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87th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour
Italy, May 8-30, 2004
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Stage 2 - May 10: Novi Ligure - Pontremoli, 184 km
The kid comes good again
Climber Cunego sprints to stage win, McGee takes back Maglia Rosa
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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"I still can't believe it!", enthused emerging star Damiano Cunego (Saeco) as he grabbed his sixth win of the season and his first Grand Tour stage win in Pontremoli today. "I didn't expect this result, but my teammates really believed in me...but my main job at the Giro is to help our leader Simoni. I'll enjoy my win today but my work is to help Gilberto. The Giro is three weeks long so we'll see how it goes."
The talented 22 year old from Verona, 1999 Jr. World Champion, has won six races in the past three weeks (Giro del Trentino GC and two stages, GP Larciano and GP Appennino) and today showed why Saeco just re-signed him for two years.
Gibo Simoni, Saeco's leader and defending Giro champion, seemed happy about his young teammate and indeed the entire red train's performance today. "Once we got over the climb, we rode hard for Cunego - Garzelli and Popovych could have gotten time bonuses, so we couldn't ask for a better result than this."
On the dominant effect of Saeco's red train today, Simoni explained that "we didn't attack today, we just did what we had to do to not risk anything." It's doubtful that Cunego's ascendance will hurt Simoni. To have a young, strong teammate by his side can only help Gibo in his quest for a third Giro title.
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Off a perfect leadout from teammate Eddy Mazzoleni and with a great closing rush in the last 40m of the uphill sprint, Cunego came around Brad McGee - who was determined to recapture the Maglia Rosa - to win by half a bike length. The classy Sydneysider and his FDJeux.com teammate Philippe Gilbert played the game perfectly in the final and with the 12" time bonus for second place, Brad was once again pretty in pink. In his decent Italian, McGee told Italian TV that, "I'm really happy to have the (Maglia Rosa) back, but I really wanted to win today. (Cunego) was just too fast for me!"
As for the future, McGee was uncertain how long he could hold on to the jersey. "I'll give it my best try tomorrow, but since I don't know the climb, it's hard to say what will happen."
Simoni's main Giro rival Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola) was looking for the stage win and his team rode hard all day today to put the classy Varesino in position to win. "We were looking to make a selection on the final climb and reduced the group to forty riders or so. Saeco did a great job today and in the final I got boxed in in the sprint. Tomorrow is the first day of truth, so to speak and we'll see who has good legs and who doesn't."
How it unfolded
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On a sweet sunny spring morning in Novi Ligure, a Piemontese city know for chocolates, the Giro d'Italia embarked on Stage Two for a tough 184km run through the hilly hinterlands of Liguria and Emilia-Romana to Pontremoli, capital of the north Tuscan zone of Lunigiana.
Novi Ligure is the hometown of both Fausto Coppi and Costante Girardegno and the site of the Museo dei Campionissimi, dedicated to the greats of cycling. Earlier that morning, the spirit of Marco Pantani soared once again at this year's Giro d'Italia in a touching moment when Felice Gimondi presented one of Pantani's Bianchi bikes that he used to win the 1998 Giro d'Italia.
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With a fast start at 12:25 and a regular first hour, it finally was after 36 km in Casella when 23 riders got away. By the day's first climb up the Passo della Scoffera 20km later, the big group had slimmed down to 16 riders, with some potential stage winners like Bertogliati (Saunier Duval), Bertolini (Alessio-Bianchi), Zampieri (Vini Caldirola) and Acqua e Sapone teammates Marzoli and Hamburger. But the break simply wasn't focused, as half of the riders were trying to stay away and half wanted to get to Pontremoli in the break. 4'05" was the biggest advantage they got.
With 46km to race at the Intergiro in Bedonia, Marzoli (Acqua Sapone) took the bonus while the Phonak and Gerolsteiner powered peloton began to ride hard with the Passo del Brattello just ahead. In the porcini mushroom capital of Borgo Val di Taro with 32km to race, the gap had dropped quickly and was now only 1'15".
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With the chase looming behind, Colombian Luis Laverde (Formaggi Pinzolo) attacked on the first slopes of the Passo del Brattello, then Vanoti (De Nardi) and Gorazd Stangelj (Saeco) attacked too. Stangelj went by Laverde solo, and the Colombian could only follow 10" back. With 25km to go, Laverde was 10" behind, with the group at 50" and closing behind Saeco's Slovenian. The chase was fast and steady with Vini Caldirola's Steve Zampieri, who had dropped back to the group from the break, pounding on the front with teammates Tonkov and Mason. Stangelj's attack was the perfect situation for his Saeco and Simoni, who could just sit back and watch the action as Garzelli's team did the work.
With 4km to go to the summit of the climb, under Vini Caldirola's hard forcing, Petacchi went out the back and six of his Fassa Bortolo team peeled off to keep him company, as did Maglia Rosa Olaf Pollack. At 2km from the summit, Stangelj was caught as Panaria joined Caldirola on the front. Saeco then turned the tables and decided to test the others with another clever tactical move. Cunego went hard in the last kilometre up front and with Simoni on his wheel, a selection of 30 riders was quickly made. Phonak's Alexandre Moos took the GPM points and on the fast, twisting descent to Vignola before the finish in Pontremoli.
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In the front group, all the GC candidates were there; Simoni, Garzelli, Popovych and fast men like Rebellin were riding all out to maintain their 1'00 advantage on the gruppo Maglia Rosa, which included Alessandro Petacchi. Up front, Saeco's red train kept driving hard with big Eddy Mazzoleni up front, stretching the front group into one long Indian file. With 10 km to go, Slovenian champion Valjavec (Phonak) had a mechanical, dropping back to join World Champ Astarloa (Lampre) and seven others including Fred Rodriguez (Aqua Sapone), who were chasing hard at 15", with the group Maglia Rosa at 1'30".
With 5km to go, Astarloa joined the front group with Valjavec. There were now 40 riders in front, which was going all out. Saeco's red train powered away, making it difficult for any the fast men to make it to the front.
As the last kilometre started, Saeco was massed at the front, but after the sharp left hander and up and down section, Gilbert (FDJeux.com) started the leadout for McGee. With 250m to go, Brad hit the front on the slight uphill finish, but Cunego got by him in the final meters for the win. Fast closing Cristian Moreni (Alessio-Bianchi) was third, with World Champion Igor Astarloa (Lampre) once again burned by his former teammate Cunego in fourth.
Stage 3 - May 11: Pontremoli-Corno alle Scale,191km
Cloudy, cool weather with a possibility of rain showers is forecast for Tuesday, another day on the beautiful winding mountain roads of northern Tuscany through Lunigiana, Garfagnana, and then to the Giro's first mountaintop stage finish atop the steep Corno alle Scale climb. With Saeco HQ just down the road in Gaggio Montano, Gibo Simoni and his red Saeco train will be looking for an early stage win here.
Will Saeco to play their Cunego card here to put pressure on Simoni's rivals like Garzelli and Popovych? Or is it too soon for Saeco to take the Maglia Rosa in this year's Giro? Davide Rebellin may be able to profit from the situation and take the Maglia Rosa, and Popovych, currently sitting second on GC may have a shot at the prestigious pink tunic as well. Stage 3 won't decide the final of this year's Giro, but it will probably show who isn't going to win.
Climbs
Foce Carpinelli (842 m, 10 km, 5.2%)
Corno alle Scale (1,426 m, 12.8 km, 5.2%)
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Mountains leader Fabian Wegmann (L) with race leader Olaf Pollack, both in Gerolsteiner
- The Gerolsteiner boyz hangin' out at the start
- Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) is the man in rosa
- Ivan Quaranta (Formaggi Pinzolo) not looking forward to today's stage at all
- Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) can afford to smile
- The early break working hard
- FDJeux.com did plenty of work to keep McGee out of trouble
- Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) rides in front of his teammate Davide Rebellin
- The breakaway begins to suffer on the final climb
- Phonak did a lot of work today
- Gorazd Stangelj (Saeco) attacks the remnants of the break
- Gorazd Stangelj (Saeco) was the last of the break to be caught
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner, R) knew that Cunego was the one to watch
- Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola) looking ok in the centre
- Vini Caldirola rode tempo while Saeco sat in behind them on the Passo del Brattello
- Serguei Gontchar (De Nardi) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) were both strong on the last climb
- Pavel Tonkov (L) and Vini Caldirola helped set the pace for Stefano Garzelli on the climb
- Damiano Cunego (Saeco) checks to make sure he's won
- Damiano Cunego (Saeco) salutes from the podium
- Damiano Cunego (Saeco) gives a big smile
- Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com) enjoying being back in pink
- Brad McGee's FDJeux.com team presented after the stage with McGee back in pink
Images by Olympia Photo
- Damiano Cunego (Saeco) waves after his success
- The sprint between McGee (C) and Cunego (CR) was close, but Cunego got it
Results
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 4.37.08 (39.836 km/h) 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 6 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 15 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 16 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 18 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 19 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 22 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 23 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 26 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre 28 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 30 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 31 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 32 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 33 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 36 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 38 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 39 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 40 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 41 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 42 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 43 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.10 44 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.39 45 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 51 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 55 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 56 Denys Kostuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 57 Nicola Loda (Ita) Tenax 58 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 59 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 60 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 61 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 63 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 64 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 65 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 66 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 67 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 68 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 69 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Mauricio Al Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 71 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 72 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 73 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax 74 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 75 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Tenax 76 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 77 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 78 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 80 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 81 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 83 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 84 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 86 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 87 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 88 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 89 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 90 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 91 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 92 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 93 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 94 Volodimyr Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 95 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 96 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 97 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 98 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 99 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 100 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 3.07 101 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia 4.18 102 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.11 103 Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7.57 104 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 106 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 107 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre 108 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 110 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 111 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 112 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 113 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 114 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 115 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 116 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 117 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.45 118 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 10.31 119 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 120 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 121 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 122 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 123 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 124 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 125 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 126 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 127 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 128 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 129 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 130 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 131 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 132 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 133 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 134 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 136 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 137 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 138 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 139 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 140 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 12.47 141 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 142 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 14.03 143 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14.07 144 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax 145 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com 14.09 146 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 147 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 148 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 149 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 150 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 151 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 152 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 153 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 17.05 154 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax 155 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 19.50 156 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax 157 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 158 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax 159 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 160 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 161 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 162 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 164 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 165 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com 166 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.37 167 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 24.26 DNF Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Daniele Bennati (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems Points 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 25 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 20 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16 4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 14 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 12 6 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 10 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 8 10 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 7 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 12 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 6 13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 15 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 4 16 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 17 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3 18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 2 19 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 2 20 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1 21 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 1 Mountains 1 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 3 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 1 Intergiro 1 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3.28.36 2 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 3 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 4 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 6 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 7 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 pts 2 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 9 Most combative 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 8 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 5 3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 5 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 4 5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 4 6 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 3 7 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 8 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 3 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 2 10 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 12 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 2 13 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 4 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 2 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Saeco 13.51.24 2 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo 3 Alessio-Bianchi 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Lampre 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 8 Phonak-Hearing Systems 2.39 9 Colombia-Selle Italia 10 De Nardi 11 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.49 12 Fassa Bortolo 5.18 13 Lotto - Domo 14 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7.57 17 Tenax 18 FDJeux.com 10.31 19 Domina Vacanze 21.02 Trofeo Super Team 1 Saeco 40 pts 2 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo 22 3 Gerolsteiner 22 4 FDJeux.com 19 5 Alessio-Bianchi 18 6 Lampre 17 7 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 13 8 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 12 9 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 11 Phonak-Hearing Systems 9 12 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 6 13 Colombia-Selle Italia 5 14 Lotto - Domo 3 15 Domina Vacanze 2 16 De Nardi 17 Fassa Bortolo 18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 19 Tenax General classification after stage 2 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 8.27.22 2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.32 3 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.36 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 0.37 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 0.39 6 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.45 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.47 8 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 0.48 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 12 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 0.51 13 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.53 14 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre 0.55 15 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 16 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.56 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 18 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 19 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.58 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.59 22 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.00 23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1.01 24 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 1.03 25 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 1.04 28 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05 29 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.06 30 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 1.07 31 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08 32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.10 33 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.11 35 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.13 36 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.16 37 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 1.17 38 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 39 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.20 40 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.25 41 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.40 42 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 1.41 43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.44 44 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.49 45 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.09 46 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3.21 47 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.23 48 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.29 49 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3.33 50 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.34 51 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 52 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 3.36 53 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.38 54 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3.39 55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 56 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 57 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3.41 58 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3.42 59 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 60 Denys Kostuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 61 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.44 62 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.45 63 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 3.46 64 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 65 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3.47 66 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.48 67 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.49 68 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.50 69 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 70 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 3.51 71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3.52 72 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 73 Nicola Loda (Ita) Tenax 3.54 74 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 77 Mauricio Al Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3.56 78 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.57 79 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 80 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 3.58 81 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.59 82 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 83 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 4.03 84 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Tenax 85 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 4.04 86 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 87 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4.05 88 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax 4.07 89 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 90 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.08 91 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 4.09 92 Volodimyr Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.10 93 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 4.19 94 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 4.23 95 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 4.24 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.25 97 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.26 98 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 4.28 99 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 4.31 100 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.53 101 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.05 102 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 6.18 103 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.57 104 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.01 105 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.02 106 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 9.04 107 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.05 108 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.07 109 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.10 110 Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.15 111 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.19 112 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 9.26 113 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre 9.27 114 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 9.36 115 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 10.05 116 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 10.07 117 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10.37 118 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.18 119 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 11.22 120 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 11.23 121 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.31 122 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 123 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 11.32 124 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 11.41 125 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 11.42 126 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 127 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 11.46 128 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.48 129 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.49 130 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11.50 131 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 132 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.56 133 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11.57 134 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 12.00 135 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 12.02 136 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 12.03 138 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12.04 139 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.12 140 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.40 141 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14.23 142 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 15.14 143 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 144 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15.18 145 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 15.23 146 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 15.30 147 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 15.44 148 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 15.45 149 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 15.50 150 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com 15.51 151 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax 16.00 152 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 18.41 153 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax 19.01 154 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 20.42 155 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 20.45 156 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 20.55 157 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21.04 158 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax 21.19 159 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com 21.20 160 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 21.21 161 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 21.28 162 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax 21.29 163 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 21.47 164 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 21.54 165 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.58 166 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 27.06 Points classification 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 3 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 22 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 20 5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 6 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 19 7 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 14 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 14 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 12 10 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 10 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 10 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 14 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 9 15 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 16 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 8 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 18 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 8 19 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 7 20 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 7 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 6 23 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 25 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 5 26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 27 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4 28 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 4 29 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax 4 30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 31 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3 32 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 33 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 2 34 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 35 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 2 36 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 37 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1 38 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 1 39 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1 40 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 1 Mountains classification 1 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 3 5 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 6 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 2 7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 1 9 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1 Intergiro classification 1 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 6.11.37 2 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 0.06 4 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 5 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 0.12 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 7 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 0.16 8 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 9 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 0.21 10 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 11 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 0.26 12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Most combative classification 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 8 pts 2 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 8 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 5 6 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 5 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 9 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 4 10 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 3 11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3 14 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 3 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 16 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 2 17 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 18 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 19 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 2 20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 21 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 1 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1 24 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 25 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 68 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 3 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 9 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 4 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 2 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1 6 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Lampre 24.57.12 2 Saeco 3 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo 4 Alessio-Bianchi 5 Gerolsteiner 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.08 7 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 0.16 8 De Nardi 2.39 9 Phonak-Hearing Systems 2.47 10 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.49 11 Colombia-Selle Italia 3.03 12 Lotto - Domo 5.18 13 Fassa Bortolo 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.26 15 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 16 Tenax 8.05 17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8.13 18 FDJeux.com 10.31 19 Domina Vacanze 21.02 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 FDJeux.com 46 pts 2 Lampre 44 3 Gerolsteiner 41 4 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo 40 5 Saeco 40 6 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 29 7 Domina Vacanze 24 8 Fassa Bortolo 20 9 Phonak-Hearing Systems 20 10 Lotto - Domo 20 11 Alessio-Bianchi 18 12 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 16 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 15 Tenax 10 16 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8 17 De Nardi 6 18 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 6 19 Colombia-Selle Italia 5
