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GARZELLI
WINS GIRO D'ITALIA Stefano Garzelli of Italy, with the Mercatone Uno
team, has won the Giro d'Italia. He finished ahead of another Italian Francesco
Casagrande Garzelli had taken the pink jersey Saturday from Casagrande during a
34km timetrial Casagrande had seemed to have the race won until Saturday's
slump. The 21st and final stage was won by Mariano Piccoli of Italy - it was the
29-year-old Lampre rider's third stage victory in the Giro. It was the first
major Tour victory for Garzelli whose previous biggest triumph was on the 1998
Tour of Switzerland a year after turning professional.
POWER FINISHES TOUR OF ITALY Ciaran Power
became only the seventh Irish cyclist to complete one of cycling's three Grand
Tours when he finished the three week Tour of Italy. The Linda McCartney team
rider crossed the line in the main bunch today just seconds behind stage winner
Mariano Piccoli. Power finished 122nd overall. Power had two high stage placings
in the tour - placed 5th on the 3rd stage and 6th on last Tuesday's leg to Meda.
The 24-year-old has virtually guaranteed a place on the two-man Irish team for
the Olympic road race in September and has surely done enough to retain his pro
license for next year.
Stage 20
Italy's Stefano Garzelli, of the Mercatone Uno team, took the leader's pink
jersey in the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) on the penultimate day of the race.
Garzelli took the lead from compatriot Francesco Casagrande after the 20th stage
- a 34km time-trial - which was won by the Czech Republic's Jan Hruska, riding
for Vitalicio. Ireland's Cairan Power finished comfortably within the 25% time
quota required and will now finish the Giro - his first major professional tour.
Stage 19 Italian Paolo Lanfrachi won the
19th stage of the Giro d'Italia sfter a battle in the mountains that signalled
the return Marco Pantani. Another Italian, Francesco Casagrande, stayed cool
under fire to keep the overall lead after 176 kilometres over two grinding
mountain passes He seemed unperturbed by the fight around him as his rivals
climbed two mountains over 2,000 metres which shook out contenders like Wladimir
Belli Pantani, out of sorts for most of the Giro, showed flashes of the talent
that took him to his Giro and Tour de France wins two years ago.
Stage 18 With just three stages remaining in
the Tour of Italy, Ireland's Ciaran Power is recovering from his toughest day
yet in this three week race. The tiring Power, found the going tough on
yesterday's mountainous 18th stage. Battling against the threat of missing the
time limit, he finished 125th and now lies 123rd overall, behind race leader
Francesco Casagrande of Italy. Casagrande struggled on the final climb to
Pratonevoso, and while he finished in the same time as stage winner Stefano
Garzelli, he conceded 8 seconds due to a bonus in the sprint finish.
STAGE 17
Spain's Alvaro Gonzalez won the 236-km 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia today.
Czech Jan Svorada was second and Russian Dmitri Konyshev third. Italian
Francesco Casagrande retained the overall lead.
STAGE 16 Ireland's Ciaran Power finished
sixth in today's 16th stage of the Tour of Italy. The 102km stage from Brescia
to Meda was won by Italian Fabrizio Guidi of the Francaise des Jeux team. Guidi
also beat out Holland's Steven De Jongh and Italy's Biaigo Conte in a mass
sprint but Italy's Francesco Casagrande, of the Vini Caldirola team, retains the
pink jersey by 33 seconds. Italy's Marco Zanetti took fourth place ahead of
compatriot Moreno Di Biase and Power of the Linda McCartney team, who recorded
his top ten finish in the Giro - his first ever major stage race. Shane
Stokes Reports >>
STAGE 15 Spain's Angel Vicioso of the Kelme
team was stripped of his win in the 15th stage of the Tour of Italy when
marshals decided his sprint was illegal Second place Biagio Conte was awarded
the stage victory following the sprint finish at the end of a stretch between
Bormio and Brescia. Italy's Francesco Casagrande of the Vini Caldirola team
retained the overall leader's pink jersey during this 180km stage. Organizers
believed Vicioso's sprint interfered with Silvio Martinelllo about 150m from the
line.
STAGE 14 (Shane Stokes May 28) Ciaran Power
rode steadily on one of the toughest mountain stages of the Tour of Italy today,
to finish 108th, 26 minutes and 3 seconds behind stage winner Gilberto Simoni.
Power is currently 134th overall with one week remaining in the race, and the
first year professional looks increasingly likely to succeed in his aim of
finishing his first major tour.
STAGE 13 Spain's
Jose Luis Rubiera, of the Kelme team, won today's 13th stage of the Giro
d'Italia in the Dolomite Mountains Italy's Francesco Casagrande of the Vini
Caldirola team retains the leader's pink jersey.
STAGE 12 Italian rider Enrico Cassani won the
184km 12th stage of the Tour of Italy from Abione today. Cassani's compatriot
Francesco Casagrande retained the overall leaders' pink jersey.
STAGE 11 Colombian rider Victor Hugo Pena
won 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 42km time-trial today. Italian
Francesco Casagrande retained the overall leader's pink jersey.
STAGE 10 Italy's Ivan Quaranta, of the
Mobilvetta team, won today's 10th stage of the Tour of Italy in a sprint finish
His compatriot Francesco Casagrande, riding for the Vini Caldirola outfit,
retains the leader's pink jersey. Ireland's Ciaran Power finished inside the top
15 in a bunch sprint finish.
STAGE 9 Ciaran Power finished in
the main bunch at the summit finish of Abetone on the mountainous Stage 9 of the
Tour of Italy yesterday. The Irish neo-pro crossed the line in 108th
place, exactly 19 minutes behind stage winner and new overall leader Francesco
Casagrande of Italy. Power is currently 147th overall in what is his first
three-week Tour, and once out of the high mountains will have aspirations of
improving on the fifth place he achieved on a stage in the opening week.
STAGE 8 - Belgian rider Axel Merckx, son of
the legendary Eddy, won the eighth stage of the Tour of Italy, at 257km the
longest of the race from Corinaldo to Prato today. Spain's Jose
Enrique Gutierrez, riding for Kelme, took the overall leader's pink jersey from
Italian Matteo Tosatto.
STAGE 7 - Australian rider David
McKenzie, from Ciaran Power's Linda McCartney team, came home alone to win the
182km seventh stage of the Tour of Italy from Vasto today. Italian Matteo
Tosatto, of the Fassa Bortolo team, retained the overall leader's pink
jersey. Power finished 34th on the stage and is now 150th overall.
Stage 5 Danilo di Luca of Italy won the
221-km fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia from Matera today. Wladimir Belli
of Italy was second and compatriot Paolo Lanfranchi was third. Matteo
Tosatto, also of Italy, gained the overall lead. Ireland's Ciaran Powr,
who finished in the main bunch in yesterday's stage, was outside the top 20
finishers today.
Stage 4: Mario Chippollini won the 4th stage of
this year Giro d'Italia. Chippillini was disqualified after winning
yesterday, but won a bunch sprint to the line in today's stage. Cristian Moreni
remains at the top of the General Classification after today's fourth stage.
Ireland's Ciarain Power, finished in the main bunch today.
POWER 5th on Stage 3 (By Shane Stokes)
Irish rider Ciaran Power today posted the best result of his career when he
finished a superb fifth on the 177kilometre third stage of the Tour of Italy.
The 24 year old Linda McCartney professional sprinted home in the same time as
Czech rider Jan Svorada, who took the laurels after Italian Mario Cipollini was
disqualified for weaving in the sprint. Stage 3 Results; 1. Jan
Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin; 2. G. Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo; 3. M. Perdiguero
(Ita) Vitalicio Seguros; 4, Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo; 5, Ciaran Power
(Irl) Linda McCartney Racing Team More
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Tour of Italy
Stages
May 13
Prologue
May 14 Stage 1
May 15 Stage 2
May 16 Stage 3
May 17 Stage 4
May 18 Stage 5
May 19 Stage 6
May 20 Stage 7
May 21 Stage 8
May 22 Stage 9
May 23 Stage 10
May 24 Stage 11
May 25 Rest day
May 26 Stage 12
May 27 Stage 13
May 28 Stage 14
May 29 Stage 15
May 30 Stage 16
May 31 Stage 17
June 1 Stage 18
June 2 Stage 19
June 3 Stage 20
June 4 Stage 21 |
Roma
(Individual Time Trial)
Roma - Terracina
Terracina - Maddaloni
Paestum - Scalea
Scalea - Matera
Matera - Peschici
Peschici - Vasto
Vasto - Teramo
Corinaldo - Prato
Prato - Abetone
S. Marcello Pistoiese - Padova
Lignano Sabbiadoro - Bibione
REST DAY
Bibione - Feltre
Feltre - Selva Gardena
Selva Gardena - Bormio
Bormio - Brescia
Brescia - Meda
Meda - Genova
Genova - Pratonevoso "Le due Frabosa"
Saluzzo - Briancon
Briancon - Sestriere
Torino - Milano |
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POWER STARTS TOUR OF ITALY (May 11) After
seven years without an Irish rider in one of cycling's three major Tours,
Waterford's Ciaran Power gives the sport a massive boost tomorrow when he starts
the three week Tour of Italy. The 24-year-old is part of a nine man Linda
Cartney squad, based in Toulouse, and which has aspirations of competing
in next year's Tour de France. Power has impressed so far this year
by placing highly in stages of the Tirreno-Adriatico and Settimana Ciclista
Internaziole races. The race begins with a 6km time trial in the Vatican
City and finishes 21 days and over 3,700km later in Milan on June 4.
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