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86th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour

Italy, May 10-June 1, 2003

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Stage 19 - May 30: Canelli-Cascata del Toce, 239 km

Simoni comfortable with third stage win

Mountains finished, Milan lies around the corner

By Chris Henry

Simoni for the third time
Photo: © Sirotti

There was never any doubt, but Saeco's Gilberto Simoni confirmed himself again as the best rider in this year's Giro by winning the final mountain stage, a marathon 239 km run from Canelli to Cascata del Toce. When Marco Pantani started the serious attacking with 5 km to go, Simoni calmly chased him down, and eventually ended up in front with Franco Pellizotti on his wheel. Simoni had little trouble dropping Pellizotti to win the stage solo, by a margin of 3 seconds on a fast finishing Dario Frigo, winner of the Giro's biggest climbing stage yesterday.

"I wasn't thinking about the stage win," Simoni said after the finish. "But when the attacks begin you wait until the decisive moment, and I gave it a try."

While Simoni now has an 8'04 lead to Stefano Garzelli on the general classification, the battle for the second place on the podium has yet to be decided. Yaroslav Popovych (7th) put more time into Garzelli today, but not quite enough to move into second place; he still needs another two seconds to overtake him. Garzelli may well choose to contest tomorrow's sprint for the extra time bonus seconds, rather than waiting for Sunday's time trial, where Popovych, a former U23 world champion in the discipline, will have the advantage.

Following the elimination of Alessandro Petacchi the day before, Gilberto Simoni also took over the points jersey today, while Magnus Bäckstedt won the day's Intergiro sprint and is all but assured of arriving in Milan with the blue jerseys on his shoulders. Colombian Fredy Gonzalez has also wrapped up the green jersey of the mountains classification, having taken double points yesterday on top of the Colle d'Esischie, the highest climb of the Giro.

How it unfolded

Pantani goes, Simoni follows
Photo: © Sirotti

The first half of the stage was a fairly quiet affair, with the speed gradually building towards the final climb, the only major difficulty of the day. A group of 10 riders went clear after 160 km: Denis Lunghi (Alessio), Leonardo Giordani (De Nardi), Rinaldo Nocentini and Luis Laverde Jimenez (Formaggi), Adolfo Garcia Quesada and Constantino Zaballa (Kelme), Sergiy Adyeyev and Volodimir Bileka (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Daniele Pietropolli and Oscar Pozzi (Tenax).

As the peloton closed in on the group, Nocentini tried a fresh attack, followed closely by Zaballa, Adyeyev, Bileka, and Lunghi. Under the 25km to go banner, the four trailed Nocentini by a few seconds, as the remainder of the break was swept up by the field on the lower slopes, with the exception of Garcia Quesada and Pozzi, who bridged to the four chasers. Nocentini eventually decided to wait for the men behind him, and a new group of four (Nocentini, Adyeyev, Zabalal, Lunghi) had 48" over the fast-moving peloton.

Once the break was fully absorbed by the field, reduced to some 40 riders in the lead group, Vini Caldirola took control, sending Steve Zampieri to the front for several kilometres, hoping to keep the group under control for Garzelli. Just before the final 5km of climbing, however, Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) and Pietro Caucchioli started a new round of attacks, quickly gaining a gap.

Vini Caldirola continued to chase and set the pace in the main group, but it quickly became apparent that Garzelli was not at his best on the final mountain of the Giro. As Simoni, Frigo, Belli, Pantani, and Pellizotti began to get a gap on the rest of the bunch, Garzelli suffered behind the split. At this point, it was the turn of Marco Pantani to light up the race.

Pink success
Photo: © Sirotti

Just 24 hours after a crash which could have meant the end of his Giro, Pantani launched his most convincing round of attacks yet, getting a gap over Simoni and company, only to have the Maglia Rosa reel him back in. Pantani wouldn't give up, and in the fashion of a true climber, reminiscent of the great Pantani of years past, repeatedly upped the rhythm on the climb. In the end, his efforts did not pay, and it was Pellizotti's turn to take a flyer.

This was the move Simoni was waiting for, and knowing that Garzelli was in trouble, the Saeco leader easily joined Pellizotti, then dropped him on the steepest portions of the climb, never looking back. Simoni took his third stage win, and even if the time gaps were more modest, he knew as he crossed the line that his second Giro title is one day closer.

Photography

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) made one of the first accelerations on the Cascata del Toce in stage 19
Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) was responsible for most of the damage to the peloton
Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) Catch me if you can!
Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) rode an aggressive race today
Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) winds it up behind Pantani
Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) was able to get the gaps, but wasn't able to hold them
Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) leads Simoni, Pellizotti and Frigo on the Cascata del Toce
Dario Frigo watches Marco Pantani closely
Simoni and Pellizotti cruising off the front on the final climb
Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) drags Dario Frigo back to Simoni
Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) gives it everything in the final kilometres of the Cascata del Toce
Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) looking as cool and calm as ever on his way to a third stage win
Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) crosses the line in Cascata del Toce to win the 19th stage
The efforts of the last few days have taken their toll on Simoni, but he's still come out a winner
Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) celebrates his third stage win
Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) is happy with his victories
Who wants some? Gilberto Simoni prepares the cork
Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) smiles on the podium as the winner of the stage
Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) gets to show his Saeco colours on the podium again
Only two more days of this to come for Gilberto Simoni, the Maglia Rosa in this year's Giro
More time in pink for Gilberto Simoni
Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) finishes behind teammate Cristian Gasperoni in the 19th stage
Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) will live to fight another day, but was plainly disapointed with his result on Cascata del Toce
Marco Pantani's opinion of his result today clearly shows

Results

1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                       6.20.05 (37.728 km/h)
2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           0.03
3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
4 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                 0.10
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                           0.13
6 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                               0.21
7 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                             0.27
8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI               0.36
10 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo               0.39
11 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino       0.44
12 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                       0.46
14 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                          1.04
16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                          1.20
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco
18 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack
19 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
20 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Polsat
21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     1.29
22 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
23 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                             1.37
24 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips             1.38
25 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Polsat
26 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat                        1.51
27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron            2.02
28 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
29 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
30 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                2.37
31 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack                  2.58
32 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco                  3.24
33 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino          3.29
34 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanc     3.38
35 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                3.48
36 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                       4.25
37 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                              4.36
38 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
39 Francesco Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                   4.40
40 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
41 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax                             4.44
42 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco                    4.47
43 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia             5.15
44 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca      5.34
45 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago      7.11
46 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio
47 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
48 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner
49 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
50 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
51 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner
52 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
53 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
54 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
55 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
56 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
57 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
58 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
59 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
60 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips
61 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com
62 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
63 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
64 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
65 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           8.23
66 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              10.01
67 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                              10.14
68 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
69 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips
70 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          10.17
71 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo        10.24
72 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
73 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
74 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips
75 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco
76 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave          12.15
77 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                             14.31
78 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco
79 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre
80 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
81 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre
82 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax
83 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com
84 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
85 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax
86 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
87 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco
88 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
89 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
90 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
91 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
92 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
93 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax
94 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                        15.33
95 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino           16.31
96 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino           16.32
97 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino      17.30
 
Points
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                            25 pts
2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             20
3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                   16
4 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                   14
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                             12
6 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                 10
7 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                                9
8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              8
9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips                 8
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                 7
11 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                  6
12 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                    6
13 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino          5
14 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino               4
15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                             4
16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                          3
17 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanc        3
18 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino               2
19 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                     2
20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                             1
21 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave              1
 
Mountains
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                            15 pts
2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             10
3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                    6
4 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                    4
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                              2
 
Intergiro
 
1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips           3.39.24
2 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com
4 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
5 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
6 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
7 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
8 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
9 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre
10 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
11 Francesco Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre
12 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
13 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio
14 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco
15 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
16 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco
17 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
18 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco
19 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco
20 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips
 
Most combative
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                             6 pts
2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              5
3 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips                 5
4 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                    4
5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                     4
6 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                    3
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                              3
8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                              2
9 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        2
10 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                 1
11 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                     1
 
Azzurri d'Italia
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                             4 pts
2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              2
3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                    1
 
Trofeo Fuga Piaggio
 
1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave              76 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       66
3 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                66
4 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                                  66
5 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              60
6 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              60
7 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                    60
8 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                                     60
9 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave        58
10 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax                            58
 
Trofeo Fast Team
 
1 Alessio                                               19.01.58
2 Fassa Bortolo                                             0.03
3 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                   0.31
4 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                                      1.33
5 Team Saeco                                                3.01
6 CCC Polsat                                                3.06
7 Lampre                                                    3.41
8 De Nardi-Colpack                                          4.37
9 Gerolsteiner                                             10.54
10 Colombia-Selle Italia                                   11.56
11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                 13.06
12 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                      14.40
13 Team fakta-Pata Chips                                   17.20
14 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi                      19.50
15 FDJeux.com                                              21.36
16 Domina Vacanze-Elitron                                  22.01
17 Tenax                                                   32.03
 
Trofeo Super Team
 
1 Alessio                                                     38 pts
2 Fassa Bortolo                                               36
3 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                                        30
4 Lampre                                                      29
5 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                     26
6 Team Saeco                                                  24
7 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                     13
8 Gerolsteiner                                                 8
9 De Nardi-Colpack                                             3
10 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                                    2
11 CCC Polsat                                                  1
12 FDJeux.com                                                  0
13 Team fakta-Pata Chips                                       0
14 Domina Vacanze-Elitron                                      0
15 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                          0
16 Colombia-Selle Italia                                       0
17 Tenax                                                       0
18 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi                          0
19 Lotto-Domo                                                  0
 
General classification after stage 19
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                      85.44.39
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI               8.04
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           8.06
4 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                 9.49
5 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                       10.35
6 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                            11.01
7 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          12.38
8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                          14.21
9 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack                  16.28
10 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                             20.17
11 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI               21.45
12 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                     22.31
13 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino           27.16
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                            27.41
15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron           28.41
16 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino           29.53
17 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                       35.37
18 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          39.51
19 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo         43.20
20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo              43.23
21 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          46.47
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    48.06
23 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips            50.29
24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino         50.30
25 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                         53.42
26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco                   54.58
27 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanc    56.02
28 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo        57.26
29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                         57.58
30 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave    59.01
31 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia            1.02.04
32 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack              1.02.50
33 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Polsat                       1.02.53
34 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco                       1.03.26
35 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
36 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia      1.05.09
37 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat                     1.05.28
38 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca   1.09.46
39 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                            1.10.08
40 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio                     1.12.02
41 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino        1.12.25
42 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner                  1.12.46
43 Francesco Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                1.13.39
44 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           1.14.44
45 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia           1.18.33
46 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco               1.18.41
47 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino    1.19.46
48 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco                  1.21.58
49 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                    1.36.19
50 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          1.36.38
51 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack               1.37.36
52 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave        1.38.53
53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                      1.40.36
54 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco                         1.40.50
55 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave             1.41.01
56 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino         1.42.58
57 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack               1.49.06
58 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago        1.51.14
59 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                           1.53.34
60 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI          1.54.09
61 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave        1.54.44
62 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                        1.55.35
63 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron         1.59.48
64 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        2.02.31
65 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                       2.02.48
66 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia          2.04.21
67 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia             2.05.02
68 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax                       2.06.36
69 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          2.09.46
70 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron        2.13.07
71 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax                        2.14.35
72 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago        2.15.59
73 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips          2.16.53
74 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave      2.18.47
75 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                  2.19.21
76 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                               2.19.31
77 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax                          2.19.50
78 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                           2.20.29
79 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco                     2.28.18
80 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI               2.28.34
81 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino         2.29.09
82 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia       2.30.41
83 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips              2.30.46
84 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron             2.31.23
85 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI            2.31.39
86 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                        2.34.06
87 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        2.34.23
88 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                         2.36.43
89 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack              2.43.36
90 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                              2.44.16
91 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino    2.45.04
92 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips          2.48.42
93 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            2.49.39
94 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago        2.55.21
95 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia            2.59.03
96 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron      3.01.50
97 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago   3.03.00
 
Points classification
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                           154 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                145
3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                   137
4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips               112
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             81
6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             70
7 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                   66
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                             64
9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                   63
10 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron             56
11 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                 51
12 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                              49
13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                            48
14 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                   46
15 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                         45
16 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack                    36
17 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino              36
18 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanc       32
19 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron              32
20 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           30
21 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                                29
22 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                29
23 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                               28
24 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            28
25 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                24
26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                            24
27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron              22
28 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             22
29 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner                       22
30 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             20
31 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave             17
32 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                  17
33 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                 16
34 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino         16
35 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco                      15
36 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        12
37 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia               12
38 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco                       10
39 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                          9
40 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips                    8
41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                         8
42 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           8
43 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                               7
44 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino               6
45 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips                6
46 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                                  6
47 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio                           6
48 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave              6
49 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              6
50 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave        5
51 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino          5
52 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax                              5
53 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                        4
54 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                     4
55 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                  4
56 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Polsat                             3
57 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                3
58 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                                     3
59 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              2
60 Francesco Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                      2
61 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                              2
62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        1
63 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                 100 pts
2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                            78
3 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       65
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                 36
5 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             29
6 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo             24
7 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        15
8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             12
9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                          12
10 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                  10
11 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                               8
12 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                   8
13 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                         6
14 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                                  6
15 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                        6
16 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave              5
17 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips                4
18 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips                4
19 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                  3
20 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave        3
21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                             2
22 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino               2
23 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           2
24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                             2
25 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                                     2
26 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                 1
27 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              1
28 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco                     1
29 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino               1
30 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave              1
31 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              1
 
Intergiro classification
 
1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips          47.39.09
2 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                  1.50
3 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca     2.32
4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave            3.08
5 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                3.14
6 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       3.24
7 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips                  3.42
8 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
9 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
10 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino       3.45
11 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
12 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           3.48
13 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips
14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
15 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio
16 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack
17 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax                           3.49
18 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        3.50
19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                          3.54
20 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                  51 pts
2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips                49
3 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       47
4 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                    40
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                            38
6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                 28
7 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             16
8 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                  13
9 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave              13
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                            13
11 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            12
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            10
13 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                   9
14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                   9
15 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         8
16 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron              8
17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                          7
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        7
19 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron               7
20 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                                 6
21 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                               6
22 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack                     6
23 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            6
24 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                5
25 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips                    5
26 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                             5
27 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave              5
28 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                        5
29 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips                4
30 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio                           4
31 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                   4
32 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              4
33 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino          4
34 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           3
35 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              3
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco                       3
37 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax                              3
38 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                                     3
39 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino               2
40 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave        2
41 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                    2
42 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Polsat                             2
43 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                                  2
44 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                2
45 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                2
46 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              2
47 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                               2
48 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                 1
49 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                         1
50 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron               1
51 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              1
52 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                             1
53 Francesco Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                      1
54 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 1
55 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco                        1
56 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                     1
 
Azzurri d'Italia classification
 
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                            17 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                 13
3 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              6
4 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                   4
5 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                                  4
6 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                     4
7 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips                 2
8 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                2
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                              2
10 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                   1
11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                          1
12 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                               1
13 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack                     1
14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                   1
15 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            1
16 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron              1
 
Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification
 
1 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca      362 pts
2 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               331
3 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        244
4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips               210
5 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                 210
6 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                          157
7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave             155
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       135
9 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             127
10 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                        118
11 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                                104
12 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax                             98
13 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             96
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                               94
15 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            94
16 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                                    94
17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave             91
18 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                  87
19 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Polsat                            80
20 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio                          74
21 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax                            74
22 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             70
23 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave       70
24 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                   60
25 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips               57
26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                           49
27 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                             48
28 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             45
29 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                   36
30 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                32
31 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                    28
32 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco                      26
33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            25
34 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                       23
35 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco                       15
36 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                13
37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                              13
38 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 13
39 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            12
40 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron             12
41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                11
42 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                  10
43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Polsat                        10
44 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                   9
45 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                   8
46 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              8
47 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips                    6
48 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                6
49 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                               5
50 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave            5
 
Trofeo Fast Team classification
 
1 Team Saeco                                           258.15.53
2 Lampre                                                    2.22
3 Alessio                                                   7.49
4 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                                     22.01
5 Fassa Bortolo                                            25.12
6 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                  35.04
7 Gerolsteiner                                             53.23
8 CCC Polsat                                               55.59
9 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                     1.14.12
10 De Nardi-Colpack                                      1.15.06
11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                               1.22.51
12 Colombia-Selle Italia                                 1.58.26
13 FDJeux.com                                            2.39.07
14 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi                    2.40.00
15 Team fakta-Pata Chips                                 2.48.38
16 Domina Vacanze-Elitron                                3.02.49
17 Tenax                                                 4.15.50
 
Trofeo Super Team classification
 
1 Fassa Bortolo                                              483 pts
2 Lampre                                                     361
3 Alessio                                                    332
4 Domina Vacanze-Elitron                                     323
5 Team Saeco                                                 296
6 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                                       277
7 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                    227
8 De Nardi-Colpack                                           224
9 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                                   214
10 Team fakta-Pata Chips                                     207
11 Gerolsteiner                                              200
12 FDJeux.com                                                171
13 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                   151
14 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                        120
15 Lotto-Domo                                                114
16 CCC Polsat                                                109
17 Colombia-Selle Italia                                      76
18 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi                         54
19 Tenax                                                      51
 
Fair Play classification
 
1 Colombia-Selle Italia                                        0 pts
2 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                                        10
3 Lampre                                                      10
4 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                          10
5 Alessio                                                     20
6 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                                    25
7 Tenax                                                       40
8 De Nardi-Colpack                                            75
9 Team fakta-Pata Chips                                       75
10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                    95
11 Gerolsteiner                                               99
12 FDJeux.com                                                100
13 Domina Vacanze-Elitron                                    105
14 Team Saeco                                                120
15 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                   120
16 Lotto-Domo                                                120
17 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi                        130
18 Fassa Bortolo                                             179
19 CCC Polsat                                               1120