14th Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2.9.1

Italy, July 4-13, 2003

2002 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners

The Stages

Prologue - July 4: Grumo Nevano ITT, 2.2 km
Stage 1 - July 5: Grumo Nevano (NA) - Guardia Sanframondi (BN), 119 km
Stage 2 - July 6: Colle Sannita (BN) - San Marco dei Cavoti (BN), 85 km
Stage 3 - July 7: Monteroduni (IS) - Castelpizzuto (IS), 84 km
Stage 4 - July 8: Frosolone (IS) - San Vito Chietino (CH), 141 km
Stage 5 - July 9: Lanciano (CH) - Alba Adriatica (TE), 103 km
Stage 6 - July 10: Jesi (AN) - Jesi (AN), 89 km
Stage 7a - July 11: Gabicce Mare (PU) - Cesenatico (FO), 47 km
Stage 7b - July 11: Cento (FE) - Cento (FE), 45 km
Stage 8 - July 12: Cento (FE) - Salzano (VE), 147 km
Stage 9 - July 13: Mira (VE) - Venezia ITT, 24 km

Preview

With 17 teams enrolled and a challenging parcours, this year's Giro d'Italia femminile (July 4-13) is shaping up to be one of the top women's races of the season. Starting on July 4 with a 2.2 km prologue time trial in Grumo Nevano, the race runs for 10 days, finishing on July 13 with a 24 km individual time trial between Mira and Venezia. In between, there will be plenty of climbs and flatter stages to suit all types of riders.

The defending champion and one of the top favourites for this year's race is Russian Svetlana Boubnenkova, who last week claimed both the time trial and road race titles at the Russian Championships. She also won the Dmurtia Tour, the biggest women's stage race in Eastern Europe, and from all reports completely dominated the opposition in every stage. "I saw the profiles of the first few stages of the Giro, and I am in perfect shape for the race," said Boubnenkova. "I had a few problems with the team but I hope that it's all resolved before we hit the road."

Last year's Grand Boucle féminine champion Zinaida Stahurskaia is a little more relaxed. "I'm feeling good and think I can do a good Giro, which this year has an attractive but strange route. It's open to various possibilities and it could turn around in the flat stages. It will be necessary to pay a lot of attention."

Finally, 1998 Giro winner Edita Pucinskaite said that motivation is a problem for her in this race, "perhaps because lately the true climbs have been lacking, we've said goodbye to those of at least 10 kilometres long; unfortunately it seems to be so this year. However for my part I will give it my maximum, I want to be a protagonist."

Start list

Prato Marathon Bike-Aki Mx1          Usc Chirio Forno D'asolo
 
2 Nicole Braendli (Swi)              11 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr)
3 Francesca Castrucci (Ita)          12 Valeria R.Pintos (Arg)
4 Irene Puccioni (Ita)               13 Regina Scheleicher (Ger)
5 Janildes Silva  Fernandes (Bra)    14 Marina Gloria Chirio (Ita)
6 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita)               15 Ilenia Lazzaro (Ita)
7 Serena Cavicchi (Ita)              16 Marina Khodtchenkova (Rus)
8 Silvia Parietti (Ita)              17 Svetlana Buobnenkova (Rus)
                                     18 Marica Raina (Ita)
 
S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox       Australian National Team
 
21 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu)           31 Olivia Gollan (Aus)
22 Monica Ceccon  (Ita)              32 Natalie Bates (Aus)
23 Marta Evangelisti (Ita)           33 Emma James (Aus)
24 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita)         34 Jennifer Manefield (Aus)
25 Alessandra Borchi (Ita)           35 Oenone Wood (Aus)
26 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra)             36 Naomi Williams  (Aus)
27 Lisabeth Simper (Den)             37 Lorian Graham (Aus)
28 Vibe Kolding (Den)                38 Amy Safe (Aus)
 
Cicli Fatato Composita 2             Bizkaia Spiuk Sabeco
 
41 Alessandra Fatato (Ita)           51 Joana Somarriba Arrola (Spa)
42 Costanza Martinelli (Ita)         52 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa)
43 Emanuela Citracca (Ita)           53 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa)
44 Rebecca Cosentini (Ita)           54 Naiara Telletxea Lopez (Spa)
45 Roberta Diena (Ita)               55 Arantzazu Azpiroz Azpiroz (Spa)
46 Alessandra D'ettorre (Ita)        56 Josune Murillo Elkano (Spa)
47 Lyn Gaggioli (USA)                58 Maitane Telletxea Lopez (Spa)
48 Giovanna Troldi (Ita)
 
Road Runner Guerciotti Rrg           Scf Cycling Team Pratomagno
 
61 Lidia Arcangeli (Ita)             71 Maribel Diaz Esquivel (Mex)
62 Barbara Lancioni (Ita)            72 Veronica Leal Balderas (Mex)
63 Barbara Cazzaniga  (Ita)          73 Joulia Martissova (Rus)
64 Silvia Valsecchi  (Ita)           74 Emanuela Brigati (Ita)
65 Sigrid Corneo (Ita)               75 Miluse Flaskova Glave (Cze)
66 Hayley Rutherford (Aus)           76 Emanuela Azzini (Ita)
67 Kim Shirley (Aus)                 77 Valentina Pinna (Ita)
68 Anna Gusmini (Ita)                78 Yevgeniya Taransenko (Uzb)
 
S.A.T.S.                             Acca Due O Pasta Zara Lorena Camicie
 
81 Trine Hansen (Den)                91 Chantal Beltman (Ned)
82 Charmian Breon (USA)              92 Ghita Beltman (Ned)
83 Meredith Renee Miller (USA)       93 Katia Longhin  (Ita)
84 Mette Fischer Andreasen (Den)     94 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu)
85 Christina Peick Andersen (Den)    95 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita)
86 Felicia Greer (Can)               96 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus)
87 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA)             97 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu)
88 Helen Kelly (Aus)                 98 Noemi Cantele (Ita)
 
Team Catalunya Aliverti Kookai       Ondernemers Van Nature Mixed
 
101 Valentina Alessio (Ita)          111 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned)
102 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa)   112 Minke Van  Dongen (Ned)
103 Katie Brown (Aus)                113 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned)
104 Baukje Doedee (Ned)              114 Kristy Miggels (Ned)
105 Maria  Ellinikaki (Gre)          115 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned)
106 Marianna Lorenzoni  (Ita)
107 Azucena Benito Sanchez (Spa)
108 Sandra Santanyes (Spa)
 
Bik-Powerplate Mixed                 Team Conero
 
116 Andrea Bosman (Ned)              121 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita)
117 Sharon Van Essen (Ned)           122 Tania Belvederesi (Ita)
                                     123 Lisa Bacchiavini (Ita)
                                     124 Soledad Fernandez (Spa)
                                     125 Sonia Rocca (Ita)
                                     126 Vanessa Saccomani (Ita)
                                     127 Alexandra Noles (Ger)
                                     128 Vania Rossi (Ita)
 
Team 2002 Aurora Smr                 Team T Mobile
 
131 Martina Corazza (Ita)            141 Kristin Armstrong (USA)
132 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa)          142 Kim Anderson  (USA)
133 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr)          143 Kimberly Bruckner (USA)
134 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)           145 Mari  Holden (USA)
135 Ketty Manfrin (Ita)              146 Amber Neben (USA)
136 Jolanta Polikieviciute (Ltu)     147 Dotsie Cowden (USA)
137 Rasa Polikieviciute (Ltu)        148 Stacey Peters (USA)
138 Luisa Tamanini (Ita)
 
Team Fanini/Mixed                    Spanish National Team
 
152 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu)          161 Doris Ruano Sanchon (Spa)
153 Lisa Gatto (Ita)                 162 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa)
154 Rhonda Quick (USA)               163 Mercedes Cagigas Amedo (Spa)
155 Joan Wilson (USA)                164 Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spa)
156 Heidgen Shawn (USA)              165 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa)
157 Alessia Quarta (Ita)             166 Rosa Maria Membrives Jimenez (Spa)
                                     167 Ana Ramirez Bauxell (Spa)
                                     168 Alicia Palop Rubio (Spa)

Past winners

2002 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus)Zinaida Stahurskaja (Blr)    Diana Ziliute (Ltu)
2001 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Nicole Brandli (Swi)         Diana Ziliute (Ltu)
2000 Joane Somarriba (Spa)     Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Valentina Polkhanova (Rus)
1999 Joane Sommariba (Spa)     Svetlana Boubnkova (Rus)     Daniela Veronesi (Smr)
1998 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)    Linda Jackson (Can)          Barbara Heeb (Swi)
1997 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)    Linda Jackson (Can)          Edita Pucinskaite (Lit)
1996 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)    Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Imelda Chiappa (Ita)
1995 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)    Luzia Zberg (Swi)            Roberta Bonanomi (Ita)
1994 Michela Fanini (Ita)      Kathy Watt (Aus)             Luzia Zberg (Swi)
1993 Lenka Ilavska (Slo)       Luzia Zberg (Swi)            Imelda Chiappa (Ita)
1992 No race held 
1991 No race held 
1990 Catherine Marsal (Fra)    Maria Canins (Ita)           Kathy Watt (Aus)
1989 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita)    Alexandra Koliasseva (URSS)  T. Vyksted Nyman (Fin)
1988 Maria Canins (Ita)        Elisabeth Hepple (Aus)       Petra Rossner (DDR)

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