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86th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour
Italy, May 10-June 1, 2003
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Stage 3 - May 12: Policoro-Terme Liugiane, 145 km
Garzelli wins Giro stage one year on
Petacchi maintains Maglia Rosa
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Almost a year ago, Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SO.DI) won Stage 2 of the 2002 Giro in Liege, Belgium and donned the Maglia Rosa. A few days afterwards, the surprising news came out that Garzelli was positive for probenecid on the stage. Thus began Garzelli's 11 month nightmare of his ejection from the Giro and a long suspension that only ended last month. Today in Terme Luigiane, Garzelli wiped out his bad dreams with a tremendous uphill sprint to win Stage 3.
A breathless Garzelli told RAI-TV's Alessandra Di Stefano after the brutal finish that "I thought I was kind of tired today in the final, and I have to thank my teammates who have been great these last three days. After what happened in last year's Giro, today's win really means a lot for me. I was hoping for this win and now my morale is good. I'm looking forward to the Terminillo (climb). But a win in the Giro is always something great."
Besides the morale boost for Garzelli, he also gained a win bonus of 20" that helped him gain time on key adversaries like Simoni and Gonzalez, propelling Garzelli into 2nd place on GC.
After analysing the situation before Stage 3, Fassa Bortolo's Giancarlo Ferretti decided that today wasn't the day to defend Ale Petacchi's Maglia Rosa. "I don't want (Fassa) to burn out our team defending the Maglia Rosa today," said Ferron before today's stage. But it didn't work out that way, since Petacchi had great legs and again a great team today who supported him in the final phases of the stage.
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Despite the tough uphill sprint, the brilliant Petacchi took third on the stage and kept his Maglia Rosa for another day. "My dream of wearing the Maglia Rosa is continuing...today I was feeling really strong and showed that I'm not just a sprinter."
The La Spezia speedster is correct; Petacchi showed the classic symptoms of a rider who is going to a new level with the race leader's jersey on his back, but his main sprint rival Mario Cipollini seems to be finding his race legs again.
However, things didn't go as well today for Aitor Gonzalez and Dario Frigo, Fassa Bortolo's key GC riders for the 86th Giro d'Italia. Both lost time to Garzelli on bonus and on the final uphill sprint, finishing 18th and 19th, 9" behind the hard-charging Garzelli.
For Lele Colombo of Domina Vacanze-Elitron, the day after his 31st birthday was not the party he was hoping for. Colombo could have moved up on GC today, but he faded in the final to 5th on the stage. "We tried really hard today; the whole team went really hard to put me in a position to win but I croaked with 100m to go...but it was important to give it a shot in the finale and our (Domina) team were stupendous the way they rode for me."
How it unfolded
Monday's stage was a fast, wide open race across the hot and windy Cosentino countryside to Terme Luigiane. A break got away on the coast along the Ionian sea, but Alessio rode hard tempo to bring the fugitives to heel. At the Intergiro sprint at Villapiano Lido, Moreno Di Biase (Formaggio Pinzolo Fiave'), recent winner of Stage 2 of the Tour de Georgia took the points with a crowd of bikini-clad local lasses cheering the pocket powerhouse across the line.
Once Alessio brought the break back, things were quiet until the first climb of the day to the GPM at Fagnano Castello, where Colombia-Selle Italia rider Hernan Dario Muņoz set up a small break that put his teammate Speedy Gonzalez in a position to win his second GPM, and consolidate his Maglia Verde of Best Climber.
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After the GPM, the action boiled over with continuous attacks in the winding road across the green chestnut woods. Both Domina Vacanze and Panaria were covering any moves off the front, but as the twisting 10km descent to Acquappesa began, despite the animated riding of Sandy Casar (FDJ.Com), the 20 rider break was absorbed by a chase lead by Gilberto Simoni (Saeco Macchine de Caffe). 50 riders including World Champ Cipollini who were dropped on the GPM were chasing back at 30".
With 10km to go, Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) was on the attack on the descent and had gained 10" on the strung out chasers. At the front of the peloton, Maglia Rosa Petacchi raised his hand to bring his teammates Cioni and Bruseghin up front to chase down the Aussie. At the base of the descent, McEwen's teammate Rik Verbrugghe crashed and ended up finishing 9'41 down, in the company of teammates Nick Gates and Aart Vierhouten.
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McEwen was reeled in with 5 km to go as Fassa accelerated, but uphill sprint specialists like Garzelli, Colombo, Figueras and recent winner of the Giro del Toscana, Rinaldo Nocentini. Down the serpentine descent to Terme Luigiane ran the Indian file group with Fassa making the pace for their Maglia Rosa Petacchi. Domina Vacanze made the final push over the last 2km into Terme Luigiane, but Garzelli was too strong for everyone today and took his first win in almost a year on Stage 3.
Stage 4 - May 13: Acquappesa Marina-Vibo Valentia, 170km
Stage 4 is a flat jaunt with a tailwind down the rocky Tirrenean coastline, along the Gulf of San Eufemio, then up the easy 10km climb up to the Cresta di Zungri after 135km. This is the same climb where Aitor Gonzalez grabbed his first win of the 2003 season in the Giro di Reggio Calabria, and at least 50 riders should stay together.
In the last 20km at the base of the climb, there is a long gradual uphill with the last 6km downhill to finish in the centre of Vibo Valentia. Look for Petacchi and Baldato to battle with Robbie McEwen for stage honours, and if Mario can find his climbing legs, the World Champ may find a way for his 41st Giro stage win.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SoDi) crosses the line to win the third stage of the Giro
- Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SoDi) was very happy to win the third stage ahead of Casagrande and Petacchi
- Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SoDi) puts both arms in the air to celebrate his win
- Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SoDi) celebrates, while Petacchi (L) and Casagrande (R) battle it out for second
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) crosses the line in third place at the end of stage 3, thus keeping the maglia rosa
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) kept his leader's jersey for another day
- Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SoDi) on the podium
- Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SoDi) smiles from the podium after his win
Images by Yuzuru Sunada
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) did pull on the blue intergiro jersey today, and also worked on his tan
- Alessandro Petacchi and Mario Cipollini swap stories and compare tan lines during the stage
- Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia) leads the break on the climb of Fagnano Castello
Results
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 3.34.38 (39.136 km/h) 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.02 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 5 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 8 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 9 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 10 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 11 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.07 14 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 15 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 17 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 18 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.09 19 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 21 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 22 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 26 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 27 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 28 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 29 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 0.14 30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 31 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 34 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 35 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 38 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 0.20 39 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 0.22 40 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 41 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 0.32 43 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 44 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 45 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 0.38 46 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 47 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 48 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 0.42 49 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 50 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.44 51 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.46 52 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 53 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 54 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 55 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 56 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 0.49 57 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 58 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 59 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 60 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 61 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 0.53 62 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 63 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 64 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 65 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.59 67 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 68 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1.00 69 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.03 71 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 72 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1.05 73 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 74 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 75 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.11 76 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.14 77 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 1.21 78 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 1.30 79 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 80 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 1.33 81 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 82 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.47 83 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 84 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2.09 85 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 2.13 86 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.14 87 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 88 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.26 89 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.07 90 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.54 91 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 92 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.11 93 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 94 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 4.51 95 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 96 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 97 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 98 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 100 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 101 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 102 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 103 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 104 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 105 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 106 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 107 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 108 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 109 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 110 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 111 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 112 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 113 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 114 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 116 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 117 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 118 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 119 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 120 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 6.22 121 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 122 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 123 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 125 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 126 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 127 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 128 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 129 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 130 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 132 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 133 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 134 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 135 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 136 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 137 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 138 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 139 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 140 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 141 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 142 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 143 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 144 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 145 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 146 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 148 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 149 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 150 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 151 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 152 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 153 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 154 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 155 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 156 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 157 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 158 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 159 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 160 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 161 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 162 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 163 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 9.41 164 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 165 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 166 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 12.48 167 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 168 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo DNS Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Points 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 25 pts 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 14 5 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 6 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 9 8 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 8 9 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 8 10 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 7 11 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 6 12 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 6 13 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 4 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 17 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 3 18 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 19 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 20 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 21 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1 Intergiro 1 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1.23.57 2 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 4 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 5 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 6 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 7 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 8 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 10 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi Mountains 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 pts 2 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Most combative 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 6 pts 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 5 3 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 5 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 4 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 3 7 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 9 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 10 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 11 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 2 12 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 13 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 14 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 4 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Fuga Piaggio 1 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 36 pts 2 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 36 3 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 36 4 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 36 5 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 36 6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 36 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 36 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 36 9 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 10 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 11 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 12 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 13 14 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 12 15 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 16 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 17 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 12 19 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 12 20 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 21 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 12 22 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 9 23 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 6 24 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 6 25 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 26 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 27 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 28 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 5 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Alessio 10.44.07 2 Lampre 0.05 3 Fassa Bortolo 0.07 4 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.10 5 De Nardi-Colpack 0.11 6 Team Saeco 0.12 7 Gerolsteiner 0.17 8 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 0.20 9 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.29 10 Kelme-Costa Blanca 11 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 0.32 12 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0.35 13 CCC Polsat 1.00 14 FDJeux.com 1.28 15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.38 16 Tenax 1.46 17 Colombia-Selle Italia 5.29 18 Lotto-Domo 6.28 19 Team fakta-Pata Chips 9.43 Trofeo Super Team 1 Alessio 29 pts 2 Lampre 26 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25 4 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 24 5 De Nardi-Colpack 24 6 Fassa Bortolo 23 7 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 21 8 Team Saeco 15 9 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 10 10 Gerolsteiner 8 11 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 5 12 FDJeux.com 0 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0 14 CCC Polsat 0 15 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0 16 Team fakta-Pata Chips 0 17 Tenax 0 18 Colombia-Selle Italia 0 19 Lotto-Domo 0 General classification after stage 3 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.37.08 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 0.17 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.27 4 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.32 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 8 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 0.39 9 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 10 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 13 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.43 16 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 0.44 17 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 18 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 21 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 22 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 23 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.46 24 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 25 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 26 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 28 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 29 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 0.51 32 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 34 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 0.52 37 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 38 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 0.57 39 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.59 40 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 41 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 1.09 42 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 43 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 44 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.19 45 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 46 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.21 47 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 1.23 48 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 49 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 50 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 1.26 51 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 52 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.33 53 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 54 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36 55 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1.40 56 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.42 57 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 1.45 58 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 59 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.51 60 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 61 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.53 62 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2.00 63 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.10 64 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.17 65 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 2.23 66 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.35 67 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 2.37 68 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 69 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.40 70 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 3.56 71 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 4.17 72 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.28 73 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 74 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 75 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 76 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 77 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 5.58 78 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 6.14 80 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 6.23 81 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6.59 82 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 83 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 85 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 7.00 86 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 7.10 87 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7.27 88 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 7.39 89 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 7.45 90 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 7.54 91 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7.55 93 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.07 94 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 8.17 95 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 8.29 96 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.11 97 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.17 98 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 9.18 99 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.29 100 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.50 101 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10.11 102 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 10.21 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 104 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 105 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.26 106 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10.41 107 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 10.42 108 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10.50 109 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11.22 110 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 11.32 111 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 11.38 112 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 11.52 113 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 114 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 11.57 116 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 12.09 117 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 13.01 118 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 13.05 119 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 13.11 120 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 121 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 122 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 123 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13.18 124 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 125 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 126 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 127 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 13.47 128 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 13.48 129 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13.54 130 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 14.17 131 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 14.19 132 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.25 133 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 14.27 134 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 135 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 14.34 136 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 137 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 138 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 139 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 140 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 141 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14.47 142 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 15.56 143 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 15.58 144 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 145 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 146 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 16.03 147 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.05 148 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 149 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 150 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 151 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 152 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 153 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 154 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 155 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 156 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 157 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 158 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 159 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 160 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 161 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 16.34 162 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 17.02 163 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 17.19 164 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 17.21 165 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 19.24 166 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 20.15 167 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 22.24 168 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 23.43 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 34 3 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 32 4 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 28 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 28 6 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 25 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 8 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 17 9 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16 10 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 14 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 14 12 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 13 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 13 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 13 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 12 16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 12 17 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11 18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11 19 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 20 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 21 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 10 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 9 23 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 8 24 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 8 25 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 7 26 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 7 27 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 6 28 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 29 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 30 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 31 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 32 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 33 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 34 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 35 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 36 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 2 37 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 38 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 39 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 40 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 41 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 42 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1 43 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 Intergiro classification 1 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 8.09.47 2 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.15 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.24 4 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.27 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.30 6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.36 7 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 0.40 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 10 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave Mountains classification 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 pts 2 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 1 5 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Most combative classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 3 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 9 4 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 6 6 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 6 7 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 6 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 6 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 6 10 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 11 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4 12 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 3 14 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 15 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 16 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2 19 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 20 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 2 21 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 22 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 23 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 24 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 25 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 26 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 4 3 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 4 4 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 6 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 7 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1 Fuga piaggio classification Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 36 2 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 36 3 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 36 4 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 36 5 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 36 6 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 36 7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 36 8 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 36 9 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 31 10 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 31 11 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 12 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 13 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 13 15 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 16 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 12 17 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 18 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 12 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 12 20 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 12 21 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 22 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 23 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 24 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 9 25 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 6 26 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 6 27 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 28 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 5 29 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 30 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Alessio 40.53.07 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.07 3 Lampre 0.12 4 Team Saeco 5 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.17 6 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 0.27 7 De Nardi-Colpack 0.31 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.36 10 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0.56 11 CCC Polsat 1.14 12 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 1.16 13 FDJeux.com 1.42 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.52 15 Tenax 3.00 16 Colombia-Selle Italia 5.43 17 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.55 18 Team fakta-Pata Chips 9.43 19 Lotto-Domo 10.25 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Alessio 74 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 67 3 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 64 4 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 63 5 Lampre 59 6 De Nardi-Colpack 51 7 Team Saeco 45 8 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 40 9 FDJeux.com 30 10 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 29 11 Gerolsteiner 22 12 Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 13 Team fakta-Pata Chips 16 14 Lotto-Domo 16 15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 16 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 10 17 Colombia-Selle Italia 9 18 CCC Polsat 3 19 Tenax 0 Fair Play classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 0 pts 2 Alessio 0 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0 4 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0 5 FDJeux.com 0 6 Team Saeco 0 7 Lampre 0 8 Team fakta-Pata Chips 0 9 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 0 10 Gerolsteiner 0 11 CCC Polsat 0 12 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 0 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0 14 Colombia-Selle Italia 0 15 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0 16 Tenax 0 17 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 20 18 De Nardi-Colpack 65 19 Lotto-Domo 120
