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40th Tirreno-Adriatico - PT
Italy, March 9-15, 2005
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Stage 4 - Saturday, March 12: Teramo - Servigliano, 160 km
Triple Dip! Freire Blasts To third straight stage win
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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"Yesterday was tough and so was today. My team tried to keep control of the race and they did it again. I was able to win because it was hard today," explained Oscar Freire after his third consecutive stage win at the Race Of The Two Seas. Commenting on his battle to get out of a tight spot with Markus Zberg, World Champion Freire said, "You always have to fight if you want to win!" Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) was second behind Freire, while Petacchi was boxed in and finished 5th.
How it unfolded
Stage 4 began on a windy, sunny Saturday morning at 11:27 in Teramo, with 177 riders taking the start; non-starters were American Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Jakob Storm Piil (CSC), Joseba Beloki (Liberty), Steve Zampieri (Phonak) and Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile). At the first intermediate sprint in Comunanza (66km), it was Freire who took the time bonus ahead of Hushovd and Petacchi. The front group of sprinters including Freire, Petacchi, Hushovd and Hincapie continued to ride hard as the peloton sat up, and suddenly there was a break of all sprinters climbing up to the GPM at Montefalcone Appennino (74km). Eventually the gruppo picked up the pace and it was gruppo compatto atop the climb, where Paulinho beat Carrasco for the points, while Brad McGee (FDJ.Com) showed some signs of life for 3rd with the group at 15". Mario Cipollini (Liquigas) and about 20 others came off on this ascent and became the autobus group of Stage 4.
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Things stayed together as Rabobank's Kolobnev and Löwik humped away on the front until the second KOM approached in Rapagnano (124km). Two riders were on the attack, Bo Hamburger (Acqua Sapone) and Iker Flores. Hamburger cooked Flores, who dropped back, but a countermove of two riders, Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) and Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) got across to the Dane. The two Italians eventually fried Hamburger and kept going for another 25 km, but their lead never exceeded 0'30 as the Rabobankers just kept pounding away on the front.
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With Boogerd now chasing on the front for Rabobank, Bettini and Caucchioli finally came back after 25km of freedom at Villa Berarde on the final climb with 12km to go. Panaria sent Tiralongo on the attack and his acceleration finally closed the gap on the two escapees. As soon as the front duo was swallowed, young talent Matej Mugerli (Liquigas) made a perfect counterattack and got caught up the general battle up front. Up the final ascent of Monte Vidone, the high pace blew the gruppo into three chunks.
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On the final run-in to Servigliano, Freire was superb, covering every move with incredible ease, getting across to an attack by Vicioso and Sella. But Petacchi and his Fassa Bortolo boys were still there and pulled back the front group. With 10km to go, DiLuca (Liquigas) made a dramatic solo attempt, with Caruso (Liberty) and Tiralongo joining him. But Rabobank's Boogerd and Fassa's Petito eventually pulled back this escape, even though Petacchi jammed his derailleur at the top of the climb with 7.5km to go and had to chase hard to get back in down the final descent.
In the final sprint, the 30 strong front group was disorganized and Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) made the first jump. Petacchi was boxed in and Hondo (Gerolsteiner) surged up the right of the road. But Freire fought out of the block of Hondo's teammate Zberg and jumped hard, passing Guidi and Hondo on the left for his third straight stage win, further extending his lead in the Race of the Two Seas in Servigliano.
Stage 5 - Sunday, March 13: Saltara Circuit, 170.4km
Stage 5 is on the same circuit in the Province of Pesaro-Urbino, where the Italian Pro championship was run in 2003, won by Paolo Bettini. It's a 14.2km circuit that will be repeated 12 times, with two intermediate sprints in Lucrezia (66.3km) on the fifth lap and Calcinelli (97.2km) on the seventh lap. There are two GPM's Sunday: Cartoceto on the 10th lap (130.8km) and on the final lap (159km). With less than 2km to the finish, there is a steep pitch of 10% for 500m.
Photography
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- Petacchi, Grillo and Cipollini, three of the top sprinters here
- Cipollini sits next to Bettini
- Beware of avalanches
- Snow!
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) leads the peloton on a snow lined climb
- Descending on dry roads, with snow all around
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) rides with Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner)
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) in action
- The peloton framed by snow
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) working again for Freire
- Pietro Caucchioli (CA) attacks the peloton, as Paolo Bettini gets ready to bridge
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) driving the two man break
- Pietro Caucchioli (CA) and Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the attack
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) checks back to see how Caucchioli is doing
- Di Luca and Caruso on one of the climbs
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) working hard with Caruso and Tiralongo near the end
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) beats Hondo and Guidi to win stage 4
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins his third stage in a row!
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) salutes from the podium
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) gets his third podium kiss
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.53.27 35.167 km/h) 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 8 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 14 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 16 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 17 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 18 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 23 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 26 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 28 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 0.09 32 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.14 33 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.33 34 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 3.06 35 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 36 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 37 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 41 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 43 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 45 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 46 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 50 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 51 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 53 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 57 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 58 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.28 59 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.42 60 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4.48 62 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.36 63 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 64 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 65 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 66 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 67 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 68 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 69 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 70 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 71 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 72 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 73 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 77 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 80 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 81 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 82 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 83 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 85 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 87 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 88 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 89 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 91 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 92 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8.41 93 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 94 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 9.13 95 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 97 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 11.05 98 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 101 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 104 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 106 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 107 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 108 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 109 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 111 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 113 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 114 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 115 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 116 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 117 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 118 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 119 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 15.57 120 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 121 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 18.02 125 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 127 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 128 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 129 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 23.50 130 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 132 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 134 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 135 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 137 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 138 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 139 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 140 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 141 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 142 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 143 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 144 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 145 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 146 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 148 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 149 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 150 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 151 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 153 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 154 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 155 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 156 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 157 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 158 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 159 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 160 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 161 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 162 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 163 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 164 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 165 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 166 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 167 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 168 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 169 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 170 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 171 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 172 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 173 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 174 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 175 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil DNS Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNS Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC DNS Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team DNS Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNS Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems General classification after stage 4 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 19.56.09 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.23 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.26 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.28 6 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 0.30 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.33 8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.34 10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.36 11 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 13 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 14 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 21 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.52 25 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.53 27 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.55 28 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 1.28 29 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 1.37 30 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.40 31 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.42 32 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 34 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.54 37 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3.58 38 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.10 39 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.13 40 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.18 41 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.24 42 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.37 43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.42 44 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.43 45 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 5.05 46 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.12 47 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 5.13 49 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 5.14 50 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 51 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.20 52 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.28 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.10 54 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.12 55 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 56 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.41 57 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6.50 58 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 59 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 6.53 60 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.10 61 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.25 62 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.28 63 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 64 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.30 65 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 7.40 66 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.42 67 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 68 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.53 69 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.12 70 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.24 71 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8.29 72 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.41 73 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 8.42 74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.48 75 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 8.54 76 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 9.45 78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.47 79 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10.17 80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 82 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 10.21 84 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 10.29 85 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.50 86 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.34 87 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 11.37 88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11.41 89 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.51 90 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.05 91 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.09 92 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.11 93 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.53 94 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.12 95 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 14.59 96 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.11 97 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.33 98 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 15.46 99 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 100 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 16.04 101 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 16.23 102 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.30 103 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.21 104 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 17.37 105 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 17.46 106 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 107 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.05 109 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18.14 110 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.05 111 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20.40 112 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 20.44 113 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 22.29 114 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.17 115 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 23.31 116 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23.44 117 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 24.26 118 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.47 119 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 120 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.53 121 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25.37 122 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.43 123 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.58 124 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26.03 125 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 26.17 126 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28.01 127 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28.31 128 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29.55 129 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.24 130 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30.31 131 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 31.09 132 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 31.49 133 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 134 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 32.00 135 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 32.19 136 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 32.26 137 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 33.14 138 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 33.18 139 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33.35 140 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33.48 141 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34.41 142 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 34.59 143 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35.28 144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 35.49 145 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 146 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 36.02 147 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 36.12 148 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.07 149 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.57 150 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 38.19 151 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 38.46 152 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 39.02 153 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 154 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 155 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 39.31 157 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.43 158 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 41.17 159 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.29 160 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 44.34 161 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 162 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 163 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 164 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 47.10 165 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 47.26 166 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 48.24 167 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48.36 168 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 54.08 169 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 170 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 171 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 172 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 173 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 57.06 174 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 58.58 175 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.11.12 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 53 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 6 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 7 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 10 8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 13 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 14 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7 15 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 16 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 21 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 4 23 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4 24 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4 25 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 27 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 28 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 29 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 30 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1 31 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1 32 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1 33 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 Mountains classification 1 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 pts 2 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 11 3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 8 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 3 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 2 8 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 9 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 2 10 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2 11 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Teams classification 1 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 59.50.15 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Liberty Seguros Team 0.09 4 Fassa Bortolo 2.45 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.48 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.58 7 Gerolsteiner 5.36 8 Rabobank 6.14 9 Domina Vacanze 6.28 10 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 6.29 11 Davitamon-Lotto 6.43 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.24 13 Credit Agricole 9.06 14 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9.15 15 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 11.40 16 Quick Step 13.36 17 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.58 18 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22.15 19 Française Des Jeux 22.57 20 Team CSC 23.36 21 Bouygues Telecom 24.23 22 Lampre-Caffita 25.31 23 Liquigas-Bianchi 28.38
