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89th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 6-28, 2006
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Stage 3 - Monday, May 8: Perwez - Namur, 202 km
Schumacher comes of age
Disaster for Petacchi as he breaks kneecap
By Anthony Tan & Les Clarke in Namur, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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As speedy on two wheels as his namesake on four, Gerolsteiner's young gun Stefan Schumacher came of age atop the Citadel of Namur and made a mockery of his more fancied rivals. On a wet, windswept and cobbled ascent, the 24 year-old bridged to the lone figure of José Luis Rubiera inside the final kilometre, then with 350 metres to go, attacked and immediately distanced himself from the Discovery Channel rider to earn the best win of his career and become the new maglia rosa.
"I wasn't only following my instinct," explained Schumacher, "I knew the climb was good for me at two kilometres [long] on the pavé. I knew I could do a good result. Everybody knew Paolo Bettini was the man for today - Quick.Step was riding [on the front] all day, which was their tactic - so when he attacked two kilometres from the finish, I followed him and that was the key.
"I had a really, really, really good day - I wanted to go to Rubiera and then I was alone... I went to Rubiera and 400 metres from the finish I started the sprint because I was afraid of the others coming from the back. I knew when I won the stage that I had the jersey, so I said to myself that the best tactic was to do the race like a one-day race; I just tried to win the stage," he said.
It was a gloomy day in the Ardennes with rainshowers throughout the entire stage, but for the true Classics rider, it's exactly how they wanted it. Although nowhere near as tough, the Citadel finale was reminiscent La Flèche Wallonne's infamous Mur de Huy, and as expected, it created a natural selection as only the strongest finished up front.
"I think for any rider it's a big feeling to wear the pink jersey and win a stage of the Giro," Schumacher said. "The last year was heavy; it wasn't easy for me because I wasn't guilty at all and it was a strange situation. But now it's over and I've had a good season - and now it's a great day for me."
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The names of Davide Rebellin, Paolo Bettini and Philippe Gilbert were considered favourites before the stage, and while they may not have won, their respective third, fourth and fifth placings showed they deserved their status. Today was also an interesting test for those vying high on general classification, where José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and defending champion Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) finished three seconds in front of the next pack of six, and seven seconds ahead of a larger group of 50. No big upsets, but interesting nonetheless.
Said Savoldelli: "It was a good stage for me despite the rain... we didn't want to crash or lose time and I even gained some time at the finish. So it went well."
"It was a hard stage today with the rain," said Rebellin. "We rode great and my team-mate Schumacher made just the right move and deserved to win today."
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"I wanted to win today and even checked out the finish before," Bettini said, looking more than a little despondent. "It's too bad since my teammates worked hard all day on the front in the rain and the wind. When Rubiera went, I hesitated a second and then it was too late because I was blocked by a scooter from the race organisation and that's when Schumacher went."
One rider who definitely hasn't had Lady Luck by his side is Alessandro Petacchi, whose woes were compounded today after a rider crashed into him. "When a Euskaltel rider crashed about four or five riders ahead of me, I braked hard but stayed up until Cioni slid into me and hooked my handlebars," Petacchi explained. "I fell over on my left side and hit my knee hard. It hurt a lot at first, but felt better at the end of the stage. I'll go back to the hotel and have it checked out... I hope it's okay."
Unfortunately for Petacchi, it wasn't okay. Further examinations at a hospital post-stage revealed that he had broken his kneecap. Petacchi will return to Italy tomorrow, where he will get surgery. It is not known yet whether he will recover in time for the Tour de France.
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With the win comes a change of shoulders for that lovely pink tunic, and Savoldelli's team was most likely happy to let it go for a day or two. But whoever wears the maglia rosa after tomorrow's fourth and final stage in Belgium may have trouble holding onto it, for what lies ahead in Italy is an 38 kilometre team time trial on Stage 5. With such a hard final week, the strength of one's team is likely to be a determining factor, and what better way to judge a team's worth than seeing all nine riders racing as one.
"I can't even predict at all how long I will keep the maglia rosa as I've never done a three week race before," said the still shocked though exuberant Schumacher. "Today both Rebellin and I were keen to do well in the final and our team-mate [Andrea] Moletta did a great job for us. So I'm just really happy with today's result."
How it unfolded
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Monday's stage was a twisting, nervous affair starting in Perwez, a city in Brabant Province noted for it's extensive wind farms that concluded with a tough 2.5km cobblestone ascent to the famous Citadelle de Namur, a crenellated fortress overlooking the Meuse River. It was a windy and partly overcast midday when 198 riders headed northwest for 18km into a headwind to Wavre.
Then the percorso headed south into the Meuse River valley towards the first GPM at Evrehailles after 101km. Stage 3 was following the traces of the Flèche Wallonne, through the Intergiro 110 at Andenne after 132.5km, then due east along the Meuse River to the second GPM Cote d'Ahin, a 4km ascent. But instead of taking the steep ascent up the Mur de Huy as in La Flèche, the percorso crossed to the north bank of the Meuse and looped back to Namur for the finish.
198 riders left Perwez at 12.16 and the average speed for the first two hours was 38.7km/h. While on the outskirts of Perwez, maglia rosa Savoldelli had a puncture and his entire team waited and easily escorted him back to the gruppo. Just as on Stage 1, Mexican rider Aldape (Panaria) was active in the first phases and on the streets of Wavre, a group of three joined the Panaria rider to make a front quartet; Moinard (Cofidis), Irizar (Euskaltel) and Illiano (Selle Italia) extricated themselves from the gruppo, which was no longer tutto compatto.
This was the right combination for the break to work and within 10km, the front quartet had gained almost three minutes. At first, Discovery Channel was riding the tempo on the front of the gruppo, but eventually Quick.Step hit the front with Scarselli and Bramati keeping the break close in favour of their team captain Bettini, who was looking for a win atop the climb to the Citadelle di Namur. The gap had stabilized at about four minutes but with big Brama humping on the front, the gap was down to 3'45 approaching Sosoye after 85km.
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As a weather front rolled across Belgium west from the English Channel, rain began to fall and temps drop for yet another typical day of lousy weather. At the first GPM at Evrehailles after 101km, it was Irizar who took the climbing points ahead of Aldape, with big Brama and Scarselli of Quick.Step riding tempo on the front of the gruppo 3'45 behind.
At the Intergiro 110 in Andenne, it was Irizar gaining the points with the peloton 3'15 behind. On a slippery roundabout entering Huy, the Basque rider crashed but the rest of the break waited for him and he rejoined as the second GPM of the Cote d'Ahin began. The front quartet rode steadily until the last kilometre, when the tactics began and they began to lost time. Aldape won the KOM from Moinard and had gained enough points to take the maglia verde from Savoldelli. The lead for the escapees had fallen under two minutes and as they dropped into Huy, the wind blowing up the Meuse River valley.
With 50km to go, Illiano dropped off the pace of the break as the Quick.Step train continued to pound away on the front of the gruppo, 1'05 behind, but on the long descent to Huy, he came back to the front group. Di Luca punctured on the bumpy descent and got back on after a short chase, while Petacchi then crashed with Cioni at 60km/hr on the wet road and then had to make a hard chase back with his entire team for 10km across Huy to get back into the main gruppo . Petacchi was clearly in pain as he gritted his teeth, struggling to hold the wheels of his Milram team-mates.
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With all the drama at the back, the breakaway had gained some time as the peloton and were now 1'45 ahead as they crossed the bridge over the Meuse River and began the gentle climb back towards the finish in Namur 45km ahead along the twisty Burdinneal road. Quick.Step was on the front, keeping the pace strong and steady behind the break while the escapees maintained a lead of 1'30. The rain had tapered off somewhat with 35km to go as the weather front moved further west. Garrido had taken over on the front for Scarselli, as big Brama rode third wheel with Bettini tucked in right behind. Petacchi was hanging on at the back of the gruppo as he continued to hang tough, occasionally touching his painful left knee.
With 30km to go, the break was still leading by 1'30, but it looked like Quick.Step was just letting the escapees hang out front. Suddenly Petacchi and two teammates stopped with 27km to go outside Burdinne and race doctor Tredieci stopped to check Petacchi's bruised left knee. After a quick application of ice, Petacchi took off again, but continued to ride next to the race doctors car to get his knee examined. Five kilometres later, the gap was down to 1'05, while the peloton was just cruising along at 35km/h. Petacchi, who had put on his rain jacket, and his three team-mates were already one minute behind the gruppo and were certain to lose more time as the break was absorbed and the pace cranked up.
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Just after they passed over the A15 Motorway, the break was caught after 160km of freedom and it was once again gruppo compatto with 20km to go. The rain and pace had picked up again as Namur approached, but no team in particular was taking the initiative on the front. As the 10km to mark approached, CSC was on the front led by Gustov to keep Basso out of any trouble. Brad McGee (Francaise de Jeux) was up there too, as he was looking to have his chance of taking the maglia rosa if possible. Down, down through Namur under the pouring rain the gruppo was flying as CSC and now Gerolsteiner were up front. Schumacher was lurking near the front as there was a crash by a Euskaltel rider that brought down T-Mobile's Kessler and split the gruppo in half. CSC was riding hard on the front for Basso, but right up front with 3km to go was Paolo Bettini, Cunego and Rebellin.
As the suspense mounted, Selle Italia's Loddo got a gap at the beginning of the ascent to the Citadelle with 2km to go, but Chechu Rubiera (Discovery Channel) made a great counter with 1700m to go. Suddenly a light blue Gerolsteiner jersey blasted off the front of the chase group to bridge up to Rubiera with 1300m to go. It was Stefan Schumacher, who went right to the front and was never bested. Rubiera was a superb second, while Schumacher's Gerolsteiner teammate Rebellin was third. With his 20 second time bonus, Schumacher took over the maglia rosa by 13 seconds over Savoldelli, with Rebellin third overall. A grim faced, hurting Petacchi came in with his teammates 14'36 behind the winner and headed straight to his team car without any comment.
Stage 4 - Tuesday, May 9: Wanze-Hotton, 182 km
A hilly stage south of Liege with two climbs from the Ardennes classics, Cote de Wanne and Stavelot-La Haute Levèè in the first half, but things could come back together in the rolling last half for Robbie McEwen to take his second stage win at the 2006 Giro.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) in search of an espresso
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) grabs a pre-race coffee
- Ivan Basso (CSC) grins at the start
- Italy meets Belgium in the Giro
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) and a fan
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) is wired for sound
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) at the start
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) is half a head taller than Jose Rujano
- Rubiera and Savoldelli at the start
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) is a happy maglia rosa
- Crowds of fans ready to greet the Giro
- Rolling out for the start
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) a little nervous at the start
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) performs his usual pre-race check
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) gets a quick wheel change
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) gets a push from Johan Bruyneel
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) cruises at the back
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) starts to chase after a puncture
- Slava Ekimov has the task in hand
- Regaining the peloton
- Better now
- Chechu Rubiera (Discovery) leading
- The front part of the bunch makes its way up the Citadel of Namur
- The front part of the bunch makes its way up the Citadel of Namur
- Chechu Rubiera (Discovery) makes a break for it
- Chechu Rubiera (Discovery) with a gap
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) on the Citadel of Namur
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) leads the charge behind the front riders
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) with Jens Voigt on his wheel
- Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank) with Pellizotti on his wheel
- Di Luca and Gonchar hurting
- Ivan Basso (CSC) navigating the wet cobbles
- Merckx and McGee shoulder to shoulder
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) cruises up, a minute down
- The peloton snakes up the Citadel
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) drives the pace behind Rubiera
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) follows Schumacher
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) wins the stage ahead of Rubiera
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) takes third place
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) at the finish
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) salutes from the podium
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) prepares the cork
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) on the podium in pink
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) now in pink
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) smiles in pink
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) gets a kiss
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) signs some autograps
- Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) and son
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looking better
- Who is that Merckx'd man?
- Moises Aldape Chavez (Panaria) on the attack
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) gets a push from Johan Bruyneel
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) rolls across the line, knee bleeding
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) surrounded by teammates after his crash
- The Giro in Wallonia
- On the bike stretching
- The Giro in all its colour
- The breakaway led by Moises Aldape Chavez
- Bettini makes it look easy but it's not
- Alberto Loddo (Selle Italia) and Paolo Bettini duke it out on the Citadel
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) with Rubiera on his wheel
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) at the Giro
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) on a wet day
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) in the maglia rosa
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Ivan Basso (CSC) exudes his typically quiet confidence.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) in a pensive mood before the start in Perwez.
- Riders gather at the start line in the sleepy village of Perwez.
Images by Les Clarke/Cyclingnews.com
- Garden gnomes are dear to the hearts of Cyclingnews staff, and were in abundance at today's start in Perwez.
Images by Giorgio Masnikosa/members.chello.se/giorgio.masnikosa
- Jussi Veikkanen's final adjustments
- Popular guy Alessandro Petacchi
- Damiano Cunego
- Cool: Sandy Casar
- Maglia rosa Paolo Savoldelli
- Mr Discovery's Ekimov
- Maglia blu Brad McGee
- Arnaud Gerard grabs the bag
- Gustav Larsson is hungry
- At home at last!
- Faces of pain 1: Jussi Veikkanen
- Faces of pain 2: Arnaud Gerard
- Faces of pain 3: Gustav Larsson
- Faces of pain 4: Cyrille Monnerais
- Faces of pain 5: Robbie McEwen
- Faces of pain 6: Nicholas Vogondy
- Faces of pain 7: Serge Baguet
- How did I do that?
Results
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.14.41 (39.086 km/h) 2 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.02 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.06 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.09 11 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 15 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.13 17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 18 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 21 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 22 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 32 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 33 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 34 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 36 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 37 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 38 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 41 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 42 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 43 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 44 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 49 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 50 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 52 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 53 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 58 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 62 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 63 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 64 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 66 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 67 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 69 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 70 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 71 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 73 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 74 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 75 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 76 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.39 77 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.43 80 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.46 81 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 82 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 83 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.48 85 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 86 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 87 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 88 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 89 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 90 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.52 91 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.55 92 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 94 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 95 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 96 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 97 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 99 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 100 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 101 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 102 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 104 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 106 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 108 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 109 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 111 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 112 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 113 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 114 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 115 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 116 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 117 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 118 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 119 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 120 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 122 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 123 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 124 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 125 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 128 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.08 129 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.12 132 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 133 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 134 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 135 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1.15 136 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 138 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 139 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 140 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 141 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18 143 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 144 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 145 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 146 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.26 149 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.38 150 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.40 151 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.44 152 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.00 153 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2.31 154 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 155 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 156 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 157 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 158 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 159 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.40 160 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.42 161 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 162 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 163 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 164 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 165 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 166 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 167 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 168 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 169 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.22 170 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 171 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 172 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 173 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 174 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 175 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 176 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 177 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 178 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 179 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 180 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 181 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 182 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 183 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 184 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 185 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 186 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 187 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 188 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 189 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 190 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 191 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 6.38 192 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.19 193 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 194 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8.00 195 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14.38 196 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 197 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 198 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram Points 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 8 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 9 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 6 13 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 14 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4 15 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 17 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2 19 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 20 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 1 21 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Mountains Evrehailles - km 101,5 1 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 pts 2 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Hin - km 145,5 1 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 pts 2 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 110 Gazzetta 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 pts 2 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 3 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 4 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 5 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 6 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic Combination 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 36 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 24 5 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 23 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 8 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 9 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 22 10 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 11 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18 12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 13 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18 14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 15 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 17 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 12 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 19 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 11 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9 21 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 8 23 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 26 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3 27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 29 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Most combative 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 3 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 4 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 5 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 7 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 11 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 165 pts 2 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 165 3 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 165 4 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 161 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Gerolsteiner 15.44.15 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.05 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.16 4 Liquigas 0.19 5 Team CSC 0.20 6 Quickstep-Innergetic 7 Francaise Des Jeux 8 Lampre-Fondital 0.23 9 T-Mobile Team 10 Rabobank 0.27 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Credit Agricole 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.43 14 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 Davitamon-Lotto 0.53 16 Team Milram 0.59 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.09 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 19 Cofidis 1.25 20 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.44 21 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 22 Bouygues Telecom 2.07 Trofeo Super Team 1 Gerolsteiner 52 pts 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 3 Liquigas 25 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 17 6 Francaise Des Jeux 16 7 Team CSC 16 8 Lampre-Fondital 14 9 T-Mobile Team 8 10 Rabobank 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Davitamon-Lotto 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 15 Cofidis 16 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Credit Agricole 19 Team Milram 20 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare General classification after stage 3 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.14.04 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.13 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.23 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.29 5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.31 6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 8 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.32 9 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.37 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.38 13 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 0.39 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.40 15 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.41 16 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.43 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.45 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.47 20 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.49 21 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.51 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.52 24 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 25 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 0.55 26 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.56 28 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.58 30 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 0.59 31 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 32 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1.00 33 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.01 34 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02 35 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 37 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04 39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.05 40 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.06 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.07 42 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.08 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 44 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 45 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.10 46 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.11 47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 48 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.12 49 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.14 51 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.15 52 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 53 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 54 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.17 55 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18 56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 1.21 57 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 58 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.22 59 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.28 61 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 62 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.29 63 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 64 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.30 65 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.32 67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 68 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.33 70 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.34 71 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.35 72 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 73 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.36 74 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 75 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.37 76 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.38 78 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 79 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.39 80 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 81 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.41 83 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 84 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 85 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.43 86 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.44 88 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.45 90 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 91 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.46 92 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 93 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 94 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1.48 95 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 96 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 97 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.49 98 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.51 99 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.52 100 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.55 101 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.56 102 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 104 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.57 105 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.58 107 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.59 108 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.00 109 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.02 111 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 112 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2.03 113 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 114 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.04 115 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 116 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.05 117 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 118 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.06 119 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 120 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.08 121 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.11 123 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 2.12 124 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.13 125 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.19 126 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 2.21 127 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.26 128 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2.28 129 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29 130 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.34 131 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 132 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 133 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.38 134 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 135 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 136 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.39 137 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2.41 138 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.42 139 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 140 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.51 141 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.54 142 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.55 143 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.58 144 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 145 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.59 146 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.00 147 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 148 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.01 149 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.10 150 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3.13 151 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 3.16 152 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.19 153 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 3.28 154 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 155 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.33 156 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.35 157 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.38 158 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.46 159 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.51 160 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4.28 161 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4.38 162 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.41 163 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 4.42 164 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.47 165 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.52 166 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.01 167 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.08 168 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 169 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 5.18 170 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5.23 171 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.24 172 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 173 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.25 174 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.26 175 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.30 176 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.36 177 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.37 178 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 5.50 179 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.53 180 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.54 181 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.58 182 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.03 183 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.20 184 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 185 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.24 186 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 6.30 187 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.31 188 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.00 189 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.48 190 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 8.05 191 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.36 192 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8.47 193 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.57 194 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 13.15 195 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 15.20 196 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 15.44 197 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 15.58 198 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 16.23 Points classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 pts 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 23 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 23 7 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 8 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 9 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 10 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 11 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 13 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14 14 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 13 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 12 17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10 20 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 21 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 9 22 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 23 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 24 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 25 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 26 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 28 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 29 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 30 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 6 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 32 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 4 33 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 35 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 36 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 37 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 38 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 39 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 41 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 42 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 43 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 44 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Mountains classification 1 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 pts 2 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 6 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 1 9 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 110 Gazzetta classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 5 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 9 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 10 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 11 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 12 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 15 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Combination classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 176 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 139 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 102 4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 54 7 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 52 8 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 49 9 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 44 11 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 44 12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 13 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26 15 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 22 18 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 22 19 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 20 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 18 21 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18 22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 23 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 24 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 11 25 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 11 26 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8 28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 8 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 2 33 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Most combative classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 pts 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 7 4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 8 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 9 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 10 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 11 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 12 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 15 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 16 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 17 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 18 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 19 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3 20 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 2 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 22 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 23 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 26 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 28 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 pts 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 4 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 8 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 9 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 165 pts 2 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 165 3 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 165 4 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 161 5 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 146 6 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 8 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.43.42 2 Gerolsteiner 0.15 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.20 4 T-Mobile Team 0.31 5 Team CSC 0.38 6 Lampre-Fondital 0.46 7 Liquigas 0.50 8 Francaise Des Jeux 0.52 9 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.02 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05 11 Credit Agricole 1.28 12 Rabobank 1.36 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.37 14 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.52 15 Davitamon-Lotto 1.56 16 Team Milram 2.08 17 Cofidis 2.15 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.29 19 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.01 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.05 21 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3.10 22 Bouygues Telecom Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Gerolsteiner 91 pts 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 3 T-Mobile Team 56 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 5 Liquigas 47 6 Francaise Des Jeux 43 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 37 8 Lampre-Fondital 36 9 Team CSC 34 10 Davitamon-Lotto 21 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 20 12 Cofidis 20 13 Team Milram 17 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 15 15 Rabobank 15 16 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 14 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 18 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 19 Credit Agricole 9 20 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 21 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Bouygues Telecom Fair Play classification 1 Gerolsteiner 0 pts 2 Francaise Des Jeux 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Team CSC 5 Liquigas 6 Lampre-Fondital 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 8 Davitamon-Lotto 9 Credit Agricole 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Rabobank 13 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 14 Team Milram 15 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 18 T-Mobile Team 5 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 5 20 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 21 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 22 Cofidis 25
