Settimana Ciclistica Bergamasca, Cat 2.5

Italy, April 12-19, 1998


Complete Starting List

Stage 1      Stage 2      Stage 3      Stage 4      Stage 5      Stage 6      Stage 7      Stage 8

The Stages:

Sunday 12: Casatenovo-Bergamo, 149 km
Monday 13: Trescore-Colle San Fermo, 151 km
Tuesday 14: Zanica-Zanica, 184 km, 8 laps of a 23 km circuit
Wednesday 15: Telgate-Telgate, circuit, 170 km
Thursday 16: Bergamo-Lallio, 173 km
Friday 17: Zogno-Zogno, 151 km, with the Miragolo climb
Saturday 18: Roncadelle-Roncadelle, 174 km
Sunday 19: Cambiago - San Pellegrino, 152 km

The Teams:

Stage 1, Casatenovo - Bergamo, 149 kms:

 1. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei-Bricobì		    3.24.29 (43.720)
 2. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Ballan
 3. Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Slovenian National Team
 4. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
 5. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Ros Mary-Amica Chips      all s.t

Stage 2, Trescore - Colle San Fermo, 119 kms:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Bricobì		     3.03.38 (38.882)
 2. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo		s.t.
 3. Frederico Profeti (Ita) Amore & Vita 		s.t.
 4. Ruslan Ivanov (Mol) Brescialat-Liquigas 		0.05
 5. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Kross 			0.05

GC after Stage 2:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Bricobì 		     6.27.57
 2. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 		0.04
 3. Frederico Profeti (Ita) Amore & Vita 		0.06
 4. Marco Giroletti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 		0.12
 5. Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 	0.12

Brief

Mapei-Bricobì dominated the first two days of the Settimana Ciclistica Bergamasca. After Jan Svorada's sprint victory in the in the inaugural stage on Sunday which ended in Bergamo, Pavel Tonkov won the second. The second stage was reduced by 24 kms on the direction of Race Director Gianni Sommariva because of terrible weather. There was a 10 cm covering of snow on top of the Colle San Fermo where the stage was due to end. 180 riders demanded to talk to the race director after only 78 kms. They demanded that the distance be modified. After a consultation with officials the stage was shortened.

Stage 3, Zanica - Zanica, 184 kms:

  1. Zoran Klemencic (Slo)                    		   4.07.17 (44,645 km/h)
  2. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Polti
  3. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Ros Mary
  4. Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola
  5. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
  6. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas
  7. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Ballan
  8. Chesini (Ita)
  9. Marco Giroletti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
 10. Hauptman (Slo)

GC after Stage 3:

  1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei
  2. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo    		0.04
  3. Fedrico Profeti  (Ita) Amore e Vita       		0.06
  4. Marco Giroletti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave		0.12
  5. Kadlec (Cze)                               	0.12
  6. Alessandro  Pozzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave	0.12
  7. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei            		0.13
  8. Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola        		0.14
  9. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi                0.14
 10. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave           0.15

Stage 4, Telgate - Telgate, 170 kms:

  1. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave		4.11.14 (40.600)
  2. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss 
  3. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Mapei
  4. Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Kross
  5. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei

GC after Stage 4:

  1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei
  2. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta           		0.05
  3. Federico Profeti (Ita) Amore e Vita       		0.06
  4. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss              	0.09

Stage 5, Bergamo - Lallio, 173 kms:

  1. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Mapei                     3.46.20 (45.862)
  2. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Ballan
  3. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Polti
  4. Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola
  5. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Ros Mary

GC after Stage 5:

  1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei                       18.32.48
  2. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Mapei             		0.01
  3. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta          		0.04
  4. Federico Profeti (Ita) Amore e Vita     		0.06
  5. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss         		0.09

Stage 6, Zogno-Zogno, 151 kms:

 1. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss                    3.39.20 (41.307)
 2. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei
 3. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti
 4. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Brescialat
 5. Isidoro Colombo (Ita)                   		0.40
 6. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Vini Caldirola
 7. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei             		0.56
 8. Alfredo Colombo (Ita)                   		1.10
 9. Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Cantina Tollo
10. Simone Campagnari (Ita) Ros Mary

GC after Stage 6:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei
 2. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss           		0.05
 3. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Brescialat           		0.21
 4. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti            		0.40
 5. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei             		1.16
 6. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Vini Caldirola   		1.24
 7. Isidoro Colombo (Ita)
 8. Alfredo Colombo (Ita)                   		1.46
 9. Simone Campagnari (Ita) Ros Mary        		1.54
10. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut)

Stage 7, Roncadelle - Roncadelle, 174 kms:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei                         4.22.51
 2. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Brescialat           		0.47
 3. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss           		1.01
 4. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Polti
 5. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Vini Caldirola
 6. Igor Pugaci (Mol)                       		2.00
 7. Alfredo Colombo (Ita)
 8. Simone Campagnari (Ita) Ros Mary
 9. Isidoro Colombo (Ita)
10. Filippo Baldo (Ita) Ballan

GC after Stage 7:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei                        26.34.43
 2. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss           		1.12 
 3. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Brescialat
 4. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Polti       		1.51
 5. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Vini Caldirola   		2.35
 6. Isidoro Colombo (Ita)                   		3.34
 7. Alfredo Colombo (Ita)                   		3.56
 8. Simone Campagnari (Ita) Ros Mary        		4.04
 9. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita)                 		4.21
10. Oscar Camenzind (Sch) Mapei             		4.31

Stage 8, Cambiago - San Pellegrino, 152 kms:

 1. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Polti                3.28.58 (43.643)
 2. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei
 3. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss           		0.18
 4. Fedrico Profeti (Ita) Amore e Vita
 5. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta
 6. Isidoro Colombo (Ita) Elite
 7. Ramacciotti (Ita)
 8. Filippo  Baldo (Ita) Ballan
 9. Igor Pugaci (Mol)
10. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Elite

Final GC:

 1. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei                        30.03.35
 2. Markus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss         		1.30
 3. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Brescialat          		1.36
 4. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Polti     		1.47
 5. Stefano Faustini (Ita) Vini Caldirola  		2.59
 6. Isidoro Colombo (Ita) Elite            		3.58
 7. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Elite          		4.45
 8. Amilcare Tronca (Ita) Ballan          		5.02
 9. Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Elite           		5.03
10. Alfredo Colombo (Ita) Elite            		5.07

The Complete Start List:

Amore & Vita			Mapei-Bricobi			Nazionale Italiana Pista

1-Lupi Emanuele			7-Tonkov Pavel (Rus)		13-Benetton Mario
2-Gimondi Massimo		8-Bramati Davide		14-Capelli Adler
3-Patuelli Andrea		9-Camenzind Oscar(Swi)		15-Canevarolo Michele
4-Puglioli Mirko		10-Di Grande Giuseppe		16-Citton Cristiano
5-Profeti Frederico		11-Spruch Zbigniew(Pol)		17-Collinelli Andrea
6-Paolini Gino			12-Svorada Jan (Svk)		18-Pepoli Cristian

Australia			Kross-Selle Italia		Resine Ragnoli-Brescialat

19-Wilson Matt			25-Mondini Gianpaolo		31-Baradulin Sergey (BLR)
20-Cooke Baden			26-Goyeneche Cesar (Col)	32-Cigana Massimo
21-Iacuone Allan		27-Pierobon Gianluca		33-Gerotti Massimo
22-Roberts Luke			28-McKenzie David (Aus)		34-Zorza Stefano
23-Rogers Michael		29-Priem Tristan (Aus)		35-Pugaci Igor (MLD)
24-Williams Steve		30-Vainsteins Romans (Let)	36-Zinelli Marino

Post Swiss Team			Brunero Bongioanni		Perutnina Rad Rog

37-Aebersold Niki		43-Baradulin Andrei (BLR)	49-Bonca Valter (Slo)
38-Bourquenoud Pierre		44-Dondoglio Maurizio		50-Hauptman Andrej (Slo)
39-Hotz Franz			45-Peschi Andrea G.		51-Klemencic Zoran (Slo)
40-Huser Rolf			46-Piva Cristian		52-Kranjec Igor (Slo)
41-Vetsch Patrick		47-Tonetti Gianluca		53-Mahoric Milja (Slo)
42-Zberg Markus			48-Saprikinas Arnoldas (Lit)	54-Premuzic Boris (Slo)

Ros Mary-Amica Chips		Repubblica Tcheca		Ceramiche Pagnoncelli

55-Arazzi Francesco		61-Andrle René (Cze)		67-Biason Oscar
56-Balzi Fabio			62-Bencick Petr (Cze)		68-Volpi Alessandro
57-Calzolari Alessandro		63-Pitonak Robert (Cze)		69-Chesini Nicola
58-Campagnari Simone		64-Purminsky Jaromir (Cze)	70-Colombo Alfredo
59-Dotti Fausto			65-Sadlo Vladimir (Cze)		71-Colombo Isidoro
60-Varocchi Alessandro		66-Sedlacek Tomas (Cze)		72-Pontara Simone

Mixte POLTI-ASICS		Team CK Bjergvin		Team Parolin FIS

73-Bianchini Cristian		79-Andersen Egil (Nor)		85-Boscolo Angelo
74-Bonetti Enrico		80-Andersson Markus (Swe)	86-Ceccon Andrea
75-Colleoni Cristiano		81-Flesja Frode (Nor)		87-Palumbo Salvatore
76-Guerini Giuseppe		82-Overaslied Yegard (Nor)	88-Rossi Christian
77-Martinello Silvio		83-Stenersen Bjorn (Nor)	89-Trento Daniele
78-Zinetti Mauro		84-Kristiansen Stig (Nor)	90-Zanobini Mirco

Mobilvetta-Northwave		Ukraine				For 3

91-Pozzi Alessandro		97-Jakovlev Vassily		103-Casnedi Tupak
92-Giroletti Marco		98-Kysylytsa Igor		104-Orsini Cristian
93-Manzoni Mario		99-Matveyev Sergey		105-Zani Pierumberto
94-Ragnetti Renzo		100-Pydgornyy Ruslan		106-Poli Renato
95-Recinella Graziano		101-Timchenko Leonid		107-Sosinska Ondrej (Cze)
96-Scalmana Davide		102-Tkachenko Aleksey		108-Kadlec Milan (Cze)

Ballan				DHFK Leipzig			MBM-ROSA

109-Baffi Adriano		115-Keller Ralf (Ger)		121-Bachini Maurizio
110-Baldo Filippo		116-Hawlik Martin (Ger)		122-Fadini Simone
111-Leoni Endrio		117-Lampe Tobias (Ger)		123-Fortunato Roberto
112-Finco Carlo			118-Lipsky Matthias (Ger)	124-Lombardi Paolo
113-Tronca Amilcare		119-Niemann Karsten (Ger)	125-Ramacciotti Nicola
114-Ugrumov Piotr (Rus)		120-Wittwer Marco (Ger)		126-Sacchetti Davide

Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio	U.S.A.				Pasta Montegrappa

127-Baronti Alessandro		133-Bouchard-Hall Derek		139-Shchjpak Dmytri (Ukr)
128-Cavagnis Oscar		134-Cate Steve			140-Fedenko Aleksandr (Ukr)
129-Giunti Marco		135-Davis Tom			141-Romano Domenico
130-Ljungqvist Marcus		136-Page Jonathan		142-Trentini Mauro
131-Simoni Gilberto		137-Saenz René jr.		143-Vandelli Maurizio
132-Villa Marco			138-Domingues Cory		144-Varriale Antonio

Brescialat-Liquigas		Netherlands			Vini Caldirola-Longoni Sports

145-Bruseghin Marzio		151-Bruins Arjan		157-Faustini Stefano
146-Raimondi Giancarlo		152-Engbersen Maurice		158-Murtas Emiliano
147-Figura Antonio		153-Hammink Dennis		159-Radaelli Mauro
148-Ivanov Ruslan		154-Heij Dennis			160-Borghi Ruggero
149-Mason Oscar			155-Koppers Robert		161-Trentin Guido
150-Zaina Enrico		156-Van Velzen Jan		162-Zanotti Marco

Austria				Lokosphinx			B.C.Azzuro-Salice O.

163-Buxhofer Matthias		169-Borisov Vladislav		175-Cavadin Gianluigi
164-Gugganig Bernhard		170-Chantyr Anton		176-Fagnani Eduardo
165-Haselbacher René		171-Gritsoun Eduard		177-Introzzi Mauro
166-Mühlbacher Thomas		172-Karpets Vladimir		178-Klimenko Alexandr (Ukr)
167-Riebenbauer Werner		173-Kouznetsov Nikolai		179-Scardetta Stefano
168-Wrolich Peter		174-Markov Alexei		180-Skepyan Konstantin (Swe)
Thanks to Daniel Schamps for the starting list