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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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- Team CSC were solid on their way to the stage win
- T-Mobile fan out on their way to securing second on the stage
- T-Mobile rode very well to almost snatch the stage win
- Gerolsteiner were hoping their ride qould keep Schumacher in pink
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) does his turn in the maglia rosa
- Hey, you like it too? Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) enjoys the maglia rosa
- Team CSC salute the crowd as stage winners
- Ivan Basso and CSC get a little spray time happening
- Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni didn't finish high on the rankings today, but wait for the mountains!
- Bouygues Telecom ride together on their way to 16th
- Euskadi-Euskatel were the whipping boys of today's team time trial
- Panaria found the going tough and it showed in the results
- AG2R-Prevoyance had a go but ended up in 15th
- Cofidis finished in 19th
- Milram were minus one man which made things kind of tough
- Robbie McEwen leads the Davitamon-Lotto crew
- Perfect formation for Liberty Seguros-Wurth
- Liberty Seguros-Wurth aren't known for their time trialling, and finished 17th
- Saunier Duval-Prodir were out to protect Gilberto Simoni's chances
- Saunier Duval-Prodir have a couple of national champions in their squad, but finished 18th
- The orange train of Rabobank put in a big effort to finish 14th
- Credit Agricole rounded out the day's top ten
- Phonak worked well together but could only manage eighth
- Quick.Step-Innergetic made some early inroads before finishing sixth
- Francaise des Jeux finished in a respectable fifth place
- Liquigas set the best time before CSC smashed it
- Lampre had a top-ten stage finish to keep Cunego in the hunt
- Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears finished the day in 13th place
- Discovery Channel weren't quite the same without a certain Texan
- Gerolsteiner worked hard but couldn't hold onto the maglia rosa today
- Ivan Basso (CSC) has a little trouble with the champagne bottle on the podium
- T-Mobile's Serguei Gonchar makes sure he's good to go on the podium
- Yessss! Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) raises his arms as leader of the Giro
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) is one happy camper in pink
- I can't believe this is happening! Serguei Gonchar gets a kiss as race leader
- Go on, Serguei... give it a good spray! And doesn't he love it?
- Ukranian Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) lets fly with the champagne
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) salutes the crowd
- Bouygues Telecom wait for the start of their ride
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare begin their ride
- AG2R-Prevoyance about to start their time trial
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) is focussed on the task at hand
- McEwen adjusts his glasses before the TT start
- Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) concentrates hard before the start
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) gets prepared to ride
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) looks relaxed in Piacenza
- T-Mobile about to ride what was a very fast time trial
- Jan Ullrich looks ready to terminate the competition
- Hey, Mr Armstrong! How's it going in Italy? Lance Armstrong has been following the Giro with Discovery Channel
- Discovery Channel looked the part but didn't quite get it together
- The scene from the starting gate in Piacenza
- We couldn't tell you what it is... but we can only guess it's ome kind of overgrown rodent
- Euskadi-Euskatel gets the signal to begin their race against the clock
- Do you think those women enjoyed their jobs today?
- Rabobank is ready to ride
- T-Mobile's Michael Rogers limbers up before the time trial
- The Gerolsteiner lads were out to hold onto the leader's jersey today
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) takes a moment out to think about the task ahead
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Euskaltel-Euskadi sets out.
- It's time.
- Lampre-Fondital hits the road
- Liquigas launches down the start ramp
- Saunier Duval-Prodir gets going
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Chamnnel) limbers up.
- AG2R Prevoyance heads out
- Bouygues Telecom sets off
- CSC sets out.
- Lampre-Fondital on the way to eighth
- Lampre-Fondital
- Liquigas powering to fourth place.
- Liquigas
- Liquigas
- Milram on the way to a mid-field finish; respectable for a team with no TT specialists.
- Phonak would finish ninth.
- Belgian TT champion Marc Wauters leads his rabobank team on the way to 14th
- Saunier Duval-Prodir - losing 1:26 will slightly dent Simoni's chances for the overall.
- Saunier Duval-Prodir
- Team T-Mobile featuring world TT champion Mick Rogers, far right
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) takes a drink
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare comnpeting with Euskaltel for brightest team strip.
- AG2R Prevoyance
- Bouygues Telecom
- Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
- Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
- Cofidis
- Credit Agricole
- Robbie Mcewen leads Davitamon into battle, wearing the purple jersey of sprint points leader.
- The Discovery Channel team - looking well-drilled as always.
- Discovery finishes a ride that was good for third place.
- Lance Armstrong waves from the Discovery team car.
- Euskaltel-Euskadi - not the world's best team time trial squad.
- Gerolsteiner lost the leader jersey
- Gerolsteiner leans into a curve
- Gerolsteiner finishes in fifth place
- Team CSC celebrates its team TT win.
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) celebrates. UCI president Pat McQuaid looks like he'd prefer to be looking at a podium girl...
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) still grinning as he is congratulated by the podium girls.
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
