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38th Tirreno - Adriatico - 2.HCItaly, March 13-19, 2003Stage 1 - March 13: Sabaudia-Sabaudia, 178 kmCipo shows his stripes, takes first leader's jerseyThe 2003 Tirreno-Adriatico began in Sabaudia with a minute of silence observed for Andrei Kivilev, who died Wednesday from injuries sustained in a crash in the second stage of Paris-Nice. Once the 160 riders were underway, they faced a relatively gentle opening stage of 178 km, finishing again in Sabaudia. The tempo was strictly piano at the start, as the peloton covered only 29.4 km in the first hour. Andrus Aug (De Nardi-Colpack) took the first intermediate sprint as a number of small attacks followed, as first a group of eight went clear, followed by a larger break of 19 after the first group was reeled in, gaining up to 30". With little over 50km covered, the race was back together, in time for Elio Aggiano (Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave') to launch his second attack, this time taking the mountains points in San Felice Circeo. The pace began to rise as the attacks continnued, and by the second hour the race was averaging 38 km/h. A seven man escape managed to break the clutches of the peloton, reaching a maximum advantage of just over six minutes at the 93 km mark. The break included Lopez Gil and Flecha (iBanesto.com), Piccoli (Lampre), Lotz (Rabobank), Sacchi (Saeco), Marzoli (Alessio), and Baliani (Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'), as the Phonak and Quick-Step teams began to work in the peloton. As the break was eventually reeled in, Fabio Sacchi attacked once again, in time to take the second intermediate sprint, with teammate Danilo Di Luca close behind, followed by Alessio's Fabio Baldato. From this point on the sprinters' teams worked to keep the group together, setting up the first bunch sprint of the race. After three laps of a 6 km finishing circuit, who more appropriate to take the first stage win than world champion Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze-Elitron), who showed a clean pair of wheels to the competition, beating Saeco's Dario Pieri and Luca Paolini of Quick-Step. Cipollini, decked out in his world champion's rainbow kit, will have to disrupt the ensemble with the first leader's jersey of Tirreno-Adriatico. Tomorrow's stage 2 will cover 213km between Sabaudia and Tarquinia. PhotographyImages by Fotoreporter Sirotti
Images by AFP Photo/Cristiano Chiodi
Results1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4.14.32 (41.95 km/h) 2 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 4 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Sidermec 7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 8 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Alessio 9 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Juan Antoni Flecha Giannoni (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 12 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Telekom 17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 18 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Alan Davis (Aus) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 20 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 21 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 22 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 23 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 25 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 28 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 29 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 31 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 34 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Davitamon 36 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 37 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 38 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Alessio 39 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 40 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 41 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 44 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 45 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Sidermec 46 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Team Saeco 47 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 48 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 49 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50 Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com 51 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 52 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 53 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 54 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 55 Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Team Saeco 56 Mateo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 58 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Sidermec 59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 62 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 63 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 64 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 65 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 66 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 68 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 70 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 71 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 72 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 73 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 74 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 75 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 76 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 77 Oscar Mason (Ita) Sidermec 78 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Marco Milesi (Ita) Sidermec 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 81 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 82 Rene: Andrle (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 83 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep-Davitamon 84 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 85 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 86 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 87 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep-Davitamon 88 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 89 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 91 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 92 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep-Davitamon 93 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 94 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 95 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 96 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 97 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 98 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 99 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 100 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Bret Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 102 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Sidermec 103 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 104 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 105 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 106 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 107 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Sidermec 108 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 109 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 110 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 111 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 113 Rafaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 114 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 115 Stefen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 116 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 117 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 118 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 119 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 120 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 121 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Sidermec 122 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 123 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 124 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 126 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 127 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 128 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 129 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Team Saeco 130 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 131 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 132 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 134 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 136 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 137 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 138 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 140 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 141 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 142 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 144 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 145 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 146 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 147 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 148 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 149 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 150 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 151 Jakob Pil (Den) Team CSC 152 Elis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 153 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 Gian Mateo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 0.23 156 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.28 157 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.46 158 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.51 General classification after stage 1 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4.14.22 2 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 0.04 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 0.05 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 0.06 5 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 0.07 6 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 0.08 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Team Saeco 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 0.10 9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Sidermec 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Alessio 13 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Juan Antoni Flecha Giannoni (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 19 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Telekom 20 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 21 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 Alan Davis (Aus) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 23 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 24 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 25 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 27 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 29 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 30 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 31 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 32 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 33 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 36 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Davitamon 38 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 39 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 40 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Alessio 41 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 42 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 43 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 44 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 46 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 47 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Sidermec 48 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 49 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50 Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com 51 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 52 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 53 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 54 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 55 Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Team Saeco 56 Mateo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 58 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Sidermec 59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 62 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 63 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 64 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 65 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 66 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 68 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 70 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 71 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 72 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 73 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 74 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 75 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 76 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 77 Oscar Mason (Ita) Sidermec 78 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Marco Milesi (Ita) Sidermec 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 81 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 82 Rene: Andrle (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 83 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep-Davitamon 84 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 85 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 86 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 87 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep-Davitamon 88 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 89 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 91 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 92 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep-Davitamon 93 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 94 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 95 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 96 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 97 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 98 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 99 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 100 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Bret Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 102 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Sidermec 103 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 104 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 105 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 106 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 107 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Sidermec 108 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 109 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 110 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 111 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 113 Rafaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 114 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 115 Stefen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 116 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 117 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 118 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 119 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 120 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 121 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Sidermec 122 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 123 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 124 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 126 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 127 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 128 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 129 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Team Saeco 130 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 131 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 132 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 134 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 136 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 137 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 138 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 140 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 141 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 142 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 144 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 145 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 146 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 147 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 148 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 149 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 150 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 151 Jakob Pil (Den) Team CSC 152 Elis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 153 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 Gian Mateo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 0.33 156 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.38 157 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.56 158 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.01 Points classification 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 pts 2 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 10 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 8 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 8 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 7 6 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 7 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 5 8 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Sidermec 5 9 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 4 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Team Saeco 3 12 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Alessio 3 13 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 14 Juan Antoni Flecha Giannoni (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep-Davitamon 1 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 5 pts 2 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 3 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 2 4 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Alessio 1 Teams classification 1 Team Saeco 12.43.23 2 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.03 3 Quickstep-Davitamon 0.09 4 De Nardi-Colpack 0.10 5 Alessio 0.11 6 Lampre 0.13 7 Fassa Bortolo 8 Sidermec 9 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 iBanesto.com 12 Team Telekom 13 Gerolsteiner 14 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 15 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 16 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 Rabobank 18 Team CSC 19 Lotto-Domo 20 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone |
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