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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

Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto)
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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."

Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto)
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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.

Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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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

Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
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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.

Here they come!
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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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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                                            

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