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39th Tirreno - Adriatico - 2.HC
Italy, March 10-16, 2004
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Stage 1 - March 10: Sabaudia - Sabaudia, 160 km
Petacchi strikes again
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) has taken his third victory of the season by winning the first stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, which started and finished in Sabaudia. The Italian was the quickest in the bunch sprint, beating German pair Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) at the end of the 160 km stage.
"In the final 400 metres, even though I thought it was early, I told Trenti to jump," said Petacchi of his sprint. "I was afraid of remaining boxed in and therefore I preferred to start from a bit longer out. It was a risk because the finish was slightly uphill. The last 50 metres I bogged down a little, but I had a good advantage and there were no problems.
"In the past few days, many wanted to see the Fassa Bortolo train in full flight and I say that it couldn't have happened better. I am also happy for my teammates who definitely understood that riders of their calibre should not be afraid of anything."
How it unfolded
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160 riders started the 39th Tirreno-Adriatico shortly before 11:00am in Sabaudia, on the west coast of Italy. After the first attack was made by Leonardo Giordani (De Nardi) at km 15, a counter attack with Médéric Clain (Cofidis), Cédric Hervé (Crédit Agricole), Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros), Ronald Mutsaars (Rabobank), Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval), Mauro Gerosa (Vini Caldirola) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo). After an hour of racing, the eight leaders had an advantage of 4'05 over the sluggish peloton.
Saeco and Lampre took over the pace making in the peloton and did not want to let the break get too far in front. After climbing the day's only GPM at Sezze (km 63), the break's advantage had dropped to 3'12 over the peloton, which had picked up its speed. Bertogliati won the climb ahead of Hervé and Clain, thus taking the mountains jersey for the day.
At the sprint in Priverno (km 82.9), Flecha crossed the line first ahead of Hervé, Bertogliati and Clain, but the peloton was getting closer and was just 2'25" behind the break. However, after the feed zone, the lead crept up to 4'18 with 60 km of racing to go.
Gerolsteiner came to the front to help Saeco, and the gap began to fall again. In front, Mauro Gerosa got itchy feet just before the next sprint at Terracina (km 113) and attacked. He was caught, and Flecha won again ahead of Mutsaars, Hervé and Clain. Quick.Step-Davitamon came to the front of the peloton to help the chase, and the break's lead gradually diminished.
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The sprint at Badino (km 124) was won by Gerosa in front of Hervé, with the peloton at 2'18 and closing. By the time they hit the three 6 km finishing circuits, the bunch was in full flight and the break was finally absorbed on the second lap. The last lap was raced at an incredible 55.85 km/h as the sprinters teams wound it up to put their men in front. In the end it was Petacchi taking a comfortable win over Zabel, Hondo, Pagliarini and Zanini, with the stage run at an average speed of 40.76 km/h.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Igor Astarloa (Cofidis) with his World Champion Decathlon
- Best buddies Igor Astarloa and Paolo Bettini at the start
- Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval) leads Cedric Herve (Credit Agricole) and the rest of the seven man break
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) driving the break along
- Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval) in the latter stages of the race
- T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner begin to wind things up in the finishing laps
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) came close, but no cigar
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) in action during stage 1 of Tirreno
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) powering ahead to his victory
- Alessandro Petacchi triumphs while Zabel (L) and Hondo (R) have to settle for the minor placings
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) salutes from the podium with flowers
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) in the leader's yellow/red jersey
- Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval) won the day's only mountain sprint, thus claimed the green jersey
Images by Olympia Photo
- The 'treno rosso' of Saeco in action
- Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) looking relaxed in the first stage
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) claims victory in the first stage
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.55.31 (40.761 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre 5 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 7 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco 10 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 16 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 20 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 23 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 24 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 27 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 28 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 29 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 31 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 32 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 33 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 37 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 40 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 41 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 42 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 44 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 45 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 48 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 50 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 51 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre 54 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 57 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Juan Antoinio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 60 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 61 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 62 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 63 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 64 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 65 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 66 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 68 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 69 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 71 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 72 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 73 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 74 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 75 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 76 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 79 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 80 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 81 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 82 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 83 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 84 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 85 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 86 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 87 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 89 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 90 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 91 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 92 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 93 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 94 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 95 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 96 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 97 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 98 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 99 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 100 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 101 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 102 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco 103 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 104 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 106 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 107 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 108 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 109 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 110 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 111 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 112 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 113 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 114 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 115 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 116 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 117 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 118 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 119 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 121 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 122 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 123 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 124 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 125 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 126 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 127 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 128 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 130 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 131 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 132 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 133 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 136 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 137 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 138 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 139 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 140 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 141 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 142 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 143 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 144 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 145 Timothy Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 146 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 147 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 148 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 149 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.25 150 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 151 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.51 152 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01 153 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 154 Jaun Josè Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 155 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 156 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 157 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.45 158 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 2.14 159 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 2.18 160 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole
