66th Giro del Belvedere - 1.7.1

Treviso, Italy, April 12, 2004

2003 Results Results Past winners

By Brian Stephens, Australian U23 Team Manager

On Monday, the team travelled to Veneto for the Giro Belvedere. The team was reduced to six riders, this being the maximum. So Daniel's stint as a road rider ended and Ryan had a recovery day. This course started with 17 laps of a 7km circuit with a moderate climb followed by two 14km laps with a very steep 3km climb. Traditionally, and again this year, the race was decided on the last two climbs. For us, Ash Humbert climbed the best to be in the front group of 15 over the top the first time, and by the second crossing, he was in a group of 10, just off the lead five riders. He finished a strong ninth place in a very tough race won by Claudio Corioni from Unidelta. Bernard Sulzberger and Richard Moffatt finished just out of the top 25.

Results - 153 km

1 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Egidio Unidelta                             3.41.15 (41.681 km/h)
2 Tomasz Nose (Slo) Krka Novo Mesto
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Krka Novo Mesto                                0.14
4 Stogar Matic (Slo) Kolesarko Radenska Drustvo Rog Slons Lubijana 79
5 Fabrizio Galeazzi (Ita) Termopiave Meccanica 2P
6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Zalf Désirée Fior
7 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Norda
8 Juan Pablo Magalannes (Mex) Pratesi Saeco
9 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Australian National Team
10 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Bergamasca 
11 Nicola Peccolo (Ita) Marchiol Famila Site
12 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Bergamasca Las
13 Matteo Lasurdi (Ita) Pratesi Saeco Otc
14 Jimmy Tapparel (Swi) Swiss National Team
15 Gerga Bole (Slo) Kolesarko Radenska Drustvo Rog Slons Lubijana 79
16 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Vc Bassano Elca Seca
17 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team
18 Viachaslau Barei (Blr) Federation Belarusian
19 Volodymir Dyudya (Ukr) Bergamasca Las
20 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Kolesarko Radenska Drustvo Rog Slons Lubijana 79
21 Andreas Dietziker (Ita) Nazionale Svizzera
22 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Fwr Bata F.Moser
23 Stefano Basso (Ita) Ima Moro Brugnotto Team Spercenigo
24 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Trevigiani Dynamon
25 Mattia Parravicini (Ita) Egidio Unidelta

Starters: 159
Classified: 25

Courtesy of Massimo Bolognini/www.ciclonews.it

Past winners

2003 Alexander Bajenov (Rus) Cotto Ref
2002 David Garbelli (Ita) Site Frezza

2001 Yaroslav Popvych (Ukr) 
2000 ???
1999 Alexandre Parfimovich (Rus)
1998 ???
1997 Emanuele Lupi (Ita)
1996 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)

  
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com