31st Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Internazionale U26 - 2.6

Italy, June 12- 24, 2001

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Stage 11 - June 23: Messina-Catania, 159 km

Tarallo sprints to victory in the shadow of Etna

Valdimiro Tarallo, the Bedogni rider from Civitavecchia near Rome, has won the 176km 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia Elite Under 26 from Messina to Catania in Sicily.

On an eventful day, the stage started 50 minutes late due to problems with getting the large race convoy across the strait of Messina. Another difficult moment came early on the stage when first Maurizio Varini (Sintofarm) and then Valentino Moscateli (Podenzano) were involved in serious crashes. At the hopsital in Messina, Moscatelli was diagnosed with a fractured right collarbone, while Varini fractured his right shin with a deep cut on his knee.

The break which decided the stage went clear after the big climb of the day, the Portella Mandrazzi. Frattini defended his lead here, decisively chasing down a break of three riders. After 115km, eight riders went clear but none of them were well placed in the overall standings and so they were let go.

The eight stayed clear until the finish and Tarallo won easily thanks to the hard work of his teammate Minachkine. "Eight of us broke clear, Tarallo explained after the stage. "We worked together until near the finish and then we started to attack for the stage win. The help from my team mate Minachkine was vital. He lead me out until 250m to go. Ballan jumped first but with 150m to go I went past him to win."

It was another good day for race leader Frattini, who if everything goes right, should win the Giro in Messina tomorrow. But he is too keen to celebrate just yet: "It's almost won...but let's wait for tomorrow before we celebrate. I'm not scared, it's just that the time gaps between the riders are very small. Today I was a bit worried on the final part of the descent, when there were a lot of attacks and it was difficult to control things."

The final stage of the Giro over 120km from Adrano to Messina, offers little chance for Frattini's rivals to attack. In the overall standings, he has 22 seconds on his Sintofarm team mate Reiss and 36 seconds on Denis Bondarenko of Resine Ragnoli.

Report courtesy of race organisers/www.giroelite.com

Results

1 Vladimiro Tarallo (Ita) MCS Bedogni B.Team Anico Monsum.       4.24.03
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) U.C. Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca
3 Sergei Ossipov (Rus) Cycling Team Eternedile
4 Nicola Pavone (Ita) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Sterilton
5 Santo Anza' (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini
6 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                 0.05
7 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini      0.10
8 Andrei Minachkine (Rus) MCS Bedogni B.Team Anico Monsum.          0.15
9 Patrizio Gambazza (Ita) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Steri    2.03
10 Andrea Moletta (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior
11 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior
12 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Russian National Team
13 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team
14 Francesco Magni  (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile
15 Mirko Biondi (Ita) S.C. Reda Baggioni Mulinari
16 Sergiy Avdejev (Ukr) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini
17 Luca Nardello (Ita) G.S. Luigi Maserati Synclean
18 Giuseppe Ricca (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes
19 Marco Zendron (Ita) Team Parolin FIS Uniconfort
20 Gianluca Cavalli  (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris
21 Federico Berta (Ita) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.
22 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole
23 Giovanni Brugaietta (Ita) G.S. Impruneta Cotto Ref.Pol Valdarno
24 Jan Chrobak (Cze) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior
25 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) G.S. Mg Boy's Aqua-Aqua Mg Boy's
26 Frederik Willems (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys
27 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.
28 Andris Reiss (Lat) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi
29 Giacomo  Cariulo (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes
30 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) V.C.A. S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi
31 Emil Arnel (Swe) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Sterilton
32 Luca Solari (Ita) G.S. San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni
33 Damiano Giannini  (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel
34 Davide Frattini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi
35 Wolodimir Starchik (Ukr) Team Parolin FIS Uniconfort
36 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo
37 Alexandru Sabalin (Mda) Nazionale Moldava
38 Paolo Bailetti  (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi                2.12
39 Alessandro Del Fatti (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi           2.23
40 Guido Balbis  (Ita) Team Parolin FIS Uniconfort                  2.46
41 Stijn Vanstraelen (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys                        12.53
42 Alexandre Bajenov (Rus) G.S. Impruneta Cotto Ref.Pol Valdarno
43 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team
44 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys
45 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team
46 Agostino Andreis (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris                14.22
47 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) G.S. Luigi Maserati Synclean
48 Yuri Plyukhin (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team                    15.52
49 Claudio Pizzoferrato (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perre   16.22
50 Salvatore Cirasola (Ita) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Sterilton

General classification after stage 11

1 Davide Frattini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi             21.47.16
2 Andris Reiss (Lat) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi                    0.22
3 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.         0.37
4 Gianluca Cavalli  (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris                 0.57
5 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team                 1.11
6 Francesco Magni  (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile                    1.33
7 Luca Solari (Ita) G.S. San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni              1.40
8 Damiano Giannini  (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel       1.56
9 Emil Arnel (Swe) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Sterilton       2.00
10 Wolodimir Starchik (Ukr) Team Parolin FIS Uniconfort             2.39
11 Sergiy Avdejev (Ukr) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini       2.42
12 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) V.C.A. S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi         3.06
13 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo           3.29
14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                    3.36
15 Federico Berta (Ita) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.          4.02
16 Santo Anza' (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini          4.10
17 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Russian National Team                     6.23
18 Giuseppe Ricca (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes
19 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) G.S. Mg Boy's Aqua-Aqua Mg Boy's             6.57
20 Giacomo  Cariulo (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes         7.13
21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) U.C. Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca         7.56
22 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                8.57
23 Jan Chrobak (Cze) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                       9.09
24 Andrei Minachkine (Rus) MCS Bedogni B.Team Anico Monsum.         9.25
25 Frederik Willems (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys                         12.24
26 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                        12.26
27 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) G.S. Luigi Maserati Synclean            13.24
28 Salvatore Cirasola (Ita) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Ste   13.58
29 Alexandru Sabalin (Mda) Moldavian National Team                 14.25
30 Luca Nardello (Ita) G.S. Luigi Maserati Synclean                14.30
31 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior              14.39
32 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team                    15.08
33 Claudio Pizzoferrato (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perre   15.51
34 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team                    16.10
35 Agostino Andreis (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris                16.31
36 Ivan De Nobile  (Ita) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo            17.08
37 Roland Pichler (Ita) G.S. Mg Boy's Aqua-Aqua Mg Boy's           17.53
38 Giovanni Brugaietta (Ita) G.S. Impruneta Cotto Ref.Pol Valdar   21.40
39 Lorenzo Cardellini  (Ita) S.C. Reda Baggioni Mulinari           22.03
40 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) G.S. Mg Boy's Aqua-Aqua Mg Boy's       22.11
41 Alessandro Del Fatti (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi          22.19
42 Sergei Ossipov (Rus) Cycling Team Eternedile                    22.23
43 Alexandre Bajenov (Rus) G.S. Impruneta Cotto Ref.Pol Valdarno   24.52
44 Vladimiro Tarallo (Ita) MCS Bedogni B.Team Anico Monsum.        25.49
45 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Ca   26.59
46 Patrizio Gambazza (Ita) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Ster   27.34
47 Nicola Pavone (Ita) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Sterilto   28.28
48 Paolo Bailetti  (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi               28.49
49 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys                           29.49
50 Stefano Brunelli (Ita) G.S. Mg Boy's Aqua-Aqua Mg Boy's         29.50