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40th Tirreno-Adriatico - PT
Italy, March 9-15, 2005
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Stage 3 - Friday, March 11: Tivoli - Torricella, 228 km
Mama Mia! Freire flies to victory again in Tirreno-Adriatico
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Mama Mia! With yet another incredible burst in the final fifty meters of today's uphill sprint in Torricella Sicura, World Champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) unleashed a blistering sprint to burn Laurent Brochard's last kilometre escape attempt down to the ground. The final chopper shots revealed the 36 year old French mullet man from Bouygues Telecom alone in the lead, having dispatched his companion Lele Sella (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare). Broche was making his way strongly towards the finish line, when suddenly at the bottom of the picture tube a white streak popped into view and for the second day in a row, a closer look revealed the yellow and red leader's jersey of Freire closing, passing and winning.
With another 0'10 time bonus from winning Stage Three, Freire increased his race lead over rival Alessandro Petacchi. Freire told RAI-TV's Alessandra Di Stefano in Torricella Sicura, "I didn't know what would happen today or if I would get the chance to win another stage. I hit the barriers at the 1km mark and almost fell at the same place I fell two years ago. But I didn't go down and I'm happy how it worked out."
When asked about his chances in Milano-Sanremo next Saturday, Freire explained, "I don't know...you have to be good on the Poggio. I'm in good form this year, so we'll see."
How it unfolded
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Stage 3 began at 9:32am Friday on a sparkling, cool morning in Tivoli, with 181 riders taking the start and David Arroyo (Illes Balears) not starting. This stage started in Lazio, traversed the hinterlands of Marche and ended up in Abruzzo, near Gran Sasso national park and was raced in sunny and cool (max 12 degrees) conditions. At the intermediate sprint in Antrodoco (90 km), it was Freire over Petacchi. At the GPM, Carrasco (Illes Balears) took the points over Paulinho (Liberty), but once things regrouped, with Rabobank riding hard tempo today for race leader Oscar Freire, there were no attacks to speak of until Filippo Simeoni (Naturino) made a move near Maltigrano (180km). His move was covered quickly and next up in the hot seat were Pradera (Illes Balears) and Bertolini (Domina Vacanze) but the Rabobankers brought them back.
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With 20km to go, Vasseur (Cofidis) attacked and was joined by Hoste (Discovery) and Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) and as the lead trio entered the 15km finishing circuit around Torricella Sicura, the had a 0'15 gap but Fassa Bortolo were chasing as Ale-Jet Petacchi thought he might want to have a go today, despite the uphill sprint. This trio came back with 9.5km to go and suddenly it was Paolo Bettini's gold helmet that popped off the front. Bettini is still far from top form and he only lasted a kilometre before he was brought back.
Successive attacks by Landaluze (Euskaltel) and Devolder (Discovery) went nowhere and as the gruppo went under the 1km to go kite, Brochard had a go. Two weeks from his 37th birthday, aging but still game Brochard gave it a good try. He got a good gap and only Sella could stay with him, but in the end, no-one could hold off the incredible closing speed of Freire, who won his second consecutive stage today. Discovery's George Hincapie was a solid sixth, just ahead of Petacchi (8th), while Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was feeling the effects of his crash yesterday. Horner was third from last in 179th, 17'28" behind Freire today.
Stage 4 - Saturday March 12: Teramo-Servigliano, 160km
One week before Milano-Sanremo, Tirreno-Adriatico's Stage 4 heads due north from Teramo on a tough day through the hills of the Marche region that is decidedly not designed for sprinters. With two GPM's at Montefalcone Appennino (74km) and Rapagnano (124km), then another up and down 30km to the finish, Stage 4 will be a good test for strongmen like Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) or attackers like Lele Sella (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare).
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in a good mood as he stretches
- A Phonak rider gets attention to his cleat
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) well rugged up
- The peloton tackles the climb of Torrita
- The peloton on the snow lined climb of Torrita
- It was sunny but the snow was not far away
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) looking for form
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) early in the stage
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the climb
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) keeping warm
- Filippo Simeoni (Naturino) was one of the first attackers
- Rabobank did a lot of work
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) spent a calm day in the leader's jersey
- Freire and Petacchi close to each other
- The Fassa train working hard
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) with a gigantic trophy
- Pietro Caucchioli (CA) leads Vasseur in a breakaway
- Leif Hoste (Discovery) powering on the front of the break
- Cristian Moreni (Quick.Step) rolls across the line
- Michael Boogerd protecting teammate Freire
- The peloton starts to thin out
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) beats Brochard and Hondo
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins another stage
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) all sweaty again
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) smiles on the podium
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5.52.07 (38.85 km/h) 2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 13 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 15 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 17 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 20 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 23 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 24 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 26 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 27 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 32 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 39 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 41 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 0.16 42 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 44 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.21 46 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 47 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.24 50 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 52 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 54 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 0.30 55 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.31 56 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.38 57 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 60 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 61 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 64 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 65 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 0.48 66 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.54 67 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 68 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.59 69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00 70 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.08 71 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 1.20 73 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 74 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 75 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 76 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 78 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 79 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 85 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 86 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 87 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37 88 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.48 89 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 1.51 90 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.55 91 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.01 93 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 95 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 96 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 97 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 100 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.43 101 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 103 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 106 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 107 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.55 111 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 112 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 113 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 114 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 115 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 116 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 117 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 118 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 119 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 122 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 124 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.15 125 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.47 126 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 127 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 130 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 132 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 133 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 134 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4.51 136 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 5.24 137 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 5.26 138 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.27 139 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.21 140 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 141 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 142 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.31 143 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 144 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 145 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 146 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 147 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 148 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 149 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 150 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 152 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 153 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 154 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 155 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 156 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 157 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 158 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 159 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 160 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 162 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 163 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 164 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 165 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 166 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 167 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 168 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 169 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 170 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 171 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 172 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 173 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 174 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 175 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 176 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 177 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 178 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.14 179 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 180 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.28 181 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 17.38 DNS David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne General classification after stage 3 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 15.02.55 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.11 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.13 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.16 5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 0.17 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.19 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.21 8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.23 10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 17 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 18 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 19 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 20 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 22 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 24 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 29 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 31 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 33 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.35 35 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.39 36 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 37 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.40 39 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.42 40 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.44 41 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.51 42 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.54 43 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.59 44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.01 45 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 46 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1.04 47 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05 48 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 1.15 49 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 50 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.18 51 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.21 52 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.24 54 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.34 55 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.36 56 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.39 57 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 58 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.46 59 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.53 60 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 63 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 64 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1.54 65 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.55 66 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 68 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.09 69 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.23 70 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.31 71 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.35 72 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 2.39 75 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.52 76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2.53 77 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.05 78 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 79 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 3.41 80 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.53 81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.55 83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 3.56 84 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.58 85 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.11 87 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.15 88 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 4.28 89 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 90 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 91 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 93 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 94 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.30 96 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.34 97 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 99 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 4.40 100 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 4.46 101 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5.10 102 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.12 103 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.16 104 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.45 105 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 5.48 106 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.52 107 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.02 108 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.03 109 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 6.19 110 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.21 111 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.28 112 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 113 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 114 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 115 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 116 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.32 118 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.56 119 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.20 120 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.48 121 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 7.57 122 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 8.16 123 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.23 124 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 125 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.39 126 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.43 127 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 9.15 128 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.32 129 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 9.54 130 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.38 131 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.56 132 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.25 133 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11.46 134 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 135 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 136 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 11.59 137 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 138 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 12.09 139 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.26 140 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.04 141 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 142 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.54 143 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.16 144 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.25 145 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.29 146 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.59 147 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 148 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 149 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 150 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 151 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 152 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 153 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 154 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.40 155 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 156 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 17.14 157 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.38 158 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.26 159 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 20.31 160 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 161 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 162 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 163 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 164 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 165 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 166 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 167 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23.07 168 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 23.23 169 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 24.21 170 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.33 171 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 24.35 172 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30.05 173 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 175 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 176 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 177 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 178 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 33.03 179 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34.55 180 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 37.12 181 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.09 Points classification 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 pts 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 6 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 10 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10 8 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 14 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 15 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 18 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 19 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4 20 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 21 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 22 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 24 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 3 25 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 26 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 27 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 28 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 29 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1 30 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1 31 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 Mountains classification 1 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 pts 2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 8 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5 4 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 5 5 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 2 6 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 8 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 45.09.54 2 Liberty Seguros Team 3 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 T-Mobile Team 5 Domina Vacanze 0.16 6 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 0.17 7 Credit Agricole 0.24 8 Davitamon-Lotto 0.31 9 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.33 10 Rabobank 0.38 11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.42 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.52 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.12 14 Fassa Bortolo 2.12 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.46 16 Bouygues Telecom 2.50 17 Quick Step 4.54 18 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.58 19 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 5.50 20 Française Des Jeux 6.09 21 Team CSC 6.19 22 Lampre-Caffita 8.08 23 Liquigas-Bianchi 8.52
