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86th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour
Italy, May 10-June 1, 2003
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Stage 5 - May 14: Messine-Catane, 176 km
Incredible sprint by Maglia Rosa Petacchi beats World Champion Cipollini
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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"This win is worth three times any other since I beat Cipollini with my Maglia Rosa - I'm really living a dream!", said an emotional Alessandro Petacchi in Catania today after winning a slow, windy Stage 5 in a very close, mano a mano sprint with Mario Cipollini by only 2 cm. It was a replay of yesterday's close sprint, but this time, Petacchi was determined to win. "There was a lot of wind and I was well positioned along the barriers. Mario had a longer way to go to win."
But Petacchi showed that with his Maglia Rosa, he's achieved a new level as top sprint dog at the Giro. "Today I was really tough in the sprint; I had great legs and I really wanted to win," explained Petacchi.
The last time the Giro finished in Catania in 1999, Cipo won the stage. Once the World Champ realized he had lost after the close sprint, his only comment to RAI-TV's Alessandra DiStefano was a disappointed "non va".
Later, Cipo wasn't convinced about how well Petacchi was riding. "I'm convinced that it's the opposite. I don't have great condition right now, he's very strong and I'm hoping to find a better condition so I can do what I do best..."
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Cipo also discussed the sprint, saying "the only problem in the sprint was that on the last turn with 1.5km to go, there was almost a crash and I lost my train and ended up on Petacchi's wheel. I should have been ahead of him (on Lombardi's wheel) but that's the way it went. I was coming around (Petacchi) when I hit a hole (in the road)...I don't know how much I lost but that's probably what cost me the sprint."
Perhaps the ghost of Alfredo Binda was frowning today as Cipo missed equalling his Giro win record by only 2 cm, but the 36 year old appears to be getting his winning legs back.
How it unfolded
The great weather in this year's Giro continued with another beautiful sunny day in Sicily. Stage Five started just before noon in the front of Messina's Duomo with 177 riders on the way to Catania. After yesterday's tough stage to Vibo Valentia, the plotone decided to ride piano today, so the first three hours of the race were run at an average of 28.9 km/h.
At the GPM at Portella Mandrazzi, the group was almost an hour behind the slowest schedule, where Fredy "Speedy" Gonzalez (Columbia-Selle Italia) jumped away and grabbed more points for the Maglia Verde of best climber ahead of Laverde and Nocentini (Formaggio Pinzolo Fiave'). Just behind Gonzalez, the group including Maglia Rosa Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) and World Champion Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) rolled through together.
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Ignacio Gutierrez (Kelme) jumped across to Gonzalez and the duo cruised ahead of the uninterested group, and with 50km to go in Gaggi, the duo had a 3'00 lead with Domina and Lotto chasing hard . The average speed had increased to 32.4 km/h and once again, Fassa Bortolo wasn't doing anything to defend Maglia Rosa Petacchi's lead. At the back of the stretched-out peloton was FDJeux.com's Nicolas Fritsch, who has distinguished himself as the worst descender at this year's Giro d'Italia.
Eventually Fassa Bortolo put Matteo Tosatto and Dario Frigo up front to help the chase while Gutierrez was pounding away with Gonzalez. But when the orange CCC jerseys hit the front for their Intergiro leader Andris Nauduzs, the pace went to another level.
On the pavé in Giarre, Speedy took the Intergiro bonus and a €1,000 prime ahead of Gutierrez. 40" behind in the gruppo, Formaggio Pinzolo Fiavé pulled a good trick on CCC, when Aggiano attacked the Intergiro early, forcing leader Nauduzs to chase. Just before the Intergiro line, Aggiano stopped suddenly as his teammate Moreno Di Biase came through to take it ahead of Nauduzs, thus Di Biase took the Intergiro jersey from the CCC rider.
With the average speed at 34.2km/h, the peloton hit the Costa dei Ciclopi, the status quo resumed, with Gutierrez and Gonzalez hanging out front 30" ahead of the chasers led by Fassa Bortolo, Domina and Lotto. Polyphemus kept his eye closed as the group passed along the seafront near his mythical home on the Isola di Aci, and neo-pro Daniele Pietropoli (Tenax) bridged up to the two front riders.
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Pietropoli's move was in vain as the break was caught after 70 km of liberty with 13 km to go, and the duel up front began the thundering herd of Domina zebras and the Silver and Blue train of Fassa Bortolo. Lotto, FDJeux.com and Team fakta-Pata Chips were up there as well, trying to position their sprinters McEwen and Eisel for the finish.
With 4 km to go, Galvez, Furlan, Di Biase and Lancaster crashed, taking out Kelme and Alessio's main sprinters, while Domina's charging zebras took over in the front. Coming into the last 500 meters, Cipollini looked perfectly positioned with Petacchi's wheel with Lombardi leading out. Petacchi made his move and Cipo tried to come around but just missed the win by 2cm. Bernard Eisel was third for the second consecutive day while yesterday's winner McEwen was fifth, just ahead of fellow Aussie Graeme Brown in sixth. Once again, Marco Pantani showed he can sprint and finished 15th, while GC contenders Frigo, Rumsas and Tonkov all lost time in the crash with 4 km to go.
Stage 6 - Friday May 16: Maddaloni-Avezzano 222 km
Tonight, two Eurofly charter flights will take the riders and key staff for a one hour flight from Catania to Napoli at 1830 and 1900. There will be a rest day on Thursday.
On Friday it will be a long sprinters stage from the outskirts of Naples to Avezzano in l'Aquila province. Breakaways should be the order of the day after the Intergiro in Cassino until the race reaches Avezzano for a final 38km around the dead flat piana di Fucino, and the sprinters teams can pull back any break.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) puts his head down as Cipollini tries to come round him
- Petacchi and Cipollini approach the line, head to head
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo, R) wins stage 5 from Cipollini with a well timed throw
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo, R) starts to celebrate his victory
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) raises his arms on the podium after winning stage 5
- Alessandro Petacchi gets a kiss on the podium, as the stage winner
- Alessandro Petacchi struggles with the Maglia Rosa, his fifth of this year's Giro
- It's a tight fit put Petacchi manages to pull the Maglia Rosa on
- A happy Alessandro Petacchi kissed on the podium in the Maglia Rosa
- Alessandro Petacchi realised his dream of winning a stage in the Maglia Rosa
- Alessandro Petacchi also wears the ciclamino points jersey
Images by Yuzuru Sunada/www.yuzurusunada.com
- The peloton cruise along the Sicilian coastline in stage 5
- Mario Cipollini and Alessandro Petacchi spent a lot of time together during stage 5, and in the end there wasn't much separating them
- Daniele Pietropoli (Tenax) bridged up to Ignacio Gutierrez and Fredy Gonzalez in the latter part of stage 5, but it was too late
- Ow. Gert Steegemans (Lotto-Domo) crashed near the end of stage 5, and lost 2'35
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.54.43 (35.831 km/h) 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 8 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 9 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 10 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 13 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 14 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 15 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 16 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 18 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 20 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 23 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 24 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 26 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 27 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 28 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 29 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 30 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 31 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 33 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 34 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 35 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 37 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 38 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 40 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 41 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 42 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 45 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 47 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 50 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 51 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 52 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 53 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 54 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 55 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 56 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 57 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 60 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 61 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 62 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 63 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 64 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 65 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 66 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 0.11 67 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 0.15 68 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 0.19 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 70 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 71 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 72 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 73 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 74 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 75 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 77 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 78 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 79 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 80 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 81 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 82 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 83 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 84 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 85 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 86 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 87 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 88 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 89 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 90 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 91 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 93 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 95 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 96 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 97 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 98 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 99 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 100 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 101 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 102 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 103 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 104 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 105 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 106 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 107 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 108 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 110 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 111 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 112 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 113 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 114 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 115 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 116 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 117 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 118 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 119 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 120 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 121 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 122 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 123 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 124 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 125 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 126 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 127 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 128 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 129 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 130 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 131 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 132 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 133 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 134 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 135 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 136 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 137 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 138 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 0.33 139 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.41 140 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.09 141 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 142 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.12 143 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 144 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 145 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 146 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 147 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 149 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 150 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 151 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 152 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 153 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 154 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.27 155 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 156 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1.29 157 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 158 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 159 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2.01 160 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 161 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.21 162 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 163 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.35 164 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.16 165 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3.27 166 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 4.02 167 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 6.00 Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 20 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 16 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 14 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 12 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 9 8 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 8 9 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 10 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 7 11 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 12 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 13 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 15 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 4 16 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 3 17 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 18 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 2 19 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 2 20 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1 21 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 Intergiro 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4.21.01 2 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 4 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 6 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre Mountains 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 pts 2 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 3 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 Most combative 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 4 5 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 6 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 3 7 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2 9 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 10 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 12 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 13 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 1 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Alessio 14.44.09 2 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 TEAM FAKTA - PATA CHIPS 6 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 FDJeux.com 9 Team Saeco 10 Lotto-Domo 11 De Nardi-Colpack 12 Lampre 13 Tenax 14 Fassa Bortolo 0.15 15 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0.19 16 Colombia-Selle Italia 17 Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.38 19 CCC Polsat Trofeo Super Team 1 Alessio 24 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 4 FDJeux.com 18 5 Lotto-Domo 16 6 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 15 7 Lampre 14 8 Team Saeco 13 9 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 12 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 11 Colombia-Selle Italia 10 12 TEAM FAKTA - PATA CHIPS 10 13 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 10 14 Tenax 8 15 Gerolsteiner 8 16 CCC Polsat 2 17 De Nardi-Colpack 0 18 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 0 19 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0 General classification after stage 5 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.31.44 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 0.49 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.59 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 1.04 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 6 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.11 7 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 8 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 9 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.16 12 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 16 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.18 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1.23 20 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 22 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 23 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 1.24 25 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.30 27 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 28 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1.31 29 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.34 30 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.35 31 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 32 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 1.37 33 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 35 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 36 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 37 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 1.39 38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 1.41 39 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.42 40 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 1.48 41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 1.50 42 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.55 43 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 1.58 44 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2.00 45 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 46 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.05 47 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 48 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.10 49 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 50 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.12 51 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.17 52 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 53 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.27 54 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.29 55 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.33 56 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 2.36 57 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2.42 58 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 2.55 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.26 60 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 3.28 61 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 62 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.35 63 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.38 64 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3.44 65 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 3.48 66 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.27 67 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 4.47 68 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5.43 69 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.54 70 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 6.18 71 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 6.19 72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 6.49 74 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 75 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 6.55 76 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 7.05 77 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 7.29 78 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 7.42 79 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 7.50 80 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 81 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7.59 82 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 8.30 83 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.43 84 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 8.45 85 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 86 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.46 87 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 8.49 88 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 9.27 89 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 10.21 90 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 11.12 91 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 92 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11.19 93 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11.41 94 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.04 95 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12.19 96 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.43 97 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 98 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 99 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 12.51 100 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12.52 101 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12.56 102 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 12.57 103 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 13.17 104 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 13.36 105 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 13.39 106 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 13.41 107 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14.09 108 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 14.59 109 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15.35 110 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 111 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 16.30 112 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 17.44 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 19.47 114 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 20.36 115 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 21.16 116 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.26 117 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.02 118 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22.18 119 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 22.39 120 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 22.45 121 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 22.59 122 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23.26 123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 24.14 124 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 25.08 125 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 25.12 126 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 25.15 127 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 25.18 128 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25.34 129 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26.10 130 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 26.16 131 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 26.31 132 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 26.35 133 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 26.50 134 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 27.03 135 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 27.23 136 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 27.26 137 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 27.44 138 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27.56 139 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 27.58 140 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 28.00 141 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.11 142 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 28.21 143 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 144 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 29.06 145 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 146 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 29.14 147 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 29.19 148 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 29.44 149 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 29.47 150 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 30.17 151 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 30.19 152 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30.30 153 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 31.46 154 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 31.53 155 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 32.39 156 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 32.56 157 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 33.08 158 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 33.10 159 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 33.17 160 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 33.23 161 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 33.55 162 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.25 163 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 34.31 164 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 36.14 165 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 37.08 166 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 40.55 167 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 45.17 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 49 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 48 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 44 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 34 6 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 32 7 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 29 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 28 9 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 26 10 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 11 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 12 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 21 13 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 19 14 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 19 15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 16 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 17 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 16 18 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 16 20 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 16 21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 14 22 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 14 23 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 13 25 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 12 26 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11 27 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11 28 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 9 30 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 8 31 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 8 32 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 8 33 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 7 34 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 7 35 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 7 36 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 6 37 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 38 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 39 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 6 40 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 5 41 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 43 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 44 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 4 45 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 46 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 47 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 48 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 3 49 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 50 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 2 51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 52 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 53 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1 54 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 55 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Intergiro classification 1 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 14.45.10 2 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 0.03 3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.22 4 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.36 5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.39 7 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.42 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.44 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.48 12 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 13 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.52 14 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 16 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 17 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.57 18 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.58 19 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.02 20 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips Mountains classification 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 pts 2 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 3 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 4 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 6 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1 8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 10 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Most combative classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 3 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 10 5 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 10 6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 10 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 10 8 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 7 9 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 6 11 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 6 12 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 6 13 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 6 14 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4 15 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 16 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 17 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 18 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4 19 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 3 20 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 3 21 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 22 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 23 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 3 24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 25 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 26 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 2 28 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 29 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 30 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 2 31 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 32 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 33 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 34 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 35 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 36 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 37 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 38 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 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 4 6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 8 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 9 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Alessio 67.38.31 2 Lampre 0.12 3 Team Saeco 4 Fassa Bortolo 0.22 5 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 0.27 6 De Nardi-Colpack 0.31 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.55 9 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 1.15 11 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1.16 12 FDJeux.com 1.42 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.52 14 CCC Polsat 15 Tenax 3.00 16 Colombia-Selle Italia 6.02 17 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.55 18 TEAM FAKTA - PATA CHIPS 9.43 19 Lotto-Domo 21.50 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Alessio 121 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 106 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 99 4 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 79 5 Lampre 73 6 Team Saeco 68 7 FDJeux.com 66 8 De Nardi-Colpack 65 9 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 53 10 Lotto-Domo 52 11 TEAM FAKTA - PATA CHIPS 50 12 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 42 13 Kelme-Costa Blanca 38 14 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 34 15 Gerolsteiner 34 16 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 29 17 Colombia-Selle Italia 28 18 Tenax 8 19 CCC Polsat 5
