1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco 3.57.58 (39,333 km/h) 2. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Aki 3. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme 4. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Amore e Vita 5. Fabio Baldato (Ita) MG 6. Mirko Rossato (Italy) Scrigno 7. Gabriele Missaglia (Italy) Mapei 8. Mario Traversoni (Italy) Mercatone Uno 9. Marcel Wust (Germany) Festina 10. Mariano Piccoli (Italy) Brescialat 11. Martin Hvastija (Slovakia) Cantina Tollo 12. Mario Manzoni (Italy) Roslotto 13. Alexei Sivakov (Russia) Roslotto 14. Mirco Crepaldi (Italy) Polti 15. Andrea Ferrigato (Italy) Roslotto 16. Fabio Sacchi (Italy) Polti 17. Stefano Finesso (Italy) Ros Mary 18. Marco Lietti (Italy) Ceramiche Refin 19. Luc Leblanc (France) Polti 20. Jan Svorada (Czech Republic) Mapei all s.t. 21. Di Silvestro 22. Andriotto 23. Spruch 24. Cenghialta 25. Zaina 26. Bontempi 27. Siboni 28. Baronti 29. Pantani 30. Noe 31. Garzelli 32. Pistore 33. Molinari 34. Dominguez 35. Petito 36. Berzin 37. Barbero 38. Puttini 39. Gotti 40. Gili 41. Radaelli 42. Boscardin 43. Patuelli 44. Scopsi 45. Casagranda 46. Balducci 47. Bettin 48. Gontchar 49. Tonkov 50. Miceli 51. Guerini 52. Faustini 53. Scirea 54. Shefer 55. Werner 56. Fagnini 57. Laurent 58. Ugrumov 59. Faresin 60. Frattini F. 61. Frigo 62. Apollonio 63. Serrano 64. Steinhauser 65. Loda 66. Zanette 67. Fincato 68. Belli 69. Calzavara 70. Secchiari 71. Bortolami 72. Frattini C. 73. Piepoli 74. Merckx 75. Savoldelli 76. Simoni 77. Sgambelluri 78. Padrnos 79. Volpi 80. Mazzanti 81. Roscioli 82. Brasi 83. Gualdi 84. Cassani 85. Giraldi 86. Citracca 87. Coppolillo 88. Meier 89. Di Grande 90. Gonzalez G. 91. Pierdomenico 92. Rubiera 93. Paluan 94. Forconi 95. Bobrik 96. Lanfranchi 97. Bramati 98. Davidenko 99. Celestino 100. Pianegonda 101. Ouslamine 102. Moretti 103. Calzolari 104. Mondini 105. Velo 106. Poser 107. Jeker 108. GarciCasas 109. Pulnikov 110. Galetti 111. Caruso 112. Spezialetti 113. De Paoli 114. Lozano 115. Pozzi A. 116. Ouchakov 117. Pellicioli 118. Simeoni 119. Buenahora 120. Laddomada 121. Pumar 122. Lecchi 123. Aggiano 124. Brignoli 125. Bettini 126. DallCosta 127. Vergnani 128. Pozzi O. 129. Dotti 130. Gallorini 131. Gentili 132. Fornaciari 133. Bottaro 134. Donati 135. Podenzana 136. Chiesa 137. Vatteroni 138. Alberati 139. Minali 140. Vidal 141. Santaromita 142. Murtas 143. Gomez Gonzalo 144. Hernandez 145. Konyshev 0.06 146. Dolci 147. Bugno 148. Conti 149. Calcaterra 150. DellVedova 151. Halgand 152. Lebreton 153. Cabello 154. Tebaldi 155. Scmidt 156. Contrini 157. Brognara 158. Casagrande S. 159. Tani 160. Bonetti 161. Giacomelli 162. Gonzales P. 163. Larsen 164. Gasperoni 165. Moos 166. Djavanian 167. Casagrande Fil. 168. Fontanelli 169. Cauz 170. Colombo G. 1.06 171. Valoti 172. Milesi 5.34 173. Barbagli 174. Biasci 175. Meloni 9.08 176. Roncancio 177. Peschel 178. Di Renzo. Started: 178. Finished: 178. Disqualified: Fagnini for irregular behavior.
Overall Standings: 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei 12.18.03 2. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) Batik 0.01 3. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco 0.12 4. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 0.37 5. Piotre Ugrumov (Rus) Roslotto 0.53 6. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Saeco 0.55 7. Andrea Noe (Ita) Asics 1.13 8. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Asics 1.16 9. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti s.t. 10. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Kelme 1.22 11. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1.23 12. Nicola Miceli (Ita) AKI-SAFI 1.24 13. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Roslotto 1.35 14. Sergei Gontchar (Ukr) AKI-SAFI 1.42 15. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Brescialat 1.43 16. Gianni Faresin (Italy), Mapei 1:47 17. Gabriele Colombo (Italy), Batik 1:48 18. Mario Cipollini (Italy), Saeco 1:51 19. Michele Coppolillo (Italy) Maglificio MG 1:55 20. Giuseppe di Grande (Italy Mapei 2:00 21. Velo 2.01 22. Bobrik 23. Faustini 2.06 24. Cenghialt2.13 25. Puttini 2.15 26. Simoni 27. Missaglia 28. Simeoni 2.16 29. Gentili 2.17 30. Merckx 2.24 31. Shefer; 32. Sgambelluri 2.25 33. Edo 2.30 34. Pistore 2.32 35. Poser 2.33 36. Piepoli 2.35 37. Donati 2.42 38. Piccoli 2.44 39. Conti 2.45 40. Crepaldi 2.49 41. Lanfranchi 2.55 42. Pulnikov 2.56 43. Forconi 3.00 44. Rubiera 3.01 45. Volpi 3.03 46. Barbero 47. Podenzana 3.05 48. Garci Casas 3.06 49. Frattini F. 50. Meier 3.11 51. Andriotto 3.14 52. Garzelli 53. Serrano 54. Buenahor 3.15 55. Spezialetti 3.21 56. Sivakov 57. Siboni 3.24 58. Casagrande Fil. 3.28 59. Paluan 3.29 60. Mazzanti 3.30 61. Citracc 3.35 62. Steinhauser 63. Ouslamine 3.36 64. Frigo 3.38 65. Davidenko 3.40 66. Celestino 3.42 67. Laurent 3.43 68. Padrnos 3.44 69. Di Silvestro 3.45 70. Leoni 3.46 71. Gonzalez G. 3.48 72. Dotti 73. Lecchi 3.49 74. Sacchi; 75. Ouchakov 3.50 76. Hernandez 3.55 77. Pozzi A. 3.57 78. Gasperoni 4.05 79. Brasi 4.08 80. Scirea 81. Loda 82. Vergnani 83. Pellicioli 4.09 84. Molinari 4.11 85. Bettini; 86. Bortolami 4.12 87. Apollonio 4.13 88. Baldato 4.14 89. Konyshev 90. Gomez Gonzalo 4.17 91. Gonzalez P. 4.20 92. Manzoni 4.21 93. Finesso 4.22 94. Secchiari 4.24 95. Bettin 4.25 96. Fincato 97. Vatteroni 4.26 98. Scopsi 4.32 99. Laddomad4.34 100. Bugno; 101. Patuelli 4.38 102. Gili 103. Svorada 4.41 104. Lozano 4.42 105. Pozzi O. 106. Jeker; 107. Wust 4.45 108. Tani 4.47 109. Cabello 4.49 110. De Paoli 4.50 111. Alberati 4.54 112. Moretti 4.55 113. Brignoli 4.56 114. Gallorini 4.57 115. Chiesa 4.58 116. Werner 117. Lietti 5.00 118. Galletti 5.06 119. Cassani 120. DallCost 5.07 121. Fontanelli 5.09 122. Pierdomenico 5.11 123. Calzavar5.14 124. Magnusson 5.15 125. Zanette 5.17 126. Gualdi 127. Brognara 5.18 128. Mondini 129. Dell Vedov 5.25 130. Frattini C. 5.32 131. Baronti 5.36 132. Pumar 5.39 133. Larsen 5.40 134. Hvastija 5.43 135. Bontempi 5.45 136. Minali 5.46 137. Santaromit5.48 138. Aggiano 5.49 139. Fornaciari 5.50 140. Giraldi 5.51 141. Bramati 5.54 142 Vidal 6.00 143. Balducci 144. Ferrigato 6.06 145. Calcaterr 6.10 146. Traversoni 6.14 147. Caruso 6.21 148. Tebaldi 6.26 149. Casagrande S. 150. Bonetti 6.59 151. Schmidt 7.00 152. Spruch 7.11 153. Bottaro 7.15 154. Boscardin 7.22 155. Casagrand7.23 156. Roscioli 7.25 157. Halgand 7.28 158. Moos 7.07 159. Djavanian 7.48 160. Radaelli 7.52 161. Murtas 7.53 162. Contrini 10.07 163. Biasci 11.01 164. Pianegond11.02 165. Calzolari 11.04 166. Cauz 11.26 167. Giacomelli 12.00 168. Valoti 12.07 169. Barbagli 12.59 170. Peschel 13.16 171. Roncancio 16.04 172. Meloni 17.02 173. Lebreton 17.36 174. Dolci 18.13 175. Milesi 18.46 176. Di Renzo 21.18 177. Rossato 21.53
A day after losing the pink jersey of Giro leader to Russian Pavel Tonkov, the Tuscan bounced back for his 19th Giro stage success.
Compatriot Endrio Leoni was second and Spain's Angel Edo third in a mass finish to the 156-km race from San Marino.
A late bid for victory by Italy's Gabriele Colombo ended in a crash in the streets of Arezzo.
As he swung into a bend, with the chasing field closing, his bike slipped from under him, sending the 1996 winner of the Milan-San Remo classic sliding into the gutter.
Tonkov retained the overall race lead, one second ahead of fellow Russian Yevgeny Berzin.
The stage was quite active, with an eight rider breakaway, including Berzin. This developed after only six kilometers from the start and it was clear that it wouldn't prosper. But the most important escape would be one that happened at kilometer 69 by Barbagli and Hvastija, which were later joined by Alberati, Fontanelli and Steinhauser. They reached a maximum advantage of 1:12 minutes, but were neutralized with 30 kms. to the finish. After that there was another escape by Dolci and Djvanian and later Bettini, Della Vedova and Gallorini. It didn't prosper and on the final part, Colombo, fifth overall tried but fell while riding alone which cost him more than a minute in reference to the leader. And as mentioned, the Mario Cipollini took the final sprint.