Results and Reports for February 24-25, 2001ItalyPromoters wishing to submit results should send them to cyclingnews 1st GP Brefer (Elite/U23) 1st GP Brefer (Elite/U23)Castello Roganzuolo, Treviso, February 25, 2001 Ukranian Yurij Metlushenko (24) who was born in Jitomir (100 km from Kiev) has won the 1st edtition of the Gran Premio Brefer. Riding for the Record Cucine Vellutex team, Metlushenko beat Francesco Chicchi (Aqua Mg), Daniele Pietropolli (Zalf Fior) and 122 other riders in a sprint, his first victory in Italy. Results - 101 km1 Yurij Metlushenko (Ukr) Record Cucine Vellutex Zoccorinese 2.21.00 (43.01 km/h) 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Aqua Mg 3 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Zalf Fior 4 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Trevigiani 5 Nora Dalla Carlo (Ita) Amici del Pedale 6 Andreij Korolyov (Ukr) Parolin 7 Denis Silvestrin (Ita) Trevigiani 8 Marco Menin (Ita) Aqua Mg 9 Stefano Brunelli (Ita) Aqua Mg 10 Matteo Colla (Ita) Parolin Courtesy of Danilo Vigaṇ 14th Firenze-Empoli (U23)February 24, 2001 Results - 130 km1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Zoccorinese Vellutex Casa Selezione 3.15.00 (39.999 km/h) 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Zoccorinese Vellutex Colnagoa 0.45 3 Roman Luhoviy (Ukr) San Paolo Saeco 4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Zoccorinese Vellutex Casa Selezione 5 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Palazzago Abi Isolanti Zoccorinese Vellutexa 0.50 6 Vladimiro Tarallo (Ita) Bedognia 1.10 7 Luca Barla (Ita) San Paolo Saeco 8 Andrea Melani (Ita) Grassi Mapei 9 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) San Paolo Saeco 10 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Maltinti Courtesy of Danilo Vigano |