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90th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007
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Stage 3 - Monday, May 14: Barumini - Cagliari, 181 km
Finalmente Petacchi - Ale-Jet strikes back
Gaspa re-takes the Maglia Rosa
By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney
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'Ale-Jet' Alessandro Petacchi has returned to take revenge after a year of suffering. The 33 year-old Italian ended his Giro d'Italia last year with a fractured kneecap but, today, he returned to show that he still has the power to win on the big stage. The Milram sprinter took control in the final 300 metres to hold off an emerging Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner).
"I suffered so much," said Petacchi in tears of joy. "I am so happy. I want to thank everyone that stuck with me for the last year; my wife, my family, my friend Michele Bartoli... Thanks; thanks to everyone."
Milram once again dedicated its men to the chase to recapture the last two escapees. They worked hard to bring back Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Giovanni Visconti (Quickstep-Innergetic) with around four kilometres remaining and then setup the lead-out. But there were still doubts lingering after Petacchi's stage two miss.
Following a counter-attack by Matteo Tosatto (Quickstep-Innergetic), Milram was washed away in the final kilometre. Rabobank and Gerolsteiner moved to the fore before Irishman Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) launched. The move did not stick and Ale-Jet arrived to the front with 300 metres remaining.
He led down the left-hand side with Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) on his wheel. The Lampre sprinter faded as Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) moved up alongside the barriers. Petacchi held of the emerging German to win his first Giro stage since May 29, 2005.
"I had to restart my career from the top. I thought I had returned to full strength but to win a Giro stage is another thing. Winning this stage today seemed like winning my first stage," Petacchi continued.
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"Today, I really had better sensations and felt that I had better legs. It seemed as it was the best sprint in my career."
Argentinean sprinter Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) was not able to win but he did have some success. He held off Maglia Ciclamino wearer Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto).
Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) tried his luck in the sprint and, although he did not win the stage, was rewarded with the Maglia Rosa. "Thanks to the work of the team and to my teammates," said Gaspa who will trade in the Maglia Bianca of best young rider for the more prestigious race leader's jersey.
"This morning we decided that Gasparotto would try for the sprint," said Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) who passed the leader's jersey back to Gaspa, who had it for the fist day, after the team's stage one win.
A crash marred the finish for big Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole). He noted to a TV reporter that he was pushed by someone into the barriers. Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) and Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) were reportedly involved in the crash but both are suspected to be without injuries.
How it unfolded.
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193 riders departed the town of Barumini in south-central Sardinia, near the world famous ancient archaeological site of Nuraghe su Nuraxi, constructed 3500 years ago. Quickstep's Andrea Tonti didn't start as he broke his nose in yesterday's final kilometre crash, while T-Mobile's Adam Hansen broke two fingers in a crash and was also a DNS.
Another warm and sunny day greeted the Giro gruppo on Stage 3 as temperatures were around thirty degrees. The action started right from the gun as it was Tinkoff on the move again, as Mikhail Ignatiev and Elio Aggiano attacked and were joined by Frenchmen Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis), and Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom) as well as Bettini's protégé Giovanni Visconti (Quickstep). There was a lukewarm chase but the quintet quickly gained ground on the gruppo as the road climbed east out of Barumini for the first 15 kilometres and the lead quickly jumped to five minutes in Nurri as the road began to descend after 30 kilometres.
Liquigas was on the front taking responsibility for its Maglia Rosa Danilo Di Luca but not chasing all out. At the tiny borgo of Ballao after 60 kilometres at the base of descent in Nurri, the five escapees gained their maximum advantage of 7'40". At the seaside feed zone, after 93 kilometres in Case Picci, the gap was stable at seven minutes. After lunch, the chase speed cranked up behind and with 70 kilometres to go near Camisa, the gap was now under six minutes.
Ignatiev attacked and only Visconti could follow as Buffaz, Aggiano and Pichot were quickly distanced and absorbed by the gruppo. Once the word came back to the gruppo that the break had split up, the sprinters teams from Predictor and Milram hit the front and begin to chase.
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Two of the most talented young riders in cycling were away; 21 year-old Ignatiev, Olympic track gold medallist at 19, U23 World TT Champ and winner of Trofeo Laigueglia this season, and 24 year-old Visconti, originally from Palermo, Sicily, was Italian and European champion in 2004. Both riders were making their Giro d'Italia debuts in grand fashion.
At the Garibaldi intermediate sprint in Villasimius, near Capo Carbonara on the southeast tip of Sardinia, Ignatiev rolled across ahead of Visconti with the gap to the chasing gruppo at 5'30". The next 30 kilometres headed west towards Cagliari and were up and down with a tailwind on a beautiful coast road along the Gulf of Cagliari.
The temperatures were hot and the racing even hotter; the clear cool blue waters beckoned the riders but there was still a job of work to do for the two escapees and the chasing gruppo. Big Stefano Zanini of Predictor, the 37 year-old hammer-head, was pounding away on the coast road as the wind became a side-wind from the left.
At Solanas, with 37 kilometres to go, the two young talents were still hammering away off the front, but they had lost one minute, and with 13 kilometres to go they were now only 4'30" ahead. At the back of the peloton, an ailing Graeme Brown abandoned.
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With the wind now favourable along the coast road and only 30 kilometres to go, the two escapees had a lead of 3'30" and Zazà Zanini was still humping hard on the front to keep Ignatiev and Visconti in check. With 23 kilometres to go near Flumini, the coast road finally flattened out and the chase pace behind cranked up again, but the lead was still over 3'00".
Crédit Agricole, CSC and Euskaltel-Euskadi had now joined the chase and the gruppo was lined out in Indian file at almost 60 km/h. With 20 kilometres the gap was 2'45" but the side-wind slowed the break while a double pace line was pulling back time - at 15 kilometres to go the gap was at 1'45", with one minute pulled back in five kilometres by the chase.
With Cagliari looming, the two front riders tried to hold off the thundering herd. At 10 kilometres to go, their lead was at 1'06" and falling fast as Milram and Liquigas were powering away on the front of the chasing gruppo. Ignatiev's power was starting to tell on Visconti as the Italian was skipping some pulls on the Tinkoff Russian.
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As the break passed Poeto beach with eight kilometres remaining, the gap was now down to 40" and Ignatiev was going all out, with Visconti hanging on for dear life. But the Milram-led gruppo had the duo in their sights on the wide beach road and at five kilometres to race the gig was up. Visconti and Ignatiev sat up with four kilometres to go and the fireworks were about to begin. 33 year-old Matteo Tosatto (Quickstep) made a solo move at 3500 metres to go but the orange crush of Rabobank reeled him back after one kilometre of liberty.
As the last kilometre began, it was Caisse D'Epargne that was trying to come up on Milram, with T-Mobile's Greg Henderson in the mix. As Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) gapped off the front in a blown lead-out for his team leader Thor Hushovd, there was suddenly a crash which involved Hushovd, Cunego and Simoni but everybody was fine except the big Norwegian who lost some elbow skin.
As the sprinters hit the granite paving blocks, Roche was caught and the Milram train functioned perfectly again. Lampre's Napolitano tried to anticipate Petacchi, but Petacchi was ready and moved left on the smoothest part of the road to begin his inexorable progression towards the finish line. Unlike yesterday's sprint, where the Milram man was using his 53x12, stage 3 was classic Petacchi, where the La Spezia speedster found his 11 tooth gear and his championship legs to win the stage.
Petacchi took over the Maglia Ciclamino of points leader from his rival McEwen while taking his 20th career stage win in the Giro d'Italia.
Stage 4 will start south of Naples in Salerno, the capital of Campania province, and then it will head due east on the beautiful, dramatic roads of the Amalfi Coast. It will pass through the Soprano Family's home town of Avellino before the final climb to Montevergine di Mercogliano. The twisting final ascent over 17.1 kilometres is where Damiano Cunego won in 2004 and once again, the Lampre-Fondital rider could be the man to beat on the day but watch out for Stefano Garzelli.
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) feels the day's heat.
- Rosa and Ciclamino are the colours of Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) adn Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto).
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- On the island of Sardinia.
- Looking onto the riders of the 90th Giro d'Italia.
- The riders attrack huge crowds.
- Rollong along towards Cagliari.
- Bianca and Rosa of Enrico Gasparotto and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) gives it the juice.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) after a hard effort.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) heading towards victory.
- Ale-Jet relaxes after his win.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) is back. After two years Ale-Jet wins a Giro stage.
- Looks good from here... Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) wins stage 3.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) back in the leader's Maglia Rosa.
- Ale-Jet soars over his rivals.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The peloton rolls along the green Sardinian countryside.
- Lavender on the Sardinian countryside.
- A warm day greeted the 90th Giro d'Italia.
- The Maglia Rosa Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) leads his squad.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) looks forward to the third week.
- Bianca and Rosa ... Enrico Gasparotto and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) rides in the Maglia Rosa.
- Gaspa and The Killer ride along in the Maglia Bianca and Maglia Rosa.
- Visconti and Ignatiev try to hold on to their lead.
- Island life. The last day on the island of Sardinia.
- The riders ride towards the finish in Cagliari.
- Gasparotto gives the the thumbs up after a successful sprint that gave him enough to take the overall lead.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) puts on the leader's jersey.
- Beautiful countryside.
- The fans watch.
- The peloton makes its way to Cagliari in stage 3.
- Gaspa in the Maglia Bianca.
- Realizing a dream after a two year absence.
- The jet soars. Ale-Jet wins.
- A confirmation by Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
- A Milram success.
- An over-joyed Petacchi after making his winning return to the Giro.
- Tears of joy for Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
- Kisses for Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) after winning stage 3.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) on the podium.
- Petacchi flashes the sign of success.
- Maglia Ciclamino for Alessandro Petacchi (Milram).
- Victory after two years.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) was very pleased with this stage 3 win.
- Petacchi salutes the crowd.
- Petacchi and Ongarato after the winning day.
Results
Individual Stage 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.22.57 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 10 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 13 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 17 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 19 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 26 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 31 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 34 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 35 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse D'Epargne 38 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 39 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 40 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 41 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 42 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 43 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 44 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 45 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 46 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 47 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 48 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 49 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 50 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 52 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 53 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 56 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 57 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 58 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 60 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 61 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 62 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 63 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 64 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 65 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 66 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 67 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 68 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 69 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 70 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 72 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 73 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 74 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 75 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 76 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 77 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 78 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 79 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 80 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 81 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 82 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 83 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 84 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 85 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 87 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 89 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 92 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 93 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 94 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 95 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 96 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 97 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 98 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 99 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 100 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 101 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 103 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 104 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 105 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 106 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 107 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 108 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 109 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 110 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 112 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 113 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 114 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 115 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 116 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 117 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 118 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 119 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 120 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 121 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 123 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 124 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 125 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 128 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 129 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 130 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 131 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 132 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 134 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 135 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 136 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 137 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 138 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 139 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 140 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 141 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 142 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 143 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 144 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 145 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 146 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 147 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 148 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 149 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 150 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.42 151 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 152 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 153 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 154 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 155 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 156 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 157 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 159 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 160 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 162 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 163 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 164 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 165 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 166 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 167 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 168 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 169 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 170 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 171 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.03 172 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 173 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31 174 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 175 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 176 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.57 177 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 178 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 179 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 180 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 181 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.10 182 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 183 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 184 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.32 185 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 186 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 187 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 13.59 188 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 14.22 189 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 190 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 191 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 15.07 192 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic DNF Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 25 pts 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 14 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 10 7 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 8 9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 7 11 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 12 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 6 14 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 5 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 17 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 19 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 20 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1 21 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank -5 TV Garibaldi 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 pts 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 5 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 6 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram Most Combative 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3 7 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 8 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 11 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 pts 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Trofeo Fuga Gilera 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 176 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 4 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 115 5 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Trofeo Fast Team di Tappa 1 AG2r Prevoyance 13.08.51 2 Caisse D'Epargne 3 Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Astana 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 10 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11 Credit Agricole 12 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 13 Rabobank 14 Predictor - Lotto 15 Liquigas 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 18 Team Milram 19 Francaise Des Jeux 20 Lampre - Fondital 21 Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 Team CSC Trofeo Super Team di Tappa 1 AG2r Prevoyance 29 pts 2 Caisse D'Epargne 22 3 Team Milram 20 4 Gerolsteiner 19 5 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18 6 Predictor - Lotto 17 7 Lampre - Fondital 16 8 Bouygues Telecom 14 9 Liquigas 13 10 Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 11 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 11 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 9 13 Credit Agricole 4 14 Francaise Des Jeux 3 15 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 2 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 17 Astana 18 T-Mobile Team 19 Rabobank 20 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 21 Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 Team CSC General Classification after stage 3 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 10.03.48 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 3 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 6 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 0.13 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 9 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 10 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 11 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.30 13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 14 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 16 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 0.42 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.49 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.02 26 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 27 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 28 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 29 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.04 31 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.05 33 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.08 34 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.13 35 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.14 38 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1.23 39 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 40 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 41 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 42 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 43 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.25 44 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 1.28 49 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 50 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 51 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 52 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 53 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.31 54 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32 55 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 57 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.33 59 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 60 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 61 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 62 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 63 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.38 64 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.43 67 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 1.47 68 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 69 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 70 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.49 71 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 72 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 73 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 74 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.52 75 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1.53 76 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.01 77 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 78 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 79 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 80 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 81 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.07 82 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.14 84 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2.15 85 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.17 86 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 87 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 88 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.19 89 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.23 90 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.26 91 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.38 92 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.39 95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 2.40 96 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.41 97 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.43 98 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.50 99 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 101 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2.57 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.03 103 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 104 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.15 105 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 3.21 106 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 107 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3.30 108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37 109 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3.39 110 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.40 111 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.41 112 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 3.43 113 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 114 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 115 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 116 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.44 117 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.54 120 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.55 121 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse D'Epargne 4.01 122 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4.02 123 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 4.04 124 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 125 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 4.07 126 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 4.09 127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.24 128 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4.26 129 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.27 130 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.34 131 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 132 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.38 133 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 134 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.50 135 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 5.06 136 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 5.07 137 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.20 139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.25 140 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.26 142 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 5.38 143 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.54 144 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.57 145 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.01 146 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.04 147 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.09 148 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.15 149 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 6.19 150 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.21 151 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 6.24 152 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 6.26 153 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 6.28 154 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 155 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.31 156 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 6.32 157 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 6.38 158 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6.40 159 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.41 160 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6.52 161 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.04 162 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.05 163 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 7.22 164 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 7.23 165 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 7.24 166 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.32 167 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.54 168 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.58 169 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.02 170 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.07 171 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.18 172 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.37 173 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.45 174 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.47 175 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 8.48 176 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9.43 177 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 10.03 178 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.18 179 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 11.15 180 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.27 181 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 12.51 182 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.41 183 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.01 184 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15.19 185 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.11 186 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 18.30 187 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 18.36 188 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 20.22 189 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 22.47 190 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.14 191 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 24.33 192 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.50 Points Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 41 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 39 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 28 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 24 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 20 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 16 8 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 14 10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 11 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 12 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 8 13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 15 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 17 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 18 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 6 19 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 20 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 5 21 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 5 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 23 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 24 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 3 25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 3 26 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 27 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 28 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 2 29 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 30 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 31 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1 32 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 33 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1 34 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1 35 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank -5 Mountains Classification 1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 TV Garibaldi Classification 1 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 3 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 5 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2 6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 8 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Most Combative Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 9 3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 9 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 10 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 11 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3 12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 13 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 14 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2 16 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 Azzurri d'Italia Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 5 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 5 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Fuga Gilera Classification 1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 187 pts 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 176 3 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 4 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 174 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 6 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 147 7 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 8 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 9 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 115 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Best Young Rider 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 10.03.48 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.30 4 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.02 5 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.04 7 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1.23 8 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.25 9 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.28 10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32 12 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.33 14 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.47 15 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 1.49 16 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1.53 17 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.01 18 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.07 19 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.38 20 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.39 21 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.41 22 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.43 23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 2.50 24 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2.57 25 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.03 26 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.15 27 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 3.21 28 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.54 29 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.55 30 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.34 31 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 32 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.50 33 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.07 34 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.54 35 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 6.19 36 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.21 37 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 6.24 38 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 6.28 39 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.31 40 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.04 41 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.05 42 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 7.23 43 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.37 44 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.45 45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.27 46 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15.19 47 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.11 48 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 18.30 49 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 18.36 50 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 22.47 51 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.14 Trofeo Fast Team Classification 1 Liquigas 29.04.08 2 Astana 0.13 3 Team CSC 0.30 4 Lampre - Fondital 0.42 5 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 0.49 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 1.02 7 Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.04 8 Credit Agricole 1.13 9 Caisse D'Epargne 1.23 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.25 11 Predictor - Lotto 1.28 12 Gerolsteiner 1.32 13 Team Milram 1.33 14 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 1.38 15 Rabobank 1.47 16 T-Mobile Team 1.49 17 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.01 18 Bouygues Telecom 2.07 19 AG2r Prevoyance 2.17 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.38 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.03 22 Francaise Des Jeux 4.27 Trofeo Super Team Classification 1 Caisse D'Epargne 56 pts 2 Team Milram 51 3 Predictor - Lotto 46 4 AG2r Prevoyance 45 5 Liquigas 42 6 Astana 39 7 Lampre - Fondital 38 8 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 38 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 38 10 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 37 11 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 28 12 Gerolsteiner 27 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 26 14 Rabobank 22 15 T-Mobile Team 20 16 Team CSC 18 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 18 Credit Agricole 17 19 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 20 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 8 21 Francaise Des Jeux 3 22 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Fair Play 1 Liquigas 0 pts 2 Astana 3 Team CSC 4 Lampre - Fondital 5 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 7 Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 Predictor - Lotto 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 10 Caisse D'Epargne 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Team Milram 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 15 T-Mobile Team 16 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 AG2r Prevoyance 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Francaise Des Jeux 21 Credit Agricole 10 22 Rabobank 38
