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45th Presidential Cycling Tour - 2.1
Turkey, April 12-19, 2009
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Stage 2 - April 13: Izmir - Kusadasi, 132.5km
Garcia Dapena is back on track at his favourite Tour
By Jean-François Quénet in Kusadasi, Turkey
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David Garcia Dapena made his mark on the international cycling scene last year by winning the Presidential Tour of Turkey, and later in the season stage 15 at the Vuelta a España. The Spaniard is back on track in 2009 with his solo victory in the Presidential Tour of Turkey's second stage, covering 132.5 kilometres from Izmir to Kusadasi. Garcia Dapena gave his Xacobeo-Galicia team its first win of the year and it's a good sign prior to the Giro d'Italia where they'll compete for the first time. Stage one winner Mauro Finetto (CSF Group - Navigare) remained in the overall lead.
"I feel like a local here," Garcia Dapena said. "One year ago I missed the stage win here in Kusadasi because I attacked on the second to last little climb and I believed it was the last one. This time I knew the finale very well. It was exactly the same and this time I rode as I wanted. I attacked once to see the response of the other riders, then I attacked once again and I made it.
"I was ready to challenge him [Mauro Finetto] for the win in Istanbul on Sunday as well," continued Garcia Dapena. "However, I broke my chain on the final climb."
Having lost only 11 seconds on stage one, Garcia Dapena remains in contention for the overall win. "It's going to be hard to win the overall again but I'll give a try for sure," he said. "At least I already have the satisfaction of winning something again in Turkey. Last year I came here with the best condition of my life so I believe it's impossible for me to be even better this year."
Garcia Dapena was very excited to shine again under the Turkish sun. "I'm happy to know that my win will get a lot of media attention because there are more journalists asking me questions here than at the Vuelta a España when I won a stage." he said.
The sprinters' teams see stage three, from Kusadasi to Bodrum alongside the beautiful coast of the Aegean Sea, as another opportunity for them, but they have to be careful of the defending champion of the Tour of Turkey. He's likely to surprise them once more.
How it unfolded
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After the start in Izmir along the Aegean Sea, the riders faced a headwind, which explained why no attacks occurred during the first hour. The first hot spot sprint at kilometre 45 was won by Alessandro Fantini (Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) ahead of Olivier Kaisen (Silence-Lotto) and Roger Beuchat (Team Stegcomputer - Neotel).
The race became very active after 50 kilometres with Markus Fothen (Team Milram) trying to break clear several times. The first significant breakaway took shape with 66 kilometres to go when Stefan Rucker (Elk Haus), Josef Benetseder (Vorarlberg-Corratec) and Sergio Dominguez (Contentpolis-Ampo) were able to escape. They were soon joined by Davide Ricci Bitti (ISD), Artur Gajek (Team Milram) and Diego Caccia (Barloworld) making a leading sextet.
CSF Group-Navigare team quickly gathered at the front of the peloton to defend Mauro Finetto's yellow jersey. Once they realized the highest ranked of the breakaway riders was more than 27 minutes down overall, however, they chose to set a steady tempo without trying to bring them back.
With 50 kilometres to go, as the gap approached four minutes, the teams of the sprinters, Rabobank and Fuji-Servetto in particular, decided to take over from CSF Group-Navigare and started chasing.
In the historic town of Ephesus, Caccia won the Turkish Beauty sprint ahead of Ricci Bitti and Rucker. The peloton had closed to less than one minute behind the break and only three of the escapees continued their effort off the front: Caccia, Ricci Bitti and Gajek.
Caccia and Ricci Bitti were caught with 10 kilometres to go, while Gajek bravely continued on his own for three more kilometres before finally being caught with seven kilometres to go.
Team Milram and Barloworld controlled the peloton and were clearly working for a bunch sprint. They didn't allow Volodymyr Zagorodny (Lampre - N.G.C) and Stefan Denifl (Elk Haus) to gain any distance when they counterattacked Gajek's capture, nor Dmytro Grabovskyy (ISD) who accelerated with four kilometres to go.
David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo-Galicia) was the next rider to try a solo bid for victory, but he only wanted to test his rivals prior to attacking them for good.
Garcia Dapena's winning move occurred when he countered Marco Velo (Quick Step) on the last little climb with two kilometres to go. Swedish champion Jonas Ljungblad (Silence-Lotto) almost went across but he couldn't quite close the gap. Garcia Dapena crossed the line with a slim three second to the peloton led by Germans André Schulze (PSK Whirlpool) and Sebastian Siedler (Vorarlberg-Corratec). South Africans Robert Hunter and Darryl Impey (Barloworld) completed the top five.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- A clock at the start in Izmir.
- Race leader Mauro Finetto in good company prior to the start in Izmir.
- Kevin Hulsmans enjoyed the Turkish sun before finishing 6th on stage 2.
- Croatian champion Miroslav Danculovic and his Loborika team aren't afraid to challenge the ProTour teams in Turkey.
- David Garcia Dapena double checked his bike before riding - and winning - stage 2.
- Theo Bos and the Rabobank team looked happy and ambitious in Izmir.
- Sebastian Siedler, David Garcia Dapena and André Schulze (l-r) on the podium.
- Mauro Finetto was awarded the green jersey.
Images by Presidential Cycling Tour
- The peloton enjoyed perfect weather during stage two.
- Riders await the start in Izmir.
- David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo Galicia) wins stage two in Kusadasi.
Results
1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.24.11 (38.936 km/h) 2 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 0.03 3 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 6 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 7 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 8 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 11 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 12 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 13 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 14 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 15 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 16 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 17 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 18 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team 19 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 20 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 21 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 22 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD 23 Carlos Castaño Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 25 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 26 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 27 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 28 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 29 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 30 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 32 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 33 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 34 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 35 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 36 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 37 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 38 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 39 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 40 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 41 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 42 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 43 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 44 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team 45 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 46 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 47 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 48 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 49 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 50 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 51 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 52 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 53 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 54 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 55 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 56 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 57 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 58 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 59 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus 60 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 61 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 62 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 63 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 64 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 65 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 66 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 67 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 68 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 69 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 70 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 71 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas 72 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 73 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika 74 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika 75 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 76 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team 77 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 78 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 79 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 81 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 82 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 83 Johann Rabie (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 84 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 85 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Loborika 86 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 87 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 88 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 89 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 90 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 91 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 92 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team 93 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 94 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 95 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 96 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.23 97 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 98 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.31 99 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 100 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 101 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.34 102 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team 103 Behcet Usta (Tur) Turkish National Team 104 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.40 105 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 106 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 107 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 108 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 0.51 109 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus 0.54 110 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team 1.03 111 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team 112 Angelov Hristomir (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 113 Evgeny Petar Panayotov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 114 Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 115 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 116 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 117 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 118 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.13 119 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 120 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 121 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 1.24 122 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 1.26 123 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1.29 124 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 125 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 126 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 127 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.43 128 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.47 129 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1.49 130 Maurice Calles (Ger) German National Team 1.50 131 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team 132 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.52 133 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 134 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team 1.52 135 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 136 Harry Kraft (Ger) German National Team 137 Mats Boeve (Ned) Rabobank Continental 138 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.55 139 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 140 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 141 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 142 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika 143 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3.03 144 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 145 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.16 146 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 147 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 148 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Loborika 149 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 6.35 150 Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team 11.52 151 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 16.43 DNF Bunyamin Ozdemir (Tur) Turkish National Team Points Bademler - km 35.1 1 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 pts 2 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 1 Özdere- km 78.5 1 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 5 pts 2 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3 3 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 1 Finish - km 132.5 1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15 pts 2 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 14 3 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 13 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 12 5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 11 6 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10 7 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 9 8 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 9 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 6 11 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 5 12 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 4 13 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 3 14 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 2 15 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 1 Teams 1 Xacobeo - Galicia 10.12.39 2 Barloworld 0.03 3 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 Lampre-N.G.C. 5 Elk Haus 6 Quick Step 7 PSK Whirlpool - Author 8 Team Vorarlberg - Corratec 9 Team Milram 10 Rabobank - Continental Team 11 Silence - Lotto 12 CSF Group - Navigare 13 Team Neotel 14 Loborika 15 Cycling Club Bourgas 16 ISD 17 Fuji-Servetto 18 Contentpolis Ampo 19 Turkish National Team 0.31 20 German National Team 1.03 General classification after stage 2 1 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 6.59.18 2 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 0.06 3 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.08 4 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.12 6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 7 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 10 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 12 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 13 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 0.13 14 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 0.17 15 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 16 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 17 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 18 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 19 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 20 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.21 22 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 23 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 0.24 24 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 25 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 0.28 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 27 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 28 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 29 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 30 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.35 31 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.42 32 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.48 33 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 0.50 34 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 0.55 35 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.07 36 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.11 37 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 4.01 38 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 39 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 4.29 40 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Loborika 5.14 41 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team 5.18 42 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 6.02 43 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 6.18 44 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6.24 45 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 6.48 46 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 6.58 47 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika 7.53 48 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus 8.04 49 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.33 50 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 10.11 51 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team 19.58 52 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika 20.00 53 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 20.26 54 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 21.26 55 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 23.28 56 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team 25.53 57 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 27.36 58 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 27.42 59 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 60 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team 61 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 62 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 63 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 64 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 65 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 66 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD 67 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 68 Carlos Castaño Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 69 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 70 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 71 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 72 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 73 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 74 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 76 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 77 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 78 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 79 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 80 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 81 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 82 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 83 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 84 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 85 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 86 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 87 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 88 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 89 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 90 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 91 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 92 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 93 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 94 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 95 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 96 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team 97 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 98 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 99 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 100 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 101 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 102 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 103 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas 104 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 105 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 106 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 107 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 108 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 109 Johann Rabie (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 110 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 28.02 111 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 28.10 112 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team 28.13 113 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto 114 Behcet Usta (Tur) Turkish National Team 115 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 28.19 116 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 117 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus 28.33 118 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 28.42 119 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team 120 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 121 Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 122 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team 123 Evgeny Petar Panayotov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 124 Angelov Hristomir (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas 125 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 126 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 28.52 127 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 29.03 128 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 29.05 129 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 29.08 130 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 131 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 132 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 29.28 133 Maurice Calles (Ger) German National Team 29.29 134 Harry Kraft (Ger) German National Team 29.31 135 Mats Boeve (Ned) Rabobank Continental 136 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 137 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team 138 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 139 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 29.34 140 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika 141 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 142 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 143 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 30.42 144 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 145 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Loborika 30.55 146 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 147 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 148 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 149 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 34.14 150 Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team 39.31 151 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 44.22 Points classification 1 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 20 pts 2 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 3 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18 4 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 17 5 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15 6 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 14 7 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 14 8 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13 9 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 13 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 13 11 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 11 12 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 11 13 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 10 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10 15 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9 16 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 9 17 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 7 18 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 6 19 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 5 20 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 21 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5 22 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 5 23 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 4 24 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 4 25 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 4 26 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 4 27 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 3 28 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 29 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 30 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3 31 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 32 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 2 33 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 1 34 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 1 35 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 1 Teams classification 1 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20.58.30 2 CSF Group - Navigare 0.07 3 Lampre-N.G.C. 0.17 4 Quick Step 0.37 5 Barloworld 0.44 6 Rabobank - Continental Team 0.51 7 Loborika 5.12 8 Xacobeo - Galicia 5.13 9 Team Milram 5.53 10 Team Neotel 9.01 11 Fuji-Servetto 10.04 12 Silence - Lotto 28.25 13 Cycling Club Bourgas 31.19 14 PSK Whirlpool - Author 31.35 15 Elk Haus 35.27 16 Contentpolis Ampo 47.04 17 Team Vorarlberg - Corratec 55.05 18 German National Team 57.30 19 Turkish National Team 1.07.30 20 ISD 1.22.30
