May 30/98 2:26 am - Giro, Prutour, B.C. and Ontario News

Posted by Editor on 05/30/98
 

Giro d‚Italia

Stage 14 - Schio to Piancavallo, 165 km

1 PANTANI Marco ITA 4:22:11
2 TONKOV Pavel RUS at 0:13
3 ZUELLE Alex SUI s.t.
4 GUERINI Giuseppe ITA 0:28
5 NOE' Andrea ITA 1:51
6 DOMINGUEZ J. Carlos ESP 2:02
7 VELO Marco ITA
8 DE PAOLI Daniele ITA
9 CLAVIERO Daniel ESP
10 FORCONI Riccardo ITA
11 BELLI Wladimir ITA
12 COLOMBO Daniele ITA 2:58
13 REBELLIN Davide ITA
14 MAGNANI Marco ITA
15 ROUX Laurent FRA
16 ZINTCHENKO Andrei RUS
17 CAMENZIND Oskar SUI
18 MICELI Nicola ITA
19 JEKER Fabian SUI
20 GARCIA Felix M. ESP all s.t.

GC

1 ZUELLE Alex SUI 67:01:11
2 PANTANI Marco ITA at 0:22
3 TONKOV Pavel RUS 0:40
4 GUERINI Giuseppe ITA 0:57
5 NOE' Andrea ITA 1:05
6 BARTOLI Michele ITA 2:41
7 CAMENZIND Oskar SUI 2:49
8 ROUX Laurent FRA 3:01
9 BELLI Wladimir ITA 3:22
10 LEBLANC Luc FRA 3:31
11 ZINTCHENKO Andrei RUS 3:43
12 MICELI Nicola ITA 3:44
13 DOMINGUEZ J. Carlos ESP 3:50
14 REBELLIN Davide ITA 3:57
15 FORCONI Riccardo ITA 3:59
16 VELO Marco ITA 4:01
17 CLAVERO Daniel ESP 4:55
18 GONTCHAR Serguei UKR s.t.
19 MAGNANI Marco ITA 5:45
20 RUBIERA J. Luis ESP 5:51


B.C. Racing

Tomorrow is the Bastion Square Cycling G.P. in downtown Victoria. Many of the teams competing at the track World Cup are planning on racing this 0.9 km criterium, so if you are in the area drop by. Racing starts at 7:30 am for Novices, with the main events starting at noon. Among the teams expected to attend are Chile, New Zealand, Germany, Russia, El Salvador, Canada. Top Canadians racing include Alison Sydor, Roland Green (winner for the last two years) and Brian Walton.

Next weekend is the Comox Valley stage race, in Courtney on the Island. The 3 stage race - road race and time trial on Saturday (June 6th), criterium on Sunday - offers races for all categories, and a $5000 prize list. Check out the website for more information: www.mars.ark.com/~cvcc


Canada Cup #1

Just a note from the organizers of the first Canada Cup mountain bike race - next weekend at Hardwood Hills, north of Barrie, Ontario. Pre-registration has ended, with over 500 entries in. A warning that you should not leave your accomodations until the last minute - this is high season in the Muskokas! Check out the organizer website on our National Calendars page for more information.


Prutour, Great Britain

Stage 7 - Chessington to Medway, 161 km

1 O'Grady,Stuart GAN 4:21:47
2 Backstedt,Magnus GAN
3 Sweet,Jay Bigmat Auber93
4 Priem,Tristan Australia
5 Miller,Graeme New Zealand all s.t.

GC

1 O'Grady,Stuart GAN 25:38:41
2 Boardman,Chris GAN at 0:46
3 Baranowski,Dariusz US Postal Service 0:58
4 Stephens,Neil Festina 1:09
5 Hamilton,Tyler US Postal Service 1:27