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88th Giro d'Italia - PT
Italy, May 7-29, 2005
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Stage 17 - May 26: Varazze - Limone Piemonte (Colle di Tenda), 194 km
Basso is back
Simoni and Rujano put Savoldelli under pressure; Di Luca loses time
By Jeff Jones, with additional reporting from John Trevorrow
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It was another dramatic day of shifting fortunes in what continues to be the most interesting Giro d'Italia for years. CSC's team captain Ivan Basso, recovered from the stomach problems that saw him lose 42 minutes and a several kilograms in the Stelvio stage, rode a brilliant finale to win the 17th stage on the Colle di Tenda by 1'06 over Venezuelan pocket climber Jose Rujano (Colombia-Selle Italia) and Gilberto Simoni (Lampre).
"Today I proved that we meant business, when we made the decision for me to continue in this race," said Basso after the stage. "I've known all along that I'm a strong climber - maybe the strongest one here. And today I wanted to win without having to sprint for it. After my bad luck, I had only one thing on my mind: to win in Limone Piemonte. I said this to Bjarne already on the Stelvio. Now I did it, and it's a big relief both for me and my team. The whole group did a tremendous job for me today, and they all deserve a big thanks.
"I began this race almost three weeks ago with an ambition to win. That wasn't meant to be, and a stage win can't change that fact - but that's all behind me now. This victory says a lot about how much I've developed as a rider. A development owed first and foremost to Bjarne."
The latter two managed to move themselves closer to the treasured maglia rosa of Paolo Savoldelli, as the Discovery Channel man conceded 42 seconds to them on the slopes of the Tenda. Simoni is now in second overall at 58 seconds, while Rujano moved up to third at 1'24, jumping ahead of Juan Manuel Garate (Saunier Duval) and ProTour leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas). Di Luca had a bad day on the climb, and couldn't follow when Simoni and Rujano attacked. He finished the stage at 2'49 and may have lost his last chance to grab the maglia rosa, which seemed tantalisingly in reach yesterday.
How it unfolded
The 17th stage started in Lissone at 11:50 with all 158 riders signing on. It was a very aggressive start to the stage, and riders were already going out the back on the Cat. 3 Colle di Cadibona after 20 km. Credit Agricole's Patrice Halgand won the climb ahead of Michele Scarponi (Liberty) and Michael Blaudzun (CSC). The three continued in front, joined by Verdugo, Kolobnev, and Laverde, but were caught at km 26.
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After a tough first hour raced at 41 km/h, with several more attacks going and coming back, a breakaway formed after 54 km containing Thierry Marichal and Matthew White (Cofidis), Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole), Volodymir Gustov (Fassa Bortolo), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Jan Hruska (Liberty Seguros), Stefano Zanini (Quickstep), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval), Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) and Rory Sutherland (Rabobank). They were joined by Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) and Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) at the 70 km mark, to form a group of 12 in front.
The average speed after two hours was a brisk 42.2 km/h, and after 83 km, the gruppo maglia rosa was 5'24 behind the leading break. This lead was ground down by the CSC and Lampre teams, and at the Intergiro in Borgo san Dalmazzo, it was Quick.Step's Stefano Zanini taking the 30 bonus seconds that also gave him the maglia azzurra of Intergiro leader. By this stage, the gruppo maglia rosa was at four minutes.
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On the steep 7 km climb of Madonna Del Colletto (km 138), the leading group split into two, with Halgand, Laiseka, Sutherland, Gomez Gomez, White and Casar riding away from the rest. Sutherland had told Cyclingnews before the stage, "I'll try and get up the road in a break today, but with that finish it's going to be hard to stay there. I probably won't be riding for the win, probably riding just to get my name up there and do something but I'll have a go." That he did, but with Damiano Cunego towing the main group up the climb at 2'40 behind the break and CSC working on the flat, it wasn't going to stay away for too much longer.
The leaders were finally absorbed on the very short but very steep Colletto Del Moro at km 165,3, courtesy of Cunego's forcing. Over the top of the climb, it was Ivan Basso first ahead of Simoni and Rujano, the three best climbers in the race showing their cards early. After the descent, the gruppo maglia rosa numbered some 35 riders, with all the GC riders up there and waiting for the last climb. But it was not to be a steady run into Limone Piemonte, when the climb proper began with 13 km to go. There were several more attacks on the flat, and just before the 20 km to go banner, Basso got away in the company of his teammate Frank Schleck, together with Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty), Ruben Lobato (Saunier), Paolo Tiralongo (Panaria), and Dario Cioni (Liquigas).
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The break wasn't too dangerous for the GC riders, as the best placed rider Cioni was 6'40 down in the classification. Lampre didn't react immediately, but sent Patxi Vila and Cunego to the front to set tempo for Simoni, while the rest of the riders in the gruppo, including Savoldelli, bided their time. As the road gradually steepened before the final climb, Frank Schleck - who had also been in yesterday's break - buried himself on the front for Basso, and opened up a gap of 1'43 on the gruppo maglia rosa, where Ardila had moved to the front to work for his Davitamon-Lotto teammate Wim Van Huffel.
At 6 km to go, Schleck finally blew, but had given Basso a perfect springboard of 1'20 to win the stage. Caruso was the first to attack, but Basso didn't take long to catch and pass the Liberty rider, and then set about maintaining his advantage to the summit. One by one, the rest of the riders in the break succumbed to the group behind, but not the CSC man. Basso rode the last climb with the similar stylishly powerful pedaling action that he showed a week ago when he took the maglia rosa. There was no way he was going to get caught.
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Back in the gruppo maglia rosa, the fight for the general classification began when Van Huffel attacked at 6 km to go, but was countered by Simoni, Rujano, and Garate. The move immediately put both Savoldelli and Di Luca in trouble, with the latter unable to follow the maglia rosa and fighting a losing battle with the climb. Simoni and Rujano got rid of Garate after a kilometre, and the Saunier man went back to join Savoldelli, Gonchar, Van Huffel, Karpets, Parra and Valjavec. Rujano and Simoni continued to put time into Savoldelli's group, and at the top, the pair crossed the line 1'06 behind the victorious Basso, with Rujano nipping Simoni for second, which gave him enough of a bonus to move past Di Luca on GC.
Maglia rosa Savoldelli lost time, but he didn't panic, and at the end of the stage the damage was 42 seconds to Simoni and Rujano. In tomorrow's time trial, the Discovery rider should be able to claim back a few minutes over his nearest rivals, which will set the scene for a very interesting 19th stage to Sestrière.
Stage 18 - May 27: Chieri - Torino ITT, 34 km
The strong men of the Giro d'Italia will confront the final time test of Italy's grand tour. Starting in Chieri, the stage heads to Torino via the Colle della Superga, the climb that is the final dfficulty of Milano-Torino. Superga is a 7km ascent that has some steep pitches over 8% and finishes halfway through. Then Stage 18 rolls across the shoulder of Colle della Superga, descends to Torino and finishes along the Po River into Torino on Viale Medaglie d'Oro.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) is gaining fans
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) is always popular
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) signing autographs
- Whaddya reckon, will these guys stay away? "Nah."
- The break looking for relief?
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) after being left by the break
- Dario Cioni on the Colletto Del Moro
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the Colletto Del Moro
- Cristian Moreni (Quick.Step) on the Colletto Del Moro
- Put some effort in!
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) leads Di Luca on the Colletto Del Moro with 30 km to go
- Garate and Basso on the Colletto Del Moro
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) on the Colletto Del Moro
- Frank Schleck (CSC) was largely responsible for Basso's 1'40 cushion at the foot of the last climb
- The Lampre train in action
- Gonchar and Savoldelli work hard to limit their losses
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) towing the chase group up the final climb
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) once again did the job for Simoni
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) gets ready to make his move
- Rujano and Simoni make good their escape
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) follows Gonchar
- Di Luca hurting
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) was in difficulty today
- Ivan Basso (CSC) comes up the climb
- Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty) after Basso left him behind
- At 'em lads!
- Spectators on the final climb
- Ivan Basso (CSC) with his smile turning into a grimace
- Ivan Basso (CSC) wins the 17th stage
- Ivan Basso (CSC) celebrates across the line
- Ivan Basso (CSC) is a happy man
- Rujano beats Simoni for second
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) happy with second
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) in pain as he finished third
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) crosses the line, 1'48 down on Basso
- Ivan Parra (Selle Italia) leads Garate home
- Emmanuele Sella (Panaria) crosses the line
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) finishes
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) lost 2'49 to Basso
- Cunego comes across the line
- Ivan Basso (CSC) after the finish
- Domenico Pozzovivo (Panaria) was not in a good way
- Pain
- A Bouygues rider rehydrates after the stage
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Riders collapse after the finish
- Domenico Pozzovivo (Panaria) is seen to by the medical staff after crashing during the stage
- Domenico Pozzovivo (Panaria) is airlifted off the finishing climb
- Ivan Basso (CSC) on the podium as stage winner
- Ivan Basso (CSC) knows how to open a bottle of spumante
- Savoldelli still looks nervous on the podium
- Careful with that thing! Someone could lose an eye
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) is getting the hang of it now
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) smiles from the podium
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) on the podium in green
Results
1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5.15.46 (36.862 km/h) 2 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.06 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.32 5 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.48 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 8 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.55 12 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.25 13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.29 14 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.34 15 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45 16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.49 17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 18 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.59 19 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 3.01 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.24 21 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 4.14 23 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.20 24 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.45 25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.55 26 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.06 27 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 5.20 28 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.51 29 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6.02 30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 6.22 31 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 7.34 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.47 33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.12 34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 8.16 35 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 10.02 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.05 37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.34 38 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 13.34 39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.28 41 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 45 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.47 48 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.53 49 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 17.15 52 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.20 53 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20.38 54 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 55 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 57 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 58 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 60 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.01 62 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 63 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 21.18 64 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 21.28 65 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 66 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 22.25 67 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23.29 68 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 69 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 70 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 72 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 73 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 74 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.33 76 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 24.04 77 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 24.32 78 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.37 79 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 24.53 80 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 25.20 81 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 82 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 83 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 84 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 86 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears 87 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 88 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 89 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 92 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 93 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 94 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 95 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 98 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 99 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 100 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 101 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 102 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 105 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 107 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 108 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 112 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 114 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 115 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 118 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 119 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 120 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 121 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 122 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 123 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 124 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 126 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 127 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 128 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 129 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 130 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 131 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 132 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.51 134 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 27.05 135 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27.45 136 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.49 137 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 28.11 138 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 28.32 139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 140 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 141 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 142 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 28.38 143 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 28.44 144 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 145 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.07 146 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 149 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 150 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 151 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 152 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 153 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 154 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 155 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 156 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 29.28 DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears Points 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 20 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 16 4 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 5 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 12 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 8 9 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 8 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 6 12 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 6 13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 14 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 15 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 17 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 18 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2 19 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 2 20 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 21 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Mountains Colle Di Cadibona - km 21,3 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 pts 2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 Madonna Del Colletto - km 138,4 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 pts 2 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 4 4 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 Colletto Del Moro - km 165,3 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 3 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 1 Limone Piemonte (Colle Di Tenda) - km 194 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 10 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 4 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 5 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 Intergiro 1 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 2.53.46 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 3 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 6 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 9 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole Most combative 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 9 pts 2 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 5 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 5 7 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4 8 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 4 9 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 3 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 pts 2 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 3 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 49 4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 49 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 43 6 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 24 8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 17 9 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 17 10 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 11 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 17 13 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 16 14 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 16 15 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 16 16 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 16 17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 16 18 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 6 19 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 20 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 6 22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 6 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Lampre-Caffita 15.59.22 2 Davitamon-Lotto 0.25 3 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.57 4 Liquigas-Bianchi 2.45 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 2.47 6 Credit Agricole 6.44 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.30 8 Rabobank 13.00 9 Team CSC 15.04 10 Selle Italia-Colombia 16.10 11 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 17.18 12 T-Mobile Team 21.58 13 Phonak Hearing System 25.38 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.12 15 Domina Vacanze 28.49 16 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 30.18 17 Fassa Bortolo 34.55 18 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 36.05 19 Gerolsteiner 38.14 20 Quick.Step-Innergetic 39.08 21 Bouygues Telecom 49.26 22 Française Des Jeux 55.51 Trofeo Super Team 1 Selle Italia-Colombia 35 pts 2 Team CSC 20 3 Lampre-Caffita 19 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 5 Davitamon-Lotto 17 6 Liquigas-Bianchi 15 7 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 14 8 Domina Vacanze 13 9 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 13 10 Phonak Hearing System 12 11 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 12 Fassa Bortolo 8 13 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 7 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 15 Credit Agricole 4 16 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 17 Rabobank 18 Gerolsteiner 19 T-Mobile Team 20 Quick.Step-Innergetic 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Française Des Jeux General classification after stage 17 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 81.24.50 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.58 3 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.24 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.36 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.11 6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4.05 7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.26 8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6.27 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 6.44 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.47 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.42 12 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.23 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9.39 14 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 9.47 15 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 10.25 16 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.10 17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.11 18 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 13.01 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.06 20 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 18.24 21 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19.16 22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 22.21 23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.01 24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.02 25 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26.28 26 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 26.29 27 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.13 28 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 34.36 29 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 35.29 30 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 37.45 31 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 39.31 32 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 41.42 33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 42.45 34 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50.38 35 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.17 36 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 51.37 37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 51.44 38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 52.08 39 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 54.27 40 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.41 41 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 56.07 42 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 57.37 43 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears 1.00.15 44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.02.12 45 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.03.59 46 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.05.11 47 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.06.49 48 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08.51 49 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 1.09.21 50 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.14.56 51 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.16.31 52 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.18.27 53 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.19.44 54 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23.33 55 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23.52 56 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1.30.44 57 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.32.47 58 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1.34.21 59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.34.43 60 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1.40.28 61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.40.37 62 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.41.35 63 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 1.43.36 64 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.43.38 65 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 1.43.39 66 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.47.43 67 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 1.50.12 68 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.50.37 69 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.51.54 70 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1.52.19 71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.01.43 72 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.02.18 73 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.02.41 74 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.02.51 75 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.05.35 76 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.05.41 77 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.06.06 78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.08.46 79 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.11.23 80 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.12.09 81 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 2.14.02 82 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.14.05 83 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.14.28 84 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.15.02 85 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2.15.03 86 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears 2.16.05 87 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.17.57 88 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.19.49 89 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.19.50 90 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.21.07 91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 2.21.32 92 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.24.03 93 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.24.29 94 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.24.37 95 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.25.57 96 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.27.42 97 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.28.20 98 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.28.33 99 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.28.34 100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.28.46 101 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.29.00 102 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.31.20 103 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.31.38 104 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.32.05 105 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32.26 106 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.34.30 107 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.35.35 108 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 2.35.50 109 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.35.55 110 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.36.13 111 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 2.37.47 112 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2.38.54 113 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.39.50 114 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.39.57 115 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2.41.25 116 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.44.17 117 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step 2.44.44 118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.45.59 119 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.46.10 120 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.46.45 121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 2.47.57 122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.48.41 123 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2.49.16 124 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.50.17 125 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears 2.51.21 126 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2.51.22 127 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 2.51.28 128 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.51.45 129 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.52.41 130 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.53.00 131 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.54.38 132 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 2.55.14 133 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.56.42 134 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.57.29 135 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.57.46 136 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.57.47 137 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.58.03 138 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.58.28 139 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58.47 140 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.58.58 141 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.01.13 142 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.01.59 143 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.03.18 144 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 3.03.49 145 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.04.21 146 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 3.06.47 147 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 3.07.26 148 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.07.47 149 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.09.17 150 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.12.46 151 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.13.02 152 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.15.27 153 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.18.14 154 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.18.19 155 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 3.19.54 156 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.40.15 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 142 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 123 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 99 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 81 6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 76 7 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 75 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 9 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 64 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 63 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 55 12 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 55 13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51 14 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 16 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48 17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 19 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 44 20 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 40 21 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 22 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 37 23 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 26 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 31 27 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30 28 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 30 29 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 26 30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 31 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24 33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 34 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 23 35 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 23 36 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 37 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 21 38 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 21 39 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 21 40 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 20 41 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 19 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 19 43 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 44 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18 45 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 17 46 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 47 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 16 48 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 16 49 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 50 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 14 51 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 14 52 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 12 53 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 55 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 56 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11 57 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11 58 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 10 59 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 10 60 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 61 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8 62 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 63 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 64 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 65 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 66 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 67 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 7 68 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 69 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 6 70 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 71 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 6 72 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 5 73 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 74 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 75 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 76 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4 77 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 78 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3 79 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3 81 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 82 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 83 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 84 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 85 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 3 86 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2 87 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 2 88 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 89 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 90 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 91 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1 92 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 93 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1 94 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 95 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone -3 96 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita -5 98 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner -5 99 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux -5 100 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 101 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 102 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole -5 103 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 104 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 105 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux -5 106 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia -5 107 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner -8 108 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -10 Mountains classification 1 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 118 pts 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 57 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 38 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 21 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 17 8 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 14 9 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 13 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 12 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 8 13 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 7 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 15 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 17 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 5 18 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5 19 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 20 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 5 21 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 5 22 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 25 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 26 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 27 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 28 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2 29 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2 30 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 31 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 32 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2 33 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2 34 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 35 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 1 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 37 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 38 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1 39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 40 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 41 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 42 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1 43 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 44 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Intergiro classification 1 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 48.29.58 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.12 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.14 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.32 5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.41 6 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.12 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.14 8 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.16 9 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 2.18 10 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.21 11 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.28 12 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 2.30 13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 17 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.31 19 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.36 Most combative classification 1 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 63 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 48 3 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 41 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 5 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 29 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 28 7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23 9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 17 10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 14 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 13 15 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 12 16 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 18 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 19 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10 20 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 21 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 10 22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 23 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 8 24 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 8 25 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 26 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 27 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 28 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 7 29 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 7 30 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 31 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 7 32 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 7 33 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 34 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 35 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 36 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 37 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 6 38 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6 39 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 6 40 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 5 41 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 42 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 43 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 5 45 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 46 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 48 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 49 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 50 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4 51 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 4 52 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 53 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 4 54 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4 55 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 56 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3 57 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 58 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 59 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3 60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 3 61 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 62 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 63 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3 64 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 65 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 66 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2 67 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 68 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 69 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 70 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 71 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 72 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1 74 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1 76 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1 77 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 1 78 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 79 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 1 80 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 81 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 82 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 3 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 8 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 7 6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 5 7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 8 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4 10 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 4 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 12 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears 3 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 18 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 19 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 20 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 21 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 22 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 1 23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 1 24 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 1 25 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 334 pts 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 233 3 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 225 4 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 214 5 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 187 6 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 186 7 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 168 8 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 168 9 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 166 10 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 151 11 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears 151 12 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 144 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 14 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 134 15 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 133 16 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step 122 17 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 115 18 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 104 19 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 99 20 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 98 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 97 22 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 24 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 79 25 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 56 26 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54 27 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 49 28 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 29 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 45 30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 43 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 43 33 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 39 34 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 35 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 36 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step 32 37 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 29 38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 28 39 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 28 40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 41 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 42 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 26 43 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 44 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 21 45 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 21 46 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 17 47 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 17 48 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 49 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 50 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 16 51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 16 52 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 15 53 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 54 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 55 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 11 56 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 6 57 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 58 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 6 59 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 60 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 61 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 6 62 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Liquigas-Bianchi 244.18.22 2 Credit Agricole 8.49 3 Lampre-Caffita 24.31 4 Domina Vacanze 32.19 5 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 52.48 6 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 55.15 7 Davitamon-Lotto 55.39 8 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 1.03.51 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.26.58 10 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 1.37.30 11 Phonak Hearing System 1.44.05 12 Rabobank 1.57.05 13 T-Mobile Team 2.07.43 14 Selle Italia-Colombia 2.11.36 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.23.26 16 Quick.Step-Innergetic 2.50.01 17 Team CSC 2.58.04 18 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 3.19.41 19 Fassa Bortolo 3.56.30 20 Gerolsteiner 4.02.15 21 Bouygues Telecom 4.48.37 22 Française Des Jeux 5.17.23 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Davitamon-Lotto 306 pts 2 Liquigas-Bianchi 275 3 Domina Vacanze 261 4 Fassa Bortolo 231 5 Credit Agricole 209 6 Quick.Step-Innergetic 202 7 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 180 8 Lampre-Caffita 178 9 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 174 10 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 166 11 Gerolsteiner 166 12 T-Mobile Team 164 13 Phonak Hearing System 154 14 Selle Italia-Colombia 147 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 16 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 131 17 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 125 18 Française Des Jeux 115 19 Team CSC 112 20 Bouygues Telecom 62 21 Rabobank 58 22 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Fair Play classification 1 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 pts 2 Domina Vacanze 25 3 Fassa Bortolo 27 4 T-Mobile Team 27 5 Rabobank 34 6 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team 56 7 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 66 8 Liquigas-Bianchi 76 9 Davitamon-Lotto 85 10 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 89 11 Credit Agricole 117 12 Team CSC 118 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 14 Quick.Step-Innergetic 155 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 159 16 Française Des Jeux 160 17 Gerolsteiner 178 18 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 197 19 Phonak Hearing System 212 20 Selle Italia-Colombia 213 21 Bouygues Telecom 237 22 Lampre-Caffita 344
