31st Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Internazionale U26 - 2.6

Italy, June 12- 24, 2001

Stage 2 - June 13: Este-Este, 138 km

Vainsteins' pupil wins stage 2, Solari takes the pink jersey

The second stage of the Giro d'Italia held today in Este, near Padova over a tough 153 kms, was full of excitiment.

Latvian rider Andris Reiss (Sintofarm) a neighbour and friend of current world champion Romans Vainsteins won the stage, beating Uzbekistan rider Sergey Krushevski after the two had broken away on the final climb of the stage the Este Caleone, just 5.6 kms from the finish.

The win by Reiss came after a aggressive stage with saw attack after attack right from the start. Race leader Patrizio Gambazza struggled to control all the attacks an finished behind the leading riders, losing the leader's pink jersey.

Italian Gianluca Cavalli of the Vezza Brunero team was initially declared the new race leader by the time keepers. However after controlling the stage result and the time gaps, Luca Solari of the Sanpellegrino-Bottoli team was declared the official new race leader. Unfortunately he had not been able to pull on the jersey on the podium and only found out he was leader after getting to his hotel.

Tomorrow is the third stage of the Giro d'Italia Elite. It will be held in the Vicenza area, starting from Sandrigo and finishing in Breganze. Race distance: 144.8 km with 12 laps of a 11.5 km circuit between Breganze and Fara Vicentino.

Results

1 Andris Reiss (Lat) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi                3.31.50  (43.336 km/h)
2 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team
3 Francesco Magni  (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile                    0.20
4 Davide Frattini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi
5 Domenico Quagliariello (Ita) Site-Frezza-Mattiuzzo-Saf
6 Damiano Giannini  (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel
7 Luca Solari (Ita) G.S. San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni
8 Emil Arnel (Swe) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Sterilton
9 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) V.C.A. S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi          0.32
10 Santo Anza' (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini          0.35
11 Gian Luca Cavalli  (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris
12 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior
13 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Site-Frezza-Mattiuzzo-Saf
14 Ezio Casagrande (Ita) Site-Frezza-Mattiuzzo-Saf
15 Claudio Pizzoferrato (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perre    0.59
16 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) G.S. Mg Boy's Aqua-Aqua Mg Boy's
17 Giuseppe Ricca (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes
18 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Russian National Team
19 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) G.S. Luigi Maserati Synclean
20 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.
21 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini
22 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi

General classification after stage 2

1 Luca Solari (Ita) G.S. San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni           6.53.22
2 Andris Reiss (Lat) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi                    0.04
3 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team
4 Gian Luca Cavalli  (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris                0.15
5 Ezio Casagrande (Ita) Site-Frezza- Mattiuzzo -Saf                 0.23
6 Francesco Magni  (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile                    0.24
7 Davide Frattini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi
8 Damiano Giannini  (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel
9 Emil Arnel (Swe) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Sterilton
10 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) V.C.A. S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi         0.36
11 Santo Anza' (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini          0.39
12 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi
13 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Site-Frezza- Mattiuzzo -Saf
14 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) G.S. Luigi Maserati Synclean             0.51
15 Wolodimir Starchik (Ukr) Team Parolin Fis Uniconfort             0.57
16 Patrizio Gambazza (Ita) G.S. Podenzano Italfine-Juvenes Ster     0.59
17 Andrea Moletta (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                    1.01
18 Claudio Pizzoferrato (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perre    1.03
19 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.
20 Giuseppe Ricca (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes
21 Sergiy Avdejev (Ukr) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini
22 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo