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90th Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007
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Stage 5 - Thursday, May 17: Teano - Frascati, 173 km
Förster nails the tricky sprint
Di Luca continues in Rosa
By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney, with Jean-François Quénet and Shane Stokes in Frascati
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German Robert Förster handled the final curves through the streets of Frascati with ease and successfully held off Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) to win stage five. In third was Milram's Alessandro Petacchi, who bumped shoulders all the way to the finish with Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare). Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) finished safely with the front-runners to keep the race leader's Maglia Rosa.
The 29 year-old Gerolsteiner sprinter, winner 2006's stage into Milan, scored his second Giro win. Thanks to the help of teammate Thomas Fothen and then Oscar Gatto, he was able to edge up on the Milram train. Italy is proving a land of plenty for Förster, who now has two wins for 2007, his first being in Italy's Coppi e Bartali.
"The last three or four kilometres of stage were very dangerous," recalled the stage winner, Frösi. "I went head-to-head with Napolitano, who pushed me towards barriers. It's not really guys like Petacchi or McEwen who cause problems, the regular sprinters, but more so the lesser riders who aren't normally there in the sprint."
"The sprint was a bit crazy – we swung right, left... It was dangerous. I had good legs, I took a lot of risks but it was worth it."
After the capture of Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems), the final 20 kilometres of the day's finale were animated with several small attacks. None of the aggressions were able to bear fruit and the control of the race fell upon the shoulders of Petacchi's Milram train.
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Lancaster and Ongarato were there to make sure Ale-Jet had his chance at winning a second stage in the 2007 Giro but they could not account for the opportunist teams of Crédit Agricole, Gerolsteiner and Panaria. It was the latter that gave Petacchi so much difficulty.
Petacchi was having a hard time staying on the wheel of Ongarato coming into the final 450 metres. He was over-powered by Argentinean Richeze and forced to take the right-hander onto Via Vittorio Veneto on the outside. He nearly crashed himself into the barriers and gave Richeze a nudge in the fight for space.
"I was there when Ongarato started," recalled the winner of stage 3. "I got stuck on the outside through the turn. I pushed Maximiliano with my hand, otherwise I would have crashed. ... If I did not reach out to touch Richeze then I would have ended up on the street. Basta!"
Richeze, probably scared of the respected sprinter, faded fast after the incident to finish in seventh, behind Danilo Napolitano (fourth), Robbie McEwen (fifth) and Alexandre Usov (sixth).
"Petacchi, after the finish, gave me a little punch," recalled Richeze. "I don't know what to think. I had my right to be there, if not then I would have been the one pushed out. I made my sprint and I think I did well."
Liquigas had a day of rest in the sense that it did not have to ride in defence of its race leader Danilo Di Luca. The 31 year-old rider from Abruzzo kept the Maglia Rosa that he claimed yesterday on the slopes of Montevergine.
"Today was the first calm stage for us," said the Liquigas captain. "I hope tomorrow will be another calm day like today."
He commented on the finale. "I know that arrival was very fast, with lots of curves," he concluded.
How it unfolded
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At 13.03, Stage 5 started under partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-twenties with 190 riders heading out on via 26 Ottobre. Caisse d'Epargne's Joan Horrach did not start due to injuries sustained in yesterday's maxi-crash. Once again it was Tinkoff on the move. For the rookie squad, in their first Grand Tour, 22 year-old Mikhail Ignatiev was in the mix from the get-go.
The Russian got a gap and was joined by 27 year-old Cofidis rider Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis) after 15 kilometres near Taverna San Felice. Five kilometres later, the gap was one minute and rising fast. After 35 kilometres, the duo got its maximum lead of 5'30", but the gruppo began to ride harder.
At Cassino, just below the Abbey of Montecassino, site of brutal fighting between German and American forces in WW2, the gap was back down to five minutes and the average speed for the first hour was 45.1 km/h.
Along the via Casalina, where Garibaldi marched towards Rome in 1969, Ignatiev and Buffaz marched along towards Frosinone at mid-stage, where Buffaz took the Garibaldi intermediate sprint, 3'45" ahead of the Liquigas-led gruppo. At the feed-zone with 63 kilometres to go, the gap was dropping, now at three minutes.
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After he ate lunch, the powerful young Russian decided to have Buffaz for dessert and he dropped the French rider on the early slopes of the climb to Angani, where the Tinkoff rider held a lead of 2'40". 40 kilometres to go, with the Colle Albani south of Rome looming in the background, the Tinkoff trooper was pounding away alone as Petacchi's Milram and McEwen's Predictor squads cranked up the pace.
The valiant young Russian resisted the onslaught of the chasing gruppo as he passed the quaint village of Artena, and onto the first slopes of the final climb of the day. It was on Le Macere, with 18 kilometres left to race and after 139 kilometres of liberty, that Ignatiev was caught.
Frantisek Rabon (T-Mobile) made the first move but it was brought back by the chasing gruppo. A counter-move headed by 'Lele Sella (Panaria) enabled the miniscule climber from Vicenza to take the GPM atop the Le Macere climb. It turned into gruppo compatto on the 10 kilometres descent to Frascati among the famous vineyards where the fresh, tasty white wine is produced.
Once in the town, in the last five kilometres, there were a few moves; one was with two of the biggest characters in the sport of cycling, Matty White (Discovery Channel) and Totò Commesso (Tinkoff) but the Milram-led chase brought the dynamic duo back.
With three kilometres to race, another Tinkoff trooper, Elia Aggiano, made a solo move but once again, the Milram monster swallowed it up, leaving 1.8 kilometres to race.
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Under the red kite with one kilometre to race, the pace was fast as the road was still going downhill into the centre of Frascati. Crédit Agricole's Angelo Furlan was leading the way for Thor Hushovd, but Brett Lancaster of Milram cranked it up for Petacchi and took the lead again.
Ongarato took over for Petacchi with 500 metres to go and as the road curved left, then right. Panaria's Max Richeze got inside Petacchi and took Ongarato's wheel, and then Richeze moved inside to the left as the road curved right, closing Petacchi's line.
Big Thor was hurling himself towards the finish line on the right side of the road with 100 metres to go, while Petacchi had got his momentum going again on the left as Richeze slowed. The Milram man had shoved Richeze out of the way with 70 metres to go and tried to wind it up to his top end.
McEwen seemed to sit up in front of Hushovd and the Crédit Agricole rider had to swerve around the Australian at the last minute in his bid for victory. Suddenly, Gerolsteiner's Robert 'Frösi' Förster zigged left when Thor zigged right and like the gates of heaven, the road opened up for the German sprinter as he passed over the finish line first. Realizing he had won, he raised his hands in victory with an incredulous smile on his face.
Thor took second on the right, while Petacchi managed to make it back to third in the tumultuous sprint. Afterwards Petacchi and Richeze exchanged rude words on Italian TV but nonetheless the win went to Frösi.
Stage 6 - Friday, May 18: Tivoli - Spoleto, 177 km
Starting from the ancient Roman town of Tivoli, 30 kilometres east of the Italian capital, Stage 6 heads due east through the rolling climbs of Monti Sabini before ascending the tough 21-kilometre long Monte Terminillo at mid-stage, the first of three GPM's in the final 110 kilometres of the stage.
A breakaway of opportunists will certainly hit out on the climb of Terminillo towards Spoleto, site of a world famous opera festival every summer. The finale includes the ascent of the Forco di Serra, 17 kilometres from the finish, where a counter-attack could be crucial.
Will there be changes in the Giro's hierarchy Friday evening? Doubtful, as Liquigas looks too strong to let things get away from them.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in the Maglia Verde.
- All systems are ready for Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) rides in Rosa.
- Cunego and Di Luca mess-about in stage five.
- Di Luca shows that 'killer' look.
- All-pink for Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Bettini digging into the feed bag.
- ProTour leader Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner).
- Escape duo Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis) and Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
- Giro d'Italia race leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- The sprint nears but Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) is looking the wrong way.
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) flies home the stage winner.
- German Förster takes stage 5.
- McEwen and Hushovd could not stop Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner).
- Here it comes. The stage 5 sprint.
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) hits the line first.
- Ahh yes! Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) takes Giro career win number 2.
- Förster over Hushovd in stage 5.
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) awarded for a victorious day.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) puts on the Maglia Rosa.
- Two kisses for German Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner)
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) letting loose with the bubbly.
- Maglia Rosa Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- The Killer celebrates another day in Rosa.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) kept the race lead.
- Bianca and Rosa. Best young rider Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and best overall rider Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Bettini sports a special jersey with the image of Italy on the World Championship kit
- World Champion Paolo Bettini was happy to have a 'piano' day to heal his hurt rib.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) prepares for stage five of the Giro d'Italia
- Cunego has a sip and a bit of conversation to pass the time.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) causes a stir wherever he goes in Italy
- Di Luca at the team car unlike most leaders, Danilo likes to visit the car himself.
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) wins stage five
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) was ecstatic with his second Giro win
- Förster prevailed in a tense sprint with plenty of turns and nervousness
- Maglia rosa Di Luca has a chat with an Acqua & Sapone rider
- Italian scenery of the pastoral type
- The peloton passes wild flowers
- Mikhail Ignatiev gets advice from the team car on his solo break
- The three-wheeled scooter is a fixture of the Giro caravan this year
- Alessandro Petacchi at the start of stage five
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in the green climber's jersey
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank) hurt his back in the crash on Stage four
- Giovanna Melandri the Italian minister of sport
Results
1 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.17.02 (40.383 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 10 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 13 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 17 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 21 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 22 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 23 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 24 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 25 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 27 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 29 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 31 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 32 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 37 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 42 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 45 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 46 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 49 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 50 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 52 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 53 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 54 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 55 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 56 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 58 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 59 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 61 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 62 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 63 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 64 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 65 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 66 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 67 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 69 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 70 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 72 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 73 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 74 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 75 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 76 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 77 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 78 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 79 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 81 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 82 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 83 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 84 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 85 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 88 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 90 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 92 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 94 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 95 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 96 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 98 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 99 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 100 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 101 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 102 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 103 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 105 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 106 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 107 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 108 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 109 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 110 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 112 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 113 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 114 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 115 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 116 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 117 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 118 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 119 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 120 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 121 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 122 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 124 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 125 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 127 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 129 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 130 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 131 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 132 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 133 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 134 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 135 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 136 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 137 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 138 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 139 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 140 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 141 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 143 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 144 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 146 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 147 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 148 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 149 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 150 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 151 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 152 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 153 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 154 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 155 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 156 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 157 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 159 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 160 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 161 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 162 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 163 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 164 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 165 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 166 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 167 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 168 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 169 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 170 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 171 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 173 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 174 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 175 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 176 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 177 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 178 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 179 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 180 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.40 181 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.50 182 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 183 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.34 184 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 8.04 185 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 186 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 187 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 188 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 189 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 190 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNS Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Points 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 14 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 10 7 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 10 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 7 11 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 12 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 6 13 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 4 15 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 16 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 17 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 18 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 19 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 20 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 21 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains Le Macere (Km 156,8) 1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 pts 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 TV Garibaldi 1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 pts 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 4 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 6 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Most Combative 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 4 6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 7 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 10 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 12 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 13 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Azzuri d'Italia (Best Italian) 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1 Trofeo Fuga Gilera 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 138 pts 2 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 103 Trofeo Fast Team di tappa 1 Gerolsteiner 12.51.06 2 Credit Agricole 3 Bouygues Telecom 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Caisse D'Epargne 6 AG2r Prevoyance 7 Predictor - Lotto 8 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 Lampre - Fondital 10 Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 Astana 12 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 13 Team Milram 14 Rabobank 15 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 16 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 17 Liquigas 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 Team CSC 20 Francaise Des Jeux 21 T-Mobile Team 22 Quick Step - Innergetic Trofeo Super Team di Tappa 1 Gerolsteiner 31 pts 2 Credit Agricole 19 3 AG2r Prevoyance 19 4 Bouygues Telecom 19 5 Team Milram 18 6 Lampre - Fondital 17 7 Predictor - Lotto 16 8 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14 9 Team CSC 12 10 Caisse D'Epargne 12 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 12 Rabobank 9 13 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 7 14 Astana 5 15 T-Mobile Team 1 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 Francaise Des Jeux 18 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 19 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 20 Liquigas 21 Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 Quick Step - Innergetic General classification after stage 5 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 18.43.12 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 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.53 39 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.55 40 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.00 41 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.05 43 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 3.09 44 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.11 45 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.15 49 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.18 50 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.29 51 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.30 52 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.33 53 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3.44 54 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3.48 55 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.49 56 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 3.54 57 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.58 58 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00 59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4.05 60 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.09 61 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 4.12 62 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 4.13 63 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.29 64 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.32 65 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 4.42 66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.51 67 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4.52 68 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.53 69 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.58 70 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.00 71 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.05 72 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.09 73 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.32 74 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.06 75 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 6.09 76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 6.20 77 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 6.21 78 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.28 79 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.29 80 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.35 81 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6.50 82 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 7.05 83 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.06 84 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 8.11 85 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.16 86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.34 87 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8.41 88 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.44 89 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8.53 90 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 9.00 91 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.04 92 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.10 93 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.23 94 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 9.54 95 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.02 96 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10.11 97 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 10.14 98 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.20 99 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10.56 100 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 11.00 101 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.42 102 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 12.23 103 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.51 104 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 13.41 105 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 13.49 106 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.54 107 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 13.58 108 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 14.06 109 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.10 110 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 14.19 111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.29 112 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 14.44 113 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 14.47 114 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 15.06 115 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15.07 116 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 15.09 117 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.10 118 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15.27 119 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 15.28 120 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 15.30 121 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 122 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.32 123 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 15.35 124 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.50 125 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 15.52 126 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 15.55 127 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 128 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.00 129 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.07 130 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 16.09 131 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 16.11 132 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.14 133 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.17 134 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 16.45 135 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.48 136 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16.51 137 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.00 138 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 17.05 139 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 17.12 140 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 17.20 141 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.39 142 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.48 143 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 18.05 144 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.17 145 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 18.48 146 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 18.50 147 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.00 148 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 19.12 149 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.20 150 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19.24 151 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.29 152 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 19.42 153 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.44 154 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.48 155 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 19.50 156 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.16 157 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 20.22 158 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20.26 159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20.41 160 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 20.48 161 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 20.50 162 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 20.54 163 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.02 164 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.03 165 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21.14 166 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 21.22 167 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 21.26 168 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 21.45 169 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.54 170 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.07 171 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 22.56 172 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 23.10 173 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.19 174 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 24.05 175 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 176 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 24.35 177 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.05 178 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25.33 179 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 25.38 180 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26.45 181 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.49 182 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 30.02 183 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 31.11 184 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.33 185 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 31.48 186 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 34.13 187 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.33 188 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.40 189 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35.59 190 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 40.56 Points Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 57 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 54 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 37 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 30 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 29 7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 26 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 24 9 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 12 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 16 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 14 17 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 12 18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 19 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 21 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9 22 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 8 24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 25 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 26 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 27 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 28 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 29 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 7 30 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 7 31 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 33 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 6 35 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 6 36 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 37 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 38 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 39 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 40 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 5 41 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 42 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3 44 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 45 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 46 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 47 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 48 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 49 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 50 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System 2 51 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 52 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 53 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 54 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 55 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1 56 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1 57 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1 58 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 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 7 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 9 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 10 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 12 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 13 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 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 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 5 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 5 7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 8 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 9 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 12 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 13 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 14 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Best Young Rider Classification 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 18.43.47 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 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 13.14 26 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.19 27 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 13.23 28 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 13.44 29 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 14.09 30 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 14.12 31 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 15.25 32 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.32 33 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16.30 34 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 16.37 35 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.42 36 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18.37 37 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 18.54 38 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.41 39 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.27 40 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.51 41 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 21.10 42 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.32 43 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 25.03 44 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26.10 45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.14 46 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 29.27 47 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 30.36 48 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.58 49 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 33.38 50 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.05 51 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 40.21 Most Combative Rider Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 13 3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 5 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 10 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 8 7 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 6 9 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 12 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 14 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 15 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5 16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 18 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 20 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3 21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 22 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 3 23 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 25 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 26 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 27 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 30 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Azzuri d'Italia Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 9 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Fuga Gilera Classification 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 314 pts 2 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 303 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 218 4 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 5 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 174 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 7 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 147 8 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 9 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 115 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 109 12 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 13 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Trofeo Fast Team Classification 1 Liquigas 55.03.41 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 Credit P. Telephone 3.27 11 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 3.38 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.34 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.40 14 Credit Agricole 5.54 15 Bouygues Telecom 8.51 16 Rabobank 9.00 17 Gerolsteiner 9.03 18 T-Mobile Team 10.39 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 11.15 20 Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.55 21 Team Milram 12.11 22 Francaise Des Jeux 13.59 Trofeo Super Team Classification 1 Lampre - Fondital 97 pts 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 87 3 Liquigas 84 4 Caisse D'epargne 81 5 Team Milram 69 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 64 7 Predictor - Lotto 62 8 Team CSC 58 9 Gerolsteiner 58 10 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 51 11 Astana 44 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 13 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 38 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 38 15 Bouygues Telecom 37 16 Credit Agricole 36 17 Rabobank 31 18 Tinkoff Credit Systems 26 19 T-Mobile Team 21 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 21 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 9 22 Francaise Des Jeux 3 Fair Play Classification 1 Liquigas 0 pts 2 Team CSC 3 Lampre - Fondital 4 Astana 5 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 Discovery Channel Pro C.T. 8 Caisse D'epargne 9 Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 Predictor - Lotto 11 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone 13 Team Milram 14 T-Mobile Team 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Francaise Des Jeux 19 Bouygues Telecom 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 21 Credit Agricole 10 22 Rabobank 38
