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88th Giro d'Italia - PT
Italy, May 7-29, 2005
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Stage 1 - May 8: Reggio Calabria - Tropea, 208 km
The return of golden boy: Paolo Bettini takes stage and maglia rosa
Sprinters foiled on steep final kilometre to Tropea
By Tim Maloney, European Editor, with additional reporting from John Trevorrow
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Up until today, 2005 hasn't been much of a year for Paolo Bettini. Slowed by several tough bouts of the 'flu in the winter, Bettini didn't have a strong spring classics campaign. But Bettini came out of the back end of the classics in ever-improving form as demonstrated by his 4th place in Liege-Bastogne-Liege two weeks ago. But the Olympic champion had seen the finish in Tropea and explained in his new Maglia Rosa, "I saw the climb the other day and knew it was good for my characteristics as a rider. To say (I can win) is one thing, but to do it is another. So I'm happy because I haven't won yet this year."
With an acceleration on the Rocca Nettuno climb reminiscent of his winning move on the Licabetto climb in the Athens Olympic road race last August, Bettini powered away to a satisfying win for the rider nicknamed "Grillo" (cricket) for his explosive attacks.
Paolo Bettini, who had never won a Giro d'Italia stage, and never worn the Maglia Rosa before, achieved two major career goals with one shot today. Bettini added, "My objective at the Giro was to do well here and so far it's good! My wife and daughter were here today and my team rode very well for me." As for his tactics tomorrow on Stage 2, Bettini was noncommittal, saying, "We'll just have to see what happens. Maybe I won't defend it, but will try to get it back later."
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Second place behind Bettini was Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto), who showed that he had good legs to hold of Petacchi in the tough finish. "I would have liked to have won but Bettini was too strong," McEwen told Cyclingnews at the finish. "He went away on the steep bit...he just went. Then Petacchi and Cookie followed him and we were just dangling on the wheel. Then he just went another gear and said 'catch this'. He opened up a big lead and I saw that we wouldn't catch him. I went from the last corner and I gapped everyone else. Bettini put everything into winning the jersey, but maybe tomorrow..."
As the gruppo exploded on the difficult final ascent to Tropea. Maglia Rosa Brett Lancaster (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) had a respectable finish in 46th, but the finish was just not suited for the Australian rider who lost 0'14. GC favourites Cunego, Savoldelli, Simoni, Garzelli, Gonchar, Garate and Cioni all finished in the front group, but Basso got caught on the wrong side of the split on the Rocca Nettuno finish and he lost 0'05 on the final climb to Cunego.
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After his long day out front in the break of the day, Veneberg (Rabobank) took the Maglia Verde as Best Climber, while his break companion Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) donned the Maglia Azzurra as Intergiro leader. Stage runner-up Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) will swap his Australian champions jersey for the Maglia Ciclamino of Points leadership.
How it unfolded
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On a beautiful warm and sunny spring morning, Stage 1 of the 88th Giro d'Italia started in the centro storico of Reggio Calabria at the tip of the Italian boot at 11:55. Once the official start was given to 197 riders at 12:04, the first attack that stuck was by Scarselli (Selle Italia). Clearly in search of the first Maglia Verde of the Giro's best climber, the gruppo let Scarselli go alone. After 20km, Didier Rous (Bouygues Telecom) was the first rider to abandon the 88th Giro (stomach troubles) and now there were 196 riders left. Scarselli was gaining time, which provoked a three man counterattack of Veneberg (Rabobank), Zanini (Quick.Step) and Krauss (Gerolsteiner). They chasers caught Scarselli after 32km in Condofuri Marina at the very tippy-toe of the Italian boot and the average speed after one hour was 41.2km/h. After 51km in Capo Spartivento, the front quartet had gained major time to go over 10'00 as the rest of the gruppo dawdled along the Ionian Sea on a sunny spring day.
As Stage 1 headed north around the Aspromonte National Park, the gruppo began to up the pace and the front four hit the Intergiro in Locri after 92km with 8'00 in hand over the rest of the riders. Second year pro Krauss took the sprint ahead of Zanini, with the average speed now increasing to 43.090 km/h. Twelve kilometres later at the Gioiosa Jonica crossroads, the lead quartet made a left turn and began the 6km climb that would cross the toe of the boot on the Statale Tirenno-Ionico to the Golfo di Gioia and head for the day's GPM in Jonadi, then make the tricky, nervous run-in to Tropea on the Gulf of St.Eufemia. Their lead was now down to 6'30 as Fassa Bortolo and Cofidis upped the pace behind.
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As the break had a lead of 4'30 at the feed zone in Rosarno, Cofidis was still up front helping to chase with 60km to go. But as the break began to slow, Veneberg attacked on the climb just outside Mileto 5km before the GPM, with Scarselli chasing close behind, then Zanini and Krauss at 1'00 and the gruppo at 2'00. Veneberg had taken everyone by surprise and hung on to take the KOM, Scarselli cruised over at 0'30, while Zanini and Krauss had been absorbed by the gruppo, 2'24" behind. Liquigas had sent Charly Wegelius and Marco Milesi to the front to aid Fassa Bortolo, Davitamon and Quick.Step in the chase.
Veneberg kept pounding along solo as the chase let him stay out front, but on the looping 15km descent to the port town Vibo Valentia, the group gained ground. With 33km to go, the Rabobanker still had a lead of 2'00. As the 27 year-old hit Vibo Marina along the Gulf of S.Eufemia with 21km to go, he still had 1'45" as his sports director Joop Zoetemelk came alongside to check his rider who had been away for 170km. Lampre-Cafitta had moved up front in the gruppo to aid the pursuit of the Dutch escapee.
On the way to the finish in Tropea, the wide-open coast road allowed the gruppo to spot Veneberg and the solo rider was slowed by headwinds. Finally after 175km, the Rabobank rider was absorbed and it was gruppo compatto as Veneberg went to the back. T-Mobile had sent the huge Schaffrath to the front as the manoeuvres began for the sprint set-up. The finish in Tropea was not great for the pure sprinters, as the last 5km had narrow, twisting roads and the final kilometre had a steep initial pitch of 400m up the hill where the Rocca Nettuno castle dominates the Calabrian seaside village.
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Gerolsteiner's sprinter Forster had a rear flat with 12km to go, but the German chased back on after 2km. Bouygues Telecom rider Beneteau then made a solo move, but his suicide attack didn't last long. Maglia Rosa Lancaster was up front by himself among the sprinters teams as Quick.Step, Fassa Bortolo, T-Mobile, Davitamon-Lotto, CSC and Liquigas-Bianchi fighting tooth and nail for position.
With 4km to go, a sharp left hand turn left the wide coast road and onto the old coast road over a narrow bridge and down a descent into Tropea that stretched the gruppo into one long Indian file line where it became almost impossible to change position. Maglia Rosa Lancaster had been joined by his sprinter teammate Grillo up front as the Rocca Nettuno loomed above at the entrance to Tropea. The Fassa train tried to keep control on the front under the 1km kite, but as soon as Bettini saw the steep ramp (510m at 15%), the Quick.Step rider took off like a scared rabbit. As the climb leveled out with 400m to go, Bettini had gained 0'05 and went onto win the stage and conquer his first-ever Giro stage and Maglia Rosa.
Stage 2 - May 9: Catanzaro Lido-Santa Maria Del Cedro, 182km
It's a flat, flat, flat stage from Catanzaro Lido on the instep of the Italian boot up the Tirrenean coastline where the Giro's first big sprint will come down on Santa Maria Del Cedro's Corso Tireno after a 13.7km finishing circuit around the Calabrian coastside town. With McEwen just 0'12 and Petacchi 0'14 out of the Maglia Rosa and Monday's stage perfect a wide-open sprint, the generous time bonuses at the stage finish (20, 12, 8 seconds) could change the race lead in the Giro d'Italia tomorrow.
Photography
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- It was a lovely day in the southern part of Italy
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) grabs a drink
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) consults with the DS
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) stayed close to Petacchi all day
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) is very happy with his maglia rosa
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Friends, Reggio Calabrians, etc. lend me your ears
- Brett Lancaster (Panaria) descends after sign-on
- Brett Lancaster (Panaria) with teammate Emmanuele Sella
- Brett Lancaster (Panaria) at the start
- Brett Lancaster (Panaria) signs some autographs
- Gilberto Simoni and Damiano Cunego at sign on
- Pippo Pozzato sporting a hairdo
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) being careful
- Look it's Danilo Di Luca
- Ivan Basso (CSC) signing autographs
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) looking forward to the first road stage
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) en route to glory
- Tosatto, Cooke, and Petacchi wondering what just hit them
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) working pretty hard
- Serguei Gonchar (Domina Vacanze) leads Simoni and Pozzato up the last climb
- Dario Cioni (Liquigas) in damage control mode
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) wins the first stage in Tropea
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) salutes his victory
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) undoes the cork
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) with his first bottle
- A smiling Il Grillo on the podium
- Bit tight?
- I'm in pink!
- Mmm, I like this!
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) tries to keep the bottle under control
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) celebrates his maglia rosa
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 5.09.32 (40.318 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.03 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.04 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 16 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.09 21 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 22 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 23 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 26 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 27 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 29 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 31 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 34 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 0.14 36 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 38 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 39 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 41 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 44 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 45 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 46 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 47 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 48 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 49 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 50 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 52 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 58 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23 59 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 60 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 62 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears 63 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 65 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 66 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 67 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 68 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears 69 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.26 70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 76 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 77 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 78 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 80 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.30 82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 83 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 84 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 85 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 86 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 87 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 89 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 90 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 91 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.34 94 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 95 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 96 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 99 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 102 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 103 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 104 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 106 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 107 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 108 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 109 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 111 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 112 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 113 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 114 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 116 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 117 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 118 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 119 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 120 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 121 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 122 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 123 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 124 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 125 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.42 126 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 127 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 130 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 131 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 0.48 132 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.52 133 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 134 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 135 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 136 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 138 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.55 139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 0.57 140 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.59 141 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 142 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 144 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02 145 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 146 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 147 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 148 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 149 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 150 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 151 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 153 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 154 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 155 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 156 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 157 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 158 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 159 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 160 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 161 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 162 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 163 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 165 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.08 166 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears 1.10 167 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 168 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 169 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 170 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 171 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 172 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 173 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.21 174 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 175 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.28 176 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 177 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 178 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.39 179 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.50 180 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 181 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.55 182 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 183 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 184 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 185 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 186 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 187 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 188 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 189 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 190 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 191 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 192 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 193 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 194 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 195 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 2.32 196 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Points 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 25 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 14 5 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 8 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6 12 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 6 13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 15 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 3 17 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 18 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 20 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1 21 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1 Mountains Jonadi - km 161.8 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Intergiro 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.30 2 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 8 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 9 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone Most combative 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 6 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5 4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 3 8 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Trofeo Fuga piaggio 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 154 pts 2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 144 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 4 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 118 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Liquigas-Bianchi 15.28.48 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 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.25 11 Phonak Hearing System 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 13 Gerolsteiner 0.30 14 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.34 15 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 0.38 16 Fassa Bortolo 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 1 Davitamon-Lotto 30 pts 2 Quick.Step-Innergetic 28 3 Liquigas-Bianchi 24 4 Fassa Bortolo 23 5 Lampre-Caffita 21 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 7 Domina Vacanze 19 8 Française Des Jeux 17 9 T-Mobile Team 17 10 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 10 11 Team CSC 1 12 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 13 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Phonak Hearing System 17 Rabobank 18 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Gerolsteiner 20 Credit Agricole 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Selle Italia-Colombia General classification after stage 1 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 5.10.35 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.12 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.14 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 0.22 5 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.25 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.26 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.27 12 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.28 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.29 17 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 18 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.30 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.31 21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 23 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 24 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 0.32 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 0.34 30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.35 32 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.36 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 0.37 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 42 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 0.38 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 0.39 48 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 51 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.40 53 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 54 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 0.41 55 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 0.42 57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.43 58 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 59 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 60 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears 0.45 61 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.47 62 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.48 63 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 64 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears 65 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.49 67 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 68 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 69 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 70 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.50 71 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.51 73 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.52 75 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.53 77 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 79 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 80 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.54 81 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 82 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 84 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 85 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 0.55 86 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 87 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 0.56 88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 89 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 90 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 91 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.57 92 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 93 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 97 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 0.58 98 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 99 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 101 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 102 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 103 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.59 104 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 105 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.00 107 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 108 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 110 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 112 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 113 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 114 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.01 115 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 117 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 118 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.02 119 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 122 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.03 123 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 124 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 125 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.04 126 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.05 127 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1.07 128 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.08 129 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.10 130 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 131 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.14 132 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.15 133 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 1.16 134 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 135 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.17 136 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 137 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19 138 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 139 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.20 140 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 141 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.23 142 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 143 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.24 144 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 145 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 146 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 1.25 147 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 148 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.26 149 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 150 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 151 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 152 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 153 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.27 154 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 155 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1.28 156 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 157 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.30 158 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 1.31 159 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 160 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 161 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32 162 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 1.33 163 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 164 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35 165 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.36 166 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 167 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.37 168 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 169 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.39 170 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears 171 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 172 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43 173 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.44 174 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.49 175 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.51 176 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.52 177 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.53 178 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.01 179 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.08 180 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.15 181 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.16 182 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.17 183 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.18 184 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 185 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 186 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 187 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.20 188 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 189 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.21 190 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 2.22 191 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.23 192 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 193 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.24 194 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.26 195 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 2.51 196 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2.59 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 25 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 14 5 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 8 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6 12 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 6 13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 15 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 3 17 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 18 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 20 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1 21 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1 Mountains classification 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Intergiro classification 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.30 2 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 8 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 9 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone Most combative classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 6 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5 4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 3 8 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 4 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Trofeo Fuga piaggio classification 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 154 pts 2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 144 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 4 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 118 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Liquigas-Bianchi 15.28.48 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 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.25 11 Phonak Hearing System 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 13 Gerolsteiner 0.30 14 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.34 15 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 0.38 16 Fassa Bortolo 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 30 pts 2 Quick.Step-Innergetic 28 3 Liquigas-Bianchi 24 4 Fassa Bortolo 23 5 Lampre-Caffita 21 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 7 Domina Vacanze 19 8 Française Des Jeux 17 9 T-Mobile Team 17 10 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 10 11 Team CSC 1 12 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 13 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Phonak Hearing System 17 Rabobank 18 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Gerolsteiner 20 Credit Agricole 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Selle Italia-Colombia
