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39th Tirreno - Adriatico - 2.HC
Italy, March 10-16, 2004
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Stage 6 - March 15: Monte San Pietrangeli - Torre San Patrizio, 185km
Another notch for Bettini
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Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) has strengthened his grip on the red and yellow Tirreno-Adriatico leader's jersey by winning the sixth and penultimate stage in a very close bunch sprint. Bettini got the better of Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Erik Zabel (T-Mobile), who will likely be the Italian's chief rivals in this Saturday's Milan-San Remo. Oscar Freire still holds second place on GC, but is now seven seconds behind Bettini.
"The race is nowhere near finished," said Bettini after his narrow win. "It'll be another battle tomorrow. Freire could still win tomorrow; therefore I'll have to fight to gain seconds. Once again I was able to rely on a super team today. Bramati and Nuyens set the pace throughout the whole stage, controlling the activity at the front of the group. Paolini and Zanini were fantastic at guiding me in ideal conditions right up until just a few metres from the finish line. By raising my arms in the air too early, I almost risked ruining all of my teammates' good work - luckily it all went well."
How it unfolded
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The 185 km stage was run around four laps of a 44 km circuit, including the climbs of Monte San Pietrangeli and Montegranaro each lap. The riders gained approximately 200m in altitude on each climb, and the course was - on paper at least - considered to be selective. At the start there were 143 riders, with Simone Masciarelli (Vini Caldirola) the only rider not to sign on. And as usual, the peloton stuck together for the first couple of hours at an average speed of 29.45 km/h. Despite this, Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze), Dario Pieri (Saeco) and Alexandre Naulleau (Brioches La Boulangère) all abandoned on the second lap.
Bettini demonstrated his sprinting form early on when he won the intermediate time bonus sprint on Monte San Pietrangeli (km 42.2) ahead of Freire, Duma and Astarloa. However, the race jury later annulled the sprint owing to the fact that a motorbike was in the way of the riders with 50 m to go.
20 km later, at the summit of the day's only mountain sprint at Montegranaro, Igor Pugaci (De Nardi) crossed first ahead of Rolf Aldag (T-Mobile), Patrick Calcagni (Vini Caldirola) and Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval), who still leads that competition.
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The race began to become animated a short while later, when a break of 11 riders escaped: Médéric Clain, Stéphane Augé, Michele Gobbi, Igor Pugaci, Carlos Barredo, Gregory Rast, Karsten Kroon, Alessandro Spezialetti, Rubens Bertogliati, Rolf Aldag and Paolo Bettini. The latter's presence in the group caused a reaction from the peloton, and the group reformed with nine riders: Spezialetti, Barredo, Rast, Clain, Augé, Pugaci, Gobbi, Kroon and Bossoni.
After 74 km, the nine had 50" lead over the peloton, which was being led by Quick.Step-Davitamon. Despite the lack of cooperation in front, the group still managed to gain time over the main bunch, which allowed them some freedom. After 97 km with two laps to go, Carlos Barredo, Kroon, Rast, Gobbi and Clain led Pugaci, Spezialetti and Bossoni by 40", with Augé at 1'03 and the peloton at 4'38. The increased speed led to more abandons, including Cobo (Saunier Duval), Gasparre and Giordani (De Nardi).
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Stéphane Augé didn't make it back to the leaders and was caught by the peloton, however Pugaci, Spezialetti and Bossoni managed to catch the front five to form a group of eight riders at the 114 km mark. The main bunch was still hovering at 4'33, with Quick.Step starting to turn the screws a little to bring the fugitives back.
  
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Michele Gobbi attacked shortly before the sprint in Rapagnano (km 136), and although he crossed the line first he was recaptured shortly after. By the end of the third lap, the peloton was at 3'42 and ready to close the gap to the break. On the final lap with 36 km to go, Cristian Gasperoni (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) made an unsuccessful attempt to jump clear of the peloton, but the speed was too high at this stage.
The gap to the eight leaders slowly but surely reduced, and despite a valiant effort by Kroon and Spezialetti, the bunch came together with 4 km to go for another mass sprint, where once again Paolo Bettini showed that he has excellent condition at the moment to take the stage and an extra four seconds bonus over Freire. It was a very close sprint, with Bettini, Freire and Zabel separated by centimetres, but the photo finish determined that Bettini was the winner.
Tomorrow will mark the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, and will be run over 162 km around San Benedetto Del Tronto. The first half of the stage is quite hilly, but the final 70 kilometres are dead flat and we can expect another bunch sprint. If this is the case, Freire can win overall if he wins the stage and Bettini doesn't place - an unlikely scenario but certainly possible.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Mederic Clain (Cofidis) helps to keep Igor Astarloa out of the wind
- Igor Astarloa (Cofidis) looking good
- Oscar Camenzind (Phonak) suffers a little in the peloton
- Alessandro Spezialetti (Saeco) was the instigator of the main break of the day
- Paolo Bossoni (Lampre) leads Rast and Clain in pursuit of the other five
- Johan Museeuw (Quick.Step-Davitamon) rides in the peloton
- Michele Gobbi (De Nardi) tries an attack on his own
- Gregory Rast (Phonak) leads the eight man breakaway
- Quick.Step-Davitamon had to do a lot of work for Bettini, but it paid off
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) was well supported by Johan Museeuw
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) spent a relatively comfortable day protected by his teammates
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) in the peloton, looking focused
- Giuliano Figueras (Panaria) tries a late attack
- Giuliano Figueras (Panaria) powers away, but he was eventually caught
- Alessandro Spezialetti (Saeco) and Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) were the last of the break to be caught
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) just crosses the line in front of Oscar Freire (R) and Erik Zabel (2nd L)
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) realises that he's won
- Oh dear... Oscar Freire is rather annoyed at himself
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) on the podium after another stage win
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) salutes as the leader of Tirreno-Adriatico
- A happy Bettini at the end of the day
Images by Olympia Photo
- Paolo Bettini and Alessandro Petacchi at the start
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) had enough and pulled out on the second lap
- The peloton ride during the sixth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) wins the sprint - just
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.23.41 (34.292 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 14 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 19 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 20 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 22 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 23 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 25 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 32 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 33 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 35 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 36 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 37 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 38 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 39 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 40 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 42 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 43 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 44 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 45 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 46 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 47 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 48 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 49 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 53 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 55 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 56 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 57 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 58 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 59 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 61 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 62 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 63 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 66 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 67 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 68 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 69 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 70 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 71 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 73 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 74 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 76 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 77 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 78 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 79 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 80 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 81 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 83 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 84 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 85 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 87 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 88 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 89 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 90 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.38 91 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.51 92 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2.30 93 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 94 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 4.38 95 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 4.59 96 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 97 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.15 98 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.20 99 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.29 100 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 101 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.31 102 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 103 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco 105 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.47 106 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 107 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 108 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9.39 112 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 113 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 114 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 115 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 116 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 117 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 118 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 119 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 120 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 121 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 122 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 123 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 124 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 125 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 126 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 127 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 128 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 129 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 130 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre 10.44 131 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.39 132 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco DNF Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Jaun Josè Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi DNF Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi DNF Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo DNF Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco DNF Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi DNF Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole DNS Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie General classification after stage 6 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 29.03.37 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.07 3 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.18 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.19 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.22 6 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.23 7 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.26 8 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 9 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.27 10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.28 11 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.29 12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 19 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 22 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 23 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.30 24 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.32 25 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 0.34 26 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.44 27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.48 28 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 0.50 29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.58 30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.03 31 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 32 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.05 33 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.06 34 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 1.07 35 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.20 36 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 37 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.21 38 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 1.26 39 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 1.47 40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.59 41 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.03 42 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.37 43 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 2.54 44 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.05 45 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.26 46 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 4.13 47 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4.22 48 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.25 49 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.03 50 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.17 51 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5.21 52 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.52 53 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.39 54 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.05 55 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.31 56 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.39 57 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 58 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.45 59 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 7.54 60 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 8.03 61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8.59 62 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 9.25 63 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10.01 64 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 11.13 65 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11.18 66 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 11.36 67 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.51 68 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.54 69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 12.00 70 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12.15 72 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 12.19 73 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.39 74 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.16 75 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.46 76 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14.08 77 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.12 78 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.25 79 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 15.09 80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15.35 82 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 15.52 83 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16.06 84 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 16.08 85 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16.51 86 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 16.58 87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.38 88 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.48 89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.25 90 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.43 91 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 19.18 92 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.34 93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 19.42 94 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 19.58 95 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 20.16 96 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 21.26 97 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 22.18 98 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 22.21 99 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 22.46 100 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 23.56 101 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 24.00 102 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 24.17 103 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 24.53 104 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.18 105 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 106 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 27.22 107 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27.57 108 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28.23 109 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 30.20 110 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 30.51 111 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 31.15 112 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 31.45 113 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 114 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 31.47 115 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 32.08 116 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 32.48 117 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 33.08 118 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco 33.36 119 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 34.23 120 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 34.30 121 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 34.31 122 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 35.07 123 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre 37.30 124 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 38.29 125 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 41.17 126 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 41.24 127 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41.53 128 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 129 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 42.46 130 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43.47 131 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 55.44 132 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.09.24 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 34 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 27 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 23 7 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 8 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 10 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 16 11 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 15 12 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre 15 13 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 14 14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 13 15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 16 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 12 17 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11 18 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 19 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 8 21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 23 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 24 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 5 25 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 26 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 27 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 28 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 29 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 30 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 31 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 32 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3 33 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 3 34 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 35 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 37 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 2 38 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2 39 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 40 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 41 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 42 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 1 43 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 pts 2 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 10 3 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7 5 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 6 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 7 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 8 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 3 9 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 10 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 11 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 2 12 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 13 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 1 14 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 15 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1
