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45th Presidential Cycling Tour - 2.1
Turkey, April 12-19, 2009
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Stage 1 - April 12: Istanbul - Istanbul, 142km
The Blue Mosque calls CSF again
By Jean-François Quenet in Istanbul
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Following the first win of his career at the Hell of Mergelland in Holland one week ago, CSF's Mauro Finetto confirmed that he's in excellent condition this Spring. He easily won the uphill sprint of the leading group that concluded stage 1 of the Presidential Tour of Turkey in front of the Blue Mosque of Istanbul.
Initially, Finetto wasn't very keen to come to Turkey, his directeur sportif Roberto Reverberi revealed after the stage but the 24-year-old from Tregnago near Verona realised how much more suitable the course of the Turkish tour was for him, rather than the hilly one of the Tour of Trentino. "I'm aware that CSF was quite successful last year for their first participation at the Tour of Turkey," Finetto said of his team-mates who collected no fewer than four stage wins out of eight one year ago. "We've started well again," he smiled.
"I'm feeling good since the Three Days of De Panne," he continued. "In Belgium we have interestingly become used to riding on the cobblestones, which has been helpful here on the circuit of Istanbul. I felt at my ease from the start. In the finale I managed to take the command, but 90% of the merit for this victory goes to my team. I only had to work for the last 200 metres."
Finetto reckoned stage 1 was very tactical. He won a sprint but there were constantly attacks following attacks. "It's been us going on the offensive during the whole second lap, including the uphill and downhill near the finishing line," the stage winner said. "Our directeur sportif [Roberto] Reverberi told us this was the solution for splitting up the bunch. We were five riders from CSF up there in the front group of about 50 guys."
It helped them control the situation, even when race favourite Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step) attacked with 34 kilometres to go. Marco Frapporti joined him and tried to finish alone until he got caught with 2km to go. The suspense remained intense until the end. CSF ended up with a 1-2 as Mauro Richeze was the fastest behind Finetto.
"It's my first time wearing a yellow jersey and I'm very young," noted Finetto who was 6th at the Tour of Lombardy last year as a neo-pro. "I don't have the experience to defend, we'll see stage by stage how it goes." Reverberi underlined that CSF's non-selection for the Giro d'Italia this year appears to be an incentive for his riders to perform at the Tour of Turkey.
How it unfolded
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Soon after the flag was dropped by the president of the Republic of Turkey, Abdullah Gül in front of Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, the first attacker of the 45th Presidential Tour of Turkey was Rafael Serrano (Contentpolis-Ampo). He enjoyed riding alone ahead of the bunch for the two first of the 14 laps scheduled in stage 1. He eventually got caught by the bunch led by Tiziano Dall'Antonia (CSF). Soon after the regrouping, the peloton split up in two.
About 45 riders formed the front group with Robert Hunter (Barloword) looking strong. At half way, the gap between the two groups had increased to 1:30. It went so fast that a few riders got dropped, one of them being local cyclist Bunyamin Ozdemir (Turkey) as the race reached its half way point. Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) and defending champion David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo-Galicia) were noticed among the most active in the lead.
With 63 kilometres to go, Marco Frapporti (CSF) found the opportunity to break clear. He got caught 7 km further. With 50 km to go, the second part of the peloton had given up as the gap moved over 6 minutes. 49 riders were counted in the front. Eight of them broke clear with 45km to go: Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Xacobeo-Galicia), Simone Ponzi (Lampre), Seeldrayers and Velo (Quick Step), Darryl Impey (Barloworld), Mauro Finetto (CSF), Alessandro Donati (Acqua e Sapone) and Tomislav Danculovic (Loborika).
Usually used in the role of lead-out man, Velo insisted by himself and paved the way for a counter-attack by Seeldrayers who was joined at the head of the race by Frapporti with 34 km to go. The duo reached an advantage of 1:01 as they crossed the line with 3 laps (30km) to go. Soon a chasing group was formed by Emanuele Bindi (Lampre), Tomislav Danculovic (Loborika), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld), Diego Milan (Acqua e Sapone), Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) and Alan Marangoni (CSF).
Frapporti attacked Seeldrayers and went solo with 11km to go. He got caught with 2km to go, as Hunter and Theo Bos (Rabobank) were the first two riders to jump on his wheel. Frapporti paved the way for the final rush of his team-mates Finetto and Mauro Richeze (CSF) who preceded in this order Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua e Sapone).
Photography
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Images by Presidential Cycling Tour
- The peloton heads through historic Istanbul.
- David García (Xacobeo-Galicia) goes on the attack.
- David García (Xacobeo-Galicia)
- The attacks fly on the final circuit.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- The riders in front of Hagia Sofia while president Abdullah Gül (on the tv screen) is ready to start the 45th Presidential Tour of Turkey
- Olivier Kaisen and the Silence-Lotto team have a good appetite in Turkey
- Winning trio prior to the ceremony: Ruggero Marzoli, Mauro Richeze and Mauro Finetto.
- Marzoli, Finetto and Richeze share the honours
- Giant screen and historical Hagia Sofia church at the back for Marzoli, Finetto and Richeze.
- First time in yellow for Mauro Finetto
Results
1 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 3.35.14 (39.585 km/h) 2 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 0.02 3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 6 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 8 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 9 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 10 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 11 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0.07 13 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 14 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 16 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 17 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 18 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 19 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 20 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.11 21 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 23 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 0.14 24 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 25 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.18 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 27 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 29 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 30 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.25 31 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.32 32 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.38 33 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.41 34 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 0.45 35 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.57 36 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 3.51 37 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 38 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 39 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 4.58 40 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Loborika 5.04 41 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 42 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 43 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 44 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team 5.08 45 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5.12 46 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika 7.43 47 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.46 48 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus 7.54 49 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 8.09 50 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 19.36 51 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team 19.48 52 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 53 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika 19.50 54 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 22.41 55 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team 23.56 56 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team 27.32 57 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 58 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 59 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team 60 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 61 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 62 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto 63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 64 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 65 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 67 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 68 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 69 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 70 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 71 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Loborika 72 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 73 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 74 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 75 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 76 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 77 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 78 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 79 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD 80 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team 81 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 82 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 83 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 84 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 85 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 86 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 87 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 88 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 89 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 90 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team 91 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 92 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 93 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 94 Maurice Calles (Ger) German National Team 95 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 96 Harry Kraft (Ger) German National Team 97 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 98 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 99 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 100 Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team 101 Behcet Usta (Tur) Turkish National Team 102 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 103 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 104 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 105 Carlos Castaño Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 106 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 107 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus 108 Mats Boeve (Ned) Rabobank Continental 109 Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 110 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 111 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 112 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 113 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 114 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 115 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 116 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 117 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 118 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 119 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 120 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 121 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 122 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 123 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika 124 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team 125 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 126 Evgeny Petar Panayotov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 127 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 128 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 129 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 130 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 131 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 132 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team 133 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 134 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 135 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas 136 Angelov Hristomir (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 137 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 138 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 139 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 140 Bunyamin Ozdemir (Tur) Turkish National Team 141 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 142 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 144 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 145 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 146 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 147 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 148 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 149 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 150 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 151 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld DNF Matti Helminen (Fin) Cycling Club Bourgas DNF Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental DNF Johann Rabie (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel DNF Ismail Aksoy (Tur) Turkish National Team General classification after stage 1 1 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 3.35.04 2 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 0.06 3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.08 4 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.12 5 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 6 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 8 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 9 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 10 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 11 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0.17 13 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 14 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 16 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 17 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 18 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 19 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 20 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.21 21 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 23 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 0.24 24 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 25 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.28 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 27 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 29 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 30 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.35 31 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.42 32 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.48 33 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.51 34 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 0.55 35 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.07 36 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 4.01 37 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 38 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 39 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 5.08 40 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Loborika 5.14 41 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 42 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 43 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 44 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team 5.18 45 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5.22 46 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika 7.53 47 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.56 48 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus 8.04 49 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 8.19 50 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 19.46 51 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team 19.58 52 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 53 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika 20.00 54 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 22.51 55 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team 24.06 56 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team 27.42 57 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 58 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 59 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team 60 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 61 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 62 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto 63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 64 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 65 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 67 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 68 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 69 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 70 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 71 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Loborika 72 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 73 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 74 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 75 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 76 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 77 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 78 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 79 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD 80 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team 81 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 82 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 83 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 84 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 85 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 86 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 87 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 88 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 89 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 90 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team 91 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 92 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 93 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 94 Maurice Calles (Ger) German National Team 95 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 96 Harry Kraft (Ger) German National Team 97 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 98 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 99 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 100 Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team 101 Behcet Usta (Tur) Turkish National Team 102 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 103 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 104 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 105 Carlos Castaño Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 106 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 107 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus 108 Mats Boeve (Ned) Rabobank Continental 109 Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 110 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 111 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 112 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 113 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 114 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 115 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 116 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 117 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 118 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 119 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 120 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 121 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 122 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 123 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika 124 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team 125 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 126 Evgeny Petar Panayotov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 127 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 128 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 129 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 130 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 131 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 132 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team 133 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 134 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 135 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas 136 Angelov Hristomir (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 137 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 138 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 139 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 140 Bunyamin Ozdemir (Tur) Turkish National Team 141 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 142 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 144 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 145 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 146 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 147 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 148 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 149 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 150 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 151 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
