After falling two minutes and 23 minutes behind race leader Laurent Jalabert of France following Thursday's sixth stage to Granada, Olano climbed two of Friday's three mountains then stopped.
According to Spanish press reports, he had said on Thursday: ``I was fine in the earlier stages but now I feel very tired. I cannot explain it. I had the same experience in the Tour de France.''
Olano, regarded as Spain's successor to Miguel Indurain, was expected to be a serious challenger for the title because of his time-trialling talent.
He won silver medals in against-the-clock races at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1995 world championships at Duitama, Colombia.
He was tipped to excel in the Vuelta after finishing fourth overall in the Tour de France in July and scoring a time-trial stage victory at Euro Disney in the process.
The 7th stage of la Vuelta'97, between Guadix and Sierra Nevada, first mountain top finish, turned out to be horrible, as shown by the many abandons, amongst them Abraham Olano and the blowing up by the yellow jersey Laurent Jalabert.
The 219.2km stage was won by Frenchman Yvon Ledanois (GAN) in 6:15:06 at an average speed of 35.033 km-Hra. Coming in after him was Swiss Laurent Dufaux (Lotus), who becomes the new overall leader and marking the time for the group containing Zulle, Jiménez & Escartín, while Jalabert came in 8:20 minutes behind.
The stage had a fast start when a group composed ofVicario, Vatteroni, Zanini & Pontier, riders that didn't pose any danger for the overall, took off. At the climb of La Ragua (Cat 1), the escapees had 2 minutes and a half on the pelotón, while Olano started to suffer, along with Jiménez. The break increased their advantage on the descent and brought it up to 4 minutes, over a peloton lead by ONCE riders, although Olano and other riders could not follow. Olano decided to abandon at the feed zone at km 84, since he didn't have any legs, as well as his teammate Rodrigues. Before them 9 riders had already abandoned.
Pontier would be dropped and then Zanini, from the break, while Chente García, who had been in the middle between them and the peloton for a few kms was able to hook up with Vicario & Vatteroni, while at km 75, Jiménez seemed to recuperate and joined the main group. ONCE continued in front, while the breakaway trio built up to a 5 min lead, but their adventure would end by the start of the climb to Sierra Nevada. At the foot of the climb, there would form a group of 30 riders which included most of the first in the overall and Festina imposing a high tempo. Taking advantage of this and with 15km to go Jiménez attacked and was unanswered. Then Ledanois and Heras went after Jimenez, passing him without problems, while the peloton followed with Jalabert, Escartín & company just looking and nobody daring to attack.
It would be with 6km to go that Escartín, with 2 attempts, was able to breakup the group, although he was chased by Dufaux & Zulle, while Jalabert would crack badly. Both Escartín & Dufaux noticed that Jalabert was in trouble and kept up a very high tempo, with Zulle just going for the ride, since he couldn't do anything with Jaja in trouble.
In the end Ledanois didn't have any problems winning the stage by 42 sec over the group of the new overall leader Dufaux, who came in with Escartín, Jiménez & Zulle amongst others. Jalabert paid a high cost for his exhibition of yesterday and came in more than 8 min laters. The 8th stage will be disputed between Granada & Córdoba over 175.8km, mostly flat with the climb of el Mojón (The Turd) a category 3 as the most difficult.
Spaniard Abraham Olano, from Team Banesto, justified his abandonment on the 7th stage by saying that he doesn't know what's wrong and that he feels no strength, while a few days he was tops. "I don't know where this weakness came from. The truth is that it is a hard hit for me and for the team, since I had a lot of illusions for this Vuelta", said Olano. "If I got off the bike, it was because of what happened during the race. If /i would have started the stage thinking that I was going to quit, I wouldn't have started the stage. I thought that I could recuperate, but I had a bad time at the climb of La Ragua. And we you don't have it, you just don't have it and it is not worth forcing things".
"Now", added Olano, "the main thing is to discover what is the problem and recuperate my morale and motivation for other objectives". He also said that he didn't think that it was a problem of bad planning. " I think that the preparation for this season has been corect and what has happened now is an isolated incident which doesn't take anything away from the good season that we are having".
1. LEDANOIS, Yvon FRA GAN 6.15.06 (12 sec bonus) 2. DUFAUX, Laurent SUI LOTUS 0.42 (8 sec bonus) 3. ZÜLLE, Alex SUI ONCE 0.42 (4 sec bonus) 4. JIMENEZ,José María ESP BANESTO 0.42 5. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 0.42 6. MOLLER, Claus M. DEN ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 0.47 7. LUTTENBERGER,Peter AUT RABOBANK 0.51 8. ZAINA, Enrico ITA ASICS - CGA 0.51 9. DE LAS CUEVAS, A. FRA BANESTO 1.00 10. BORDENAVE,Philippe FRA CASINO 1.03 11. SERRANO, Marcos A. ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 1.03 12. CLAVERO, Daniel ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 1.03 13. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 1.21 14. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 1.38 15. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN TVM 1.43 16. LANFRANCHI, Paolo ITA MAPEI - GB 1.43 17. SERPELLINI, Marco ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 2.20 18. JEKER, Fabian SUI LOTUS 2.32 19. GARCIA CASAS,Félix ESP LOTUS 2.32 20. G. GALDEANO, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 2.54 21. HERAS, Roberto ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 3.14 22. PIEPOLI, Leonardo ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 3.53 23. FONDRIEST,Maurizio ITA COFIDIS 4.06 24. TEYSSIER, Franc. FRA GAN 5.09 25. FARESIN, Gianni ITA MAPEI - GB 5.18 26. COLAGE, Stefano ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 5.22 27. CHIAPPUCCI,Claudio ITA ASICS - CGA 5.22 28. ROMINGER, Tony SUI COFIDIS 5.22 29. CEREZO, Francisco ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 5.22 30. MAURI, Melcior ESP ONCE 5.22 31. GARCIA, David ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 5.22 32. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 5.22 33. URIA, José Manuel ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 5.40 34. VASSEUR, Cédric FRA GAN 5.45 35. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 5.48 36. RICO, Efrain COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 5.48 37. GONZALEZ, Arsenio ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 5.54 38. CONTRERAS, Carlos COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 6.04 39. DOMINGUEZ,J.Carlos ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 6.49 40. AJURIA, Ibon ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 7.27 41. PALACIO, Hector COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 7.36 42. AGUIRRE, Julio C. COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 8.04 43. CASTELBLANCO, José COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 8.04 44. JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONCE 8.21 45. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM 8.52 46. GENTILI, M. ITA CANTINA TOLLO 9.24 47. ZARRABEITIA, Mikel ESP ONCE 9.30 48. STEPHENS, A. Neil AUS LOTUS 9.43 49. HERNANDEZ, Jairo COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 9.43 50. HERVE, Pascal FRA LOTUS 10.55 51. PLAZA, David ESP COFIDIS 10.55 52. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP BANESTO 10.55 53. MORATILLA, Victor ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 10.55 54. MUÑOZ, Fedérico COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 10.55 55. THIBOUT, Bruno FRA COFIDIS 11.44 56. LOPEZ URIARTE, O. ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 11.59 57. BROCHARD, Laurent FRA LOTUS 12.42 58. JONKER, Patrick NED RABOBANK 13.09 59. INDURAIN,Prudencio ESP BANESTO 13.31 60. RAMIREZ,Juan Diego COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 14.51 61. OSORIO, Carlos COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 14.59 62. ZINTCHENKO, Andrei RUS ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 14.59 63. AIARZAGUENA, Iñaki ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 15.19 64. PETILLEAU,Stéphane FRA TVM 15.29 65. NOE, Andrea ITA ASICS - CGA 19.26 66. BETTIN, Mauro ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 19.26 67. BESSY, Frédéric FRA CASINO 19.26 68. GELFI, Luca ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 19.26 69. NARDELLO, Daniele ITA MAPEI - GB 19.26 70. MICELI, Nicola ITA AKI - SAFI 19.26 71. RODRIGUEZ, José ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 19.26 72. SGAMBELLURI, R. ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 19.26 73. LEANIZBARRUTIA, A. ESP ONCE 19.26 74. MAULEON, F. Javier ESP ONCE 19.26 75. OSA, Aitor ESP BANESTO 19.26 76. CUESTA, Iñigo ESP ONCE 19.26 77. TRONCA, Amilcare ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 19.26 78. EDO, Angel ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 19.26 79. SALVATO, Cristian ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 19.26 80. MILESI, Marco ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 19.26 81. RAMACCIOTTI,Nicola ITA CANTINA TOLLO 20.53 82. VATTERONI, Andrea ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 21.03 83. GONTCHAR, Serguei UKR AKI - SAFI 24.54 84. VICARIO, Juan C. ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 26.15 85. FERRARI, Diego ITA ASICS - CGA 26.15 86. WUST, Marcel GER LOTUS 28.36 87. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS US POSTAL SERVICE 28.36 88. PICCOLI, Mariano ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 28.36 89. ROSCIOLI, Fabio ITA ASICS - CGA 28.36 90. MOREAU, Francis FRA COFIDIS 28.36 91. HVASTIJA, Martin SLO CANTINA TOLLO 28.36 92. JARQUE, José F. ESP MAIA - CIN 28.36 93. LIETTI, Marco ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 28.36 94. BALLERINI, Franco ITA MAPEI - GB 28.36 95. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN TVM 28.36 96. BUGNO, Gianni ITA MAPEI - GB 28.36 97. BAKER, Darren USA US POSTAL SERVICE 28.36 98. TONKOV, Pavel RUS MAPEI - GB 28.36 99. PALUAN, Andrea ITA CANTINA TOLLO 28.36 100. DIAZ ZABALA, H. ESP ONCE 28.36 101. ANDRADE, Joaquim POR MAIA - CIN 28.36 102. WERNER, Jürgen GER REFIN - MOBILVETTA 28.36 103. DI BASCO, Alessio ITA SAECO 28.36 104. CONTE, Biagio ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 28.36 105. RUE, Gérard FRA GAN 28.36 106. VAN BON, Leon NED RABOBANK 28.36 107. BOTERO, Santiago COL KELME - COSTA BLANCA 28.36 108. ROUS, Didier FRA LOTUS 28.36 109. KNAVEN, Servais NED TVM 28.36 110. AZEVEDO, José POR MAIA - CIN 28.36 111. JONASSON, Danny DEN RABOBANK 28.36 112. FURLAN, Giorgio ITA SAECO 28.36 113. RADAELLI, Mauro ITA AKI - SAFI 28.36 114. VAN HEESWIJK, Max NED RABOBANK 28.36 115. OUSLAMINE, Sergei RUS REFIN - MOBILVETTA 28.36 116. GARMENDIA, Aitor ESP ONCE 28.36 117. CASAROTTO, Davide ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 28.36 118. SCIREA, Mario ITA SAECO 28.36 119. TEBALDI, Valerio ITA LOTUS 28.36 120. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 28.36 121. GARCIA ACOSTA, J. ESP BANESTO 28.36 122. SVORADA, Jan CZE MAPEI - GB 28.36 123. FRIZZO, Maurizio ITA CANTINA TOLLO 28.36 124. SCHIAVINA, Samuele ITA ASICS - CGA 28.36 125. CALCATERRA, G. ITA SAECO 28.36 126. GORINI, Gianluca ITA AKI - SAFI 28.36 127. VIERHOUTEN, Aart NED RABOBANK 28.36 128. CAMIN, Claudio ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 28.36 129. VOSKAMP, Bart NED TVM 28.36 130. APOLLONIO, Massimo ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 28.36 131. NELISSEN, Danny NED RABOBANK 28.36 132. SALMERON, Gines ESP SAECO 28.36 133. DALLA COSTA, Oscar ITA AKI - SAFI 28.36 134. AGGIANO, Elio ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 28.36 135. SANCHEZ, José Luis ESP MAIA - CIN 28.36 136. BARTHE, Stéphane FRA CASINO 28.36 137. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI - GB 28.36 138. CANZONIERI, Angelo ITA SAECO 28.36 139. SIMEONI, Filippo ITA ASICS - CGA 28.36 140. SOLAUN, César ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 28.36 141. PONTIER, Frédéric FRA CASINO 28.36 142. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 28.36 143. ZANETTI, Mauro ITA AKI - SAFI 28.36 144. LUPEIKIS, Remigius LTU US POSTAL SERVICE 29.16 145. TEUTENBERG, Sven GER US POSTAL SERVICE 29.16 146. GRAGUS, Eddy USA US POSTAL SERVICE 31.54 147. GUIDI, Fabrizio ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 32.19 148. MOERENHOUT, Koos NED RABOBANK 37.11 149. DI RENZO, Marco A. ITA CANTINA TOLLO 38.41 150. CEMBALI, Stefano ITA CANTINA TOLLO 39.56 151. PIERI, Dario ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 40.07 152. SILVA, Joao POR MAIA - CIN 40.11 153. SAMPAIO, Joaquim POR MAIA - CIN 40.11 154. RAIMONDI,Giancarlo ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 40.22
1. DUFAUX, Laurent SUI LOTUS 34.04.30 2. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 0.13 3. ZÜLLE, Alex SUI ONCE 0.14 4. LEDANOIS, Yvon FRA GAN 1.21 5. MOLLER, Claus M. DEN ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 2.16 6. ZAINA, Enrico ITA ASICS - CGA 2.24 7. LUTTENBERGER,Peter AUT RABOBANK 2.24 8. DE LAS CUEVAS, A. FRA BANESTO 2.33 9. SERRANO, Marcos A. ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 2.36 10. CLAVERO, Daniel ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 2.36 11. BORDENAVE,Philippe FRA CASINO 2.36 12. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN TVM 3.16 13. GARCIA CASAS,Félix ESP LOTUS 4.05 14. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 4.27 15. G. GALDEANO, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 4.27 16. LANFRANCHI, Paolo ITA MAPEI - GB 4.32 17. HERAS, Roberto ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 4.47 18. JEKER, Fabian SUI LOTUS 5.38 19. SERPELLINI, Marco ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 6.40 20. CHIAPPUCCI,Claudio ITA ASICS - CGA 6.45 21. CEREZO, Francisco ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 6.51 22. FARESIN, Gianni ITA MAPEI - GB 6.51 23. MAURI, Melcior ESP ONCE 6.55 24. GARCIA, David ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 6.55 25. ROMINGER, Tony SUI COFIDIS 6.55 26. PIEPOLI, Leonardo ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 6.59 27. FONDRIEST,Maurizio ITA COFIDIS 7.12 28. URIA, José Manuel ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 7.26 29. JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONCE 7.31 30. CONTRERAS, Carlos COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 7.37 31. TEYSSIER, Franc. FRA GAN 7.58 32. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 8.54 33. AJURIA, Ibon ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 9.00 34. DOMINGUEZ,J.Carlos ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 9.55 35. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM 10.25 36. AGUIRRE, Julio C. COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 10.53 37. ZARRABEITIA, Mikel ESP ONCE 11.03 38. CASTELBLANCO, José COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 11.10 39. GENTILI, M. ITA CANTINA TOLLO 12.30 40. HERNANDEZ, Jairo COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 12.32 41. PALACIO, Hector COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 12.35 42. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP BANESTO 14.01 43. HERVE, Pascal FRA LOTUS 14.01 44. JIMENEZ,José María ESP BANESTO 14.24 45. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 15.05 46. PLAZA, David ESP COFIDIS 15.17 47. BROCHARD, Laurent FRA LOTUS 15.46 48. JONKER, Patrick NED RABOBANK 16.15 49. LOPEZ URIARTE, O. ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 16.21 50. INDURAIN,Prudencio ESP BANESTO 16.37 51. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 17.00 52. STEPHENS, A. Neil AUS LOTUS 17.22 53. GONZALEZ, Arsenio ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 17.47 54. AIARZAGUENA, Iñaki ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 18.25 55. RAMIREZ,Juan Diego COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 18.42 56. VASSEUR, Cédric FRA GAN 20.47 57. MUÑOZ, Fedérico COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 20.50 58. MORATILLA, Victor ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 20.50 59. COLAGE, Stefano ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 21.05 60. THIBOUT, Bruno FRA COFIDIS 21.39 61. MAULEON, F. Javier ESP ONCE 23.09 62. TRONCA, Amilcare ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 23.48 63. BETTIN, Mauro ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 24.43 64. SALVATO, Cristian ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 26.01 65. LEANIZBARRUTIA, A. ESP ONCE 27.58 66. RICO, Efrain COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 28.27 67. BESSY, Frédéric FRA CASINO 29.39 68. TONKOV, Pavel RUS MAPEI - GB 30.09 69. ROUS, Didier FRA LOTUS 30.09 70. ZINTCHENKO, Andrei RUS ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 30.26 71. NOE, Andrea ITA ASICS - CGA 31.19 72. RODRIGUEZ, José ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 31.19 73. CUESTA, Iñigo ESP ONCE 31.19 74. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 31.29 75. GONTCHAR, Serguei UKR AKI - SAFI 31.32 76. NARDELLO, Daniele ITA MAPEI - GB 32.35 77. MICELI, Nicola ITA AKI - SAFI 32.35 78. MILESI, Marco ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 32.41 79. DI BASCO, Alessio ITA SAECO 32.58 80. GELFI, Luca ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 33.12 81. OSORIO, Carlos COL FLAVIA - TELECOM 33.21 82. CANZONIERI, Angelo ITA SAECO 33.51 83. SIMEONI, Filippo ITA ASICS - CGA 34.11 84. PICCOLI, Mariano ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 35.14 85. BAKER, Darren USA US POSTAL SERVICE 38.31 86. ZANETTI, Mauro ITA AKI - SAFI 38.41 87. OSA, Aitor ESP BANESTO 39.18 88. VICARIO, Juan C. ESP ESTEPONA - TOSCAF 39.28 89. TEBALDI, Valerio ITA LOTUS 39.57 90. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN TVM 40.06 91. GORINI, Gianluca ITA AKI - SAFI 40.29 92. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS US POSTAL SERVICE 40.29 93. WUST, Marcel GER LOTUS 41.07 94. VAN BON, Leon NED RABOBANK 41.44 95. VAN HEESWIJK, Max NED RABOBANK 41.45 96. VIERHOUTEN, Aart NED RABOBANK 41.45 97. JARQUE, José F. ESP MAIA - CIN 41.45 98. RUE, Gérard FRA GAN 42.22 99. DIAZ ZABALA, H. ESP ONCE 42.23 100. PETILLEAU,Stéphane FRA TVM 42.33 101. GARCIA ACOSTA, J. ESP BANESTO 43.16 102. EDO, Angel ESP KELME - COSTA BLANCA 43.57 103. ANDRADE, Joaquim POR MAIA - CIN 44.03 104. SANCHEZ, José Luis ESP MAIA - CIN 44.03 105. SALMERON, Gines ESP SAECO 44.03 106. BOTERO, Santiago COL KELME - COSTA BLANCA 45.01 107. GARMENDIA, Aitor ESP ONCE 45.05 108. FURLAN, Giorgio ITA SAECO 45.05 109. CAMIN, Claudio ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 45.06 110. SGAMBELLURI, R. ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 45.10 111. BARTHE, Stéphane FRA CASINO 45.14 112. BALLERINI, Franco ITA MAPEI - GB 45.14 113. RADAELLI, Mauro ITA AKI - SAFI 46.12 114. ROSCIOLI, Fabio ITA ASICS - CGA 46.19 115. DALLA COSTA, Oscar ITA AKI - SAFI 46.21 116. PALUAN, Andrea ITA CANTINA TOLLO 46.21 117. BUGNO, Gianni ITA MAPEI - GB 46.58 118. WERNER, Jürgen GER REFIN - MOBILVETTA 47.08 119. LIETTI, Marco ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 47.08 120. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI - GB 48.15 121. GUIDI, Fabrizio ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 48.28 122. CASAROTTO, Davide ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 48.29 123. FERRARI, Diego ITA ASICS - CGA 50.38 124. TEUTENBERG, Sven GER US POSTAL SERVICE 51.06 125. SCHIAVINA, Samuele ITA ASICS - CGA 51.42 126. AZEVEDO, José POR MAIA - CIN 52.02 127. SCIREA, Mario ITA SAECO 53.47 128. RAMACCIOTTI,Nicola ITA CANTINA TOLLO 53.52 129. JONASSON, Danny DEN RABOBANK 54.18 130. OUSLAMINE, Sergei RUS REFIN - MOBILVETTA 55.16 131. MOERENHOUT, Koos NED RABOBANK 55.33 132. SOLAUN, César ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 55.56 133. VOSKAMP, Bart NED TVM 57.53 134. VATTERONI, Andrea ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 58.33 135. APOLLONIO, Massimo ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 58.38 136. MOREAU, Francis FRA COFIDIS 59.07 137. KNAVEN, Servais NED TVM 59.09 138. CALCATERRA, G. ITA SAECO 1.00.20 139. PONTIER, Frédéric FRA CASINO 1.01.04 140. NELISSEN, Danny NED RABOBANK 1.02.27 141. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 1.03.32 142. RAIMONDI,Giancarlo ITA BRESCIALAT - OYSTER 1.04.46 143. SAMPAIO, Joaquim POR MAIA - CIN 1.05.23 144. HVASTIJA, Martin SLO CANTINA TOLLO 1.06.57 145. GRAGUS, Eddy USA US POSTAL SERVICE 1.08.15 146. AGGIANO, Elio ITA REFIN - MOBILVETTA 1.09.37 147. FRIZZO, Maurizio ITA CANTINA TOLLO 1.10.37 148. PIERI, Dario ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 1.10.57 149. LUPEIKIS, Remigius LTU US POSTAL SERVICE 1.18.07 150. SVORADA, Jan CZE MAPEI - GB 1.19.32 151. SILVA, Joao POR MAIA - CIN 1.22.36 152. DI RENZO, Marco A. ITA CANTINA TOLLO 1.24.21 153. CEMBALI, Stefano ITA CANTINA TOLLO 1.29.52 154. CONTE, Biagio ITA SCRIGNO - GAERNE 1.30.55