1. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 5.15.40 2. Mirko Rossato (Ita) Scrigno 3. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Aki 4. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Amore Vita 5. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone 6. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Roslotto 7. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat 8. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Refin 9. Jurgen Werner (Ger) Refin 10. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Maglificio 11. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina 12. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti 13. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme 14. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 15. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Roslotto 16. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics 17. Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina 18. Mauro Bettin (Ita) Refin 19. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 20. Manuel Scopsi (Ita) Ros Mary all s.t. 21. Cipollini 22. Brasi 23. Piccoli 24. Tebaldi 25. Apollonio 26. Leblanc 27. Merckx 28. Savoldelli 29. Molinari 30. Lecchi 31. Crepaldi 32. Coppolillo 33. Missaglia 34. Tonkov 35. Bettini 36. Zaina 37. Chiesa 38. Noh 39. Pulnikov 40. Casagranda 41. Gotti 42. Piepoli 43. Velo 44. Pantani 45. Guerini 46. Vergnani 47. Garzelli 48. Miceli 49. Simoni 50. Garcia Casas 51. Berzin 52. Petito 53. Jeker 54. Baronti 55. Faresin 56. Ugrumov 57. Fincato 58. Serrano 59. Gentili 60. Frigo 61. Rubiera 62. Hernandez 63. Ouchakov 64. Shefer 65. Gili 66. Di Grande 67. Puttini 68. Mazzanti 69. Frattini Francesco 70. Lanfranchi 71. Spruch 72. Volpi 73. Gonzalez Gutierrez 74. Cenghialta 75. Bobrik 76. Lietti 77. Brignoli 78. Celestino 79. Patuelli 80. Pistore 81. Buenahora 82. Forconi 83. Vidal 84. Moretti 85. Calzavara 86. Bontempi 87. Gontchar 88. De Paoli 89. Steinhauser 90. Sgambelluri 91. Vatteroni 92. Zanette 93. Gonzalo 94. Lozano 95. Loda 96. Laurent 97. Padrnos 98. Secchiari 99. Pozzi Alessandro 100. Simeoni 101. Pellicioli 102. Donati 103. Finesso 104. Tani 105. Paluan 106. Santaromita 107. Ouslamine 108. Andriotto 109. Mondini 110. Pianegonda 111. Laddomada 112. Belli 113. Pumar 114. Galletti 115. Bramati 116. Spezialetti 117. Siboni 118. Pozzi Oscar 119. Bortolami 120. Conti 121. Podenzana 122. Cabello 123. Gallorini 124. Colombo 125. Poser 126. Barbero 127. Dalla Costa 27 128. Brognara 129. Caruso 130. Meier 32 131. Larsen 132. Barbagli 41 133. Della Vedova 134. Dolci 135. Di Silvestro 136. Casagrande Stefano 137. Bonetti 138. Bugno 139. Alberati 140. Konyshev 141. Roncancio 142. Gasperoni 143. Lebreton 144. Dominguez 145. Casagrande Filippo 146. Boscardin 48 147. Fornaciari 58 148. Davidenko 1.27 149. Giraldi 150. Gonzalez Pico 151. Djavanian 1.34 152. Fontanelli 1.50 153. Murtas 2.15 154. Frattini Cristiano 2.18 155. Bottaro 156. Cauz 157. Dotti 158. Schmidt 159. Aggiano 160. Moos 161. Peschel 162. Calcaterra 163. Giacomelli 6.26 164. Di Renzo 9.05 165. Citracca 10.56". Registered: 180. Started: 169 (two riders didn't start: Faustini & Valoti). Finished: 165. (4 riders retired: Svorada, Radaelli, Ferrigato & Halgand).
1. Pavel Tonkov (Russia) Mapei 28.58.42 2. Luc Leblanc (France) Polti 0.41 3. Ivan Gotti (Italy) Saeco 1:07 4. Roberto Petito (Italy) Saeco 1:13 5. Marco Pantani (Italy) Mercatone Uno 1:31 6. Andrea Noe (Italy) Asics 1:43 7. Michele Coppolillo (Italy) Maglificio MG 1:49 8. Paolo Savoldelli (Italy) Roslotto 2:40 9. Leonardo Piepoli (Italy) Ceramiche Refin 2:49 10. Alexandre Shefer (Kazakhstan) Asics 3:05 11. Gilberto Simoni (Italy) Maglificio MG 3:14 12. Nicola Miceli (Italy) AKI 3:50 13. Giuseppe Guerini (Italy) Polti 3:58 14. Piotr Ugrumov (Russia) Roslotto 3:59 15. Enrico Zaina (Italy) Asics 4:01 16. Giuseppe Di Grande (Italy) Mapei 4:02 17. Wladimir Belli (Italy) Brescialat 4:39 18. Filippo Simeoni (Italy) Asics 5:01 19. Massimo Donati (Italy) Saeco 5:08 20. Axel Merckx (Belgium) Polti 5:09 21. Velo 5.10 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. Pistore 7.18 38. Forconi 7.45 39. Podenzana 8.26 40. Volpi 8.38 41. Frattini F. 8.41 42. Steinhauser 8.54 43. Secchiari 9.10 44. Bobrik 9.24 45. Jeker 9.37 46. Puttini 9.38 47. Pellicioli 9.44 48. Moretti 9.50 49. Bettini 9.51 50. Lozano 10.29 51. Gonzalo 10.30 52. Cenghialta 10.42 53. Padrnos 10.54 54. Spezialetti 11.50 55. Siboni 11.53 56. Sivakov 11.54 57. Mazzanti 11.59 58. Meier 12.39 59. Vergnani 12.44 60. Pierdomenico 12.45 61. Dominguez 12.48 62. Gonzalez G. 13.27 63. Gasperoni 13.35 64. Konyshev 14.07 65. Gonzalez P. 14.43 66. Paluan 15.05 67. Bortolami 15.55 68. Casagrande Fil. 16.18 69. Colombo 16.26 70. Ouslamine 17.54 71. Laurent 18.01 72. Lecchi 18.07 73. Cipollini 18.13 74. Loda 18.26 75. Hernandez 18.29 76. Gili 18.56 77. Crepaldi 18.57 78. Laddomada 19.12 79. Davidenko 19.25 80. Brignoli 19.34 81. Pumar 19.57 82. Ouchakov 19.58 83. Hvastija 20.01 84. Baldato 20.20 85. Larsen 20.30 86. Fincato 20.33 87. Vatteroni 20.34 88. Brasi 20.36 89. Molinari 20.39 90. Della Vedova 20.44 91. Finesso 20.50 92. Tani 20.55 93. Cabello 21.17 94. De Paoli 21.18 95. Gualdi 21.25 96. Lietti 21.28 97. Alberati 21.43 98. Galletti 21.51 99. Calzavara 21.58 100. Frattini C. 22.28 101. Fontanelli 23.27 102. Roscioli 23.33 103. Sacchi 23.36 104. Edo 23.40 105. Bettin 24.01 106. Piccoli 24.06 107. Andriotto 24.11 108. Leoni 24.19 109. Pozzi A. 24.34 110. Scopsi 24.49 111. Lanfranchi 25.02 112. Bugno 113. Apollonio 25.10 114. Wust 115. Patuelli 25.15 116. Pozzi O. 25.16 117. Baronti 25.23 118. Gallorini 25.34 119. Vidal 25.36 120. Missaglia 25.49 121. Mondini 25.55 122. Roncancio 26.14 123. Manzoni 26.28 124. Dalla Costa 26.31 125. Brognara 26.42 126. Celestino 127. Dotti 26.53 128. Lebreton 27.06 129. Chiesa 27.22 130. Caruso 27.45 131. Giraldi 27.55 132. Casagranda 28. 133. Boscardin 29.24 134. Traversoni 29.37 135. Di Silvestro 29.48 136. Moos 30.21 137. Citracca 30.39 138. Bottaro 30.43 139. Werner 31.34 140. Tebaldi 31.39 141. Cassani 31.42 142. Bramati 32.30 143. Fornaciari 32.38 144. Djavanian 33.38 145. Spruch 34.04 146. Barbagli 34.17 147. Bonetti 34.33 148. Murtas 36.11 149. Schmidt 150. Pianegonda 37.55 151. Contrini 39.11 152. Dolci 39.31 153. Peschel 39.49 154. Calcaterra 39.57 155. Magnusson 45.53 156. Santaromita 46.26 157. Zanette 46.28 158. Bontempi 47.08 159. Balducci 48.11 160. Casagrande S. 48.45 161. Aggiano 50.22 162. Cauz 54.22 163. Giacomelli 57.33 164. Rossato 1.07.16 165. Di Renzo 1.12.41
The Italian sprinter, odds on for his fourth victory in seven days, stopped pedalling in the last 300 metres of the 210-km stage and free-wheeled over the line amid the dust from the winning wheels of German Marcel Wust.
With Giro leader Pavel Tonkov and his rivals among the 126 riders who finished en masse, there was no movement in the overall standings.
The flat-out finish along the beach road of this Tyrrhenian holiday town was made for a Cipollini blast, and throughout the final lap on the 5.4 kms finishing circuit he was lurking near the front of the strung-out field.
Then, as the milling bunch sprinted for the line, the Tuscan surrendered, sat up and watched as they sped past, with Wust edging out Italians Mirko Rossato and Endrio Leoni.
``I do not wish to compete when I know that I am beaten,'' said Cipollini, who has held the mauve jersey of most consistent finisher since the Giro began a week ago.
``He did not win because he has lost two important team mates,'' said Wust, referring to Gian Matteo Fagnini (eliminated on Tuesday) and Thursday's crash victim Mario Scirea.
``He usually succeeds because he has such a good team to help pace him into a winning position. It was a great win for me because I rate Cipollini among the world's three best sprinters.''
Wust had three stage successes in the 1995 Vuelta a Espana, but this was his first Giro victory.
He crashed out of the Giro last year when it started in Greece, and did not reach France in the 1992 Tour de France. He broke his collarbone in the opening stage at San Sebastian.
With an undulating 203 kms route on Saturday's eighth stage to Cava de Tirreni, near Salerno, Tonkov and his team are ready for challenges to his five-day hold on the overall leader's pink jersey.
``I anticipate many will attack. We must try to control the race but I do not want my team to get too tired,'' he said, particularly mindful of the final week in the Dolomites.