31st Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Internazionale U26 - 2.6

Italy, June 12- 24, 2001

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Stage 6 - June 17: Castellarano-Prignano sulla Secchia ITT, 16.5 km

Bondarenko wins the the time trial to Prignano

Russian Denis Bondarenko who rides for the Italian Resine Ragnoli team won the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia Elite on Sunday. Bondarenko also the recent winner fo the Giro del Veneto stage race, took the tough 16.5 km time trial from Castellarano to Prignano Secchia.

The time trial was closely followed by Italian national coach Antonio Fusi who considered it an important test for the World Championships in Lisbon. The course today is very similar to the course in Lisbon. Bondarenko covered the 16.5 km at an average of 36.600 km/h for his fourth win of the year and took him to fourth overall in the general classification.

Davide Frattini is still in the race leader's pink jersey even though he finished 1:44 behind the stage winner. It was another good day for the younger Frattini brother. "I have to be happy because the course didn'tsuit me really," Frattini said. "True the classification is tighter now and we'll have to think about our race strategy. Reiss is riding well and is second behind me overall, we'll have to ride in perfect harmony."

Winning such a prestigious stage also made Bondarenko happy: "I'm a time trial specialist, I pushed a gear of 53x17 all the way up the climb. It's a good win for me and I hope it's not the last in the Giro."

Yesterday's stage winner Giacomo Cariulo laso rode well, finishing second just 11 seconds behind Bondarenko.

Tomorrow is a rest day for the Giro with the transfer south to the lower Lazio region. On Tuesday there is probably the toughest stage of the Giro from Anagni to Veroli over 154 km, with the uphill finish at Prato di Campoli at 1140 m.

Results

1 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.           27.03 (36.599 km/h)
2 Giacomo Cariulo (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes              0.11
3 Andris Reiss (Lat) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi                       0.44
4 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes             0.52
5 Federico Berta (Ita) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.              1.02
6 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team                    1.16
7 Wolodimir Starchik (Ukr) Team Parolin FIS Uniconfort                 1.18
8 Clemente Cavaliere (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris                   1.23
9 Damiano Giannini (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel           1.29
10 Gian Luca Cavalli (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris
11 Francesco Magni (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile                       1.35
12 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo                 1.39
13 Sergiy Avdejev (Ukr) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini          1.43
14 Massimiliano Martella (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris               1.44
15 Davide Frattini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi
16 Agostino Andreis (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris                    1.48
17 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) U.C. Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca
18 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo              1.49
19 Andrea Ballan (Ita) U.C. Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca
20 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes             1.52
21 Giuseppe Romano (Ita) MCS Bedogni B.Team Anico Monsum.              1.56
22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys                               2.00
23 Daniele Balestri (Ita) G.S.Grassi Mapei Las
24 Allan Davis (Ita) Australian National Team                          2.04
25 Claudio Bartoli (Ita) G.S. Impruneta Cotto Ref.Pol Valdarno         2.05
26 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) G.S. Luigi Maserati Synclean
27 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Russian National Team
28 Luca Solari (Ita) G.S. San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni                2.06
29 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) V.C.A. S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi
30 Matteo Cappe' (Ita) S.C. C. Calzatura Civitanova M.Granaro          2.07
31 Claudio Pizzoferrato (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel      2.09
32 Sebastiano Scotti (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel         2.10
33 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                            2.12
34 Paolo Longo/Borghini (Ita) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.       2.17
35 Pasquale Muto (Ita) G.S.Grassi Mapei Las
36 Giovanni Brugaietta (Ita) G.S. Impruneta Cotto Ref.Pol Valdarno
37 Juri Alvisi (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile                           2.18
38 Luca Barattero (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris
39 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.        2.22
40 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys                            2.23

General classification after stage 6

1 Davide Frattini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi                17.39.52
2 Andris Reiss (Lat) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi                       0.22
3 Gian Luca Cavalli (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris                    0.28
4 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.            0.37
5 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team                    0.54
6 Damiano Giannini (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel           1.27
7 Francesco Magni (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile                        1.33
8 Luca Solari (Ita) G.S. San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni                 1.40
9 Wolodimir Starchik (Ukr) Team Parolin FIS Uniconfort                 1.49
10 Federico Berta (Ita) G.S. Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P.             2.01
11 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) V.C.A. S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi            2.16
12 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo              2.26
13 Emil Arnel (Swe) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Sterilton         2.27
14 Sergiy Avdejev (Ukr) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini          2.30
15 Andrea Moletta (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                       2.35
16 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) G.S. Luigi Maserati Synclean                2.53
17 Salvatore Cirasola (Ita) G.S. Podenzano Italfine- Juvenes Steril    4.02
18 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi                   4.24
19 Fabiano Ferrari (Ita) Team Parolin FIS Uniconfort                   4.44
20 Giuseppe Ricca (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes              4.52
21 Santo Anza' (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini             5.12
22 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Russian National Team                        5.33
23 Claudio Pizzoferrato (Ita) S.C. Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel      5.48
24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) U.C. Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca            5.51
25 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) G.S. MG Boys Aqua                               5.59
26 Daniele Balestri (Ita) G.S.Grassi Mapei Las                         6.17
27 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) S.C. Reda Baggioni Mulinari                6.35
28 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                  7.13
29 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team                        8.11
30 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo                 9.16
31 Alessandro Donati (Ita) V.C. Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo              9.20
32 Giacomo Cariulo (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes             9.32
33 Agostino Andreis (Ita) G.S. Vezza Brunero Boeris                   10.05
34 Jan Chrobak (Cze) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                         10.12
35 Pasquale Muto (Ita) G.S.Grassi Mapei Las                           10.37
36 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                           10.41
37 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) G.S. Zalf Euromobil Fior                  11.24
38 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) S.C. Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casin   11.48
39 Alessandro Del Fatti (Ita) Velo Club Sintofarm Feralpi             12.12
40 Roland Pichler (Ita) G.S. MG Boys Aqua                             12.55