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88th Giro d'Italia - PT
Italy, May 7-29, 2005
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Stage 7 - May 14: Grosseto - Pistoia, 211 km
Great Gil takes big stage win in Pistoia
Major moves on epic day give Di Luca maglia rosa
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Stormy weather swept the 88th Giro d'Italia on Saturday and changed the face of Italy's Grand Tour, where Lampre-Cafitta's Cunego-Simoni tandem put a whuppin' on their Giro rivals like CSC's Ivan Basso, Stefano Garzelli and Dario Cioni of Liquigas and Sergei Gonchar (Domina Vacanze). The scene of the crime was the steep, tough, final ascent of Sammomme' that concluded with 17km to go before a wide open descent back to the finish in Pistoia.
First over the line in Pistoia was Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros), who had been on the attack for 180km on Saturday as part of a 21 man break and hung tough to maintain his lead on the final ascent to take a magnificent solo victory in Pistoia. It was Gil's fourth career stage win today after taking the Tour Of Murcia GC in March, and the 27 year old from Pamplona, who lives just lives two kilometres from Miguel Indurain and was on the same youth cycling team as Miguelon, seemed astonished that he hung on for the victory.
"I was strong today, but I wasn't really thinking of winning. I went as hard as I could on the final ascent and when I got to the top of the climb, Manolo (Saiz) told me I had a minute lead, so I knew I could do it." Gil took the points atop Sammomme', giving the Liberty rider the maglia verde of best climber. But the talented Gil, who's been on the attack since the Giro started, has no ambitions in tomorrow's time trial. "I'm here to help (Michele) Scarponi in the mountains; he's the boss."
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Maglia rosa Paolo Bettini lost his pretty pink tunic to ProTour leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi), who had made the tough selection on Sammomme', unlike his teammates Garzelli and Cioni. "It's a good climb for my characteristics and I wanted to get the maglia rosa back. Tomorrow I'll give it my best in the time trial." Bettini was philosophical about losing the top spot on Giro GC. "My goal was to arrive in Pistoia with the maglia rosa and even though I lost it today, I'm happy. Maybe the other day I rode too hard (Stage 5), but now I want to do well on a mountain stage. That's my next goal."
Giro favourites CSC did the hard work today to bring back the break, while Liquigas and Lampre-Cafitta sat back most of the day, but in the end it was CSC who lost time. Basso crossed the line 0'54 behind Gil and 0'34 behind the Di Luca/Cunego group. Basso was right there on Sammomme' until the last kilometre when he dropped off the pace. "I had some cramping in my left leg 500m from the top of the climb," he explained. "I changed bikes on the San Baronto climb and perhaps it was the change in temperature or the bike change. So I had to slow near the top. My spare bike is brand new and maybe the saddle was too high since I've never ridden it. It's too bad I lost the time, but that happens. I didn't have any problems following the pace otherwise."
Although Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) raised his hands as he crossed the line for second in Pistoia (he didn't know that Gil had just won 20 seconds before), he was happily embarrassed by his performance. "There was a lot of confusion today and the break got almost 15'00 lead. But in the final, we showed how strong our team is."
How it unfolded
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188 riders started Stage 7 this morning at 11:51 in Grosseto on an overcast, humid morning and headed north across Tuscan on tough stage to Pistoia. There were plenty of attacks from the start, which took its toll on sprinter Ivan Quaranta (Domina Vacanze), who abandoned from stomach troubles. On the climb up to Roccastrada after 32km, Domina Vacanze's Mirko Celestino attacked and provoked a major move that eventually included 21 riders, including Evgeni Petrov (Lampre), Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom), Thierry Marichal (Cofidis), Ivan Parra (Selle Italia), Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole), Christophe Brandt (Davitamon), Michael Barry (Discovery), Mirko Celestino and Marco Fertonani (Domina), Sandy Casar (Francaise Des Jeux), Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner), Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Illes Balears), Dariusz Baranowski and Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros), Charly Wegelius (Liquigas), Steve Zampieri (Phonak), Cristian Moreni (Quick Step), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), Angel Gomez Gomez and Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval), and Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile).
Maglia rosa Paolo Bettini's Quick.Step squad wasn't that interested in keeping things together, so this massive break quickly gained time. After only 8km, the break had 6'15 and the first hour of the race covered 44.2km. With a tailwind and occasional rain showers, the break had gained another 3'15 by Frosini after 63km. The gap continued to grow as no one in the peloton wanted to take the initiative so by the 95km mark in Colle Val d'Elsa, the 21 fugitives had a huge 13'00 lead. Moreni and Celestino were the best placed on GC, with Celestino leader on the road in 9th, 49 seconds behind Bettini.
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Back in the gruppo maglia rosa, the various team directors started to do the math; 111km to go...that's 0'07 per kilometre so we'd better start to ride! CSC hit the front outside of Poggibonsi and upped the pace. At the Intergiro in Certaldo, Gomez Gomez beat Marcel Strauss and Baranowski with the gruppo maglia rosa 10'00 behind with 96km to go. With the big group working well and no all-out chase behind, it was hard for the gruppo to bring back the break. But the chase behind would make its mark over the next hour of racing.
CSC was racing on home turf, as team manager Bjarne Riis lives in Lucca and he sent his train to the front. At the first GPM of the day at San Baronto, the break had with 4'57 with CSC's Blaudzun splitting the peloton into three sections. Through the finish in Pistoia with 32km to go, lead was down to 3'50. CSC had brought back 1'00 in 16.2km between the top of San Baronto and Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi in the centro storico of Pistoia.
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Zampieri made the first move before the Sammomme' and was quickly joined by Vuelta Murcia winner Gil and Gomez Gomez, who gained a 0'10 lead over the rest of the break with 30km to go. As the Sammomme' started in Piteccio, Kessler (T-Mobile) attacked to try to bridge to the three front riders, while Zampieri attacked off the front when he saw that Gil was uncertain. The gruppo maglia rosa was just 2'00 behind and about to absorb the remains of the break as Riis sent climber Schleck to the front to ride tempo for Basso. Panaria had Sella, Tiralongo and Mazzanti up there, as were Di Luca, Garzelli and Cioni (Liquigas-Bianchi), Gonchar (Domina Vacanze), Simoni and Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) and Scarponi (Liberty Seguros). Miniscule maglia verde Rujano (Selle Italia) went to the front at the hardest, steepest part of the Sammomme' and his acceleration stretched out the gruppo.
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Up front, Gil had dropped Zampieri and had 0'30 on the Swiss rider, while Gomez Gomez, Rodriguez and Fertonani were caught in between the gruppo 2'30 behind. Bettini dropped from the main chase group but was hanging tough on the steepest parts of the 11% slopes of Sammomme'. Up front, as the climb turned right with 2km to go, Simoni accelerated and instantly the Trentino climber's move split the front group in two. Just behind was maglia verde Rujano, Basso, Di Luca and Savoldelli, while Garzelli and Cioni lost ground. Cunego was at the front too and with 1.5km to the summit, it was Rujano pounding on the front as he realized that Gil's points at the KOM would take away his leader's jersey. Simoni and Cunego were right there, with Di Luca, Basso, Savoldelli and Ardila, while Garzelli and Cioni were just off the back of this chase group.
At the top of Sammomme' and the GPM, Gil was ahead of Fertonani by 1'00, with the remains of break at 1'15 including Halgand, Zampieri and Rodriguez, while the Di Luca/Cunego group was just about to absorb them. Down the wet descent for the final 17km into Pistoia, it was all Gil, all the time. With 10km to go, the Di Luca / Cunego group were 1'05 behind the Liberty rider, while the Basso / Garzelli group were chasing desperately at 1'40, while the gruppo maglia rosa was at 2'30.
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At the 5km point, Simoni and Cunego's Lampre-Cafitta teammate Petrov was riding all out on front of the 13 man group chasing Gil 0'50 ahead, with a 0'30 gap over the Basso/Garzelli group. With 1400m to go, Garzelli crashed on a slick right hand bend and scraped his right thigh, but as he was within the last 3km, he kept the same time as his group. Great Gil hung on for the biggest win of his career and Cunego and Simoni showed they mean business at this year's Giro. Discovery Channel's Paolo Savoldelli had a superb ride today and showed that he is well and truly back and will also be a force to be reckoned with in the 88th Giro d'Italia.
Stage 8 - May 15: Lamporecchio-Firenze ITT, 45km
The first real test of the 88th Giro d'Italia is Sunday's 45km individual time trial from Lamporecchio-Firenze. The chrono heads east along the Arno River valley towards Firenze, then climbs up amid the vineyards and olive trees of Monte Albano, gaining 300m in 6km. Over the top, there's a fast, wide open 10km descent to Poggio a Caiano and then a straight shot back to Firenze and the finish on Viale Lincoln along the Arno River.
Photography
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- A bug's eye view of the Giro.
- A rather pleasant feature of northern Italy.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) drives his group up the final climb.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) takes over from his team-mate Cunego.
- A wounded Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) rides into Pistoia, having fallen a few kilometres beforehand.
- A tough day at the office for Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta).
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Uber cool Mario Cipollini pays the Giro another visit.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) shortly after signing on in Grosseto.
- Careful, Alessandro, no more falls today.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) does the autograph thing.
- So does Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel).
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) looking a little tense.
- Plenty of spectators on the road to Pistoia.
- Bella Tuscany.
- More Bella Tuscany.
- The green grass of Toscana.
- Ivan Quaranta (Domina Vacanze) feels his stomach, and it ain't too good.
- Ivan Quaranta (Domina Vacanze) pulls out of the race, and takes refuge in the team car.
- Ivan Quaranta (Domina Vacanze) packs it in after 30 kilometres.
- Ivan Quaranta (Domina Vacanza) has seen better days.
- The initial 21 man break, driven by Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze).
- Intergiro leader Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner).
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) comes along for the ride.
- So far, the Liquigas-Bianchi team have been the strongest team in the race.
- The peloton snakes it way through the Tuscan countryside.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) looks like he knows it's arrivederci maglia rosa.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) give his tough guy look. That won't scare Baden much.
- Lampre-Cafitta en masse at the head of the peloton.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) moved into second overall by the end of the day.
- Team-mates, but mates? Lampre-Cafitta's Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni.
- Ivan Basso (Team CSC) was not at his best today, and lost a minute to a number of the favourites.
- CSC drives the pace before the final climb.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) suffering like a dog, with mountains leader Jose Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia) on his wheel.
- Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) leads the decisive break of the day, with Steve Zampieri (Phonak) and Angel Gomez Gomez (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in tow.
- Mountains leader Jose Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia) rode superbly today.
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) digs in deep.
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia) sets an uncomfortable pace on the Sammommè climb.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) rode out of his skin today.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) showing who's boss.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) leading the charge.
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia) finds the pace a little too easy, and takes a drink.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) finds the going tough when Jose Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia) puts down the hammer.
- Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) spreads his arms wide open, taking in the full applause of the tifosi.
- Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) takes out his first Grand Tour win in Pistoia.
- Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) about to clap his hands.
- And it feels goooood!
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) is pretty pleased with winning the sprint for second place.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) takes out the sprint...
- ... but does he realise someone's already ahead of him?
- There's a fair bit of anger behind Damiano Cunego's punch there...
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) comes in Pistoia, 1'47 in arrears.
- Well, that hurt.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) is attended to after his crash late in the race.
- Owww!
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) receives some advanced medical treatment.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) tells the press how he fell over.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) gives his photo grin.
- Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) on the podium.
- Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) more the pleased with himself.
- After an epic day, even holding the trophy is difficult for Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros).
- Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) kisses his trophy.
- Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) pops the bubbly.
- A tranquillo Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) back in the maglia rosa.
- "Get some of this, honey... "
- "Someone help me, please. Anyone... "
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) brimming with confidence,
- Hey, we just said you were brimming with confidence!
- That's better! Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) pops the cork.
Results
1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 5.08.17 (41.066 km/h) 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 10 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 12 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 0.27 15 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.31 16 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 17 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.47 18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.50 19 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 20 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 21 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 23 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 24 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.36 28 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 33 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 34 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 35 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 1.48 38 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.49 39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 41 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 42 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 43 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 46 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 47 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 48 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 51 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 52 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 53 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 54 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.26 56 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.50 57 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.26 58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.39 59 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.41 61 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 62 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 63 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.36 64 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.43 65 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.29 66 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 67 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 68 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 70 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 71 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.03 73 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 74 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 76 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 77 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 6.05 78 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 79 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7.28 80 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.48 81 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.56 83 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 84 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 85 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 8.27 86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 9.05 87 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 89 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 90 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 11.17 91 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 92 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 94 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 95 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 96 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 97 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 98 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 11.53 99 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 101 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 102 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 103 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 105 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 107 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 19.59 108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 109 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 111 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 112 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 114 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 115 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 118 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 119 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 120 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 121 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 122 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears 123 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 124 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 125 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears 126 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 131 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 133 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 135 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 136 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 137 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 138 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 139 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 140 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 141 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 142 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 143 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 144 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 145 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 146 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 147 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 148 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 149 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 152 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 153 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 154 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 155 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 156 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 157 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 158 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 159 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 160 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 164 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 165 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 166 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 167 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 168 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 169 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 170 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 171 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 172 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 173 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 174 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 175 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 176 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 177 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 178 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 179 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 180 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears 181 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 182 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 183 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 184 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 185 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 186 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 25 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 4 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 6 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11 7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 9 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 10 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 7 12 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 13 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 14 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 15 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 4 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 17 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2 18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 19 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Mountains Salita Di Sammomme' - km 194.1 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 10 pts 2 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Intergiro 1 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.42.15 2 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 4 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 6 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 9 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze Most combative 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 13 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 3 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 6 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 7 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 9 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 3 10 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 13 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1 14 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1 15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 4 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 26 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Lampre-Caffita 15.25.58 2 Liquigas-Bianchi 0.53 3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.16 4 Domina Vacanze 1.22 5 Davitamon-Lotto 1.39 6 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.55 7 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.43 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.54 9 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 4.07 10 Phonak Hearing System 4.11 11 Quick.Step-Innergetic 4.12 12 Selle Italia-Colombia 4.13 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.57 14 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 6.01 15 Credit Agricole 6.05 16 Rabobank 17 Gerolsteiner 7.21 18 Team CSC 10.37 19 T-Mobile Team 11.38 20 Fassa Bortolo 19.32 21 Bouygues Telecom 24.26 22 Française Des Jeux 26.40 Trofeo Super Team 1 Lampre-Caffita 34 pts 2 Domina Vacanze 26 3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 24 4 Liquigas-Bianchi 18 5 Credit Agricole 16 6 Française Des Jeux 15 7 Selle Italia-Colombia 15 8 T-Mobile Team 14 9 Davitamon-Lotto 13 10 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 12 11 Rabobank 11 12 Bouygues Telecom 6 13 Fassa Bortolo 3 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 15 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1 16 Phonak Hearing System 17 Team CSC 18 Quick.Step-Innergetic 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Gerolsteiner 22 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne General classification after stage 7 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.06.41 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.26 3 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.54 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.06 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.14 7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 1.15 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.16 9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.26 10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.27 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 1.31 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 1.33 13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.44 14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.49 15 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.53 16 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.06 17 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.13 18 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.19 19 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.23 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.25 21 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29 22 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.30 25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 26 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.35 27 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.36 28 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2.37 29 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.43 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.46 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 2.47 33 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 2.52 34 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.57 35 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2.59 36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3.12 37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.15 38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.17 39 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 3.22 40 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.23 41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 3.38 42 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.39 43 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.44 44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.04 45 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.06 46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.08 47 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 4.14 48 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 4.22 49 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.45 50 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 5.11 52 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 5.12 53 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.29 54 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.51 55 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.06 56 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 6.10 57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.18 58 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.47 59 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6.48 60 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 6.57 61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.57 62 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 8.20 63 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 9.58 64 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.02 65 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 10.07 66 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 10.41 67 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 11.28 68 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 12.42 69 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.47 70 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 13.11 71 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.47 72 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.54 73 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.57 74 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.10 75 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 14.15 76 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.45 77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.11 78 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.03 79 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 17.11 80 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.15 81 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 17.23 82 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 18.56 83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.28 84 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 20.40 85 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 20.49 86 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 21.12 87 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 21.23 88 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 21.31 89 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.14 90 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 22.28 91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 22.33 92 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.40 93 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.47 94 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.28 95 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 23.31 96 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 23.41 97 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.01 98 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.15 99 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.34 100 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 24.38 101 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 24.47 102 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 25.59 103 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.05 104 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 26.23 105 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 26.47 106 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.51 107 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.57 108 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 27.25 109 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 27.55 110 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.01 111 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 28.02 112 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 113 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 28.16 114 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.22 115 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 28.29 116 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 28.35 117 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 28.50 118 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears 28.51 119 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.22 120 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 29.38 121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29.54 122 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 30.51 123 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 31.08 124 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.16 125 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.29 126 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 31.44 127 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.31 128 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears 32.32 129 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 32.49 130 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears 33.11 131 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.39 132 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33.54 133 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 34.22 134 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.43 135 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 34.48 136 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 35.15 137 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 35.20 138 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.43 139 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 35.44 140 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 36.03 141 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 36.08 142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 36.10 143 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.49 144 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 37.05 145 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.18 146 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 37.44 147 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 37.52 148 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.15 149 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38.16 150 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 38.18 151 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 38.52 152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 39.01 153 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 39.27 154 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 39.38 155 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 39.55 156 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 157 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.12 158 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41.54 159 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42.04 160 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.56 161 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 43.11 162 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 43.17 163 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.44 164 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 44.03 165 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 44.20 166 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 44.30 167 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 44.34 168 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 45.13 169 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 47.10 170 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 47.55 171 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 47.57 172 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48.25 173 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48.36 174 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.24 175 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 49.57 176 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50.03 177 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 52.07 178 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 52.17 179 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 52.32 180 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 53.08 181 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 53.27 182 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 53.44 183 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 53.47 184 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 54.57 185 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.57 186 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.07.26 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 85 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 77 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 71 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 62 5 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48 6 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 40 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34 8 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 34 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30 10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 28 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 26 12 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 25 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 25 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 16 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 23 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 21 19 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 20 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 21 21 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 22 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 20 23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 16 24 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 26 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 15 27 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 28 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 14 29 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 30 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 13 31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 12 32 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 33 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11 35 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 36 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 37 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 10 38 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 39 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 40 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 41 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 42 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8 43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 44 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 45 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 46 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8 47 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 48 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 7 49 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 50 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 51 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 6 52 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 53 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 54 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 55 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4 56 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 58 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 59 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4 60 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 3 61 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 62 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 63 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 64 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3 65 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2 66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 67 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2 68 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 69 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 70 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2 71 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 72 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1 73 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1 75 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 76 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Mountains classification 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 21 pts 2 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 13 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7 4 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 6 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 5 7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 11 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 15 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2 16 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 17 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 18 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 19 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 20 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1 22 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 23 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Intergiro classification 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.52.16 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.16 3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.38 4 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.58 5 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.12 9 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.16 10 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 11 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.22 12 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 14 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 15 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.26 16 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 17 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 18 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto Most combative classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 24 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 16 5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 11 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 8 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 10 9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 11 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 8 12 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 7 13 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7 14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6 17 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6 18 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 20 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 22 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 23 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 5 24 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 5 25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 4 26 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 4 30 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 31 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4 32 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 4 33 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 34 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 35 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3 36 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 37 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 38 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 39 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 40 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2 41 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 42 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 43 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2 44 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 45 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 46 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 47 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 48 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2 50 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1 51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1 52 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 54 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1 55 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 1 56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1 57 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 58 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1 59 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1 60 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 61 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 4 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 5 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 4 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 7 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 9 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 2 10 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 2 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 1 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1 14 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1 15 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 16 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 212 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 189 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 168 4 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 168 5 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 166 6 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 144 7 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 119 8 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 118 9 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 117 10 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 117 11 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 117 12 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 115 13 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 14 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 57 15 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 16 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 40 17 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 18 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 19 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 20 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 31 21 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 30 22 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 29 23 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 28 24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 28 25 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 28 26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 26 27 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 28 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 26 29 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 21 30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 15 31 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 32 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 33 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 34 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 35 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 36 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 37 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Lampre-Caffita 105.18.33 2 Liquigas-Bianchi 0.42 3 Domina Vacanze 1.20 4 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.41 5 Davitamon-Lotto 2.30 6 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.11 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.57 8 Quick.Step-Innergetic 5.11 9 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5.42 10 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 5.58 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.52 12 Credit Agricole 7.25 13 Phonak Hearing System 7.38 14 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 8.25 15 Gerolsteiner 9.12 16 Rabobank 9.46 17 T-Mobile Team 15.53 18 Team CSC 16.17 19 Selle Italia-Colombia 21.22 20 Fassa Bortolo 23.37 21 Française Des Jeux 32.50 22 Bouygues Telecom 33.24 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Liquigas-Bianchi 165 pts 2 Davitamon-Lotto 161 3 Quick.Step-Innergetic 106 4 Lampre-Caffita 102 5 Domina Vacanze 96 6 Credit Agricole 87 7 Fassa Bortolo 81 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 78 9 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 73 10 T-Mobile Team 71 11 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 65 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 13 Française Des Jeux 53 14 Gerolsteiner 52 15 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 48 16 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 40 17 Bouygues Telecom 34 18 Phonak Hearing System 34 19 Rabobank 30 20 Team CSC 17 21 Selle Italia-Colombia 15 22 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
