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40th Tirreno-Adriatico - PT
Italy, March 9-15, 2005
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Stage 2 - Thursday, March 10: Civitavecchia - Tivoli, 181 km
Freire, the avenging angel
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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With an incredible finishing burst in the last fifty meters, Rabobank's Oscar Freire showed why he's wearing the rainbow stripes of the World Champion, winning Stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico in Tivoli today. With his 0'10 time bonus from the stage win, Freire took over the race lead from yesterday's winner Alessandro Petacchi and with typical modesty, Freire told RAI-TV's Alessandra DiStefano, "It was hard to cover everything today at the finish, but my Rabobank team worked well, especially Boogerd who did a great job on the final climb. I think if the finish was 50 meters before, I probably wouldn't have won, but it worked out the way it did. I'm happy with this result because this is an important race and it's really good preparation for Milano-Sanremo."
When Di Stefano asked Freire who his favourite was for La Classicissima, other then himself, he laughed and said, "Freire, no, let's see in a week. I think Petacchi is in good shape and with his team so strong, he will be good. And there are a lot of others..."
Today wasn't a good finish for Petacchi, who was 29th and lost the Tirreno-Adriatico race lead.
How it unfolded
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Stage 2 started at 11:11 this morning in the Roman port of Civitavecchia, hometown of the Petito cycling family (Naturino DS Pino and Fassa Bortolo's Roberto), with 182 riders hitting the road for Tivoli. Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare) didn't take the start. On a sunny, bright morning where temps were 12 degrees centigrade, the first two hours of Tirreno-Adriatico were "piano", with an average of just over 30 km/h. At the first sprint in Viterbo after 56km, it was new Phonak man Guidi ahead of Liquigas Killer Di Luca. After Viterbo, the T-A gruppo hit the main climb of the day to Poggio Nibbio, where Kolobnev (Rabobank) won ahead of 2004 Olympic silver medalist Paulinho (Liberty).
After the descent from Poggio Nibbio, experienced domestique Wim Vansevenant (Davitamon-Lotto) took off and went solo after 94km near Nepi and grabbed the sprint bonus in Civita Castellana, where he had a 2'35 lead. It was a perfect tactic by D-L to protect Robbie McEwen and make the other sprinters teams chase. Vansevenant's lead maxed out at 9'00 at the feed zone in Rignano Flaminio after 118km. After lunch, the sprinters began to chase, as Fassa Bortolo, Rabobank and Liquigas hit the front and began their pursuit of the Belgian.
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With 30km to go in Castelchiodato, Wim's margin had fallen to 6'00 as the chase cranked up behind him. On a sharp left hand bend leading to the penultimate climb of the day up to Palombara Sabina, Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) crashed with some other riders when the missed the turn, but the American got up slowly and chased back on. At the top of the second to last ascent, the Davitamon-Lotto man had 4'00 and was now losing climb quickly.
At the base of the descent with 10km to go, Vansevenant still had a lead of 1'30, but on the long straight tree lined road leading to the final ascent up to Tivoli, the chasers could see the cars around the break about 1km up the road and were pounding away at 60km/h. With 3.5km left, Vansevenant was sucked up and spit out the back by the hard charging gruppo.
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Local lad Roberto Petito (Fassa Bortolo) hit the front on the long gentle ascent up to Tivoli to keep the group together. Liquigas's excellent neo pro Mugerli took a hard pull to set up an attack for Di Luca but he went so hard he gapped the sprinters. When he slowed with 2km to go, rabid attacker Lele Sella (Panaria) made a counter move, which set up his in-form teammate Tiralongo. But it all came back together at the 1 km kite, where old hand Sergio Barbero (Saunier Duval-Prodir) made strong surge. He was marked by Vicioso (Liberty), Devolder (Discovery Channel) and Baguet (Davitamon-Lotto). This quartet quickly got a 50m gap when Devolder hit the front and took a huge pull, but Vicioso was too coy and didn't come through quickly enough. The strung-out gruppo closed down and absorbed most of the front four riders as Vicioso started his sprint. The Liberty rider was looking good until he eased off in the last 100m and with Freire closing like a bat outta hell, Angel signed his own death warrant. Like an avenging angel, Freire blasted past Vicioso in the last 40m and won going away with his hands held high in a victory salute.
Stage 3 - Friday 11 March: Tivoli-Torricella Sicura, 228km
Following recent heavy snowfall in the Apennine Mountains east of Rome, the course of Friday's Stage 3 has been changed. The stage start will be 20 minutes earlier because the stage length has been increased by 13km to 228km and there will only be one GPM after 117.4km in Torritella (1.017m.) instead of two more difficult planned climbs of Capannelle (1.283m) and Crognaleto (1105m). Stage 3 heads east from Rome past Rieti and into the Apennines, up over the Torritella climb, down through Ascoli Piceno and back up to Teramo with a finishing circuit outside Teramo in Torricella Sicura.
Photography
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- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wonders what the day will bring
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) with his teammates Matteo Tosatto (L) and Marco Velo (C)
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) worried or focused?
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) cool, calm and collected
- Baden Cooke (Francaise des Jeux) signs on
- The Liberty gang: Giampaolo Caruso, Joseba Beloki and Michele Scarponi
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) looking chirpy
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) signing autographs
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) smiling today
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) ready for action
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) lets out a yawn, or is that a roar?
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) had plenty to spare
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the second stage
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) celebrates his win
- A kiss for Freire
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) smiles on the podium
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) now in the leader's jersey
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) post stage
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.45.36 2 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 9 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 13 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 26 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 31 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 35 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 37 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 38 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 42 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 43 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.12 44 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 46 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 47 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 50 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.17 52 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 54 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.22 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.35 56 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 57 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.37 58 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 60 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.42 61 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 63 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.52 64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 66 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 73 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 74 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 75 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 76 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 77 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 78 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 81 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 83 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 84 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 85 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 86 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 87 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02 88 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.11 89 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.22 90 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 91 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 92 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 96 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 98 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37 99 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.04 100 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.06 101 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.10 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 106 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 107 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 108 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 109 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 110 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 111 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 112 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 113 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 114 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 116 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 117 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 118 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 2.15 119 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 2.16 120 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.38 121 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 122 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.40 123 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.38 124 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.00 125 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 3.02 126 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 3.03 127 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 128 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.31 129 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.39 130 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 4.05 131 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 133 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 134 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 136 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 137 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 138 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 139 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 140 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 141 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 142 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 143 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 144 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 145 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 146 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 147 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 148 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 149 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 150 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 152 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 153 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.46 154 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 155 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 156 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 157 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 158 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.37 159 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 160 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 162 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 163 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 164 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 165 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 166 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 167 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 168 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 169 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 170 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 171 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 172 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 173 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 174 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 175 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 176 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 177 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 178 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.58 179 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.27 180 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 181 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 182 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare General classification after stage 2 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 9.11.01 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 0.04 4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.06 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.07 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.08 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.10 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 18 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 23 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 24 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 31 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 33 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 35 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 37 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 39 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 43 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.22 44 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 46 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 48 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 51 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.27 52 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 53 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 54 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.32 55 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 0.45 56 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 57 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.47 58 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 60 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.52 61 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 63 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.02 64 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 69 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 70 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 71 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 76 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 77 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 78 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 82 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 84 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 85 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21 87 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.32 88 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 89 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 90 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 91 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 93 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 94 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 95 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.47 97 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.14 98 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 99 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.16 100 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.20 101 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 102 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 103 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 104 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 105 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 106 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 108 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 109 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 110 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 111 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 112 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 113 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 114 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 115 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 2.25 117 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 2.26 118 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.48 119 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 120 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 121 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.50 122 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.10 123 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 3.12 124 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 3.13 125 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 126 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.41 127 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.49 128 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.12 129 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.14 130 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 4.15 131 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 132 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 134 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 135 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 136 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 138 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 139 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 140 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 141 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 142 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 143 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 144 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 145 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.31 147 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.56 148 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 149 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 150 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.25 151 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.30 152 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 153 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.45 154 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.47 155 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 156 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 157 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 158 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 159 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 160 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 161 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 162 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 163 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 10.36 164 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.02 165 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.23 166 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.30 167 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 13.49 168 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 169 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 13.51 170 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 14.33 171 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.30 172 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19.21 173 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 175 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 176 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 177 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 178 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 179 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 180 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.36 181 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24.11 182 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.28 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 19 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 4 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 10 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 7 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 11 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 16 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 17 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 18 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 19 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 20 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 21 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 3 22 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 23 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 24 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 25 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1 26 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 Mountains classification 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 5 3 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 4 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 3 5 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 2 6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 7 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
