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41st Tirreno-Adriatico - ProT
Italy, March 8-14, 2006
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Stage 2 - March 9: Tivoli Frascati, 171 km
Deja vu for Bettini
By Jeff Jones
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Quick.Step's strong early season continues, with Paolo Bettini notching up his second win in a row and his fourth victory of the season, increasing his lead in the general classification of Tirreno-Adriatico. The stage from Tivoli to Frascati finished in a bunch sprint, with Bettini once again beating Erik Zabel (Milram). Mikhaylo Khalilov (LPR) was third, and moved to third on GC.
"I can't hide the fact that I am in great shape," said Bettini. "Once again our team was extremely tough today and Pozzato was fantastic during the finale. As soon as possible, I'm sure I'll be able to pay back Pippo for everything he has done for me these last few days! I'm not thinking about the general classification, I'm taking things on a day by day basis. Tomorrow's stage is one that I have already won twice, in 1999 and 2003. We'll have to see if I can make it three."
Erik Zabel once again paid credit to his teammates, but had to be content with his eighth second place of the season. "I have to thank Velo and Petacchi who worked for my sprint at the end of the race," said Zabel. "I didn't feel very well today, and when Petacchi moved to the right in the last 200 metres, I was afraid to jump because I thought it was too soon with the road going uphill slightly."
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The stage, which featured a tough cobbled climb with 8 km to go, was disastrous for the CSC team. Stuart O'Grady crashed out of the race when he hit a pothole, breaking five ribs and a collarbone. Team director Scott Sunderland told Cyclingnews that O'Grady would likely miss the next six weeks of racing. "What was going perfectly to plan and getting ready for Milan-San Remo and the classics is all gone," he said. "He's in a lot of pain. He could possibly be back on the bike in two to three weeks, on the home trainer. The collarbone is the least problem: It's the ribs that's going to be a problem. They can be four to five weeks, but after six weeks you can still be hurting when you're climbing."
How it unfolded
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There were 198 riders at the start in Tivoli, with Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) being a non-starter. After 18 km, Jimmy Casper (Cofidis), Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and Daniele Contrini (LPR) attacked, quickly gaining time over the peloton. Sylvain Calzati went after them after 23 km, but couldn't close the gap on his own and was caught after the sprint in Subiaco (km 42), which Casper won ahead of Perez and Cheula. Emanuele Sella (Panaria) called it quits due to illness.
After an hour, the average speed was 42.9 km/h, and the four leaders continued to push their advantage. It grew to 5'50 over the day's first climb, Altipiani di Arcinazzo (km 59.5), where Cheula took the points ahead of Contrini, Perez and Casper. The leaders were 7'38 ahead of the bunch after 104 km, before the gap finally began to fall.
A crash in the peloton after 120 km brought down Beneteau, Di Luca and Garzelli, but they were able to rejoin the race. Gerolsteiner took over the tempo making as Casper started to suffer up front. At the second sprint in Marino (km 150), won by Perez from Contrini and Cheula, the first part of the peloton was just 3'00 behind the break. Another part was chasing at 1'05 behind.
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On the steep, cobbled climb to Tuscolo, with 8 km to go, Bram Tankink and Paolo Bettini lit it up and did some damage to the peloton. At 10 km to go, Contrini was the sole leader, with Perez chasing at 0'25, then Cheula and Casper at 0'38, then the peloton at 1'08. Rabobank helped to drive the peloton, which swept up Cheula and Casper first, while Bertagnolli countered and caught Perez before the summit of the climb. At the top with 8 km to go, Contrini had just 0'20 on Moletta, Caruso, Kohl and the rest of the peloton. He kept that until 4 km to go, when he was caught by Nocentini (Naturino). The pair still had 16 seconds with 2 km to go, but it wasn't enough and they were caught with 200m to go. Paolo Bettini took a big win again with several lengths to spare over Zabel.
Photography
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- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) keeping warm
- Mmm food
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) in the peloton
- Team Milram working on the front
- George Hincapie (Discovery) protected within the bunch
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) wasn't afraid to get on the front
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) in the fray
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) lies on the ground after a bad crash: He broke five ribs and a collarbone.
- A Cofidis rider falls
- On foot is the only way forward
- Marcus Ljungqvist was another CSC rider down today
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) leads Bettini at the foot of the climb
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) on the cobbles
- Erik Zabel (Milram) climbs
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and his cohorts
- CSC en masse
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) putting Casper and the rest in difficulty
- Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) works hard
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) on the front of the break
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Naturino) suffering a little near the finish
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) wins the second stage
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) celebrates
- Bettini celebrates after the finish
- Bettini and Pozzato after the stage
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) reflects on what might have been
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the podium in the leader's jersey
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The Quick.Step boys chasing hard
- Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) helps to initiate the break
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in action on a descent
- Paul Crake (Naturino) going hard
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) on a descent
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) making a bid for victory
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) drives the breakaway
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) in action
- Erik Zabel (Milram) chats to Petacchi
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) leads Bettini on a cobbled climb
- Bettini and Tankink on the cobbles
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the cobbles
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) drives on the front
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) wins with a big gap over Erik Zabel
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the podium in the leader's jersey
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.03.19 (42.167 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 13 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 16 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank 19 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 20 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 23 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 26 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone 30 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 32 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 33 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 34 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 35 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 37 Victor Hu Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 39 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 41 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 42 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 44 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 45 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 46 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 48 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 54 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 55 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 56 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.13 57 Alessandr Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.17 58 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone 0.34 59 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.42 60 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.45 61 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 62 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.47 64 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 66 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.00 67 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.57 68 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 0.59 69 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05 70 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 71 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 72 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 73 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1.09 76 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16 77 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.24 78 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 79 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 80 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 81 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 82 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.10 86 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.28 87 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.32 88 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 3.29 89 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 92 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 94 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 95 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 96 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone 98 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 100 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 101 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 105 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 106 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 107 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 108 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 110 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4.50 111 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 112 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 113 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 114 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 115 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 117 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 118 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 119 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone 121 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 122 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 123 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 124 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 125 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 126 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 127 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 128 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 129 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 130 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 131 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.01 132 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 133 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 7.44 134 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 135 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone 136 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 137 Ren Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 138 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 139 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R. 140 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 141 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 142 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 143 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 144 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 145 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 146 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 147 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 148 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 151 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 152 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 153 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 154 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.45 155 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 156 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 157 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.34 158 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 159 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 160 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 161 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 164 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 165 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 166 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 167 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 168 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 169 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 170 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 171 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 172 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 173 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 174 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 175 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 177 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 178 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 179 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 180 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 181 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 182 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 183 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 184 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 185 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 186 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 187 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone 188 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 189 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 190 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 191 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 192 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 193 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 194 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 195 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 13.45 196 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC DNS Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital General classification after stage 2 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.11.54 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.08 3 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 0.16 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.20 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 10 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone 16 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 19 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 25 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 27 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 28 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 33 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 34 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 35 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 37 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 40 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 Victor Hu Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 44 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank 47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 49 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 50 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 51 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 52 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.47 55 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.49 56 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 57 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone 0.54 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.03 59 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05 60 Alessandr Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.06 61 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.07 62 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 63 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.15 64 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.17 65 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1.19 66 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.25 67 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 68 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 69 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31 70 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.44 71 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 72 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.47 73 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.48 74 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.49 75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1.58 76 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 2.00 77 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.13 78 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 79 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.22 80 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.30 81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32 82 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.36 83 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 2.51 84 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.52 85 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.55 86 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.28 87 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.49 88 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.59 92 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 4.18 93 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 95 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 4.32 97 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 99 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 100 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 101 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.45 102 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.00 103 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 104 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5.10 105 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 106 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.14 107 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.33 108 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 109 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.39 110 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 5.51 111 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.06 112 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 113 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone 114 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.13 115 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 116 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.21 117 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 119 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 120 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.40 121 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone 6.49 122 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6.54 123 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 124 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 125 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.27 127 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 128 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 129 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 130 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 131 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 132 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 8.04 133 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone 134 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.20 135 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 8.47 136 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 137 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.00 138 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 140 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 9.15 141 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 143 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9.26 144 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R. 9.29 145 Ren Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9.48 146 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 148 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.05 149 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 10.21 150 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 151 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 152 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 10.54 153 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 154 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 156 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 11.23 157 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 158 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 159 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 160 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 161 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.37 162 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.49 163 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.50 164 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 165 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 166 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.05 167 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.19 168 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone 12.33 169 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.35 170 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.38 171 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 172 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 173 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 174 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 175 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 13.11 176 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 177 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 178 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 179 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 180 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 181 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13.24 182 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 14.30 183 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 14.44 184 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 185 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15.26 186 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 15.28 187 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 16.08 188 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.22 189 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 17.07 190 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.23 191 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 19.20 192 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 19.52 193 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.13 194 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 195 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 196 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 23.03 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 24 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20 3 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 15 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 14 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 6 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 9 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 10 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 5 12 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 5 13 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 4 14 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 4 15 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 16 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 3 17 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 18 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 19 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 2 20 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 1 Mountains classification 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8 pts 2 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 5 3 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 4 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 5 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 6 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 7 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 8 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 2 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1 10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Teams classification 1 Credit Agricole 24.36.42 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Rabobank 4 Team CSC 5 Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 8 Team L.P.R. 9 Francaise Des Jeux 10 T-Mobile Team 11 Discovery Channel 12 Acqua e Sapone 0.34 13 Team Milram 0.46 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.11 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.42 16 Quick Step-Innergetic 2.39 17 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.47 18 Cofidis 3.15 19 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.17 20 Barloworld 3.29 21 Lampre-Fondital 4.50 22 Liquigas 5.19 23 Bouygues Telecom 8.01 24 Ag2R Prevoyance 8.32 25 Davitamon-Lotto 10.03
