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88th Giro d'Italia - PT
Italy, May 7-29, 2005
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Stage 2 - May 9: Catanzaro Lido - S.M. del Cedro, 182 km
McEwen takes pink as Petacchi's train upset
By Jeff Jones
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It was a stage that was tailor made for Alessandro Petacchi. The speedster from La Spezia could look forward to a four kilometre finishing straight and have his well drilled silver train wind it up so fast that no-one could challenge him. That was the theory, and Petacchi looked good at 1 km to go with two teammates still ahead of him as the sprint into Santa Maria del Cedro wound up on the right hand side of the road. But for the second time in two days, the silver train disintegrated as other teams challenged it. In the end, it was Davitamon-Lotto's flying kangaroo Robbie McEwen who won after choosing Jaan Kirsipuu's wheel to get him to 100m to go, when he performed the coupe de grace. Petacchi was boxed in by then and Isaac Galvez (Illes Balears) and Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner) took second and third.
"It's a complicated sprint when it's four kilometres in a straight line, because even if they ride at 65 km/h, people can always find their way around," said McEwen afterwards. "I managed to find a good wheel in the sprint and I'm very happy to win a stage already in the Giro."
Asked what this victory meant to him, McEwen replied, "This is up there. It's nice to win a big bunch sprint in a Grand Tour when everyone is there and there is not a hill out the road that will drop some sprinters, and no corners were people will say I flicked through a small gap. Today I can say I was the cleverest and the strongest. Tomorrow, who knows, it may be someone else but today was my day."
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In winning the stage, McEwen also took enough bonus seconds to wrest the maglia rosa from Paolo Bettini's shoulders, a first for the 32 year-old Belgian based Australian. "I never thought of taking the pink," he added, saying that it would be difficult to defend it. "I will try again tomorrow but I think it is maybe something again for Bettini. There is a climb of five kilometres only nine kilometres from the finish, so it will be a difficult day, and I will just be trying to enjoy my day in the maglia rosa."
The 'gentleman sprinter' Petacchi wasn't at all happy with the way things turned out. "I'm disappointed not to have won the stage and above all, the maglia rosa," said Petacchi. "In the finale I was aware of the agreement between Kirsipuu and McEwen to try to put me in difficulty, but what annoyed me the most was the way in which the Estonian moved towards the wheels of Ongarato and Velo. If we end up on the ground at that speed, we do ourselves a lot of damage.
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"At this stage, the objective of the maglia rosa has gone even if my condition is better compared to last year. Sometimes you win when you go easy, sometimes you lose when you go strongly. I'll put everything into trying again," vowed Petacchi.
McEwen's shrugged off Petacchi's allegation of collusion: "Let's put it this way, this is not athletics, we are not running in lanes. There is no conspiracy. There was absolutely, positively, no talk of Kirsipuu taking someone out of the way. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and benefited from their clash. You can't push Jaan Kirsipuu out of the way when you feel like it, he's like a block of cement. Kirsipuu just kept going and I stayed in his slip-stream which is pretty big, he's a big solid guy.
"That was just how the sprint turned out today. Tomorrow could be different and the next day different again. I was just fast enough, strong enough and clever enough to be in the right place at the right time. If you let the Fassa train stay in front until Petacchi moves at 200 m to go then 9.5 times out of ten he will win."
The Giro is only a few stages old, but it's already clear that the dominance of Fassa Bortolo in the sprint stages can be broken by last minute assaults from strong teams. The higher quality of the field and the presence of more international teams has certainly added to the interest, even if Petacchi doesn't like the tactics.
How it unfolded
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196 riders left Catanzaro Lido at 12:36 in moderately warm 23 degree conditions with a light southwesterly wind blowing. First up the riders climbed out of Catanzaro where the day's only mountain sprint was located. Mountains leader Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) took second in the sprint behind Illiano (Colombia-Selle Italia), with Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile Team) third. Then it was a trek across the southern tip of Italy to the west coast, which the riders would follow all the way to the finish at Santa Maria del Cedro.
After a lethargic first hour at 30.5 km/h, four riders attacked at the 34 km mark: Philippe Schnyder (Colombia-Selle Italia), Freddy Bichot (Francaise des Jeux), Roy Sentjens (Rabobank), and Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile). A few kilometres later, they were joined by Moreno Di Biase (Colombia-Selle Italia), and Intergiro leader Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner), and the break of the day was formed.
The six weren't given too much freedom by the peloton, and nudged it up to 5'35 by the 71 km mark. There were plenty of teams interested in a bunch sprint today: Fassa Bortolo and Davitamon-Lotto, of course, but also Cofidis (O'Grady), and Domina Vacanze (Quaranta). Thus it was left to Gustov and Codol (Fassa), Gates (Lotto), Vanotti (Domina) and Marichal (Cofidis) to do much of the controlling work.
After averaging 34.35 km/h in the first two hours, the break began to lose ground as the peloton gradually upped the tempo along the coast road. Sven Krauss achieved his major goal by winning the Intergiro sprint at Paola (km 111), while potential rival Moreno Di Biase slipped on some oil on a corner and came down. Di Biase scraped his arm and thigh, but was able to rejoin the break which now had 3'00 over the bunch.
At the feed zone in Marina di Fuscaldo (km 119), it was down to 2'30 and falling. With 47 km to go, just as the peloton had crossed a small, twisting climb at Acquappesa, Euskaltel rider Alberto Lopez de Munain lost concentration and overlapped a wheel in front, bringing himself down hard against the metal barrier on the right hand side of the road. With his face badly cut up, Lopez de Munain was taken to hospital and was out of the race.
The peloton continued its chase of the leaders and with 22 km to go, last man standing Freddy Bichot was swept up and it was gruppo compatto for the rest of the stage. The bunch flew into Santa Maria del Cedro with Quick.Step taking over the pace making to protect maglia rosa Bettini. Het Volk winner Nick Nuyens hammered away on the front up the climb on the finishing circuit, causing a group of 40 riders to lose contact, including Ivan Quaranta. CSC took over on the descent to keep Ivan Basso out of trouble, and it was Michael Blaudzun, Frank Schleck and Andrea Peron keeping the pace up.
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With 3 km to go, the front of the peloton assumed a familiar shape as Fassa Bortolo took control with five men. But Ferretti's silver and blue clad boys did not have it all their own way today: After Baldato did his turn at 1.5 km to go, Francaise des Jeux started to move up with Cooke in tow. Then it was Credit Agricole for Kirsipuu, who had Robbie McEwen glued to his wheel. All of a sudden, Marco Velo and Petacchi on the right hand side of the road were closed in, and had nowhere to go as Kirsipuu led out from 250m. McEwen waited patiently on the Estonian's wheel, and launched his move at 100m out to win the stage ahead of Isaac Galvez (Illes Balears) and Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner), who had chosen the clearest route behind the Australian's wheel. Petacchi finished fourth, denied once again, and McEwen took the maglia rosa from Bettini.
Stage 3 - May 10: Diamante - Giffoni Valle Piana, 210 km
Again starting on the Tirennean coast, Stage 3 heads inland after 30km and crosses the hilly terrain of the Cilento, passing through Eboli, the village made famous by Carlo Levi's book "Christ Stopped In Eboli" with 30km to go. With a 6km ascent to the GPM in Montecorvino Pugliano situated 6km from the finish, Stage 3 will not be a sprint finish, but McEwen and Petacchi seem to have good condition at the moment to get over the climbs. Otherwise, Bettini is a chance to recapture the pink.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) emperor for a day
- Bettini and the Quick.Step car redecorated in typical understated Italian style
- The redecorated Quick.Step team car painted in stealth colours
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) blinded by pink?
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) all in the best possible taste
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) focuses for the start
- Ivan Basso (CSC) ready for another stage
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) goes through the preliminaries
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) makes this woman very happy
- Points jersey wearer Robbie McEwen signs autographs
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) signs a few autographs
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) wonders what the day has in store for him
- Bettini and Zanini discuss plans
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) is relaxed so far in the Giro
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffita) rolls up to the start
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) likes his jersey
- Pozzato and Bettini roll out at the start
- Here they come! The situation at 50m to go
- McEwen gets it in the bike throw
- McEwen, Galvez, and Forster all threw their bikes, but it was McEwen on the left by half a wheel
- McEwen knows he's got it, moments after crossing the line
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes in triumph
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) gives a quick post-race interview via the phone
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) in among the photographers
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) smiles from the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) trades his national champion's jersey for a pink one
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) trades his national champion's jersey for a pink one
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) waves in the pink jersey
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes in the pink jersey
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) lets it fly
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) in pink, with an interesting looking trophy
- Say cheese for McEwen in the points jersey
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.34.47 (38.866 km/h) 2 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 3 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 6 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 9 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 10 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 16 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 19 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 27 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 29 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 32 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 33 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 34 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 36 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 39 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 40 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 41 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 42 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 43 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 44 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 45 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 46 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 48 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 49 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 50 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears 51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 52 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 53 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 54 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 55 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 56 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 57 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 59 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 61 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 62 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 63 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 64 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 66 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 69 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 70 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 74 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 75 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 77 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 78 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 79 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 80 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 82 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 84 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 85 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 87 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 89 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 91 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 92 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 94 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 95 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 96 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 99 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 101 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 103 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 104 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 105 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 106 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 107 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 108 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 110 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 112 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 114 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 115 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 117 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 118 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 119 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 120 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 121 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 122 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 123 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 124 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 125 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 126 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 127 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 128 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 129 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 130 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 131 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 132 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 133 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 134 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears 135 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 136 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 138 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 139 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 140 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 141 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 142 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 143 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 144 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 145 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 146 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 147 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 149 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.16 150 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 151 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.18 152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.19 153 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 154 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 0.48 155 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 156 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.03 157 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 158 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 159 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 160 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 161 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 162 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 163 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 164 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 165 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 166 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 167 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.50 168 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.54 169 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2.12 170 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 171 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2.54 172 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.22 173 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 174 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 175 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 176 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 177 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 178 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 179 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears 180 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 181 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 182 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 183 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 184 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 185 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 186 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 187 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 188 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 189 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 4.37 190 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 191 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 192 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.42 193 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 194 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 195 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia DNF Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 20 3 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 12 6 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 9 8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 10 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 11 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 12 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 6 13 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 14 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 4 15 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4 16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 17 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3 18 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2 20 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1 21 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1 Mountains Catanzaro - km 14.2+A256 - Km 14,2 1 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 Intergiro 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.00.07 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 3 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 7 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 8 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 10 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Most combative 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 5 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 4 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 4 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 7 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 2 9 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 10 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2 11 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 12 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 13 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 pts 2 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 2 3 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Trofeo Fast team 1 Davitamon-Lotto 13.44.21 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Bouygues Telecom 4 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Phonak Hearing System 7 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Domina Vacanze 10 Fassa Bortolo 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Quick.Step-Innergetic 13 Lampre-Caffita 14 Française Des Jeux 15 Liquigas-Bianchi 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Rabobank 18 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 19 Credit Agricole 20 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 21 Team CSC 22 Selle Italia-Colombia Trofeo Super Team 1 Davitamon-Lotto 23 pts 2 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 19 3 Gerolsteiner 18 4 Fassa Bortolo 17 5 Française Des Jeux 16 6 Phonak Hearing System 16 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 8 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 14 9 Bouygues Telecom 14 10 Rabobank 13 11 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 12 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 9 13 T-Mobile Team 8 14 Domina Vacanze 7 15 Credit Agricole 6 16 Quick.Step-Innergetic 3 17 Lampre-Caffita 18 Liquigas-Bianchi 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 21 Team CSC 22 Selle Italia-Colombia General classification after stage 2 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.45.14 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.08 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.22 4 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 0.27 5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 0.30 6 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.33 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 11 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.35 13 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.36 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.37 18 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.38 20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.39 22 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 24 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 0.40 26 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.42 30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43 32 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.44 34 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 37 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.45 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 42 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 0.46 43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 44 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.47 48 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.48 52 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 53 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 0.49 54 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 55 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 0.50 56 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.51 57 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 59 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears 0.53 60 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.55 61 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.56 62 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 63 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears 64 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.57 66 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 67 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 68 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 69 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.58 70 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.59 72 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.00 74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.01 76 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 79 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.02 80 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 83 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.03 84 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 85 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 1.04 86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 87 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05 89 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 90 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 92 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.06 93 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 94 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 96 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 98 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 99 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 100 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 101 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.08 102 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 103 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 106 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 107 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.09 108 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 109 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 110 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.10 111 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 113 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 114 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.11 115 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 116 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.13 117 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1.15 118 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.16 119 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.18 120 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.22 121 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 1.24 122 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 123 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25 124 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26 125 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.27 126 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 127 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.32 128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 1.33 129 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 130 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.34 131 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 132 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 133 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 134 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.35 136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.36 137 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 1.39 138 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 139 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40 140 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 1.41 141 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 142 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.44 143 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 144 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.45 145 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.47 146 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.50 147 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.52 148 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.59 149 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.00 150 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.23 151 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.24 152 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.26 153 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 154 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.31 155 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.34 156 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 157 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.38 158 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.41 159 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 160 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.49 161 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.00 162 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 3.12 163 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 3.15 164 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.17 165 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3.21 166 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3.29 167 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.34 168 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 169 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4.09 170 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 4.16 171 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.24 172 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 4.26 173 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 174 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.27 175 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.28 176 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.49 177 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.50 178 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4.58 179 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 5.01 180 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5.07 181 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears 5.09 182 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 183 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.13 184 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 5.45 185 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.48 186 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 5.50 187 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 188 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 5.52 189 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 5.53 190 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 6.29 191 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 7.09 192 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 7.53 193 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 8.30 194 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.52 195 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.11 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 45 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 26 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 25 5 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 20 6 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 7 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 8 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 10 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 9 13 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 16 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 17 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6 18 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 19 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 6 20 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 6 21 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5 22 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 24 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 4 25 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 26 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4 27 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 3 28 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 29 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 30 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3 31 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 32 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 33 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 34 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2 35 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 36 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1 37 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 3 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Intergiro classification 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner Most combative classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 pts 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 6 5 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 5 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 5 8 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 9 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 10 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 4 11 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 12 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 14 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 17 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 18 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 3 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 2 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 5 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Trofeo Fast team classification 1 Liquigas-Bianchi 29.13.09 2 Davitamon-Lotto 0.04 3 Domina Vacanze 0.05 4 Lampre-Caffita 5 Quick.Step-Innergetic 0.06 6 T-Mobile Team 0.10 7 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 0.15 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19 9 Team CSC 0.20 10 Phonak Hearing System 0.25 11 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 13 Gerolsteiner 0.30 14 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.34 15 Fassa Bortolo 0.38 16 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 17 Française Des Jeux 0.40 18 Rabobank 0.41 19 Bouygues Telecom 0.42 20 Credit Agricole 0.46 21 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 0.48 22 Selle Italia-Colombia 1.22 Trofeo Super team classification 1 Davitamon-Lotto 53 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 40 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 4 Française Des Jeux 33 5 Quick.Step-Innergetic 31 6 Domina Vacanze 26 7 T-Mobile Team 25 8 Liquigas-Bianchi 24 9 Lampre-Caffita 21 10 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 19 11 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 19 12 Gerolsteiner 18 13 Phonak Hearing System 16 14 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 14 15 Bouygues Telecom 14 16 Rabobank 13 17 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 18 Credit Agricole 6 19 Team CSC 1 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 22 Selle Italia-Colombia
