Linda McCartney Foods Pro Cycling Team - Giro d'Italia 2000

Giro d'Italia 2000 (Italy) - 3,707km

Index / Stages: Prologue - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9
10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21

Results / Diary

Stage 9

Stage Route Details

McCartney Riders Safe

All seven remaining Linda McCartney Foods riders safely finished in the 'Autobus' on the races biggest test so far, to complete the stage within the time limit as per team manager Sean Yates's instructions. "This is not our sort of stage, survival is the name of the day, and then we'll look to the next stage. I'm very happy everybody got through ok."

Two hard mountains passes made the day belong to the climbers and those seeking a high placing overall when the race reaches Milan on Sunday week.

Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola-Sidermec) stamped his authority on the Giro by winning the stage 1 minute 39 seconds ahead of the second placed rider Stefano Garzelli (Mercatone Uno-Albacom) and last year's champion Ivan Gotti (Team Polti) who finished 6th. National star Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno-Albacom), who is using the race as a 'warm-up' for the forthcoming Tour de France, finished 26th, 6 minutes 54 seconds down on Casagrande. Casagrande now wears the coveted pink leader's jersey.

Stage 9 - 22.05.00: Prato - Abetone - 138km

  1. F Casagrande (Vini Caldirola-Sidermec)   4.22.58
  2. S Garzelli (Mercatone Uno-Albacom)     @    1.39
  3. D Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) 
 85. Matthew Stephens                       @   18.06
 92. Maurizio De Pasquale                   @   19.00
 96. Björnar Vestöl 
100. Maximilian Sciandri  
108. Ciaran Power 
124. Tayeb Braikia 
135. David McKenzie                         @   19.09


Overall:

  1. F Casagrande (Vini Caldirola-Sidermec)  47.05.31
  2. D Di Luca (Cantina Tollo)              @    0.51
  3. A Noe' (Mapei-Quick Step)              @    1.39
 87. Maximilian Sciandri                    @   47.34
128. Tayeb Braikia                          @ 1.21.54
139. David McKenzie                         @ 1.30.02
142. Maurizio De Pasquale                   @ 1.32.05
147. Ciaran Power                           @ 1.37.08
151. Matthew Stephens                       @ 1.43.42
163. Björnar Vestöl                         @ 1.58.54


Points Overall:

  1. D Konyshev (Fassa Bortolo)                 76pts
  2. M Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo)                  58pts
  3. Mi A M Perdiguero (Vitalicio Seguros)      54pts
 17. David McKenzie                             33pts
 24. Maximilian Sciandri                        22pts
 38. Tayeb Braikia                              15pts
 44. Ciaran Power                               12pts
 
 
Mountains Overall:

  1. K Kroon (Rabobank)                         31pts
  2. F Casagrande (Vini Caldirola-Sidermec)     25pts
  3. S Garzelli (Mercatone Uno-Albacom)         12pts
 20. David McKenzie                              3pts
 
 
InterGiro Overall:

  1. F Guidi (La Francaise des Jeux)         30.02.46
  2. M Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo)              @    0.24
  3. D Ferrari (Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport)  @    1.06
  9. David McKenzie                         @    1.36
 85. Maximilian Sciandri                    @    2.06
138. Ciaran Power
146. Matthew Stephens
160. Tayeb Braikia
161. Björnar Vestöl
162. Maurizio De Pasquale
  
  
Teams Overall:

  1. Mapei-Quick Step                       141.04.40
  2. Fassa Bortolo                          @    4.32
  3. Vitalicio Seguros                      @    4.49
 19. Linda McCartney Foods Pro Cycling Team @ 2.47.53 
 
 
Teams Points Overall:

  1. Fassa Bortolo                             168pts
  2. Team Polti                                152pts
  3. Mapei-Quick Step                          149pts
 11. Linda McCartney Foods Pro Cycling Team     89pts



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