to give the final selection, there are a couple of smaller climbs in the final run in to Bergamo. The last is the 5% rise of the Colle Aperto, with its crest at 4.2 kilometres to go.
The parcours is not a pure climber's course, and we can expect to see the power men there at the end, even World Cup leader Erik Zabel - if fit. Zabel has been suffering from illness of late, although he will take the start along with his Telekom colleagues. If he finishes better than 7th, he wins the World Cup even if his closest rival Andrei Tchmil wins the race. Tchmil must win in order to overcome the 71 point deficit to Zabel, and it will be tough for the veteran who finished 14th in this race in 1999, and 19th in the World Championships last Sunday.
Tchmil will have to beat 1996 winner, Andrea Tafi (Mapei) who is still probably bristling from being left off the Italian World's team. It worked for Tafi in Paris-Tours, and it could work again in Lombardy. There are plenty of other Italians in good form also: Cantina Tollo's Danilo Di Luca (2nd in 1999), Michele Bartoli and Paolo Bettini (Mapei - if the two can sort out their differences), Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola), Davide Rebellin (Liquigas-Pata), Gilberto Simoni and Gabriele Missaglia (Lampre).
Other foreign riders to watch include Fassa Bortolo's Wladimir Belli and Dmitri Konyshev, Lampre's Zbigniew Spruch and Oscar Camenzind (1998 winner), Liquigas' Gorazd Stangelj, Mapei's Oscar Freire, Kelme's Jose Luis Rubiera, Rabobank's Michael Boogerd (who showed some form last weekend), and of course, Vini Caldirola's new world champion, Romans Vainsteins.
Start List
Team Polti Ag2R Prevoyance
1 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 9 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
2 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) 10 Philippe Bordenave (Fra)
3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) 11 David Delrieu (Fra)
4 Enrico Cassani (Ita) 12 Laurent Estadieu (Fra)
5 Pascal Herve (Fra) 13 Benoit Salmon (Fra)
6 Richard Virenque (Fra) 14 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
7 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita)
8 Cristiano Colleoni (Ita)
Alessio Alexia Alluminio
17 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) 25 Dario Andriotto (Ita)
18 Carlo Finco (Ita) 26 Christian Auriemma (Ita)
19 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) 27 Giacomo Battistel (Ita)
20 Martin Hvastija (Slo) 28 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita)
21 Marco Magnani (Ita) 29 Stefano Della Santa (Ita)
22 Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) 30 Leandro Fioroni (Ita)
23 Felice Puttini (Swi) 31 Daniele Righi (Ita)
24 Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) 32 Eddy Serri (Ita)
Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport Cantina Tollo
33 Ivan Basso (Ita) 41 Alessandro Baronti (Ita)
34 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) 42 Paolo Bossoni (Ita)
35 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) 43 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita)
36 Fabio Malberti (Ita) 44 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita)
37 Diego Ferrari (Ita) 45 Massimo Giunti (Ita)
38 Alain Turicchia (Ita) 46 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita)
39 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) 47 Andrea Tonti (Ita)
40 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) 48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)
Cofidis Farm Frites
49 Jo Planckaert (Bel) 57 Gerben Lowik (Ned)
50 Peter Farazijn (Bel) 58 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned)
51 Claude Lamour (Fra) 59 Steven Klejnen (Bel)
52 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 60 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus)
53 Thierry Loder (Fra) 61 Glenn Magnusson (Swe)
54 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) 62 Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger)
55 Francis Moreau (Fra) 63 Justin Spinelli (USA)
56 Janek Tombak (Est) 64 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned)
Fassa Bortolo Kelme-Costa Blanca
65 Wladimir Belli (Ita) 73 Alvaro Forner Munoz (Spa)
66 Marco Fincato (Ita) 74 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa)
67 Dario Frigo (Ita) 75 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa)
68 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) 76 Eligio Requejo Dominguez (Spa)
69 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 77 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa)
70 Nicola Loda (Ita) 78 Jesus Maria Manzano Ruano (Spa)
71 Andrea Peron (Ita)
72 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu)
La Francaise Des Jeux Lampre-Daikin
81 Sandy Casar (Fra) 89 Sergio Barbero (Ita)
82 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 90 Franco Ballerini (Ita)
83 Stephane Heulot (Fra) 91 Oskar Camenzind (Swi)
84 Xavier Jan (Fra) 92 Massimo Codol (Ita)
85 Franck Perque (Fra) 93 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)
86 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 94 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol)
87 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) 95 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
96 Gilberto Simoni (Ita)
Liquigas-Pata Lotto-Adecco
97 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 105 Serge Baguet (Bel)
98 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) 106 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel)
99 Stefano Cattai (Ita) 107 Thierry Marichal (Bel)
100 Daniele Contrini (Ita) 108 Fabian De Waele (Bel)
101 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) 109 Andrei Tchmil (Bel)
102 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) 110 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel)
103 Mirko Marini (Ita) 111 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)
104 Denis Zanette (Ita) 112 Christophe Detilloux (Bel)
Mapei-Quick Step Mercatone Uno-Albacom
113 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 121 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)
114 Manuel Beltran (Spa) 122 Daniele De Paoli (Ita)
115 Paolo Bettini (Ita) 123 Michele Coppolillo (Ita)
116 Gianni Faresin (Ita) 124 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita)
117 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) 125 Massimo Cigana (Ita)
118 Daniele Nardello (Ita) 126 Oscar Mason (Ita)
119 Luca Scinto (Ita) 127 Michael Andersson (Swe)
120 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 128 Marco Artunghi (Ita)
Mobilvetta Design-Rossin Panaria-Gaerne
129 Milan Kadlec (Cze) 137 Nicklas Axelsson (Swe)
130 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) 138 Paolo Bertoglio (Ita)
131 Eugeni Berzin (Rus) 139 Vladimir Duma (Ukr)
132 Graziano Recinella (Ita) 140 Gerrit Glomser (Aut)
133 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) 141 Tom Leaper (Aus)
134 Paolo Valoti (Ita) 142 Domenico Romano (Ita)
135 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) 143 Yaugeni Syniuskine (Blr)
136 Michele Gobbi (Ita) 144 Enrico Degano (Ita)
Rabobank Saeco-Valli & Valli
145 Michael Boogerd (Ned) 153 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
146 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 154
147 Marc Lotz (Ned) 155 Alessio Galletti (Ita)
148 Addy Engels (Ned) 156 Alessandro Guerra (Ita)
149 Marc Wauters (Bel) 157 Jorg Ludewig (Ger)
150 Beat Zberg (Swi) 158 Armin Meier (Swi)
151 Marcus Zberg (Swi) 159 Denny Pate (USA)
152 Grischa Niermann (Ger) 160 Igor Pugaci (Mda)
Team Colpack Team Deutsche Telekom
161 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) 169 Rolf Aldag (Ger)
162 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) 170 Kai Hundertmark (Ger)
163 Valentino Fois (Ita) 171
164 Gianni Gobbini (Ita) 172 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)
165 Denis Lunghi (Ita) 173 Jan Schaffrath (Ger)
166 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) 174
167 Gianluca Valoti (Ita) 175 Matthias Kessler (Ger)
176 Erik Zabel (Ger)
Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
177 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
178 Patrick Calcagni (Swi)
179 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
180 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
181 Andrej Hauptman (Slo)
182 Mauro Radaelli (Ita)
183 Sandro Giacomelli (Ita)
184 Pietro Zucconi (Swi)
Past Winners
1905 Giovanni Gerbi (Ita) 1906 Giuseppe Brambilla (Ita) 1907 Gustave Garrigou (Fra) 1908 Francois Faber (Lux) 1909 Giovanni Cuniolo (Ita) 1910 Giovanni Micheletto (Ita) 1911 Henri Pelissier (Fra) 1912 Carlo Oriani (Ita) 1913 Henri Pelissier (Fra) 1914 Lauro Bordin (Ita) 1915 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 1916 Leopodo Torricelli (Ita) 1917 Philippe Thijs (Bel) 1918 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 1919 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1920 Henri Pelissier (Fra) 1921 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1922 Costante Girardengo (Ita) 1923 Giovanni Brunero (Ita) 1924 Giovanni Brunero (Ita) 1925 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1926 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1927 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1928 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 1929 Piero Fossati (Ita) 1930 Michele Mara (Ita) 1931 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 1932 Antonio Negrini (Ita) 1933 Domenico Piemontesi (Ita) 1934 Learco Guerra (Ita) 1935 Enrico Mollo (Ita) 1936 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1937 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1938 Cino Cinelli (Ita) 1939 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1940 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1941 Mario Ricci (Ita) 1942 Aldo Bini (Ita) 1945 Mario Ricci (Ita) 1946 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1947 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1948 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1949 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1950 Renzo Soldani (Ita) 1951 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1952 Giuseppe Minardi (Ita) 1953 Bruno Landi (Ita) 1954 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1955 Cleto Maule (Ita) 1956 André Darrigade (Fra) 1957 Diego Ronchini (Ita) 1958 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1959 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1960 Emile Daems (Bel) 1961 Vito Taccone (Ita) 1962 Jo De Roo (Ned) 1963 Jo De Roo (Ned) 1964 Gianni Motta (Ita) 1965 Tom Simpson (GB) 1966 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1967 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1968 Herman Van Springel (Bel) 1969 Jean-Pierre Monseré (Bel) 1970 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1971 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1973 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1974 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1975 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1976 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1977 G.B. Baronchelli (Ita) 1978 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1979 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1980 1. Alfons de Wolf (Bel) 255 kms (35.747 km/h) 2. Alfredo Chinetti (Ita) 3. Ludo Peeters (Bel) 1981 1. Hennie Kuiper (Ned) 259 kms (39.642 km/h) 2. Moreno Argentin (Ita) 3. Alfredo Chinetti (Ita) 1982 1. Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 248 kms (40.754 km/h) 2. Pascal Jules (Fra) 3. Francesco Moser (Ita) 1983 1. Sean Kelly (Ire) 253 kms (39.164 km/h) 2. Greg Lemond (USA) 3. Adri Van Der Poel (Ned) 1984 1. Bernard Hinault (Fra) 251 kms (40.831 km/h) 2. Ludo Peeters (Bel) 3. Tuen Van Vliet (Ned) 1985 1. Sean Kelly (Ire) 255 kms (41.208 km/h) 2. Adri Van Der Poel (Ned) 3. Charly Mottet (Fra) 1986 1. G.B. Baronchelli (Ita) 262 kms (37.329 km/h) 2. Sean Kelly (Ire) 3. Phil Anderson (Aus) 1987 1. Moreno Argentin (Ita) 265 kms (38.576 km/h) 2. Eric Van Lancker (Bel) 3. Marc Madiot (Fra) 1988 1. Charly Mottet (Fra) 260 kms (38.134 km/h) 2. Gianni Bugno (Ita) 3. Marino Lejaretta (Spa) 1989 1. Tony Rominger (Swi) 260 kms (38.368 km/h) 2. Gilles Delion (Fra) 3. Luc Roosen (Bel) 1990 1. Gilles Delion (Fra) 246 kms (39.704 km/h) 2. Pascal Richard (Swi) 3. Charly Mottet (Fra) 1991 1. Sean Kelly (Ire) 242 kms (39.176 km/h) 2. Martial Gayant (Fra) 3. Franco Ballerini (Ita) 1992 1. Tony Rominger (Swi) 241 kms (39.311 km/h) 2. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 3. David Cassani (Ita) 1993 1. Pascal Richard (Swi) 242 kms (39.821 km/h) 2. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) 3. Max Sciandri (Ita) 1994 1. Vladislav Bobrik (Rus) 244 kms (34.378 km/h) 2. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 3. Pascal Richard (Swi) 1995 1. Gianni Faresin (Ita) 252 kms (42.116 km/h) 2. Daniele Nardello (Ita) 3. Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1996 1. Andrea Tafi (Ita) 250 kms (42.642 km/h) 2. Fabian Jeker (Swi) 3. Axel Merckx (Bel) 1997 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 250 kms (43.013 km/h) 2. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) 3. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1998 1. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 253 kms (42.282 km/h) 2. Michael Boogerd (Ned) 3. Felice Puttini (Swi) 1999 1. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Polti 262 kms (41.17 km/h) 2. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco