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40th Tirreno-Adriatico - PT
Italy, March 9-15, 2005
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Stage 1 - Wednesday, March 9: Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia, 160 km
Petacchi back on song
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) is once again in the winner's circle after triumphing in the first stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in a bunch sprint. Petacchi stormed home in Civitavecchia ahead of Austrian Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) and Australian Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto), after his team controlled the stage to perfection once again.
"It was my first important race of the year, as it is part of the ProTour, and I managed to win," said Petacchi post-stage. "During the race, my teammates rode intelligently, alternating in front to control, but at the same time saving some energy for the final kilometres. The finishing circuit was technical and the team saw it was very important to stay in front and not take any risks. We managed the sprint like we always do, only this time I had to make some of my rivals, who wanted the wheels of my teammates in front of me, 'understand'.
"I will take things day by day without thinking of the final victory in this Tirreno that seems more suited to those who are stronger on the climbs. But I will wear the leader's jersey and defend it as much as possible."
How it unfolded
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184 riders left from Civitavecchia shortly before midday, riding at an easy pace of 30.8 km/h in the first two hours. The only action during that time was the intermediate sprint at Santa Marinella (km 55.9), which saw Robert Forster and Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) take the first two placings, ahead of Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Cafitta) and Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis).
The first serious attack came at km 66 when Zampieri (Phonak), Kolobnev (Rabobank) and Pinotti (Lampre) accelerated, but Fassa Bortolo quickly shut it down. The counter-attack with Karsten Kroon (Rabobank), Jose Luis Carrasco (Illes Balears) and Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty Seguros) had better luck, and reached the first mountain sprint at Tolfa (km 84.7) with a 51 second advantage over the Andrea Tafi led peloton. Kroon took the points at the summit ahead of Carrasco and Caruso, giving the Dutchman the mountains jersey for the day.
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The gap to the break slowly grew to a maximum of 4'18 after 98 km, with the average speed still only 33.4 km/h at that point. The peloton woke up in time for the first passage of the finish line in Civitavecchia and Liquigas-Bianchi rode tempo on the front, 3'45 behind the break. They were joined by Fassa Bortolo and Gerolsteiner, and it was clear that the stage would end in a bunch sprint.
At the second passage of the line (km 127), the gap had fallen to 1'58, and by km 143, on the climb of Sassicari, Kroon and co. had been caught by Luca Ascani (Naturino). The climb put several riders in difficulty, notably Mario Cipollini, who started the descent 45 seconds behind the peloton. Ascani breathed new life into the break, which held a slender 20 second lead the next time it crossed the line. The Fassa, FDJ and Cofidis-led peloton had things under control, while Cipollini's group was struggling to make contact, another 15 seconds back. It eventually did, but Cipo had no gas for the final sprint.
With 6 km to go, the four leaders were caught. Although Marco Pinotti tried a suicide attack with 4 km to go, it was all Fassa, all the time as Petacchi's train clicked into top gear and led out Ale-Jet for another win in front of Eisel, McEwen, Freire and Guidi.
Photography
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- The three man break led by Jose Luis Carrasco (Illes Balears)
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) looking comfy
- Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) flexes
- Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty) leading the breakaway
- Luca Ascani (Naturino) drives the break
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) struggled to rejoin the peloton
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) lost four minutes today
- Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) is the mountains leader
- Francaise des Jeux driving the peloton
- The breakaway getting caught by the bunch
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) had all the time in the world
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) celebrates his win
- Who's da man?!? I'm da man!!
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) smiles on the podium
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) in the leader's jersey
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.25.35 (36.15 km/h) 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 8 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 12 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 16 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 17 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 29 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 32 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 35 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 36 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 44 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 46 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 49 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 51 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 52 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 53 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 54 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 56 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 57 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 58 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 60 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 64 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 65 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 66 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 71 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 74 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 76 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 78 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 80 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 81 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 82 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 83 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 84 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 85 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 87 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 88 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 89 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 91 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 93 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 94 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 95 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 99 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 100 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 101 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 102 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 103 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 104 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 106 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 107 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 108 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 109 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 111 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 112 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 113 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 114 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 118 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 119 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 120 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 121 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 122 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 123 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 124 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 125 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 126 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 127 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 128 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 130 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 132 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 133 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 134 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 135 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 136 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 137 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 138 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 139 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 143 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 144 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 145 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 146 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 148 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 149 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 150 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 151 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 152 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 153 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 154 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 155 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 157 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 158 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 159 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 160 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.29 161 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.15 162 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 163 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 164 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 165 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.19 166 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 4.04 167 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.59 168 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.15 169 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9.34 170 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 171 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 172 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 173 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 175 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 176 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 177 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 178 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 180 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 181 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 182 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14.51 183 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare General classification after stage 1 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.25.25 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 0.04 3 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.06 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.07 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.08 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.09 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.10 8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 10 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 15 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 18 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 30 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 33 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 36 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 37 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 38 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 44 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 45 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 47 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 49 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 51 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 52 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 53 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 54 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 55 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 57 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 58 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 59 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 60 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 63 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 65 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 66 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 67 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 72 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 73 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 77 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 81 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 82 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 83 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 84 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 85 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 86 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 87 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 88 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 89 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 90 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 91 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 92 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 94 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 95 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 96 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 98 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 99 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 100 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 101 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 102 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 104 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 106 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 107 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 108 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 110 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 112 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 113 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 114 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 115 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 116 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 119 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 120 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 121 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 122 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 123 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 124 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 125 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 126 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 127 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 128 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 129 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 130 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 132 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 133 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 134 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 135 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 136 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 137 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 138 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 139 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 143 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 144 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 145 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 146 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 148 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 149 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 150 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 151 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 152 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 153 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 154 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 155 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 157 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 158 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 159 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 160 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.39 161 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.25 162 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 163 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 164 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 165 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.29 166 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.55 167 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.01 168 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 169 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.14 170 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 171 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 172 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 173 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 175 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 176 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 177 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 178 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 180 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 181 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 182 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 183 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.09 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10 3 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 7 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 8 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 10 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 11 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 13 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 Mountains classification 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 3 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 2
