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56th Tour de Romandie - 2.HC
Switzerland, April 30-May 5, 2002
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Stage 3 - May 3: Pringy - La Gruyère-Sierre, 180.3 km
Acqua all the way as Lombardi claims second sodden win
Frigo increases lead over rivals
By Jeff Jones
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For the third day in a row, the riders in the 56th Tour de Romandie were faced with four and a half hours of solid rain on the stage between Pringy and La Gruyère-Sierre. For the second time in three days, it was the appropriately named Acqua e Sapone team that claimed the stage honours, with Giovanni Lombardi winning another bunch sprint. The 32 year old Italian who is the team's top sprinter in the absence of Mario Cipollini, was too fast for Saulius Ruskys (Gerolsteiner) and Robert Hunter (Mapei) in the final dash, while race leader Dario Frigo finished 10th and put an extra 5 second buffer on his nearest rivals in the general classification.
It is unfortunate that the conditions in this year's tour have dampened the enthusiasm of the crowds en route, with only small groups clustered under umbrellas to be seen as the race passed by. In addition to the crowds, the spectacular Swiss scenery and the excellent roads are also important aspects of this race, which is ranked the same as the Tour de Suisse, although not quite as prestigious.
Today's water logged battle started when Rabobank's Matthé Pronk and Kelme's Roberto Lozano attacked the peloton after 55 kilometres. The pair were both over four minutes down on GC, and there was no urgency to chase. After 30 kilometres in the lead, they reached their maximum advantage of 5'15 over the peloton, which was being controlled by Frigo's Tacconi Sport team, clad in blue raincoats.
Two riders abandoned at this point, Belgian Marc Streel (Collstrop), who was second in the sprints and mountains classification, and Dane Lars Michaelsen (Team Coast). In front, Pronk and Lozano were taking equal turns, but with a diminishing lead as the peloton gradually picked up the pace.
A crucial point came at 35 km to go with a category 3 climb just after the town of Susten. The steepest part of this short but tough climb was 20%, and the front pair saw their lead drop from around 3 minutes to 1'40 over the top.
After the twisty, slippery descent back to Sierre, the riders had to do a 28 kilometre finishing lap before the final sprint in Sierre. The chase eased up momentarily, with the peloton being more concerned about staying upright rather than catching the break. However, once they reached the flat the 'zebra train' of Acqua e Sapone picked up the pace and caught Pronk and Lozano with 10 km to go.
From then on it was all stripes, with five A&S riders at the front, with Lombardi sitting right behind them, with his eyes set on winning the stage. A few sharp corners towards the end (and the 55 km/h pace of the leadout) caused a split in the bunch, with only 11 riders making it to the front group for the sprint. Lombardi had dangerous Lithuanian Saulius Ruskys on his wheel as he started the sprint from a long way out. But Ruskys had no answer to Lombardi's power, and stayed in second wheel all the way to the line. Hunter got up for third as Frigo came in with the tail of the group to get 10th. Both Alexandre Moos (Phonak) and Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto) were in the second group, meaning that they lost five more seconds to the flying Frigo.
Things will most likely change significantly tomorrow, with the Queen Stage of the Tour de Romandie. Stage 4 from Sierre to Leysin is 144 kilometres, and incorporates three category 1 climbs: Col des Planches (1411m), Villars-sur-Ollon (1255m) and the finish in Leysin (1318m). Frigo looks very strong at the moment, and is favoured to retain his leader's jersey. However, the battle will be hard, as usual.
Results
1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.26.02 (40.66 km/h) 2 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 3 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Mapei-Quick Step 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 10 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 11 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 12 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.05 13 José Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 17 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 19 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 20 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 21 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 23 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC Tiscali 24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 25 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 26 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 28 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 Gorka Gonzales (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 32 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Team Coast 33 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Domenico Romano (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 37 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 38 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 39 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 40 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 42 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 43 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 44 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis 46 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 48 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 50 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 51 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 53 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 54 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis 55 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 56 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 59 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 60 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 61 Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 65 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 66 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 67 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 68 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 70 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 71 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) Cofidis 0.19 72 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 0.25 73 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 74 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 75 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 77 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 78 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 80 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 0.34 81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 82 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Coast 84 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 85 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 87 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 88 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 89 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 90 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 91 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 92 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 93 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 94 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 95 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 96 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 97 Raphael Jeune (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 98 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 99 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Longoni Sport 100 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 101 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 102 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 103 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 105 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 106 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 107 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 108 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 109 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 110 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 111 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 112 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Sanstos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 114 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 0.52 116 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 0.57 117 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.09 DNF Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast DNF Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNS Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Points 1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 pts 2 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Mapei-Quick Step 16 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 13 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 6 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 7 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 9 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 10 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6 11 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 5 12 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 José Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 14 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Epinassey, 76.6 km - Cat. 3 1 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 pts 2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 4 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1 Leuk Stadt, 144.3 km - Cat. 3 1 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 pts 2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 4 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1 Sprints Montreux, 42.8 km 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1 Sierre, 130.6 km 1 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams 1 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 13.18.01 2 Mapei-Quick Step 0.06 3 Gerolsteiner 0.09 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.11 5 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 0.14 6 Fassa Bortolo 0.15 6 Team Coast 6 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Team Telekom 0.20 9 Lotto-Adecco 9 Cofidis 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 Team CSC Tiscali 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Lampre-Daikin 0.38 16 Rabobank 1.01 17 Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.18 General classification after stage 3 1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 13.09.47 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.18 4 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.19 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.24 7 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 0.26 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 0.29 10 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.31 11 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 12 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.32 13 José Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.33 15 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis 0.34 17 Domenico Romano (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 0.35 20 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.36 21 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37 23 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.38 24 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) Cofidis 0.39 25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Team Coast 0.40 26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis 28 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.46 29 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 0.48 30 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.49 31 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.50 32 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.51 33 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 0.54 34 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 0.56 36 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 0.58 37 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.59 38 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 1.01 39 Gorka Gonzales (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02 40 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 41 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC Tiscali 1.03 42 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.06 44 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.09 45 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21 46 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 1.32 47 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.33 49 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.35 50 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.36 51 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.38 52 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.46 53 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 1.59 54 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.09 55 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 2.28 56 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.48 57 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.58 58 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 2.59 59 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.12 60 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 3.14 61 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.18 62 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 63 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.20 64 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3.24 65 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.29 66 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.42 67 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 3.51 68 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 3.57 69 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.00 70 Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.09 71 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.15 72 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.18 73 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 4.37 74 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.41 75 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 4.42 76 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4.50 77 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.59 78 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.35 79 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5.36 80 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.45 81 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 6.18 82 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.22 83 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 6.22 84 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 6.24 85 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Coast 6.43 86 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 6.52 87 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Mapei-Quick Step 7.16 88 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 7.52 89 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 8.10 90 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8.13 91 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 8.28 92 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 8.30 93 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 8.54 94 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8.59 95 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.00 96 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9.01 97 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.17 98 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9.21 99 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 9.42 100 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 9.45 101 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.52 102 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9.56 103 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 10.03 104 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 10.11 105 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.16 106 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13.33 107 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13.41 108 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.01 109 Sanstos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina 14.35 110 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 14.42 111 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 14.50 112 Raphael Jeune (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 113 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 15.06 114 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 15.28 115 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 16.46 116 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.54 117 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 19.41 Points classification 1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 40 pts 2 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 28 3 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 24 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 20 6 José Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 7 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 17 8 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Mapei-Quick Step 16 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 11 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 13 12 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 12 13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 14 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 10 15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 16 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 17 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 18 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 19 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 8 20 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 21 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 7 22 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 23 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 24 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) Cofidis 5 25 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 5 26 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 27 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 28 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 3 29 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3 30 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 31 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 2 32 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Mountains classification 1 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 24 pts 2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 13 3 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 5 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 4 8 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 9 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4 10 Gorka Gonzales (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 11 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 3 12 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 13 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 1 15 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Sprints classification 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6 5 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 8 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3 10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams classification 1 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 39.30.27 2 Cofidis 0.09 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.13 4 Fassa Bortolo 0.15 5 Lotto-Adecco 6 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.22 7 Team Coast 0.23 8 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.29 9 Lampre-Daikin 0.36 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.43 11 Mapei-Quick Step 0.57 12 Team CSC Tiscali 1.26 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.39 14 Gerolsteiner 3.47 15 Rabobank 5.29 16 Team Telekom 8.49 17 Saeco-Longoni Sport 10.32
