2nd Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale Coppi-Bartali - 2.3
Italy, March 26-30, 2002
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Stage 5 - March 30: Casalguidi-Pistoia, 153 km
Ivanov takes final stage
Casagrande on target for Giro
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Francesco Casagrande (Fassa Bortolo) hung onto the lead in the final stage of the Settimana Coppi-Bartali to take the overall classification and his first victory of 2002. The experienced Italian finished in front of Austrian Peter Luttenberger (Tacconi Sport) and Australian Cadel Evans (Mapei), demonstrating that he is in shape to attack the Giro d'Italia this year.
The final stage from Casalguidi to Pistoia was won by Moldavian Ruslan Ivanov (Alessio), who beat yesterday's winner Ruggero Marzoli (Mobilvetta) and Massimo Giunti (Acqua e Sapone), with Casagrande in fourth place, 1 second behind.
The stage featured three ascents of the 300(+) metre climb of San Baronio, the last of which came with just 9 kilometres to go. Second placed on GC Giuliano Figueras (Panaria) took the race to Casagrande when he attacked on the climb of Papi with 30 kilometres to go. Although Figueras managed to distance his rival on the climb, he fell on the descent and completely lost the initiative, eventually coming in at 2'06 which put him at 16th overall.
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At any rate Casagrande was not too concerned, as he knew his team would be able to help chase down Figueras. The other challengers Luttenberger and Evans could not put any time into Casagrande, who sprinted into Pistoia behind Ivanov, Marzoli and Giunti as the overall winner.
"My morale was low after Tirreno-Adriatico, but now it is a lot better," said Casagrande who is now looking at the Giro with interest. "Compared to last year, my condition isn't as good. I am not at my best but it's going well, and the Giro is still 40 days away."
Photography
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by Fotoreporter
Sirotti
- Francesco Casagrande (Fassa Bortolo) - concentrates during the final stage
- Alessio's Ruslan Ivanov - celebrates as he wins the final stage
- Francesco Casagrande - lets loose after winning the Settimana Coppi-Bartali
Results
1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 3.36.47 (42.568 km/h) 2 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini 3 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 4 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.01 5 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 8 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 11 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio 0.06 ... 32 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.06 Final general classification 1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.16.11 (40.656 km/h) 2 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 0.07 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 0.16 4 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 0.20 5 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 0.27 6 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.36 7 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 0.44 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 9 Fausto Dotti (Ita) Cage Maglierie 1.00 10 Daniele Righi (Ita) Index-Alexia 1.05 11 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08 12 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) CCC 1.16 13 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.23 14 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 1.31 15 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 1.42 16 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.09 17 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.51 18 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6.05 19 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 6.09 20 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini 6.34 21 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 7.03 22 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 9.44 23 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita-Beretta 12.17 24 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Cage Maglierie 13.03 25 Faat Zakirov (Rus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 13.59 26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 27 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio 14.04 28 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 14.05 29 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini 14.08 30 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 14.13 31 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14.25 32 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14.47 33 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 34 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.04 35 Felice Puttini (Swi) CCC 15.20 36 Pablo Soler (Spa) Mercatone Uno 15.47 37 Balazs Rothmer (Hun) Amore & Vita-Beretta 16.41 38 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 17.38 39 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Cage Maglierie 17.58 40 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.33 41 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 20.38 42 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 21.40 43 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.45 44 Sergiy Avdeyev (Rus) Colnago-Landbouwkrediet 45 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean-Delatour 21.50 46 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 21.58 47 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22.16 48 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 22.24 49 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators Cycling Team 24.02 50 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 24.08 51 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 24.35 52 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 25.04 53 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean-Delatour 25.07 54 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 25.16 55 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC 25.22 56 Massimo Donati (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 25.26 57 Bo Hamburger (Den) Index-Alexia 25.36 58 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 26.14 59 Hernan Buenahora Gutierrez (Col) Cage Maglierie 26.16 60 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 28.44 61 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 29.19 62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 31.20 63 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean-Delatour 31.30 64 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 31.36 65 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Cage Maglierie 31.40 66 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Colnago-Landbouwkrediet 31.49 67 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Cycling Team 31.48 68 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Cage Maglierie 33.16 69 Quintinho Rodrigues (Por) CCC 33.17 70 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 33.36 71 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno 34.12 72 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 35.08 73 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35.14 74 Saza Gajicic (Yug) Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini 36.18 75 James Perry (RSA) Amore & Vita-Beretta 38.46 76 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 38.48 77 Luca Barattero (Ita) Index-Alexia 42.01 78 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 51.01 79 Justin Spinelli (USA) Saeco-Longoni Sport 55.35 Courtesy of Stephane David
