Race Distance - 209 kmsA first pro victory for Rossano Brasi of Polti (a gold medallist in the Italian 100km team time trial squadra at the Oslo worlds in 1993). Brasi escaped after 34km with Belgian Peter Roes (Vlaanderen 2000) and they had a maximum lead of 19.30. Brasi then left Roes to take 25 secs out of him.
1. Brasi 4:58:15 2. Roes at + 25 secs. 3. Fidanza (It, Polti) 45 4. Vanderaerden (Bel, Brescialat) 5. Abdoujaparov (Usbek, Novell) 6. Veenstra (Neth, Motorola) 7. Van Petegem (Bel, TVM) 8. Redant (Bel, TVM) 9. Zabel (Ger, Telekom) 10. Nelissen (Bel, Lotto) ...... 12. Moncassin (Fr, Novell) all same time |