31st Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Internazionale U26 - 2.6Italy, June 12- 24, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 8 - June 20: Frosinone-Ercolano, 165 kmGrigoli beats Krushevskiy in LuscianoThe first bunch sprint of the 31st Giro d'Italia Elite U26 has been won by Enrico Grigoli. The sprinter from Verona who rides for the Trevigiani Mapei team won the flat eighth stage from Frosinone to Lusciano, beating Uzbekistan rider Sergey Krushevsky, Denis Bertolini (San Pellegrino Bottolo) and Simone Cadamuro (San Pellegrino Bottolo). The longest stage of the Giro, at 177 km, was characterised by a break of 11 riders which escaped after 80km. The break set a fast pace all day, resulting in a fast average of 48.493 km/h. On the two finishing circuits, the bunch powered along by the sprinters. teams, caught the break of 11 riders just before the finish. The last to be reeled in were Ballan (Trevigiani Mapei) and Clemente Cavaliere (Vezza Brunero), who were caught six hundred metres from the line by Krushevskiy when he started the sprint early. Grigoli easily caught the Uzbekistan rider before the line to take his second Giro stage. Last year he won the final stage of the Giro. "At last a sprint finish. I was worried it wouldn't happen even this time. It was a strange sprint with lots of corners in the last kilometre which meant we had to be very careful. Krushevskiy went early at 600m to go, I followed him and then jumped past at 150m to go. I have to thank my team for this win. They worked really well in the final kilometres." Nothing changed in the overall standings, with Frattini still in the pink leader's jersey. The rider from Varese had little to worry about on a classic flat transfer stage. "I never trust flat stages like this one and when the break went early I prefered to keep things under control," Frattini said. "In the end it was an easy stage but we worked hard in the first part. When Bondarenko attacked with 4km to go, I decided to go after him myself." Tomorrow's ninth stage is from Marisco Nuovo to Cetraro Marina. The first part is hilly in the Lucano part of Italy with a finishing circuit in Cetraro, which is an ideal place to go for the final mountain sprint at 6km from the line.
Results1 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca 3.39.00 (48.493 km/h) 2 Sergey Krushevskiy (Uzb) Uzbekistan National Team 3 Denis Bertolini (Ita) San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni 4 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni 5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 6 Marco Zendron (Ita) Team Parolin Fis Uniconfort 7 Andrea Ballan (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca 8 Sebastiano Scotti (Ita) Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel 9 Stijn Vanstraelen (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys 10 Marco Menin (Ita) MG Boy's Aqua 11 Daniele Rossi (Ita) Luigi Maserati Synclean 12 Luca Barla (Ita) S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi 13 Vladimiro Tarallo (Ita) Mcs Bedogni B.Team Anico Monsum. 14 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 15 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys 16 Stefano Chiari (Ita) Luigi Maserati Synclean 17 Matteo Torresi (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 18 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi 19 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Reda Baggioni Mulinari 20 Roland Pichler (Ita) MG Boy's Aqua 21 Sergiy Avdejev (Ukr) Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini 22 Patrizio Gambazza (Ita) Podenzano Italfine-Juvenes Sterilton 23 Davide Frattini (Ita) Sintofarm Feralpi 24 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P. 25 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 26 Giovanni Brugaietta (Ita) Impruneta Cotto Ref.Pol Valdarno 27 Alexandre Bajenov (Rus) Impruneta Cotto Ref.Pol Valdarno 28 Alex Gualandi (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile 29 Damiano Giannini (Ita) Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel 30 Gian Luca Cavalli (Ita) Vezza Brunero Boeris 31 Jan Chrobak (Cze) Zalf Euromobil Fior 32 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys 34 Andris Reiss (Lat) Sintofarm Feralpi 35 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 37 Francesco Magni (Ita) Cycling Team Eternedile 38 Emil Arnel (Swe) Podenzano Italfine-Juvenes Sterilton 39 Luca Solari (Ita) San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni 40 Wolodimir Starchik (Ukr) Team Parolin Fis Uniconfort 41 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 42 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 43 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Russian National Team 0.15 44 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 45 Stefano Brunelli (Ita) MG Boy's Aqua 46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys 47 Nicola Pavone (Ita) Podenzano Italfine-Juvenes Sterilton 48 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 49 Yuri Stella (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca 50 Giuseppe Ricca (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes General classification after stage 8 1 Davide Frattini (Ita) Sintofarm Feralpi 25.26.16 (42.099 km/h) 2 Andris Reiss (Lat) Sintofarm Feralpi 0.22 3 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P. 0.37 4 Gianluca Cavalli (Ita) 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) San Pellegrino Bottoli Artoni 1.40 8 Damiano Giannini (Ita) Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel 1.56 9 Emil Arnel (Swe) Podenzano Italfine-Juvenes Sterilton 2.00 10 Wolodimir Starchik (Ukr) Team Parolin Fis Uniconfort 2.39 11 Sergiy Avdejev (Ukr) Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casin 2.42 12 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) S. Paolo Saeco Colzi Pratesi 3.06 13 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 3.44 14 Federico Berta (Ita) Resine Ragnoli Garda Rifra P. 3.51 15 Salvatore Cirasola (Ita) Podenzano Italfine-Juvenes Sterilton 4.17 16 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 4.25 17 Giuseppe Ricca (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes 6.38 18 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Russian National Team 6.38 19 Santo Anza' (Ita) Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini 7.12 20 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) Luigi Maserati Synclean 7.28 21 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) MG Boy's Aqua 8.11 22 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Reda Baggioni Mulinari 9.09 23 Claudio Pizzoferrato (Ita) Cer.Che Pagnoncelli Fmb Perrel 9.36 24 Giacomo Cariulo (Ita) Cycling Team Casprini Pitti Shoes 9.40 25 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.24 26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca 12.41 27 Jan Chrobak (Cze) Zalf Euromobil Fior 13.24 28 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 13.58 29 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 14.40 30 Daniele Balestri (Ita) Grassi Mapei Las 14.45 31 Roland Pichler (Ita) MG Boy's Aqua 15.08 32 Agostino Andreis (Ita) Vezza Brunero Boeris 15.08 33 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 15.51 34 Luca Nardello (Ita) Luigi Maserati Synclean 16.25 35 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 16.46 36 Frederik Willems (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys 17.23 37 Andrei Minachkine (Rus) Mcs Bedogni B.Team Anico Monsum. 18.08 38 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) MG Boy's Aqua 22.09 39 Alexandru Sabalin (Mda) Nazionale Moldava 22.34 40 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Zoccorinese Vellutex/Team Casini 22.40 41 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Sintofarm Feralpi 22.56 42 Fabiano Ferrari (Ita) Team Parolin Fis Uniconfort 23.07 43 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Zalf Euromobil Fior 24.52 44 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Aran Cucine Cantina Tollo 27.14 45 Massimiliano Martella (Ita) Vezza Brunero Boeris 27.23 46 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Eddy Merckx Boys 27.34 47 Stefano Brunelli (Ita) MG Boy's Aqua 28.43 48 Clemente Cavaliere (Ita) Vezza Brunero Boeris 30.04 49 Yuri Stella (Ita) Trevigiani Mapei Cassamarca 30.05 50 Alessandro Rastelli (Ita) Podenzano Italfine-Juvenes Sterilton 30.23 |