42nd Giro Friuli Venezia Giulia - 2.6

Italy, June 4-8, 2003

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Stage 3 - June 6: Campoformido-Lignano Sabbiadoro, 145 km

Australian Team Report

By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 manager

Today's stage of the Giro Friuli was on from the start with a break of 35 riders going in the early stages. Peter Dawson was in the group, which split and reformed after the major climb of the day at the 60km mark. Unfortunately, when a group of 15 went away from this group, Peter missed it and was left to fight for minor placings.

Race leader, Ruslan Pidgornyy, also missed it but managed to hold his lead narrowly. Dave McPartland was also in this group but crashed in a big pile up with about 40km to go. He was relatively unhurt but lost a lot of time. The stage was won by Giairo Ermeti from Vellutex.

Results

1 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Palazzago Caneva           3.22.12 (44.510 km/h)
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Faresin Modal          
3 Guido Balbis (Ita) Team Olio Vezza             
4 Manuele Mori (Ita) Grassi Vannucci             
5 Paolo Praturlon (Ita) Permac Brisot            
6 Martin Riska (Svk) Slovakia
7 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Ima Morro Brugnotto  
8 Alessandro Cassolato (Ita) Coppi Gazzera       
9 Nicola Peccolo (Ita) Bici Team San Donà        
10 Stefano Boggia (Ita) Team Olio Vezza          
...
27 Peter Dawson (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia       1.00
81 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia 10.42
116 Lee Godfrey (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia      
118 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) San Dona               
124 Brendan Cato (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia     
125 Dave McPartland (Aus) Bibanese               
 
General classification after stage 3

1 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Marchiol Famila          7.56.53 (40.976 km/h)
2 Stefano Boggia (Ita) Team Olio Vezza               0.01
3 David George (RSA) Barloworld                      0.06
4 Manuele Mori (Ita) Grassi Vannucci                 0.08
5 Guido Balbis (Ita) Team Olio Vezza                 0.11
6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Faresin Modal              0.33
7 Giacomo Cariulo (Ita) Grassi Vannucci              0.53
8 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld                          1.09
9 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) L'Edile                   1.17
10 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Ima Morro Brugnotto     1.21
...
32 Dave McPartland (Aus) Bibanese                   11.52
39 Peter Dawson (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia      15.15
65 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) San Dona                    23.31
72 Lee Godfrey (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia       25.11
111 Brendan Cato (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia     33.31
112 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia33.33

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