1. Roberto Sgambelluri (Italy) Brescialat 5.09.57 2. Dario Frigo (Italy) Saeco 3. Michele Coppolillo (Italy) Maglificio MG 4. Tobias Steinhauser (Germany) Ceramiche Refin s.t. 5. Fabio Baldato (Italy) Maglificio MG 0.16 6. Marcel Wust (Germany) Festin 7. Dmitri Konyshev (Russia) Roslotto 8. Wladimir Belli (Italy) Brescialat 9. Roberto Moretti (Italy) Kross 10. Massimiliano Gentili (Italy) CantinTollo 11. Mirco Crepaldi (Italy) Polti 12. Stefano Casagrand(Italy) Maglificio MG 13. Alessio Barbagli (Italy) Scrigno 14. Endrio Leoni (Italy) AKI 15. Stefano Garzelli (Italy) Mercatone Uno 16. Stefano Giraldi (Italy) Kross 17. Luc Leblanc (France) Polti 18. Piotr Ugrumov (Russia) Roslotto 19. Sergei Gontchar (Ukraine) AKI 20. Paolo Savoldelli (Italy) Roslotto all s.t. 20. Savoldelli 21. Barbero 22. Simoni 23. Miceli 24. Gallorini 25. Gotti 26. Shefer 27. Guerini 28. Citracca 29. Noe 30. Rubiera 31. Petito 32. Davidenko 33. Zaina 34. Pantani 35. Serrano Rodriguez 36. Patuelli 37. Pistore 38. Tonkov 39. Piccoli 40. Merckx 41. Bobrik 42. Piepoli 43. Mazzanti 44. Faustini 45. Pulnikov 46. Berzin 47. Jeker 48. Frattini Francesco 49. Pozzi Alessandro 50. Poser 51. Dotti 52. Garcia Casas 53. Dolci 54. Loda 55. Roscioli 56. Siboni 57. Bortolami 58. Velo 59. Forconi 60. Buenahora 61. Vatteroni 62. Lozano 63. Volpi 64. Vergnani 65. Di Grande 66. Gonzalez Gutierrez 67. Simeoni 68. Podenzana 69. Gili 70. Lecchi 71. Ouchakov 72. Calzavara 73. Puttini 74. Laurent 75. Pierdomenico 76. Bettini 77. Hvastija 78. Cenghialta 79. Alberati 80. Spezialetti 81. Donati 82. Ouslamine 83. Conti 84. Fincato 85. Hernandez 86. Secchiari 87. Pumar 88. Faresin 89. Roncancio 90. Paluan 91. Pellicioli 92. Gonzalo 93. Padrnos 94. Gualdi 95. Tani 96. Mondini 97. Larsen 98. Fontanelli 36 99. Brasi 100. De Paoli 101. Caruso 102. Finesso 103. Meier 104. Apollonio 105. Della Vedova 106. Frattini Cristiano 107. Lietti 108. Laddomada 109. Colombo 110. Andriotto 111. Gasperoni 112. Dalla Costa 113. Brognara 114. Brignoli 115. Sivakov 116. Fornaciari 117. Cipollini 118. Molinari 119. Lebreton 120. Cabello 121. Casagrande Filippo 0.49 122. Edo 123. Gonzalez Pico 124. Bottaro 125. Boscardin 0.53 126. Moos 127. Galletti 128. Halgand 3.44 129. Peschel 130. Bettin 131. Vidal 132. Sacchi 3.55 133. Bugno 134. Baronti 135. Djavanian 136. Radaelli 6.15 137. Calcaterra 138. Werner 139. Tebaldi 140. Manzoni 141. Cassani 142. Traversoni 143. Dominguez 144. Lanfranchi 145. Bramati 146. Scopsi 147. Missaglia 6.26 148. Pianegonda 6.32 149. Spruch 150. Bonetti 151. Chiesa 152. Pozzi Oscar 153. Celestino 154. Schmidt 155. Ferrigato 7.58 156. Contrini 157. Murtas 10.11 158. Valoti 13.53 159. Giacomelli 160. Bontempi F. 20.17 161. Di Silvestro 162. Casagrande Stefano 163. Santaromita 164. Svorada 165. Zanette 166. Di Renzo 167. Rossato 168. Cauz 169. Magnusson 170. Balducci 171. Aggiano. Registered: 180. Started: 175. Finished: 171 (four riders retired today: Milesi, Biasci, Calzolari and Scirea)
1. PAVEL TONKOV (Rus) 2. Luc Leblanc (Fra) 0.41 3. Ivan Gotti (Ita) 1.07 4. Roberto Petito (Ita) 1.13 5. Marco Pantani (Ita) 1.31 6. Andre Noh (Ita) 1.43 7. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) 1.49 8. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) 2.40 9. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) 2.49 10. Alexandre Chefer (Kaz) 3.05 11. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) 3.14 12. NicolMiceli (Ita) 3.50 13. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) 3.58 14. Piotre Ugrumov (Rus) 3.59 15. Enrico Zain(Ita) 4.01 16. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) 4.02 17. Wladimir Belli (Ita) 4.41 18. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) 5.01 19. Massimo Donati (Ita) 5.08 20. Merckx 5.09 21. Velo 5.14 22. Pulnikov 5.22 23. Conti 5.30 24. Garcia 5.32 25. Berzin 5.36 26. Frigo 5.40 27. Serrano; 28. Faresin 5.42 29. Garzelli 5.45 30. Sgambelluri 5.52 31. Buenahora; 32. Gontchar 6.07 33. Rubiera 6.14 34. Gentili 6.19 35. Barbero 6.58 36. Poser 37. Faustini 7.01 38. Pistore 7.18 39. Forconi 7.45 40. Podenzana 8.26 41. Volpi 8.38 42. Frattini F. 8.41 43. Steinhauser 8.54 44. Secchiari 9.10 45. Bobrik 9.24 46. Jeker 9.37 47. Puttini 9.38 48. Pellicioli 9.44 49. Moretti 9.50 50. Bettini 9.51 51. Lozano 10.29 52. Gonzalo 10.30 53. Cenghialta 10.42 54. Padrnos 10.54 55. Spezialetti 11.50 56. Siboni 11.53 57. Sivakov 11.54 58. Mazzanti 11.59 59. Meier 12.07 60. Dominguez 61. Vergnani 12.44 62. Pierdomenico 12.45 63. Gasperoni 12.54 64. Gonzalez P. 13.06 65. Gonzalez G. 13.27 66. Konyshev 13.32 67. Paluan 15.05 68. Casagrande F. 15.37 69. Bortolami 15.55 70. Colombo 16.26 71. Ouslamine 17.54 72. Davidenko 17.58 73. Laurent 18.01 74. Lecchi 18.07 75. Cipollini 18.13 76. Loda 18.26 77. Hernandez 18.29 78. Gili 18.56 79. Crepaldi 18.57 80. Laddomada 19.12 81. Halgand 19.25 82. Brignoli 19.34 83. Citracca 19.43 84. Pumar 19.57 85. Larsen 19.58 86. Ouchakov 87. Hvastija 20.01 88. Dalla Vedova 20.03 89. Frattini C. 20.10 90. Baldato 20.20 91. Fincato 20.33 92. Vatteroni 20.34 93. Brasi 20.36 94. Molinari 20.39 95. Finesso 20.50 96. Tani 20.55 97. Alberati 21.02 98. Cabello 21.17 99. De Paoli 21.18 100. Gualdi 21.25 101. Lietti 21.28 102. Fontanelli 21.37 103. Galletti 21.51 104. Calzavara 21.58 105. Roscioli 23.33 106. Sacchi 23.36 107. Edo 23.40 108. Bettin 24.01 109. Piccoli 24.06 110. Andriotto 24.11 111. Bugno 24.21 112. Leoni 24.23 113. Dotti 24.25 114. Pozzi A. 24.34 115. Scopsi 24.49 116. Lanfranchi 25.02 117. Apollonio 25.10 118. Patuelli 25.15 119. Pozzi O. 25.16 120. Wust 25.22 121. Baronti 25.23 122. Roncancio 25.33 123. Gallorini 25.34 124. Vidal 25.36 125. Missaglia 25.49 126. Mondini 25.55 127. Dalla Costa 26.04 128. Brognara 26.15 129. Lebreton 26.25 130. Manzoni 26.28 131. Giraldi 132. Celestino 26.42 133. Caruso 27.18 134. Chiesa 27.22 135. Casagranda 28.00 136. Moos 28.03 137. Bottaro 28.25 138. Boscardin 28.36 139. Di Silvestro 29.07 140. Traversoni 29.37 141. Werner 31.34 142. Tebaldi 31.39 143. Fornaciari 31.40 144. Cassani 31.42 145. Djavanian 32.04 146. Bramati 32.30 147. Barbagli 33.36 148. Bonetti 33.52 149. Schmidt 33.53 150. Murtas 33.56 151. Spruch 34.04 152. Ferrigato 34.25 153. Radaelli 34.28 154. Peschel 37.31 155. Calcaterra 37.39 156. Pianegonda 37.55 157. Dolci 38.50 158. Contrini 39.11 159. Svorada 45.09 160. Valoti 45.19 161. Magnusson 45.53 162. Santaromita 46.26 163. Zanette 46.28 164. Bontempi 47.08 165. Aggiano 48.04 166. Casagrande S. 167. Balducci 48.11 168. Giacomelli 51.07 169. Cauz 52.04 170. Di Renzo 1.03.36 171. Rossato 1.07.24
Tonkov was content to finish deep in pack of 93 who raced in 16 seconds after Sgambelluri had outpaced his three co-leaders in the final kilometre of the 210 on the sixth stage from Rieti.
Michele Coppolillo, who was third behind fellow Italian Dario Frigo, was the only one in the leading group to improve among the top 10 overall contenders.
He cut his deficit on Tonkov to 1:49, earning time deduction of four seconds for third place plus his finishing advantage over the main field.
However, the day belonged to Sgambelluri, 23, who moved from his home in the Calabrian ``toe.. of Italy six years ago to Treviso in the north to further his racing career.
``There was no chance of racing with team or finding sponsorship in my region so I had to move,.. said Sgambelluri, who left behind two brothers and two sisters to run the family.s undertaking and furniture business.
He attracted professional teams with his 1996 performances when he finished as the number one under-23 racer in the world and won two silver medals in the under-23 road race and individual time trial world championships at Lugano.
Sgambelluri also won the amateur Giro d.Italia, but turned down the opportunity to join the Banesto team of Spain.s Miguel Indurain.
``He is one of my idols, but I preferred to be with good Italian team, Brescialat...
Tonkov and his Mapei team could afford to allow the four escapees some freedom, but the Russian was unconcerned that Coppolillo, fifth overall, was with them.
``It was not possible to lose the leader.s jersey because we were in control, and other riders had ambitions to win, so their advantage was never allowed to become too great,.. he said.
Friday.s stage to Mondragone on the Tyrrhenian coast has the hallmarks of another victory for Mario Cipollini. Already three stages have fallen to his sprint, but he has lost two key workers in his team.
Gian Matteo Fagnini was eliminated on Tuesday for ``dangerous riding,.. and on Thursday Mario Scire crashed out.