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5th Giro della Provincia di Lucca - 2.3
Italy, September 30-October 3, 2003
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Stage 3 - October 2: Pescia - Capannori, 200 km
Caucchioli solo; Freire keeps lead
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Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) managed to break Oscar Freire's winning streak in the Giro di Lucca by soloing to victory in the third stage. Caucchioli attacked the leading peloton with 2 km to go and resisted all attempts to chase him, eventually finishing with a 4 second gap to Gerrit Glomser (Saeco) and Michele Bartoli (Fassa Bortolo). Freire finished 8th in the stage and kept the leader's blue jersey.
The longest stage of the Giro di Lucca took place between Pescia and Capannori over 200 km, incorporating a 28.5 km circuit to be completed three times at the end of the stage. The toughest part of the circuit was the climb of Valgiano, located 12 km from the finish line. Only one rider (Paolo Bossoni) didn't start.
After 8 kilometres, Thomas Brozyna (CCC Polsat) attacked alone, being joined by compatriot Marek Wesoly (Amore e Vita) 7 km later. The peloton didn't react and the pair quickly reached a lead of 11'30 after 60 kilometres. 20 kilometres later, the advantage had been reduced to 8'35 and at the halfway point, Brozyna had dropped Wesoly and was alone in front with a 6'42 lead.
When Brozyna reached the finish line with three laps to go, he was just 2'45 ahead of Wesoly and a group of 10 counter attackers: Caucchioli, Giordani, Gobbi, Cioni, Missaglia, Avdyeyev, Bernucci, den Bakker, Glomser and Peron. The peloton, led by Rabobank, was at 3'20. Brozyna was caught on the first lap by the group of 10, but didn't last long and went back to the peloton. The leaders managed to build their advantage to 2'35 over the bunch at the foot of the Valgiano climb, and kept this to the end of the first lap.
On lap 2, Rabobank picked up the tempo and reduced the lead to 1'05 at the top of Valgiano, but at the bottom of the climb a group of 22 riders - including Freire and Casagrande - broke clear of the peloton in pursuit of the 10 leaders. At the end of the lap the gap was 54 seconds with just one more 28.5 km lap to go.
On the final circuit, Freire's chasing group grew to 45 riders with 20 km to go, with the iBanesto riders particularly active. On the last climb of Valgiano, the leading group disintegrated, while Casagrande tried to get away from Freire's chasing group. Casagrande was caught on the descent by Freire along with Bartoli, Jose Ivan Gutierrez, Yaroslav Popovych, Andrea Noè, Pietro Caucchioli, Massimo Giunti, Leonardo Giordani, Paolo Lanfranchi, Gerrit Glomser, Frank Schleck and Serguei Gontchar.
Popovych attacked with 5 km to go, but the attempt failed. Caucchioli saw his chance with 2 km to go and broke clear, holding off Freire's group (with Freire doing most of the chasing) to claim the victory and move to second overall.
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) wins the third stage of the Giro di Lucca
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) has plenty of time to celebrate as he wins stage 3
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) celebrates his victory
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) looks happy with himself after his win
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) on the podium after his stage win
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) crosses the line in 8th place, but holds his lead after stage 3
Results
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 4.59.43 (40.03 km/h) 2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 0.04 3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 6 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 9 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 10 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 11 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta 0.25 15 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 16 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 17 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 18 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 20 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 21 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 22 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 23 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 24 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 25 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 28 Sergiy Avdyeyez (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.25 29 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC Polsat 30 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 31 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC Polsat 33 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 34 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 35 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 36 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 38 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 39 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 40 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 42 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 4.53 43 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 44 Matteo Cappe' (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 45 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com 46 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 47 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 9.22 48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 49 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 50 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 51 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 52 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 53 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 54 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 11.06 55 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 56 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC Polsat 57 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 58 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 59 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 60 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 61 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 Davis Mcpartland (Aus) Tenax 63 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC Polsat 64 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 65 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 66 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 67 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 68 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 69 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 70 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonica (Bra) Lampre 14.38 71 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 72 Diego Caccia (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 73 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 74 Tom Sutahm (GBr) Amore & Vita Beretta 75 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 76 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 77 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 78 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) iBanesto.com 79 Giuliano Sulpizi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 80 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 81 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 82 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 18.08 83 Roberto Arroyo (Spa) Team CSC 84 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 85 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 86 Markus Knopfle (Ger) Tenax 87 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 88 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 89 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 90 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 91 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta 92 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 93 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 94 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 95 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 96 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta 97 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 98 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 99 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval DNF Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio DNF Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio DNF Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio DNF Marek Wesoly (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta DNF Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC Polsat DNF Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC Polsat DNF Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC Polsat DNF Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC Polsat DNF Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo DNF Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack DNF Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack DNF Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. DNF Marco Villa (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. DNF Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre DNF Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre DNF Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' DNF Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval DNS Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval Points 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 15 pts 2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 13 3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 5 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 8 6 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5 9 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 4 10 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 3 11 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 12 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 1 Teams 1 Saeco 15.00.03 2 Domina Vacanze - Elitron 3 Ceramiche Panaria - Fiordo 4 Fassa Bortolo 2.00 5 Lampre 4.00 6 iBanesto.com 4.28 7 Rabobank 8 Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4.49 9 Alessio 8.32 10 De Nardi - Colpack 8.36 11 Team CSC 10.41 12 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 10.57 13 Amore & Vita Beretta 14.34 14 CCC Polsat 15.02 15 Tenax 17.30 16 Form. Pinzolo - Ciarrocchi Imm. 17 Vini Caldirola - Saunier Duval 18.34 General classification after stage 3 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 13.58.55 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 0.08 3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.14 4 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.22 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 8 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 9 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 10 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.26 11 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 12 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.39 13 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta 0.43 14 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 15 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 16 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 17 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 18 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 0.44 19 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.47 20 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 0.51 21 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.55 22 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 23 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 1.09 24 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.25 25 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.56 26 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 2.47 27 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC Polsat 2.51 28 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 29 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 30 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 2.59 31 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 3.03 32 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.23 33 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.11 34 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 9.40 35 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.48 36 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 9.52 37 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 9.56 38 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC Polsat 11.28 40 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.56 41 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 13.44 42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15.16 43 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 15.17 44 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 15.30 45 Tom Sutahm (GBr) Amore & Vita Beretta 15.53 46 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 17.30 47 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC Polsat 48 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 49 Sergiy Avdyeyez (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17.33 51 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 17.38 52 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 18.26 53 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 18.30 54 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 20.06 55 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 56 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 57 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23.06 58 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 24.27 59 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC Polsat 26.11 60 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 61 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 62 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 63 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 26.19 64 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 65 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 66 Davis Mcpartland (Aus) Tenax 67 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 68 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 69 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 70 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 29.37 71 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 29.43 72 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 73 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 29.51 74 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 30.19 76 Matteo Cappe' (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 32.49 77 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonica (Bra) Lampre 33.15 78 Roberto Arroyo (Spa) Team CSC 33.21 79 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 80 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 34.49 81 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36.07 82 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) iBanesto.com 83 Diego Caccia (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 84 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 36.45 85 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 86 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta 87 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 38.49 88 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 39.02 89 Giuliano Sulpizi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 39.15 90 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 39.37 91 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 92 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 93 Markus Knopfle (Ger) Tenax 94 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 95 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 41.17 96 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 42.45 97 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 98 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46.04 99 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 35 pts 2 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 25 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 22 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 22 7 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 20 8 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta 17 9 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 17 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 11 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16 12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 15 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 14 15 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 13 16 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 12 17 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 12 18 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 19 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 10 20 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 9 21 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 9 22 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 9 23 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 9 24 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 9 25 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta 9 26 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 27 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 9 28 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 9 29 Sergiy Avdyeyez (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 30 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 9 31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 9 32 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 9 33 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 9 34 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9 35 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo-Ciarrocchi Imm. 9 36 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC Polsat 9 37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 9 38 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 9 39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC Polsat 9 40 Marek Galinski (Pol) CCC Polsat 9 41 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC Polsat 9 42 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9 43 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 9 44 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 9 45 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 Teams classification 1 Saeco 41.58.43 2 Domina Vacanze - Elitron 0.18 3 Fassa Bortolo 3.39 4 Lampre 4.02 5 iBanesto.com 4.16 6 Rabobank 7.00 7 Alessio 8.30 8 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 11.07 9 Ceramiche Panaria - Fiordo 14.49 10 CCC Polsat 15.08 11 Amore & Vita Beretta 15.29 12 Vini Caldirola - Saunier Duval 19.04 13 Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 19.26 14 De Nardi - Colpack 23.17 15 Team CSC 25.26 16 Tenax 47.44 17 Form. Pinzolo - Ciarrocchi Imm. 1.11.13
