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89th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 6-28, 2006
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Stage 6 - Friday, May 12: Busseto - Forli', 227 km
"Magnifico" McEwen Rides to Giro hat trick in Forli'
Maglia Rosa to T-Mobile's Pollack
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Although he's learned to speak Italian via his trips to the Giro d'Italia, Robbie McEwen has impressed with his post race TV interviews delivered in decent Italian. So far, Robbie Mac is three for three in Italian TV interviews and also three for three in sprint wins at this Giro, where the Aussie pocket rocket is simply schooling the rest of the sprinters - Italians included - at this year's Giro d'Italia.
When the Giro d'Italia last finished in Forli' 29 years ago, it was Belgian sprint ace Freddy Maertens who won the stage in 1977 and perhaps among historical cycling figures, McEwen resembles Maertens the most. With his 11th career Giro stage win today, McEwen showed his sangfroid and explosiveness, and was clearly delighted to win again in his maglia ciclamino of best sprinter. After wishing his mum a happy Mother's Day back home in Oz, Robbie told RAI-TV, "Today was 'magnifico' for me and the team. Before the Giro, I was hoping to get one stage win, so this is great." When Robbie was asked when he might finish his Giro adventure, he was non-committal, saying, "I'm taking things day by day here and so not sure when I'm going home." McEwen may have another chance before next Wednesday's rest day in Stage 9, but that might be it until Monday's stage 15.
T-Mobile's 32 year old sprinter Olaf Pollack is having his best year ever and today, the powerful ex-pistard from Berlin was runner-up to the explosive Aussie, and so fought his way into the maglia rosa thanks to a time bonus. Pollack, who paid his dues for years on the tiny Agro-Adler team explained post-stage, "I'm really glad that our T-Mobile Team was able to keep the maglia rosa at the Giro. It's been a great two days here for us."
Pollack may have had a better shot the win if he hadn't lost his leadout man Andre' Korff with 1.5km to go. "Well I was shocked", explained Pollack. "With 1km to go, I realized that Korff had crashed and that was my man, so I was left alone." When asked how long he expected to wear the maglia, the knowing Pollack smiled and said, "Tomorrow I go back to work for Gonchar."
How it unfolded
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After an air transfer from Belgium Tuesday night, a rest day Wednesday and Thursday's Stage 5 team time trial, Friday's long flat stage through Emilia-Romagna started at 11:50 with 194 riders in Busseto, the birthplace of Italian musical great Giuseppe Verdi, and home of Italy's renowned culatello salame.
The Giro riders exited Busseto's Piazza verdi with a day of marvelous weather; sunny skies, temps in the low 20's with low humidity and light variable winds. The gruppo entered the heart of Emilia-Romagna, a region of Italy with a tremendous passion for cycling, home of Marco Pantani and RAI-TV commentator Davide Cassani, and towards the finish city of Forli', hometown of 1956 Olympic cycling champion Ercole Baldini, who earned the nickname of "the Forli' Express" when he was racing.
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After a close second in Thursday's TTT, Friday's new Maglia Rosa was Serguei Gonchar, the experienced 35 year-old Ukrainian rider who lives in Marostica, Italy, and has won five Giro d'Italia TT stages in his career. In fact, Gonchar has finished the Giro eight times in the top ten during the last nine years ('97: 5th, '98: 10th, '99: 7th, '00: 9th, '01: 4th, '03: 8th, '04: 2nd, '05: 6th), but his mission at the Giro was not to win. In fact, T-Mobile hired the big gear humper to help Jan Ullrich in the upcoming Tour de France, so T-Mobile was looking to put the pink tunic on sprinter Olaf Pollack at the end of Stage 6, who was in striking distance with finishing time bonuses.
After just 6km, a break of three riders got away in Soragna and after a short struggle, the gruppo let the trio make its escape. It was Ceramiche Panaria's Serguei Matveyev who made the move, perhaps inspired by the fact that his sponsor's headquarters was in nearby Sassuolo. The orange clad Ukrainian was joined by Credit Agricole's Edalaine and Euskaltel's Aranaga. 8km later near Fontevivo, the three riders had a lead of 1'31. After 84km in Rio Saliceto, the break had their biggest margin of 6'14" when they contested the 110 Gazzetta intermediate sprint, won by Aranaga.
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After two hours of racing, the average speed on the pool table flat via Emilia was 44.150 km/h. The three riders were working well together, with the smooth 31 year old Matveyev, a former World Champion in the team pursuit looking the strongest.
30km later at the feed zone in Nonantola, home of Marco Pantani's (and Roberto Gaggioli among others) amateur team G.S. Giacobazzi, the lead was down to 5'20. With 80km to go, just outside Bologna, Davitamon-Lotto decided to hit the front as the gap fell to 4'30 as the break the University of Bologna radio telescope of Croce del Nord.
In the T-Mobile team car was Rudy Pevenage, who was watching his boy Jan Ullrich spin at 120 revs per minute on his SRM equipped Giant. As the gruppo passed through Castel San Pietro and re-entered the long straight former roman road of via Emilia as they passed into the Province of Romagna, Davitamon-Lotto had put the long lean silhouette of Bert Roesems on the front. The gap was falling fast and the Giro organization sent the team cars ahead of the break.
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In Castel Bolognese with 25km to race, the gap was now down to 0'40 and T-Mobile had joined the chase up front for Pollack. But once the gap had stabilized at under 1'00, the chasers backed off as the break entered Faenza with 20km to go, home of decorated faience ceramics, the gap was back to 0'55. Discovery Channel's Tommy Danielson was feeling right at home, as he used to live just 10km away in Lugo when he rode for the Fassa Bortolo team, and was used to cruising through the green hills of the Romagnolo hinterlands on the right of the percorso. But Tommy D was keeping focused as the finale approached.
AG2R was up front now for their sprinter Tomas Vaitkus and eventually the jig was up as the lead trio came back at the 209 km point after 203 km of liberty. As the gruppo compatto entered the province of Forli'-Cesena, a headwind had come up on the via Emilia on the run-in to the finish in Forli' on the Corso della Republica, where Giro stage win record holder Mario Cipollini was waiting to see the sprint. Supermario had healed up from his broken kneecap suffered in a skiing accident and was in fine form as he joined the RAI-TV commentating team of Auro Bulbarelli and Davide Cassani for a unique perspective on cycling. In response to Cassani's question about who was his best lead out man ever, Cipo named retired riders Silvio Martinelli, Gianmatteo Fagnini and CSC's Giovanni Lombardi as his preferred pilotfish.
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With 5km to go, it was a wild struggle to gain position, with Milram (Rigotto), Bouygues (Chavanel), Rabobank (Brown) and Selle Italia (Loddo) fighting for their place up front, while the gold helmet of Bettini was stuck right on the wheel of Robbie McEwen. Milram cranked it with 500 meters to go, but suddenly there was a moment of hesitation up front as Loddo and Milram's Ongarato came through. Rangy Tomas Vaitkus went long at 300 meters to go, trying to surprise the other sprinters, but McEwen went right after him, as did Pollack, who had lost his lead-out man Andre' Korff with 1500m to go. But the tough German managed to fight his way out of being boxed-in by Phonak's Guidi with a head butt, a shoulder shot and then desperately went after McEwen's disappearing wheel.
As McEwen passed the line, the fast-finishing Pollack just got by Vaitkus to take a 0'12 bonus for second. With Pollack just 0'10 behind his teammate Gonchar, the powerful sprinter from Berlin moved into the maglia rosa at the 2006 Giro d'Italia, his second time. In 2004, Pollack wore the pink tunic for one day and with Saturday's tough, hilly stage, the maglia rosa should change again in Saltare.
Saturday, May 13: Stage 7: Cesena-Saltare, 230km
One week into the Giro d'Italia and the real hostilities open on this long, tough day through the hinterlands of the Marche region, the longest day at the 2006 Giro. The first half from Cesena crosses the Rubicon, traverses the Republic of San Marino, then challenges the steep climbs of Monte Catria, with the last 5km on an unpaved road, then the steep ascent of Monte delle Cesane and the final ascent into Saltare, where the last 700m have a gradient of over 10%. Strong riders will reign here; don't be surprised if the Giro favourites Basso, Cunego, Di Luca and Simoni will be fighting it out for the win from a small group of the Giro's best.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Gilberto Simoni and the Saunier Duval lads looking comfortable during stage 6
- Race leader and teammate Serguei Gonchar (r) with Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) at the start in Busseto
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) signs autographs before the start in Busseto
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) rides ahead of race leader and teammate Serguei Gonchar
- UCI president Pat McQuaid enjoyed some sunshine in Busseto
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) at the sign on
- Don't you like what papa gave you? Paolo Bettini gets domestic at the start in Busseto
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) at sign on
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) was well-protected all day
- Hey, nice work Serguei says Paolo Bettini (l) to T-Mobile's Serguei Gonchar
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step, l) looks comfortable during the stage
- One for the ladies... Robbie McEwen gets a change of jersey
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) bides his time for the sprint finish in Forli'
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) enjoyed a day in the maglia rosa
- A lighter shade of pink for Serguei Gonchar
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) even got into some high-cadence spinning during the stage
- The T-Mobile crew were keeping things together for their man in pink and the inevitable sprint finish
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looked good during today's stage
- Here they come - Robbie McEwen got his nose in front
- And it wasn't long before...
- The Aussie could raise his arms...
- And celebrate another win
- By a comfortable margin
- Numero tre for McEwen after he won in Forli'
- Three, three, three for Robbie McEwen at Giro '06
- Win number three at this year's Giro for Robbie McEwen, and he reminds us of this fact
- A very happy Robbie McEwen on the podium again
- Kisses for Robbie on the podium in Busseto
- Danilo Di Luca (2nd from right) rolls into the finish in Busseto
- Mario Cipollini did the rounds during today's stage
- Hang on a second while I get this thing on! Underneath is a happy Olaf Pollack
- If the jersey fits... Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) puts on his maglia rosa
- Mua, mua... Olaf Pollack gets his kiss on the podium
- Pollack in pink and the second maglia rosa for T-Mobile in two days
- This one's for you! Olaf Pollack salutes from the podium
- Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) gets a kiss for his efforts in Busseto
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the stage into Forli ahead of Pollack (r) and Vaitkus (l)
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) pulls on the purple points jersey
- Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) is the new maglia rosa
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.24.13 (42.749 km/h) 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 9 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 18 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 20 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 24 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 30 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 33 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 34 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 35 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 37 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 40 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 41 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 42 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 47 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 48 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 49 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 57 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 58 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 59 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 60 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 61 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 62 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 63 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 64 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 65 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 68 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 69 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 70 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 72 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 73 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 74 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 78 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 79 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 80 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 81 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 82 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 83 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 84 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 87 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 88 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 90 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 94 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 95 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 96 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 98 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 101 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 103 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 104 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 106 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 108 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 109 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 110 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 111 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 113 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 114 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 116 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 117 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 118 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 119 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 121 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 122 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 123 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 124 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 125 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 126 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 127 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 128 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 129 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 130 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 132 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 133 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 134 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 135 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 136 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 137 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 138 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 139 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 140 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 141 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 142 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 143 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 144 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 145 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 149 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 150 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 152 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 154 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 156 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 157 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 158 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 159 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 161 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 164 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 165 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 166 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 167 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 168 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 169 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 170 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 171 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 172 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 173 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 174 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 175 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 176 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 177 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 178 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 179 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 180 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 181 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 182 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 183 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 184 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 185 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 186 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 187 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 188 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 189 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 190 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 191 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.53 192 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 193 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 194 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 16 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 5 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 8 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 8 9 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 10 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 12 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 13 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 15 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 19 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 20 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1 21 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 110 Gazzetta 1 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 pts 2 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 3 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 5 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1 6 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic Combination 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 28 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 18 7 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 9 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 10 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 14 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 12 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13 14 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 13 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 12 16 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 17 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 11 18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 19 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 20 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 21 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10 22 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 10 23 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 10 24 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 9 25 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 26 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 27 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 8 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 30 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 31 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 7 32 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 34 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 35 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 36 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 5 37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4 38 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 39 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2 40 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Most combative 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 3 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 4 5 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 7 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 11 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 207 pts 2 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 207 3 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 207 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Rabobank 16.12.39 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 3 Francaise Des Jeux 4 Davitamon-Lotto 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 T-Mobile Team 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Team Milram 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 14 Gerolsteiner 15 Bouygues Telecom 16 Team CSC 17 Lampre-Fondital 18 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 19 Credit Agricole 20 Liquigas 21 Cofidis 22 Saunier Duval-Prodir Trofeo Super Team 1 Davitamon-Lotto 20 pts 2 T-Mobile Team 19 3 Ag2R Prevoyance 18 4 Quickstep-Innergetic 18 5 Cofidis 17 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 15 8 Team Milram 13 9 Rabobank 13 10 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 12 Gerolsteiner 10 13 Francaise Des Jeux 10 14 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 15 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 16 Bouygues Telecom 1 17 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 18 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Credit Agricole 20 Team CSC 21 Lampre-Fondital 22 Liquigas General classification after stage 6 1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20.54.34 2 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 0.02 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.08 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.13 6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.22 7 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 0.31 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.33 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.35 10 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.46 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 0.51 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.56 14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.58 15 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.01 16 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.02 17 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.08 19 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 1.11 20 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.13 21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.14 22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 24 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.16 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.19 26 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.22 27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 28 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 1.26 29 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.28 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.29 31 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 32 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.32 33 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.33 35 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1.34 36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.38 37 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1.39 38 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 40 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.40 42 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.43 43 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.44 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1.45 45 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.51 47 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.52 48 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 1.53 49 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 1.55 51 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1.56 52 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.57 53 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.58 54 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.59 55 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 2.00 56 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.01 57 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.02 58 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.04 59 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 60 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.05 61 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 63 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.06 64 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.08 65 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.09 67 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.10 68 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.13 69 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14 71 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.16 72 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 2.19 73 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.20 75 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 2.22 76 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.23 77 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 79 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.24 80 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.25 81 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.28 83 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 85 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.29 86 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 87 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.32 88 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.33 89 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.34 90 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.35 91 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.37 92 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.38 93 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.40 95 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.41 96 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 97 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.42 98 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.43 99 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.44 100 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 101 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 2.46 102 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 103 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2.48 104 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 105 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.49 106 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.50 107 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.52 108 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 109 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 110 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.54 111 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 112 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.57 113 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.58 114 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.59 116 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 117 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 3.01 118 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3.10 119 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 3.11 120 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 3.13 121 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.15 122 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.17 123 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.22 124 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.24 125 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.25 126 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36 127 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.37 128 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.40 129 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.43 130 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3.44 131 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.45 132 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.46 133 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.52 134 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3.54 135 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 4.01 137 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.03 138 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4.06 139 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4.07 140 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.08 141 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.11 142 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.12 143 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.25 144 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4.49 145 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.55 146 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.58 147 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.01 148 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.12 149 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.18 150 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 5.22 151 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 5.25 152 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 5.26 153 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 5.30 154 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.32 155 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 5.35 156 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.46 157 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.52 158 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.54 159 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.56 160 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.03 161 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 162 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.04 163 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.07 164 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.09 165 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6.16 166 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 167 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.24 168 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.26 169 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.30 170 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 6.31 171 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 6.42 172 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.44 173 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.55 174 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.58 175 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 176 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.05 177 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 7.27 178 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.44 179 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.47 180 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.14 181 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 9.20 182 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 183 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.24 184 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 9.35 185 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.01 186 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.02 187 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 10.38 188 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.22 189 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11.40 190 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.19 191 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 16.27 192 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 16.41 193 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 17.06 194 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21.06 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 75 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 59 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 52 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 34 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 29 8 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 28 9 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 26 11 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 25 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 23 13 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 23 14 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 15 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 16 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 17 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 18 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 13 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 12 21 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 23 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10 25 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 26 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 9 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 28 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 29 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 8 31 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 8 32 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 33 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 34 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 35 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 36 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 37 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 38 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 6 39 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 41 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 42 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 4 44 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 46 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 47 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 48 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 49 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 50 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 51 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 52 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 53 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 54 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 55 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 56 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 57 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 58 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2 59 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 60 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1 61 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 62 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 63 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 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 pts 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 4 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 5 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 6 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 5 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 8 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 9 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 10 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 11 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 12 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 13 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 14 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 15 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 16 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 19 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 21 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 22 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 23 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Combination classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 276 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 180 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 138 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 5 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 6 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 7 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 76 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 72 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 71 10 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 11 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 12 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 61 13 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 56 17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 56 18 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 19 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 55 20 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45 21 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 23 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 24 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 26 25 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 26 26 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 27 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 20 28 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 20 29 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 19 30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 19 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 15 33 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 15 34 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 35 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 36 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 10 38 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 9 39 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 8 40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 41 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 42 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2 44 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 45 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 46 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Most combative classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 18 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 7 9 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 11 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 13 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 14 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 5 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 16 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 5 17 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 18 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 20 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 21 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 22 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 23 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 24 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 25 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 4 26 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 27 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 3 28 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 29 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 2 30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 31 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 32 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 2 33 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 34 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 35 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 36 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 37 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 38 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 39 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 40 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 4 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 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 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 11 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 207 pts 2 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 207 3 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 207 4 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 165 5 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 165 6 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 165 7 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 164 8 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 164 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 164 10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 164 11 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 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 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 16 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 T-Mobile Team 61.30.22 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 110 pts 2 T-Mobile Team 91 3 Quickstep-Innergetic 74 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 5 Francaise Des Jeux 70 6 Davitamon-Lotto 70 7 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 61 8 Liquigas 47 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 46 10 Cofidis 46 11 Team Milram 45 12 Lampre-Fondital 42 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 41 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 37 16 Rabobank 35 17 Team CSC 34 18 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 32 19 Credit Agricole 19 20 Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 21 Bouygues Telecom 12 22 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Fair Play classification 1 Team CSC 0 pts 2 Gerolsteiner 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
