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88th Giro d'Italia - PT
Italy, May 7-29, 2005
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Stage 19 - May 28: Savigliano - Sestriere (Le Valli Olimpiche), 190 km
Courage under fire: Savoldelli saves the day
Rujano: "Better than I could have ever dreamed"
By Anthony Tan
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Totally isolated and left behind by the lead group with 40 kilometres to go, it seemed Paolo Savoldelli's time in the maglia rosa was facing certain death. However, a combination of guts, courage and cramping saw the race eventually swing back in his favour, and barring disaster, 'Il Falco' will fly into Milano tomorrow afternoon to claim overall victory in the 88th Giro d'Italia.
"I don't feel like one of the great champions of the Giro, because the old champions used to attack on the climbs and make a big difference to the show. I'm more of a regular rider, and I have to calculate a lot, because I know what my limits are," said a pragmatic Savoldelli to Cyclingnews.
"I was afraid at the beginning of the climb [Finestre], because the pace was going so fast. I didn't think I was going to make it. I went at my own pace. I was very careful to eat and drink enough on the climb, the most important thing was not to have a crisis. Now I'm going to the Tour de France to help Lance Armstrong.
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"I've got through the Giro without any problems. The only bad day was when I crashed in the first week and lost 43 seconds. I knew it was possible to lose the jersey today. I wouldn't have been upset to lose the tour to a rider that was prepared to attack and risk everything. After cycling? Well I won't be a team manager. I've got a construction business."
Today's penultimate stage of the Giro lived up to all expectations plus more, the never-before used climb of the Colle delle Finestre with its 9.2 kilometre-long section of unpaved road murder for the riders but a treat for the spectators, who witnessed one of the greatest offensives ever seen in the history of the race.
Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita), Josè Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia) and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) gave it their all in their attempt to knock Il Falco Savoldelli from his perch, but in the end, the incredible effort took its toll on all but one, as mountain man Rujano rode away to a much-deserved stage victory in Sestrière.
"It was so fast on the Finestre," Said Rujano to Cyclingnews: "It was too hard to attack, so we decided to wait for the final climb. It's been a great Giro. To finish with the King of the Mountains, winning a stage, it's better than I could have ever dreamed."
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At the top of the Finestre, 33 year-old Simoni must have surely thought victory was his as he climbed his way into the maglia rosa virtuale. But one thing he did not foresee was both he and Di Luca becoming the victim of cramps on the final ascent to Sestrière, which ultimately cost him the race.
"When I saw Savoldelli couldn’t sustain the rhythm I accelerated," said Simoni after the finish. "I was looking for Rujano help but only Di Luca and I have worked well together. Danilo has done a really great job." But on the last descent, "Danilo had cramps and I was not so well either. It was destiny, after my two wins at the Giro (2001-2003) and my three third places (1999-2000-2004) to take the second place this year. Maybe I could have saved energy on the climb…but I was fighting for the Giro d’Italia!"
As a result, the top five at the start of today's stage - Savoldelli, Simoni, Rujano, Di Luca and Garate - all held their positions on the classifica generale, and tomorrow's procession to Milano will be without stress for all bar the sprinters.
How it unfolded
The much-awaited stage to Sestrière began in glorious sunshine, and with over 70 kilometres of climbing on a 190 kilometre-long parcours, the 154-strong peloton rolled out a little earlier than usual, leaving Savigliano at twenty past eleven Saturday morning.
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It took less than 20 minutes for the early - and inevitably ill-fated - break of the day to be established. While previous days have seen larger groups gradually wear down into smaller ones, today it was a tiny TV-hungry trio comprised of Ruslan Ivanov (Domina Vacanze), Mark Renshaw (Francaise des Jeux) and Grischa Niermann (Rabobank), the latter initiating the move.
With Germany's Niermann the best-placed - if one could call it that - in 58th position on the classifica generale, almost a hour and forty minutes behind the maglia rosa of Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery), it was no surprise to see their lead balloon. By km 14, they were already seven-plus minutes ahead, reaching 12'22 at km 25 and a whopping 17 minutes by the base of the first of two ascents up Sestrieres, at the town of Villar Perosa (km 55.4).
Back in the peloton, most of the contenders and their teams knew the real racing wasn't going to happen until they were inside the final 50 kilometres, which included the climbs of the Colle della Finestre and the second ascent of Sestrière, where the day would eventually end, 2,035 metres above sea-level.
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Discovery Channel's assistant DS Sean Yates gave a likely forecast on the day in a team statement after the previous stage: "The way it's [the race] panning out, Basso will try and win again tomorrow so they [CSC] will do a hard tempo on the climbs, and then it should be every man for himself in the last 30 kilometres."
The climb to Sestrière isn't steep, but it is long (try 45.7 kilometres long!), and around 10k into it, Aussie Mark Renshaw found himself having to let go; the 22 year-old former track pursuit and junior sprint world champion probably happy just to get a head-start, before finding a nice gruppetto to get through the rest of the day.
Meanwhile, further up front, Ivanov (Domina Vacanze) and Niermann (Rabobank) soldiered on, and by the GPM at km 101.1, the pair had lost less than four minutes of their 17'12 advantage when the climb first began, cresting the summit with a comfy lead of 14'35.
However, the descent to the Intergiro at Susa (km 145.6), also marking the start of the Colle delle Finestre, was roughly the same length as the climb, and the natural momentum of 150-odd riders didn't do the duo's chances any favours - not that it really mattered, considering the 18.5 kilometre monster that lay ahead. As the pair began the climb, Ivanov's companion said arrivederci, but the 31 year-old Moldovian seemed unperturbed, and continued on his own, content to ride at his own pace.
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It wasn't long afterwards that the fiercest parts of the Finestre greeted the bunch, its maximum 14 percent gradient coming after less than 1.5 kilometres, and it was here where the fireworks began. Selle Italia-Colombia's strategy in sending Rafael Illiano to the front caught many by surprise, including that of maglia rosa Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel), and straight away, a select group of no more than 12 riders formed.
Notable others in the mix included: Illiano's team-mates Josè Rujano and Ivan Parra (Selle Italia-Colombia), Gilberto Simoni and Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffita), Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi), Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto), Juan Manuel Garate and Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Serguei Gonchar (Domina Vacanze), Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears); notable others out of the mix were: Savoldelli (Discovery Channel), Ivan Basso (Team CSC) and Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole).
Averaging 9.2 percent, the Finestre's relentless gradient created a further selection less than a kilometre later. As Illiano rolled off, his job done for the day, Kid Cunego was next to drop off the back, and when a few others did likewise, the group was down to eight. By the halfway point of the climb, Savoldelli was two minutes down and completely isolated bar two riders - Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Davitamon-Lotto) and Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze) - who could do little to help him, nor stop the inexorable pace ahead.
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But Il Falco wasn't the only one struggling. Up front, Parra (Selle Italia-Colombia), Atienza (Cofidis), Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto), Garate (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Gonchar (Domina Vacanze), and Karpets (Illes Balears) all fell by the wayside at various points on the climb, leaving just three - a rampant Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia), a seething Simoni (Lampre-Caffita), and a determined Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi).
As the front three hit the final 7.9 kilometres of gravel "strada bianca", it was, quite amazingly, Dani Di Luca doing much of the pace-setting, and when Simoni realised he was in the maglia rosa virtuale, he also was happy to contribute. Surprisingly, Ivanov (Domina Vacanze), the last member of the early break, was only caught by this group with just over a kilometre before the GPM, but the man from Moldovia could only watch and admire as the three flew by.
Crossing the 2,178 metre-high summit of the Finestre with a 2'23 advantage over the gruppo maglia rosa, Savoldelli was still in with a chance, and very smartly, had not killed himself on the climb. Il Falco's famed descending skills also saw him pick up quite a few friends on the descent, including Gonchar (Domina Vacanze), Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto) and Tadej Valjavec (Phonak), who would no doubt help him later on.
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Under normal circumstances, Rujano's downhill dramas would have seen him dropped, but Simoni and Di Luca were keen to have him hang around - at least for the time being. But suddenly, sadly, with 15 kilometres to go, Di Luca fell victim to cramps, unable to pedal without grimacing, and watched Simoni and Rujano ride into the distance...
The flattish ascent to Sestrière, averaging just 5.1 percent over 9.8 kilometres, did nothing for Simoni and Rujano's chances, however, and with the loss of Di Luca, coupled with a strengthened gruppo maglia rosa - now six strong - Savoldelli's chances were looking better all the time. At four kilometres to go, Simoni also starting cramping, spurring an acceleration from Rujano. Metres later, the Venezuelan was on his own, riding away to a certain stage win; behind, Di Luca was having a battle with himself, doing everything possible to keep the wheels turning.
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As Rujano crossed the line, fists clenched in victory, the battle for the maglia rosa was being waged behind him. Two-time Giro champ Simoni recovered well to finish 28 seconds back, Di Luca a further minute behind, but Savoldelli was receiving plenty of help from Garate and Van Huffel in particular, who both appeared to be riding with Discovery jerseys for the rest of the day.
After 190 kilometres, the gruppo maglia rosa crossed the line just shy of two-minutes from Rujano, thus preserving Savoldelli's race lead, and ultimately, overall victory. A truly epic day.
Stage 20 - May 29: Albese con Cassano - Milano, 119 km
With the podium decided, it's all over but the shouting as the final stage of the 88th Giro heads from Albese Con Cassano near Lake Como and back to Milano for the final 10 finishing circuits in the centre of Milano, where sprinters - or what's left of them - will rule the day.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Gibo gives it gas
- Savoldelli with Belli and Ardila
- Through the trees on gravel roads
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) suffering, but riding well
- Vai Paolo!
- Savoldelli and Van Huffel look for the top
- Paolo Savoldelli tries to limit his losses
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) saved his energy on the Finestre
- Di Luca rode a fair chunk of the Finestre in front
- One of Simoni's helpers is ready with the spare wheels and bidon
- Di Luca leads Simoni and Rujano
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) with Rujano behind
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) fighting all the way to the top
- Ardila driving the Savoldelli group
- Savoldelli and Belli go uphill in the dust
- Paolo Savoldelli starts hallucinating
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) gets plenty of encouragement
- Di Luca rehydrates at the top
- Di Luca keeps ahead of Simoni
- Savoldelli and Belli together
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) gets some encouragement
- Di Luca, Simoni, and Rujano on the Finestre
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) leads Simoni towards the top
- Ardila and Savoldelli ascending the Colle delle Finestre
- Ardila and Savoldelli leave Ivanov behind
- Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto) setting the pace for Savoldelli
- Il Falco flies on a descent
- Crowds at Sestriere
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) can sense victory
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) almost there
- Rujano nears the finish
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) almost, but not quite
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) approaches the finish
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) can see the end
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) gets encouragement from his team director
- Serguei Gonchar (Domina Vacanze) working hard with 1 km to go
- Gonchar inside the last kilometre
- Savoldelli can sense the finish
- Gonchar leads the Savoldelli group
- Emmanuele Sella (Panaria) was top 10
- Marzio Bruseghin wonders when it'll finish
- Liquigas riding for Cioni
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) after another long day
- Cunego gets to 500m to go
- The tiny figure of Jose Rujano crosses the line in Sestriere
- I did it! Jose Rujano across the line
- Jose Rujano wins the stage
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) is a happy man in green
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) salutes as he wins the stage
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) celebrates his win
- That was hard
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) gave it everything, but needed another 28 seconds
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) is annoyed at himself for cramping
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) crosses the line in third
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) after saving his Giro
- A smiling Rujano
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) salutes from the podium
- Strewth! This thing weighs nearly as much as I do.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) puts on his second last maglia rosa
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) salutes in pink
- Savoldelli prepares to pop the cork
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) climbing the Colle delle Finestre
- Savoldelli grits his teeth on the Finestre
- Savoldelli on the stones
- The summit of the Colle delle Finestre
- The crowds at the top of the Finestre
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) salutes as he wins the stage
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) takes a deep breath
Results
1 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 5.49.30 (32.618 km/h) 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.26 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.37 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.53 5 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.55 6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.38 10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.07 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5.14 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.01 14 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 15 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 6.40 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 18 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.51 19 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.01 20 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 9.02 21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.51 22 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.29 23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 24 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 26 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 27 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 30 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.44 31 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 12.01 32 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12.33 34 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 13.56 35 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.09 36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 14.20 37 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 15.21 38 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.42 40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.55 44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 45 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.22 46 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.40 47 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 21.38 49 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 50 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 54 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 55 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 58 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 59 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 61 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 63 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 64 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 27.54 66 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 29.08 67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 29.11 68 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 70 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 71 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 72 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 73 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 77 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 78 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 79 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 29.33 80 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 36.24 81 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 82 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 39.27 83 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 84 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 85 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 86 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 87 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 89 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 92 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 98 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 99 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 100 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 101 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 102 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 103 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 105 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 106 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 108 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 110 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 111 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 112 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 114 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears 115 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 116 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 117 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 119 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 120 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 121 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 123 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 124 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 125 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 126 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 130 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 131 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 133 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 134 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 136 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 137 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 138 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 139 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 141 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 142 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 143 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 144 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 145 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 146 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 147 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 148 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 149 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 150 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 151 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 152 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 153 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team DNF Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Points 1 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 25 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 5 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12 6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8 10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 7 11 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 12 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 6 13 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 15 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 16 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 18 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2 19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 2 20 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 1 21 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 22 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi -5 24 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi -5 25 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank -5 26 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank -5 27 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto -10 28 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux -15 Mountains Sestriere (Le Valli Olimpiche) - km 190 1 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 15 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 5 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 Intergiro 1 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.54.54 2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 7 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 8 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 10 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step Most combative 1 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 8 3 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 7 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 3 8 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 2 11 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1 12 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 4 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 165 pts 2 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 151 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 75 4 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 30 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 26 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Domina Vacanze 17.47.28 2 Liquigas-Bianchi 3.37 3 Phonak Hearing System 3.55 4 Lampre-Caffita 4.30 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 4.51 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.38 7 Rabobank 15.04 8 Selle Italia-Colombia 15.49 9 Credit Agricole 15.58 10 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 24.02 11 Davitamon-Lotto 25.02 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.13 13 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29.25 14 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 30.23 15 Bouygues Telecom 33.11 16 Gerolsteiner 36.59 17 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 40.02 18 Team CSC 45.56 19 T-Mobile Team 54.45 20 Française Des Jeux 1.03.45 21 Fassa Bortolo 1.05.10 22 Quick.Step-Innergetic 1.29.07 Trofeo Super Team 1 Selle Italia-Colombia 30 pts 2 Davitamon-Lotto 28 3 Lampre-Caffita 19 4 Liquigas-Bianchi 18 5 Domina Vacanze 18 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 7 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 14 8 Phonak Hearing System 13 9 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 10 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 11 11 Fassa Bortolo 9 12 Gerolsteiner 8 13 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 7 14 Credit Agricole 4 15 Rabobank 3 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 T-Mobile Team 20 Team CSC 21 Française Des Jeux 22 Quick.Step-Innergetic General classification after stage 19 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 88.01.43 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.28 3 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.45 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.42 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.11 6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4.22 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 11.15 8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11.38 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.40 10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12.33 11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.49 12 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.42 13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15.26 14 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 15.52 15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.22 16 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 20.46 17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.55 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 24.05 19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 24.29 20 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 25.37 21 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 34.50 22 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 38.17 23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 44.55 24 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 46.19 25 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50.49 26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 52.40 27 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 56.02 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 57.05 29 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.02 30 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.03.32 31 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.05.04 32 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.05.59 34 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.10.14 35 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10.42 36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.12.25 37 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 1.14.24 38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 1.18.08 39 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.19.47 40 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1.21.06 41 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21.41 42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.23.44 43 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.24.06 44 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.28.51 45 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.29.11 46 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.30.13 47 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.33.08 48 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.35.46 49 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.42.00 50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.43.33 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.44.57 52 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47.24 53 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 1.49.31 54 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1.50.10 55 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.52.27 56 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.57.49 57 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.04.12 58 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.05.22 59 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.05.27 60 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.10.40 61 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.11.16 62 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.11.59 63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 2.14.29 64 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.14.37 65 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.15.08 66 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 2.15.19 67 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.18.42 68 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.21.21 69 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 2.24.32 70 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 2.24.49 71 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.26.08 72 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.26.30 73 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.27.24 74 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.29.35 75 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.30.20 76 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.30.31 77 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.31.24 78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.33.28 79 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.37.52 80 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.39.51 81 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.44.09 82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.48.13 83 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49.50 84 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 2.51.29 85 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.53.27 86 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.53.38 87 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.57.00 88 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.57.09 89 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2.57.21 90 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 2.58.31 91 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.00.13 92 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.01.43 93 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3.01.50 94 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.05.22 95 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.05.35 96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.06.25 97 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.06.26 98 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3.08.38 99 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.09.25 100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.09.50 101 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.11.01 102 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.12.35 103 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.13.24 104 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 105 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.15.06 106 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.15.34 107 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.15.50 108 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 3.16.00 109 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.16.02 110 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.17.22 111 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 3.18.43 112 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.19.06 113 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.19.35 114 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3.20.46 115 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 3.21.05 116 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.22.50 117 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 3.22.58 118 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.23.21 119 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.27.30 120 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.29.50 121 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 3.29.54 122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.30.54 123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 3.31.44 124 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.33.23 125 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 3.34.09 126 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears 127 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 3.34.42 128 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.35.39 129 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.36.36 130 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.36.40 131 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 3.38.04 132 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.39.28 133 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.41.04 134 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.41.15 135 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 3.41.54 136 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.42.24 137 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.42.58 138 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.43.09 139 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.44.22 140 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.44.35 141 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.44.52 142 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 3.46.06 143 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.48.26 144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 3.49.32 145 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.50.01 146 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 3.50.51 147 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.53.13 148 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.57.20 149 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.57.37 150 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.59.09 151 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 4.02.55 152 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 4.04.03 153 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 4.25.47 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 151 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 136 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 124 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 114 6 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 89 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 81 8 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 80 9 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 76 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 11 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 63 14 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 58 15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 16 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 55 17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 50 18 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 19 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 48 20 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 46 22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 45 23 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 24 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 44 25 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 40 26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 27 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 37 28 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 29 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35 30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 26 32 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 25 33 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24 34 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 23 36 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 23 37 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 38 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 22 39 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 21 40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 41 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18 42 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 18 43 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 18 44 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 16 46 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 47 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 14 48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 14 49 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 12 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 51 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 52 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 53 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11 54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11 55 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 56 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 10 57 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 10 58 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 59 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8 61 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 62 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 63 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 7 64 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 65 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 6 66 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 6 67 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 68 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 6 69 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 5 70 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 72 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 73 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3 74 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3 76 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3 77 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 78 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 79 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 80 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 81 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 3 82 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2 83 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 84 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 85 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1 86 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 87 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 88 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1 89 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 90 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi -1 91 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita -1 92 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank -3 93 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone -3 94 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux -4 95 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi -5 96 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 97 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner -5 98 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita -5 99 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux -5 100 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 101 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 102 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole -5 103 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 104 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 105 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi -5 106 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 107 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 108 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia -7 109 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -10 110 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux -10 111 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia -10 112 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner -13 Mountains classification 1 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 143 pts 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 57 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 45 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 41 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 29 6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 17 9 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 15 10 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 14 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 13 13 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 14 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 8 15 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 7 16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6 18 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 19 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5 20 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 21 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 5 22 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 5 23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 25 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 27 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 4 28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 29 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2 33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 34 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 35 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 36 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2 37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 38 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 1 40 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 1 42 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1 43 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 45 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1 46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 47 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 48 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Intergiro classification 1 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 52.59.09 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.18 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.21 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.46 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.01 6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.11 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.22 8 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.30 9 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.34 10 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.36 11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 2.37 12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.39 13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.46 14 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.47 15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.48 16 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 19 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 20 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze Most combative classification 1 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 70 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 49 3 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 41 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 41 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 32 7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 21 10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 12 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 16 13 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 16 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 13 17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 12 18 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 20 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 21 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 11 22 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 10 24 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 26 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8 27 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 8 28 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 8 29 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 30 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 7 31 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 7 32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 7 34 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 7 35 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 36 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 38 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 39 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 6 40 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6 41 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 6 42 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 44 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 45 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 5 46 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 47 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 5 48 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 49 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 50 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 51 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 52 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 53 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4 54 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 4 55 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 56 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 4 57 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4 58 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 59 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 60 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 61 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 3 62 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 63 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 64 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 65 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 66 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2 67 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 68 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 69 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 70 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 71 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 72 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 73 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 2 74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1 75 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 76 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1 77 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 78 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 1 79 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 80 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 81 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 1 82 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 83 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 12 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 4 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 8 5 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 8 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 7 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5 8 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5 9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 10 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 13 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 3 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 2 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 17 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 19 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 20 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 21 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 1 24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1 25 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1 26 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 27 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 334 pts 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 233 3 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 225 4 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 217 5 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 214 6 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 194 7 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 186 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 168 9 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 168 10 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 166 11 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 151 12 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 151 13 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 151 14 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 144 15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 16 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 134 17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 133 18 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 122 19 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 104 20 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 99 21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 98 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 97 23 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 25 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 79 26 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 75 27 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 56 28 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54 29 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 49 30 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 45 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43 33 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 43 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 43 35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 39 36 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 37 37 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 38 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 39 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 32 40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 28 41 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 28 42 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 43 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 44 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 26 45 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 46 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 21 47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 21 48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 17 50 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 17 51 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 52 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 53 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 16 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 16 55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 15 56 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 57 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 6 59 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 60 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 61 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 6 62 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 63 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 6 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Liquigas-Bianchi 264.30.07 2 Credit Agricole 24.28 3 Lampre-Caffita 29.21 4 Domina Vacanze 32.27 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 1.08.29 6 Davitamon-Lotto 1.21.34 7 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.24.50 8 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.26.50 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.37.32 10 Phonak Hearing System 1.49.00 11 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2.04.25 12 Rabobank 2.12.10 13 Selle Italia-Colombia 2.30.30 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49.25 15 T-Mobile Team 3.07.23 16 Team CSC 3.37.16 17 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.59.30 18 Quick.Step-Innergetic 4.17.39 19 Gerolsteiner 4.41.43 20 Fassa Bortolo 5.00.35 21 Bouygues Telecom 5.26.52 22 Française Des Jeux 6.25.14 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Davitamon-Lotto 334 pts 2 Liquigas-Bianchi 316 3 Domina Vacanze 294 4 Fassa Bortolo 254 5 Quick.Step-Innergetic 214 6 Credit Agricole 213 7 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 210 8 Lampre-Caffita 208 9 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 197 10 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 185 11 Gerolsteiner 184 12 Selle Italia-Colombia 182 13 Phonak Hearing System 176 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 168 15 T-Mobile Team 164 16 Team CSC 159 17 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 134 18 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 131 19 Française Des Jeux 115 20 Rabobank 69 21 Bouygues Telecom 62 22 Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Fair Play classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 27 pts 2 T-Mobile Team 27 3 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 59 4 Domina Vacanze 70 5 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 76 6 Rabobank 84 7 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 89 8 Credit Agricole 117 9 Liquigas-Bianchi 126 10 Team CSC 128 11 Davitamon-Lotto 155 12 Quick.Step-Innergetic 155 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 159 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 15 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 197 16 Phonak Hearing System 212 17 Française Des Jeux 235 18 Gerolsteiner 248 19 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 276 20 Bouygues Telecom 282 21 Selle Italia-Colombia 323 22 Lampre-Caffita 344
