Stage 18 - June 7: Imperia - S. Anna Di Vinadio, 230 km

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Dies Irae?

By Jeff Jones

The Verdi Requiem may have been a more fitting piece of music to go with the events of the past 36 hours of the Giro d'Italia. Although operatic, it was also written as a mass for the dead. What started at 9 pm on Wednesday night in San Remo surely killed the Giro this year.

The race will go on, that is certain. After calls from top men in the Italian government, the International Olympic Committee, sponsors, and the strong intervention of the UCI, the riders had little choice. To abandon now would appear to be an even worse defeat. However, with the annulation of the most critical stage of the final week, the Giro is finished.

The final three stages, one of which is mountainous, will reveal whether the riders have any interest in racing. But barring any accidents, Gilberto Simoni will ride into Milan with the Maglia Rosa. His win, even though it has seemed likely from his performances on stages 13-15, will be tarnished by the fact that the showdown didn't happen on the way to Santuario Sant Anna Di Vinadio yesterday. Perhaps stage 20 from Busto Arsizio to Arona will provide the last test. It is hard to imagine at this stage.

Consider the hundreds of thousands of fans who trekked up the mountain side over the past few days to see their heroes battle it out in true fashion; the businesses who brought in extra staff and supplies for the anticipated crowds; the volunteers who were helping with the race; the parties and festivities that were planned... The list goes on and it is both painful and incredible to think of the impact that cancelling the stage had.

According to reports, the NAS action in San Remo had been planned since stage 8 which finished in Reggio Emillia, when a much smaller and more discreet search was carried out. The drug squad were doing their jobs under orders from the magistracy in Florence, who had been granted the power to do this after the Italian anti-drug law was passed in November last year. The government that passed the law has recently been removed from office, and this may have been one of their last shows of 'strength'.

Can you imagine it happening at any other major sporting event? The 1998 Tour de France set an unfortunate precedent.

The current situation is that over 300 products (possibly including anabolic and corticosteroids, stimulants, caffeine, vials of blood, drug testing kits and pleny of other substances) were seized from the teams on Wednesday night, with everything being sealed in plastic containers and envelopes and sent to laboratories in Rome and Florence for examination. Some teams, although they were searched, had nothing seized from them.

Does the end justify the means? If several teams are found to be loaded with illegal drugs and prosecuted, will this be a positive step in cleaning up the sport, a Day of Judgment? Time will tell, but raids such as this have occurred several times in the past, with the greatest effect simply being bad publicity. In spite of that, cycling is still growing in popularity.

It is certain that the UCI is doing a lot more to clean up the sport and make it healthier. This combined with additional testing from national federations means that few cyclists will go through the season without being tested more than once. The UCI has been criticised for being slow in tackling the EPO problem, but compared with most other sports it is the world leader by a long way.

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Results

General classification after stage 17
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                  77.19.15
2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          0.15
3 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski              4.28
4 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com                   5.22
5 Sergej Gontchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata                      6.10
6 Jose' Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                      6.29
7 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                       7.35
8 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio                                 7.39
9 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific              7.40
10 Carlos Contreras Caņo (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific        8.20
11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                        10.10
12 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo       11.17
13 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV               11.19
14 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport                 12.21
15 Jose' Castelblanco Romero (Col) Selle Italia-Pacif     14.20
16 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'       15.53
17 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio                            18.52
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com                    20.55
19 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo                     22.49
20 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                   24.40
21 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                     24.41
22 Juan Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin                        24.51
23 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo               27.48
24 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV            29.19
25 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV         30.42
26 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom           36.13
27 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                    37.20
28 Aleksander Shefer (Kaz) Alessio                        37.34
29 Cesar Solaun Solaņa (Spa) iBanesto.com                 37.36
30 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Strea     40.33
31 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Tacconi Sport                 40.34
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                     41.25
33 Jose' Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com                       41.27
34 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific           41.53
35 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      45.47
36 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom        47.45
37 Rouslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio                           48.29
38 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) iBanesto.com                   49.27
39 Francisco Leon Maņe (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           50.23
40 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                51.12
41 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Tacconi Sport                     52.00
42 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'         52.51
43 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'          56.44
44 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo      57.10
45 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           59.11
46 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       59.14
47 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com              1.01.05
48 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific   1.04.09
49 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe   1.06.31
50 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                 1.08.26
51 Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio               1.11.44
52 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom             1.11.51
53 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom         1.12.51
54 Roberto Conti (Ita) Cantina Tollo                    1.13.42
55 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                     1.13.52
56 Sergej Yacovlev (Kaz) Cantina Tollo                  1.14.26
57 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre-Daikin              1.17.32
58 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin               1.18.08
59 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                1.18.28
60 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Cantina Tollo           1.21.03
61 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                    1.21.12
62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       1.21.29
63 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo                 1.21.29
64 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              1.22.29
65 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   1.23.23
66 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            1.25.12
67 Rene' Andrle (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                   1.26.11
68 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca      1.27.08
69 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro            1.27.18
70 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport                  1.27.22
71 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com                     1.28.32
72 Timothy Jones (Zim) Mobilvetta Design                1.28.55
73 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             1.29.00
74 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                   1.29.58
75 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski              1.30.11
76 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro            1.31.14
77 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                1.31.34
78 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                  1.34.11
79 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata                  1.34.16
80 Giampaolo Mondini (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV      1.34.18
81 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro             1.36.00
82 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                1.37.30
83 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV        1.37.51
84 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                  1.37.56
85 David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com                 1.38.40
86 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    1.38.59
87 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                   1.39.04
88 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                  1.39.26
89 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro       1.39.59
90 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo      1.39.59
91 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom        1.40.00
92 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski       1.40.58
93 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport                     1.41.05
94 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV      1.42.41
95 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                1.43.02
96 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Design                    1.43.08
97 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV       1.44.14
98 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio                       1.45.07
99 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom             1.45.16
100 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco                1.45.38
101 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               1.47.04
102 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'        1.47.11
103 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta Design            1.47.30
104 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  1.47.32
105 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom         1.48.48
106 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca           1.50.43
107 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                   1.50.45
108 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                 1.55.03
109 Martin Hvastja (Slo) Alessio                        1.56.56
110 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport                   1.58.55
111 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'     1.59.06
112 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio                    1.59.53
113 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport                   2.00.25
114 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  2.00.52
115 Ruben Marin Valencia (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific     2.03.25
116 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                2.03.38
117 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific       2.04.26
118 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro             2.04.29
119 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             2.05.17
120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta Design            2.05.58
121 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Deutsche Telekom        2.06.13
122 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'   2.07.19
123 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                   2.08.29
124 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta Design             2.08.31
125 Mirko Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                    2.08.53
126 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'        2.10.01
127 Devis Miorin (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                2.10.19
128 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   2.12.45
129 Domenico Romano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo      2.14.52
130 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   2.15.24
131 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour                  2.15.38
132 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo                    2.15.43
133 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'        2.17.34
134 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour                         2.18.19
135 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design               2.19.23
136 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                2.19.56
137 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio              2.23.23
138 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour                       2.24.03
139 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                  2.24.25
140 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                   2.24.54
141 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio              2.25.24
142 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design             2.27.11
143 Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo   2.31.00
 
Points classification
 
1 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                  156   pts
2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                  122
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                       104
4 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            91
5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'            86
6 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                       85
7 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com                     68
8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                            67
9 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                66
10 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport                       59
11 Jose' Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                       55
12 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo          54
13 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                     52
14 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                    50
15 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         49
16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        45
17 Sergej Gontchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata                       43
18 Jose' Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com                          42
19 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                       41
20 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                   40
21 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo              39
22 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom             38
23 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific               37
24 Carlos Contreras Caņo (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific          37
25 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Tacconi Sport                    36
26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo                        34
27 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific              33
28 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo         32
29 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   32
30 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                      31
31 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         29
32 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                   28
33 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                  27
34 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio                                  26
35 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              26
36 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo                      26
37 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco                      26
38 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        25
39 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                        25
40 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific        24
41 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Design                         22
42 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo                          22
43 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 21
44 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport                          21
45 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV                  20
46 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                         20
47 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                         20
48 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'          18
49 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio                            18
50 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                        17
51 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                   16
52 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          14
53 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                       14
54 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'              14
55 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'         14
56 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           13
57 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'              13
58 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                     12
59 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport                    11
60 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           11
61 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio                          11
62 Ruben Marin Valencia (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific           11
63 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                         10
64 Jose' Castelblanco Romero (Col) Selle Italia-Pacif         9
65 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio                                9
66 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                      9
67 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo                   8
68 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                   8
69 David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com                       8
70 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport                          8
71 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV                7
72 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  7
73 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                    7
74 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                        6
75 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                           6
76 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   6
77 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                   6
78 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                         6
79 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com                        5
80 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       5
81 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV             5
82 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                    5
83 Rouslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio                               4
84 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         3
85 Aleksander Shefer (Kaz) Alessio                            2
86 Francisco Leon Maņe (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               2
87 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'             2
88 Giampaolo Mondini (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV            2
89 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                       1
90 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) iBanesto.com                       1
91 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      1
92 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific         73   pts
2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                        32
3 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific               32
4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                            31
5 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo          28
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo                         15
7 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific                14
8 Carlos Contreras Caņo (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific           14
9 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com                     12
10 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           11
11 Jose' Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com                          10
12 Cesar Solaun Solaņa (Spa) iBanesto.com                     6
13 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                    6
14 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           4
15 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                             4
16 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Tacconi Sport                     3
17 Rouslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio                               3
18 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  3
19 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   3
20 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio                             3
21 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                          3
22 Mirko Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                           3
23 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio                                2
24 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         2
25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           2
26 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         2
27 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'               2
28 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                      2
29 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                          1
30 Francisco Leon Maņe (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               1
31 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                    1
32 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe         1
33 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                   1
34 Sergej Yacovlev (Kaz) Cantina Tollo                        1
35 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport                        1
 
Intergiro classification
 
1 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta Design             44.30.54
2 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                  2.58
3 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski              3.06
4 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      3.12
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      3.17
6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          3.21
7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific             3.22
8 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    3.27
9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                 3.40
10 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
11 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                3.44
12 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                         3.46
14 Jose' Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com                        3.52
15 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                       3.56
16 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom           4.02
17 Sergej Gontchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata                     4.08
18 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com                  4.10
19 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                       4.13
20 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Design                       4.16
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                   59   pts
2 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific         38
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                            37
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   35
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                        33
6 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific               28
7 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                       23
8 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            21
9 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'            21
10 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                   20
11 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski               18
12 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com                    18
13 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                     17
14 Jose' Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com                          15
15 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                       13
16 Carlos Contreras Caņo (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific          12
17 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo         12
18 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport                       12
19 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                  12
20 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific               11
21 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom             11
22 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         11
23 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           9
24 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                     9
25 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                          9
26 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                    8
27 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Design                          8
28 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'               8
29 Sergej Gontchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata                        7
30 Jose' Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                        7
31 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo               7
32 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                    7
33 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         7
34 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio                             7
35 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                          7
36 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                    7
37 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo                         6
38 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         6
39 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                       6
40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom               5
41 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       5
42 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco                       5
43 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         4
44 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  4
45 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                    4
46 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'               4
47 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                         4
48 Cesar Solaun Solaņa (Spa) iBanesto.com                     3
49 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Tacconi Sport                     3
50 Rouslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio                               3
51 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                      3
52 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            3
53 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport                           3
54 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio                           3
55 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'          3
56 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV                   2
57 Francisco Leon Maņe (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               2
58 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                          2
59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                             2
60 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   2
61 Ruben Marin Valencia (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific            2
62 Mirko Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                           2
63 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo                           2
64 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio                                1
65 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1
66 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                   1
67 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport                          1
68 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                      1
 
Azzurri d'Italia classification
 
1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   12   pts
2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'            11
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                             8
4 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                        8
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                         7
6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             6
7 Carlos Contreras Caņo (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific            4
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo                          4
9 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           4
10 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                    4
11 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         4
12 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                         4
13 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      4
14 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                          4
15 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                     3
16 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com                     2
17 Jose' Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                        2
18 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo               2
19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                    2
20 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport                        2
21 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom              2
22 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                       2
23 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                1
24 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific         1
25 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       1
26 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski                    1
27 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Design                          1
28 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                   1
29 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                    1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                        11   pts
2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            22
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                            36
4 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com                     38
5 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           68
6 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific                70
7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific               71
8 Jose' Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com                           76
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo                        103
10 Carlos Contreras Caņo (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific         109
11 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia-Pacific       130
12 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Tacconi Sport                   141
13 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport                      147
14 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo        167
15 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                       169
16 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                  169
17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       169
18 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio                              171
19 Rouslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio                             173
20 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         180
21 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                        187
22 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                 188
23 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio                           188
24 Francisco Leon Maņe (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             189
25 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                225
26 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                  261
27 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'             264
28 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 288
29 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design                    349
 
Trofeo fast team classification
 
1 Alessio                                            231.52.51
2 Selle Italia - Pacific                                   2.39
3 Ibanesto.Com                                             3.42
4 ONCE - Eroski                                           13.10
5 Fassa Bortolo                                           17.25
6 Lampre - Daikin                                         32.11
7 Liquigas - Pata                                         37.30
8 Mercatone Uno - Stream TV                               44.48
9 Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola                          45.09
10 Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'                            1.00.32
11 Cantina Tollo - Acqua&Sapone                         1.05.42
12 Alexia Alluminio                                     1.06.01
13 Ceramiche Panaria - Fiordo                           1.21.02
14 Mapei - Quick Step                                   1.23.15
15 Team Deutsche Telekom                                1.25.52
16 Lotto - Adecco                                       2.42.11
17 Kelme - Costa Blanca                                 3.00.53
18 Team Colpack - Astro                                 3.04.05
19 Mobilvetta - Formaggi Trentini                       3.52.50
20 Bonjour                                              4.12.18
 
Trofeo super team
 
1 Fassa Bortolo                                             314 pts
2 Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola                            277
3 Liquigas - Pata                                           269
4 Alessio                                                   265
5 Lampre - Daikin                                           242
6 Team Deutsche Telekom                                     229
7 ONCE - Eroski                                             210
8 Ibanesto.Com                                              203
9 Ceramiche Panaria - Fiordo                                203
10 Mobilvetta - Formaggi Trentini                           200
11 Mapei - Quick Step                                       194
12 Selle Italia - Pacific                                   189
13 Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'                                164
14 Alexia Alluminio                                         142
15 Cantina Tollo - Acqua&Sapone                             125
16 Lotto - Adecco                                           102
17 Kelme - Costa Blanca                                      71
18 Mercatone Uno - Stream TV                                 69
19 Team Colpack - Astro                                      64
20 Bonjour                                                   38

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