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89th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 6-28, 2006
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Stage 4 - Tuesday, May 9: Wanze - Hotton, 193 km
McEwen takes the Milram train
By Anthony Tan & Les Clarke in Hotton, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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Launching his sprint with 250 metres to go and sailing straight past Alberto Loddo, Axel Maximiliano Richeze and Olaf Pollack with apparent ease, Queenslander Robbie McEwen didn't even notice Paolo Bettini's late finishing burst until his second victory salute, where he flexed his might and muscles for all the world to see.
"I let all the others start their sprint; I just watched what everyone was doing, which direction they were going and I opened my sprint along the left. I never really went on the wheel of somebody - I just did my own thing in the sprint and passed everybody without too many problems," McEwen said.
"For me, my sprint almost begins three kilometres from the finish," he continued. "I told my two team-mates who were piloting me - [Nick] Gates and [Henk] Vogels - just to wait until three kilometres and then to put me in the wheel of the Milram train, so that's exactly what happened. They took me until 15 or 14 hundred metres from the finish and sent me off behind Lorenzetto who was the last man of Milram; I just stayed on the wheel and stayed calm untl the last 200 metres.
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"It wasn't a surprise to see Milram set up the way they did, I knew they were going to. They did no work on the front all day - they still have some fast guys, like Rigotto and Lorenzetto, who finished behind me last week in Romandie. It's obvious they're still going to try; okay, they've lost Petacchi, but they still want to try and win. They've got a strong train, and I rode my sprint according to them," he said.
"They were working for their guy but indirectly working for me," McEwen said.
"They saved all their guys to ride the last four or five kilometres and the sprint. I used half of my guys to chase the breakaway in co-operation with Gerolsteiner, so we did a lot of work during the day basically for everybody in the bunch, so it's okay another team does some work for me in the sprint. But you still have to get that position and win the sprint," he said.
After his stage victory at the Tour de Romandie a week and a half ago, McEwen told Cyclingnews: "I just need that extra bit of conditioning to go to the Giro with." Well Robbie, whatever you did between then and now, you've obviously found it.
"This victory I could say is for a number of people: for Christophe Brandt from our team, who didn't start today because he broke his arm yesterday. I also said it's for Petacchi because he couldn't ride after he injured his knee, and also for my son because it's his birthday tomorrow."
Many have said this year's Giro d'Italia was not a Giro for sprinters, but so far, with two wins in three days, McEwen has made it so. And with another pancake flat stage this coming Friday, it could very well be vittoria number 11 for the 33 year-old. Unless Bettini manages to surprise him with his trademark hop.
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"I'm not a pure sprinter but it was a good finish for me today, a fast finish," said Bettini. "When I started my sprint I hit someone, I think [Alberto] Loddo and it slowed me down a bit... but anyway, McEwen is difficult to beat!" he conceded.
With the entire field bar three all finishing on the same time today, there was little to no movement on the classifica generale. Yesterday's stage winner Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) continues to lead the 89th Giro, looking like a million bucks donned in the maglia rosa, while defending champion Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Discovery Channel) round out the top five, separated by 31 seconds.
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What will tomorrow bring?
Well, for the 195 riders left in the 89th Giro, tomorrow brings the first day of rest. After a late-evening air-transfer from Liège to Parma tonight, a sleep-in will be in first on the menu, before the standard two-hour pedal, massage and evening meal.
Buon viaggio, plotone!
How it unfolded
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Before the start of Stage 4, seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong stopped by the Discovery Team bus to hang with his homeys, and told the assembled media that "Savoldelli will win the Giro d'Italia."
196 riders left Wanze today at 12:03, with Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) and Christophe Brandt (Davitamon-Lotto) non-starters, due to a fractured left kneecap (Petacchi) and cracked elbow (Brandt). With the return of nice weather to the Giro, the remaining riders were ready to rock-on from the get-go. From the start in Wanze on the north bank of the Meuse River, Stage 4 headed south through Huy and immediately climbed the Cote d'Ahin. This initial ascent was bound to provoke attacks and 6km after passing the summit near Marcin, five riders escaped the clutches of the gruppo.
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The front quintet was composed of Sandy Casar (Francaise de Jeux), Grischa Nierman (Rabonbank), Patrick "Beautiful" Calcagni (Liquigas-Bianchi), long, lean Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick.Step) and 35 year-old Alessandro Bertolini (Selle Italia). This break had the right combination of non-contenders and quickly gained time on the main group; by the tiny village of Tinlot at km 26, the escape had gained 3'30 and the tailwind had cranked up the pace, with 42.9km covered in the first hour.
After 50km, the break was five minutes in front and continued to make time on the peloton. The Giro percorso was now on the same tough, hilly roads as Liège-Bastogne-Liège. At the Cat. 3 GPM at Trois-points / Cote de Wanne after 83km, it was Casar who took the points, while the fast pace through the hilly terrain continued with the average speed 40.80 km/h.
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Next up was the difficult climb to the GPM of La Haute Levée and the quintet had a gap of 6'20, while first rider over Casar saw him into the maglia verde of best climber. As the break dropped off the backside of the steep climb, they entered the auto racing circuit at Spa-Francorchamps, where Casar took the 110 Gazzetta intermediate sprint ahead of Calcagni and Van de Walle.
Across the terrain where the Battle of the Bulge was fought 62 years ago, the break's lead reached a maximum at 6'55, while maglia rosa Schumacher's Gerolsteiner squad and Davitamon-Lotto decided to increase the chase pace behind. Suffering from bad allergies since the beginning of the race, Bertagnolli (Cofidis) abandoned in the feed zone at Malmedy, with 195 riders now left in the 98th Giro d'Italia.
Now heading east through Vielsam with 55km to go, the break's lead had dropped to four minutes. The quintet was working well together, but the sprinters' teams back in the gruppo wanted it to come down to a sprint and kept the pressure on; with 45km to go across the rolling farmlands near the Luxembourg border, the gap was now 3' and falling fast, as the headwind made the situation out front more difficult for the break.
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At 30km to go, the break was hanging out in front, as the giant form of Davitamon-Lotto's Bert Roesems was on the front and 15km later, the jig was almost up as the break's lead was down to 20 seconds in Bornal. As the gruppo approached, Niermann tried to get away but it was too late as T-Mobile had hit the front for their sprinter Olaf Pollack and it was now gruppo compatto after 174km out front.
On the run-in to the stage finish in the quaint country village of Hotton, the sprinters' teams began to look for elbow room, most notably Team Milram. With the absence of Ale-Jet Petacchi, the Milram milkmen were looking to launch second-string sprinter Mirko Lorenzetto, while Quick.Step was ready to launch Bettini. With 5.5km to go, Jensy Voigt (CSC) made a gutsy solo move and hung out in front, but with the sprinters' squads powering away on the long, straight road, his escape only lasted 1.5km.
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Belgian champ Serge Baguet (Davitamon-Lotto) hit the front hard with 3km to go as the long, gentle descent into Hotton commenced. Milram was still up there, as was Henk Vogels of Davitamon-Lotto with Robbie McEwen right on his wheel. Rabobank's Graeme Brown was there, and Korff led out the swervy Pollack with 250 metres to go. But nothing could stop the Vogels-McEwen duo as he gave a perfect leadout. The speedy Queenslander rode to his 10th career stage win in the Giro d'Italia, and thanks to his points bonus, took over the maglia ciclamino of best sprinter from Bettini.
Thursday, May 11 - Stage 5: Piacenza-Cremona Team Time Trial, 38 km
The first Giro TTT since 1989 will be a billiard table fast, flat trip east the Po River valley, with a tailwind likely. Watch for a CSC-Discovery Channel battle on these dead-flat roads south of Milano, while the climbers' teams could lose minutes to such powerhouse squads.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) rides in the maglia rosa
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) with Gibo Simoni on his wheel
- The peloton on the race track at Spa-Francorchamps
- A long peloton on the race track at Spa-Francorchamps
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) enjoying the race track
- The peloton rides during stage 4
- The peloton in the countryside
- Matthias Russ working hard
- The Gerolsteiner train worked to protect the maglia rosa
- Rebellin and Schumacher
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) is also well placed on GC
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) marked by Jose Rujano (Selle Italia)
- Gerolsteiner keeping Schumacher protected
- Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) leads the bunch on a descent
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) next to Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) on a descent
- Cheering on the Giro
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) in the peloton
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) rides next to Damiano Cunego
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) looking good
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) tailed by Lombardi and Basso
- Gerolsteiner and CSC on the front
- Ivan Basso (CSC) in the action
- Di Luca and Basso ride close to each other
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins stage 4
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the stage from Paolo Bettini
- Davitamon-Lotto scores its second win with McEwen
- Yeah
- Post-stage grin from Robbie
- Robbie McEwen on the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) is a happy man
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes from the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) does it for the second time
- Another maglia rosa for Schumi
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) gets a kiss on the podium
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Lance Armstrong visited the Giro today
- Lance Armstrong poses with Paolo Savoldelli
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) enjoys pink
- Gerolsteiner chasing on the race track at Spa-Francorchamps
- The Giro on the Francorchamps race track
- The Giro on the Francorchamps race track
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) in the peloton
- Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) on the front of the break
- Gerolsteiner chasing
- Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ) near the front
- Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel) leads on a descent
- Matt White (Discovery Channel)
- The peloton ascends another climb
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the stage from Paolo Bettini
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) with the spray
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Music was afoot in Wanze this morning, creating a fun vibe for the start of the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia in Belgium.
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) has a reasonably free role to play in this Giro, the Stage 11 time trial in Pontedera one of his big targets.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) escorting his wife Hayley to the start in Wanze. Can't you afford a car, Brownie?
- Saunier Duval-Prodir's American Aaron Olson loosening his limbs before the start.
Images by Elmar Krings
- The race track at Spa-Francorchamps
- On the track
- The peloton on the race track at Spa-Francorchamps
- The peloton on the race track at Spa-Francorchamps
- The five leaders on the race track at Spa-Francorchamps
- Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) leads the peloton at Francorchamps
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in the thick of it
- CSC on the front
- Jens Voigt (CSC)
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) enjoying the track
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.38.51 (41.527 km/h) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 9 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 15 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 24 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 31 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 32 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 36 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 37 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 38 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 40 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 41 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 43 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 44 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 48 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 50 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 53 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 54 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 55 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 57 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 58 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 60 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 65 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 68 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 69 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 72 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 73 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 74 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 75 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 76 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 77 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 78 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 82 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 84 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 87 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 88 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 89 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 90 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 91 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 92 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 93 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 100 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 103 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 104 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 105 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 106 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 107 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 108 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 109 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 112 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 114 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 115 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 116 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 117 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 119 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 121 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 123 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 124 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 125 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 126 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 127 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 128 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 129 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 130 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 131 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 132 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 133 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 134 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 135 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 136 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 137 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 138 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 139 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 140 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 141 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 142 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 143 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 144 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 145 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 146 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 147 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 148 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 149 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 150 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 151 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 152 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 153 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 154 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 155 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 156 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 157 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 158 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 159 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 160 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 161 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 162 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 163 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 164 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 165 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 166 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 167 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 168 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 169 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 170 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 171 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 172 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 173 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 174 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 175 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 176 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 177 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 178 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 179 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 180 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 181 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 182 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 183 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 184 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 185 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 186 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 187 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 188 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 189 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 190 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 191 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 192 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 193 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.37 194 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.19 195 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNS Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 16 4 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9 8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 8 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 11 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 12 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6 13 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 14 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 15 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 16 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 2 19 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2 20 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1 21 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains Cote De Wanne - km 83,7 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 pts 2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 3 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 La Haute Levee - km 94,2 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 pts 2 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 110 Gazzetta 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 pts 2 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 4 3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 4 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 5 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 6 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner Combination 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 29 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 28 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 21 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 8 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 18 10 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 18 11 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 12 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 15 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 16 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13 17 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 18 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 20 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 10 21 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 10 22 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 10 23 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 10 24 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9 26 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 8 27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6 28 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 29 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 5 30 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 5 31 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 33 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 3 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Most combative 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 4 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 5 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 6 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 4 7 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 9 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2 10 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 11 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Davitamon-Lotto 13.56.33 2 Francaise Des Jeux 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Rabobank 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 10 Credit Agricole 11 Cofidis 12 Lampre-Fondital 13 Team Milram 14 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 17 Quickstep-Innergetic 18 T-Mobile Team 19 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Team CSC 21 Liquigas 22 Saunier Duval-Prodir Trofeo Super Team 1 Davitamon-Lotto 29 pts 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 19 3 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 18 4 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 5 Francaise Des Jeux 17 6 T-Mobile Team 16 7 Team Milram 15 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 13 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 10 Bouygues Telecom 11 11 Credit Agricole 10 12 Cofidis 9 13 Gerolsteiner 9 14 Rabobank 7 15 Lampre-Fondital 6 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 2 17 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Team CSC 20 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Liquigas 22 Saunier Duval-Prodir General classification after stage 4 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.52.55 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.13 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.23 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.29 5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.31 6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 8 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.32 9 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.35 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.37 12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.38 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 0.39 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.40 16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.41 17 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.43 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.45 19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 20 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.49 21 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.51 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.52 23 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 24 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 0.55 25 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.56 27 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.58 29 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 0.59 30 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 31 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1.00 32 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.01 33 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02 34 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 35 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 36 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04 38 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.05 39 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.06 40 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.07 41 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.08 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 43 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 44 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.10 45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.11 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 47 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.12 48 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 49 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.14 50 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.15 51 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 52 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.17 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18 55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 1.21 56 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 57 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.22 58 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.28 60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 61 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.29 62 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 63 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.30 64 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.32 66 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 68 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.33 70 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.35 71 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 73 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.36 74 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 75 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.37 76 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.38 78 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 79 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.39 80 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 81 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 82 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.41 84 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 85 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 86 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.43 87 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 88 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.44 89 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 90 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.45 91 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.46 92 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 93 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 94 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1.48 95 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 96 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 97 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.49 98 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.51 99 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.52 100 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.56 101 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.57 103 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 104 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.58 105 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.59 106 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.00 107 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.02 109 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 110 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2.03 111 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 112 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.04 113 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 114 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.05 115 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 116 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.06 117 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 118 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.08 119 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.11 121 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 2.12 122 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.13 123 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.19 124 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 2.21 125 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.26 126 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2.28 127 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29 128 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2.33 129 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.34 130 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 131 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 132 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.38 133 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 134 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 135 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.39 136 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.42 137 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 138 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.51 139 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.54 140 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.55 141 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.58 142 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 143 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.59 144 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.00 145 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 146 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.01 147 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.10 148 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3.13 149 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 3.16 150 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.19 151 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 3.28 152 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 153 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.33 154 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.34 155 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.35 156 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.46 157 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.51 158 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4.28 159 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4.38 160 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.41 161 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 4.42 162 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.52 163 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.01 164 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.08 165 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 166 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 5.18 167 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5.23 168 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.24 169 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 170 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.25 171 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.26 172 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.30 173 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.36 174 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.37 175 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 5.50 176 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.53 177 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.54 178 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.58 179 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.03 180 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.20 181 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 182 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.24 183 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 6.30 184 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.31 185 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.48 186 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 8.05 187 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.36 188 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8.47 189 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.57 190 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.15 191 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.06 192 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 15.44 193 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 15.58 194 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 16.23 195 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17.52 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 50 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 50 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 6 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 25 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 24 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 23 9 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 23 10 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 21 11 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 12 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 13 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 18 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 15 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 16 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15 17 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 18 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 13 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 12 21 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 22 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10 23 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 25 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 26 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 27 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 8 28 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6 31 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 32 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 33 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 6 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 35 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 36 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 4 37 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 39 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 40 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 41 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 42 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 43 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 45 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 46 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 47 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 48 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 49 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2 50 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 51 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1 52 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 53 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 54 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Mountains classification 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 3 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 5 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 6 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 8 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 10 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 1 12 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 13 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 110 Gazzetta classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 4 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 6 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 4 7 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 8 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 9 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 10 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 11 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 12 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 13 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 14 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 15 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 16 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 18 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 19 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 20 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Combination classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 229 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 167 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 120 4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 6 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 69 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 65 8 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 62 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 59 10 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 11 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 13 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 42 15 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 41 16 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 17 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 40 18 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 20 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 29 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 23 23 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 24 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 19 25 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 26 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 29 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 10 30 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 10 31 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 10 32 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8 33 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 8 34 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6 35 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 36 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 5 37 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 39 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Most combative classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 7 7 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 10 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 11 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 13 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 15 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 16 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 17 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 19 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 4 20 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 21 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 23 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 24 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 2 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 26 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 28 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2 29 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 30 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 33 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 34 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 35 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 9 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 10 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44.40.15 2 Gerolsteiner 0.15 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.20 4 T-Mobile Team 0.31 5 Team CSC 0.38 6 Lampre-Fondital 0.46 7 Liquigas 0.50 8 Francaise Des Jeux 0.52 9 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.02 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05 11 Credit Agricole 1.28 12 Rabobank 1.36 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.37 14 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.52 15 Davitamon-Lotto 1.56 16 Team Milram 2.08 17 Cofidis 2.15 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.29 19 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.01 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.05 21 Bouygues Telecom 3.10 22 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Gerolsteiner 100 pts 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 3 T-Mobile Team 72 4 Francaise Des Jeux 60 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 56 6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 7 Davitamon-Lotto 50 8 Liquigas 47 9 Lampre-Fondital 42 10 Team CSC 34 11 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 32 12 Team Milram 32 13 Cofidis 29 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 28 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 22 18 Rabobank 22 19 Credit Agricole 19 20 Bouygues Telecom 11 21 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 22 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
