Giro della Calabria - Italy

Stage One | Stage Two | Stage Three |

Colombo first leader in Calabria

Gabriele Colombo won the first stage of Giro della Calabria after jumping away two kilometres from the finish, at the moment when the peloton caught early breakaways Vandenbroucke and Coppolillo.

Gabriele Colombo (It, Gewiss-Playbus) won the 192km first stage of the three-day Giro di Calabria, three seconds ahead of Giovanni Lombardi (It, Team Polti) and Alessandro Baronti (It, Ceramica Panaria-Vinavil).

Luc Leblanc (Fr, Polti), Gianni Bugno (It, MG-Technogym), Claudio Chiappucci (It, Carrera), Pascal Richard (Swi, MG-Technogym) and Maurizio Fondriest (Roslotto-ZG Mobili).

Stage 1 Botricello-Catrovillari, 192 km:

 1. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Gewiss
 2. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Polti       + 0.03
 3. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Lampre       
 4. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) MG
 5. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Scrigno
 6. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Brescialat
 7. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Refin
 8. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Mapei
 9. Sergio Previtali (Ita) Panaria
10. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno          all s.t.

Stage 2

Giovanni Lombardi (It, Team Polti) won the second stage of the Giro di Calabria, 171km from Castrovillari to Amantea (February 28), outsprinting Fabiano Fontanelli (It, MG Technogym) and Francesco Arazzi (It, San Marco). Lombardi has the overall lead, one second over Stage 1 winner Gabriele Colombo (It, Gewiss-Playbus).

Stage 2 Castrovillara--Amantea February 28 1996

 1. Giovanni Lombardi (It, Polti) 171km in 4.21.24
 2. Fabiano Fontanelli (It, MG-Technogym) 
 3. Francesco Arazzi (It, San Marco)
 4. Maurizio Tomi (It, Aki-Gipiemme)
 5. Gianluca Bortolami (It, Mapei-GB)
 6. ????? Meloni (It, San Marco)
 7. Massimo Strazzer (It, Brescialat)
 8. Mario Manzoni (It, Roslotto-ZG Mobili)
 9. ????? Di Renzo (It, Cantina Tollo)
10. Giovanni Fidanza (It, Carrera)     all s.t.

Overall

 1. Lombardi 9.33.40
 2. Gabriele Colombo (It, Gewiss-Ballan) +1 sec
 3. Fontanelli +4
 5. Alessandro Baronti (It, Ceramica Panaria-Vinavil)
 6. Strazzer +9
 7. Bortolami +10
 8. Manzoni
 9. Rodolfo Massi (Ceramiche Refin-Mobivetta)
10. Oscar Camenzind (Sw, Ceramica Panaria-Vinavil)   all s.t.

Stage Three

Michele Bartoli (It, MG-Technogym) won the third and final stage of the Giro di Calabria, 172km between Amentea and Eufemia (February 29), outsprinting Gabriele Colombo (It, Gewiss-Playbus) and Rodolfo Massi (It, Ceramiche Refin). The final overall went to Colombo, with Massi second at 11 secs and Bartoli third at 14 secs.

Stage 3 Amantea - Sant'Eufemia 172 km:

 1. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG                      4.34.03 (37,455 km/h)
 2. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Gewiss                    s.t.
 3. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Refin                        s.t.
 4. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Saeco                 s.t.
 5. Alexander Gontchenkov (Ukr) Roslotto             s.t.
 6. Sergei Outschakov (Ukr) Polti                 + 0.04
 7. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Polti                      s.t.
 8. Angelo Canzonieri (Ita) Saeco                    s.t.
 9. Michele Coppolillo                            + 0.08
10. Beat Zberg (Sch) Carrera                      + 0.12

Final overall:

 1. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Gewiss               14.07.40
 2. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Refin                     + 0.11
 3. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG                        s.t.
 4. Alexander Gontchenkov (Ukr) Roslotto          + 0.15
 5. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Polti                   + 0.16
 6. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Saeco              + 0.17
 7. Angelo Canzonieri (Ita) Saeco                 + 0.20
 8. Sergei Outschakov (Ukr) Polti                   s.t.
 9. Michele Coppolillo                            + 0.22
10. Beat Zberg (Sch) Carrera                      + 0.28