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86th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour
Italy, May 10-June 1, 2003
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Stage 2 - May 11: Copernico-Matera, 177 km
Controversial sprint finish to Baldato
Petacchi still Maglia Rosa
By Tim Maloney, European editor
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Ten years after winning three stages in the Giro d'Italia, Fabio Baldato (Alessio) came back to win another Giro bouquet, but it didn't come easy. The 34 year old from Vicenza almost didn't have a team this year after Fassa Bortolo dropped him and he ended up at Alessio, ostensibly to help their young sprint star Angelo Furlan. Today in a tough uphill power sprint to the finish in Matera, the crafty experienced Baldato ended up the stage winner, drawing a verdict of relegation after Robbie McEwen's (Lotto-Domo) irregular riding in a tight, tumultuous sprint.
As Baldato tried to pass on the right, McEwen closed the gap slightly and then threw an elbow with 30m to go to keep the fast-closing Alessio rider from passing. "(McEwen) put me into the barriers and I had to slow down...we started the sprint in the middle of the road and we ended up against the barriers," said an annoyed Baldato after the stage.
RAI-TV commentator Silvio Martinello was critical of McEwen as well, saying "(McEwen) closed down on Baldato in a nasty way...that deserves a clear disqualification."
Once the UCI jury had reviewed the tapes in the RAI-TV van, they relegated McEwen. But the Australian pleaded innocence, telling Baldato after the sprint that he didn't see him in the sprint and he was just following his line.
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Sprinters Alessandro Petacchi and Mario Cipollini both had a tough day in the heat, but Cipo didn't make it to the finish in Matera with the best riders, while a tired Petacchi was 4th and kept his Maglia Rosa. "When I saw the first 2km of the (Monte Scaglioso) climb, I thought I would lose the (race lead) today. I rode the first kilometre OK but then I cracked and had to ride at my own pace. I have to thank my team again who waited for me, but by that time, the best riders had already gone. My team was great and they brought me back to the front group. By the time we got to the finish I was pretty tired for the sprint, but I'm happy to keep the jersey another day," said Petacchi post-race.
Before the stage, Cipo told RAI-TV that he didn't want to support an Italian riders union initiative to put a white rag under their seat to show support for cycling. "Well the white flag - that's like surrender and I don't like that."
Cipo started the day well with his win in the Intergiro in Taranto ahead of Petacchi, but as the final stages of the race commenced on the climb to Monte Scaglioso, Cipo was in trouble right away. He lost over a minute on the climb and ended up over 6 minutes behind in Matera, finishing the stage angry and disappointed.
How it unfolded
There was slow start to the stage on another hot, sunny day across the south of Italy for the Giro d'Italia, with the first two hours covered at the pedestrian pace of 29 km/h. By the Intergiro in Taranto at 85km, won by Mario Cipollini in front of Maglia Rosa Alessandro Petacchi, the speed had crept up to 32km/h. After 4 hours of racing, the average was 36 km/hr as the hot temperatures had kept the lid on the action until the plotone hit the climb with 22km to go, a steep, straight drag to Monte Scaglioso.
First to attack as the wide, new road rose to the GPM was Elio Aggiano (Formaggi Pinzolo), soon joined by Tiralongo and Muņoz, but as the gradient became steeper, they were pulled back. With Pantani and Perez Cuapio pounding away on the steep part, the group blew up in several parts with Cipollini looking flat.
Fredy Gonzalez (Selle Italia) took the KOM and grabbed the first Maglia Verde just ahead of Francesco Casagrande and Stefano Garzelli. Maglia Rosa Petacchi was just 40" back, but Cipo had lost 1'20" on the leaders and wouldn't get back to the front group that day to contest the sprint in Matera.
With 15km to go, after the descent from Monte Scaglioso, Mercatone Uno was powering away in the front group to keep the sprinters groups from rejoining. Behind, Cipo had gained some time back with all his teammates on the front pulling desperately to get back on. But SuperMario wasn't very super today and eventually eased back on the fruitless chase to try and save his thundering herd of zebras for another day.
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As the gradient to Matera eased, Vini Caldirola went to the front to try and set up the sprint for Stefano Garzelli, but when he saw that Petacchi, McEwen and other sprinters were still there, his ambitions waned. With no team setting up the sprint, it was a wide open dash to the line on via Dante Alighieri, where Baldato and McEwen provided the fireworks.
Stage 3: Policorno-Terme Luigiane 145km
Stage 3 is the first day at the Giro for attacking riders with a hilly final 55km across the instep of the Italian boot in Calabria. After the stage's only GPM at Fagnano Castello, there are three more climbs in the next 15km before a 9km descent into Terme Luigiane and an uphill final along Viale delle Terme.
With another hot, hard day and fast attacking riders who can climb well on the move, Alessandro Petacchi will likely end his reign as Maglia Rosa in favour of a rider like Lele Colombo, 19" behind Petacchi in 2nd on GC, or Giuliano Figueras, 3rd at 23".
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- This was the move that cost McEwen the second stage, as he moved into Fabio Baldato in the final metres. He was later relegated to last place in the bunch, and Baldato was given the win
- Baldato (L) throws his arm up as McEwen powers away from him
- Baldato gesticulates as Robbie McEwen gets ready for his victory salute
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio) disagrees about the winner of stage 2
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) celebrates crossing the line first, but he didn't get past the race jury
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio) salutes from the podium as the finale winner of the stage
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio) realises he's won another Giro stage
Images by AFP
- The sprint for the finish
- McEwen punches the air in victory, however his celebration was shortlived
- Italian Alessandro Petacchi celebrates his second day in the pink
Results
1 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 4.46.57 2 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 6 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 9 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 10 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 12 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 17 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 18 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 19 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 21 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 22 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 25 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 26 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 28 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 29 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 31 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 32 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 33 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 34 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 36 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 37 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 38 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 39 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 41 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 42 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 45 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 47 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 48 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 51 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 52 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 53 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 54 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 55 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 56 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 57 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 58 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 59 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 60 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 61 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 62 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 63 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 66 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 67 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 68 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 69 Oscar Mason (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 70 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 71 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 0.23 72 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 73 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.25 74 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.28 75 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 0.30 76 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 78 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 79 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 80 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 81 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.55 82 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.07 83 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 2.26 84 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 85 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 2.40 86 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.51 87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 3.50 88 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 89 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 90 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 91 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.41 92 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 4.53 93 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 94 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 95 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 96 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 98 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 99 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 100 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 101 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 102 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 103 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 104 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.19 105 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 106 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 107 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 108 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 109 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 110 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 111 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 112 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 113 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 114 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 115 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 116 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 117 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 118 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 119 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 120 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 121 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 122 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 123 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 124 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 125 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 126 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 127 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 9.06 128 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 129 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 130 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 131 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 132 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 133 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 134 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 135 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 136 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 137 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 138 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 139 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 140 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 141 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 142 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 143 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 144 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 145 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 146 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 147 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 148 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 149 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 150 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 151 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 152 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 153 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 155 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 156 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 157 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 159 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 160 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 161 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 162 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 163 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 164 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 166 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 167 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 168 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 169 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 24.38 Points 1 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 25 pts 2 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 4 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 12 6 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 9 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 8 9 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 10 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 7 11 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 6 12 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 5 13 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 14 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 15 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 16 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 3 17 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 2 18 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2 19 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 20 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Intergiro 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.36.14 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 5 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 8 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 10 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com Mountains 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3 pts 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 1 Most combative 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 pts 2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 6 3 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 4 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 5 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4 6 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 8 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2 10 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 11 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 1 12 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 4 pts 2 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 3 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Alessio 14.20.51 2 Lampre 3 Fassa Bortolo 4 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 Gerolsteiner 6 Team Saeco 7 De Nardi-Colpack 8 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 9 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 FDJeux.com 11 Colombia-Selle Italia 12 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 13 Team fakta-Pata Chips 14 Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Ccc Polsat 16 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 0.30 17 Tenax 0.53 18 Lotto-Domo 3.50 19 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.19 Trofeo Super Team 1 Alessio 27 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 23 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 4 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 18 5 FDJeux.com 16 6 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 7 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 14 8 Lampre 14 9 Team Saeco 12 10 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 11 11 De Nardi-Colpack 10 12 Gerolsteiner 10 13 Colombia-Selle Italia 9 14 Team fakta-Pata Chips 7 15 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 5 16 Ccc Polsat 0 17 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0 18 Lotto-Domo 0 19 Tenax 0 General classification after stage 2 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.02.36 2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 0.04 3 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.19 4 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.23 5 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.24 6 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 7 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 8 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 10 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 14 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 16 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.31 17 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 19 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 20 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 21 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 22 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 23 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 24 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 26 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 29 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 30 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 32 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 34 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 35 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 36 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 37 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 38 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 39 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 40 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 41 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 42 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 44 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 45 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 47 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 48 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 49 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 50 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 51 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 52 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 54 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 55 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 56 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 57 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 58 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 59 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 60 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 61 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 62 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 64 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 65 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 66 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 67 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 68 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 69 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 0.44 70 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.54 71 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 72 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.56 73 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.59 74 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 1.01 75 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 76 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 78 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 79 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.26 81 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 1.45 82 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.38 83 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 2.57 84 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 85 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 3.11 86 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.13 87 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.14 88 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 89 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 4.21 90 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 91 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.12 92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.17 93 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 5.24 94 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 95 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 96 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 98 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 99 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 100 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 101 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 102 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 6.15 103 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.25 104 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 6.33 105 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 6.35 106 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 6.43 107 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 108 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 109 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 110 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 111 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 112 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 113 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 6.50 114 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 115 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 116 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 118 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 119 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 120 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 121 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 122 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 123 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 7.51 124 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.06 125 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 126 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 8.50 127 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 9.24 128 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.28 129 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 9.30 130 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 131 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 132 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 133 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 134 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 135 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 136 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 137 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 9.35 138 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 9.37 139 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 140 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 141 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 142 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 143 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 144 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 145 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 146 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 147 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 148 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 149 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 150 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 151 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 152 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 153 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 154 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 155 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 156 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 157 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 158 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 159 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 160 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 161 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SoDi 9.59 162 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 10.28 163 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 10.34 164 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 10.49 165 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.51 166 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10.53 167 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11.34 168 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11.37 169 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 24.58 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 28 3 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 25 4 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 20 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 6 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16 7 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 12 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 12 10 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 11 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11 12 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 9 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 15 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 8 16 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 8 17 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 8 18 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8 19 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 7 20 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 7 21 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 6 22 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 6 23 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 24 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 25 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 26 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 27 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 28 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 29 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 30 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 2 31 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 32 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 33 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 Intergiro classification 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.46.14 2 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 3 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.03 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.06 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 6 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.12 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 0.16 8 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 9 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.21 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.26 Mountains classification 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3 pts 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-SoDi 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 4 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 4 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 5 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1 Most combative classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 3 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 6 4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 6 5 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 5 6 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 7 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4 8 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4 9 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 10 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 11 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2 13 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 15 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 16 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 1 17 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 18 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 19 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Alessio 30.09.00 2 De Nardi-Colpack 3 Fassa Bortolo 4 Team Saeco 5 Team fakta-Pata Chips 6 Lampre 0.07 7 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 8 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Gerolsteiner 0.14 11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 FDJeux.com 13 Colombia-Selle Italia 14 Ccc Polsat 15 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0.21 16 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 0.44 17 Tenax 1.14 18 Lotto-Domo 3.57 19 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.26 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Alessio 45 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 44 3 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 43 4 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 38 5 Lampre 33 6 Team Saeco 30 7 FDJeux.com 30 8 De Nardi-Colpack 27 9 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 19 10 Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 11 Team fakta-Pata Chips 16 12 Lotto-Domo 16 13 Vini Caldirola-SoDi 16 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 15 Gerolsteiner 14 16 Colombia-Selle Italia 9 17 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 5 18 Ccc Polsat 3 19 Tenax 0
