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89th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 6-28, 2006
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Stage 2 - Sunday, May 7: Mons - Charleroi Marcinelle, 197 km
Triumph over tragedy; Sprinter's Round 1: Victory McEwen
By Anthony Tan & Les Clarke in Charleroi Marcinelle, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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On August 8, 1956, Marcinelle was the scene for a tragic mine accident that took the lives of 262 workers. But 50 years on, one could only find triumph in this suburb on the outskirts of Charleroi, as Davitamon-Lotto's pocket-rocket Robbie McEwen won the first round of the battle between the sprinters - and in convincing fashion.
"This win is obviously very important for me because it's in the Giro; it's not just the Giro but the Giro in Belgium, which is very important for our sponsors," said a beaming McEwen. "But it's again more confirmation after Romandie last week that I'm going in the right direction and I seem to be fully recovered from my rib injury I suffered in March."
"Any sprint you win is perfect," he said. "The lead out was perfect - I was able to follow the Milram train for the last five kilometres but I knew there were lots of roundabouts all in a row, so I was able to ride a good position and stay on the wheel of Petacchi.
"It was just in the last 200 metres that it became a bit more complicated. When Alessandro swung around and saw me on his wheel, I think that made him a little uncertain that he wanted to ride a tactical sprint instead of just blasting off like he often does from 200 [metres to go]."
After what looked to be a perfect lead-out by his Milram boys - still four strong at the front with one and a half kilometres remaining - Ale-Jet Petacchi just didn't have the legs to prevent T-Mobile's Olaf Pollack from preempting his own move. McEwen wasted no time in grabbing Pollack's wheel before powering past on the inside, winning by more than a bike length from the fast-finishing German. Third place went to Quick.Step-Innergetic's jumpy cricket Paolo Bettini, while a disappointed Petacchi rolled in for fourth.
"I'm very satisfied," said Pollack. "The finale was pretty hectic. Graeme Browne took risks at a roundabout three kilometres before the finish, which caused three riders to crash. This also opened a gap for me, which I used right away."
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Bettini said he proved himself today. "They explained the stage to me and I knew that it was for pure sprinters, but when the road is slightly uphill I always want to mingle. With the third place, I even recovered a little time lost yesterday. Was there a risk? Yes, a little, but that's normal; it was a calm stage, with a well-controlled break, so everybody wanted to be in front in the finale. Plus, it was the first stage so it was normal that there was some tension. I'm sure it won't be as crowded tomorrow, when we climb the citadel of Namur - I'm going to go all out for the stage win."
Said McEwen on Petacchi: "He waited very long and didn't start when Pollack started - so he then had to gain some free space and I could just go through between him and Brown because he went from the front, away to the right and I was able to get through a very small gap and open my sprint for real.
"I think I'm maybe the only rider who can force Alessandro to make small mistakes and try and change his tactics," he mused.
"He also realises I change my tactics in every sprint, but I know that Alessandro is one of the strongest and always hard to beat. Of course, I do fear him and his train when it comes to just the sprint itself, but I focus on my own tactics and look at him like any of the others.
"It's also about experience as a sprinter - this is my eleventh year as a professional, and having always been a sprinter and sprinting in that way, all that experience keeps building; when I'm in a position like I was today, eight times out of ten I can make the right decision. But to be a good decision maker you also have to have good legs."
Petacchi was of course disappointed with fourth place, but resigned himself to the fact. "Sprints are like that - sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. They waited for me in the last metres but I couldn't finish my sprint like I wanted to. I took a risk, I didn't go at 200 metres because the road went uphill and we were at 50 km/h. I had McEwen on my wheel and if I had jumped I would have led him out in the sprint. On top of that, I suffer at low-speed sprints. I thank my teammates who worked so well for me, but unfortunately the ascent of the road did notmake it possible to sprint at the speed I prefer. But my condition is really good. There will be other occasions."
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Apart from McEwen igniting the sprinters' bagarre, the stage was relatively uneventful. 23 kilometres after leaving Mons, a breakaway containing Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia), Mickael Delage (Française des Jeux), Beñat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Arnaud Labbe (Bouygues Telecom) set the scene for much of the gloomy day's proceedings. Unsurprisingly, it amounted to exactly nothing 155 kilometres later, other than the four finding themselves back in the peloton 19 kilometres from the finish.
From that point on, no-one was able to break the grip of the sprinters' teams as a showdown on Marcinelle's Avenue Eugène Mascaux became the inevitable conclusion, and with a slight uphill finish, Robbie McEwen the inevitable winner. Heading into tomorrow's third stage from Perwez to Namur, maglia rosa Paolo Savoldelli maintains his eleven second advantage over Francaise des Jeux's Bradley McGee.
How it unfolded
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After a spell of super spring weather in Belgium, Sunday dawned wet and cool in the Wallonne region for the second of four stages of the 89th Giro d'Italia. But the wet weather couldn't put a damper on 2005 Giro champion Paolo Savoldelli's 33rd birthday, as the Discovery Channel rider from Bergamo was starting in the maglia rosa he won yesterday. After a bite of birthday cake, Savoldelli and the other 197 riders started out six minutes late from Mons on the long loop to Charleroi-Marcinelle at 12:31.
Key points were the 110 Gazzetta at Morlanwelz after 98.4km and a GPM at Silenrieux after 144 km. After 23km on the outskirts of Mons, four riders managed to escape after an initial flurry of attacks, with Mickael Delage (Française des Jeux), Arnaud Labbe (Bouygues Telecom), Moises Aldape (Panaria) and Illiano (Selle Italia) off the front. But after 1km away, Aldape and Illiano crashed out of the break on the wet roads, but Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia) and Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) then came across to form another quartet.
The rain eventually tapered after about an hour of racing, but continued on and off. After 55km in Rebecq, Missaglia took a cash prime and after 65km, the quartet had gained a lead of 6'18 outside of the village of Tubize at the day's northernmost point, but Discovery Channel moved to the front to ride a steady tempo along with some Davitamon riders. in In 60th place at 43 seconds at the start of the day, Missaglia became the virtual maglia rosa.
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After 81km, Albizuri took another cash prime in Ardennes with the gruppo cruising 6'00 behind, with the first 84km covered at an average of just over 39 km/h. Just outside this tiny Walloon village, the break was stopped by a train passing at a level crossing and lost about 1'30 to the chasing gruppo. With 88km to go in Ressaix, the gap was 4'35 and at the "110 Gazzetta" intermediate sprint, Delage bested Albiziru and Missaglia.
After the sprint, the percorso headed southwest along the French border to the feed zone in Merbes-le-Chateaux with 80km left to race; rain showers had picked up again, with the break still working well together and keeping a lead of four and a half minutes on the peloton.
After three hours of racing, the average speed was 39,8 Km/h and the leaders gap was just 3' with 60km to go as Discovery Channel had now left the moderate chase pace to the sprinters teams Milram and Davitamon. At the GPM at Silenrieux after 144km with 52km left to race, big Arnie Labbe took the points atop the gentle rise and would don the maglia verde of best climber after the stage.
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The rain had stopped again and gruppo was still riding at a moderate pace, passing the GPM 2'32 ahead of Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) who had jumped away looking for KOM points that weren't there. The two groups traversed the wide open farmlands in the deep south of Belgium, soon to make the turn back north towards Charleroi.
With 40km to race, Delage took what he thought was a sprint prime but was actually the 40 km to go banner, and the pace was still moderate, with 39.3km covered after four hours. The break had 2'00 left from their original advantage while Davitamon and Milram had upped the chase pace again. In Florennes with 35km to go, the gap had tumbled to 1'25 as the Milram and Davitamon-led chasers had the bit between their teeth as they quickly pulled back the break. As the leaders gap fell below 2'00, the team cars were pulled from the break and Delage, Labbe and Albizu sat up, while Missaglia kept on going by himself, passing solo under the 30km to go banner with a lead of 1'37. But Missaglia was joined by Albizu, who had second thoughts and the duo kept riding hard up front.
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Through Mettet with 26km to go, the front duo was still 1'15 out front as they headed northwest towards Charleroi, but Milram had hit the front and was cranking it up to begin the set-up for Petacchi's sprint. Davitamon was up there too, not wanting to have their fast man McEwen left out of the party. But the break didn't make it back to the Province of Hainaut from where they had started four hours previously, as they were finally brought to heel with 17km to race after 140km of liberty.
Now it was gruppo compatto on the way home with Milram and Davitamon leading the way on the rolling roads into the southern suburbs of Charleroi towards the finish. All the top teams were now struggling for elbow room at the front of the peloton. Big Chris Knees of Milram was humping away at the front as the gruppo crossed the Sambre River with less than 10km to go and luckily the rain had stopped, as there were many twists and turns on the city streets. No team was taking control in the delicate phase of the race between 10km and 5km to go, so there were constant changes up front.
With 4km to go, the gruppo was led by Milram and Petacchi, with Davitamon and Robbie McEwen, Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) and Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile Team) tagging along. As they slalomed through the roundabouts and tight curves of Charleroi, Michael Rasmussen had to make a major effort to get back from a puncture with 6km to go, but ended up losing three minutes by the day's end.
As the gruppo hit the last 1500 metres, the road was a long gradual uphill drag to the finish line. Milram's Rigotto was second to last man for Petacchi, then Ongarato. In the last 300 metres, Milram's penultimate man Ongarato seemed to slow and with 200 to go, both Pollack and Bettini sensed that Petacchi's lead-out was slow and tried to jump Petacchi.
When Ale-Jet finally went with 170 metres remaining, his afterburners didn't light and Robbie McEwen came off Petacchi's wheel, making his trademark move to take the victory and a 20 second time bonus. No change in the classifica generale, with Discovery Channel's birthday boy Paolo Savoldelli still in the maglia rosa of Giro d'Italia race leadership.
Monday, May 8 - Stage 3: Perwez-Namur, 202km
Stage 3 to Namur has that Classics feeling, with the Cotes d'Ahin from Fleche Wallonne on the program with 50km to go and to wrap things up, a tough cobbled climb from the Meuse River up the last 2km up to Namur's famous Fortress make Stage 3 decidedly not for the sprinters. Look out for Olympic champ Bettini to hit out on this challenging uphill finish.
Photography
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- It got pretty busy at sign on in Mons
- Lampre-Fondital signs on
- The sign on in Mons was wet
- Birthday boy Paolo Savoldelli looks around for a podium girl…
- Watch where you're putting that euphonium, hear?
- Keeping the crowd entertained at the finish in Charleroi was not easy, as this brass band proved
- Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia) leads his breakaway companions
- The peloton en route to Marcinelle
- The concentration is evident
- The peloton during stage 2
- Discovery Channel protected Savoldelli
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) enjoying his day in pink
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel)
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) behind Jose Luis Rubiera
- Ivan Basso (CSC) with Giovanni Lombardi by his side
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) nestled in the peloton
- Davitamon, Milram and Discovery set the tempo
- Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia) rides away from his companions
- Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia) went solo
- Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel) and Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia) towards the end
- Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel) leads Missaglia
- Jens Voigt (CSC) in the firing line
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) prepares to put his hands up
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) beats Pollack and Bettini to win stage 2
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the stage into Marcinelle
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the stage into Marcinelle
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) pulled it off
- McEwen is congratulated by Preben Van Hecke
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) on the podium with son Ewan
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes with his trophies
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) grins on the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) has done this before
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) likes the taste
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) lets loose
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) with a pink grin
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) pulls on the pink jersey
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) gets another kiss
- You wouldn't spray us with that bottle, would you?
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) is the best climber
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) was awarded the blue points jersey
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- The bunch comes along in their rain jackets
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) says bleargh
- Bradley McGee (Francaise des Jeux) loves the wet
- Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel) was one of the four men who animated the stage
- Matthew White (Discovery) enjoying the rain
- Nice church!
- The peloton rolling along
- A diversion
- Jens Voigt (CSC) keeping an eye on things
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) in a rain jacket
- Benat Albizuri leads the break
- Davitamon and Milram controlling it
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins in Marcinelle
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) and son Ewan
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) with a podium shower
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) on the podium in pink
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Instilling it early
- Past the Place de L’Eglise in Merbes-le-Château
- Here comes the Giro!
- Ivan Basso (CSC) rides next to Paolo Savoldelli
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) is the champ
- McEwen and Ewan on the podium
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- Today's press centre in Marcinelle was a grave for 262 miners in the disaster of 1956
- It's all about style in the Giro d'Italia
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) just managed a top ten spot
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) was fourth yesterday and came in eleventh today
- Christian Moreni (Cofidis) looks like he needs to apologise for a sprinting manoeuvre
Images by Giorgio Masnikosa/members.chello.se/giorgio.masnikosa
- Bradley McGee (Francaise des Jeux) gets wet
- And so does Gilberto Simoni
- Italian fans in Belgium
- The train stops Mikael Delage (Francaise des Jeux)
- Le bidon
- Le peloton
- It's a long way
- Popular Frenchman
- Popular Belgian
Results
1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.51.40 (41.14 km/h) 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 7 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 19 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 24 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 25 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 28 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 32 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 33 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 35 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 36 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 37 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 40 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 43 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 44 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 45 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 48 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 51 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 53 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 54 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 55 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 56 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 59 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 60 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 61 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 62 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 63 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 64 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 67 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 68 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 69 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 71 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 72 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 76 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 79 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 81 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 85 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 91 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 92 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 93 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 95 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 98 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 100 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 101 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 103 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 105 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 107 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 108 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 110 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 111 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 112 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 113 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 115 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 117 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 119 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 121 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 122 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 123 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 124 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 125 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 126 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 127 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 128 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 129 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 131 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 132 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 133 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 135 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 136 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 137 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 138 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 139 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 141 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 143 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 144 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 145 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 146 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 147 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 148 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 149 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 150 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 151 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 152 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 153 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 154 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 155 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 156 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 157 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 158 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 159 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 160 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 161 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 162 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 163 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 164 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 165 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 166 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 167 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 168 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 169 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.31 170 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 171 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 172 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 173 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 174 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 175 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 176 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 177 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 178 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 179 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 180 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 181 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 182 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 0.36 183 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 184 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 185 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 186 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 187 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 0.49 188 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 189 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.58 190 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02 191 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09 192 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 193 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 194 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 195 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.20 196 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.15 197 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 198 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 16 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14 5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10 7 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 9 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 10 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 15 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 17 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 21 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Mountains 1 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 110 Gazzetta 1 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 pts 2 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 6 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto Combination 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 49 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 37 4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 5 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 7 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 8 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 19 10 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 18 11 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 12 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 13 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 14 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 15 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 10 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 17 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 8 18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 19 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6 21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 22 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 4 23 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 24 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 26 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 Most combative 1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 5 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 6 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3 8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 11 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 146 pts 2 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Liquigas 14.35.00 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Davitamon-Lotto 4 Lampre-Fondital 5 Cofidis 6 Quickstep-Innergetic 7 Credit Agricole 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 T-Mobile Team 10 Team Milram 11 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 13 Rabobank 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Bouygues Telecom 16 Ag2R Prevoyance 17 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Team CSC 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Francaise Des Jeux Trofeo Super Team 1 Davitamon-Lotto 21 pts 2 T-Mobile Team 19 3 Cofidis 19 4 Quickstep-Innergetic 18 5 Team Milram 17 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 15 7 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 14 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 9 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 10 Rabobank 11 11 Liquigas 11 12 Gerolsteiner 10 13 Credit Agricole 9 14 Francaise Des Jeux 8 15 Lampre-Fondital 6 16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 2 18 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Team CSC 20 Bouygues Telecom 21 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Saunier Duval-Prodir General classification after stage 2 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.59.30 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.11 3 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.13 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 0.15 6 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.16 7 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.17 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.18 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 0.19 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.20 12 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.21 13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.23 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.25 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.26 18 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.27 19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 20 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.28 22 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.29 23 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.30 25 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.31 26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.32 29 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.34 30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 31 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 0.35 32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 33 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.36 35 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 38 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 40 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.37 41 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.38 43 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 0.39 45 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 46 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 48 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 49 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 0.40 51 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.41 52 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 55 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.42 56 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 57 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 58 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 59 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.43 61 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.44 62 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.45 66 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 67 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.46 68 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 72 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 73 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.48 74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 75 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 76 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 77 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 0.49 78 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.50 81 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.51 82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 83 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.52 84 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 85 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 86 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 87 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.53 88 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.54 89 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 91 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 92 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 93 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 0.55 94 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 95 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 98 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.56 101 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 103 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.57 104 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 105 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.58 107 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 110 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.59 111 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.00 112 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 113 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 114 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 115 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.01 116 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 118 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 1.02 119 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 120 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 121 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.04 124 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 125 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 126 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.05 127 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.06 128 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 129 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.07 130 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.08 131 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 132 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 133 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.09 135 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 136 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 137 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 1.10 138 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.11 139 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.12 140 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 141 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.13 142 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 143 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 145 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 146 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 147 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.14 148 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 149 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 150 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 151 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 152 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 153 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.16 154 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.17 156 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 157 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.19 158 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.21 159 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 160 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.24 161 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 162 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.25 163 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1.26 164 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.29 165 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 166 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.30 167 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.31 168 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 169 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.34 170 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.36 171 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 172 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1.38 173 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1.39 174 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.40 175 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1.41 176 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.44 177 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.48 178 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.49 179 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1.50 180 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.51 181 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 182 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52 183 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.53 184 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.54 185 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.55 186 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.56 187 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.58 188 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.59 189 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.01 190 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02 191 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.03 192 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.13 193 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.19 194 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.31 195 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.23 196 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.18 197 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.01 198 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.08 Points classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 pts 2 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 23 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 16 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 12 9 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 12 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 12 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10 15 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 9 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 18 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 19 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 21 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 21 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 24 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 27 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 30 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2 30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 34 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 pts 2 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 1 6 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 110 Gazzetta classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 4 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 5 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 6 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 8 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 10 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 120 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 103 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 80 4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 46 7 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 40 8 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 10 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 11 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 14 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15 16 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 14 17 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 18 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 10 19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8 21 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 8 22 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 25 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 4 26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 27 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 Most combative classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 7 3 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 4 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 5 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 9 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 10 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3 13 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 14 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 2 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 16 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 18 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 pts 2 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 5 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 146 pts 2 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.59.22 2 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.09 3 T-Mobile Team 0.13 4 Gerolsteiner 0.20 5 Team CSC 0.23 6 Lampre-Fondital 0.28 7 Liquigas 0.36 8 Francaise Des Jeux 0.37 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.43 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.47 11 Cofidis 0.55 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.59 13 Credit Agricole 1.06 14 Davitamon-Lotto 1.08 15 Bouygues Telecom 16 Team Milram 1.14 17 Rabobank 18 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 19 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.22 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.25 21 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1.31 22 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 T-Mobile Team 48 pts 2 Gerolsteiner 39 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29 5 Francaise Des Jeux 27 6 Liquigas 22 7 Lampre-Fondital 22 8 Davitamon-Lotto 21 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 20 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 20 11 Cofidis 20 12 Team CSC 18 13 Team Milram 17 14 Rabobank 15 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 15 16 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 14 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 18 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 19 Credit Agricole 9 20 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 21 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Bouygues Telecom
