25th Giro del Trentino - 2.2Italy, April 30-May 3, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 2 - May 1: Tione - Romeno, 181 kmIvanov scores in solo breakBy Alessandro Gretter
The second stage of Giro del Trentino ended in solo victory to Alessio's Ruslan Ivanov, his fourth season win and his team's 20th. The Moldavian Champion forced the pace on the last climb at 7 kilometres to go, and dropped the other rider who was with him. The main bunch, with leader Francesco Casagrande, finished 46 seconds behind. The stage was ridden at a fast pace, considering the total absence of flat road, and the nervous circuit in the final 100 kilometres made for some selection. 152 riders were at the start and just after 10 kilometres, local Domenico Gualdi made the first break. He easily gained about 4 minutes, but before the first GPM at Andalo (1042m), he was caught and left behind by another group of 10 riders. Leading the race were Garate, Cattai, Arrieta, Giunti, Ivanov, Borghi, Duma, Hervč, Perez and Buenahora. At the GPM, Cattai outsprinted Ivanov and Arrieta; while the Casagrande group was at 1'16" behind them. At the bottom of the descent, Italian Champion Michele Bartoli (Mapei) abandoned the race in order to have further health checkups - a risk of Mononucleosis. The 10 riders reached their maximum advantage at the second GPM in Ronzone with 3'35", but in the following kilometres Garate (exhausted) and Perčz (fall) were dropped from the leading bunch. With 27 km to go, Piccoli and Pezzč tried to escape from the Casagrande group and reach the leaders. Meanwhile, Italians Guerini (Telekom) and Di Luca (Cantina Tollo) lost the main group. At 12 km to go, the leaders advantage was 1'25" on the pair of pursuers, and 1'40" on the bunch, but Fassa closed the gap to Piccoli and Pezzč at 8 km to go. But out in front, Ivanov accelerated with Buenahora on the last climb to Ronzone, and the Colombian was left behind near the top by the flying Moldavian. Ivanov was able to resist the comeback chase of Spaniard Arrieta, and he arrived first in Romero. Arrieta finished at 22", while Douma outsprinted Borghi and an exhausted Buenahora at 36". The main group, lead by Giro winner Garzelli were close at 46" behind. Pantani performed better than on the first stage but also lost 21 seconds to the Casagrande group on a not so difficult climb. Other doubts were probably filling Pantani's mind, like the possible exclusion from the Tour. "I'll be in the Vuelta. The losers are the Tour organisers," he replied to this hypothesis. The third stage will finish with a circuit of Malcesine with "Muro Campiano" (aka "Panoramica" by local cyclists) to be climbed three times. The finish, at the top of a cobbled ascent, could favour power riders who survived the climbs. In the last edition of this stage, there was a memorable sprint between World Champ Camenzind and Marco Pantani. Could it be the right occasion for the "Pirata" to express his talent (and maybe anger)? Results1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4.41.12 (38.62 km/h) 2 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.22 3 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.40 4 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 5 Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.46 7 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Saza Gajicic (Yug) Alessio 10 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco Macchine per Caffe Mountains Andalo - Cat. 2, km 39.7 1 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 4 pts 2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 2 3 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Ronzon - Cat. 2, km 94 1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4 pts 2 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 2 3 Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 1 Ronzon - Cat. 2, km 121.4 1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4 pts 2 Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 2 3 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Ronzon - Cat. 2, km 148.8 1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4 pts 2 Pascal Herve (Fra) Alexia Alluminio 2 3 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Ronzon - Cat. 2, km 176.2 1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 1 Sprints Fondo - km 91 1 Pascal Herve (Fra) Alexia Alluminio 6 2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4 3 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2 General classification after stage 2 1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.03.31 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1.00 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 1.02 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.19 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.44 6 Alexsandr Shefer (Kaz) Alessio 1.59 7 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2.06 8 Sergey Gontchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 9 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.09 10 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.14 12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 2.44 13 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 2.55 14 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapon 3.04 15 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata 3.16 16 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio 17 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 3.19 18 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 3.34 19 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.38 20 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.49 21 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 3.53 23 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.59 24 Saza Gajicic (Yug) Alessio 4.04 25 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 26 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.05 27 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4.24 28 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 4.29 29 Faat Zakirov (Rus) Amore & Vita Beretta 4.32 30 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sap 4.35 31 José Castelblanco (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 4.39 32 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 4.53 33 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 5.15 34 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 5.24 35 Domenico Romano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5.42 36 Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 5.50 37 Devis Miorin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 6.00 38 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 6.03 39 Roberto Conti (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 40 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 6.34 41 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream 6.36 42 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 43 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Stream 44 Timothy David Jones (Zim) Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 45 Ramon Bianchi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 6.40 46 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream 6.47 47 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 6.50 48 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 7.02 49 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 7.17 50 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream 7.20 51 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 52 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 7.40 53 Ruben Alveiro Marin (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 54 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour 8.02 55 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8.22 56 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.34 57 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 8.51 58 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 9.06 59 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 9.06 60 Pascal Herve (Fra) Alexia Alluminio 9.14 61 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 9.25 62 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 9.40 63 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 9.41 64 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 9.48 65 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 10.16 66 Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 10.26 67 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream 11.20 68 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific 69 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 70 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 71 Frank Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 72 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.25 73 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 11.52 74 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 12.14 75 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) Team Colpack-Astro 12.41 76 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 13.15 77 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.54 78 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 14.26 79 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 80 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 81 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 82 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 15.34 83 Moreno Pezzé (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 15.38 84 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream 16.07 85 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 86 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 17.00 88 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 19.00 89 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 19.47 90 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 91 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 92 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 93 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 94 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 96 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific 97 Yauheni Seniusnkine (Blr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 98 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream 20.19 100 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 101 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 102 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 103 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 104 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 21.05 105 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 22.17 106 Gianni Gobbini (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 22.35 107 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 22.58 108 Francois Simon (Fra) Bonjour 24.29 109 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 24.30 110 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 24.39 111 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 24.49 112 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Colpack-Astro 113 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 25.38 114 Kamil Wolski (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 25.48 115 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 26.10 116 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 117 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 118 Igor Kranjec (Slo) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 119 Cristian Auriemma (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 120 Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream 28.57 121 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour 122 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 29.41 123 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 124 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 30.42 125 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 31.12 126 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 127 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 128 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 129 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 130 Giuseppe Panetta (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 131 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 31.52 132 Eddy Forner (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 33.59 133 Alexandr Fedenko (Ukr) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 134 Dmitri Sedoun (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 135 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 34.38 136 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 35.02 137 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 35.09 138 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 35.28 139 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 35.41 140 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 141 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Selle Italia-Pacific 142 Corrado Serina (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 143 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 38.07 Sprints classification 1 Pascal Herve (Fra) Alexia Alluminio 6 pts 2 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 3 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4 4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 4 5 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2 6 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2 Mountains classification 1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 14 pts 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 3 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 6 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 4 5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific 4 6 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 7 Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 3 8 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 2 9 Freddy Gonzales (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific 2 10 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 11 Pascal Herve (Fra) Alexia Alluminio 2 12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Results courtesy of girodeltrentino.com |
