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40th Tirreno-Adriatico - PT
Italy, March 9-15, 2005
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Stage 6 - Monday, March 14: Civitanova Marche - Civitanova Marche, 164 km
Ale-Jet is back
Super sprinter beats the best in Civitanova Marche
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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They were all there today; Petacchi, Freire, Cipollini, McEwen, Hondo, Quaranta...all the best sprinters in the world were headed for the finish line in Civitanova Marche on the penultimate stage of the 40th edition of Tirreno-Adriatico, the Race of Two Seas, the big lead-up to Milano-Sanremo this Saturday. The only big name fast-man who wasn't pumping his 53x11 today was Tom Boonen of Quick.Step, who finished Paris-Nice Sunday and was testing his legs on the Milano-Sanremo course.
Petacchi took a close sprint over Freire for his second stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico, while Freire is still in the race lead and is likely to wrap the stage race tomorrow. After his victory, a satisfied Petacchi said, "Today the only one missing was Tom Boonen. Yeah, the last few stages were not really good finishes for me but today it was good. I have to thank my team who worked really well for me today. Sure there were some aggressive moves, like when someone tried to knock me off Velo's wheel. It was strange; look, everybody has their teammates and it's not right to try and take advantage of someone else's teammate. But I'm happy the way it worked out today."
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Tirreno-Adriatico leader Oscar Freire was runner-up after racking up three stage wins in the Race of Two Seas and tested his legs with an uncharacteristic long sprint in Civitanova Marche. "My team did a great job of controlling the race today and I felt good. In the sprint, I was in a good position and I jumped early, before Petacchi. It was a long sprint!"
But with only 0'19 lead on Petacchi and one stage of Tirreno-Adriatico left, Freire wasn't counting his laurels yet. "Oh I'm going for the intermediate bonuses and the final sprint tomorrow. Petacchi can still win this race!" If Freire does win tomorrow in San Benedetto del Tronto, the Spanish World Champ will be the favourite to win his second consecutive Milano-Sanremo this coming Saturday.
How it unfolded
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On another warm, springlike day, 168 riders took the start at 11:55 in Civitanova Marche alongside the Adriatic Sea. Erviti (Illes Balears), Miorin (Liquigas-Bianchi), Nauduzs (Fassa Bortolo) and Tafi (Saunier Duval-Prodir) didn't start. The Race of Two Seas was fast from the gun with many attacks, and after 55km on a climb near Treia, Giuseppe Palumbo (Acqua Sapone) got away. Palumbo, a two time Jr. World Champ is a strong rider who decided to give it go alone.
After 100km of racing in Massa Fermana, after the feed zone, Palumbo had 3'30 and became leader on the road (he started 32nd on GC at 3'41) which woke up Rabobank who then upped the tempo.
At the intermediate sprint in Montegiorgio after 125km, Palumbo still had 2'00, but his lead was starting to drop fast. As the race came back to the Adriatic seashore, Palumbo was caught as the second GPM in Fermo approached with 30km to go. Mountains leader Carrasco took the GPM in Fermo and the gruppo flew down to Porto San Giorgio as Rabobank continued to ride tempo on the front.
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Once back along the seafront, all the sprinters teams began to jockey for position. Rabobank was right up there for Freire, as was Fassa Bortolo for Ale Petacchi, Liquigas for Cipo, Domina Vacanze for Ivan Quaranta, Ceramica Panaria for neo-pro Paride Grillo, Lampre for Bennati, Francaise des Jeux for Cooke, Gerolsteiner for Hondo, Davitamon for McEwen and Phonak for Guidi. There were plenty of elbows flying as every fast man with even a ghost of a chance was trying to get Petacchi's wheel, but Big Alessandro was unbudgeable. Ale-Jet's Fassa Silver Train wound it up and under the 1km to go kite, the gruppo was strung out in one long line. Marco Velo made his final effort for Petacchi but with 300m to go, Freire went long, coming from fourth wheel on the right side and blasting across the road along the left barriers.
Petacchi and Cipo reacted and the Fassa man wound it up, passing Freire in the last 25 meters to win the drag race by half a wheel. Cipo was out of the game with 75m to go, as Aussie Champ Robbie McEwen came up fast on the inside with his classic last second move to just beat Grillo by a tire. It was a classic, wide-open sprint with Petacchi showing he was the best in a mano a mano, flat field sprint to gain his 10th win so far in 2005.
Stage 7 - Tuesday, March 15: San Benedetto del Tronto, 164km
Tirreno-Adriatico concludes as usual in San Benedetto del Tronto with a final stage of a large 90km loop, then seven laps of an 8.2km out and back seaside criterium back in San Benedetto.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) looking better and better
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) behind his teammate Alex Kolobnev
- Rabobank protecting Freire for another day
- Liquigas-Bianchi setting tempo for Cipo
- The Liquigas train not quite focused
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) gritting his teeth a little
- Ivan Basso (CSC) getting in some race kilometres
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) is starting his season in Italy
- Andreas Kloden and Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) smiling in the sun
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) salutes as he crosses the line
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) just beat Freire
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) cools off
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) towels down after the stage
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) is good at this
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) gets a couple of big kisses
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) is now very close to the overall win
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.53.40 (41.084 km/h)
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
3 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
4 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
6 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
7 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
10 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
11 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze
12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
13 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
15 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
16 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner
17 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
20 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
21 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step
23 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
25 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
26 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team
27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
28 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
29 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
30 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
32 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
33 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
34 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
35 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
36 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
37 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
38 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole
39 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
40 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
41 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole
42 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
43 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step
45 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
46 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
47 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
49 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
51 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank
52 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team
53 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
54 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
55 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team
56 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
57 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step
58 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
59 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
60 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step
61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step
62 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
63 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
64 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
65 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
66 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole
67 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
68 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
69 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
71 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
72 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
73 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
74 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team
75 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
77 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
79 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
80 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole
81 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
82 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
83 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
84 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step
85 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team
87 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
88 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
89 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
90 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
91 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
92 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team
93 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
94 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
95 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
96 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.16
97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
98 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 0.19
99 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
100 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
101 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
102 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
103 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
104 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
105 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
106 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
107 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
108 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
109 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
110 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
111 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
112 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
113 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
114 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
115 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
116 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
117 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
118 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
119 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step
120 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
121 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step
122 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
123 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
124 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
125 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 0.33
126 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
127 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team
128 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
129 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
130 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
131 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole
133 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
134 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team
135 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
136 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
137 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team
138 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
139 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
140 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
141 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
142 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
143 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
144 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
145 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
146 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
147 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
148 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
149 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
150 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
151 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
152 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita
153 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
154 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.42
155 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.54
156 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.23
157 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.57
DNF Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
DNF Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC
DNF Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
DNF Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo
DNF Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
DNF Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNS Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
DNS Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
DNS Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
DNS Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
General classification after stage 6
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 28.13.57
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.19
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.33
6 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 0.37
7 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.40
8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.41
10 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.43
11 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
12 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
14 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
15 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
16 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
17 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team
20 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
21 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.57
23 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.59
24 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1.00
26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.02
27 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
28 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 1.44
29 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 1.54
30 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.47
31 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.49
32 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team
33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.01
34 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.12
35 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.17
36 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4.19
37 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 4.24
38 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.25
39 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.31
40 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.44
41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.49
42 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.19
43 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team
44 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.27
45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.40
46 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 5.53
47 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 5.56
48 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.26
49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6.57
50 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole
51 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 7.00
52 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 7.03
53 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.12
54 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 7.35
55 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
56 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.37
57 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 7.47
58 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.50
59 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.05
60 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 8.22
61 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.31
62 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.33
63 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.48
64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 8.49
65 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 8.50
66 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.01
67 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step
68 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.14
69 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.28
70 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step 9.52
71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.54
72 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 10.15
73 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.16
74 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.24
75 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10.48
76 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.33
77 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11.35
78 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 12.11
79 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.17
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.31
81 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 12.36
82 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 12.50
83 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.16
84 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.18
85 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.28
86 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.31
87 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.39
88 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.17
89 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.40
90 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 15.53
91 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 16.11
92 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 16.12
93 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16.45
94 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 16.49
95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17.08
96 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step 17.44
97 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.53
98 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.16
99 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step 18.23
100 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.31
101 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.15
102 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 19.49
103 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.12
104 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 20.26
105 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 20.51
106 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 21.20
107 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23.51
108 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24.00
109 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.38
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.44
111 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.13
112 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.27
113 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.59
114 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26.03
115 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 26.26
116 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28.03
117 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28.15
118 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 28.29
119 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 28.50
120 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30.38
121 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.04
122 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33.31
123 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34.17
124 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34.18
125 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34.57
126 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 37.27
127 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37.28
128 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 37.36
129 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38.01
130 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.04
131 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38.15
132 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 40.41
133 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 40.56
134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 41.16
135 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
136 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 41.46
137 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42.53
138 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 44.04
139 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 44.48
140 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 45.02
141 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 47.17
142 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.56
143 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 48.13
144 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.02
145 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 49.31
146 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 50.34
147 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 52.49
148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 52.53
149 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 53.10
150 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 54.03
151 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 54.07
152 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros Team 54.20
153 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 57.58
154 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.35
155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.02.33
156 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.03.35
157 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.03.54
Points classification
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 67 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 32
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23
5 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 20
6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18
7 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 18
8 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16
9 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14
10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14
11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 12
12 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 12
13 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 11
14 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 10
15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10
16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10
17 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 9
18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 8
19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
20 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8
21 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7
22 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7
23 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7
24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7
25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6
26 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 6
27 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
28 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
29 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 5
30 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
31 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step 4
32 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4
33 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
34 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
35 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3
36 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3
37 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2
38 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1
39 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1
40 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1
Mountains classification
1 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21 pts
2 Sergio Miguel M. Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 11
3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 8
4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
5 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7
6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6
7 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 6
8 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 5
9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5
10 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5
11 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros Team 4
12 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 4
13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step 3
14 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 2
15 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1
Teams classification
1 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 84.44.00
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 9.34
15 Quick Step 12.03
16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.07
17 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 13.40
18 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23.54
19 Bouygues Telecom 24.23
20 Française Des Jeux 24.44
21 Lampre-Caffita 25.47
22 Team CSC 25.49
23 Liquigas-Bianchi 28.38
