June 21/99 8:30 am - Euro results, Letter From Italy, Track World Cup

Posted by Editor on 06/21/99
 

Tour of Catalonia, Spain

Stage 3 of this race was nullified out of respect to Maunel Sanroma, who died on June 19th (Saturday) in stage 2, after crashing and hitting his head. GC is unchanged.


Letter From Italy

Cascalenda, Italy.

SC REDA - Baggioni's Giuseppe Bracci won the Giro del Cigno, a 155km elite/espoir road race, in commanding style on Sunday, in a three man sprint. The small finishing group formed by selection over the final 20km climb, from a 16-man breakaway born in the first quarter of the event. The sixteen riders held the main field at bay for over 100km, through wind, heavy rain, and fog (which on one descent had visibility down to twenty meters), until it was apparent that they would stay clear. Of the 150 starters, only 20 would finish...21 if you include the guy with the hairy legs who got dropped after 10km, then later rode into the finish without a speck of dirt on his clothes or bike!

I finished 12th. I helped motor "Beppe" Bracci and the break towards the finish, but got shelled midway up the final climb. All in all it was a good race, and it is great to see hard work pay off in a victory!

Paul Kelly.


Tour of Switzerland

Stage 6 - Meiringen ITT 29.5 km

1. Vjatscheslaw Ekimov (Rus) Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria 36:09:42
2. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom at 0:33.84
3. Martin Havstija (Slo) Ballan-Alessio 1:00.37
4. Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola 1:03.32
5. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1:06.33
6. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 1:06.56
7. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 1:12.64
8. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche-Bank 1:22.75
9. Raivis Belochvoskitsch (Lit) Lampre-Daikin 1:30.08
10. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1:31.58

GC

1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche-Bank 20:48:20
2. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Ballan-Alessio at 0:02
3. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola 0:12
4. Oscar Camenzind (Sui) Lampre-Daikin 0:38
5. Laurent Dufaux (Sui) Saeco-Cannondale 0:43
6. Roberto Shambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 2:26
7. Sven Montgomery (Sui) Post Swiss Team 2:37
8. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 3:36
9. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 3:40
10. Beat Zberg (Sui) Rabobank 4:07


Route du Sud, France

Stage 2 - Montauban to Mazamet 216 km

1. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 5:29:10
2. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
3. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
4. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi
5. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis
6. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino
7. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Française des Jeux
8. Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
9. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal
10. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis all s.t.

GC

1. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 8:01:18
2. Patrick Jonker (Ned) Rabobank at 0:07
3. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 0:14
4. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0:31
5. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 0:37
6. ChanN McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 0:39
7. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0:45
8. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino 0:46
9. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 0:47
10. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi 0:53


Track World Cup #3 - Valencia, Spain

There were no Canadians at this event.