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90th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007
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Stage 8 - Sunday, May 20: Barberino Di Mugello - Fiorano Modenese, 200 km
Arvesen victorious among many breakaway companions
Pink Pinotti barely keeps lead
By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney
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Kurt-Asle Arvesen grabbed success from an escape group of 22 riders in the eighth stage of the 2007 Giro d'Italia. The Norwegian CSC rider hooked on to World Champ Paolo Bettini's (Quickstep-Innergetic) wheel in the final 500 metres to capture a last minute dash by Emanuele Sella (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare). Marco Pinotti's T-Mobile had to work extremely hard to conserve the race lead but the team, thanks to the helping-hand of Saunier Duval, was able to keep the Maglia Rosa on the shoulders of its leader by 28 seconds.
The escape that formed by kilometre 49 worked smoothly all day until its dynamics fell apart in the final kilometres. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r Prévoyance) opened up a gap that was followed by Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and then Emanuele Sella (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare). The latter kept going and looked to have a serious chance of winning the stage in Fiorano Modenese.
But it was the World Champion himself who reacted with less than five hundred metres remaining. Tagged by Arvesen, he immediately picked up Brutt and had the punchy Sella in his sites. Sella was smacked down with only 150 metres remaining, and at the same time, Arvesen started his sprint on Bettini's right. He continued his charge and nipped the Italian at the line.
"Today went very well," said the 32 year-old Arvesen after the stage win. "The team tried to get into an escape. Once in the escape, I think that the riders rode well together."
Regarding Bettini, he added, "I am sorry for him, but he wins a lot but I can only win every four years." It was his second win in the Corsa Rosa; his first one came exactly four years ago, on May 20.
Bettini seems to be getting better by the day and maybe tomorrow, when the race enters his home region of Tuscany, he will go one better. He showed an amazing turn of speed when he jumped to reel in Sella.
"I feel better than three days ago, but it is too bad that... Nothing," Bettini said with disappointed. "I knew the finale would be hard and that the others would watch me. It goes like that. ... I went at 150 metres but Kurt-Asle Arvesen is a great sprinter."
Controversy reigned early on in the race when Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was part of the escape that formed on the backside of Passo della Futa. The rider from Formigine, near the stage finish, came under fire from his escape companions who believe his move would ruin the their chances of staying clear to the line.
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"He was too close in the overall, also the young riders' classification. So we could not go on with him," said Arvesen after the finish.
"There were some 20 riders in that escape and there was not much agreement," Riccò recalled. "My directeur told me to come back and be with my captain Simoni." Riccò initially refused to talk when he crossed the finish line, but team captain Gilberto Simoni indicated that there was an order for him to return from the break to the peloton. "I decided on my own to come back; the riders in general did not want me in that escape," Riccò tried to clarify.
Due to the absence of a Saunier rider and several Liquigas and Lampre men up front, the yellow squad was forced to pull for the majority of the day. "I made a mistake to go back to the group," Riccò said.
Saunier Duval also got help from T-Mobile, who was desperate to save the Maglia Rosa of Pinotti. Andrea Noè (Liquigas) was the major threat in the escape as he started the day only 4'38" down on the race leader. Pinotti himself was pulling in the final kilometres to conserve race leadership.
"I saved the maglia thanks to my teammates," said the 31 year-old from Bergamo. "Bernucci, Merckx, Olson, and the others all did well, but we can't work like this again tomorrow."
How it unfolded
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On another beautiful late spring day, 185 riders departed Barberino di Mugello at noon for a 200-kilometre stage to the other side of the Apennine Mountains, with Bouygues rider Thomas Voeckler a non-starter.
There was a fast start up to the first GPM atop the Passo della Futa after 13 kilometres, won by Panaria's pocket climber Lele Selle ahead of Zampieri and Caucchioli. Then it was "la bagarre", constant attacks across the hilly heart of the Apennine Mountains. After 24 kilometres near Baragazzo, Predictor's big Dario Cioni struck out on his own and this provoked a major chase behind him that eventually put a big break of 27 riders up front.
After the first hour of racing, the average speed was 34.4 km/hr and after 40 kilometres, the break had a few minutes lead, but it also had a potential winner of the Giro in Saunier Duval's Riccardo Riccò and this was a problem for the "senatori", experienced riders like World Champion Bettini and Lampre's Marzio Bruseghin who wanted the break to succeed.
The other riders started to work over Riccò buy leaving gaps and trying to get him out of the break. Eventually Riccò got the message from the others and his direttore sportivo Pietro Algeri told him to come back, so he dropped backed to the gruppo on the descent to Porretta Terme after 55 kilometres with Tiralongo, Codol, Perget and Wegelius, while Cyrille Monnerais (Française Des Jeux) abandoned.
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At Porretta Terme after 61 kilometres, the big escape of 22 riders was leading the gruppo maglia rosa at 4'15". The front-runners were Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC), Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic), Assan Bazayev, Serguei Yakovlev (Astana), Evgeni Petrov, Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Dionisio Galparsoro (Euskaltel-Euskadi), George Hincapie, José Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel), Alessandro Spezialetti, Andrea Noè (Liquigas), Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r Prévoyance), Emanuele Sella (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne), Alexandr Arekeev (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), Marzio Bruseghin, Patxi Vila, Marco Marzano (Lampre-Fondital), William Walker (Rabobank), Francis Mourey (Française Des Jeux), Mario Aerts, Dario Cioni (Predictor-Lotto).
Best placed on GC in the break was the oldest rider in the race, 38 year-old Andrea Noè, in fifth place at 4'47". Both Noè and Spezialetti were not working in the break to save themselves in the future for Liquigas leader Di Luca, while World Champion Bettini was driving the break hard on the front.
On paper, the fastest man in the break was Kazakh sprinter Bazayev, with Bettini, Hincapie, and cyclo-cross specialist Mourey also having a strong final kick, but there would also be attacks by strong riders like Brutt, Arekeev and Arvesen. GC riders like Noè, Cioni, Petrov, Nocentini and perhaps Chechu Rubiera would gain time on their rivals.
At the day's second GPM in Sestola, after 101 kilometres, it was Panaria's pocket climber Sella who took the points again ahead of Vila and Walker with the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 6'38" being driven by T-Mobile and Saunier Duval. After the descent to the valley, the lead after 75 kilometres to go was at 6'43" with T-Mobile and Saunier Duval still humping hard.
In Manaro sul Panaro with 52 kilometres to go, Lampre's climber Marco Marzano punctured but got back after a quick wheel change by ace mechanic Enrico Pengo.
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In Vignola, at the Garibaldi intermediate sprint with 47.5 kilometres to race, there was no sprint as Yakovlev passed over the line first. The gruppo maglia rosa was at 6'22", but the chase by T-Mobile and Saunier Duval, with Milram now helping, was closing the breakaway's lead down. With 30 kilometres to go, the escape made a left turn for a lap at the Ferrari test track in Fiorano with a lead of 5'15" and falling. Exiting the test track, the break began the final circuit of 24 kilometres around the local roads through ceramic city Sassuolo and the hometown of Riccardo Riccò, Formigine, with nine kilometres to go.
A gruppetto of Predictor riders including Robbie McEwen were 23 minutes behind. McEwen has had stomach problems for the last few days and was at risk of finishing outside the time limit on Stage 8. As the gruppo maglia rosa passed through the finish line, the desperate chase by T-Mobile and Saunier Duval had brought the gap back to 4'30" and the dreams of Noè to take the Maglia Rosa from were no longer.
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Already there were sly looks among the escapees to see who would attack first, as the gruppo maglia rosa was still led by Pinotti's T-Mobile squad, 4'01" behind. T-Mobile's Bernucci had dropped off the pace after some major work, while T-Mobile's American Aaron Olsen was having a bad day and was in the sprinters gruppetto at more than 24 minutes.
As huge crowds lined the roads of the finishing circuit in cycling-mad Emilia, up front in the hostilities began when Brutt attacked with five kilometres and his move was covered by World Champion Paolo Bettini in person.
Next to have a go at four kilometres to go was Rabobank's young Aussie Willy Walker, who had a go but was covered by Spezialetti. Then the long legs of Predictor's Mario Aerts pumped the former winner of Flèche Wallonne to a 50-metre gap at three kilometres to go, but Discovery Channel's Rubiera rode him down. With two kilometres to race, it was the turn of Ag2r's Nocentini to shoot his shot, but the brute force of Brutt's counter behind him exploded the break in two as the Russian shot past Nocentini into the lead.
Once again, it was the terrible Tinkoffs who were making the Giro extra-exciting and Brutt entered the last kilometre with a 50-metre lead.
Suddenly an orange flash bridged up to Brutt with incredible speed and then jumped him 100 metres later. It was Panaria's pocket climber Sella who made a brilliant attack but started to run out of gas with 500 metres to go.
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Behind Sella, World Champ Bettini was on the move, looking for a big stage win, and chased the Panaria man down. But CSC's Arvesen had read the final kilometre perfectly, stayed in contact with Bettini and when the World Champ made his move, Arvesen went with him. He made a perfect contropiede move to pass Bettini with 120m to go and take the victory in Stage 8; the Norwegian's second career stage win at the Giro d'Italia after his win in Faenza in 2003.
4'19" later, the Gruppo Maglia Rosa passed over the finish line led by Marco Pinotti, the Maglia Rosa himself, who had worked hard all day with his diminished team to save his race lead for another day. Finally, the curtain closed on the sprinters' gruppetto containing Robbie McEwen, who had been dropped on the first climb of the day 190 kilometres before, came in at 24'20", still with four minutes in hand for the time limit.
Stage 9 - Monday, May 21: Reggio nell'Emilia - Lido Di Camaiore, 177 km
Starting in the capital of Reggio Emilia province, Stage 9 heads west, up and over the Apennines, then south along the flat seacoast of the Tuscan Riviera to finish in the resort town of Lido di Camaiore, where Petacchi will be seeking another win to go along with his first place from 2004.
Photography
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- Colnago and Tinkov chat the race start.
- Oleg Tinkov at the race village.
- Pino adjusts his helmet.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) ready to start stage 8.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) at the start.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) at the start.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) focuses.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) thinks of stage victory.
- The peloton rolls along.
- Maglia Ciclamino Alessandro Petacchi (Milram).
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) had a hard day.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) made the winning escape.
- T-Mobile chases.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) barely kept the race leader's jersey.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) has had a quiet Giro.
- Emanuele Sella (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) rides in the escape.
- Disco Rubiera and Hincapie
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) corners.
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) corners while riding in the escape.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) suffered today.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) finished second for the day.
- Riccò and Gibo had to have their team work hard to bring back the day's escape.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel).
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic).
- Saunier and T-Mobile chased all day.
- The peloton in stage 8.
- Saunier races to catch the escape.
- Ferrari HQ.
- The Peloton on Ferrari's test track.
- The Ferrari HQ. Riders were on the track near the race's finish.
- The Maglia Rosa Group finishes.
- Pinotti saved the Maglia Rosa today.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) receives kisses for his hard work.
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) takes the win.
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) signals victory.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) with second.
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) wins.
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) with his second Giro stage win.
- Norwegian Arvesen wins stage 8.
- Kisses for stage winner Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC).
- Bubbly time. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) celebrates.
- Podium time. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC).
- Thumbs up for stage winner Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC)
- New Maglia Bianca Alexandr Arekeev (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo).
Results
1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.44.59 (41.476 km/h) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 13 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 14 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 16 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 19 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 22 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 0.06 23 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.19 24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 27 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 28 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 29 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 30 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 31 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 32 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 35 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 36 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 37 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 39 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 40 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 42 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 43 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 44 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 45 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 46 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 47 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 48 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 49 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 50 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 52 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 53 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 55 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 56 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 57 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 59 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 61 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 64 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 65 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 66 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 68 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 70 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 72 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 73 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 74 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 75 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 77 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 78 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 79 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 80 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 82 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 83 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 85 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 86 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 88 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 91 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 92 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 93 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 94 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 95 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 96 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 98 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 101 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 102 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 104 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 105 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 107 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 108 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 109 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 110 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 111 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 113 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 114 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 116 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 117 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 118 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 119 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 120 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 121 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 122 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 124 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 125 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 128 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 129 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 130 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 132 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 133 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 134 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 135 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 136 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 137 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 138 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.41 139 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 140 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 142 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.52 143 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.54 144 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 145 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 146 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 147 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 148 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 150 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 151 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.08 152 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 153 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 5.09 154 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 155 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 156 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.13 157 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.20 158 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 159 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 160 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.26 162 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.50 163 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7.57 164 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.08 165 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 11.10 166 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.37 167 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 168 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 22.47 169 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 170 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 24.22 171 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 172 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 173 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 174 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 175 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 176 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 177 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 178 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 179 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 180 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 181 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.25 DNS Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
DNF Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux
DNF Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC Points 1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 17 4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 16 5 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 9 8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 8 9 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 8 10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 13 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 4 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 4 16 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 3 17 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 18 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 1 19 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 20 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System -5 21 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team -5 22 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital -8 23 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital -10 24 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC -15 Mountains Passo Della Futa (13.1km) 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Sestola (101.2km) 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 pts 2 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 2 3 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1 TV Garibaldi 1 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 pts 2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 3 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 4 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2 5 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 6 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Most Combative 1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 4 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 5 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 7 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 9 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 11 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1 13 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 14 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Azzurri d'Italie 1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1 Fuga Gilera 1 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 15 pts Trofeo Fast Team 1 Lampre - Fondital 14.14.57 2 Astana 4.19 3 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 4 Liquigas 5 Predictor - Lotto 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.25 7 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.38 8 AG2r Prevoyance 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 10 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 11 Team CSC 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Caisse D'Epargne 14 Rabobank 15 Francaise Des Jeux 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.57 17 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Team Milram 20 Credit Agricole 21 Gerolsteiner 22 T-Mobile Team 13.32 Trofeo Super Team 1 Team CSC 20 pts 2 Liquigas 20 3 Quick Step - Innergetic 19 4 Astana 18 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 7 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 16 8 Lampre - Fondital 15 9 AG2r Prevoyance 13 10 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12 11 Caisse D'Epargne 11 12 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 10 13 Rabobank 8 14 Predictor - Lotto 8 15 Francaise Des Jeux 7 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 Gerolsteiner 19 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 20 Credit Agricole 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Team Milram General classification after stage 8 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 34.48.34 2 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 0.28 3 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 0.54 4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.06 5 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.10 6 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.36 7 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.43 8 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.51 9 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 2.13 10 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.17 11 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.27 12 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.58 13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 3.04 14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.30 16 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 4.06 17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.12 18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.38 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.47 20 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.05 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.06 23 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5.11 24 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5.15 25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 5.19 26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 27 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 28 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.25 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.29 30 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 31 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 5.36 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.37 33 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.45 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.55 35 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.08 36 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.12 37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.21 39 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.29 40 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.31 41 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.34 42 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.36 43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.39 44 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.44 45 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.48 46 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 6.51 47 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.55 48 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.57 49 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 7.05 50 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7.07 51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.12 52 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 7.21 54 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7.23 55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.27 56 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.30 57 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.41 58 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.42 59 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.45 60 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 7.56 61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 8.00 62 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.01 63 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8.06 64 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.10 65 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8.17 66 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.21 67 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 8.24 68 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.41 69 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.44 70 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.10 71 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.12 72 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.17 73 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.28 74 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 9.53 75 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9.54 76 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 10.21 77 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10.29 78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 10.32 79 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.10 80 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 12.23 81 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12.42 82 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.46 83 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.53 84 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.16 85 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 13.31 86 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.35 87 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.14 88 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.23 89 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 14.26 90 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 14.28 91 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.32 92 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 14.57 93 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.00 94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 15.34 95 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 15.54 96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16.15 97 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17.09 98 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 17.53 99 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 17.55 100 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 18.10 101 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 18.56 102 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 19.21 103 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 19.40 104 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 19.50 105 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 20.04 106 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.06 107 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.29 108 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 20.58 109 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.00 110 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 21.57 111 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 23.24 112 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 23.42 113 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 24.02 114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.18 115 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 24.35 116 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 25.00 117 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25.03 118 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.05 119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 25.10 120 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.15 121 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 25.28 122 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.01 123 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.40 124 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 26.47 125 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 26.51 126 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.01 127 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.45 128 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 28.52 129 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28.54 130 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.03 131 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.20 132 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 29.28 133 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 29.31 134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 29.40 135 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.44 136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.45 137 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 29.48 138 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 29.55 139 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 30.11 140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 30.39 141 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.44 142 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.51 143 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 31.35 144 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 31.57 145 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 32.22 146 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 32.46 147 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 33.07 148 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 33.11 149 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 33.37 150 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35.06 151 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 35.34 152 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 36.04 153 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 36.05 154 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 36.06 155 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.18 156 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.38 157 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 38.49 158 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.53 159 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 39.25 160 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.48 161 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42.32 162 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43.26 163 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.38 164 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43.39 165 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.13 166 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 47.15 167 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 48.57 168 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 50.17 169 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 50.56 170 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 52.52 171 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53.50 172 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 53.51 173 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 55.22 174 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 55.23 175 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 56.39 176 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.33 177 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.01.27 178 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.03.04 179 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 1.03.24 180 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 1.03.31 181 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.14.28 Points Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 94 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 60 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 56 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 48 6 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 46 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 40 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 37 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 29 11 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 29 12 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 28 13 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 15 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 17 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 18 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 19 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 18 20 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 17 22 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 16 23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 16 26 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14 27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 28 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 12 30 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 12 31 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 10 33 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 34 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10 35 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 10 36 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 37 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 38 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 39 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 8 40 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 41 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 42 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 8 43 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 8 44 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 45 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 46 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7 47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 48 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 49 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 50 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 51 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 52 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 6 53 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 54 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 55 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 56 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 57 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 4 58 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 4 59 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 60 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 61 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 3 63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3 64 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 66 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 68 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 69 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 70 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 71 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 72 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 1 73 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 74 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 75 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 76 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1 77 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1 78 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1 79 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -1 80 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team -5 81 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital -6 82 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC -8 Mountains Classification 1 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 15 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11 4 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 5 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8 7 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 13 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 2 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 16 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 17 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 18 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 19 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1 20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 21 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 22 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 1 23 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 24 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Best Young Rider 1 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 34.50.51 2 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.13 3 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.49 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2.30 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.48 6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.28 7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4.40 8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.50 9 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.28 10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 5.39 11 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.44 12 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.53 13 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.04 14 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.24 15 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.11 16 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7.36 17 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.37 18 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10.36 19 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.18 20 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12.06 21 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 12.11 22 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.37 23 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 15.53 24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 16.39 25 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19.40 26 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 21.07 27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 22.18 28 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.35 29 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 27.11 30 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 27.14 31 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.28 32 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28.27 33 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.34 34 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 30.05 35 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.50 36 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 33.47 37 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35.21 38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 37.08 39 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.15 40 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.21 41 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.56 42 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 46.40 43 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 51.34 44 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 53.05 45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.16 46 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 59.10 47 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.00.47 48 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 1.01.07 Most Combative Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 21 pts 2 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 17 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 13 5 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 8 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 9 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 10 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10 11 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 12 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 14 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 15 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 7 17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 6 18 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 6 19 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 6 20 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 21 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 22 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 23 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 24 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 25 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 27 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 28 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 32 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 33 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 35 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 36 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 37 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 38 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 39 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 42 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 43 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 44 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1 45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 46 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 47 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 48 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 49 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 50 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 51 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Azzurri d'Italia Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 pts 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 5 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 10 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 11 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 13 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1 14 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Trofeo Fuga Gilera Classification 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 314 pts 2 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 304 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 303 4 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 218 5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 206 6 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 206 7 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 8 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 174 9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 10 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 147 11 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 118 13 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 118 14 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 15 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 109 16 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 17 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 92 18 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 92 19 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 92 20 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 15 22 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Trofeo Fast Team Classification 1 Lampre - Fondital 103.20.17 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.38 3 Liquigas 3.28 4 Astana 5.02 5 Predictor - Lotto 6.40 6 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 7.06 7 Team CSC 8.46 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 10.07 9 Caisse D'Epargne 10.30 10 Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.05 11 Credit Agricole 12.21 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.21 13 AG2r Prevoyance 13.27 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 15 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.40 16 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 15.33 17 T-Mobile Team 16.11 18 Rabobank 16.47 19 Bouygues Telecom 20.57 20 Gerolsteiner 21.09 21 Francaise Des Jeux 21.46 22 Team Milram 24.17 Trofeo Super Team Classification 1 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 150 pts 2 Lampre - Fondital 144 3 Caisse D'Epargne 121 4 Liquigas 117 5 AG2r Prevoyance 116 6 Team Milram 104 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 97 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 89 9 Team CSC 87 10 Predictor - Lotto 77 11 Astana 74 12 Credit Agricole 73 13 Gerolsteiner 68 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 63 15 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 54 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 48 17 Bouygues Telecom 47 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 19 T-Mobile Team 40 20 Rabobank 40 21 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 17 22 Francaise Des Jeux 10 TV Garibaldi Classification 1 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 pts 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 4 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 5 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 7 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 8 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 5 9 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 12 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 4 13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 14 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3 16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 3 17 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 18 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 19 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 20 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 2 21 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 22 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 23 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 24 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 26 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 27 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 28 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Fair Play Classification 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 0 pts 2 Liquigas 3 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 Astana 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 7 Caisse D'Epargne 8 Predictor - Lotto 9 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 10 Team Milram 11 AG2r Prevoyance 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Francaise Des Jeux 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Credit Agricole 13 16 T-Mobile Team 25 17 Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 18 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 25 19 Bouygues Telecom 25 20 Rabobank 38 21 Team CSC 75 22 Lampre - Fondital 170
