2001 results Results Past winners
Fassa Bortolo's captain Fabio Baldato performed the double when he won the Trofeo Arancia Rossa, the second of the three Sicilian races. Baldato was the quickest of the 100 riders that contested the bunch sprint in Scordia, beating home Mario Manzoni (Alexia) and Mykhaylo Khalilov (Colombia-Selle Italia) in a time of 4:15.11.
The 180 kilometre race started in Ramacca with all riders taking part save for Cavagnis, Wegelius and Gronqvist. The first part saw attacks by Claudio Astolfi, Gobbi, Giordani and then a group with Tiralongo, Gronqvist and Scarponi. All of these were neutralised, and the average speed for the first hour was 40.1 km/h.
The pace picked up after that an the peloton was strong out single file, with constant attacks still the order of the day. The bunch reached Scordia (km 108) for the first of four 17.5 kilometre laps, with no-one managing to get clear. Astolfi tried again with Gajicic on the second lap, but they were caught with 6 km to go on the same lap. 4 kilometres later, and Astolfi was at it again, building a 25 second lead as he crossed the line in Scordia with two laps (35 km) to go. The Acqua e Sapone rider was chased by the Tacconi Sport team, who caught him three kilometres later.
Caucchioli, Petito and Ferrari were next to attack, but were caught through the efforts of Cage Maglierie and De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa. The last lap saw the bunch all together again, with Landbouwkrediet-Colnago taking over the pace making. Curiously the sprinters' teams did not get organised to lead out their respective men in any sort of a train, and the finish was quite chaotic.
Fassa Bortolo did manage to get it together in time to lead out Baldato for his second sprint win in two days, and his third win of the year.
"On Saturday I rode really well to stay with the best riders on the final climb," said a happy Baldato after. "My legs felt heavy and I wasn't sure I could make a move against the other fast finishers...but my teammates helped me; Velo went to the front to ride hard tempo on the flats and then Bartoli led me out until the last 200 meters. He yelled at me when he pulled off; "go ! you're alone in front..."
The third and final race in the Sicilian series is the Trofeo dell'Etna on Tuesday, March 12.
1 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.15.11 (42.323 km/h)
2 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
3 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia
4 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta Design/Formaggi Trentini
6 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
7 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
8 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
9 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
10 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio
11 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Cage Maglierie
12 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin
13 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
14 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport
15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
16 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
17 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Cage Maglierie
18 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport
19 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport
20 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step
21 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
22 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
23 Vladimir Smirnov (Ltu) Team Colpack-Astro
24 Thomas Gronquist (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta
25 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
26 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport
27 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
28 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Mercatone Uno
29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
30 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
31 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport
32 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) Amore & Vita Beretta
33 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport
34 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
35 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio
36 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta
37 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
38 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport
39 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia
40 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
41 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
42 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Mercatone Uno
43 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Cage Maglierie
44 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
45 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
46 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco-Longoni Sport
47 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
48 Stefan Rutimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport
49 Roberto Savoldi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
50 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
51 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
52 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
53 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
54 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Mercatone Uno
55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport
56 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
57 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
58 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
59 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
60 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
61 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita Beretta
62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
63 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita Beretta
64 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio
65 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta
66 Sajà Gajicic (Yug) Mobilvetta Design/Formaggi Trentini
67 Bo Hamburger (Den) Alexia Alluminio
68 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Mobilvetta Design/Formaggi Trentini
69 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta Design/Formaggi Trentini
70 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
71 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta Design/Formaggi Trentini
72 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
73 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
74 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport
75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
76 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
77 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Team Colpack-Astro
78 Rossano Brasi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
79 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
80 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio
81 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio
82 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Cage Maglierie
83 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta
84 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
85 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
86 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
87 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
88 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno
89 Sebastiano Scotti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
90 Alberto Elli (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
91 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
92 Mirko Marini (Ita) Cage Maglierie
93 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
94 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
95 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio
96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio
97 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
98 Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno
99 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Design/Formaggi Trentini
100 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
101 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.43
102 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
103 Csaba Szekeres (Hun) Colombia-Selle Italia
104 Aldo Zanetti (Ita) Cage Maglierie
105 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
106 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
107 Domenico Romano (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
108 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
Starters: 147
Classified: 108
Abandons: 39
2001 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco 181 kms in 4.49.11 (37.554 km/h) 2000 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas 185 kms in 5.08.49 (36 km/h) 1999 Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 204 kms in 5.24.34 (37.712 km/h) 1998 Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti 184 kms in 4.40.10 (39.405 km/h) 1997 Biagio Conte (Ita) 1996 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) 1995 Stefano Colage (Ita) 1994 Stefano Zanini (Ita) 1992 Stefano Colage (Ita) 1991 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 1990 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 1989 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 1988 Paolo Cimini (Ita) 1987 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 1986 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1985 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1984 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1983 Giovanni Mantovani (Ita) 1982 Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) 1981 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin