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86th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour
Italy, May 10-June 1, 2003
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Stage 4 - May 13: Terme Luigiane-Vibo Valentia, 170 km
Robbie rocks, Petacchi still pretty in pink
Tough day again for Cipo
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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With a brilliant sprint to come around Maglia Rosa Alessandro Petacchi in the last 30 meters, Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) took his fourth win of the 2003 season and third ever stage win in the Giro d'Italia. McEwen had perfect timing and threw his bike at just the right moment, and the Australian was visibly delighted as he took the winner's bouquet on the podium in Vibo Valentia.
"Before we got to the sprint today, it was very, very, very difficult," said McEwen. "During the stage I died ten times. To be able to follow on the big climb...a lot of sprinters were dropped on the last hill too. When we got to the sprint, I tried to follow Petacchi and was able to pass him. It's very nice to win here, especially after my disqualification in Matera."
McEwen revealed that he would continue in this year's Giro until Stage 13 (Pordenone-Marostica), "So there are plenty more stages for me to have a go on."
On a stage where many thought World Champion Mario Cipollini might have a chance to equal the Giro win record of Alfredo Binda, once again, SuperMario wasn't very super. "Today wasn't a great stage for me today," said a disappointed Cipo post-race. "It looked like it might be good for sprinters but it wasn't. Right now, my condition isn't really what I want right now. My teammates Ongarato and Scirea tried to get me back today and they did a great job. The only positive note so far in this Giro is all the affection of the fans."
Cipollini may have made some errors in his preparation for the Giro this year, as he hadn't raced since early April and despite a heavy training program, Cipo seems to be feeling his 36 years. "Things didn't go the way I've wanted so far this year...I thought I would be in better form this year. But I've started other Giros badly and...I still have the desire to win and I'll go forward."
Maglia Rosa Petacchi kept his race lead, but his dream to win a stage with his pink tunic has not yet come true. "I'm sorry to lose like this by 30mm", said the annoyed Fassa Bortolo rider "I don't like downhill sprints and that's why Robbie could come around me today. I really wanted to win with my Maglia Rosa."
How it unfolded
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It was another hot, sunny day in the toe of the Italian boot and after just one kilometre of stage four, Formaggio Pinzolo Fiave's Elio Aggiano went on the attack. The Italian was joined by Slovenian passista Martin Hvastija (Tenax) and Usano Martinez (Kelme). Aggiano, from Trapani in Puglia felt at home down in the south of Italy and his attacks have enlivened the Giro so far. Through kilometres of citrus orchards, the trio pounded away along the rocky Tirrenean coastline, but the peloton wanted to race today and the pace was fast, almost 45 km/h.
By the Intergiro in Pizzo, taken by Aggiano over Usano, the gap now was 2'19" and falling, with the thundering herd of Domina keeping the pace up with hopes that SuperMario would not lose too much time on the climbs, and would be up front in Vibo Valentia for the sprint. After 120 km, the fugitives came back to the peloton.
Soon after, as the climb up to Cresta di Zungri began, Colombia-Selle Italia hit the front to up the pace and spring the Maglia Verde clad Speedy Gonzalez for more GPM points. With the fast pace and hot weather, plenty of sprinters like Graeme Brown, Angelo Furlan came out the back. Cipollini came out the back about halfway up Cresta di Zungri but was just trying to limit the damage and get over the top within a minute of the leaders.
Carlos Garcia Quesada (Kelme) went on the attack halfway up the climb in search of KOM points. The Maglia Rosa and the main group was at 20", with Cipo's group at 1'00. Chasing the Kelme man were Casar (FDJ.Com) and Nocentini (Formaggio). At the KOM on the Altipiano di Porro, with 36km to go, Garcia Quesada took the points ahead of Gerolsteiner's Ronny Scholz and Colnago's Gryschenko, with the Maglia Rosa group at 27" and Cipo's big chasing group just 40" behind the plotone.
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Garcia Quesada was joined up front by his teammate Ignacio Gutierrez, along with Strauss, Bileka, Da Cruz, and Baliani. This sextet got a gap of 25" on the descent, but it seemed they were going nowhere fast. Behind, the Domina tactics had Colombo and Lombardi dropped back from the main group to help Cipo get back on, and the move worked well as the World Champ got back on as the descent began. Like yesterday, Fassa Bortolo wasn't trying to control the race for Petacchi, and was waiting for the last few kilometres to put their guys to work for the Maglia Rosa.
There was bad luck for McEwen on the descent to S.Calogero with a front flat, but he got a quick change and was back in the action after a short chase. With 20km to go, the break was 15" on the entire group. Up the final 2km hill into Mileto, the six riders had gained some time as the sprinters started to come out the back as Domina pounded away on the front to pull the break back. Garcia Quesada, Gutierrez and Strauss dumped the other three and had 20" with 10km to go, while Cipo seemed better as the finish approached.
Fassa Bortolo now joined the chase for the Maglia Rosa in Mileto and the lead trio was absorbed with 7km to go. Gruppo compatto and the re-match of the Stage 1 finish was shaping up, but Cipollini came out the back again on the final climb up to Vibo Valentia, while Fassa Bortolo went full gas up front to make Cipo's chase was tougher.
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Domina's game plan had finally unraveled with 5km to go, as the World Champion was definitively dropped, simply struggling to get back to the main group 20" behind. Baldato opened the hostilities in the sprint at the 500m mark while Petacchi made his move early at 250m to go, with McEwen glued to his wheel. The Australian timed his move perfectly and threw his bike in the last 30m to take the win, while a tired Cipollini finished 1'10 behind.
Stage 5 - May 14: Messina - Catania, 176km
Across the straights of Messina to Sicily for a sunny, hot sprinters stage that skirts Europe's only active volcano, Mt.Etna. Halfway through the stage is the long, easy 25 km climb up the Peloritani Mountains to the GPM at Portella Mandrazzi. From the top, there is a long, winding descent past Taormina and down to the coast to the Gulf of Catania into the chaotic Sicilian port city for a likely group finish in Piazza Nettuno. Thursday, 15 May is a rest day so after Stage 5 in Sicily, the teams will make an air transfer from Catania to Naples.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo, R) comes of Alessandro Petacchi's wheel in the final 30m to win stage 4
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) lunges to beat Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa, L) on the line to win stage 4
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) raises both arms as he walks onto the victory dais
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) waves to the crowd from the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) clearly enjoying his time on the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) smiles from the podium after his stage win
- A happy Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) on the podium after his stage win
Images by Yuzuru Sunada/www.yuzurusunada.com
- A beachgoer watches the peloton go by in stage 4
- Elio Aggiano (Formaggi Pinzolo) leads the main break of the day in stage 4
- Gerolsteiner's Marcel Strauss with his two Kelme companions in the break near the end of the stage
- Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-SO.DI) rides in the ciclamino points jersey during stage 4
- Robbie McEwen gets it on the line from Maglia Rosa Alessandro Petacchi
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4.00.25 (42.426 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 4 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 8 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 10 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 11 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 12 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 14 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 15 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 17 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 21 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 22 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 23 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 24 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 25 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 26 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 27 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 28 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 29 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 30 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 32 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 33 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 34 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 35 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 36 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 37 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 38 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 40 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 41 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 43 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 48 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 49 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 51 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 52 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 53 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 54 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 56 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 57 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 58 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 59 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 60 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 62 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 63 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 65 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 66 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 67 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 70 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 71 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 72 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 73 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 74 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 75 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 76 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 77 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 78 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 79 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 80 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 81 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 82 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 83 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 84 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 85 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 86 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 87 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 88 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 89 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 90 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 91 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 92 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 93 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 94 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 95 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.10 96 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 97 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 98 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 99 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 100 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 101 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 102 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 1.20 103 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1.25 104 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1.30 105 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 106 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.43 107 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.40 108 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.41 109 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4.20 110 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.06 111 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 112 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 113 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 6.08 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 6.53 115 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 116 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 117 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 118 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 7.27 119 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11.00 120 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 121 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11.02 122 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 123 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 124 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 11.25 125 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 126 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 128 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 129 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 130 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 131 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 132 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 133 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 134 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 135 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 136 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 137 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 138 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 139 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 140 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 141 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 142 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 11.29 143 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 144 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 145 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 13.14 146 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 147 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 148 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 149 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 150 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 151 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16.21 152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 153 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 154 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 155 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 156 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 157 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 158 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 159 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 160 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 161 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 162 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 163 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 164 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 165 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 166 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 167 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20.29 DNS Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 16 4 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 12 6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 9 8 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 9 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 8 10 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 7 11 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 6 12 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 13 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 5 14 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 15 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 4 16 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 3 17 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3 18 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 2 19 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 20 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 21 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Intergiro 1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2.14.34 2 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 4 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 6 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 9 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 10 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino Mountains 1 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 pts 2 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Most combative 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 6 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 4 5 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 6 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 7 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 3 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 2 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 10 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 11 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 12 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 13 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 1 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Alessio 12.01.15 2 Fassa Bortolo 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 5 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 7 Team fakta-Pata Chips 8 Team Saeco 9 FDJeux.com 10 Lampre 11 CCC Polsat 12 De Nardi-Colpack 13 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 14 Gerolsteiner 15 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16 Colombia-Selle Italia 17 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 18 Tenax 19 Lotto-Domo 11.25 Trofeo Super Team 1 Team fakta-Pata Chips 24 pts 2 Alessio 23 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 4 Lotto-Domo 20 5 Fassa Bortolo 19 6 FDJeux.com 18 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 17 8 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 9 De Nardi-Colpack 14 10 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 14 11 Team Saeco 10 12 Colombia-Selle Italia 9 13 Gerolsteiner 4 14 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1 15 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 0 16 CCC Polsat 0 17 Lampre 0 18 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0 19 Tenax 0 General classification after stage 4 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.37.21 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 0.29 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.39 4 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.44 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 7 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 0.51 8 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 9 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 10 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 12 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.55 15 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 0.56 16 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 18 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 20 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 21 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 22 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58 23 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 24 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 26 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 27 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.03 31 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 32 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 34 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 1.04 36 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 37 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 1.09 38 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1.11 39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 1.21 41 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 42 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 43 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 1.27 44 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.31 45 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 46 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.33 47 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.35 48 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.38 49 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 50 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.45 51 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 52 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.48 53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.54 54 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1.57 55 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 56 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2.03 57 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.09 58 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 59 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2.12 60 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 2.35 61 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.47 62 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 2.49 63 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 64 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.15 65 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3.22 66 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 3.28 67 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.52 68 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 4.08 69 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 5.39 70 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.40 71 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 6.10 74 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 75 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 6.26 76 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 6.35 77 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 6.50 78 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 7.11 79 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 81 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 7.22 82 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7.39 83 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 7.51 84 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 8.06 85 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 86 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.07 87 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 8.29 88 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 9.07 89 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.23 90 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 9.30 91 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 10.01 92 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.02 93 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 10.33 94 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 95 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11.02 96 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11.48 97 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11.59 98 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 12.04 99 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 100 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 101 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 12.09 102 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12.17 103 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 12.18 104 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 12.31 105 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12.44 106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 13.00 107 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13.30 108 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14.34 109 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 14.39 110 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 14.56 111 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 16.10 112 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 17.05 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 17.26 114 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 18.37 115 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 20.16 116 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 20.37 117 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.06 118 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.23 119 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21.39 120 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 22.06 121 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 22.19 122 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 22.25 123 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.47 124 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 23.46 125 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 24.48 126 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 24.52 127 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 24.55 128 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 129 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 25.31 130 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25.50 131 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 25.54 132 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 25.56 133 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 26.11 134 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 135 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 26.15 136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 26.24 137 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 26.44 138 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 27.13 139 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 27.17 140 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 141 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 27.19 142 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 143 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 27.40 144 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 27.42 145 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 146 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 147 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.51 148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 28.15 149 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 28.58 150 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 29.24 151 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 152 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 29.38 153 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 29.44 154 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 30.21 155 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 31.07 156 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 157 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 32.29 158 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 32.36 159 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.38 160 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 161 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 162 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 32.50 163 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 33.35 164 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 33.52 165 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 36.48 166 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 38.57 167 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 40.16 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 81 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 37 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 34 4 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 32 5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 28 6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 28 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 28 8 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 27 9 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 26 10 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 12 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18 13 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16 14 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 15 15 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 14 16 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 14 17 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 18 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 13 19 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 12 20 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 12 21 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11 22 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11 23 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 24 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 10 25 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 9 26 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 8 27 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 8 28 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 29 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 8 30 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 8 31 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 7 32 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 7 33 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 6 34 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 35 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 6 36 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 5 37 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 39 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 40 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 4 41 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 42 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 43 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 44 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 45 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 46 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 47 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 48 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 49 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1 50 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 51 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Intergiro classification 1 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 10.24.21 2 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.06 3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.24 4 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.27 6 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.30 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.32 9 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 0.36 10 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com Most combative classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 3 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 9 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 8 5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 7 6 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 6 8 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 6 9 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 6 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 6 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 6 12 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 13 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 14 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4 15 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 16 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 17 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4 18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 3 19 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 20 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 21 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 22 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 3 23 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 24 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 2 26 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 27 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 2 28 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 29 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 30 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 31 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 32 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 33 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 34 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 4 5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 7 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 8 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 1 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Alessio 52.54.22 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-SO.DI 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 21.50 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Alessio 97 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 86 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 80 4 De Nardi-Colpack 65 5 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 64 6 Lampre 59 7 Team Saeco 55 8 FDJeux.com 48 9 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 41 10 Team fakta-Pata Chips 40 11 Kelme-Costa Blanca 38 12 Lotto-Domo 36 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31 14 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 29 15 Gerolsteiner 26 16 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 24 17 Colombia-Selle Italia 18 18 CCC Polsat 3 19 Tenax 0
