31st Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Internazionale U26 - 2.6

Italy, June 12- 24, 2001

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Stage 8 - June 20: Frosinone-Ercolano, 165 km

Grigoli beats Krushevskiy in Lusciano

The 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.

Results

1 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