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89th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 6-28, 2006
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Stage 9 - Monday, May 15: Francavilla Al Mare – Termoli, 127 km
Tomas terrific: Vaitkus takes Giro stage win
Bettini's strategy backfires in Termoli
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Paolo Bettini has been seeking a stage win since the 89th Giro d'Italia started and today he played his cards almost perfectly to beat up the pure sprinters over the last 30 kilometres of the stage. But although he raised his hands in victory just after the finish line, the Quick.Step rider lost by a tire to a big, strong 24 year-old AG2R rider Tomas Vaitkus, the first Lithuanian to ever win a Giro d'Italia stage. It was the first win for Vaitkus this season, his first ProTour win and his 7th career pro win. Originally from Klaipeda, the ex-pistard and former World U23 TT champ (2002) lives in Gent, Belgium, and is a rare talent that can both sprint and time trial well. An emotional Vaitkus could barely talk to the media post-stage, but managed to blurt out in decent Italian, "I don't know what to say...this is such a big deal for me but I'm really happy."
Not so happy was runner-up Paolo Bettini, who was sardonic when he explained post-stage that, "At least I didn't crash this year!" referring to his Frosinone crash last year with Baden Cooke. "Let's see if they (officials) apply the rules. But I'm happy that at least I have good condition." Bettini raised his arms after he passed the finish line today, but it was more out of frustration than confusion. "I went to pass (Vaitkus) along the barriers, but he blocked me slightly and I hesitated. I'll try again tomorrow."
Bettini's fellow Tuscan Manu Mori (Saunier Duval) confirmed that the Stage 9 sprint in Termoli was not the usual rush to the line, explaining, "Yeah, it was a competitive sprint. And funny because as it was uphill and the riders behind were coming up fast." But not fast enough, as Pollack (3rd) and McEwen (4th) came from well back as Vaitkus led out the sprint for victory.
On his first day in the precious pink tunic, maglia rosa Basso was his usual phlegmatic self, saying, "Yes, it was hard today and that's what we expected. But there are still two weeks left to race, my team is strong and they're all ready to help me win." Basso is certainly looking forward to Thursday's Pontedera TT, as is Discovery Channel's defending Giro champion Paolo Savoldelli. After a bad day at the office yesterday, Paolo said, "I'm looking forward to the time trial Thursday, to take time from the climbers if possible. Today, I was just quiet. Yesterday on the climb to Maielletta, I had some trouble breathing that my team doctor thinks may be due to allergies. So I hope to improve as we go along. What happened is not due to my condition."
How it unfolded
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It was a late start Monday as the Giro d'Italia riders slept in after Sunday's tough mountain top finish. At 14:05, the riders departed the seaside start in Francavilla Al Mare for a fast ride south to Termoli. After a few dust-ups on the way out, it was AG2R's Yuri Krivtsov who made an attack that stuck and was quickly joined by 22 year-old Cyril Monnerais (Française des Jeux). This duo was chased by Selle Italia's Illiano and after 6km, the front duo already had 0'42 on Illiano and 2'19 on the gruppo. Illiano realized he wasn't going to bridge and sat up after 12 km of chasing and was absorbed after 18 km. After 27 km, the duo hit an advantage of 4'05 in Fossacesia Marina. Quick.Step then got on the front to keep the break in hand as Paolo Bettini was looking to make some trouble in the finale.
After one hour of racing, the average speed was 43.1 km/h, and at the intermediate 110 Gazzetta sprint in Vasto after 63 km, the halfway point in Stage 9, it was Monnerais who beat Krivtsov, while 3'45 behind, Delage took the third place points. 17 km later at Petacciato Mare, the percorso took a right and began to climb inland towards the high point of the day at the GPM of Guglionesi with 23 km to go. As the road climbed up to Petacciato, Krivtsov dropped Monnerais and the Ukrainian TT champ tried to keep his pace high and stay away.
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But the Ukrainian's task to stay away would be difficult, as Bettini was pushing his Quick.Step train, yelling 'alé, alé' to up the pace as the sidewind stretched the gruppo into indian file. Monnerais' teammate Brad McGee was just hanging on the back as last wheel as his bad back was acting up again, eventually losing contact with 42 km to go. As Krivtsov passed under the 40 km to go banner through the beautiful and bucolic Molisano countryside, the fast tempo of the blue train of Quick.Step had pulled back a minute and a half in just 10 km.
Monnerais came back with 38 km to go, while Krivtsov was pounding away alone, hoping to stay away as long as possible. With the crosswind and infernal pace dictated by Bettini and his Quick.Step men, the gruppo split in two for two kilometres, but with 35 km to go, it came back together again with Krivtsov just 0'45 ahead.
Just after 23 km go, Krivtsov was caught after 99 km off the front and it was gruppo compatto with the GPM just ahead. Garate hammered up the climb and his pace exploded the peloton as Robbie McEwen and most of the sprinters went out of the back. Phonak's raging bull Gutierrez took the GPM points, while McEwen was riding tempo as his group of 20 passed under the GPM 0'50 behind the front.
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After the GPM, the road descended to the flats on the way to Termoli and with 20 km to go, McEwen's group was 0'30 behind the front group and closing. It was a funny mutt and jeff moment as huge Bert Roesems was leading his petite Davitamon-Lotto teammate in the pursuit of the gruppo maglia rosa. But it was a dead serious chase to get back on so Robbie had a shot at winning in Termoli.
With 15 km to go, gruppo Robbie got back, but an attack had already gotten off the front on the final small climb up to Portocannone. Clement (Bouygues), Serpa (Selle Italia), Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) and Davis (T-Mobile) got a 0'15 gap, then Chechu Rubiera (Discovery Channel) made a sweet counter move. Davis attacked the break and went solo, but halfway up the ascent, it was Liquigas-Bianchi rider Franco Pellizotti who took off off the front and blasted up the front and caught Davis easily. Behind the front duo, Bettini was making his move but this caused Cunego to follow, so naturally Basso and CSC brought it all together again.
Under the 10 km to banner, it was gruppo compatto again into the headwind as T-Mobile was on the front controlling the pace into Termoli, but Quick.Step and Lampe-Fondital were up there too. McEwen was in the gruppo, but was he was in the back trying to recover from the sprint. Now Milram was up front for Ongarato, and like a bad penny, Robbie McEwen had turned up on the wheel of Pollack with 5 km to go.
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One kilometre later, Matty White (Discovery Channel) had a go and was joined by Kolobnev (Rabobank) and Pauriol (Bouygues) as the road reached an overpass, but the Lampre-Fondital train led by Petrov pulled them back after 1.5 km. Next it was Caisse d'Epargne and Credit Agricole who made a move but nothing doing. Into the last km, Milram took over. Robbie was on Pollack's wheel, but both riders were too far back when the sprint started. Gutsy Vaitkus led out with a powerful surge up the middle with 200m to go. Bettini went by the big Lithuanian on the left between the barriers and almost got by, but there was too much Vaitkus to pass. The AG2R rider threw his bike perfectly to win, as Bettini passed him after the line with his hands raised in a non-existent victory. Pollack punched the air a frustrated third while McEwen, only fourth, could just shake his head as he passed the line in Termoli.
Tuesday, May 16 - Stage 10 Termoli-Peschici / 190 km
The hill Gargano Peninsula sticks out from the Italian boot like a bunion and the tricky, technical second half of the Stage 10 crosses this particular promontory for a testing uphill finish in Peschici could cause time gaps. Look for Paolo Bettini to finally sprint home victorious on the 1200m finishing ascent.
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- Tomas Vaitkus (AG2R, C) beats Paolo Bettini (R) and Olaf Pollack (L) with a good bike throw to win stage 9
- Ivan Basso (CSC) sprays the crowd
- The maglia rosa was a little hard for Ivan Basso to get into...
- But he suits it, doesn't he?
- The peloton rolls out of Francavilla Al Mare, headed for Termoli
- Cyrille Monnerais (Française des Jeux, l) and Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R Prevoyance) were active during today's stage
- Tomas Vaitkus (AG2R Prevoyance) was a happy chap on the podium
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The big fella comes to the line with his nose in front
- It was a close finish with three throws in it...
- But Vaitkus has it by a whisker
- Olaf Pollack (l) didn't capitalise on his team's good leadup work
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) celebrates prematurely at the finish of stage 9
- The satisified grin of Tomas Vaitkus (AG2R-Prevoyance) after he beat Paolo Bettini on stage 9
- Yeah, that's the one! Tomas Vaitkus (AG2R-Prevoyance) celebrates his stage win
- Tomas Vaitkus (AG2R-Prevoyance) was the stage 9 winner
- A big grin for AG2R's Tomas Vaitkus on the podium
- Tomas Vaitkus puts the hammer down at the finish in Termoli
- It all comes together at the finish in Termoli
- Dang! Olaf Pollack isn't happy to have missed out on a stage win
- Ivan Basso (l) and Paolo Savoldelli share a lighter moment before the start
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) looked very serious before the start of today's stage
- Ivan Basso adjusts his spiffy Smith sunglasses
- Ivan Basso (CSC) is escorted to the start
- The maglia rosa is worth the effort to get it on, as Ivan Basso will attest to
- Pucker up, girls it's time to kiss Ivan Basso as he celebrates another day as race leader
- Champagne time again for Ivan Basso (CSC) on the podium in Termoli
- Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) appears to have recovered from his sickness two days ago
- Ready for a big day in pink is CSC's Ivan Basso
- He's got a big heart, this one. Giovanni Lombardi checks to see if Ivan Basso has the heart of a lion - he found it to be even bigger.
- Jan Ullrich (l) and Matthias Kessler discuss the intricacies of bike pumps before the start
- Jan in the sun. Jan Ullrich readies himself for another day of hot riding
- 'It says you just add water...' Jan Ullrich works out the T-Mobile's formula for the day's stage
- Juan Manuel Garate and Paolo Bettini get out of the finish area after Bettini's narrow stage loss
- A disappointed Paolo Bettini makes his way through the rabble after the finish
- Ivan Basso (CSC) puts on the maglia rosa for another day
- More kisses for Ivan on the podium in Termoli
- Another day, another maglia rosa for CSC's Italian master, Ivan Basso
- Buon pasta, Danilo! Danilo Di Luca checks out some food before the stage start
- Ivan Basso (CSC) was all smiles before the start of stage 9
Results
1 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 3.05.13 (42.76 km/h) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 11 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 12 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 13 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 21 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 25 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 26 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 28 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 30 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 31 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 32 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 34 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 35 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 36 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 38 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 39 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 43 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 44 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 45 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 46 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 47 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 48 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 51 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 52 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 53 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 54 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 56 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 57 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 59 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 60 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 62 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 63 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 67 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 69 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 72 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 76 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 79 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 80 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 82 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 83 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 84 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 85 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 86 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 88 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 89 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 91 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 93 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 94 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 98 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 99 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 102 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 103 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 105 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 106 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 108 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 110 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 111 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.21 112 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3.07 113 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 115 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 116 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.19 117 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 118 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 119 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 120 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 121 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 122 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 124 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 125 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.01 126 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 127 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 128 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 129 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 130 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 131 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 132 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 133 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 134 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 135 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 136 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 137 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 138 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 139 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 140 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 142 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 143 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 144 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 145 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 146 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 147 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8.29 149 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 150 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 151 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 152 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 154 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 157 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 158 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 159 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 160 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 161 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 162 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 163 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 164 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 165 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 166 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 167 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 168 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 169 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 170 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 171 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 172 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 173 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 174 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 175 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 176 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 177 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 178 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 179 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 180 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 181 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 182 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 183 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11.44 184 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 185 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 186 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 187 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Points 1 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 25 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 14 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 10 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 8 9 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 11 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 6 12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 6 13 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 5 14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 15 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 16 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 17 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3 18 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 2 19 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 21 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Guglionesi - km 104,2 1 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 110 Gazzetta 1 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 4 3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 6 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Combination 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 37 3 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 6 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 15 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 10 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 14 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 12 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 13 15 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 16 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 11 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 11 18 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 11 19 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 21 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 23 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 24 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 8 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 8 26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 27 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 8 28 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 29 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 30 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 31 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 33 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 34 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 5 35 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 36 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 37 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 38 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 3 40 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 41 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 42 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 Most combative 1 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 3 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 4 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 9 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1 12 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 4 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 99 pts 2 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Lampre-Fondital 9.15.39 2 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Team CSC 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 6 Credit Agricole 7 Davitamon-Lotto 8 Team Milram 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 T-Mobile Team 11 Liquigas 12 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 13 Cofidis 14 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Gerolsteiner 16 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 17 Francaise Des Jeux 18 Rabobank 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Bouygues Telecom 3.07 21 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.19 22 Quickstep-Innergetic 7.01 Trofeo Super Team 1 Davitamon-Lotto 24 pts 2 Ag2R Prevoyance 20 3 Quickstep-Innergetic 19 4 T-Mobile Team 18 5 Francaise Des Jeux 16 6 Credit Agricole 15 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 13 9 Cofidis 12 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 11 Liquigas 11 12 Lampre-Fondital 10 13 Team Milram 9 14 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 15 Gerolsteiner 6 16 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2 17 Team CSC 1 18 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Rabobank 20 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Euskaltel-Euskadi General classification after stage 9 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 34.46.30 2 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.34 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.48 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.35 5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 2.43 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.48 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.20 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.23 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.31 10 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.39 11 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 3.45 12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.50 13 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.21 14 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4.38 15 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.56 16 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.57 17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 5.03 18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.10 19 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 5.32 20 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.34 22 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 5.45 23 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5.48 24 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.53 25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.50 26 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.03 27 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.35 28 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 8.05 29 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 8.10 30 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.13 31 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.56 32 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.26 33 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.27 34 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9.30 35 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.52 36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.06 37 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.14 38 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.35 39 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 12.09 40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.23 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 12.32 42 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.49 43 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.54 44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.16 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13.17 46 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 13.41 47 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.42 48 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 14.09 49 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 15.41 50 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 16.14 51 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 52 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.05 53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 18.17 54 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18.20 55 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.33 56 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.07 57 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 19.43 58 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 20.47 59 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 20.52 60 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 21.16 61 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 21.17 62 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.45 63 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 23.02 64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 23.33 65 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 24.36 66 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 25.07 67 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25.21 68 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.52 69 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 26.41 70 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.11 71 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 28.39 72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 28.48 73 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 29.33 74 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29.48 75 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 31.15 76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.21 77 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31.23 78 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.34 79 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.38 80 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31.55 81 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 32.12 82 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.17 83 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.20 84 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.23 85 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.53 86 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 33.07 87 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33.34 88 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.36 89 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.42 90 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 33.45 91 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 33.53 92 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33.54 93 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 34.11 94 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 34.13 95 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 34.27 96 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.50 97 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 35.07 98 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35.10 99 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35.13 100 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 35.19 101 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.05 102 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36.11 103 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.05 104 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.20 105 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 37.45 106 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 38.02 107 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 38.18 108 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 38.22 109 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.43 110 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 38.48 111 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 39.01 112 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 39.08 113 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 39.13 114 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 39.28 115 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.33 116 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 39.39 117 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39.59 118 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 40.26 119 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 40.54 120 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.56 121 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 41.03 122 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 41.12 123 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 42.26 124 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 42.31 125 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 42.43 126 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 42.46 127 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 42.53 128 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 43.02 129 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.34 130 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 43.35 131 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.57 132 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.09 133 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 44.15 134 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 44.20 135 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 45.33 136 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 45.58 137 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 46.41 138 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.10 139 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47.17 140 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 47.35 141 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 49.09 142 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49.28 143 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 49.50 144 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 145 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50.51 146 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 147 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51.11 148 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 51.40 149 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 51.44 150 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 51.59 151 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.17 152 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52.25 153 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 52.44 154 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 52.53 155 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 53.09 156 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 53.18 157 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 54.10 158 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.01 159 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 160 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 55.02 161 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 55.17 162 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.19 163 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 55.35 164 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.39 165 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55.42 166 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 55.54 167 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.55 168 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 56.39 169 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 56.55 170 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 57.02 171 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 57.14 172 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57.20 173 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 57.21 174 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 57.32 175 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 57.33 176 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 57.37 177 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 58.04 178 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.26 179 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 58.31 180 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 59.03 181 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59.21 182 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 59.40 183 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.02.04 184 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.02.41 185 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.03.18 186 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.51 187 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.14.23 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 89 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 83 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 68 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 59 6 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 41 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 38 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36 11 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 36 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 35 13 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 28 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 15 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25 16 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 25 17 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 23 18 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 22 19 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 20 20 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 22 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 23 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 25 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 26 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 14 28 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 30 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 31 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11 32 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 11 33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 34 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 35 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 36 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10 37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 38 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 39 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 40 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 41 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 42 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 8 43 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 44 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 7 45 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 46 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 48 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 49 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 50 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 6 52 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 6 53 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 54 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 6 55 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 5 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 57 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 5 58 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 59 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 60 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 61 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 62 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 63 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 64 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 4 65 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 66 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 67 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 68 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 69 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 70 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 3 71 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 72 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 73 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 3 74 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 75 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 76 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 77 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 78 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 2 79 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 80 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 81 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1 83 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 84 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 85 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 86 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 87 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team -5 88 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 Mountains classification 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 7 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 8 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 9 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 10 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 5 11 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 13 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 16 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 17 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 18 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 19 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 20 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 1 23 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 25 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 26 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 110 Gazzetta classification 1 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 pts 2 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 3 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 7 4 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 7 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 8 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5 9 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 10 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 12 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 4 14 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 15 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 16 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 17 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 19 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 20 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 21 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 23 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 25 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 26 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 2 27 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 28 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 29 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 31 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 32 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Combination classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 404 pts 2 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 215 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 185 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 184 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 155 6 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 137 7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 8 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 114 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 108 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 106 11 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 101 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 100 14 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 83 16 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 80 17 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 18 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 71 19 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 20 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 63 22 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 59 23 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 24 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 25 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 49 26 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 27 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 41 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 38 29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 38 30 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 37 31 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36 32 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 33 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 34 34 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 32 36 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 32 37 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 30 38 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 27 39 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 27 40 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 41 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 26 42 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 19 43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 19 44 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 46 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 47 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 18 48 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 14 49 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 9 50 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 8 51 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 52 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 53 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 54 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 55 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 3 57 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2 58 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 59 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 60 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 61 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Most combative classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 21 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 11 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 8 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 14 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 15 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 7 16 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 7 17 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 19 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 21 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 22 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 23 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 24 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 26 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 28 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 29 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 30 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 31 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 32 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 33 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 4 34 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 35 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 36 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 37 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 39 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 3 40 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 41 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 42 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 43 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 44 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 2 45 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 2 46 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 47 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 50 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 51 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 52 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 53 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 54 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 55 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 56 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 pts 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 5 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4 7 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 9 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 11 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 12 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 13 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 15 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 207 pts 2 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 207 3 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 207 4 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 165 5 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 165 6 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 165 7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 164 8 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 164 9 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 164 10 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 164 11 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 164 12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 161 13 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 146 14 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 15 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 17 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 102 18 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 99 19 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 20 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 64 21 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 22 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 59 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 59 24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 26 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 27 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 103.14.26 2 Lampre-Fondital 0.03 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.19 4 Liquigas 1.49 5 Team CSC 6.06 6 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.02 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.45 8 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.49 9 Credit Agricole 11.21 10 T-Mobile Team 20.45 11 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.44 12 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 23.50 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.24 14 Cofidis 25.39 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 30.50 16 Quickstep-Innergetic 37.32 17 Francaise Des Jeux 37.39 18 Rabobank 41.18 19 Bouygues Telecom 45.08 20 Davitamon-Lotto 48.03 21 Team Milram 58.39 22 Gerolsteiner 58.44 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Gerolsteiner 132 pts 2 T-Mobile Team 125 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 105 4 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 105 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 100 6 Lampre-Fondital 94 7 Davitamon-Lotto 94 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 93 9 Francaise Des Jeux 86 10 Liquigas 81 11 Cofidis 78 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 13 Team CSC 70 14 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 69 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 66 16 Team Milram 58 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 18 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 46 19 Credit Agricole 45 20 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 44 21 Rabobank 35 22 Bouygues Telecom 24 Fair Play classification 1 Team CSC 0 pts 2 Liquigas 0 3 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0 4 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 0 5 Bouygues Telecom 0 6 Lampre-Fondital 5 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 8 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 9 Credit Agricole 5 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 5 11 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 20 13 Francaise Des Jeux 20 14 Rabobank 20 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 25 16 Team Milram 25 17 Cofidis 30 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 19 Gerolsteiner 40 20 Davitamon-Lotto 50 21 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 22 T-Mobile Team 75
