2000 Giro d'Italia

The 2000 Giro d'Italia was the 83rd edition of the Giro. It began with a prologue that navigated through the Italian capital Rome. The race came to a close on June 4 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Twenty teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Stefano Garzelli of the Template:Cycling data UNO team. Second and third were the Italian riders Francesco Casagrande and Gilberto Simoni.

In the race's other classifications, Template:Cycling data VIN rider Francesco Casagrande won the mountains classification, Dimitri Konyshev of the Template:Cycling data FAS team won the points classification, and Template:Cycling data FDJ rider Fabrizio Guidi won the intergiro classification. Template:Cycling data MAP finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by Template:Cycling data FAS.

Teams

The race organizers RCS Sport invited twenty teams to participate in the race. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 180 cyclists. Out of the 180 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 127 riders made it to the finish in Milan.

The teams that took part in the race were:

Amica Chips–Tacconi Sport Template:Cycling data GCE Cantina Tollo Template:Cycling data PAN Template:Cycling data TVM Template:Cycling data FAS Template:Cycling data KEL

Template:Cycling data FDJ Template:Cycling data LAM Linda McCartney Racing Team Liquigas–Pata Template:Cycling data MAP Template:Cycling data UNO Template:Cycling data MDN

Template:Cycling data POL Template:Cycling data SDA Template:Cycling data RAB Template:Cycling data SAE Template:Cycling data VIN Template:Cycling data VIT

Pre-race favorites

Marco Pantani (Template:Cycling data UNO) – who was expelled the previous year for having high levels of hematocrit – announced his intentions to race the Giro a few weeks prior to the race despite only racing a few times during the year. Francesco Casagrande (Template:Cycling data VIN) was seen as a favorite because of his victory at the 1999 Tour de Suisse; however, a doping suspension, marred the rest of his season. Paolo Savoldelli was found to be in good form following an overall victory at the Tour de Romandie.

Tim Maloney of CyclingNews stated that Template:Cycling data POL's Ivan Gotti, who had won the previous year's race following Pantani's disqualification, desired to prove he is a legitimate contender. He added that the young rider Danilo Di Luca will be competing in his second Giro and he will aim for a stage victory.

Sprinter Mario Cipollini, a favorite to win the stages if they come to a bunch sprint, started the race after battling asthma in the preceding weeks. Ivan Quaranta (Template:Cycling data MDN) was another rider that was seen as a contender for the sprint stages, along with reigning Italian road race champion Salvatore Commesso (Template:Cycling data SAE).

Route and stages

The race route was revealed by the organizers in Milan at the Teatro Lirico. This running of the Giro contained three individual time trial events, one of which was the prologue the race began with. There were a total of ten stages that contained categorized climbs; five of which contained climbs of higher categories, while the other five stages held only categorized climbs of lesser degree. The remaining nine stages were primarily flat stages.

Of the mountain stages, three ended with summit finishes: stage 5 to Peschici, stage 9 to Abetone, and stage 18 to Prato Nevoso. One other stage had a summit arrival, the demanding stage 20 climbing time trial up the Sestriere.

The race began in Rome to celebrate the Great Jubilee, with the opening prologue passing historic sites such as the Colosseum and Imperial Forum. The race then headed down the coast to Scalea through the first week, before turning east to Matera, then heading north through Apulia, travelling along a length of the Adriatic coast.

CyclingNews writer Tim Maloney felt that the first difficult stage to be raced would be the eighth stage, which featured three major categorized climbs across of racing.

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	13 May	Rome		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
1	14 May	Rome to Terracina		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
2	15 May	Terracina to Maddaloni		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
3	16 May	Paestum to Scalea		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
4	17 May	Scalea to Matera		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
5	18 May	Matera to Peschici		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
6	19 May	Peschici to Vasto		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
7	20 May	Vasto to Teramo		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
8	21 May	Corinaldo to Prato		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
9	22 May	Prato to Abetone		File:Mountainstage.svg	Mountain stage	Template:Flagicon Francesco Casagrande
10	23 May	San Marcello Pistoiese to Padua		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
11	24 May	Lignano Sabbiadoro to Bibione		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
	25 May	Rest day
12	26 May	Bibione to Feltre		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
13	27 May	Feltre to Sëlva		File:Mountainstage.svg	Mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
14	28 May	Sëlva to Bormio		File:Mountainstage.svg	Mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
15	29 May	Bormio to Brescia		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
16	30 May	Brescia to Meda		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
17	31 May	Meda to Genoa		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
18	1 June	Genoa to Prato Nevoso		File:Mountainstage.svg	Mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
19	2 June	Saluzzo to Briançon (France)		File:Mountainstage.svg	Mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
20	3 June	Briançon (France) to Sestriere		File:Mountain Time Trial Stage.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
21	4 June	Turin to Milan		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
	Total

Classification Leadership

In the 2000 Giro d'Italia, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints.

There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2000 was Colle dell'Agnello, afforded more points than the other first-category climbs.

The fourth jersey represented the intergiro classification, marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey.

There were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification File:Jersey pink.svg	Points classification File:Jersey violet.svg	Mountains classification File:Jersey green.svg	Intergiro classification File:Jersey blue.svg	Trofeo Fast Team	Trofeo Super Team
P	Jan Hruška	Jan Hruška	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1	Ivan Quaranta	Mario Cipollini	Ivan Quaranta	Alessandro Petacchi	Mario Cipollini	Template:Cycling data FDJ	Template:Cycling data PLT
2	Cristian Moreni	Cristian Moreni	Cristian Moreni	Karsten Kroon	Matteo Tosatto	Liquigas-Pata
3	Ján Svorada		Matteo Tosatto
4	Mario Cipollini		Mario Cipollini
5	Danilo Di Luca	Matteo Tosatto	Matteo Tosatto				Template:Cycling data FAS
6	Dmitri Konyshev
7	David McKenzie		Dmitri Konyshev
8	Axel Merckx	José Enrique Gutiérrez			Fabrizio Guidi	Mapei - Quick Step	Template:Cycling data PLT
9	Francesco Casagrande	Francesco Casagrande					Template:Cycling data FAS
10	Ivan Quaranta
11	Víctor Hugo Peña					Template:Cycling data VIN
12	Enrico Cassani
13	José Luis Rubiera			Francesco Casagrande		Mapei - Quick Step
14	Gilberto Simoni			José Jaime González
15	Biagio Conte
16	Fabrizio Guidi
17	Álvaro González de Galdeano
18	Stefano Garzelli			Francesco Casagrande
19	Paolo Lanfranchi			José Jaime González
20	Jan Hruška	Stefano Garzelli		Francesco Casagrande
21	Mariano Piccoli
Final		Stefano Garzelli	Dmitri Konyshev	Francesco Casagrande	Fabrizio Guidi	Mapei - Quick Step	Template:Cycling data FAS

Final standings

Legend
Pink jersey	Denotes the winner of the General classification	Green jersey	Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification
Purple jersey	Denotes the winner of the Points classification	Blue jersey	Denotes the winner of the Intergiro classification

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Template:Cycling data UNO	98h 30' 14"
2	Template:Flagathlete Green jersey	Template:Cycling data VIN	+ 1' 27"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 1' 33"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	+ 4' 58"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	+ 5' 28"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SDA	+ 5' 48"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FAS	+ 7' 38"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL	+ 8' 08"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Liquigas-Pata	+ 8' 14"
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GCE	+ 8' 32"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey	Template:Cycling data FAS	159
2	Template:Flagathlete Blue jersey	Template:Cycling data FDJ	119
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	116
4	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Template:Cycling data UNO	114
5	Template:Flagathlete Green jersey	Template:Cycling data VIN	106
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data POL	86
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data VIT	73
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	70
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FAS	67

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete Green jersey	Template:Cycling data VIN	71
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SDA
3	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Template:Cycling data UNO	47
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	42
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data RAB	31
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL	21
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	16
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FAS	15
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL	13

Intergiro classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Blue jersey	Template:Cycling data FDJ	62h 50' 05"
2	Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey	Template:Cycling data FAS	+ 57"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport	+ 1' 38"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data VIT	+ 2' 01"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Liquigas-Pata	+ 2' 03"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 2' 27"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data RAB	+ 2' 52"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Liquigas-Pata	+ 2' 56"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data VIT	+ 2' 58"
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data VIT	+ 3' 07"

Trofeo Fast Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Template:Cycling data MAP	295h 29' 39"
2	Template:Cycling data VIT	+ 31' 03"
3	Template:Cycling data KEL	+ 31' 23"
4	Template:Cycling data FAS	+ 38' 25"
5	Template:Cycling data GCE	+ 41' 36"
6	Template:Cycling data UNO	+ 1h 16' 02"
7	Template:Cycling data SDA	+ 1h 40' 11"
8	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 1h 40' 13"
9	Liquigas-Pata	+ 1h 45' 10"
10	Template:Cycling data POL	+ 1h 49' 55"

Trofeo Super Team classification

	Team	Points
1	Template:Cycling data FAS	456
2	Template:Cycling data MAP	375
3	Template:Cycling data LAM	336
4	Template:Cycling data POL	312
5	Template:Cycling data VIT	309
6	Cantina Tollo	250
7	Template:Cycling data KEL
8	Liquigas-Pata	248
9	Template:Cycling data UNO	220
10	Template:Cycling data SAE

Minor classifications

Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. Other awards included the most combative trophy classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Russian Dmitri Konyshev won the most combative classification. The Top Runner Trophy Liquigas classification was won by Francesco Casagrande.

External links

• Official results