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41st Tirreno-Adriatico - ProT
Italy, March 8-14, 2006
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Stage 1 - March 8: Tivoli Tivoli, 167 km
Bettini is the best
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Since his disappointing ride in last year's World Championships when Quick.Step's Paolo Bettini had to defer to Alessandro Petacchi, the compact, powerful Olympic champion has been hungry for victory. Last October, right after the World's, Bettini grabbed the classic Giro di Lombardia and has already notched two wins this season. Today the in-form Bettini gobbled up Stage 1 of the 41st edition of Tirreno-Adriatico in Tivoli for win #3 with a brilliant uphill sprint ahead of Team Milram's Erik Zabel.
A clearly delighted Paolo Bettini told RAI-TV's Alessandra DiStefano after his stage win, "I wanted to win today and every one knew it. Everyone was watching me and it's great when you can win like this. I think once again that it show how good my teammates are, from old pro Bramati and everybody else. We didn't do anything wrong today. With a rider like Pippo Pozzato as the last man, it's hard to get the rest wrong. We're off to a good start."
Although today was Zabel's seventh second place this season Team Milram, the 35 year old German had a solid ride. His main leadout man was teammate Ale-Jet Petacchi, who knew already that the uphill finish wasn't for him. Petacchi explained, "Erik knows this finish well and he's got great legs right now, especially on the climbs. So I tried to work for him to help him win. He helped me win the other day in Lucca so I'll work for him. The only way we could win was to make Quick.Step work because we knew that Paolo (Bettini) was the man beat. In any case, Erik rode great today. With 1km to go, he was a bit behind and came up fast. Yes, he lost, but he lost to Bettini who is the best in the world for this kind of finish. So I'm willing to do what it takes to help my teammate win."
How it unfolded
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Tirreno-Adriatico, fondly called the race between two seas, goes from Italy's west coast to east coast and is always the antipasto for the main course of Milano-Sanremo that comes every St.Joseph's Day, Saturday, March 18. Today the seven stage, 1090km race started in the pretty hill town of Tivoli, east of Rome. On a sunny, almost springlike morning in Tivoli, 200 riders took the start at 11:43. After 4km on the first climb to Marcellina, local lad (and Lance Armstrong's bestia nero Filippo Simeoni of Naturino attacked solo and was then joined 13km later near Palombara Sabina by two riders, neo-pros Priamo (Panaria Ceramiche) and Jose Gil Rojas (Liberty Seguros). The trio took their space as the peloton was more interested in enjoying the fine weather than racing.
After 44km, the three fugitives gained their maximum advantage of 9'50, but with 123km still to race, the gruppo still wasn't interested in breaking a sweat. At the GPM in the small Latina village of Forano centro after 63.2km, it was Priamo, Rojas Gil and Simeoni across the line, with Marzoli (Acqua e Sapone) leading the gruppo at 9'38. But after that point, the chasers began to crank up the chase tempo ever so slowly.
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At the intermediate sprint in Monterotondo with 31km left to race, Rojas Gil took the points ahead of Priamo and Simeoni on a sunny, crystal clear afternoon while big Mauro Facci (Barloworld) was on the front 3'22 behind, but most of the chase tempo was being ridden by Lampre-Fondital and Team Milram.
With 20km to go, the trio now had less than two minutes and with big Paolo Fornaciari (Lampre-Fondital) riding tempo on the front with Team Milram, the break was coming back slowly but surely. Approaching Tivoli with 10km to go, the three fugitives were less than one minute ahead of the now Team Milram-led gruppo, who were riding for Erik Zabel due to the uphill finish. The last 3km were uphill with 5-6% grade and the pace was high in the chase group. Paolo Bettini and his Quick.Step boys were looking to keep il Grillo in position to win, while last year's T-A winner Oscar Freire was hoping to test his legs against the best after being off the scene with injury.
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After 130km of break, the escapees were caught as the first slopes of the final climb approached. Belgian champ Baguet took off to soften things up for Bettini's attack, but Ascani (Naturino) countered. Suddenly a blue streak named Petacchi closed the move down, and then Pozzato came up as stopper. It was a Milram-Quick.Step donnybrook, until Rabobank took a few swings with Michael Boogerd and Juan Antonio Flecha working for Freire. Agnoli (Naturino) then hit the front but there was still a big group together. Bettini went after the talented young Naturino rider, then Andrea Moletta brought Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) alongside and Bettini got some shelter, then made his winning move for the line with 200m to go. Zabel came from behind but there was no getting by Bettini today, with Credit Agricole's Viking Thor Hushovd closing fast to come in third.
Bettini donned the red and yellow leader's jersey of Tirreno-Adriatico and looks likely to keep it until Sunday's 20km ITT in Servigliano sorts out the classifica generale further.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Joaquin Rojas (Liberty Seguros) leads Simeoni in the early break
- Filippo Simeoni (Naturino) working hard
- The smiling assassin Ivan Basso (CSC)
- T-Mobile as a block
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) in action
- The peloton in the Roman countryside
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) rides next to Stuart O'Grady (CSC)
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in frame
- Filippo Simeoni (Naturino) leads a breakaway
- The peloton climbs with Wesemann and Astarloa tucked in
- Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) climbs
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) dons his first race jersey of the season
- Erik Zabel is at least a foot taller than his Milram teammate Alessandro Petacchi
- Ivan Basso (CSC) and Pippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) have a chat
- Team Milram in action
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) leads the charge for the line
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) wins the first stage from Zabel and Hushovd
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) signals victory
- This is what the rest of the peloton saw at the finish
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) smiles on the podium
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) gets an Italian kiss
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) gets the first leader's jersey
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) puts on the first leader's jersey
- A happy grillo
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Manuele Mori (L) and Leonardo Piepoli ride together
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) beats Erik Zabel to win the first stage of Tirreno-Adriatico
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.08.55 (40.254 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 7 Alessandr Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 11 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 15 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone 17 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 27 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 30 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 33 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 37 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 39 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 42 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 44 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 45 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone 46 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 48 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 50 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone 51 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 52 Victor Hu Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 54 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 55 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 56 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 57 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 61 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 62 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 67 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 68 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 69 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 71 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 73 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 74 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 76 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 77 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 78 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 79 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 80 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 81 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 82 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank 83 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.16 84 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 85 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.19 87 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.22 88 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 89 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 90 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 91 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 92 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 93 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 94 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 95 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Alessandr Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 97 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 98 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 99 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 100 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 105 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.38 107 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.43 108 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 109 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 110 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 111 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 112 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 113 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 114 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 115 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 116 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 117 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.56 119 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 121 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 124 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 126 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.03 127 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 128 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.11 129 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 132 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 133 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 134 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 136 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 137 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 138 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 140 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.22 141 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.25 142 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 143 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R. 144 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone 1.39 145 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone 146 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.44 147 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 149 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 150 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 152 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 153 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 154 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 155 Ren Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 156 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 158 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 159 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 161 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 162 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 163 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 164 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.17 165 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 166 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 167 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 168 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 169 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 170 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 171 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 172 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 173 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 174 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 175 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 176 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 177 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 178 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 179 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone 180 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 181 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 182 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 183 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 3.37 184 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.50 185 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 186 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 4.34 187 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 188 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 189 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 190 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 6.03 191 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 6.13 192 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.17 193 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8.26 194 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 8.58 195 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 196 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.19 197 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 198 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 199 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears General classification after stage 1 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.08.45 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.04 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.06 4 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 0.10 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 7 Alessandr Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 11 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 15 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone 17 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 27 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 30 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 33 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 37 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 39 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 42 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 44 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 45 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone 46 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 48 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 50 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone 51 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 52 Victor Hu Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 54 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 55 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 56 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 57 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 61 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 62 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 67 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 68 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 69 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 71 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 73 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 74 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 76 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 77 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 78 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 79 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 80 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 81 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 82 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank 83 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.26 84 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 85 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.29 87 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.32 88 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.39 89 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 90 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 91 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 92 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 93 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 94 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 95 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Alessandr Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 97 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 98 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 99 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 100 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 105 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.48 107 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.53 108 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 109 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 110 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 111 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 112 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 113 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 114 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 115 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 116 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 117 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.06 119 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 121 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 124 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 126 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.13 127 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 128 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.21 129 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 132 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 133 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 134 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 136 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 137 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 138 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 140 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.32 141 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.35 142 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 143 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R. 144 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone 1.49 145 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone 146 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.51 147 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.54 148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 149 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 150 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 152 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 153 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 154 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 155 Ren Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 156 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 158 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 159 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 161 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 162 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 163 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 164 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.27 165 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 166 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 167 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 168 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 169 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 170 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 171 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 172 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 173 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 174 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 175 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 176 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 177 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 178 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 179 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone 180 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 181 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 182 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 183 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 3.46 184 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.00 185 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 186 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.42 187 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 4.44 188 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 189 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 190 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 6.13 191 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 6.23 192 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.27 193 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8.36 194 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 9.08 195 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 196 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.29 197 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 198 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 199 Isaac Galvez Loopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 4 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 7 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 5 8 Alessandr Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 9 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 10 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 11 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 12 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 2 13 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1 14 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 1 Mountains classification 1 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 pts 2 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 3 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 2 4 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 12.26.45 2 Team CSC 3 Credit Agricole 4 Acqua Sapone 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Rabobank 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 10 T-Mobile Team 11 Lampre-Fondital 12 Barloworld 13 Française des Jeux 14 Team L.P.R. 15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17 Liquigas 0.16 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 19 Team Milram 20 Quick Step-Innergetic 21 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 22 AG2R Prevoyance 23 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.38 24 Davitamon-Lotto 1.44 25 Bouygues Telecom 1.52
