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89th Giro d'Italia - GT

Italy, May 6-28, 2006

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Stage 5 - Thursday, May 11: Piacenza - Cremona TTT, 35 km

CSC gets it in tight finish with T-Mobile

Gonchar new maglia rosa; Basso and Savoldelli well placed

By Jeff Jones

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Pre-race favourite Team CSC has taken the honours in the fifth stage team time trial, 35 km between Piacenza and the home of violin maestro Antonio Stradivari, Cremona. The powerful Danish squad finished the flat stage in a time of 36'56, an average of 56.859 km/h - a record in Giro d'Italia time trials. But despite posting the best time checks all day, a strong finish by T-Mobile almost cost CSC the win. If T-Mobile's fifth rider Matthias Kessler had not been dropped with 300 metres to go, the one second difference between the two squads probably would have been reversed.

But as Bjarne Riis said before the stage, "I don't care how we win, all that counts is that we do." They did, and it was a very happy CSC on the podium. Today's win partly made up for their disappointment in last year's Tour de France, where they missed out on the TTT stage by just a couple of seconds.

"It was an important victory for us and it was an awesome feeling standing on the podium as a team," said Ivan Basso on team-csc.com. "Everyone contributed with all they had, and it means a lot to me to have such a strong team behind me here in the Giro. Today it was all about taking the victory as a team and show people how we are able to work together and accomplish something big. Just as expected it was a close race, so in the overall standings maybe the results won't mean a lot, but I can assure you it means a lot for us as a team and the assignment we are on as team mates."

Despite this, T-Mobile could celebrate at the end of the day, as their Ukrainian team captain Serguei Gonchar became the new maglia rosa, taking it from Stefan Schumacher's shoulders, after his Gerolsteiner team finished sixth, 1'03 behind the winners. Gonchar now leads Jens Voigt (CSC) by six seconds, with Michael Rogers and Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) in third and fourth, and Ivan Basso (CSC) and Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) in fifth and sixth. Basso is now the best placed of the "top favourites" for the Giro d'Italia, having regained all the time he lost during the opening stages in Belgium.

The Discovery Channel team finished third, but lost 39 seconds to CSC, which must have been a slight disappointment for Paolo Savoldelli and the gang. Although they had the support of Lance Armstrong in the following team car, they didn't have his far more valuable power on the road, and that cost them time. Nevertheless, Savoldelli is still only 20 seconds behind Gonchar and nine seconds behind Basso, and it's too early to tell how significant that will be in the final week.

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
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For the other Giro favourites, Danilo Di Luca's Liquigas squad rode very well to finish fourth, just 42 seconds behind CSC. That left Di Luca in 12th overall, 49 seconds down on Gonchar and 40 behind Basso.

Damiano Cunego and Lampre-Fondital also turned in a good time to finish 8th today, 1'04 off the pace. That puts Cunego in 25th overall at 1'17 behind Gonchar and 1'06 behind Basso. Gilberto Simoni's Saunier Duval team finished, as expected, a fair way down the rankings in 18th. But the yellow and red boys only lost 1'26 to the winners, and Simoni sits 52nd on GC, 1'56 down. It could be better, but it could be worse.

Finally, Jose Rujano's Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni squad finished in 20th, 1'37 off Team CSC's time. Rujano will have more work to do in the mountains if he is to erase the 2'46 gap to Gonchar and co.

How it unfolded

The scene from the starting gate
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The fifth stage was run over a slightly shorter than advertised distance: 35 km instead of 38 km. The Giro hasn't featured a team time trial since 1989, and this one between Piacenza and Cremona was a straightforward one to resume the tradition. Its short distance, dead flat profile, and a light tailwind made for a fast day on the chrono machines, with time gaps expected to be minimised. Unlike the Tour de France TTT's in recent years, today the teams and riders would be awarded their actual times at the finish for the purposes of the general classification.

The first team to roll out of the sunbaked, cobbled square in Piacenza was Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni. Gianni Savio's boys went out hard, and posted a sub-11 minute time check after 9.7 km that not many teams would better. Selle Italia eventually finished in 38'33, a respectable average speed of 54.47 km/h. Their time withstood the arrival of Ceramica Panaria, who lost several riders along the way, but not Bouygues Telecom, who came in with 38'19 to set the new top time. But that didn't last long as the stronger teams started to come in, with Davitamon-Lotto turning in a 38'05, led home by maglia ciclamina Robbie McEwen.

Team CSC were solid
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Saunier Duval was having problems keeping its paceline together, and that cost them a little at the end of the day. Their finish time of 38'22 was only enough for 18th place. But with the small time gaps today, it was not a disaster for team captain and double Giro winner Gilberto Simoni. At the end of the day, he had only lost 1'26 to CSC, which was just beginning its ride as Saunier Duval finished.

CSC got into its rhythm quickly, riding a single paceline for most of the stage. The well drilled unit made best use of riders like Ivan Basso, Jens Voigt, Michael Blaudzun and Bobby Julich to rocket through the first time check in 10'32, nine seconds quicker than Liquigas, which had also started well. The next team through was T-Mobile, driven by time trial specialists Jan Ullrich, Michael Rogers, and Serguei Gonchar. The magenta boys were eight seconds off CSC's pace at that first check, and gradually conceded time over the next three checks.

T-Mobile rode very well
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Although Liquigas posted a time of 37'38, it became clear that CSC and T-Mobile were the ones to watch. CSC brought it home with almost all its riders intact, in a new top time of 36'56, and speculation began whether Jens Voigt could take pink. But T-Mobile, despite being 15 second behind after 22 km, rode a great final 10 km to push CSC all the way to the line. Their only problem was that they were down to the minimum five men in the final 500 metres, and when Matthias Kessler couldn't follow the pace of Gonchar, Ullrich, Rogers and Pollack, a gap opened up. Kessler fought all the way to the finish, but while his teammates crossed the line one second ahead of CSC, he was one second behind, and it was the time of the fifth rider that counted. Still, Gonchar was now ahead of Basso in the virtual classification.

Finally, Discovery Channel and Gerolsteiner set off. Paolo Savoldelli's men got off to a slow start, posting a time 24 seconds slower than CSC at km 9.7. They never really recovered from that, with riders like Hincapie and Armstrong not there to push the pace in the final kilometres, and eventually lost 39 seconds to CSC. It was still enough for third place.

Gerolsteiner started last, with maglia rosa Schumacher enjoying his last day in the jersey. The light blue outfit was never going to challenge CSC, and although it finished 6th at 1'03, that wasn't enough to keep the leader's jersey.

Stage 6 - Friday, May 12: Busseto - Forli', 227 km

A long, dead flat classic sprinters' stage to the hometown of Italian champ of yore, Ercole Baldini, where McEwen will look to trump the competition on the last 2.5km along Forli's Corso della Repubblica.

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Results

1 Team CSC                                                             36.56 (56.859 km/h)
2 T-Mobile Team                                                         0.01
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    0.39
4 Liquigas                                                              0.42
5 Francaise Des Jeux                                                    1.00
6 Gerolsteiner                                                          1.03
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                      
8 Lampre-Fondital                                                       1.04
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                    
10 Credit Agricole                                                      1.07
11 Davitamon-Lotto                                                      1.08
12 Team Milram                                                          1.13
13 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                       1.14
14 Rabobank                                                             1.18
15 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      1.22
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                     1.23
17 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                           1.25
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 1.26
19 Cofidis                                                              1.34
20 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                1.37
21 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                            1.41
22 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    1.56
 
Trofeo Fast Team
 
1 Team CSC                                                             36.56
2 T-Mobile Team                                                         0.01
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    0.39
4 Liquigas                                                              0.42
5 Francaise Des Jeux                                                    1.00
6 Gerolsteiner                                                          1.03
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                      
8 Lampre-Fondital                                                       1.04
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                    
10 Credit Agricole                                                      1.07
11 Davitamon-Lotto                                                      1.08
12 Team Milram                                                          1.13
13 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                       1.14
14 Rabobank                                                             1.18
15 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      1.22
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                     1.23
17 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                           1.25
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 1.26
19 Cofidis                                                              1.34
20 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                1.37
21 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                            1.41
22 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    1.5
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                               15.30.23
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             0.06
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      0.10
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                             0.11
6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             0.20
7 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                         0.29
8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  0.31
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           0.33
10 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     0.38
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               0.44
12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                        0.49
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   0.54
14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     0.56
15 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               0.59
16 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      1.00
17 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              1.05
18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            1.06
19 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                           1.09
20 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    1.11
21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                      1.12
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
23 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                         
24 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         1.14
25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 1.17
26 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      1.20
27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                
28 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                   1.24
29 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                             1.26
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                       1.27
31 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
32 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                   1.30
33 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
34 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            1.31
35 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  1.32
36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1.36
37 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.37
38 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                    
39 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
40 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   1.38
41 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    1.41
42 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       1.42
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                            1.43
44 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
45 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                  1.45
46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                1.49
47 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               1.50
48 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                1.51
49 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                1.53
50 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                          1.54
51 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      1.55
52 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           1.56
53 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      1.57
54 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  1.58
55 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1.59
56 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    2.00
57 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         2.02
58 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
59 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                    2.03
60 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
61 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  
62 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                2.04
63 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          2.06
64 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
65 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2.07
66 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 2.08
67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             2.11
68 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
69 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
70 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              2.12
71 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   2.14
72 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.17
73 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
74 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   2.18
75 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                 2.20
76 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          2.21
77 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
79 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                       2.22
80 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2.23
81 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
82 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2.26
83 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
84 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni               
85 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           2.27
86 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
87 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    2.30
88 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2.31
89 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                2.32
90 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2.33
91 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                          2.35
92 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2.36
93 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
94 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                2.38
95 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems               2.39
96 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
97 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     2.40
98 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       2.41
99 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        2.42
100 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
101 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                 2.44
102 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        
103 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni     2.46
104 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 
105 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                      2.47
106 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                2.48
107 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                2.50
108 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         
109 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
110 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               2.52
111 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
112 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare         2.55
113 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                                2.56
114 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
115 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               2.57
116 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            
117 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                         2.59
118 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni              3.08
119 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                3.09
120 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                                  3.11
121 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3.13
122 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   3.15
123 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3.20
124 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         3.22
125 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         3.23
126 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    3.34
127 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             3.35
128 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             3.38
129 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni             3.42
130 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     3.43
131 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
132 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     3.44
133 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     3.50
134 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   3.52
135 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
136 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                    3.59
137 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         4.01
138 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        4.04
139 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni    4.05
140 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     4.06
141 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   4.09
142 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      4.10
143 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             4.23
144 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni           4.47
145 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                4.53
146 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4.56
147 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4.59
148 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          5.10
149 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       5.16
150 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                        5.20
151 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    5.23
152 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                         5.24
153 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                     5.28
154 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              5.30
155 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni      5.33
156 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              5.44
157 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         5.50
158 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              5.52
159 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             5.54
160 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                      6.01
161 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
162 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              6.02
163 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         6.05
164 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                           6.11
165 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 6.14
166 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
167 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              6.22
168 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          6.24
169 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6.28
170 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                               6.29
171 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                      6.40
172 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    6.42
173 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 6.53
174 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 6.56
175 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
176 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            7.03
177 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          7.25
178 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare         7.42
179 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                             7.45
180 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     9.12
181 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni        9.18
182 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare              
183 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  9.22
184 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    9.33
185 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                9.59
186 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     10.00
187 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic              10.36
188 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             11.20
189 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare               11.38
190 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      13.30
191 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     16.25
192 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                 16.39
193 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                 17.04
194 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   21.04
 
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 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        1
53 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          1
54 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     6 pts
2 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     5
3 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     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 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        10
30 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni       10
31 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni              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 combtive 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 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         7
7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   7
8 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  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 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           4
15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      4
16 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         4
17 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                         4
18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     4
19 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni               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 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         2
27 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   2
28 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni        2
29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               1
30 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      1
31 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            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 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         2
6 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         2
7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   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 Fuga Piaggio classification
 
1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         165 pts
2 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   165
3 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   165
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   164
5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        164
6 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        164
7 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        164
8 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni       164
9 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni           161
10 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni        146
11 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       146
12 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               140
13 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   140
 
Trofeo Fast Team classification
 
1 T-Mobile Team                                                     45.17.43
2 Team CSC                                                              0.06
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    0.07
4 Gerolsteiner                                                          0.46
5 Liquigas                                                              1.00
6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                        1.02
7 Lampre-Fondital                                                       1.18
8 Francaise Des Jeux                                                    1.20
9 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                  1.33
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               1.37
11 Credit Agricole                                                      2.03
12 Rabobank                                                             2.22
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 2.31
14 Davitamon-Lotto                                                      2.32
15 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                           2.45
16 Team Milram                                                          2.49
17 Cofidis                                                              3.17
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      3.19
19 Bouygues Telecom                                                     4.01
20 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                            4.10
21 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                4.15
22 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    4.29
 
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 Team Milram                                                            32
12 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                  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                                               

Fair play classification
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                             0 pts
2 Team CSC                                                                 0
3 Liquigas                                                                 0
4 Francaise Des Jeux                                                       0
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                   0
6 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                     0
7 Lampre-Fondital                                                          0
8 Credit Agricole                                                          0
9 Davitamon-Lotto                                                          0
10 Rabobank                                                                0
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                    0
12 Team Milram                                                             0
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       0
14 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                   0
15 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                               0
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                        0
17 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      5
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                         5
19 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                              5
20 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                         15
21 T-Mobile Team                                                          25
22 Cofidis                                                                25



Unofficial time splits

Time check 1 - km 9.7
 
1 Team CSC                                 10.32
2 T-Mobile                                  0.08
3 Liquigas                                  0.09
4 Francaise des Jeux                        0.16
5 Phonak                                    0.18
 
Time check 2 - km 16
 
1 Team CSC            
2 T-Mobile                                  0.10
3 Liquigas                                  0.22
4 Francaise des Jeux                        0.29
5 Lampre-Fondital                           0.31
 
Time check 3 - km 22.4
 
1 Team CSC                                 24.09
2 T-Mobile                                  0.15
3 Liquigas                                  0.31
4 Discovery Channel                         0.37
5 Lampre-Fondital                           0.44
 
Time check 4 - km 27
 
1 Team CSC
2 T-Mobile                            
3 Liquigas                                  0.36
4 Discovery Channel                         0.40
5 Lampre-Fondital                           0.55
 

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