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33rd Settimana Ciclista Lombarda - 2.5

Italy, April 17-21, 2003

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Stage 1 - April 17: Alzate Brianza - Alzate Brianza, 151.3 km

Let's go and taste Ravaioli, a new Italian product

By Jean-François Quénet in Alzate Brianza

Ravaioli wins
Photo: © Yuzuru Sunada
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Marco Pantani's MercatoneUno-Scanavino GS2 team has scored its first win this year but not in the Vuelta a Aragon where the Pirate is continuing his latest comeback. It happened at the Settimana Lombarda with another rider coming from Romagna. He's a brand new rider and his name is Ivan Ravaioli. The twenty two year old was a promising U-23 last year with nine wins.

"This is my first year pro and my first pro win, I can't say I expected it but I've built it," he said. He started far from the finish, going away after just 30km into stage 1 with ten other riders. They profited from the inaugural laps around Alzate Brianza to break clear. Usually, race organisers put final laps for the spectacle. Here, they've done the opposite: 4 times 17km before going for a big loop. It was actually something very tecnical that cyclists were welcome to use tactically. It helped the race to begin quite early.

Ravaioli accepts the jersey
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The 11 men away were Leonardo Zanotti (De Nardi-Colpack), Gianpaolo Cheula (Vini Caldirola), Cristiano Frattini and Alessandro Pozzi (Tenax), Ivan Ravaioli (MercatoneUno), Humberto Mesa and Leonardo Scarselli (Selle Italia), Steve Kleynen and Nico Simens (Vlaanderen), Dean Podgornyk (Perutnina) and Sandro Guttinger (Macandina). The hot favourite Panaria team had missed the break. Paolo Lanfranchi tried to bridge the gap by himself but didn't make it.

A group of 33 riders was formed behind, including all the main teams, but they never agreed to pace together and never came across. Nine of the 11 escapees stayed away. "I made the difference on the final hill just before the finish," said Ravaioli. He did however have a bit scare after his win. Going to the medical control, Ravaioli was so excited that he jumped from his team car and got his foot stuck under the back wheel!

He should be OK for the hilly time trial scheduled for Friday on the Roncola. Lanfranchi, Julio Perez Cuapio and some others have planned their revenge on this climb, which is well known by the cyclists around Bergamo.

Photography

Image by Yuzuru Sunada

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Results

1 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                  3.36.01
2 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                         0.02
3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
4 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax
5 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
6 Huberlino Mesa Estepa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
7 Dean Podgornyk (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
8 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax                                  0.08
9 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim                       0.15
10 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                0.28
11 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
12 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax
13 Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz
14 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta
15 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
16 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
17 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
18 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen T-Interim
19 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax
20 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
21 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
22 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
23 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
24 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
25 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax
26 Timothy Jones (Zim) Amore & Vita Beretta
27 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo      0.36
28 Vincenzo Di Falco (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                0.38
29 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
30 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                 0.43
31 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                0.51
32 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                             1.57
33 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                4.51
34 Nikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia
35 Giuseppe Ribolzi (Ita) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
36 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
37 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta
38 Igor Bongiucov (Mda) Miche
39 Roman Gugger (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
40 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
41 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
42 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
43  Cappe' Matteo (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                   4.57
44 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike                            10.18
45 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team Ringerike                           15.43
46 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                  15.46
47 Reto Frey (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
48 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
49 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Miche
50 Roger Lucia Ibarra (Spa) Miche
51 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                    16.30
52 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
53 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
54 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta
55 Reto Leupp (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
56 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
57 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
58 Jose Joaqu Castelblanco Romero (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
59 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
60 Jonas Blum (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
61 Pavel Kavetzki (Blr) Miche
62 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
63 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
64 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike
65 Robert Radosz (Pol) Servisco-Koop
66 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta
67 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack
68 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
69 Andrea Del Biaggio (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
70 Jorg Strauss (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
71 Dmitry Gaynitdinov (Rus) Miche
72 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco-Koop
73 Corrado Serina (Ita) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
74 Gianluca Dal Cin (Ita) Tenax
75 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
76 Dmitri Semov (Rus) Miche
77 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Servisco-Koop
78 Fabio Testi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
79 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Servisco-Koop
80 Alex Coutts (GBr) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
81 Krzystof Ciesielski (Pol) Servisco-Koop
82 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Servisco-Koop
83 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj
84 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta
85 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
86 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita Beretta
87 Miran Kelner (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
88 Bruno Nella (Can) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
89 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
90 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mroz
91 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike
92 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Mroz
93 Tomasz Blaszczyk (Pol) Miche
94 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
95 Stefan Zoss (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
96 John Ibbotson (GBr) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
97 Enrico Degano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
98 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
99 Mikhail Teteriouk (Kaz) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
100 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj
101 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz
102 Jan Richter (Ger) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
103 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco-Koop
104 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
105 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
106 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
107 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax
108 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
110 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
111 Christopher D. Myhre (Nor) Team Ringerike
112 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Ringerike
113 Bruno Buttiger (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
114 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz
115 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz
116 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz
117 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo               21.26
118 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
119 Maurizio Montalbano (Ita) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo          21.29
120 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta
121 Lee Maxwell Vertongen (NZl) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
122 Serguei Gretchin (Ukr) Miche
123 Stefan Mischeler (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
124 Stefan Felder (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
125 Sabino Fausto Cannone (Ita) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
DNF Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
DNS Peter Oeschger (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                  3.36.01
2 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                         0.02
3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
4 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax
5 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
6 Huberlino Mesa Estepa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
7 Dean Podgornyk (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
8 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax                                  0.08
9 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim                       0.15
10 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                0.28
11 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
12 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax
13 Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz
14 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta
15 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
16 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
17 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
18 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen T-Interim
19 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax
20 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
21 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
22 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
23 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
24 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
25 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax
26 Timothy Jones (Zim) Amore & Vita Beretta
27 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo      0.36
28 Vincenzo Di Falco (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                0.38
29 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
30 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                 0.43
31 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                0.51
32 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                             1.57
33 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                4.51
34 Nikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia
35 Giuseppe Ribolzi (Ita) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
36 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
37 Igor Bongiucov (Mda) Miche
38 Roman Gugger (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
39 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
40 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
41 Cappe' Matteo (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                    4.57
42 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Amore & Vita Beretta                   5.01
43 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
44 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike                            10.18
45 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team Ringerike                           15.43
46 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                  15.46
47 Reto Frey (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
48 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
49 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Miche
50 Roger Lucia Ibarra (Spa) Miche
51 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                    16.30
52 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
53 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
54 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta
55 Reto Leupp (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
56 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
57 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
58 José Joaqu Castelblanco Romero (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
59 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
60 Jonas Blum (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
61 Pavel Kavetzki (Blr) Miche
62 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
63 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
64 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike
65 Robert Radosz (Pol) Servisco-Koop
66 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta
67 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack
68 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
69 Andrea Del Biaggio (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
70 Jorg Strauss (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
71 Dmitry Gaynitdinov (Rus) Miche
72 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco-Koop
73 Corrado Serina (Ita) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
74 Gianluca Dal Cin (Ita) Tenax
75 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
76 Dmitri Semov (Rus) Miche
77 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Servisco-Koop
78 Fabio Testi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
79 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Servisco-Koop
80 Alex Coutts (GBr) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
81 Krzystof Ciesielski (Pol) Servisco-Koop
82 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Servisco-Koop
83 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj
84 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Amore & Vita Beretta
85 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
86 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Amore & Vita Beretta
87 Miran Kelner (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
88 Bruno Nella (Can) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
89 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
90 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Mroz
91 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike
92 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Mroz
93 Tomasz Blaszczyk (Pol) Miche
94 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
95 Stefan Zoss (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
96 John Ibbotson (GBr) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
97 Enrico Degano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
98 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
99 Mikhail Teteriouk (Kaz) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo
100 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj
101 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz
102 Jan Richter (Ger) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
103 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco-Koop
104 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
105 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
106 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
107 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax
108 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
110 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim
111 Christopher D. Myhre (Nor) Team Ringerike
112 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Ringerike
113 Bruno Buttiger (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
114 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz
115 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz
116 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz
117 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo               21.26
118 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
119 Maurizio Montalbano (Ita) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo          21.29
120 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Amore & Vita Beretta
121 Lee Maxwell Vertongen (NZl) Team Endurasport.Com-Principia
122 Serguei Gretchin (Ukr) Miche
123 Stefan Mischeler (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
124 Stefan Felder (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
125 Sabino Fausto Cannone (Ita) Maestro-Nella/Nippon-Hodo