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40th Tirreno-Adriatico - PT
Italy, March 9-15, 2005
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Stage 5 - Sunday, March 13: Saltara - Saltara, 170.4 km
Knaven smart solo win
Tomorrow, Freire vs. Petacchi continues
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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With a perfectly timed move, savvy Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) got away from a five man breakaway group that been out front most of the day on Tirreno-Adriatico's Stage 5 circuit race in Saltara, and soloed to victory on a course his Quick.Step teammate Paolo Bettini won the Italian pro championship two years ago. Race leader Oscar Freire and his arch-rival Alessandro Petacchi were left behind in the gruppo on a soggy, wet day in the Marche region where no one save the five breakaway riders wanted to take any initiative. In the end, it was Knaven's enterprising attack that made the difference today in Tirreno-Adriatico, no doubt inspiring an ever-improving Bettini to take the bunch sprint today in Saltara for 6th place.
How it unfolded
At 11:25 this morning, 173 riders started the Race of the Two Seas. Instead of the beautiful springlike weather of the last few days, it was cloudy with some light rain on Sunday. A five man break went away after only 25km, with Andrea Peron (CSC) going on the attack first, then joined by Pinotti (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Knaven (Quick.Step), LeMevel (Credit Agricole) and Padrnos (Discovery Channel). At the first of two intermediate sprints in Lucrezia in 66.3km, the escapees had a lead of 3'00 and after 71km, the quintet had a maximum lead of 4'03. The chase from the peloton wasn't that strong, as none of the escapees were any threat on GC.
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With 1.5 laps and 21km to race, the peloton was 2'00 behind the break, while LeMevel was dropped on the descent and had to chase hard to get back on. With a little more than one 14km lap to go, the French rider came back to the break, just at the same moment that Pinotti attacked solo. With one lap to go in Saltara, Pinotti had a 0'06 lead on the four chasers, with a counter move led by Juan Fuentes (Lampre-Cafitta) at 1'58, while the gruppo was all together a few seconds back. Although Padrnos and Peron were chasing hard, Pinotti's perfectly timed move looked hopeful...for a while.
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Among the olive trees at the final GPM in Cartoceto, Pinotti had 0'10 on the chasers, when Knaven suddenly shot like a bullet out of the break, bridged across to Pinotti and then dropped the Italian like a stone. With 10km to go, Knaven had 0'10 on the break with Padrnos and Peron the most active in the chase, with the gruppo at 1'30. With the wet roads, there were plenty of crashes in the gruppo, while Knaven was still holding off the chasers.
Once back in the town of Saltara, Knaven was in perfect pursuit mode and was gaining time on the break. A former TT champ in Holland, almost all of Knaven's career wins have come on strong solo moves and today's ride was nothing different. With 4km to go, Knaven had 0'20 and his four chasers now realized he would make it home free, while the peloton had given up the ghost and sat up in the last 10km. Knaven won Stage 5, while Peron beat Padrnos 0'17 behind, with LeMevel and Pinotti trailing, then Bettini winning the group sprint from Hushovd 1'33 behind.
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Stage 6 - Monday, March 14: Civitanova Marche-Civitanova Marche, 164km
This same course was used in 1998 at Tirreno-Adriatico, when Erik Zabel won the stage. The large circuit heads north along the Adriatic coastline for 15km to Porto Recanati, then heads west into the hilly hinterland of the Marche region for 125km until it comes back to the coast road south of Civianova Marche with another 15km to the finish.
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- Brad McGee and Mark Renshaw (FDJ) at the start
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) on the start line
- Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) does a turn
- Freire and McEwen not enjoying the wet
- Freire and Boogerd are two of Rabobank's key men
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) with Di Luca and Petacchi close by
- Liquigas-Bianchi setting tempo
- Knaven and Padrnos power the break
- Panaria setting tempo
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) leads a breakaway group
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) on the attack
- Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) on the attack
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) solo to victory
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) wins a soggy fifth stage in Saltara
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) is congratulated by his soigneur
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) grabs some water after the finish
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) salutes from the podium
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) enjoying his time on the podium
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) king for another day
Results
1 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 4.22.42 2 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.17 3 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.21 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.23 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 1.33 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 11 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 14 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 15 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 17 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 25 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 28 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 30 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 33 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 37 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 39 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 44 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 45 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 47 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 48 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 49 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 54 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 55 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 59 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 61 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 62 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 64 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 67 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 68 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 69 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 71 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 73 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 74 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 75 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 77 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 83 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 85 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 86 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 87 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 89 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 90 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 91 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.58 92 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.09 93 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13 95 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.17 96 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 2.50 97 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.53 98 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.56 101 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 102 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.20 103 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 106 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 108 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 109 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 110 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3.26 111 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 112 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 113 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 114 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 115 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 116 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 117 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 3.31 118 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.33 119 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 120 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 3.36 121 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.39 122 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.55 123 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.57 124 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.53 125 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 126 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 127 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 128 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 129 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 130 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 132 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 134 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 135 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 136 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 137 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 138 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 139 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 140 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 141 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 142 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 143 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 144 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 145 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 146 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 149 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 150 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 151 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.13 152 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 8.59 153 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.01 154 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9.04 155 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.53 156 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 157 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 158 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 159 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 160 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 161 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 162 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 163 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 164 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 165 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 166 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 167 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 168 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 169 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 170 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12.29 171 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.58 172 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 13.59 DNF Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole DNS Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team General classification after stage 5 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 24.20.24 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 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 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 12 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 13 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 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 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 33 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.54 35 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3.58 36 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.05 37 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.10 38 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.18 39 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.24 40 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.37 41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.42 42 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.12 43 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 5.13 45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.14 46 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.20 47 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 5.30 48 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.00 49 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 6.37 50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6.50 51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 52 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 6.53 53 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.05 54 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.10 55 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.25 56 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 7.28 57 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.30 59 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 7.40 60 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 7.42 61 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.53 62 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 8.10 63 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.24 64 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.34 65 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.41 66 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 8.42 67 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.48 68 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.54 69 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 70 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.02 71 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.36 72 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 9.45 73 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.47 74 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 9.49 75 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.17 76 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10.22 77 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.53 78 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.30 79 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11.32 80 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.51 81 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 12.04 82 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 12.24 83 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 12.29 84 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.05 85 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.09 86 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.11 87 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.21 88 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.32 89 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.37 90 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.33 91 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 15.46 92 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 93 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15.57 94 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 16.04 95 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16.05 96 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 16.23 97 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17.01 98 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 17.37 99 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.46 100 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.50 101 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.05 102 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 18.16 103 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.08 104 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 19.09 105 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.05 106 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 20.19 107 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20.40 108 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 20.44 109 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23.34 110 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23.44 111 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.31 112 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.37 113 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.47 114 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.33 116 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25.37 117 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 26.19 118 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.34 119 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27.23 120 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27.49 121 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 122 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 28.10 123 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.24 124 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30.31 125 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 32.51 126 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 32.56 127 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33.51 128 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34.11 129 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34.50 130 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 37.20 131 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37.21 132 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 133 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 37.29 134 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37.49 135 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.57 136 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 38.38 137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 40.01 138 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 40.49 139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 41.09 140 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 141 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 142 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 41.39 143 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42.27 144 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 145 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 42.34 146 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43.08 147 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 43.39 148 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 44.22 149 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 150 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46.03 151 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 46.37 152 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.49 153 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 48.06 154 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.22 155 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 48.28 156 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 48.51 157 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 49.54 158 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 52.00 159 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 52.30 160 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 52.46 161 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 53.44 162 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 53.54 163 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 164 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 53.56 165 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 55.55 166 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.28 167 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.01.39 168 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.02.26 169 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.03.28 170 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 171 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.09.54 172 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23.37 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 55 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 5 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 20 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 7 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 12 9 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 12 10 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 11 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 10 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10 16 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 17 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 19 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7 20 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 21 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 22 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 25 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 26 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 27 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 5 28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 29 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 4 30 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4 31 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4 32 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 33 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 34 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 35 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 36 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1 37 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1 38 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 39 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 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 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 6 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 6 7 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5 8 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 9 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 4 10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 3 11 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 2 12 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 13 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 2 14 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2 15 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Teams classification 1 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 73.03.00 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Liberty Seguros Team 0.09 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.32 5 Fassa Bortolo 2.45 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.58 7 Gerolsteiner 5.36 8 Rabobank 6.14 9 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 6.29 10 Domina Vacanze 7.04 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.24 12 Credit Agricole 7.54 13 Davitamon-Lotto 8.30 14 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9.15 15 Quick Step 12.03 16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.48 17 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 13.40 18 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23.35 19 Bouygues Telecom 24.23 20 Française Des Jeux 24.44 21 Team CSC 25.30 22 Lampre-Caffita 25.31 23 Liquigas-Bianchi 28.38
