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Giro d'Italia, Italy
Prologue, Reggio Calabria, 1,150 m
7 May
Pink for Cipollini and Lancaster
Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos
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![Lancaster In Maglia Rosa](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/Giro/00/teamLancasterInPink.jpg", 500, 652, "Lancaster In Maglia Rosa"); "Lancaster In Maglia Rosa, photo: Panaria-Navigare")
Lancaster In Maglia Rosa, photo: Panaria-Navigare
In Reggio Calabria, the toe of Italy, it was Brett Lancaster who hammered home fastest, wearing the first Maglia Rosa. Lancaster is an Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit at Athens and world champion in the same speciality in 2002, and in 2003 setting the world record. The young Australian, 25 years, takes the first leader's jersey.
The course was simple, 1,150 meters along the shore of Reggio Calabria, but the task was hard. Going all out for 1.15K is hard, and early on it was Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo) that set the pace to beat. Tosatto came in with a time of 1'20", and that was to hold for a long time. As darkness came the street lights illuminated. It was Bradley Wiggins, Mark Renshaw, Stuart O'Grady, Paolo Savoldelli putting in good times, but none could upset the time that Lancaster had posted, 1'20". An amazing time for a field of riders that were only spread apart by a maximum of 17 seconds.
![Manuel Garate](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/Giro/00/WatsonManuelGarate.jpg", 399, 600, "Manuel Garate"); "Manuel Garate, photo: Graham Watson - Saunier Duval")
Manuel Garate, photo: Graham Watson
Coming in fourth for an impressive ride was Paolo Savoldelli (1'21"), on his 32nd birthday. Paolo Salvodelli (Discovery Channel) was the winner in 2002 and was the best of the overall hopefuls. Damiano Cunego finished in 22nd and did better than the "captain" Simoni (1'24" versus 1'28"). Ivan Basso with 1'26" and Tom Danielson at 1'27". Of note was Michael Barry, Danielson's teammate, who finished in 15th (1'23").
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Cipollini Waves Goodbye, photo: Bianchi
But who cares about all the "favorites" and sprinters? There was a certain champion making his last run down the cat-walk. Yes, Super-Mario was last to leave the start house after Damiano Cunego. Mario was riding an unofficial ride, in an all pink skin-suit, with a heart and circulatory system. No aero-helmet but with waves and kisses for all the tifosi. BiciRace.com loved it, we were so happy for Mario making his good-bye.
What great way to end the evening when Mario Cipollini crowned Australian Lancaster on the podium. Emotions were at a high for both the Australian and the retiring Italian. Stay tuned for coverage tomorrow, in stage 1.
Results:
1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 1'20"958, 51.75 K/hr
2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.01
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 0.02
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
7 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
9 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
10 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
11 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
12 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 0.03
13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
14 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
15 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
16 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.04
17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
19 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
21 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
23 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
24 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
26 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
29 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 0.05
30 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
31 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
32 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
34 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
36 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
37 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
38 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
39 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears
40 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
41 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
43 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
44 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
45 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
46 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
47 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.06
48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
49 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
50 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
51 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
52 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
53 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
54 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
56 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
57 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
59 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
60 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
61 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
62 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
63 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
64 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
65 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
68 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
69 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
70 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
71 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
72 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 0.07
73 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
74 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
75 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
76 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
77 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
79 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
81 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
82 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
83 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
84 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
85 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
86 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
87 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
88 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
89 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
90 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
91 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
92 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.08
93 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
94 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
95 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
96 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
97 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
98 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
99 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
100 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
101 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
102 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
103 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
104 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
105 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
106 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
107 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
108 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
109 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
110 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
111 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
112 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
113 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
114 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
115 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.09
116 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
117 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
118 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
119 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
121 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
122 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze
123 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
124 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
125 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
126 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
127 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
128 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
129 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
130 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
131 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
132 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
133 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
134 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
135 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
136 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.10
137 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
138 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
139 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
140 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
141 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
142 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
143 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
144 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
145 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
146 Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
147 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
148 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
149 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
150 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
151 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
152 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
153 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.11
154 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
155 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
156 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
157 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
158 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
159 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
160 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
161 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
162 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
163 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
164 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
165 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
166 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
167 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
168 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
169 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.12
170 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
171 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears
172 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
173 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
174 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
175 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
176 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
177 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
178 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
179 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
180 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
181 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13
182 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
183 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
184 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
185 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
186 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.14
187 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
188 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
189 Fredy González (Col) Panaria-Navigare
190 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
191 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
192 Alberto López de Munaín (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.16
193 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
194 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
195 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
196 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
197 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.17
GC:
1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
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