35th Tirreno-Adriatico - 2.HCItaly, March 14-21, 20012000 Results Stage list Starting list Past winners PreviewThe second major stage race of this week after Paris-Nice is Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy) from March 14-21. Ranked 'Hors Categorie', the eight day race will see 25 teams in contention, with many riders eagerly looking forward to Milan-San Remo on March 24. The race totals 1,155 kilometres, and includes one time trial stage on day 5, March 18. It commences with a 132 kilometre circuit race in Sorrento on Wednesday, March 14, with three ascents of the 465 m Picco Sant'Angelo. On day two, the race is from Sorrento to Benevento (163 km), with the 500 m climb at Celzi (km 61) the only difficulty. The third day finishes with the climb up to Santuario Dell'addolorata Di Castelpetroso (811 m), but this is just a prelude to stage 4 which is considered the toughest. On that day, the race travels 170 km from Isernia to Celano, with three major climbs. Valico del Macerone (km 6.7, 684 m), Valico il Calvario (km 46.3, 1,112 m), and Passo del Diavolo (km 92.7, 1,400 m). However, the final climb is nearly 80 kilometres from the finish. The fifth day is a 14.2 kilometre time trial from Campli to Torricella Sicura, with no major hills. The last three stages are relatively flat, and the race finishes with a 161 kilometre circuit race in San Benedetto Del Tronto on March 21. Of the 25 teams in the race, 12 are Italian and 13 are foreign. World Champion Romans Vainsteins will be along with Domo-Farm Frites, while Michael Boogerd should be one of the favourites for Rabobank. Defending champion Abraham Olano will be there with ONCE, while Mario Cipollini (Saeco) might also oblige with a stage win.
The Stages
The Mountains Stage 1: 3 x Picco Sant'Angelo (km 111.3, 465 m) Starting listO.N.C.E. Alessio 1 Abraham Olano (Spa) 11 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) 2 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) 12 Davide Casarotto (Ita) 3 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) 4 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) 14 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 5 Gatzka Lejarreta (Spa) 15 Martin Hvastija (Slo) 6 Mikel Pradera (Spa) 16 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) 17 Endrio Leoni (Ita) 8 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) 18 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) iBanesto.com Bonjour 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) 31 Walter Beneteau (Fra) 22 Alberto Benito Guerrero (Spa) 32 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) 23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) 33 Charles Guilbert (Fra) 24 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) 34 Noan Lelarge (Fra) 25 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) 35 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) 26 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) 36 Olivier Pereaudeau (Fra) 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) 37 Mickael Pichon (Fra) 28 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) 38 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Cantina Tollo-Acqua&Sapone Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 41 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) 51 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) 42 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) 52 Michele Coppolillo (Ita) 43 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) 53 Enrico Degano (Ita) 44 Massimo Giunti (Ita) 54 Tom Leaper (Aus) 45 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) 55 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) 46 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) 56 Nathan O'neill (Aus) 47 Guido Trenti (USA) 57 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) 48 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) 58 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Cofidis Credit Agricole 61 Daniel Atienza (Spa) 71 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) 62 Peter Farazijn (Bel) 72 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) 63 Claude Lamour (Fra) 73 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 64 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 74 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) 65 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) 75 Anthony Langella (Fra) 66 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) 76 Ludovic Martin (Fra) 67 J.Michel Tessier (Fra) 77 Anthony Morin (Fra) 68 Guido Trentin (Ita) 78 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC-World Online Domo-Farm Frites 81 Michael Blaudzun (Den) 91 Enrico Cassani (Ita) 82 Francisco J. Cerezo Perales (Spa) 92 Servais Knaven (Ned) 83 Bo Hamburger (Den) 93 Marco Milesi (Ita) 84 Danny Jonasson (Den) 94 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) 85 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) 95 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 86 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) 96 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) 87 Nicki Sorensen (Den) 97 Fred Rodriguez (USA) 88 Rolf Sorensen (Den) 98 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Fassa Bortolo Festina 101 Ivan Basso (Ita) 111 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) 102 Filippo Casagrande (Ita) 112 David Clinger (USA) 103 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 113 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) 104 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) 114 Luis Perez (Spa) 105 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) 115 David Romero Plaza (Spa) 106 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 116 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) 107 Andrea Peron (Ita) 117 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) 108 Roberto Petito (Ita) 118 Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) La Francaise Des Jeux Lampre-Daikin 121 Sandy Casar (Fra) 131 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) 122 Patrick D'hont (Bel) 132 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) 123 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) 133 Robert Hunter (Rsa) 124 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 134 Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) 125 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 135 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 126 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) 136 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) 127 Franck Perque (Fra) 137 Jan Svorada (Cze) 128 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 138 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Liquigas-Pata Mapei-Quick Step 141 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 151 Paolo Bettini (Ita) 142 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) 152 Davide Bramati (Ita) 143 Marco Zanotti (Ita) 153 Elio Aggiano (Ita) 144 Denis Zanette (Ita) 154 Daniele Nardello (Ita) 145 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) 155 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) 146 Fabio Malberti (Ita) 156 Andrea Noe' (Ita) 147 Stefano Cattai (Ita) 157 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 148 Mirko Marini (Ita) 158 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mercatone Uno Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini 161 Michael Andersson (Swe) 171 Devis Miorin (Ita) 162 Cristian Moreni (Ita) 172 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) 163 Igor Astarloa (Spa) 173 Uros Murn (Slo) 164 Gian Mario Ortenzi (Ita) 174 Timothy Jones (Zim) 165 Massimo Cigana (Ita) 175 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) 166 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) 176 Milan Kadlec (Cze) 167 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) 177 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) 168 Roberto Savoldi (Ita) 178 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Rabobank Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 181 Michael Boogerd (Ned) 191 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 182 Jan Boven (Ned) 192 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 183 Erik Dekker (Ned) 193 Biagio Conte (Ita) 184 Steven De Jongh (Ned) 194 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 185 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 195 Dario Pieri (Ita) 186 Marc Wauters (Bel) 196 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) 187 Beat Zberg (Swi) 197 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) 188 Marcus Zberg (Swi) 198 Mario Scirea (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola Team Coast 201 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 211 Sascha Hendrix (Ger) 202 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) 212 Frank Hoj (Den) 203 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) 213 Lars Michaelsen (Den) 204 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) 214 Roland Meier (Swi) 205 Nicola Minali (Ita) 215 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) 206 Nicola Miceli (Ita) 216 Jason Phillips (Aus) 207 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) 217 Raphael Schweda (Ger) 208 Massimo Donati (Ita) 218 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Colpack-Astro Team Deutsche Telekom 221 Denis Lunghi (Ita) 231 Rolf Aldag (Ger) 222 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) 232 Alberto Elli (Ita) 223 Matteo Carrara (Ita) 233 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) 224 Michele Colleoni (Ita) 234 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) 225 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) 235 Andreas Klier (Ger) 226 Gianni Gobbini (Ita) 236 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) 227 Miguel Angel Meza (Mex) 237 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 228 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) 238 Erik Zabel (Ger) US Postal Service 241 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) 242 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) 243 George Hincapie (USA) 244 Benoit Joachim (Lux) 245 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) 246 Christian Vandevelde (USA) 247 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) 248 Matthew White (Aus)Past Winners 1966 Dino Zandegu (Ita) 1967 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1968 Giovanni Micheletto (Ita) 1969 Carlo Chiappano (Ita) 1970 Antoine Houbrechts (Bel) 1971 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1972 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1973 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1974 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1976 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1978 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1979 Knut Knudsen (Nor) 1980 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1981 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1982 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1983 Roberto Visentini (Ita) 1984 Tommy Prim (Swe) 1985 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1986 Luciano Rabottoni (Ita) 1987 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 1988 Erich Maechler (Swi) 1989 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1990 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1991 Herminio Diaz-Zabala (Spa) 1992 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 1993 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1994 Giorgio Furlan (Ita) 1995 Stefano Colage (Ita) 1996 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1997 Roberto Petito (Ita) 1998 Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Casino 1999 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei 2000 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank Thanks to Mario Stiehl from Berlin for the past winners list |