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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

Tomas Vaitkus (AG2R, C)
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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

Ivan Basso (l) and Paolo Savoldelli
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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.

'It says you just add water...'
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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.

Olaf Pollack (l)
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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.

Yeah, that's the one!
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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.

Photography

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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net

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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



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