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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

David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo Galicia) wins stage two
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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

Race leader Mauro Finetto in good company
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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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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