GP Gippingen - Switzerland

GP Gippingen (Cat. 1.1) 196 km:

 1. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Scrigno       4.43.38 (41,461 km/h)
 2. Abraham Olano (Spa) Mapei-GB          s.t.
 3. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom             s.t.
 4. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Saeco       + 0.22
 5. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Polti    s.t.
 6. Andrej Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto
 7. Vjatjeslav Djavanian (Rus) Roslotto-ZG
 8. Alberto Volpi (Ita) Gewiss
 9. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno
10. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Mapei-GB
11. Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-GB
12. Alexander Chefer (Kaz) Scrigno
13. Francois Simon (Fra) Gan
14. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom
15. Angelo Lecchi (Ita) MG-Technogym
16. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Carrera
17. Pascal Richard (Sch) MG-Technogym
18. Vasili Davidenko (Rus) Roslotto-ZG
19. Stefano Checchin (Ita) Carrera
20. Alexander Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto-ZG     all s.t.

Race Report

Run on a hilly circuit of 19.6km covered 10 times, the GP de Gippingen attracted most of those due to start the Tour de Romandie the next day. A long early break by Petito, Ugrumov and Vatteroni was initially joined by Chiappucci and then by the rest of the peloton. Ten kilometres from the finish on a slight descent Riis, Olano and Guidi broke free. Guidi sprinted clear 300m from the line.