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90th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007
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Stage 4 - Wednesday, May 16: Salerno - Montevergine Di Mercogliano, 153 km
The Killer returns to Montevergine
Di Luca conquers Montevergine after six years and re-takes the Maglia Rosa
By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney
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Liquigas did a number on the final ascent of Montevergine by propelling Danilo Di Luca to the win and, at the same time, into the leader's Maglia Rosa. On a stage he first won in 2001, "The Killer" launched his sprint in the final 200 metres to hold off a strong Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir). Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) finished some seconds back, in third.
"It was really a beautiful stage. Thanks to the team for doing all that work," said the 31 year-old after the stage. It was due to the work of Liquigas, and the unfortunate crash of teammate Enrico Gasparotto, that Di Luca moved back into the race lead.
Liquigas started its work on the Montevergine di Mercogliano after Saunier Duval had led all day. With the early escape trio (Pavel Brutt, Yuriy Krivtsov, and Markel Irizar) caught, the Italian team brought in the late move by Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare). The three-time Giro stage winner tried a dig that started with nine kilometres remaining.
"I tried hard today, but I felt bad in the finale," said an exhausted Pérez. The Mexican gave up with 800 metres to the line. "It was too bad."
Di Luca launched with Riccò on his wheel with 200 metres remaining. The Saunier Duval rider was not able to profit from the work of his team but he showed a great pair of legs behind the Liquigas leader.
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"I remained a little closed," noted the 23 year-old from Modena. "Di Luca went and I remained a little bit behind. But, overall, the climb went well for me. For me and [Team Captain Gilberto] Simoni it was a confirmation of good form. Second place is good for me, and from here it will get better."
"I am really tired," confirmed Simoni, who lost a little bit of time to Di Luca. "Today was truly tired. Di Luca's team did a number. ... Riccò did well with second but Di Luca was just amazing today."
The last winner of Montevergine, Cunego, followed behind the front duo to take third. His Lampre-Fondital team did not control the stage like Saunier or Liquigas but it chose to play a defensive role, one that could help Cunego in the third week.
"Today felt good but Di Luca and Riccò were very strong," noted Cunego, catching his breath in the mist that surrounded Montevergine. "I was left a little behind at the finish but later on in the week the climbers, like me, should move up the classification."
Due to a light rain the roads became slick and crashes followed. Gasparotto was the victim of a crash with World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) with just under 75 kilometres to go. As a result, Gasparotto was unable to defend his race lead although he did continue racing. Bettini looked worse.
"It is the same zone as I had hit in Tirreno, more or less," confirmed a tired-looking Bettini at the finish. "The roads were very slippery. Gasparotto crashed; I crashed. Yet, another time for this year, I hope I will go well from here. ... I feel okay and the Giro is long; I will try again."
How it unfolded
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After a transfer from Sardinia and rest day on the Italian mainland, 192 riders departed on the lungomare (or seafront) in Salerno, along its eponymously named Gulf under bright, sunny skies at 1:15 PM. The riders took it easy the first hour as they cruised at 30 km/h along the twisting coast road of the Costa Amalfitana, considered one of the most beautiful drives in the world.
Liquigas was in command on the front for Maglia Rosa Gasparotto, who was likely to lose his pink tunic atop the climb to the Santuario di Montevergine di Mercogliano.
After 33 kilometres, approaching the famous fishing village of Positano, Ag2r's Krivtsov made a move and was quickly joined by opportunistic Tinkoff rider Pavel Brutt, who was wearing the Maglia Verde of best climber and was looking to score more points out front.
Five kilometres later, Euskaltel-Euskadi's Markel Irizar got across and it was the right combination. 10 kilometres later, near S. Agata sui due Golfi, the climb to the day's first GPM began; the front trio had gained three minutes on the disinterested peloton, who seemed more attuned in the gorgeous scenery than controlling the break.
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Atop the first GPM at Picco S.Angelo. after 51 kilometres, it was Brutt who bruted his way in front of his break companions. As the trio passed through Termini at the tip of the peninsula, with the Isola di Capri in the background, it held a four minute lead. The break was working well together as they headed east towards the southern suburbs of Napoli.
As the clouds rolled in from the Gulf of Napoli Saunier Duval-Prodir took over the tempo on the front to keep the break close and give their rider Riccò a shot at the stage win atop Montevergine di Mercogliano.
The skies darkened along the Costa Sorrentina and after 80 kilometres in Castellamare di Stabia, the break still had a four-minute lead. A few drops of rain began to fall and the roads were quickly soaked for the gruppo. Oil quickly rose to the surface, making it slick as ice.
In S. Antonio Abate, after 88 kilometres, there was a mass crash in the gruppo with at least of half of the riders hitting the deck, some of them hard. The victims included Maglia Rosa Gasparotto, Maglia Ciclamino Petacchi, Cunego and World Champion Bettini. Worst off was Ian McLeod (Française Des Jeux), who broke his collarbone and had to abandon. Bettini also was hurt; he broke his bike and had to make a change. He then had a long painful chase back to the gruppo with his Quickstep teammates Engels and Scarselli, punctuated by several visits to the race doctor's car.
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The World Champion had crashed on his lower left ribcage, exactly where he had crashed into traffic sign during Tirreno-Adriatico.
The quick showers had stopped as the race traversed the grimy hinterlands of Napoli on the way to the mountaintop finish, but as the gruppo maintained a slow tempo after the crash, everybody, but McLeod, got back on. Up front with 60 kilometres still to race, the break's lead had ballooned to 5'50"; the front trio had gained two minutes from the crash and eventually got their biggest lead of the stage - 6'40" at the feed zone after 92 kilometres.
However, Saunier Duval meant business and the yellow clad team cranked up the pace. At the Garibaldi sprint at Castel S. Giorgio, there was no contest as Irizar rolled through. Saunier Duval-Prodir was cranking up the pace as the road gradient rose towards Avellino, hometown of Tony Soprano's Italian ancestors. The front trio's lead had fallen by two minutes in 15 kilometres and it struggled to stay ahead of the charging gruppo.
Benoît Joachim (Astana) and Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) hit the deck in Avellino.
As the 20 hairpin curves of ascent to the Santuario began, the lead of the escapees was down to two minutes and falling fast as Acqua e Sapone took over from Saunier Duval, while Ceramica Panaria was lurking near the front for magic Mexican Pérez Cuapio.
Up front, Brutt busted off of the break solo with 15 kilometres to go. As the gruppo began the ascent to the Santuario, there was a lot of shifting for position as the riders ascended the steady four percent gradient at 30km/h. Liquigas had taken over the forcing on the front of the gruppo, led by Charles Wegelius and an elegant looking Vincenzo Nibali in the Maglia Bianca of best young rider.
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At 10 kilometres to go, Brutt was finally pulled back by his two break buddies. One kilometre later, T-Mobile's Rabon took off from the gruppo and got a gap, which provoked a massive move from the magic Mexican, Julio Pérez.
The Panaria man powered a huge gear off the front and caught the break with a two-kilometre burst. He passed them to move into the stage lead. The break had lasted 112 kilometres.
Cofidis rider Steve Zampieri was next to attack while Liquigas kept the pressure on. Predictor-Lotto's Cioni bridged to Zampieri, as well as Lampre's Marzano, Panaria's Emanuele Sella, Quickstep's Visconti and Aitor Pérez Arrieta of Caisse d'Epargne.
At five kilometres to go, Pérez Cuapio had a 20-second lead over the gruppo which had absorbed the small Cioni-group under the impulsion of Saunier Duval's Piepoli. Panaria was playing the team game perfectly as Sella was covering the moves on the front.
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The next two kilometres would be crucial for the magic Mexican who powered his 53x19 through the hairpin turns up to the Santuario. Although he tried to hang tough, World Champion Bettini dropped off from the now 25-strong gruppo.
With just two thousand metres left to race, Pérez Cuapio was gritting his teeth, hanging tough with a lead of 20" and it looked like he might hold on. However, the Liquigas train was at full throttle. Maglia Bianca Nibali was flying in front of the now 10-man chase group and the Mexican's magic just wasn't enough to hold off the acid green wave of Liquigas.
Next up for Liquigas was Pellizotti. The curly-haired rider rode a perfect uphill lead-out for Di Luca, simply shredding the competition. With 200 metres to go, 'The Killer' showed how he earned his nickname with a brilliant uphill sprint for the stage win, just ahead of emerging young rider Riccò of Saunier Duval and Cunego.
Riccò's teammate Simoni lost about 20" in the frantic finish, while Astana leader Savoldelli lost 40". Di Luca took over the Maglia Rosa, while Liquigas has the first four places on GC with Di Luca, Pellizotti, old man Noè and young talent Nibali.
The sprinters will be ready for Stage 5, from Teano in the northern suburbs of Napoli. It runs up and down along the farm roads of Frosinone province to finish just south of Rome in the beautiful wine city of Frascati. But with the climb of Le Macere just 15 kilometres from the finish, look for World Champion Paolo Bettini to go on the attack in his search for revenge.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Maglia Ciclamino Alessandro Petacchi (Milram).
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) signs.
- Amalfi Coast.
- Beautiful views.
- The peloton took in some great roads.
- The Amalfi Coast.
- A gorgeous view.
- Riders enjoyed the view for the first hour of racing.
- The famous coast south of Napoli.
- The peloton rides along slow to enjoy the view.
- A cloudy day along the Amalfi coast.
- Saunier led for most of the day.
- Ángel Gómez Gómez (Saunier Duval-Prodir) rides on the front.
- Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi) formed part of the three-man break.
- Maglia Verde Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
- Maglia Bianca Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in the ProTour jersey.
- Rebellin and Bettini ride along.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas).
- Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) tries his luck.
- Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) powers up the day's finale.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) leads the chase of Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare).
- Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) getting caught.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) earns his wages.
- Di Luca followed by Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) was dropped in the finale.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) shows evidence of a crash.
- Di Luca wins.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) followed by Riccò.
- Fist pumping as Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) wins for the second time on Montevergine.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) won the stage and took back the maglia rosa.
- Di Luca on the stage after winning stage 4.
- Di Luca salutes the crowd.
- Di Luca won his first stage in 2007 but has now taken the Maglia Rosa twice.
- Maglia Rosa time for Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- The new overall leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Kisses for race winner and overall leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Letting the bubbly flow. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) topped, head-to-toe, in 'rosa.'
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC) finishes well.
- Tin-Tin Rebellin after a hard day.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) rode well.
- American George Hincapie (Discovery Channel).
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Paolo Bettini in pain after crashing and hurting the same rib he broke in Tirreno Adriatico
- Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) in the maglia verde of best climber leads the breakaway
- Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) went on the attack, but was caught in the last kilometre
- Di Luca wins ahead of Saunier Duval's Riccardo Ricco
- Di Luca has fun with the champers on the pink jersey podium
- The peloton passes by a marina
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) attacks on the final climb.
- The peloton climbs above the seaside towns
- The town of Ravello
- Riccardo Ricco talks to reporters after dropping his team leader Gilberto Simoni on the final climb.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) leads Ricco and Piepoli
Results
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.22.42 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.03 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.06 7 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.07 9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.13 10 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 11 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.15 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 17 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 19 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.34 21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 23 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 26 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 28 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 30 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 32 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 36 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 37 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 38 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 39 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.57 40 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.00 41 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 42 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.02 43 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 44 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 45 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 48 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 49 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.27 51 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.30 52 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.39 53 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41 55 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 57 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.56 58 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 59 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 60 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.02 61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 62 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 65 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.06 66 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 67 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 68 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 70 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 71 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.13 74 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.25 75 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2.32 76 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.36 77 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 2.38 78 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.40 80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 2.49 81 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 83 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.06 85 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.47 86 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 87 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 88 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 89 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.57 90 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 4.12 91 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.23 92 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.01 93 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 94 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 95 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 96 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5.45 97 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 98 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 99 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 7.10 100 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 101 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 105 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 108 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 109 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 110 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8.32 114 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 11.06 115 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 116 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 117 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 118 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 119 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 120 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 121 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 122 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 123 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 124 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 126 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 129 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 130 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 131 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 132 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 133 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 11.06.00 134 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 135 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 137 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 138 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 140 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 142 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 143 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 145 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 146 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 147 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.02.00 148 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 149 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 150 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 151 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 152 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 153 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 154 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 155 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 156 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 157 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 159 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 160 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 161 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 162 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 163 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 164 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 165 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 166 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 167 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 168 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 169 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 170 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 171 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 172 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 173 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 174 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 175 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 176 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 177 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 178 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 179 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 14.02 180 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 181 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 182 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 183 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 184 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 14.24 185 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 186 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 187 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 188 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 189 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 190 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.45 191 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 15.41 DNF Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux Points 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 16 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 7 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 8 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 6 13 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3 17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 19 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 21 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Picco S. Angelo, 51 km 1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 3 pts 2 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Montevergine Di Mercogliano (finish), 153 km 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 15 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 T.V. Garibaldi 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 3 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 5 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 6 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Most combative 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 4 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 11 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Arruzzi d'Italia 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 Trofeo fast team 1 Liquigas 13.08.27 2 Lampre-Fondital 0.09 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.13 5 Team CSC 0.29 6 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.18 7 Caisse d'Epargne 1.20 8 Astana 1.21 9 Predictor-Lotto 1.44 10 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.49 11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.49 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.56 13 AG2r Prévoyance 3.23 14 Crédit Agricole 4.41 15 Bouygues Telecom 6.44 16 Rabobank 7.13 17 Gerolsteiner 7.31 18 Quickstep-Innergetic 8.12 19 T-Mobile Team 8.50 20 Française des Jeux 9.32 21 Team Milram 10.38 22 Tinkoff Credit System 10.51 Trofeo super team 1 Liquigas 42 pts 2 Lampre-Fondital 42 3 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 36 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 5 Team CSC 28 6 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 16 7 Caisse d'Epargne 13 8 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 9 AG2r Prévoyance 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Tinkoff Credit System 12 Predictor-Lotto 13 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Astana 15 Team Milram 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Française des Jeux 18 Crédit Agricole 19 Quickstep-Innergetic 20 Rabobank 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Gerolsteiner General classification after stage 4 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 14.26.10 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.26 3 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 0.35 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.53 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.54 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.03 8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 1.07 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 10 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 11 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.17 13 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 16 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.24 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.25 18 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.33 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.43 20 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.50 22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.58 23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.00 24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.17 26 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.19 27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.22 28 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 29 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.24 30 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.27 32 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.32 33 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.34 34 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.36 35 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2.39 36 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.43 37 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.45 38 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.52 39 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.53 40 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.55 41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.00 42 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.05 44 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 3.09 45 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.11 46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 48 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.15 50 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.18 51 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.29 52 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.30 53 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.33 54 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3.44 55 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3.48 56 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.49 57 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 3.54 58 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.58 59 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00 60 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.01 61 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4.05 62 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.09 63 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 4.12 64 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 4.13 65 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.29 66 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.32 67 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 4.42 68 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4.52 69 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.53 70 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.58 71 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.00 72 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.05 73 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.09 74 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.32 75 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.06 76 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 6.09 77 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.10 78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 6.20 79 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 6.21 80 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.28 81 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.29 82 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.35 83 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6.50 84 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 7.05 85 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.06 86 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 8.11 87 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.16 88 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.34 89 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8.41 90 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8.53 91 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 9.00 92 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.04 93 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.10 94 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.23 95 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 9.54 96 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.02 97 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10.11 98 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 10.14 99 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.20 100 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 11.00 101 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.42 102 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 12.31 103 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.49 104 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.51 105 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.58 106 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 13.41 107 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 13.49 108 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.54 109 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 13.58 110 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 14.06 111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.10 112 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 14.23 113 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.29 114 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 14.44 115 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 14.47 116 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 14.52 117 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 15.06 118 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15.07 119 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 15.09 120 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.10 121 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15.27 122 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 15.28 123 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 15.30 124 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 125 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.32 126 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 15.35 127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.50 128 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 15.52 129 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 15.55 130 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 131 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.00 132 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.07 133 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 16.09 134 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 16.11 135 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.14 136 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.17 137 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 16.45 138 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.48 139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16.51 140 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.00 141 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 17.05 142 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 17.12 143 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 17.20 144 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 17.34 145 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.35 146 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.48 147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.59 148 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 18.05 149 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.17 150 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 18.48 151 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 18.50 152 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.00 153 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 19.12 154 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.20 155 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19.24 156 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.29 157 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 19.42 158 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.44 159 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.48 160 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 19.50 161 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.16 162 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 20.22 163 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20.26 164 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20.41 165 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 20.48 166 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 20.50 167 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 20.54 168 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.03 169 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21.14 170 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 21.22 171 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 21.26 172 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.27 173 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 21.45 174 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.54 175 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.29 176 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 23.07 177 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 23.10 178 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24.05 179 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 24.17 180 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 24.35 181 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.07 182 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26.45 183 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.49 184 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 30.02 185 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.33 186 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 31.48 187 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 32.52 188 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 34.13 189 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.33 190 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.40 191 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35.59 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 42 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 41 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 29 4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 28 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 24 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 7 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 20 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 10 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 16 12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 14 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 14 15 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 18 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 19 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 8 21 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 22 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 23 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 25 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7 26 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 28 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 6 30 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 6 31 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 32 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 33 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 34 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 5 35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 36 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3 38 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 41 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 42 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 43 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 44 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 2 45 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 46 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1 47 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1 48 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1 49 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank -5 Mountains classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 15 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 6 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 8 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 10 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 T.V. Garibaldi classification 1 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 4 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 7 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 8 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 11 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Most combative classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 11 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 10 4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 6 6 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 7 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 16 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 17 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3 18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 19 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 21 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 22 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2 23 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 5 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4 4 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 8 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Young rider classification 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14.26.45 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.18 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.58 4 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.49 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.10 6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.20 7 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.58 8 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3.09 9 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.14 10 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.23 11 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.25 12 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.34 13 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 3.38 14 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.54 15 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.18 16 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.34 17 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 5.46 18 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6.15 19 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8.06 20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8.18 21 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.48 22 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 9.19 23 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9.36 24 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.07 25 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.23 26 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 13.14 27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.19 28 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 13.23 29 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 13.48 30 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 14.09 31 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 14.12 32 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 15.25 33 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.32 34 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16.30 35 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 16.37 36 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 16.59 37 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.42 38 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18.37 39 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 18.54 40 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.41 41 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.51 42 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.52 43 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 21.10 44 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22.32 45 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26.10 46 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.14 47 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 29.27 48 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.58 49 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 32.17 50 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 33.38 51 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.05 Trofeo fast team classification 1 Liquigas 42.12.35 2 Lampre-Fondital 0.51 3 Team CSC 0.59 4 Astana 1.34 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.14 7 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 2.20 8 Caisse d'Epargne 2.43 9 Predictor-Lotto 3.12 10 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.27 11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.38 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.34 13 AG2r Prévoyance 5.40 14 Crédit Agricole 5.54 15 Bouygues Telecom 8.51 16 Rabobank 9.00 17 Gerolsteiner 9.03 18 T-Mobile Team 10.39 19 Quickstep-Innergetic 11.15 20 Tinkoff Credit System 11.55 21 Team Milram 12.11 22 Française des Jeux 13.59 Trofeo super team classification 1 Liquigas 84 pts 2 Lampre-Fondital 80 3 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 73 4 Caisse d'Epargne 69 5 Team Milram 51 6 Team CSC 46 7 Predictor-Lotto 46 8 AG2r Prévoyance 45 9 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 44 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 11 Astana 39 12 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 13 Quickstep-Innergetic 38 14 Gerolsteiner 27 15 Tinkoff Credit System 26 16 Rabobank 22 17 T-Mobile Team 20 18 Bouygues Telecom 18 19 Crédit Agricole 17 20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 21 Française des Jeux 3 22 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
