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41st Tirreno-Adriatico - ProT
Italy, March 8-14, 2006
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Stage 3 - March 10: Avezzano Paglieta, 183 km
Oscar the cat is back, Cricket Bettini crashes out in race lead
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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With his fluid feline jump, sardonic smile and seemingly nine lives when he's come back from injury after injury, Oscar Freire may be the most enigmatic talents in cycling today. On Friday's stage three of Tirreno-Adriatico from the central Italian town of Avezzano to Paglieta, the 30 year-old Rabobank rider showed the class and smarts that have won him three world championships since 1999.
Wearing dossard #1 of defending Tirreno-Adriatico champion, Freire beat another Spanish comeback kid as he crossed the line a bike length of 2003 world champion Igor Astarloa, who recently won Milano-Torino. It was Freire's first win since March 27, 2005 when he was victorious in the Belgian semi-classic Brabantse Pijl and now the speedster from Torrelvega must be considered a major threat to win his second Milano-Sanremo in nine days' time.
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Not to take anything away from Freire's win, but the sprint today in Paglieta might have been different if race leader Paolo Bettini hadn't crashed out. Already in superb form, Bettini had won the first two stages of Tirreno-Adriatico with alarming ease. The 31 year-old Olympic champion from Quick.Step tangled with CSC's Lars Bak on a descent after 80km of racing and went down hard. Bettini went to the local hospital in Popoli, near Pescara, where he was treated for cuts and abrasions, as well as an MRI of his pelvis and X-rays of his left knee and right ankle.
Bettini left Popoli Hospital in the late afternoon and went to the team hotel in Vasto. Quick.Step team spokesman Alessandro Tegner told Cyclingnews that "the exams showed that Paolo Bettini has not broken anything. He has a major abrasions and bruising to his left hand and left hip, as well as right knee and right side of his chest. Paolo is in a lot of pain and will have further exams in the next few days, and it's impossible to say now if [Bettini] will compete in Milano-Sanremo."
How it unfolded
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On a cool, overcast morning, 196 riders took the start of Stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico, a rolling 183km ride from the Abruzzese city of Avezzano to Paglieta. Things were quiet for the first two hours as just 70km were covered. At the 80km mark near Piano d'Orta, home-boy Danilo Di Luca made his first attack of the season in windy conditions and in the confusion behind to follow the 2005 ProTour winner, there was a crash on a descent that brought down race leader Bettini, his Quick.Step teammate Bramati, Tonti (Acqua & Sapone), Albizuri (Euskaltel) and Bak (CSC); Bettini and Bak were injured and forced to abandon.
Off the front went Moreni (Cofidis), Albizu (Euskaltel), Righi (Liquigas-Bianchi), Crake (Naturino) and Tankink (Quick.Step) who caught Di Luca, who was away with Urweider (Phonak) and Priamo (Ceramiche Panaria). After 10km, the 8 man break had 44" on the gruppo with Milram chasing. At the intermediate sprint in Manoppello Scalo after 92.5km, Danny Righi took the points ahead of Di Luca and Priamo with Aussie Crake in 4th and the gruppo chasing hard at 20". Although the small country roads of Abruzzo twisted and turned and went up and down over the next 30km, the break could never gain more than 43" thanks to the power tempo behind from the flying milkmen of Team Milram. The blue train was chugging away for Erik Zabel, who wanted to have his say in the uphill finish in Paglieta.
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The fast pace up front shelled Moreni, Urweider and Righi out of the back of the break on the 10km ascent after the feed zone after 120km, but the three were soon replaced with two riders, two brothers named Alexander (Barloworld) and Vladimir (Caisse d'Epargne) Efimkin who came across to make seven fugitives The break was still away with the average speed after three hours almost 40km/hr over the difficult small roads of central Abruzzo. With 50km to go, the escape was sitting less than a minute ahead and still not making any headway. As the first of three finishing circuits of Paglieta started, Di Luca sat up, spelling doom for the break which was quickly absorbed by the peloton with the exception of the stubborn Efimkin boys.
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After crossing the finish line in Paglieta with two laps to go, 12 riders were on the attack, including Muraglia & Maccanti (LPR), the Efimkin Bros., Flecha (Rabobank), Arekeev & Soler (Acqua & Sapone), Figueras (Lampre-Fondital), Rojas Gil (Liberty Seguros), Ascani (Naturino), Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak) and Kohl (T-Mobile) with the gruppo just behind. After 155km, Gutierrez took the GPM, as the gruppo was making contact with the back of the break. Ascani made a move to get away and was hanging out front, while Zaballa (Caisse d'Epargne, Moletta (Gerolsteiner) and Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) tried to bridge. But with 3km to go, it was gruppo compatto and then Kopp (T-Mobile) and Sabido (Barloworld) both gave it a shot. But Naturino's Gasperoni brought it all together and Freire won the uphill sprint in Piazza Martiri Lancianesi ahead of Astarloa for his first win of 2006 and the race lead in Tirreno-Adriatico.
Photography
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- Race leader Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) gets taken away in a stretcher.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) is lifted into the ambulance.
- Carnage on the roads to Paglieta.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) is attended to immediately after his crash.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) in plenty of pain.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) sets the pace in the break.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins in Paglieta.
- Yes! My first victory of the year!
- Now that looks f-r-e-e-z-i-n-g...
- Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) looks like he's going to need a new bike, and looks a bit banged up himself.
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) rolls along in the cold.
- Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) limps away from his bike after a nasty crash.
- Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) sucks in the pain.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) is congratulated by his team-mate.
- Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finished third, looking understandably knackered after a crash-filled day.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) up on the victory podium for the first time this season.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) enjoys the winner's spoils.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) rides up front.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) not going too far into the red up towards the finish.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) using his good form gained in California here in Tirreno.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) grimaces in the saddle.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) slowly honing his form before the Giro.
- Things were a bit chilly at the start in Avezzano.
- Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) shows the face of someone who came second.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) getting himself race-ready for the spring classics.
- The Italian version of a lady's tea-party.
- You want a piece of me?
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) not looking forward to a cold day in the saddle.
- The Efimkin brothers - Alexander (Barloworld) and Vladimir (Caisse d'Epargne) - came across to make seven fugitives in the break.
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) in new team colours.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) clenches his fist as he wins in Paglieta.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) takes a few deep breaths after his victory.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) on the podium.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) congratulates Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) on the podium with that sardonic smile.
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros).
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) puts on his jacket.
- Giuseppe Muraglia (Team L.P.R.) finished 28 seconds behind winner Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
- Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finished third
- Not a fun day to be on your bike.
- Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) is another honing his form before the Spring Classics.
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.27.22 (41.067 km/h) 2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 11 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.07 15 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 0.09 17 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 25 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.15 30 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 33 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 36 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank 37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone 0.21 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 40 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 41 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 43 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone 44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 46 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 47 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.28 49 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 50 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 51 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 52 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 53 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 54 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 57 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 0.36 58 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 60 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 0.45 62 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 63 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 64 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 66 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 68 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 69 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.54 71 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.58 72 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.10 73 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 75 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 76 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 78 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone 79 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.20 80 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 81 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30 82 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 1.31 83 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.35 84 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.02 85 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R. 86 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 87 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 88 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 89 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.07 90 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 94 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 97 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 98 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 100 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 101 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.28 105 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 106 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 107 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2.37 108 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.50 109 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 110 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.24 111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 112 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 113 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.39 114 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 4.18 115 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 117 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 118 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 119 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 4.37 120 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.40 121 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 122 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 124 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.52 125 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.46 126 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.45 127 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.44 129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 130 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 132 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 134 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 135 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 136 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 137 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 140 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 141 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 142 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 143 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 144 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 145 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 147 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 149 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 150 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 152 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 153 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 154 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone 9.33 156 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 158 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 159 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14.38 160 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 161 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 162 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 163 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 164 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone 165 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 166 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 167 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 168 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 169 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone 170 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 171 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 172 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 173 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 174 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 175 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 176 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 177 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 178 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 179 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 180 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 181 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 182 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 183 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 184 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 185 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20.14 186 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 187 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 188 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 189 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 190 Ren Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 191 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears General classification after stage 3 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12.39.26 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.10 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 5 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.13 12 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.17 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 0.19 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 18 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 19 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 20 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.25 27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank 32 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.28 33 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone 0.31 34 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 37 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.38 39 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 40 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.42 44 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.46 45 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 46 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.56 47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.00 48 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.01 49 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone 1.05 50 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18 51 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1.20 52 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.22 53 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1.24 54 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.30 55 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 1.37 56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.43 57 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 2.00 58 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.02 59 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.09 60 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15 61 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.17 62 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 2.33 64 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.47 65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.48 66 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.57 67 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.02 68 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.07 69 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.10 70 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.45 71 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 3.52 72 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.24 73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.27 75 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.28 76 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.33 77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.50 78 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.52 79 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.53 80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.58 81 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 5.11 82 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.14 83 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.15 84 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 5.16 85 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.18 86 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.46 87 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.51 88 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.18 89 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.29 90 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 6.36 91 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.39 92 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.42 93 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 6.59 94 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7.02 95 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone 7.06 96 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.11 97 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 7.48 98 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.51 99 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 9.12 100 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 9.21 101 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 9.34 102 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 10.15 103 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.29 104 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.39 105 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.41 106 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.12 107 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R. 11.21 108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 11.25 109 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.35 110 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.36 111 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.42 112 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 12.33 113 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.46 114 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 12.51 115 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.52 116 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13.01 117 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 13.06 118 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 119 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.13 120 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.34 121 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 122 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 13.35 123 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.44 124 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.58 125 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 14.25 126 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 14.35 127 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 14.40 128 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 129 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.47 130 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.48 131 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 14.51 132 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.08 133 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 15.28 134 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.34 135 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 15.36 136 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 15.53 137 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.57 138 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.59 139 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 16.01 140 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 16.41 141 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.50 143 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.54 144 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 17.21 145 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17.34 146 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 148 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 17.49 149 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18.22 150 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 19.00 151 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.25 152 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.28 153 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 20.01 154 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.24 155 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.49 156 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 157 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.53 158 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone 21.17 159 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 21.20 160 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21.53 161 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 21.55 162 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 164 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone 21.56 165 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone 22.32 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.34 167 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 23.54 168 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 24.16 169 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 24.42 170 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 25.22 171 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 25.41 172 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25.49 173 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25.51 174 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 175 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 26.18 176 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.44 177 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 27.06 178 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 27.39 179 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27.52 180 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.47 181 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 182 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 28.58 183 Ren Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29.52 184 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29.53 185 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 29.56 186 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.50 187 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 32.42 188 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 33.15 189 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 190 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 39.24 191 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 43.07 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 17 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 4 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 15 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 14 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 12 8 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 9 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 10 10 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 13 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 14 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 5 16 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 5 17 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 18 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 4 19 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 4 20 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 3 21 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 3 22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 23 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 2 24 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1 25 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 26 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1 27 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 1 Mountains classification 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8 pts 2 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 3 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 5 5 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 6 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 8 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone 2 9 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 10 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 2 11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1 12 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 1 13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 37.58.48 2 Gerolsteiner 0.18 3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 4 Discovery Channel 0.33 5 Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 0.36 6 Team CSC 0.46 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.50 8 T-Mobile Team 1.00 9 Acqua e Sapone 1.16 10 Credit Agricole 2.11 11 Team L.P.R. 2.14 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.17 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.18 14 Cofidis 4.11 15 Barloworld 4.14 16 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.21 17 Team Milram 4.25 18 Francaise Des Jeux 4.42 19 Quick Step-Innergetic 5.14 20 Lampre-Fondital 7.13 21 Bouygues Telecom 11.01 22 Liquigas 12.07 23 Ag2R Prevoyance 12.27 24 Davitamon-Lotto 16.41 25 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 18.40
