82nd Giro d'Italia, Grand Tour

Italy, May 15-June 6, 1999


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Consistency paid off for Dutchman Jeroen Blijlevens, who won Stage 3 and took the leader's maglia rosa. Second on the first two stage, Blijlevens made sure of the victory in the mass sprint by passing Czech Republic's Jan Svorada in the last metres and taking the overall leadership of the Giro from Italian Mario Cipollini.

Cipillini was in fine position going under the red kite (1 km to go) but did not contest the final sprint. He was apparently suffering from the consequences of a crash he was involved in some 45 kms from the finish. He hit the ground hard along with a number of other riders. But the peloton observed the rules of "fair play" and waited for him to get back into the race after some serious help from his Saeco-Cannondale teammates.

After the accident, always a possibility on the winding roads around the hills of Sicily, Marco Pantani doubled his vigilance to avoid being involved after a bad history of falls in this and other races. The Italian was in the front of the peloton leading into Messine. The riders passed the legendary monsters which guard the city on the hills coming in.

The Mercatone Uno team backed off with 2.5 kms to go and Blijlevens was waiting for the last moments to move to the front. He now has stage win in all the major tours - Giro (1), Tour (4) and Vuelta (4).

Blijlevens victories in big tours are as follows:

Tour de France

July 6, 1995, Stage 5, Fecamp - Duinkerken, 261 kms
July 4, 1996 5e etappe, Lac de Madine - Besancon, 242 kms
July 11, 19997 6e etappe, Le Blanc - Marennes, 217,5 kms
July 150, 19998 4e etappe, Plouay - Cholet, 252 kms

Tour of Spain

September 12, 1995 Stage 10, Cordoba - Sevilla, 162,5 kms
September 11, 1996 Stage 5, Murcia - Almeria, 208,4 kms
September 6, 1998 Stage 2, Cordoba - Cadiz, 235 kms
September 9, 1998 Stage 5, Olalua del Rio - Murcia, 174 kms

Giro d'Italia

May 17, 1999, Stage 3, Catania - Messina, 176 kms

After the race, the TVM sprinter said that he was still unsure if he was going to race the Tour this year. He said: "I hope to ride the Tour in July."

Other items of interest today include the allegations made by the president of Amore e Vita, Ivan Fanini about Marco Pantani. Fanini, upset that his second division team was excluded from the Giro, suggested in a radio interview that there Forconi (Mercatone's manager) may have done something to render the blood controls in last year's Giro invalid. The comments were ambiguous but sent the lawyers for Mercatone Uno scampering. The matter was a storm in the teacup and the Italian fans were lining the route and cheering for the Pirate.

Stage 3, Catania - Messina, 202 kms:

  1. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                     4.53.49 (35.941 km/h)
  2. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
  3. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
  4. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
  5. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
  6. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
  7. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne
  8. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Polti
  9. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio
 10. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
 11. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Ballan-Alessio
 12. Dario Pieri (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne
 13. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria
 14. Samuele Schiavina (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
 15. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
 16. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio
 17. Orlando Sergio Gomes Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
 18. Luca Cei (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne
 19. Marco Gili (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria
 20. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 21. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step
 22. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Siguros
 23. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 24. Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
 25. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
 26. Victor Pena (Col) Vitalicio Siguros
 27. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 28. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 29. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 30. Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 31. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 32. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 33. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 34. Dario Frigo (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 35. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
 36. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 37. Hendrik Van dyck (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites
 38. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
 39. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 40. Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
 41. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 42. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Siguros
 43. Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Liquigas-Pata
 44. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria
 45. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 46. Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
 47. Dirk Muller (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step
 48. Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Navigare-Gaerne
 49. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 50. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 51. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
 52. Amilcare Tronca (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria
 53. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 54. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria
 55. José Maria Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto
 56. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
 57. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 58. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti
 59. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti
 60. Sergei Gontchar (Ukr) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
 61. Andrea Peron (Ita) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 62. William Chann Mcrae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
 63. Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
 64. Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Navigare-Gaerne
 65. Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 66. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
 67. Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 68. Jose' Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto
 69. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Ballan-Alessio
 70. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 71. Francisco J. Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros
 72. Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros
 73. Carlo Marino Bianchi (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
 74. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Team Polti
 75. Biagio Conte (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
 76. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne
 77. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites
 78. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
 79. Ivan Basso (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
 80. Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
 81. Daniel Clavero (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros
 82. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites
 83. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros
 84. Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
 85. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Mobilvetta-Northwave
 86. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Ballan-Alessio
 87. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
 88. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 89. Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 90. Aleksandr Shefer (Kaz) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
 91. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
 92. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto
 93. Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
 94. Stephan Goubert (Fra) Team Polti
 95. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria
 96. David Canada Garcia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 97. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 98. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto
 99. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
100. Hernan Buenahora (Col) Vitalicio Siguros
101. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
102. Guido Trombetta (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
103. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
104. David Navas Chica (Spa) Banesto
105. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto
106. Andrea Brognara (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
107. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
108. Aldo Zanetti (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne
109. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
110. Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Navigare-Gaerne
111. Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites
112. Stefano Panetta (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne
113. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
114. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio
115. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
116. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
117. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata
118. Danilo Di luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
119. Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
120. Felice Puttini (Swi) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria
121. José Jaime Gonzalez Pico (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
122. Eugeni Berzin (Rus) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria
123. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
124. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
125. Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
126. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti
127. Marco Magnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
128. Pascal Richard (Swi) Mobilvetta-Northwave
129. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
130. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto
131. Stefano Faustini (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
132. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Banesto
133. Davide Casarotto (Ita) TVM-Farm Frites
134. José Manuel Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
135. Gines Salmeron Martinez (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros
136. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
137. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
138. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti
139. Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
140. Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
141. Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti
142. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
143. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
144. Filippo Baldo (Ita) Ballan-Alessio
145. Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
146. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
147. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
148. Bo Hamburger (Den) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
149. Piotre Ugrumov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio
150. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
151. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
152. Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
153. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
154. Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
155. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM-Farm Frites
156. Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                        6.27
157. Denis Zanette (Ita) Team Polti                                 6.27

Points for Stage:

  1. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                          25
  2. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                                  20
  3. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                      16
  4. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                         14
  5. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                                 12
  6. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank          10
  7. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                           9
  8. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Polti                                   8
  9. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                        7
 10. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                         6
 11. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                               5
 12. Dario Pieri (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                                 4
 13. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria                  3
 14. Samuele Schiavina (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                       2
 15. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                   1

Mountains:

  1. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                               5
  2. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                              3
  3. Danilo Di luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                         1

GC after Stage 3

  1. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                    12.50.24
  2. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                         0.08
  3. Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                       0.16
  4. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                            0.22
  5. Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                0.22
  6. Dario Pieri (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                              0.24
  7. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                            0.24
  8. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                        0.24
  9. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                     0.26
 10. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Polti                                0.28
 11. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                        0.28
 12. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                             0.28
 13. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                         0.28
 14. Orlando Sergio Gomes Rodrigues (Por) Banesto                   0.28
 15. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                0.28
 16. Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                        0.28
 17. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                       0.28
 18. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                            0.28
 19. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                        0.28
 20. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                             0.28
 21. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                         0.28
 22. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                 0.28
 23. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                      0.28
 24. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                 0.28
 25. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank        0.28
 26. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                       0.28
 27. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                      0.28
 28. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                              0.28
 29. Dario Frigo (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                             0.28
 30. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      0.28
 31. José Maria Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto                        0.28
 32. Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                                0.28
 33. Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  0.28
 34. Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                0.28
 35. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites                           0.28
 36. Daniel Clavero (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros                         0.28
 37. Marco Gili (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria                     0.28
 38. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   0.28
 39. Sergei Gontchar (Ukr) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                  0.28
 40. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                      0.28
 41. Andrea Peron (Ita) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          0.28
 42. William Chann Mcrae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step                     0.28
 43. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                              0.28
 44. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                    0.28
 45. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                     0.28
 46. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria               0.28
 47. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                          0.28
 48. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                           0.28
 49. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti                                    0.28
 50. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Team Polti                               0.28
 51. Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Navigare-Gaerne                           0.28
 52. Aleksandr Shefer (Kaz) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                     0.28
 53. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Siguros                      0.28
 54. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Mobilvetta-Northwave                     0.28
 55. Amilcare Tronca (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria                0.28
 56. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros                     0.28
 57. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                             0.28
 58. Samuele Schiavina (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                    0.28
 59. Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Navigare-Gaerne                            0.28
 60. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                  0.28
 61. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step                        0.28
 62. Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                              0.28
 63. Francisco J. Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros            0.28
 64. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       0.28
 65. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                                 0.28
 66. David Canada Garcia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   0.28
 67. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti                                0.28
 68. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria              0.28
 69. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                          0.28
 70. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     0.28
 71. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                            0.28
 72. Eugeni Berzin (Rus) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria                  0.28
 73. Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros                    0.28
 74. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata                           0.28
 75. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Ballan-Alessio                           0.28
 76. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                             0.28
 77. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave              0.28
 78. Aldo Zanetti (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                             0.28
 79. Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                         0.28
 80. Jose' Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto                               0.28
 81. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                           0.28
 82. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   0.28
 83. Hernan Buenahora (Col) Vitalicio Siguros                       0.28
 84. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria              0.28
 85. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   0.28
 86. Victor Pena (Col) Vitalicio Siguros                            0.28
 87. Dirk Muller (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step                             0.28
 88. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                  0.28
 89. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                    0.28
 90. Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                  0.28
 91. Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti                              0.28
 92. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                   0.28
 93. Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank          0.28
 94. Stefano Panetta (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                          0.28
 95. Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Navigare-Gaerne                          0.28
 96. Marco Magnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                       0.28
 97. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                                      0.28
 98. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                          0.28
 99. Bo Hamburger (Den) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                        0.28
100. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               0.28
101. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                                0.28
102. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                      0.28
103. Felice Puttini (Swi) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria                 0.28
104. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                      0.28
105. Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec               0.28
106. Danilo Di luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                      0.28
107. Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               0.28
108. Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                               0.28
109. Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                   0.28
110. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                     0.28
111. Piotre Ugrumov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                            0.28
112. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Banesto                                 0.28
113. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti                              0.28
114. José Jaime Gonzalez Pico (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca              0.28
115. Filippo Baldo (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                             0.28
116. José Manuel Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             0.28
117. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti                               0.28
118. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     0.28
119. Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                          0.28
120. Biagio Conte (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                               0.55
121. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                               0.58
122. Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Liquigas-Pata                              0.58
123. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                  0.58
124. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        1.01
125. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                        1.06
126. Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites                            1.06
127. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                  1.06
128. Carlo Marino Bianchi (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                 1.10
129. Guido Trombetta (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                     1.32
130. Ivan Basso (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                           1.54
131. Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                           3.13
132. Pascal Richard (Swi) Mobilvetta-Northwave                      3.28
133. David Navas Chica (Spa) Banesto                                3.51
134. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria               4.15
135. Stephan Goubert (Fra) Team Polti                               5.37
136. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Siguros                      6.11
137. Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                  6.11
138. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                             6.11
139. Gines Salmeron Martinez (Spa) Vitalicio Siguros                6.11
140. Davide Casarotto (Ita) TVM-Farm Frites                         6.39
141. Denis Zanette (Ita) Team Polti                                 6.55
142. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         7.37
143. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                     7.37
144. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                     8.56
145. Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                        9.03
146. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                      10.18
147. Luca Cei (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                                10.18
148. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites                            10.18
149. Andrea Brognara (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                    10.18
150. Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                             10.18
151. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                            10.22
152. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM-Farm Frites                         10.22
153. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                               11.34
154. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                   11.36
155. Hendrik Van dyck (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites                        13.18
156. Stefano Faustini (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                          15.10
157. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                       16.27

Overall Points:

  1. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                          65
  2. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                           47
  3. Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                         37
  4. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Polti                                  26
  5. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                           24
  6. Dario Pieri (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                                23
  7. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                                  23
  8. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                      20
  9. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                         19
 10. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                                 18
 11. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                              16
 12. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                          16
 13. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                       15
 14. Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                          14
 15. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                  13
 16. Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                  10
 17. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank          10
 18. Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                  10
 19. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                                8
 20. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                    8
 21. Biagio Conte (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                                  8
 22. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                               7
 23. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                        7
 24. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria                  7
 25. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                           6
 26. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                                6
 27. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                         6
 28. Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Navigare-Gaerne                              5
 29. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                      4
 30. Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec                     4
 31. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata                              3
 32. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Siguros                         3
 33. Luca Cei (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne                                    3
 34. Orlando Sergio Gomes Rodrigues (Por) Banesto                      2
 35. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                          2
 36. Samuele Schiavina (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                       2
 37. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                               1 

Overall Mountains:

  1. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                             11
  2. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                               5
  3. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                         3
  4. Danilo Di luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                         3
  5. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                             1
  6. José Jaime Gonzalez Pico (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 1

Overall Teams:

  1. Navigare-Gaerne                                            38.32.36
  2. Lampre-Daikin                                              38.32.36
  3. Cantina Tollo-Alexia                                       38.32.36
  4. Saeco-Cannondale                                           38.32.36
  5. Mapei-Quick Step                                           38.32.36
  6. Liquigas-Pata                                              38.32.36
  7. Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                                      38.32.36
  8. ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                         38.32.36
  9. Vini caldirola-Sidermec                                    38.32.36
 10. Vitalicio Seguros                                          38.32.36
 11. Banesto                                                    38.32.36
 12. Team Polti                                                 38.32.36
 13. Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria                               38.32.36
 14. Mobilvetta-Northwave                                       38.32.36
 15. Kelme-Costa Blanca                                         38.32.36
 16. Riso Scotti-Vinavil                                        38.32.36
 17. Ballan-Alessio                                             38.32.36
 18. TVM-Farm Frites                                            38.33.14