Giro Della Toscana Femminile - 2.9.2

Italy, September 12-17, 2000

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Stage 2 - September 14: Pontedera - Volterra, 103.0 km

Stahurskaia increases

There were several easy climbs on the route between Pontedera to Volterra, a beautiful town near Siena. None of these made a real selection and the bunch arrived together at the last 7 km, which climbed gently to the finish. Gas forced the rhythm and a bunch of 10 took the lead.

In the front were 5 Gas riders (Luperini, Cappellotto A. & V., Desbouys and Parente), two from Fanini (leader Stahurskaia and Saprikina) and Edilsavino (Polkhanova and Marsal), and the former European Champion Stijakina (Accadue O). The Frenchwoman Desbouys kept the pace very high trying to help her teammate. Three times in the final kilometres in fact the little Luperini tried the solo solution, but Stahurskaia and Polkhanova closed the gap.

In the finale, Alessandra Cappellotto accelerated again and it seemed she could win the stage. In the last 100 metres the Belarussian Stahurskaia cuaght the Italian and won the stage, reinforcing her leadership. The talented Simona Parente was third just in front Stijakina and Luperini.

Report by Alessandro Gretter

Results

1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini              2.52.18 (35.868 km/h)
2 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team
3 Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team                      0.04
4 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) SC Dream Team Acca Due O         0.05
5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team                    0.06
6 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) G.S. Edilsavino               0.13
7 Severine Desbouys (Fra) Gas Sport Team                   0.26
8 Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                 0.30
9 Oksana Saprykina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox         0.35
10 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum                        1.22
11 Catherine Marsal (Fra) G.S. Edilsavino
12 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti
13 Rosalisa La Pomarda (Ita) A.S. Rosa Dei Venti
14 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team Carpe Diem
15 Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Lokomotivaswam                      1.23
16 Kim Shirley (Aus) AIS Australia
17 Iryna Chuehynova (Ukr) G.S. Edilsavino                  1.27
18 Jenny Algelid (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger
19 Marika Murer (Swi) Swiss National Team                  1.28
20 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team
21 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Red Bull Team                       1.30
22 Tina Liebig (Ger) Red Bull Team
23 Kerstin Scheitle (Ger Equipe Nurnberger
24 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Team Aliverti                       1.32
25 Bettina Schöke (Ger) Stuttgart Team

General classification after stage 2:

1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini              5.21.00
2 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team              0.08
3 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) SC Dream Team Acca Due O         1.30
4 Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team                      1.34
5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team                    1.36
6 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) G.S. Edilsavino               1.39
7 Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                 1.55
8 Severine Desbouys (Fra) Gas Sport Team                   3.59
9 Oksana Saprykina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox         4.34
10 Catherine Marsal (Fra) G.S. Edilsavino                  4.56
11 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team Carpe Diem       5.04
12 Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Lokomotivaswam                      5.05
13 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum                        5.08
14 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) A.S. Rosa Dei Venti               5.10
15 Iryna Chuehynova (Ukr) G.S. Edilsavino                  5.11

Points classification:

1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Rox        52 pts
2 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                52
3 Simona Parente (Ita) Gas Sport Team                        27
4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team                      26
5 Tatiana Stajkina (Ukr) SC Dream Team Acca Due O            24

Mountains classification:

1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Rox        32 pts
2 Valeria Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                   28
3 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                14
4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Gas Sport Team                       6

Sprints classification:

1 Catherine Marsal (Fra) G.S. Edilsavino                     11 pts
2 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum                           10
3 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Rox         5
4 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team Carpe Diem           5
5 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team                 3
6 Natalia Kischuk (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox             1
7 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) SC Dream Team Acca Due O             1

Foreign rider classification:

1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Michela Fanini Record Rox
2 Tatiana Stajkina (Ukr) SC Dream Team Acca Due O          1.30

Young rider classification:

1 Oksana Saprykina (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox
2 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) A.S. Rosa Dei Venti                0.36
3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Red Bull Team                        0.39

Special primes:

Generosity classification:

1 Kim Shirley (Aus) AIS Australia

Most elegant classification:

1 Anna Farina (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox