Giro d'Italia Donne - 2.1 (W)

Italy, June 30-July 9, 2006

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Stage 2 - July 1: Formello - Formello, 115 km

Regina Schleicher wins second stage

Regina Schleicher
Photo ©: CJ Farquharson
The second stage of the women’s Giro d’Italia was taken by German Regina Schleicher. She triumped after 115 kilometres in the stage starting and finishing in Formello (Rome). Schleicher beat Italian Sigrid Corneo and Swiss Nicole Brandli, who maintained the pink leader's jersey of the Giro d’Italia.
"There was a difficult corner before the last metres, but I tried to win and I was be able to do it," said the German rider, who next week will give her first world champion's jersey to the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Ghisallo.
Swiss Nicole Brandli will continue with the leader's jersey, and she hopes to repeat the success of last year. "It will be difficult because this Giro is not cut out for me, but I’ll try to give the maximum in all the stages."
Photography

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Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
Team Bigla's team car, ready for a day at the (ahem!) office
Smiles at signing-on from Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
Regina Schleicher (Nurnberger) celebrates whilst Sigrid Corneo (Nobili) suffers second
Crash victim Rochelle Gilmore (Team Safi) cruises in
Regina Schleicher stage winner
Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) still leading on general classification
Results

1 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung         2.55.16
2 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie                        
3 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                        
4 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team                    
5 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                  
6 Volha Hayeva (Blr) Team Bianchi Alivert                        
7 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                      
8 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                  
9 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                         
10 Jessica Turato (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo                 
11 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie                   
12 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert              
13 Tatiana Stiaykina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo              
14 Veronica Leal Balderas (Mex) Team Saccarelli Emu              
15 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                  
16 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan             
17 Susanne Ljngskog (Swe) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                
18 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                    
19 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                 
20 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                        
21 Iosune Murillo (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software                 
22 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan         
23 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie                            
24 Rosane Kirck (Bra) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox               
25 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                        
26 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team                         
27 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                  
28 Katia Longhin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                   
29 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                 
30 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Team FRW                         
31 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                
32 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                    
33 Vera Carrara (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo                   
34 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan              
35 Lise Christensen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert                   
36 Lidia Arcangeli (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                      
37 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team               
38 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                     
39 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox         
40 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie                       
41 Liane Bahler (Ger) Colnago - Fenixs                           
42 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Team FRW                               
43 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team FRW                                
44 Charlotte Beker (Ger) Colnago - Fenixs                        
45 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie                    
46 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software               
47 Cristina Alcade (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software                
48 Monica Moller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                        
49 Rosario Rodriguez Gomez (Spa) Spanish National Team           
50 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago - Fenixs                            
51 Ana Garsia (Spa) Spanish National Team                        
52 Meng Lang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                             
53 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan              
54 Anna Henestrosa Roca (Spa) Spanish National Team              
55 Monika Furrer (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                        
56 Emma Johansson (Swe) Bizkaia - Panda Software                 
57 Alessia Qualta (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                      
58 Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) Team FRW                                
59 Liu Yongli (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                            
60 Elodie Tuffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie                       
61 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                 
62 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian National Team                    
63 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                     
64 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spanish National Team              
65 Vilajosana A Marta (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie                  
66 Alessandra Dettore (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                  
67 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie                     
68 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team                      
69 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team               
70 Ying Ruan Xiong (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                   1.04
71 Anna Dal Ferro (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                  
72 Allcla Palop Rubio (Spa) Spanish National Team                
73 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo               
74 Tania Belvedersi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                
75 Silva Janildes (Bra) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox             
76 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                     
77 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                    
78 Claudia Marietta (Ita) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox           
79 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert                       
80 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan          
81 Mette Tisser Andersen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert              
82 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                 
83 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                      
84 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan                  
85 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                1.25
86 Eneritz Iturriagaech (Spa) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo            
87 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan        1.31
88 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo                 
89 Wu Yunmei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                         1.54
90 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung               2.02
91 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                  2.07
92 Jiang Yanxia (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                      2.08
93 Samantha Profumo (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo           2.13
94 Mei Fang Li (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                       2.17
95 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                   
96 Maria Fanucchi (Ita) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox         2.22
97 Emma Mackie (Aus) Australian National Team                2.50
98 Karin Aune (Swe) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox                 
99 Adriana Lovera (Ven) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo             2.50
100 Chiara Rozzini (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                     
101 Ketty Manfrin (Ita) Team FRW                                 
102 Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                      
103 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                  2.53
104 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                 
105 Silvia Mancini (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                     
106 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                    
107 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                       
108 Majaw Adamsen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert                     
109 Lisa Gatto (Ita) Team FRW                                    
110 Sabrina Bernardi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo               
111 Debora Galvez Lopez (Spa) Spanish National Team              
112 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Spanish National Team              
113 Francesca Tognali (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                  
114 Francesca Castucci (Ita) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox        
115 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Team FRW                          4.32
116 Ilenia Lazzaro (Ita) Colnago - Fenixs                        
117 Gemma Pascual (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software                 
118 Anna Farina (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                    5.05
119 Maitane Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software             
120 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox    5.38
121 Sabrina Zogli (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo             7.18
122 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team                 
123 Tetyana Palchynska (Ukr) Team FRW                        7.23
124 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software         9.39
125 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs               14.16
126 Agurtzane Elorriaga (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software      16.39
127 Valeria Puntos (Arg) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo                
128 Wang Li (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                         19.53
129 Chen Jing (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                            
DNS Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Spanish National Team              
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                 3.03.16
2 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint              0.05
3 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team                   0.11
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie                0.14
5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                 
6 Susanne Ljngskog (Swe) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint             0.15
7 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                     0.17
8 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint              0.22
9 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team                      0.23
10 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                0.24
11 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                 0.29
12 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                 
13 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint              0.33
14 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                 
15 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie                0.34
16 Tatiana Stiaykina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo          0.35
17 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                    0.39
18 Eneritz Iturriagaech (Spa) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo        0.42
19 Emma Johansson (Swe) Bizkaia - Panda Software                 
20 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan              0.43
21 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software           0.46
22 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Team FRW                     0.49
23 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                 0.51
24 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan         
25 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie                       
26 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                    0.52
27 Vera Carrara (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo               0.53
28 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie                   0.54
29 Volha Hayeva (Blr) Team Bianchi Alivert                       
30 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team               
31 Veronica Leal Balderas (Mex) Team Saccarelli Emu          0.55
32 Jessica Turato (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo             0.56
33 Vilajosana A Marta (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie              0.58
34 Charlotte Beker (Ger) Colnago - Fenixs                    1.00
35 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie                        1.01
36 Iosune Murillo (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software                 
37 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team               1.02
38 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan          1.04
39 Rosane Kirck (Bra) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox               
40 Liane Bahler (Ger) Colnago - Fenixs                           
41 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne             1.05
42 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                  
43 Karin Aune (Swe) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox             1.07
44 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Team FRW                               
45 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team FRW                                
46 Cristina Alcade (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software            1.08
47 Elodie Tuffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie                       
48 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan         1.09
49 Katia Longhin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                   
50 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert          1.10
51 Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) Team FRW                                
52 Lise Christensen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert               1.11
53 Monika Furrer (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                    1.12
54 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                    
55 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team           1.13
56 Lidia Arcangeli (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                      
57 Rosario Rodriguez Gomez (Spa) Spanish National Team       1.14
58 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                     
59 Ana Garsia (Spa) Spanish National Team                        
60 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung               
61 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago - Fenixs                        1.16
62 Liu Yongli (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                        1.19
63 Alessia Qualta (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                      
64 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan          1.21
65 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spanish National Team          1.23
66 Anna Henestrosa Roca (Spa) Spanish National Team          1.24
67 Meng Lang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                             
68 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie                 1.27
69 Alessandra Dettore (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                  
70 Monica Moller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                    1.28
71 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox     1.35
72 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung             1.39
73 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                 1.47
74 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian National Team                1.48
75 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                1.59
76 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan      2.03
77 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo           2.05
78 Anna Dal Ferro (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo              2.18
79 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert                   2.19
80 Ying Ruan Xiong (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                   2.23
81 Tania Belvedersi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo            2.27
82 Allcla Palop Rubio (Spa) Spanish National Team            2.29
83 Mette Tisser Andersen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert          2.30
84 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                  2.32
85 Claudia Marietta (Ita) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox       2.34
86 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                2.38
87 Silva Janildes (Bra) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox         2.48
88 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                  2.52
89 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung               2.59
90 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo             3.15
91 Wu Yunmei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                         3.16
92 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan        3.19
93 Mei Fang Li (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                       3.23
94 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung               3.29
95 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                 3.46
96 Samantha Profumo (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo           3.57
97 Jiang Yanxia (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                      4.05
98 Maria Fanucchi (Ita) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox         4.08
99 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team              4.11
100 Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                  4.16
101 Majaw Adamsen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert                 4.19
102 Francesca Castucci (Ita) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox    4.22
103 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Spanish National Team          4.24
104 Sabrina Bernardi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo           4.25
105 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                       
106 Francesca Tognali (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu              4.29
107 Chiara Rozzini (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                 4.32
108 Adriana Lovera (Ven) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo            4.37
109 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne                  4.38
110 Lisa Gatto (Ita) Team FRW                                4.39
111 Debora Galvez Lopez (Spa) Spanish National Team          4.44
112 Silvia Mancini (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                 4.56
113 Emma Mackie (Aus) Australian National Team               4.59
114 Ketty Manfrin (Ita) Team FRW                             5.05
115 Gemma Pascual (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software             5.29
116 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Team FRW                          5.54
117 Ilenia Lazzaro (Ita) Colnago - Fenixs                    6.22
118 Maitane Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software         6.47
119 Anna Farina (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                    7.10
120 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) SC Michela Fanini Record Rox    7.25
121 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team             8.02
122 Tetyana Palchynska (Ukr) Team FRW                        9.07
123 Sabrina Zogli (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo             9.26
124 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software        11.08
125 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs               15.15
126 Valeria Puntos (Arg) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo           18.17
127 Agurtzane Elorriaga (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software      18.47
128 Wang Li (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                         21.19
129 Chen Jing (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                       21.41
 
Points classification
 
1 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                      25 pts
2 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung              15
3 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                13
4 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                12
5 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie                      12
6 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie                  11
7 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team                     10
8 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                       10
9 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team                   9
10 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo               8
11 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                    8
12 Susanne Ljngskog (Swe) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint               7
13 Volha Hayeva (Blr) Team Bianchi Alivert                      7
14 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                6
15 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team                        4
16 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                   3
17 Jessica Turato (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo                3
18 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Team Bianchi Alivert             1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Colnago - Fenixs                        6 pts
2 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                 4
3 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie                            3
4 Alessandra Dettore (Ita) Team Saccarelli Emu                  2
 
Teams classification
 
1 Nobili Rubinetterie                                     8.45.48
2 Buitenpoort - Flexpoint                                        
3 Bigla Cycling Team                                             
4 Team Bianchi Aliverti                                          
5 Australian National Team                                       
6 USC Chirio Forno D'Asolo                                       
7 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo                                        
8 Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan                                    
9 Team Saccarelli Emu                                            
10 Colnago - Fenixs                                              
11 Biskaia - Panda Software                                      
12 Team FRW                                                      
13 Vlaanderen Caprisonne                                         
14 Spanish National Team                                         
15 Nurnberger Versicherung                                   1.04
16 SC Michela Fanini Record Rox                                  
17 Giant Pro Cycling