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Presidential Cycling Tour - 2.1
Turkey, April 13-20, 2008
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Stage 3 - April 16: Bodrum - Marmaris, 166.8km
Priamo wins in Paradise, Garcia Dapena takes the lead
By Jean-François Quénet in Marmaris, Turkey
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Italy's Matteo Priamo from CSF-Navigare will always remember the place of his stage win at the Tour of Turkey ahead of Colombian Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez and Spain's David Garcia Dapena who became the new race leader.
In the first part of his career before the cancer, Lance Armstrong wondered why he had switched from triathlon to road cycling remembering that the first sport he did professionally was happening in paradisiac places like Hawaï at the difference of the Flèche Wallonne that he won in 1996. He would have enjoyed racing in Turkey then. A wonderful landscape alongside the Mediterranean welcomed the riders on their way to Marmaris for stage three of the Presidential Tour of Turkey.
But Priamo had to fight hard to come in that position on the finishing line. "I went into three breakaways before I found the right one," he explained about the very competitive early part of the race. When the decisive move eventually took shape, five of the fourteen riders away had already made the break the day before on the road to Bodrum: Gustavo Cesar Veloso and David Garcia Dapena (Karpin-Galicia), Pieter Jacobs (Silence-Lotto), Javier Benitez (Saunier Duval) and Danail Petrov (Benfica).
Priamo only had to focus on the stage win. "When I saw Rubiano attacking in the final climb, I knew it was the right wheel to follow," he said. "There was no way that I would let him go. With the two riders from Karpin-Galicia coming through, it was a perfect situation for me because they both rode hard for their lead on GC and I could focus on the sprint for stage win. It went very well."
The 26-year-old from Treviso was surprised to see himself in such a good shape despite racing so much. "I've been constantly competing in the past 15 days mostly in France [Route Adélie, GP de Rennes, Circuit de la Sarthe, ed.] before coming here," he added. "It seemed a lot but this is my job. I have to do it and I feel good before the Tour of Italy."
Stage three was on paper the hardest of the Tour of Turkey. It means that David Garcia Dapena has done most of the job with taking two winning breakaways two days in a row. The Galician is now the hot favorite for the overall classification. "When I came to Turkey three days ago, I said I was here to win the race," he recalled. "This morning I had the idea to take the yellow jersey. So far, I've done what I said, but it will be difficult to control the race till the end with such a small team of six riders only. We'll do our best."
Garcia was delighted in the holiday station of Marmaris. "It's a special emotion to wear the yellow jersey," he noticed. "Shall I win the whole race, I'd be proud to say that I have a national Tour on my record book but there is still a lot of work to do."
There are four days of serious racing remaining alongside the magnificent Turkish coast.
How it unfolded
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With many riders still bitter to have missed the winning breakaway the day before, stage three started on a very high tempo but nobody managed to go clear before the km 22. That's where 14 riders created the escapee of the day: Francis De Greef and Pieter Jacobs (Silence-Lotto), Javier Benitez Roman Juan José Cobo Acebo (Saunier Duval), Gregory Rast (Astana), Gustavo Cesar-Veloso and David Garcia Dapena (Karpin-Galicia), Matteo Priamo (CSF-Navigare), Danail Petrov (Benfica), Gregory Habeaux (Mitsubishi-Jartazi), Ruslan Ivanov (Serramenti-PVC Diquigiovanni), Dimitri Nikandrov, Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez and Luca Zanasca (Centri della Calzatura).
The peloton accumulated a maximum delay of 4'50" at km 71. Rubiano Chavez passed in first position at the first King of the Mountain point (km 65.6). Garcia Dapena accelerated strongly for winning the second mountain prize of the day (km 117.4). It created a split in the front group.
Six riders followed him: Cesar Veloso, Benitez, Jacobs, Priamo, Rubiano Chavez and Zanasca. Rast managed to bridge the gap by himself in five kilometers. At the time, the peloton was situated 3'50" behind. Petrov and De Greef also rejoined the head of the race. With 27km to go, the peloton was at 5'11".
On the last climb, with eight kilometers to go, Rubiano Chavez attacked and Priamo made the effort to accompany him. Quickly, one after each other, the two Karpin-Galicia riders Garcia Dapena then Cesar Veloso went across with 6km to go. In the sprint of four riders, Priamo was the fastest. The Italian won the stage ahead of Rubiano Chavez. Coming third, Garcia Dapena, took the yellow jersey.
Photography
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- The break heads up the lonely highway.
- Riders were greeted by scenic views and enthusiastic fans.
- Priamo leads the break on the climb.
- The beautiful seaside view in Marmaris.
- The breakaway is cheered on by a group of school children.
- The break hits the hills.
- Matteo Priamo (CSF Group Navigare) takes the win on stage 3.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- A yachting atmosphere for the winners who are interviewed at water's edge before the awards ceremony.
- Everywhere in Turkey, there is a statue that celebrates Mustafa Kamal Atatürk (the father of all Turkish people)
- The stage three podium: Miguel Angel Rubiano (Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan), Matteo Priamo (CSF Group-Navigare) and new leader David Garcia (Karpin Galicia)
- Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Saunier Duval-Scott) at the start of Stage 3
Results
1 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4.05.55 (40.69 km/h) 2 Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 3 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.21 6 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 0.35 8 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 1.08 9 Danail Petrov (Bul) Benfica 10 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 1.12 12 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 2.15 13 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 14 Igor Leonovich (Tkm) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 9.52 15 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 10.16 16 Artur Krol (Pol) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 17 Christopher Schmieg (Ger) Team Ista 18 Ciaran Power (Irl) Irish National Team 19 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 20 Alonso Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura 21 Sante Di Nizio (Ita) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 22 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 23 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Ista 24 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 25 Martin Hebik (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 26 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team 27 Petr Behzik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 28 Hans Bloks (Ned) Dutch National Team 29 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 30 Usta Behcet (Tur) Turkish National Team 31 Fabian Schaar (Ger) Team Ista 32 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura 33 Janusch Laule (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 34 Josu Mondelo Diaz (Spa) Extremadura 35 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 36 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 37 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 38 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 39 Zolt Der (Srb) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 40 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 41 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 42 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 43 Donato Cannone (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 44 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence-Lotto 45 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 46 Alessio Signego (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 47 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 48 Egon Van Kessel (Jr) (Ned) Dutch National Team 49 Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Lampre 50 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Srb) Cosmote Kastro 51 Nikolaos Kaloudakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 52 Tiago Claro (Por) Benfica 53 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Brisa 54 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Brisa 55 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 56 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 57 Orhan Sahin (Tur) Turkish National Team 58 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 59 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 60 Ivan Hernandez Henao (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 61 Florian Salzinger (Ger) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 62 José De Azevedo (Por) Benfica 63 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 64 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 65 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 66 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 67 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) AC Sparta Praha 68 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 69 David Mc Cann (Irl) Irish National Team 70 Kemal Kucukbay (Tur) Brisa 71 Kirilov Chanliev (Bul) Brisa 72 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 73 Francesco Reda (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 74 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence-Lotto 76 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 77 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 78 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 79 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 80 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence-Lotto 81 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Dutch National Team 82 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 83 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 84 Mosquera Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 85 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 86 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 87 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 88 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 89 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 90 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 91 Delio Ferandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 92 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Dutch National Team 93 Dominguez Herrero (Spa) Extremadura 94 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 95 Mert Mutlu (Tur) Brisa 96 Cornelius Van Ooijen (Ned) Dutch National Team 97 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 98 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 99 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 100 Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 10.43 101 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 14.01 102 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Extremadura 103 Panadero Castano (Spa) Karpin Galicia 104 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Irish National Team 20.47 105 Peter Jörg (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 106 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Turkish National Team 21.55 107 Ismail Aksoy (Tur) Turkish National Team 108 Robin Schmuda (Ger) Team Ista 23.55 109 Matthias Ladner (Aut) Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol 110 Christopher Duperrut (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 25.21 111 Frank Dressler (Ger) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 112 Mindaugas Striska (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 113 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 114 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 115 Marco Weilenmann (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 116 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 25.25 117 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 29.30 118 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 119 Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 120 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 121 Josef Soukup (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 122 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team 123 Michal Kesl (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 124 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 125 Nico Graf (Ger) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 29.42 126 Jaime Garcia Latorre (Spa) Extremadura 30.05 DNF Brian Kenneally (Irl) Irish National Team DNF Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica DNF Fabian Krienbühl (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas DNF Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista DNF Paride Grillo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre DNF Marko Tomic (Srb) Cosmote Kastro Points 1 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 15 pts 2 Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 14 3 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 13 4 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12 5 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 6 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 7 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 9 8 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 9 9 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 8 10 Danail Petrov (Bul) Benfica 7 11 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6 12 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 6 13 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 5 14 Igor Leonovich (Tkm) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 2 15 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 1 Mountains 1 1 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 pts 2 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 7 3 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 4 Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 3 5 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 2 1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 pts 2 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3 3 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 2 4 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 General classification after stage 3 1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 11.43.11 2 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.04 3 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.25 4 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5 Danail Petrov (Bul) Benfica 1.12 6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 10.10 7 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 10.14 8 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 10.20 9 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11 Alonso Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura 12 Alessio Signego (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 13 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 14 Josu Mondelo Diaz (Spa) Extremadura 15 José De Azevedo (Por) Benfica 16 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 17 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 10.30 18 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 10.34 19 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 11.41 20 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 11.51 21 Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 11.55 22 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 12.36 23 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 13.09 24 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 25 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 13.13 26 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 14.16 27 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 28 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 22.07 29 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 22.13 30 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team 22.17 31 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 32 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 33 Petr Behzik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 34 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura 35 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 36 Ciaran Power (Irl) Irish National Team 37 Donato Cannone (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 38 Zolt Der (Srb) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 39 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Ista 40 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 41 Hans Bloks (Ned) Dutch National Team 42 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Dutch National Team 43 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 45 David Mc Cann (Irl) Irish National Team 46 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 47 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Brisa 48 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) AC Sparta Praha 49 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 50 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 51 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Srb) Cosmote Kastro 52 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 53 Kirilov Chanliev (Bul) Brisa 54 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 55 Francesco Reda (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 56 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence-Lotto 57 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence-Lotto 58 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Dutch National Team 59 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 60 Dominguez Herrero (Spa) Extremadura 61 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 62 Tiago Claro (Por) Benfica 63 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 64 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 65 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 66 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 67 Delio Ferandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 68 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 69 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 70 Christopher Schmieg (Ger) Team Ista 22.31 71 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 72 Usta Behcet (Tur) Turkish National Team 73 Fabian Schaar (Ger) Team Ista 74 Martin Hebik (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 75 Artur Krol (Pol) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 76 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 77 Ivan Hernandez Henao (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 78 Mosquera Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 79 Mert Mutlu (Tur) Brisa 80 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Brisa 81 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 82 Cornelius Van Ooijen (Ned) Dutch National Team 83 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 84 Florian Salzinger (Ger) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 85 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 86 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 87 Kemal Kucukbay (Tur) Brisa 22.47 88 Egon Van Kessel (Jr) (Ned) Dutch National Team 22.57 89 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 23.17 90 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 24.13 91 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 92 Janusch Laule (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 25.06 93 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Extremadura 26.32 94 Panadero Castano (Spa) Karpin Galicia 27.30 95 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 27.58 96 Peter Hawkins (Irl) Irish National Team 33.02 97 Nazim Bakirci (Tur) Turkish National Team 33.56 98 Robin Schmuda (Ger) Team Ista 35.56 99 Frank Dressler (Ger) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 37.22 100 Christopher Duperrut (Swi) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 101 Mindaugas Striska (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 37.36 102 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 38.37 103 Orhan Sahin (Tur) Turkish National Team 38.43 104 Ondrej Pavek (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 105 Sante Di Nizio (Ita) Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 39.02 106 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 107 Igor Leonovich (Tkm) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 39.08 108 Nikolaos Kaloudakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 39.18 109 Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Lampre 110 Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 40.08 111 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 41.24 112 Rostislav Krotky (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 41.45 113 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 114 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 44.22 115 Peter Jörg (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 49.14 116 Marco Weilenmann (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 117 Ismail Aksoy (Tur) Turkish National Team 51.24 118 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 55.10 119 Jaime Garcia Latorre (Spa) Extremadura 55.40 120 Michal Kesl (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 58.30 121 Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 58.36 122 Nico Graf (Ger) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 59.14 123 Josef Soukup (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 1.00.28 124 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team 1.01.57 125 Matthias Ladner (Aut) Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol 1.10.16 126 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 1.15.35 Points classification 1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 26 pts 2 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 25 3 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22 3 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22 5 Danail Petrov (Bul) Benfica 18 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 15 6 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 15 8 Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 14 9 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 14 10 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 14 11 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 13 12 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 13 13 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 14 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 9 14 Alonso Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura 9 14 Alessio Signego (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 9 14 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 9 14 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 9 14 Ciaran Power (Irl) Irish National Team 9 20 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 8 20 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 8 22 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 7 23 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team 7 24 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6 24 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 6 26 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 26 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team 5 28 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 3 28 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura 3 28 Josef Soukup (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 3 31 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) AC Sparta Praha 2 31 Igor Leonovich (Tkm) Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 2 33 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 33 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi - Jartazi 1 33 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 1 36 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 1 Sprint classification 1 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 5 pts 2 Alessio Signego (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 3 3 Josef Soukup (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 3 4 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 5 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Jose Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 pts 2 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 3 Luca Zanasca (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 9 4 Josef Soukup (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 5 5 Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 3 6 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 3 7 Alonso Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura 2 7 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team 2 9 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 9 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 9 Piergiorgio Camussa (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC 1 9 Dmitri Nikandrov (Rus) Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 1 Teams classification 1 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 35.31.25 2 Karpin Galicia 0.33 3 Silence-Lotto 2.02 4 Lampre 9.08 5 Saunier Duval-Scott 11.10 6 Benfica 11.57 7 Centri Della Calzatura-Partizan 17.01 8 Extremadura 21.05 9 NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 22.12 10 CSF Group Navigare 22.46 11 Astana 23.58 12 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 36.58 13 Netherlands 44.59 14 Brisa 15 Team Ista 16 Team Milram 17 Hadimec - Nazionale Elettronica 18 PSK Whirlpool - Author 19 AC Sparta Praha 45.27 20 Ireland 55.44 21 Turkish National Team 58.01 22 Cosmote Kastro 1.02.00 23 Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas 1.39.46 24 Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei 2.14.43
