9th Giro delle Regioni - 2.7.1

Italy, April 25 -May 1, 2004

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Stage 6 - May 1: Prato - Prato, 131.8 km

Australian team report

By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 coach

The last stage of Giro Regioni started and finished in Prato and was not without its difficulties. There was a tough climb early and 3 laps of hilly circuit to finish. The bunch split over the last climb leaving about 30 riders to contest the sprint, won by Rigotto from Italy. There were no changes in GC.

Results

1 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Italian National Team           3.06.43 (42.352 km/h)
2 Valery Dimitriev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team       
3 Matej Strgar (Slo) Slovenian National Team
4 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) German National Team
5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Italian National Team
6 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) French National Team
7 Pablo Magallanes Juan (Mex) National Team             
8 Bernard Sulzberger (Aut) Austrian National Team       
9 Anthony Boyer (Fra) French National Team
10 Woociech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team            
...
22 Peter Dawson (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia
52 Mark Jamieson (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia         4.18
55 Aaron Kemps (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia
56 Richard Moffatt (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia
57 Ashley Humbert (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia

Final general classification

1 Andryi Grivko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team           
2 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Russian National Team              0.10
3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Italian National Team         0.59
4 Woociech Dybel (Pol) Polish National Team             1.05
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian National Team           1.18
6 Martin Mares (Cze) National Team                      1.32
7 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Belarus National Team        1.51
8 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian National Team           2.47
9 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian National Team              3.17
10 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) German National Team          3.20
11 Domenico Puzzovivo (Ita) Italian National Team       3.24
12 Julien Marcuz (Fra) French National Team             3.33
13 Martin Velits (Svk) Slovakian National Team          3.42
14 Peter Velits (Svk) Slovakian National Team           4.23
15 Amael Moinard (Fra) French National Team             5.20
...
27 Ashley Humbert (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia       13.04
33 Aaron Kemps (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia          20.46
39 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia   26.47
45 Richard Moffatt (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia      33.22
51 Mark Jamieson (Aus) AIS Mapei Aqua Australia        41.41

Courtesy of Italiaciclismo.net